Chapter 249 - Sleeping Truth

"So Julius, when do you plan on waking up?" Duke-Drake asked Julius with a concerned tone as he was worried what was happening to the people in the outside world which cared for Julius as to them, it seemed like Julius was actually dead when in fact, all that happened was that his heart stopped beating for a while. Although it didn't sound serious and in most cases would have been very serious, Julius was different from others in the the regular rules of the world did not apply to him. 

The more accurate explanation was that everyone else's souls are inseparable from their bodies. Due to Julius having the ability to change which soul takes over his body in the form of him switching with Duke-Drake when he needs a break, Julius could treat his body as nothing more than a shell. 

With no soul to inhabit the body, the brain wouldn't have anyone to command it. As such, the brain wouldn't command the heart to start beating which would explain the fact that Julius was very much alive while his heart wasn't beating.

"I don't know quite yet. To be honest with you, I would just prefer to stay here forever and never leave this place," said Julius with a sigh as he never wanted to go back to the outside world any more.

"Is there a reason as to why you're so adamant on the idea of not seeing anyone in the outside world? Even the same people who saved your life?" Duke-Drake asked as he tried to convince Julius that it would be okay for him to go to the outside world while he also wanted to know what the reason was for Julius not wanting to go back outside.

"I mean it's not really all that complicated. You should know that soon it'll be my time to leave. That doesn't mean that I'll be dying but more specifically, it means that I no longer have a need to stay in this world. As such, I'll be taken to the heavens where I have a new goal to fulfill. You see that's the problem. Every time I accomplish someone, another thing comes up which needs my help. For once on my life I would just like to enjoy a few hours to myself where I deep the benefits of my hard work. To be perfectly frank with you, spending the rest of my life in this dimension with Rosie would have been a wonderful thing for me. I would finally have a reason to settle down and enjoy the rest of my life. However, due to this cruel world having other plans for me, I'll be going to the heavens to deal with the summon invitation that I was given to participate in something. Basically it's more work for me to deal with," said Julius as he was too exhausted to even think about the idea of hard work, let alone do any of it.

"I mean instead that what it means to be king though? You finally are able to bring peace for your people then a new threat comes for you to defeat. Time after time you're faced with new challenges which you will spend so much of your time dealing with just for a new and more powerful threat to come the next day. You do all of that just so your people can live in peace and prosperity. That's what ur means to be king, don't you think?" Duke-Drake said to Julius as he flipped the story in a more positive outlook so that Julius would change his mind as he had no idea how many people he had worried due to his student death. He arming Duke-Drake's words had caused Julius to go completely silent as he didn't know how to reply to them. As such, he decided to take a moment to think things over. However Duke-Drake wanted to quickly convince Julius that it was a good idea for him to go back out to the normal world so that he could apologize to all the people he had scared. 

"Look Julius, you're pretty smart so I won't lie to you. It's true that you'll be forced to go to the heavens which means that you won't be seeing the people of this dimension for quite a while or even at all. However I can tell you this, since you know that you'll be leaving them soon anyway, how about you make the most of what little time you have left instead of sitting here and feeling sorry for yourself all day?" Duke-Drake told Julius as he tried to make more and more good points.

"Still, how am i supposed to tell all of them that I randomly came back from the dead but they'll soon have to pretend I'm dead anyway since I'll be going to a literal other plain of existence?" Julius asked of Duke-Drake as he had make an actual good point but Duke-Drake had an equally as good response.

"Why not just pretend like you're going to stay with them forever and then simply leave. That way, you can actually live a bit of life normally. I'm pretty sure that's what you're looking for," said Duke-Drake which solidified Julius' determination.

"Okay send me back there. Thank you for all your help," said Julius as Duke-Drake teleported him back to the outside world where he would have to do a whole lot of explaining.

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Everyone gasped as Julius broke out of the coffin that was being lowered towards the ground. They watched as Julius woke up and stretched as if he had woken up from a normal day of sleep.

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"Hello everyone? Is there a reason why you're all surprised to see me?" Julius asked as he pretended like he didn't know what was going on as that was the easiest way for him to make people forget about what had just happened.

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"Rosie! Rosie! Rosie! You won't believe it! He's alive!" a figure said as it opened the room at which Rosie was crying in.