Chapter Three
Reincarnation? Turning around? Special review? Various combinations of words flashed through my mind, but I felt she was messing with me.
“You’re incorrigible even in death!”
I stomped hard on the rooftop floor, the pounding sounds echoing continuously.
“How could that be? It’s true~”
Though I couldn’t see her, my sister’s voice was cheerful, not at all like someone who’s dead. If this was a hallucination, it was too real.
“So, brother, come help me!”
I couldn’t help but shudder. She continued,
“Prove your love for me!”
“Get lost!”
I raised my middle finger to the sky and emphasized again aloud,
“Get lost!”
“Hehehe~”
I could already picture my sister sticking out her tongue and playing dumb.
“Because, you see, I haven’t had enough fun yet. Wouldn’t it be a waste to just die like this? Of course I have to start a second life!”
“I don’t want any part of your second life.”
After calming down a bit, I squatted on the ground like a delinquent and asked,
“Why can I hear your voice?”
“Because the gods said we’re twins—our wavelengths or something are the same. I didn’t really get it, but basically, we can connect instantly.”
I’ve heard that many twins seem to have telepathy or premonitions. Not to mention appearance, even their inner selves and personalities become more alike. But when Tian was alive, nothing like that ever happened. In fact, we’re a pair of completely dissimilar twins.
Due to Tian’s mischief, I became more accustomed to acting cautiously. One troublemaker was more than enough; if there were another, my family would be doomed.
Maybe it’s because Tian is in heaven now? So her psychic abilities have strengthened? This kind of nonsense couldn’t possibly be true. I didn’t want to believe it, nor did I want to hear any telepathic messages from Tian after her death.
“Even if we can connect, don’t contact me! If you want to reincarnate, just go ahead!”
“I can’t do that right now!”
“What’s wrong? What trouble have you caused now?”
“Hehehe~ I got bored up here in heaven, so I played a little prank. I didn’t expect to get caught immediately and was locked up in an empty cave—just like that Monkey King trapped in the mountain! It’s cold and boring here, and they don’t even bring me meals. Time passes so slowly; it feels like I’ve been here for hundreds of years! Just when I was bored to death again, I saw the reincarnation rules carved on the cave wall!”
As unrealistic as it sounded, such words coming from Tian seemed normal. Besides, just being able to hear Tian’s voice now was already absurd. Was I dreaming?
Either Tian was becoming more outrageous after death, or I was losing my mind.
“It seems there are many worlds—outer space worlds, magical worlds—but based on my merits, I can only reincarnate into hell~ Don’t you think that’s too much?”
No, I think it’s a fair punishment, given your behavior—perfectly reasonable.
“Forget those colorful other worlds; at least let me reincarnate into the human world again! Then I can see you again, brother!”
“No way!”
I reflexively shouted. No, no, no! What grave sin have I committed to have to be your brother again? Isn’t breaking my leg once enough?!
Although if Tian were resurrected, I’d want to get back at her—the complaints piled up like mountains. But on second thought, I really don’t want to see Tian again!
“Brother, there’s no time! According to human calculations, I’ve been locked in this cave for four days! I heard that souls can only stay in heaven for up to sixteen days! So I must accumulate merits in the remaining eleven days to change the deities’ evaluation of me!”
Tian’s words sounded like she was complaining, but her voice was cheerful.
Five days had passed since Tian’s death. In other words, according to her, she was locked in the cave on the second day after she died.
As expected of my sister—her ability to annoy seems unparalleled even in the celestial realm.
“Moreover, the deities seem to dislike me and want to get rid of me quickly. Maybe they’ll throw me into hell tomorrow!”
Isn’t that your own fault?
“What exactly did you do in the celestial realm to annoy them so much?!”
“Hehehe~ I just drew some nose hairs on a shiny golden Buddha statue~”
“…………”
I see. It seems Tian’s lawlessness is too much even for the deities, so they want to send her off to another world as soon as possible.
Although I’d like to tell the deities to just send her straight to hell, I have no way to communicate with them.
“Then I heard many things~ I heard that as long as certain conditions are met, I can reincarnate into the human world again!”
“Conditions? What conditions?”
“Accumulating merits!”
