Chapter 3: The New Life

"A Ghost? No not really. Sorry to make you uncomfortable. But for your information the world on the border is a place for the people who died and had large mana reserves. We aren't allowed to heaven or hell as we have so much magical energy that it would be a waste to send use to heaven or hell." She added, " mister, I believe you don't remember dying, do you?" I was confused, how was I supposed to understand anything like this magic stuff, reincarnation, Heaven, hell after coming from the modern and technologically progressed world of living? I answered her by putting a huge pressure on my brain remembering all the details, " Yeah I remember. I got my throat fully poked by some invisible needles, after I saying god 'heartless'." She gazed at my face with even more confused look than mine. Finally, she said something, " God? You mean the almighty God? You got killed by him?" "Yes, it can be put like that too." I answered. "What were you? A demon? to be killed by him." I didn't knew how to react at this so I dodged it by adding more details, " Also he told me to get stronger and face him like a man." Now I shocked her more than I was. "You are a very funny man." And she laughed as she could handle the confusion well, or this was how I thought it was. We didn't realised that we had an entire 3 hour conversation, with such ease, by sitting on the road side. "Its almost evening. I think I should head home, its not safe around night. You should find some place to take shelter too." She said as our conversation was coming to an end. "Yeah, I think I should find and convince someone to let me stay at their place." I said. " Really? I think you shouldn't be so shy about asking me for letting you stay." She saw through my mind. "Thanks a bunch, Lady" we headed home after that. Her house wasn't so big but was spacious for two to live. Her house had her sweet and mild scent lingering all over. She was so kind she even lent me a bed to sleep on. The next day I woke up was different. I saw her crying by the dining table looking at an old painting of a man. It was her lover. I decided not to interfere with her feelings. Later I asked her to show me the town and other places nearby. Also I asked her to introduce me to her friends. She accepted my demands. She showed me around the town, but the townsmen gave us different vibes. Their eyes were holding disgust and anger towards her, as if she was some kind of criminal or witch. I noticed that. She treated me with a glass of booze. And we returned home. I noticed that she didn't had any friends around. But how was it supposed to ask her about that? "Sorry mister, The townsmen were looking at you with those eyes because of me. I don't have any friends. When I was alive, I lived my life without any sorrow or regret. Once I got engaged to a man, he was young, handsome, polite and had a good understanding of people around him. I fell in love him. Oh! Sorry I started to tell you about my life without your permission. It must've bothered you, isn't it like that?" She started all of a sudden and stopped like that too, like a typhoon her words, her feelings came and gone through my heart. Her feelings, her emotions touched my heart. "You shouldn't stop when things are getting interesting in the story. Remember." I said while announcing my will to hear her out. She was overjoyed by the fact that someone wants to hear her, understand her, "Shall I continue?" she asked. I allowed naturally. "Actually, my lover died from drowning. In front of my eyes, I could help him, I was so useless that I couldn't even protect him. that's the regret I have in my life." As I heard her, we felt so common, losing persons so preciousto us. It felt like hearing my own scenario. As we even experienced the misery together. It felt like my life was taking a new turn, a new chapter in the book of life was about to start. It all felt like I suddenly have a New Life to live.....