the light and the dark.

[ITEM NAME: Stone of Return.

RANK: Exclusive

ABILITY: Everything about you, including your body and emotions, will return to the past, 20 years ago. The mind and soul of the user of the Stone of Return will remain.

Do you want to use the Stone of Return?

( YES / NO ) ]

Without hesitation, I pressed 'YES' on the system.

As I pressed YES on the system, the stone in my hand shattered, releasing a powerful purple energy. This energy surrounded my body, from head to toe.

"Wait for me, Jaden... and I'll kill you, I'll kill you in the worst way possible." I muttered as I was enveloped in the purple energy.

[NOTE: Using the Stone of Return will begin.]

[2%]

[13%]

[38%]

[56%]

As the numbers increased, the purple energy decreased. It was shrinking as the numbers rose.

[69%]

[82%]

[96%]

[97%]

[98%]

[99%]

[100%]

When it reached 100%, the purple energy disappeared, along with me inside it.

....

On a quiet night, a purple light illuminated one of the houses in a barangay.

[NOTE: Using the Stone of Return is successful.

You have successfully returned to the past, 20 years ago.]

'So it's true, I can go back to the past. Good, if that's the case... ugh. Why am I suddenly dizzy?' As I stood up, I collapsed to my knees in pain and dizziness. My two hands were on my head.

[NOTE: Due to your weak body, your body will have difficulty controlling your power.]

W-what? Weak body? "System!"

[DARK SYSTEM:

STATUS PANEL:

NAME: Jin Samuel Casas.

AGE: 18

SEX: Male.

TITLE: The Last Child of Darkness.

STRENGTH : 33

AGILITY: 30

VITALITY: 19

MANA: 23

PERCEPTION: 32

STAMINA: 31

LUCK: 50

MAGIC DEFENSE: 9

PHYSICAL DEFENSE: 5

SKILLS:

Soul Eater. (ss) -

Demon Body. (s) -

...see details

PASSIVE SKILLS:

Strong Healing in Darkness. (A)

Body of Resilience. (9 STAR)

.....see details ]

"..." I fell silent for a moment because 99.99% of my strength was gone.

"Sigh... what did I expect? To be strong from the start?" I just forgot that all my stats would disappear when I returned to the past. Maybe because I was amazed by my high physical stats, so that's it? HAHA who knows.

[NOTE: Because your body cannot handle the two powers, the system will seal your strongest ability for a whole year.

You will be given one year to become strong, so that your body can handle the two powers.

= Body of Resilience is sealed

364:23:59:23]

"W-what? My strongest skill will be sealed? Are you crazy, system? I know you know that Body of Resilience is what will strengthen my body. But, you still sealed it? Sigh... I don't know..." As I frowned, I just sighed because there was nothing I could do because the system did it. But I hope the system would at least give me another reason why Body of Resilience was sealed. Without Body of Resilience, my body won't be strong. Sigh... I really don't know.

[Note: All the damage you receive will still be added to Body of Resilience even though it's sealed.]

The system should have shown me that earlier, so I wouldn't be upset.

I stood up from my kneeling position. The pain and dizziness in my head had disappeared.

I walked to my mirror and saw the change in my appearance. In the mirror, I saw a man with black hair, with some strands of black purple. My eyebrows were pure black, and they were thick. My former black eyes were now mixed with black red. My eyelashes were very long, women who saw my eyelashes would definitely be envious. My nose was more pointed, not the kind that makes you think of Pinocchio, my nose was 1.2 inches long. My lips, on the other hand, could be compared to a tomato in terms of redness. My chin was the most striking of all, because of the sharpness of my chin, I looked even more mature at the age of 18. My height, I could say, wasn't short, but not very tall either. I'm only 5'11.

"Is that really me?" I asked myself, because I wasn't this handsome as a teenager.

'Is it because of my passive skill, Strong Healing in Darkness?'

I think so, because of this passive skill, even small wounds won't escape it. I guess I won't have pimples that teenagers hate.

In my amazement at my appearance, I looked at the clock and sat on the bed.

<11:47 P.M> Uhh... thank goodness I still have time to sleep. For a whole year, I haven't had a good night's sleep, so I won't waste this opportunity to rest. Even though my body has had enough rest, I want my mind to rest. So, brain, rest for now. I lay down and started to sleep.

....

The next morning

SHANE POV:

Thank goodness I have a place to sleep now. It's also difficult for a woman to sleep outside, something bad might happen.

"Uwahh~ good morning self," I yawned as I woke up.

I got out of bed and tidied it up before going to my closet. I also checked the time to know how fast I should be.

<5:01 A.M> "I woke up too early today, did something happen? HAHAHA probably not." I said with a happy smile on my face.

