Chapter 1 - Death... (1/2)

Earth... Somewhere... The year 2019

Philippines...

An old man with a wrinkled face, grayish hair telling his old age, sitting alone while watching anything randomly at his laptop. Sometimes reading 'Light Novel' while at other times checking updates on various 'Manga' updates.

He lives alone at a two-story house; No wife, no sons/daughters, no father and mother, but only with a maid that goes home after finishing her work and come back at early morning.

This old man has a story. Joining the army when he was 23 'A fresh graduate' from the academy 'Philippine Military Academy' at a city called 'Baguio'. With good marks, he easily joined the 'Philippine Army'.

Upon joining and training for two years, at 25 he officially got his position at the lower ranks.

Time passed…

He's been with the army for 37 years since he joined as a trainee. Did many things for his country, slowly climbing up in the ranks until he reached the rank of Lieutenant General.

Now, he is 62 years old thinking about his family 'Maybe it's about time I retire and spend more time with my family. I have saved up enough to live with my family and for our future, and I miss my cute grandson's'.

(He retired Two Weeks after thinking that, he needed to process his papers properly before he could do so)

....

He had a family of seven; A loving mother who was 93 years old, a good father that is nearing 94. A perfect wife for him, A daughter 28 years old and a son who's 26 years old.

His daughter married at 27 and at 28 she gave birth to his first grandson and two years later, his son also got married, and a year later his wife gave birth to his second grandson.

10 years passed, his two grandsons grow up.

When he could go back home, he will spend time with them, he's fond of them and his grandsons also liked him back.

There was a time when his first grandson saw an anime which he thought is a cartoon and really liked it, his grandson then asked him to watch it together with his second grandson.

Seeing how eager and cute his grandson was, he smiled and joined what his grandson wanted to do.

Time passes…

When he could go back home, his grandson would always ask him to watch together which he also liked to watch.

In his free time when he is in the Army, he would watch anime to pass the time. Till he thought of retiring and did so.

His grandsons now have their own work and family, he will visit them when he can or they would visit him when they can together with their family.

...

Five years have passed, he was now 67 years old, two years earlier, his wife died because of an unknown disease, which broke his heart, he cried because of sadness and grief.

Before his wife died, his wife told him, ”Let's meet again in our next life”.

C.a.r.e.s.sing his wife's face lovingly, he said. ”We will” with tears in his eyes.

His father and mother died years ago, leaving him and his wife in their house because his daughter and son moved out years before to live separately with their own family and now that his wife died, he's left alone.

Being alone at 65, he passed his time by watching anime, movies, reading novels and mangas and so on just to keep his loneliness away.