Tian seemed to add a “la la la” sound effect for herself.
“Where I reincarnate next depends entirely on merits. I don’t understand the complicated stuff. But as long as I can prove I’m a gentle, kind, lively, and cute good person~, I should be able to successfully reincarnate into the human world.”
Oh, I see. Then you definitely have no chance. Just accept your fate and go to hell!
“So, brother, if you visit my grave every day, offer prayers, write letters, and show the deities your love for me, they’ll think I’m a good sister!”
A good sister… There’s nothing more incompatible with Tian than those words.
What a joke.
“Is this true?”
“It’s true, it’s true~ Ah, what I just told you is all divine secrets~ Now that you know, there’s no turning back~”
“Then you shouldn’t have told me!”
And don’t use telepathy with me!
Hearing telepathic messages from a dead sister is unbelievable. If I told anyone, they’d think I’m crazy!
“Because I still want to be a human and live happily, I thought I’d ask for your help. It’s convenient that we can communicate telepathically!”
But logically, this shouldn’t be possible. When ordinary people die, that’s it; they can’t telepathically contact their living relatives.
“Does the deity know you’re connecting with me?”
“Of course not! I’m doing it secretly! I just heard the deities mention something about matching wavelengths; I didn’t expect we could really connect~”
“Hey, then helping you is cheating, right?”
“It’s cheating~”
I immediately retorted,
“Are you kidding me? If this gets exposed, won’t I be punished by the gods?”
This is going too far. You’re dead; I’m still alive! Do you have to drag me down even after death?
“Brother~”
But Tian used her usual coquettish and nauseating tone,
“Hehehe~ If you don’t want me to reveal where you hide your secret magazines, you’d better obey!”
“That’s impossible.”
Whether Tian could do it or not, even if those deities knew, it wouldn’t affect me much.
“Brother, in heaven, there are the Seven Deadly Sins~ Among them, the sin of lust is the most unforgivable~”
Tian said gleefully,
“If I tell the deities all about your favorite magazines and actresses in every detail~, even the gods might turn pale!”
“…Of course the deities already know about such things; you don’t need to tattle.”
I said that, but secretly decided to abstain from such things in the future.
“I mentioned merits, you know, merits. If my loose tongue causes your merits to decrease, and you can only reincarnate into hell in the future, I’d feel really bad~”
“Are… are you threatening me?”
Tian would absolutely do such things. Although she’s my sister, she’s more of a little demon king.
“Hehehe, after all, I’m already dead! The bond between siblings is severed! Whether we can reconnect depends on you, brother~”
Nonsense! Didn’t you act recklessly when you were alive? I don’t want to reconnect with you!
Is all this real? If it is, the little demon king might return. If it’s fake, then I’m losing my mind.
I hope it’s fake—that I’m just a bit off because Tian’s sudden death hit me unexpectedly hard. Even if I become mentally ill, I don’t want to be dragged into Tian’s troubles again.
Even if Tian could really reincarnate back into the human world, it just makes me want to bury her again.
But Tian, even knowing my thoughts, doesn’t seem ready to let me go.
“Help me reincarnate smoothly, brother~”
Annoying! She’s actually threatening me—she’s a demon!
But facts prove that if I ignore this dreamlike situation, there will definitely be big trouble later. Maybe one day Tian will come back from hell to take revenge on me.
“I’ll help you reincarnate then.”
No! After finally escaping the misery, why am I being played by Tian again?!
But knowing Tian, she’d do anything. Having grown up with her for fourteen years, I’m well aware of this. I don’t even have room to wonder if I’m going crazy.
“Really? Brother!”
“Yeah, yeah!”
I agreed against my will.
It was bad enough when she was alive; why do I have to be manipulated by her after her death?
That’s right.
To make her pay back what she owes.
Those bills I have no memory of—she easily dumped them on me with a simple “Charge it to my brother.” That’s too much!
She’s owed me countless times since we were kids! I was going to let it go since she’s dead, but now it’s absolutely unforgivable.
Just you wait.
I chuckled sinisterly, cursing inwardly,
Go ahead and reincarnate!
This time, I’ll make sure to take care of you when you return as a helpless baby.
Let’s see who gets the last laugh this time!
Hehehehehehe.
