Otaku Translation: [BL] Rebirth: Back to Zero

Rebirth: Back to Zero

Author: 祎庭沫瞳 (Yi Ting Mo Tong)

Chapter 01 Another Chance to Love (Part 3)

Mysteriously, the dead Jun Lixuan found his consciousness sober. Slowly, the pain in his abdomen faded. His body became lighter and lighter, and his soul separated from his body. Somehow, he transformed into a wandering spirit.

Looking at his translucent body, Jun Lixuan didn’t know how to react. When his eyes met with his smiling corpse, Ling Qiyang’s face appeared in his mind again. While he didn’t know how that person would respond to his death, he knew he didn’t want him to cry.

The thought of Ling Qiyang’s tearing peach-coloured eyes send waves of sorrow swelling through Jun Lixuan’s heart.

For the next three days, Jun Lixuan had control over his spirit. He wandered around the palace and visited the many places in the empire. He saw someone wipe off the blood from his body. Then, his belt was untied and used as a noose hanging across the ceiling. With this, his corpse was hung up, and his death disguised as a suicide.

Hearing of his passing, the Emperor sighed heavily. At the same time, his Third Brother burst into tears at the news. Through the night, he knelt weeping before Jun Lixuan’s stele.

Then, Jun Lixuan watched his Sixth Brother hurry back to the Capital, losing his voice to agony at the funeral.

He also observed those who concealed the smiling faces under a mask of sorrow... From start to end, there were no signs of Ling Qiyang, nor any news of the marriage being cancelled.

Jun Lixuan was buried with his status of His Royal Highness Ling three days later. Due to his sudden death, his burial ground was hastily sourced. After the burial, Jun Lixuan’s spirit was constraint next to his grave and could not leave anymore.

His grave was beside a bustling official road in the suburbs. The constant flow of people and carriages on the street, entertained him, keeping loneliness at bay. Still, the unchanging scenery became dry after 2 days. Throughout the past two days, Ling Qiyang kept resurfacing in Jun Lixuan’s mind. There was no news of his whereabouts or how he was doing.

Early the next morning, a wedding troupe left the Capital in celebration. The Third Prince took the lead in front, sending off the bride. Jun Lixuan knew that that was Ling Qiyang’s wedding troupe. Evidently, his death did not exchange Ling Qiyang’s peace.

When the carriage arrived at His Royal Highness Ling’s grave, it suddenly stopped. Jun Liyuan dismounted and walked to the front of the carriage. He assisted Ling Qiyang in getting down of the carriage. The layers of robes clad on Ling Qiyang were scintillating red. His wedding robes were not as elaborate as a woman's dress, and he was not adorned with a phoenix crown or a veil. He only had a long the long train trailing behind him and intricate embroidery on his wide long sleeves. As the bleak autumn breeze blew, the vivid red layers swayed gorgeously. Yet, the passionate colour could not hide the faint sorrows in his deep, profound gaze.

Ling Qiyang looked at Jun Lixuan’s tombstone from a distance. After a long time, he whispered to Jun Liyuan, “I'm sorry." Then, he lifted his clothes and dashed frantically to Jun Lixuan's tombstone.

As he ran, the trailing train lifted up with the winds. As he watched from his tombstone, the flame-red wedding robes seemed to burn into Jun Lixuan's eyes. He knew that Ling Qiyang could not see him, but he knew that his lover was running towards him.

Ling Qiyang was like a phoenix mired by despair, morosely beautiful yet unwaveringly resolute. When Jun Lixuan realised Ling Qiyang's purpose, he stretched out his arms, hoping to stop the latter in his tracks. Alas, it was in vain. Till the end, he could only watch the phoenix take its last flight...

With a muffled thud, a flush of crimson washed over Jun Lixuan's tombstone. Ling Qiyang's body slowly slid to the ground against the tombstone, and blood ran down his forehead. Jun Lixuan was desperate to hold him in his arms, but everything he did was in vain.

Jun Liyuan stopped the guard who was about to rush forward. He stood there in silence, watching quietly.

Ling Qiyang smiled weakly, and muttered, "If afterlife exists, I wish you peace and prosperity. I also wish I...no longer love you..."

Tears trickled down from the corner of his eyes, and Ling Qiyang took his last breath. Blazing chills rushed through Jun Lixuan as he watched. His fist clenched in despair as his lover's body turned cold.

Who's crying?

A deep cry, so familiar and so painful echoed by Jun Lixuan’s ears... Then, he suddenly realised. He was sobbing uncontrollably. His body could not respond, but he knew his heart was tearing apart. Tears overflowed and soaked his clothes, and the soft sobbing turned into a hoarse grief-stricken wail.

As they were unmarried, Ling Qiyang's name could not be engraved on Jun Lixuan' stele. But, the former chose to stay with Jun Lixuan through his blood and death. Soon, the world turned dark before Jun Lixuan, and he completely lost consciousness. At the last second of consciousness, he couldn't help thinking, if there was an afterlife, he would do everything to find Ling Qiyang. He would hold his hand and never let go. All he wished for was to grow old together, hand in hand.

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Translator Notes

This is one of my favourite BL transmigration stories and the tragic opening is the best start to a loving development. The rest of the story is extremely warm, cute and fluffy!!! Some super hot scenes ahead too!!! XD

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