Chapter 704: Wait For Me, Okay?
Up until now, Zeke still had no idea where this place was. However, three years was more than sufficient for him to discern a few unique attributes of this planet. For starters, the highest temperature that had ever been measured by thermostat was 10 degrees Celsius, it was like they were trapped in a prolonged winter all year around. Or to be exact, this planet only had one season. As a result, the snow was everlasting, swathing the scenery in icy whiteness.
Zeke might not travel often, but at least he could tell that the planet which only had one season and was covered in snow all year long was not common. He only needed to keep that in mind, and after he returned to his original body, he would find this planet without fail and return here again. To this man’s side.
The weather was getting colder nowadays and even the automatic heating inside the wooden cabin was unable to disperse the chill on the cat’s body. He could not even muster any strength to curl himself up for warmth anymore. With his body slumped on the bed, he opened his mouth in difficulty to address the man in front of him. "Miw... miw..." It’s okay. Don’t put on a look like that. One week– no, five days. Give me five days and I will come back here...
They had been like this for hours – Zeke dozing off on the bed with the man sitting on the floor in front of him. The assassin seemed to detect that the kitten’s time had almost run out as he did not even go out on his morning run as usual.
Except for his lips that were pressed into thin lines, his face did not portray any emotions. He only used that placid yet smothering gaze to stare at Zeke, watching each arduous rise and fall of his chest as if afraid to miss even a single moment.
Seeing the assassin like this, an intense pain seared through Zeke’s entire body, causing his paws to spasm and tremble lightly. He knew that it was because of the rapid decline of his functioning organs – which had been going on for days now – yet for some reason, it was a few times more excruciating today. It was so agonizing that he could not breathe for a few seconds. It was the first time Zeke learned that even an act as simple as breathing could become so painful.
Zeke could actually cut his suffering short by falling asleep. The kitten’s body was truly at the end of its rope, it was like a burning candle which had reached the very base of the wax and once Zeke fell asleep – once he closed his eyes, he would be able to leave all this pain and hardship behind. He could do it yesterday, two days or even three days ago. In this way, he needed not to bear this kind of relentless torment that was flaying his soul bit by bit.
Alas... he could not.
He just could not bring himself to do it.
Even though the pain was slowly killing him, even though his body felt like it was breaking apart from within, he still forced his eyes open to stare at the blonde man’s face, tracing each and every contour of his beautiful features. As expected, he still could not bear to leave...
Why? Why was three years such a short time? Zeke’s eyes turned hot, and this time he felt it vividly as the spot on the center of his chest throbbed and pulsed in pain.