-Chapter 2- New Possibility

Esere and Ione were flying over the world into which they send Marcus’s grade. They were searching for the two mistakes they caused. The intact memory of Marcus and Kyle. Ione had other intentions though. She had caused another mistake. After she talked with Esere about their subjects, she got curious about Eseres subject. She thought the things he said to Esere were just hilarious. She snuck into the office of the main god and stole the files of both their subjects. The first one was her own.

Name:                            Kyle Johnson

Age at time of Death:                   18

Appearance:                Blue eyes, blond hair, slime build, fair skin

Possible Partners:    Marcus (spend most time with subject, were together since early childhood)

                                    Sarah    (Lover he spend the most time with)

                                    Cassandra, short: Cassie (Love interest)

(Written by Helena)

This is the file she saw at that time, too. Based on this file, she tried to give him a fitting environment with his closest friend. Then she looked at Marcus’s file

Name:                            Marcus Smith

Age at time of death:                    18

Appearance:               dark brown hair, brown eyes, average build (observation personality seems not to fit

                                                                                                                                                                        Appearance)

Possible Partners:     Cassandra, short Cassie (Love interest)

Special notice:   WORST POSSIBLE COMBINATION WITH KYLE JOHNSON! Has a grudge against the subject because

                              Of Johnsons desire to stand on the top of the food chain.

                               Will be toxic to subject’s development!

                               Made previous life unbearable for subject, if put together, responsible god should be

                               Punished.

(Written by chief god Alastos)

She felt bad for not checking the files of the possible partners. Esere seemed to not have paid attention to the file at all, that’s why Marcus’s partner was decided by Ione alone. This is the actual reason they make this journey. Esere wanted to delete Marcus’ memory and Ione wanted to somehow make up for her grave mistake. She didn’t know how, but she had to do something before Alastos noticed her mistakes.

“Esere, did you find him yet? Didn’t you say you could find him really quick? “, Ione started to grow impatient. Every minute they didn’t find him her boss had the chance to see her mistake. “Hey! I need time to locate him! It’s not that easy… He’s not there where he was supposed to grow up… “, Esere searched through the place she dropped him off. Normally the reincarnated person would wake up in their new body with a bank memory, but Esere was too enraged to think straight. Because of that Marcus’ new body was decided randomly. Esere didn’t know what race he was or what he looked like now. She just knew it was in the Demon Territory.

“Haa… Why did Boss even appoint you to a subject… He knew you would get all emotional… “, Ione was holding her hand against her forehead while shaking it. “HEY! You did the same mistake, you lass! Just because your subject had a good looking body, you forgot to delete his memory! “, Esere stopped to look for some demon child, she decided to look for his soul now. She had no idea what it looked like, so she just guessed it had to be a really evil looking soul. She ignored the complaining Ione next to her and send her senses all over that world.

First she searched though the countless cities of the humans. She saw a lot of evil souls, but it wasn’t absolute evil. Everything evil she saw had some kind of good in it. The humans were a weird race. Neither good nor evil.

Next she scanned though the mountainous regions. The home of most demi-humans. Red souls in hidden behind yellow submission. This would lead to a lot of trouble, but it was not what she was searching for.

After that she searched though the forests and “green” regions. This were the places, where the elves were building their villages. Most of their souls had a beautiful colour. She wasn’t able to see the evil, which was hidden behind that beautiful colour.

Far away from the main village, you could call it their capital, Esere found something. It was a soul covered by a thin layer of white, it was nearly transparent. Behind that layer she saw deep black. The longer she looked intp that black the more she felt disgusted and sick. “I-I think I found it … I … wait for a bit. “, her face now looked as pale as a ghosts. She had to control herself not to barf.

“Hey! Don’t barf down there, okay! If you do, it’s your responsibility to explain our boss why people are worshipping the holy vomit, you hear me! “, Ione wanted to avoid anything that would cause an uproar. Alastos would react to something like that immediately.

“I- I know already! He’s at the elf’s territory… urg. At some temple, which worships you, I guess. Didn’t they have a weird believe, that black haired people are evil? “, Esere knew that this rule was one of Iones whimsical actions. Like the time when she mixed celestials with humans and made a new race, which couldn’t even remember what they did a minute ago. It was a miracle this race didn’t die out already. They were treated as part of the demi-humans, but it caused a lot of trouble for a lot of gods.

“I-I didn’t do anything! It was just there was that guy I really liked, but he rejected me and fell in love with some other woman! I may have been a little pissed and said something weird…. “, this little remark resulted in a society build upon this discrimination. She broke yet another race, this was what Esere thought. To the elves she was an evil goddess, because of her black hair. Later it transformed into her being an evil god, who prossesses women and drives them crazy. The dark haired children are off springs from such women. It pissed her off, but neither she nor Ione could do anything about such a deep rooted belief.

