Alviribus summoned the spirit he had chosen. The spirit appeared in front of Alviribus, naked.
The spirit looked at Alviribus, Alviribus' throne, and his surroundings in astonishment. The spirit then asked,
"Venerable one, what is this place, and where am I?"
Alviribus said, "I am Alviribus, god of power and war. You are dead in your own universe, but I have summoned you here to use you for my purposes.
You can accept my offer, or your soul will continue to float in nothingness.
"We were promised certain things, honorable one; there was a God I believed in and a heaven I believed in."
Alviribus smiled. "That's why you always lived like a saint when you had a ruthless and calculating nature. Funny how you behaved good when you were not, just for the hope of heaven."
The soul smiled bitterly. Everything it believed in and lived and died for was in vain. "Why do you mock me for being good against my nature? Yes, I am nominally a ruthless person. I am even a sadist. But according to my faith, it was part of my test to fight against it. And I'm not the only one.
Many people suppress their evil tendencies, though not as severely as I do. For example, there are people who don't cheat on their spouses even though they can get away with it, and people who give valuables they find to their owners even though they can get away with it.
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How am I any different from them since suppressing our evil tendencies and being good was the point of the test."
Alviribus "Yes, you are right when you think of it that way, but everything you did was for nothing in the end?"
The spirit thought for a moment, "Honorable one, may I ask you, for what purpose do you want to use me?"
Alviribus "Understood, you will not call me God. It doesn't matter. I will put you in a body as a spirit." Alviribus raised his hand, and all Danny's memories flowed into the spirit's mind.
The spirit smiled. "What happened?" asked Alviribus. "Simulation," the spirit said. Alviribus "Can you explain what you mean?"
Spirit "How much do you know about the culture and philosophy of my world?" Alviribus "A lot, all the spirits that have come lately are from your planet."
Spirit "The world I am going to now is like a fantasy fiction novel or a game written in my world." Alviribus "Please, it's happened to me before, you're not going to claim that you're a player and I'm an NPC, are you?" The spirit laughed and shook his head.
"No, it's not just you. I'm an NPC. Everyone is an NPC. Think about it, there is a world, and we go from that world to another world with fantastic elements.
But all the fantastic elements are like in modern fantasy fiction books." Alviribus "So?"
Spirit "According to simulation theory, people in the future simulate the past in their very advanced computers, right?" Alviribus nodded.
"So if you were a future human, would you be content with just simulating the world, or would you conduct various experiments using that simulated world?"
Alviribus "So what you're saying is that we're a scenario created because they want to experiment with what someone like you would do in an isekai story after you die?"
Spirit "Yes, none of us are actors, the actor is the one watching the events, and we may not even be the main characters of the events.
In fact, I probably am not because I am from a relatively undeveloped country. There are probably more interested in the stories of people from the top countries at this time."
Alviribus "Stop talking nonsense. I am a powerful god; how can I be a pawn in someone's game? And if such a person existed and we met, I would spit in the face of whoever experimented in this simulation.
"On the contrary, I would beg to watch all the alternate history experiments."
Alviribus "Cut the crap, spirit. Yes, do you accept the offer?"
Spirit "Absolutely yes, all my life I've suppressed my cruelty. I've tried to be a good person, but now I can kill people, torture people, do all sorts of shit to get what I want without remorse. So let the game begin."