“Please don’t tell me you are God! Cause if you are I swear I’d-”

The man before me smiled a smile that seemed to lighten the whole expense of nothingness around us.

“I am not the almighty God… Mr. Richard”

“Oh thank goodne-”

“ I am the angel currently assigned to your case.”

I bilked. No… i killed myself so i could end it all. Not to experience these pattern of events that will lead me to something I’ve read too many times before.

“I am here to inform you that there has been a miscalculation made by the department of fate”

“Wait a second here-”

“We would have to apologize that our miscalculation have lead to your death and-”

“I killed myself because I was done okay? I forgive whatever mistake your departement has made… Just let me rest in peace.”

The angel seemed guilty hearing my words. Poor bloke, he just started doing his job and his client had already rejected him.

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“Mr. Richard, the miscalculation the department had made is the reason for the events leading to your death.”

“What…”

“You were one of the mortals we have heavily invested in your world. Fate had been intending for you to become a key figure in the development of your people.”

That can’t have been what happened. I looked into his eyes to look for any indications of a lie and was only met with a look of regret. Then why had…

“You were supposed to endure your hardships Mr. Richard. They were supposed to be the events that would have led you to be the figure you were fated to be.”

“I, that can’t, you can’t just say that all my life was dictated by fate.”

“It was not, fate merely gives individuals a series of choices and probabilities for their future. The more an individual chooses the most similar choices to a path that fate designates to be important, the more fate will invest in that individual.”

I… I had always tried my best in life. Worked my but of at school, did my best to help my parents, did my best to support dad after mom died, got accepted into one of the world's best universities even when I came from a remote village, got a scholarship to study there when I had no money… Wait a fricking second don’t tell me..!

“As you have guessed Mr. Richard, your childhood has prompted fate to have you study at that university and with a scholarship at that. More improbable events that happened afterward are also because of fate. Unfortunately, the rookie that was assigned by the department at that time had been too excited to add to your ‘tragic back story’ that he forgot to calculate your mentality.”

So those haters that came from nowhere, my dad’s cancer, that damn hacker, and all those unfortunate events that happened were because a rookie wanted to add more to my ‘tragic back story’!?

“Thus because of the investment given you by fate the court has decided to have your soul placed elsewhere, another world under another jurisdiction of the Creator whose department of fate held the highest ratings for the past two millennia and will be able to handle a delicate soul like yourself.”

“Wait! I said I’m done with this shit. I want nothing to do with another life!”

“Alas… the decision is out of your hands. I pray you will be happier in your next life Mr. Richard.”

The Angel had the gall to smile benignly at me as he snapped his fingers and I knew no more.