but when he saw me, safe and sound, his eyes immediately welled up.
He thought it was his ‘butterfly effect‘ that caused this life to be different from the last.
12:53 AM P P.
But he never, ever imagined that I had also been reborn.
Master Kaelen looked at me, and for the first time, spoke somewhat shyly.
“Little Anya, am I really old?”
I remembered when I first became his apprentice, during the age of my first crush.
Master Kaelen was handsome, only about five years older than me. I couldn’t help but let him shake my spiritual resolve.
That’s why, during a playful moment, I had joked that he was an old man.
To harbor ill intentions towards my Master? I wouldn’t dare, not even with eight times my courage.
But ever since then, Master Kaelen had rarely joked or played around with me.
Now it seemed, he might have been heartbroken by me.
“Little Anya, I don’t want to wait anymore.”
Meeting his beautiful peach blossom eyes, I read the deep affection and restrained longing within them.
“Little Anya, our order has no rules against relationships. I like you!”
My heart tightened, and I suppressed my inner joy, turning to him with a playful look.
“If you get to the mountaintop before me, I’ll say yes!”
But before I could even try to run ahead, Master Kaelen swung me onto his back.
“I’ll carry you. If you reach the top behind me, it still counts as my win, right?”
“Tsk, you clever rogue.”
I argued with him playfully, but I knew he was just being considerate, and my heart swelled with happiness.
After that day, Master Kaelen and I confirmed our relationship, becoming true spiritual partners.
Two kids in five years. We lived a blissful life, a family of four, in our secluded little courtyard.
But looking at Master Kaelen and my children, I couldn’t help but think of that innocent little shadow.
Our karma, our past deeds – they shouldn’t have been paid for by him.
