Jungkook's face lit up with hope

"I am ready for it. Just tell me what I have to do so…...is it a deal? An exchange of some sort? My other life?"

"You want to see Chaeyoung, right? Keep your promise? So be it. I will let you do so. But on one condition, you must not let anyone-not even her, not even a stranger. No exceptions. After you complete your task under the constraints, you shall become a free soul, without a burden or forced rebirth. You shall dissolve into the ether, liberating."

His expression hardened

" But if you don't follow the rules, then neither shall you be allowed to come back to this place to spend the rest of your existence. You shall remain troubled, dead soul, angst will take over you, your memory will be lost yet your deepest thoughts will take over mind, you will be trapped in the net of the living of Unknown. Choose to stay, you shall be spared of making a hard Choice that either way doesn't have much scope of survival. Now make a decision."

Jungkook weighed his options. But of course, nothing could stop him from going now.

"I have made my decision. I will go."

"Well then, I hope you don't regret your choices later. I tried to warn you," the old man touched Jungkook's forehead with his index finger and murmured something. "Hmm…..there. I permit you to leave this heaven for the dead and move to the world of living, where you come from, where you wish to go."

Jungkook felt like manacles had been removed; he wasn't held back by anything. He felt free, felt like he had a purpose. He looked at the old man with glistening eyes