She found out!? What did I do wrong this time? Don't panic, just continue your act.

  "Hey, what's wrong? Why did you slap me? And I am an imposter trying to scam you? What are you talking about? It's me, Siku, the Siku you know."

  "I told you to stop your act, didn't I? And I knew Siku for five fu*king years, so I know everything about him, so where is Siku?"

  "Like I said, I am Siku. I don't know what you are talking about. I am Siku."

  "You basta*d," she said as she raised her hands to hit me again.

  "Hey, stop it, don't hit me."

  She didn't listen and moved to hit me again, but I immediately caught her hand.

  "How dare you grab my hand, you sh*tface?" she shrieked, pulling her hand away.

  Damn, I am strong.

  "I am turning you to the peacekeepers, and they will get the answers out of your assh*le by beating the sh*t out of you."

  "Hey, hey, don't call them. Please don't call them," I said, panic flooding over my mind, convulsing with thoughts of how I was tortured as Aldon.

  "Then tell me who you are, and where is Siku? Who are you? You are not Siku," she said, her hands on the dial pad, ready to call the peacekeepers at any moment.

  What is happening? Why is this happening? Didn't everything go well? Wasn't I safe till now? Didn't I feel a tinge hopeful? This life was the best, but...but why is she now accusing me? and the peacekeepers will file a case on me? No, please, no, that shouldn't happen. What did I do? Will they hit me again? No, not that.

  My knees slowly started to weaken, and the world started to spin around me, forcing me to be loose my balance. I felt my gut tightening with a feeling of nausea.

  Thud!

  I fell on the tiled ground as my knees failed to support me, the impact giving a sharp sense of pain in the kneecaps, tears started roll down my face as I looked at Arna.

  "Please don't call the peacekeepers, please," I begged.

  "Stop your crying, it won't stop me from calling the peacekeepers."

  "Please don't, please just kill me instead. Please don't hand me over; just kill me."

  "Eh? Huh? Wh-wh-at...are you sayi...ng? Kill you?" Why would I do that? You just tried to scam me. I won't kill you..." She hesitantly took a step back, her hands falling to her side, caught off guard by my request.

  "Just kill me, don't turn me in. I don't want to suffer again." I blurted as I fell forward, my elbows grounded on the floor, which supported me from not falling flat as my head sunk.

  "Stop...saying that...you are freaking me out."

  "Freaking you out? Do you think you are more freaked out than I am? I don't even know what's happening, what's going on, or even where I am and what I am doing with my life. One day I am somewhere els, the next I am over here. I really thought this time it was actually better, but no, my stupid self blew it all. I didn't try to scam or take advantage of you, I have no choice. Can't you see that? I don't know why, but I am forced to do this. Someone cursed me, that's why I am going through this. Just kill me instead of turning me, or at least let me kill myself." I cried, tears flooding the ground.

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  "Hey, hey, hey, stop crying. We are in the middle of a damn street. Stop crying. Aren't you a man? Stop crying... Wait, are you a woman? Regardless, stop crying, you are drawing attention. Get up on your feet."

  "Just leave me alone, just go away. Why did this happen again? Over and over again, why? I just thought this time would be different. I was able to survive long enough. Just why? Why can't I just live like this for a few days straight? And I am impersonating Siku? You think I have a damn choice in this? You think I wanted to do this? be my true self? I didn't get the chance to be myself, did I? I don't even know who I am. I remember things that I am not even related to, and you expect me to be my true self? I am scared to be myself. I don't want to go through it again and again, just kill me." I bawled, punching the ground with my gloved fists in grief and the shock of being caught as the sensations of the torture when I Aldon climbed my skin.

  "Hey, hey, hey, stop it. Stop throwing a tantrum; you are drawing attention. Stop punching the ground, dammit, you might break your wrists. I am sorry for being rude, okay? Let's go somewhere else. We are in the middle of the street. Just stop crying. Come on, just get up," Arna said, trying to lift me up.

  "Was Siku always this heavy? Come on, let's go and sit in there. Come on, please stop drawing attention."

  "Just...kill me...don't turn me in..." I said, dragging my feet, following her lead.

  "Stop trying to die, okay? And no, I won't turn you in to the peacekeepers or kill you, okay? So let's just sit for a moment, come on," she said, supporting me, and made me sit on the stairs of a partially constructed building.

  "Hff, dragging a grown man is tiring," she said, adjusting her skirt, and sat next to me as I continued to cry and started to pat my back.

  "That's it, just cry it all out, okay? Now I know that you didn't try to cheat me. Just let it out and leave my Siku's body," she said.

  Her words settled on my ears the way morning breaks through night, the soft voice just enough to make me feel reassured and hopeful again.

  I wiped the tears that flooded my eyes with the sleeve of my coat and snorted as I continued to let out shaky breaths.

  "Just cry, okay? No one's here, so you can cry, and I won't turn you in to the peacekeepers, so don't be afraid, got it?"

  I cried for a few more minutes, whimpering as I curled up on the stairs as she continued to reassure me and patted my back with a rhythm.

  "Are you okay now? Let all your tears out?" she said, forcing me to face her by pulling my head out of my arms.

  "Mhm...ye-..ah," I said as I took one final snort.

  "Do you need some to wipe your tears? Are you like a toddler?" she said, reaching out and wiping my tears with her coat cuffs.

  "So can we talk now?"

  "Y...es..."

  "Tell me the truth if you are okay with it; if you are not, feel free to cry again."

  Can I tell her? Should I tell her? She is the first person who reassured me and comforted me in suffering, so nothing's going to happen, right? it's been seven years, so the mess by my death would be known by the kings. What if I am caught again? But she won't snitch on me, right? She is Siku's girlfriend, she has known him since twelve, and Siku trusts her more than his own parents, right? Is it okay?

  "Just trust me, okay? If I can help you, I surely will. If I can't, well, I don't know, but we can find help."

  Okay...I should tell her she is trustworthy and seems like a good person, but I can't fully trust her yet, so I will tell her half the truth.

  "The truth is I am not Siku, I am someone else."

  "No sh*t," she said instantly.

  I took a small breath and braced myself to reveal the partial truth.

  "The truth is I am actually a nine-year-old, and I transmigrated into Siku's body."