darkness

darkness and pain

pure unrelenting darkness and pain. its crushing and crippling weight redistricting my movement, my skin feels like its on fire, my lungs refuse to breath my body ignores my commands to move. my ears ringing.

then it slowly falls away, "I'm dead aren't I?"

as i have that thought, everything slips away and I'm in an office building.

"State your name, Religion and beliefs" a voice cold and emotionless voice comes from behind me, I spin around only to be greeted by a beautiful blonde haired, golden eyed lady with large wings and a halo on her head. I feel a force compelling me to answer her "Clare Nakamura, Shinto religion, follower of the kitsune" i answer before i can think of what to say.

"am i dead? were am i" i wonder as i look around. Every thing is white and gold, nothing, but besides the weird colour scheme, it was like a normal office.

"Excuse me, where am i" i ask the angel lady

"Your in the department of the dead, yes your dead no more questions, you are being referred to the correct office." The angel answers emotionlessly, some what robotic, like she's done this before.

i blink in surprise, as the scenery around me changes to a mix of a Shinto shrine and a Norse pavilion, were theirs a lady with 9 tails and an old, but handsome man are arguing.

"She's one of mine Bragi, you can't just do as you please because she didn't heed your advice and insulted you", the fox lady yells at the old man

"I will do as i please, Shintoism has fallen to an equal power as the Norse mythology, and i deem her a sinner to original story's." The old man retorts

"You stubborn old git, she's one of my shine maidens, she should become one of my minions and guide souls to Yomi-no-kuni!" The fox lady angrily yells in response.

She is also an author, which falls under my domain Kuzunoha, you have no right to argue with her punishment." Says Bragi

"Um hello? Who are you and where am i?" I interrupt.

"Ah I'm sorry my child, this old git distracted me, i am the kitsune goddess, Kuzunoha."

"And i am Bragi, you failure of a writer, the god you insulted".

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"W-what do you mean, when did i insult you?" I ask in a confused voice, dread starts to fill me with fear as i realize what it might have been.

"You said i was a false god, so i killed you" the god of story's answers coldly

"with the help of truck kun of course, he was very angry that you escaped the first time because of this old hag. " the god mutters darkly. Flicking his hand in Kuzunoha's direction.

"You had no right to kill her, she had a total of 73 more years before she was supposed to die, you know the laws of kama Bragi" says Kuzunoha.

"What's going on?" I ask trying to get the conversation moving again.

"Right, you are dead young lady, and because of your sins you will be reborn into one of your own plagiarized novels" Bragi replies.

"You are here to listen to your decided fate my child" Kuzunoha interrupts the old man. "Because you have insulted a god you must be punished, but fear not because you served as one of my maidens, you will not be sent to hell." Kuzunoha continued.

"Yes, so instead of hell, you will be forced to change the story of the academy of echo's system, or AES for short."

"And so you are dead now" says the god of original story's, Bragi. "and for your sins you will be reincarnated into your own plagiarized novel, try to entertain us, i will be changing some details here and there to spice somethings up. Good luck"

And with those final words Bragi disappears with a bright light. I look at Kuzunoha.

"What did he mean?" I ask her desperately.

"I'm sorry my child, i am powerless to help you, all i can do is wish you good luck" Kuzunoha says with a sad smile. She swipes her hand and my world twists and bends, distorting as my body is turned into light.

"Clop, Clop, Clop, Clop" the sound of hooves awaken me from my slumber, confused by the strange sound, i open my eyes and see the interior of an old, worn down carriage that they would of used in medieval times.

I start to panic wondering how i got here, looking around i see im all by my self and that theres an old man driving the horse drawn carriage.

Wait

I look at the beast that's pulling the carriage, and recognizes it as a The Bo a beast that resembles a horse but with a white body, black tail, a single horn, and tiger's teeth and claws,

I shudder in fear as i recognize the monster. I sit back down and try to remember where i am.

The ethereal voice of Kuzunoha fills my ears,

"This is my gift to you Clare Nakamura, i wish you good luck"

I feel something burning into my back, my head feels like its splitting as memory's of the world flooded my brain.

I'm in the world of AES, a world that has a remarkable similar history to earth, up to the medieval times at least. The key difference is that the world got flooded with an energy called mana, it flooded the world, affecting a small percentage of all the animals of the world, forcing them to evolve in to monstrosity and legendary creatures straight from myths. After 100 years, technology had reached the the technological age of the modern earth, the only difference is that instead of the world being powered by gas, oil, and nuclear energy. Mana has replaced it all.

Then came the gate calamity. The world merged with coutless others, forming a world 3 times the size of Jupiter. Elf's, dwarfs, beast men and many, many more races clamed the planet as there own home, and at the forefront of this, humanity holds the largest portion of the world. Guarding from the gates with the United army.

And the main suppliers of the army are the academy's, there are 5 main ones. The one that I am heading to is the one that is ranked first.

The royal academy of kailean.