1 A hundred years, yet he could not forget.

When he opened his eyes again, he was met with a blinding light forcing his eyes to shut. Then, he suddenly felt pain at his buttocks. Immediately opening his eyes to glare, he got spanked again!

Who is this man? How dare he spanked him?!

"...isn't healthy." A man dressed as a doctor said. But, he could barely make out the muffled words.

"Is there something wrong with him?" the woman on the bed, said worriedly. This time, he clearly heard every single word.

"We are not sure. But if the child doesn't cry, then there could be something wrong." Then the man spanked him again.

Rising his fist to punch the man, the sight of his hand shocked him completely. It was small and chubby like a baby's hand. Panicking, he looked at himself and he saw a baby's body.

The hell? What is this? Didn't he die? Whose body is this?!

Wanting to cry at the absurdness of this situation, his tears suddenly fell and he sobbed like a child, unable to stop. The doctor and the woman smiled at the sight.

"Doctor, is everything fine now?" , the woman reached for her child.

By now he had accepted the reality of being reborn and had stopped crying. Ashamed of being of being a crybaby, he blamed it on being a baby. But now, he just felt tired and drowsy.

Shutting out all noise, one sentence made its way into his brain before he fell asleep.

"I shall name you Kai. Jin Kai. "

'Jin? ....Just like my last life's name.....' He thought before he fell asleep.

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Now he opens his eyes again, but he was no longer the baby of those days. A hundred years had passed and now he has matured into a strong, handsome man. When he was reborn into this world, he found out that magic exists in this world. The higher one's level of magic, the stronger they are. Magic also prolong one's life. So the people here often lived up to several centuries and tend to stay young longer. The strong shall rule, while the weak will be bullied.

So he trained and trained, in hopes that she too was reincarnated in this world as he did. In hopes that when he finds her again, he'll be able to protect her this time. Soon, he became one of the strongest, yet he had not found her. Sighing, the man laid in his bed thinking about the girl who constantly occupies his mind.

Maybe he should just give up. A hundred years, yet nothing. Maybe she doesn't have her past memories like he did. Maybe she changed into a whole different person. Or maybe she didn't get reincarnated and-

He did not dare to finish that thought. He'd rather believe that she's living happily somewhere. Even if she doesn't remember him. Even if she forgets him. He'll never forget her.

Thinking back, maybe God did pity him. Therefore giving him a chance to live again. But then the man smiled in mockery at that thought. For all he knows, God might as well have been cruel for giving him this life without her.

He sighed as he ran his fingers through his hair. How is he ever going to find her? He could no longer remember her face nor how she looked like. All he remembered is her name and her voice that teased him when they used to play together.

Sighing for the millionth time, he looked at the moon outside of his window before closing his eyes again to fall asleep.

His dreams were always the same. Him chasing his childhood friend as the girl teases him for being too slow. Her laughter would ring in his ears as he tried to catch her. But he can only watch her back as she ran before he woke up altogether.

But tonight, he didn't hear her laughter anymore. She didn't tease him for being slow like she always did. Instead of that, something completely different happened.

This time, he was able to catch her. The girl turned around and he finally saw her face again.

" Jin! "

He finally get to see her smile again.