Chapter 1 - The encounter

Morgan Le Fey, was your average college student, average grades, average looks… Well, if there was something unusual about him, that would be his hobbies… He was an Otaku, he really liked anime and manga, to the degree that he sometimes even cut classes to watch some episodes of his favorite anime.

He also liked RPG games and he often imagined what he’d do if magic really existed in the world. He never had helped anyone nor accepted help from anyone, but this time it was different, this time he had to act. He was going home, but he was late for the new episode of his favorite anime, so he decided to use a shortcut.

He never went through that back alley if he could avoid doing so, it was too dark and there were always a prostitute or two with their clients whenever he passed through it. But today the scenery had changed, instead of the usual women, what was there that day was a group of men molesting a beautiful blonde young woman.

The girl was called Sheena Altan, she was Morgan’s neighbor, as well as the girl he had a crush on. When he realized who she was he run towards her, but before he could get to her, she suddenly stood up with a sinister grin on her face.

Morgan continued looking at her and suddenly realized something, she was drenched in blood and the men who were trying to assault her weren’t in sight anymore, he then looked down and saw the men, they were all dead, she had cut their throats and stabbed their hearts in less than a second. Morgan helplessly looked at her without knowing what to do next.

She then grinned again, licked the blood on her knife and asked Morgan "So, do you also want to make me yours by force?"

And, without giving him any time to answer her question or to react, she cleanly stabbed her knife through Morgan’s heart, killing him on the spot. Morgan couldn’t believe what had just taken place, and while he was trying to understand it, his consciousness fell into a bottomless darkness…

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???: "Morgan Le Fey."

Morgan heard his name and then he felt a warm presence in the darkness. This presence was a being made of pure white light, and that warmth he had felt before was emanating from it.

???: "Morgan Le Fey."

Morgan: "Yes, that’s my name and… could you please tell me who or what are you? No, wait… where are we? And how come I’m alive after I was stabbed in the heart?"

???: "Please make one question at a time. My name is Fate, I’m the being who reigns above the fates of every living creature in this universe. As for where we are, we are in a time before any time, we are in a place before any place, we are nowhere, yet we are anywhere. And about your last question… what was it again?"

Morgan: "I had asked how come I’m alive after I was stabbed in the heart."

Fate: "Oh, that! Well, the answer is rather simple, actually: YOU ARE DEAD!"

Morgan somehow felt that she wasn’t deceiving him (at least, he thought the being was a she), but the answer puzzled him even more. Then Fate started talking again, and explained to him how mortals are often mistaken when it comes to the concept of fate: fate was like a road, with a beginning and an end already decided from the moment a being was born, but as a road, fate has many detours, which ones are taken depends upon the choices the individual makes in his life, but no matter what choices are made or what detours are taken, the individual will always end up returning to the main road called fate.

Then she said that every individual has a unique fate given to them by her upon their birth. Only one fate, no person should have more than one, for it goes against the laws of the universe, that’s why it should be impossible. Then she said something that startled Morgan.

Fate: "Well, that’s how it should be, but you somehow ended up having two fates. The one I gave you at birth, by which you shouldn’t have died so young, and the one that killed you, which came from somewhere else. It should be a fate provided by a being like me, but who resides in a parallel universe. As for its reasons for interfering with another universe by giving you an additional fate, I have no idea, but now that it has come to this, you have a choice to make."

Morgan: "I don’t understand, what choice are you talking about? I’m dead, isn’t that supposed to be the finish line?"

Fate: "Well, that would be the case for someone else, but not for you. You didn’t die because that was your fate, you died because of an external interference. So I’m giving you a choice, you can either clean your soul, forget your past life and reincarnate in your previous world like every other soul, or…"

Morgan: "Or?"

Fate: "Or I could backtrack the energy signature present in your foreign fate to find the parallel universe, it originated from and reincarnate you there, with your memories intact. As the fate from there is already used up, the one which will come into play there is the fate I gave you at birth."

Morgan: "Oh! I choose option two! I want to go to a parallel universe!"

His childish reaction to the words “parallel world” amused Fate, when Morgan calmed down she began speaking again.