I took out the uniform I would wear to school later and hung it next to my bed, where there was a rose-colored curtain.

"I wonder if Samuel's awake? I saw him come home drunk last night, sigh... he hasn't changed, I'm worried he won't find a girlfriend in the future if he keeps doing that, sigh..." I sighed with a disappointed face as I thought about Samuel's actions. Because since I was a child, I've known Samuel and I consider him my older brother. And he's the one who let me live here now, HAHAHA I'm so lucky to have an older brother who's arrogant but not stingy HEHE.

Since I'm done taking out my school clothes, I went to the kitchen and cooked rice. I also saw that there was still rice left in the pot. We always end up with cold rice because Samuel doesn't eat here at night.

Hmm... should I wake him up so he can cook our breakfast?

"Um... I'll take a bath first before I wake up Samuel." I went to my room to get a towel and to start taking a bath.

....

SAMUEL POV:

In my dark red eyes, all I see is pure white. "Where am I?" I asked, scanning my surroundings. As I looked left and right, all I saw was pure white.

I decided to walk around, maybe I'll notice something unusual. Before long, I heard a voice calling my name.

"Samuel!" As I looked in the direction of the voice, a red color was gradually taking over the white surroundings. I didn't panic and examined what was happening, and for the second time, someone called me again.

"Samuel! Samuel!" The voice was coming from behind me, I could say it wasn't far.

Curious, I recognized the woman's voice. I looked behind me to see the woman in my mind. As I turned to face the direction of the voice, I saw a wounded woman. Her face was full of bruises and wounds, her hands were covered in blood, her white clothes were covered in blood, her bare feet, like other parts, were also covered in wounds and blood.

When I saw the woman's condition, my reaction was shock and concern. I immediately approached her. But as I reached the woman, she exploded in front of me, splattering blood on me. "No! Shane!"

Pack!

A strong slap on both sides of my face hit my face. I suddenly woke up from where I was lying, along with the slap on my face. My eyes were a bit teary, but I didn't let them fall.

Next to me, I hadn't noticed a person. He approached me, hugged my head, and said, "What's wrong, Samuel? Did something happen to me in your dream, that's why you're yelling my name like that?" I looked at the direction of the voice and saw the woman in my dream.

But she had no wounds and her skin was smooth, as if she had never been hurt.

This woman in front of me was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen in my whole life, even now and even in my past life. Her hair was white, but some strands had yellow, even though a towel was wrapped around her hair, I could still see it. Her eyebrows were pure white, her eyelashes were long, and even longer than mine. Her nose was small, but not flat, it was 0.8 inches long. Her lips were like a flower, pink in color. She was also tall for a woman, especially if your continent is in Asia, her height is only 5'8.

I looked at her and stood up. I held her head and said, "It's nothing, it's just Frank, did I call you Frank?!"

"Hmm?" she replied to what I said.

Of course, I was just lying, because if I told her about my dream, Shane's childish side would come out again, and she would act like my wife if she got angry at me. Uh... even in our past life, we were really lovers. But now, our ages are too far apart. I'm 38 and she's just turning 17.

[DARK SYSTEM:

STATUS PANEL:

NAME: Jin Samuel Casas.

AGE: 18

SEX: Male.

TITLE: The Last Child of Darkness.

STRENGTH : 33

AGILITY: 30

VITALITY: 19

MANA: 23

PERCEPTION: 32

STAMINA: 31

LUCK: 50

MAGIC DEFENSE: 9

PHYSICAL DEFENSE: 5

SKILLS:

Soul Eater. (ss) -

Demon Body. (s) -

...see details

PASSIVE SKILLS:

Strong Healing in Darkness. (A)

Body of Resilience. (9 STAR)

.....see details ]

Ehh? What does this mean, system? Why do you have to show my age now? You're strange, you know.

As I held Shane's head, she looked at my face and said, "Samuel! It's like something has changed about you!"

You're right, Shane, a lot has changed about me, and there are a lot of things I want to change about myself. If in my past life, I didn't protect you and take good care of you, now in this life, I will become strong to protect you only, and I will show you the love I couldn't give you in our past life. "Really? I think so."

"I noticed you've become even more stupid." This child. Sigh... what else did I expect from her HAHA.

Tick!

"Ouch."

I flicked her forehead and walked out of the room. "Let's eat, I'll cook you a dog."

When she heard this, she seemed disgusted and frowned at me. "Samuel!" she shouted as she approached me to punch my shoulder.

"Just kidding, what do you want to eat? It's still early, we have time to buy some ingredients?" As I asked, she stopped punching my shoulder.

[BODY OF RESILIENCE (SEALED)

19/15,000,000

19/∞ ]