Chapter 69: There are no rules. (1/2)
After what feels like an eternity, we finally manage to reach the shore. As soon as I climb off the shore, the boatman spreads his skeleton hand for the coin. I give it the silver coin and bow to him respectfully. He never speaks, but he leaves a certain impression that he must never be messed with.
When I lift my head, the boat and the boatman are already gone. I take a breath of relief. The river is also gone. I am the only one standing in front of a black door with no doorknob. There is no wall or anything around the door. This must be the entry to the hell. I can wait here for eternity, but the door won't go or change. I push the door and enter.
”Welcome to the Limbo!” Someone shouts as soon as I enter the office. It's a man dressed in corporate clothes. He is short, fat, and wearing thick glasses. His eyes are brown. He looks quite human to me.
I can't help but feel weird. Is it supposed to be like this?
”Let's see.” The corporate man sits opposite to me and puts my document on the table. ”You are a special case, aren't you? That's why the higher up decided to send me.”
”Who are you?” I ask.
”My name is JJ. I am your counselor. ” He winks at me ”We do not share our true names in hell.”
”You know my name?” I point at the document.
”That's not your true name. It's your given name. Unlike us, you humans have many names. So, you can tell your name or not. It's up to you.”
He picks up the first sheet and adjusts his glasses.
”You have died once, but you were taken by a god before you could go to the afterlife. Then, he decided to turn back time and chose you as his representative. You do not have any original sin. Just a minor here and there, nothing that can't be resolved in a few hundred years of hell. But you didn't die this time. You came here to challenge hell to achieve immortality?”
He raises his eyebrow. I shake my head.
”I didn't come here to challenge. I was sent here without my permission.”
”I see,” He pushes his glasses again. ”In any case, you are enlisted as a challenger. Since you do not have any original sin, You will start here. But there is one complication.”
”What might that be?” I sigh.
He narrows his eyes at me. ”You are also a part demon. We don't like to hurt our kind. We can ignore your human part and accept you as one of us, but the child in the womb is also blessed by heaven.”
”Child in my womb?” I look at my flat stomach. When did I get a child in my womb? How did it happen? It's only been a few days that Sung Jun and I...Ah! Last time, I got pregnant after one night.
”I am pregnant again?” I ask in horror. I am in hell while I am pregnant. Crap! This is too bad.