In a country-side in Japan, we can see a young man walking on the side of the road. Sweating profusely as it was the middle of summer. "Damn, why did my bike broke down in this heat? Should've checked it yesterday.Sigh."

As he was walking he suddenly hears this ringing in his head. His eyes started spinning. He passed out as his body isn't able to cope in this heat.

A few hours later, his body was found on the side of the road by a couple. He died of heatstroke in the middle of the road where almost close to none is going through.

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The young man woke up in a corridor. The corridor is adorned with lit candles that extends...where does it extend to? He can't see the end in either way.

"Where am I? Who am I?! What am I?!?!

He looks at his hands. His body is now glowing red. His "flesh" is now see through. But in a weird way, he suddenly felt relaxed. "Hmmm. Do I like this? I should walk. I'm already here and I doubt someone is going to find me here."

He started walking towards one end of the corridor. He walked for what seems like hours, but he strangely didn't feel tired at all. As he was walking he started to hear voices. He couldn't understand them at all. That didn't stop him from going to the voices. 'They might help me' he thought as he goes where the voices are.

As he goes near the voice he saw an open door. He went near it with caution.

"##$#$%&&$$#5"

He peeks inside to see a pale middle-aged man with a full black suit, hair slicked-back, a body built like an athlete and, a cane. He would look like a gangster if not, for one thing, his eyes were pitch-black. After one look, he doesn't want to look at them ever again, but he couldn't help it. The more he looks at it the more dread and hopelessness he feels, at the same time, he feels like he wants to just close his eyes and rest.

"#$%%&49dfhsk73'$(#$#" (This one right here)

The pale man looks at the door and sees him. He panics as the man pale man looks at him with one eyebrow raised out of curiosity. The pale man started walking towards him with an emotionless face and he stood like his feet were being held on to. He looks down and there are hands holding him in place.

"WELL, LOOKS LIKE THE LOST SOUL FOUND US INSTEAD."

He almost pissed himself as the voice was so rough that it sounded like a distorted bass just played a video. Couple that with the face and the eyes, he seemed like the devil was just standing right in front of him.

"Oh, I'm sorry. My voice was still out of tune for your lot. Here does that sound better to you?

The man just nods his head. Stunned as the voice changed from the devil to an angel that instantly made him feel good but he can hear the annoyance from the pale man.

"I have many names but you can call me Grim. Not my original name but your people know me better using that name," said Grim. "I usually don't meet souls like this but you accidentally came into this place which was supposed to be impossible," he said while aiming a glare towards inside the room. "*$%#"%#&$sfh234#$,"(This too.) a second voice came from the room with a slight annoyance in it.

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"Lower the level of your language. He won't understand you," said Grim towards the room. "Well, come on in. We have to talk about something as your case is a bit special"

The man still mesmerized by the Grim's voice just nodded and entered the room. The room looks like a victorian office way back then. A bookcase on the side with books and scrolls on it. The desk and table look like it was made from a rare material as it has a slight glow to it.' I wish I had these when I was still working from home. Wait where did that come from? How do I know that I had a job at home?' thought the man as he is walking inside feeling confused and lost.

Grim just looks at him with a slight interest on his face. "Names are very powerful. They usually stick to your soul for all eternity even if you reincarnate. You really are an interesting case."

"Did you just read my mind?" The man was surprised because Grim said something as an answer to his thoughts. "I'm death himself. My domain handles souls, and you're a soul now. Why do you think you look like that?" Grim asked.

"So I died? How?" "That is what we are going to find out now. Every soul should have the memory of everything that has happened to it. Meaning your soul will remember everything it ever saw, feel, smelt all the way to what it thought 3-4 reincarnations before. It should remember everything from its creation until now."Grim explained. 'hmmm. He didn't notice that I just called myself Death? Or he didn't care? I should look into his destiny at least before opening his memories to see if he could be trouble, Father (this term is like how some cultures say "God knows what") knows I have too much on my plate already.'thought Grim.

"?!?!?!?!?!" Grim was shocked. Every being and everything have destinies. Destiny is like a road that you can walk on as you live. Grim has one as well but he can just avoid it or just straight up make it not happen. This man has no destiny. 'No, more like destiny is avoiding him. It seems like destiny is AFRAID to give him a path to walk on to.'

"Grim, bring him closer so that I could test him." said the voice coming from the desk, specifically from the mirror on the desk. The shock Grim felt was broken by the voice. "Sister, I think you should come here in person. This man is something special and he might break something because of it."

The man just looks at Grim with more anxiety than earlier when he entered the room. "What do you mean?" asked the man. "Never you mind. Just seat down first and we'll wait for my sister. She can tell you who you are and might even be able to tell what you are." Grim said with his stoic voice. "But I thought souls are your domain? How come you can't tell me what I am?" asked the man with a raised eyebrow.

'He did hear me. He still didn't react about that.' "My domain is the soul but unfortunately if I try to find out what you are without knowing anything about you when you are alive I might destroy your soul. There are spells that can protect one's secret to the point that if I even stand a meter from you, you will explode." The man paled once again from fright and thanked god for not having that spell as grim already stood less than a meter from him. 'Wait, why did I just accept that like that was normal? What is happening to me?'

A bright light suddenly flashed and in the middle of it, a woman appeared. "Flashy as usual Vita. You have to use that kind of entrance." Grim rolling his eyes at his sister. "Long time no see to you too, brother." said the Vita with a smile that could heal a blind man so just he sees her.

"Let's get this over with. Mom was shouting in excitement earlier before you called. I didn't know why though." " You didn't ask her?" "No, you called abruptly telling me about this soul that entered your palace. I told that to mom and she squealed even louder and just said to concentrate on you." "That is weird. Usually, this is the decade that she will be sad and quiet and now you tell me she even squealed? "Grim asked. Vita shrugged her shoulders and looked at the ignored soul just moving his head between the two as the siblings were talking.

"Sorry for ignoring you, little one." "No problem. So he tells me you could find out what am I?" asked the man. "Yes. It might take a long time. I could just look at your previous life but Grim tells me you are a bit special. So I would be looking from your first life until now. You wanna see it with me?" Vita said while showing a smile. "Sure, but will I regain all of my memories or just my past life?" "That is for you to decide after showing them to you," interjected Grim. "I'll handle it personally."

'I might really have something special in me for having these two help me to this extent.' He looks at Grim and says "Thank you." He turns to Vita and says "I'm ready." Vita sits right in front of him and says "Let's go"

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Grim stood there as he watched his sister and the man go through the souls' memory. He could have done the same thing but he doesn't want to. This soul already trespassed into his palace. If it wasn't for his sister's interjection, ( She did interject, that was the weird characters I put up, I even pointed it out.) he would've already banished the soul to the void.

A few hours went by when Grim was startled by his Vita who screamed.

"What happened?" asked Grim as he looks like he is ready to destroy the soul. The soul on the other hand just calmly opens his eyes "Woah, that is really really weird." He looks at Grim with the biggest smug grin on his face.

"WHAT HAPPENED?" Stressed Grim. He is already annoyed that a soul of a mortal appears in his palace and now this fool is looking at him like this. His aura started to leak. 'I should really torture this soul as I banishe----' "GRIM, STOP!!" screamed Vita with a laugh. "IT'S DAD!! HE'S BACK!!" Grim stops and looks at his sister. Then at the man. Then turned to his sister.

"Wait. What?"