Fate: "I don’t know what kind of world will end up into, only that it’ll be one of the many worlds existent in the parallel universe that your corrupt fate came from. You won’t be bound by the fate I gave you, actually, it will give you a total freedom of choice in that universe, that’s something no being in a universe should have, apart from the ruler of fate, of course. That total freedom of choice of yours will probably change the fate of those around you, if that change will be for the better or for the worse, I don’t know."

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Morgan: "Ok, I’ll be careful then, I don’t want to screw someone else’s life."

Fate: "After you reincarnate there this time, the cycle of reincarnation of your soul will be linked to that universe and you will never be able to come back, are you sure you really want to go there?"

Morgan: "Of course I’m sure! Who would be the idiot to miss the chance of going to a parallel universe?! I even get to keep my previous memories, so I couldn’t care less about coming back!"

Fate: "Ok, ok, I understand. You’ve made up your mind so the only thing left to do is to send you there… Hmm, Morgan?"

Morgan: "Yes, what is it, Fate?"

Fate: "I’ll give you a piece of advice before you go. The fate I gave you at your birth will automatically align with the signature energy of that universe right after your birth in that world. But that alignment won’t give you the power of the freedom of choice right away, it will leak bit by bit, and it should be fully yours in more or less 6 or 8 years."

Morgan: "Ok, I can wait. There is no need to rush things. It’s as they say: ”Haste makes waste”, and I’ve been given a second chance at life, while retaining my past life’s memories, there is no way in hell I’m doing something which could get me killed while I’m still an infant!"

Fate: "Ok, ok. I just wanted to make sure you understood the risks involved. Ah! One last thing, Morgan!"

Morgan: "What is it?"

Fate: "After you become strong enough… If you ever find the bastard who ignored the multiverse treaty and interfered with my universe, causing your death, I want you to greet him in my place, BY KICKING HIS BALLS AS HARD AS YOU CAN! Ok? Could you please do me that favor?"

At that moment Morgan started wondering about how powerful he would need to become to kick the balls of a supreme being who rules over the fates of several thousands of millions of lives and survive doing so. He concluded that it was impossible, not even in a thousand lifetimes would he be able to reach such heights of power.

Morgan: "Yes, Ma’am!"

Fate: "Morgan, stay still, don’t speak and unless you want pieces of your soul scattered among a dozen different worlds, DON’T DISTRACT ME!"

A very complex magic formation appeared in front of Morgan. The formation started glowing and enveloped him, finally, there was a flash of silvery light and Fate was all alone in the darkness, once again.

Fate: "I think I’ll miss him… It had been a long time since I had last had such a good conversation with someone…"

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Morgan’s POV:

While Fate was talking about how I should be careful and avoid showing any sign of abnormality after birth, because I had yet to make my fate’s power mine, I was thinking about my past life, and the many regrets I had. I never had a girlfriend, I was an unwanted child whose parents never cared about him, and my only friends were the books in the library. If I carefully think about this new opportunity I’ve been given to start all over, I really would need to thank Sheena for killing me.

Then, Fate suddenly gave me a chill and requested something from me… an impossible task which I’ll have to try my best to accomplish… It’s better not to make her mad, after all she is the one making my soul reincarnate into a parallel world, who knows what kind of shitty place I’ll end up in if I piss her off…

Fate: "After you become strong enough… If you ever find the bastard who ignored the multiverse treaty and interfered with my universe, causing your death, I want you to greet him in my place, BY KICKING HIS BALLS AS HARD AS YOU CAN! Ok? Could you please do me that favor?"

ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS? How the heck should I find a being as powerful as her, when I will reincarnate as a mere mortal in one of the many worlds that conform that parallel universe? And… did she just say “After I become strong enough”? This chick is crazy as hell. How am I supposed to match the power of that being while I’m a simple human? Not even a thousand lifetimes would be enough to fulfill her request, but merely for my own sake, I complied with her demand.

Morgan: "Yes, Ma’am!"

After that, a very complex magic formation appeared in front of me. I thought it looked really interesting, I had read about magic formations in manga and light novels, but seeing the real thing made me realize that I was yearning for learning magic. The moment right before the flash that reincarnated my soul appeared, one thought crossed my mind “I hope the world, I’m going to reincarnate into is a world of sword and magic”.

The next thing I remember after that, is opening my eyes and seeing a lot of giant people looking at me. At first, I was confused, but after a few seconds I cleared my mind and understood that those people were my new family, and that I had successfully reincarnated into a baby’s body.

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