“Anyway! Show me the way! “, with this they took off.

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I just stood there for while with a weird smile frozen on my face. That guy, now called Cealius had a similar reaction. The other children didn’t understand what was going on there. They were looking at me and that Cealius guy, confused. The one to break the silence was Lilika. “ZEKI! W-what are you doing here! AH! I am sorry, if this child disturbed your game. Come with me Zeki. “, She took my hand and ran back to the temple and into the room, I would call prison.

“Zeki… please don’t go out without my permission again. I-I can’t protect you out there… I don’t want you to suffer. “, she sobbed a bit. Tears were forming in the corners of her eyes. I wiped her tears away “Lili. It’s not your fault! I know everything will be fine! “, this cheered her up a bit. “Haha. I just can’t stay sad with such a cute boy around… “, she hugged me a bit too tight. Seriously, from where did she take that strength?

Later, at night shortly after Lilika had to go and do some more chores, someone knocked on the door. I ignored it.  The bed was too comfortable and all new encounters I had since Lilika were troublesome. The knock didn’t stop though. After a small eternity it stopped and the door opened. Ahh~ Lilika forgot to lock it again, was what I thought. I didn’t want her to lock it either. I don’t want this to become a real prison!

“Who’s there?.... Ah.. “, it was Cealius. “What’s with that reaction, my friend? I was going through all this trouble to slip away from that clingy bi- , I mean, the honourable high priestess. “, it was rare mistake, Kyle only made when someone really pissed him off. I sat on the bed and gave him an emotionless smile. “Oh. What is the reason for the “holy” Cealius to visit this lowly “sinner”? “, I really had to try really hard not to laugh on how obvious that sarcasm was. He didn’t seem to get it and if he did he didn’t show it. It was like this in our past life, too. He wore a smile is eyes closed. “Oh, I don’t really have a reason. Just… Why did you call me Kyle? “, there was the reason. Seemed like it bothered him a lot for some reason. Not that anybody would know him here. Oh, maybe that’s why he was so disturbed by such a small thing.

“Hmm, who knows. “, like hell I would be some submissive little pup and just answer him. “Hmm, so you are one of my former classmates. Who were you? “, maybe I should have said “I don’t know what you are talking about” this would have been less suspicious. Well, he already found out that I am a reincarnation, so there was no reason to think about this longer. “Who I was? Oh, I was a close “friend”. We saw each other every day in school. “, if I told the truth he would have made my life a lot more miserable. Well, he did it never the less, because if he sees an opportunity to break someone he simply would do it. Ah, the perfect asshole, which you can find in everyones' subconsciousness.

“Hmm, David or maybe Alex? “, he started to guess now. My name didn’t appear in the list, but most of the people he mentioned were people he took advantage of. I told you I wasn’t the only victim. I was just staying silent and smiled. As long as he didn’t mention my name all is well. I could plan escape from him again and live the peaceful life somewhere, but before I can do that I have to grow up and learn a bit more about this world.

“Well, now that I know who you were, this will make everything much easier, don’t you think so too? I’ll tell these brats to stop bullying you. “, and you will get to be my servant as compensation, that’s what he probably thought. “If the mighty Kyle says something like this I will feel soooo reassured. “, I couldn’t make my sarcasm more obvious. Kyle still had a smile on his lips but for a split second there was a crack in his mask. Maybe he understood the sarcasm or was it something else?

After this he finally left without another word. I hoped, he won’t do anything dumb. I went to sleep with a bad feeling. I searched comfort in the dark realm I always slip into, but this time my stay there was shorter than I expected.

A bright light filled my save haven and blinded be for a second. After the light slowly faded away I could see a woman. To simply describe her she was white. All over. Just white. Her figure was like out of a fashion magazine. Ahhh to bad everything, which was white was my enemy. Just in my mind though. I would have loved to be better “friends” with her. This was a dream anyway, could have let out all the pent up pressure, but my “moral I” wouldn’t let my “It” do what it wants, if we put it into Freuds words. That morality can be a nuisance sometimes.

“Heeey~ I finally found you! You are Marcus, right? Do you know, how hard it was to find you? “, that was the moment I realized, that this will turn into a nightmare. What’s next? Will it snow Kyles? I thought things like this. “I am Ione and I –“, “I hate you. “, I said that so matter of fact I even surprised myself. “Eeeeeh~ but we just meeeeet~ How can you hate me! “, she wiggled from side to side shaking her breasts, which looked bigger then that high priestesses melons. They were… really eye-catching. “Well, you are the reason I turned into a dump for that stinky brown liquid? Oh yeah, where is that evil goddess with black hair. I have some things to tell her… Can gods be wounded by mortals? “, my face still was expressionless. I wasn’t actually sure I was mentally prepared to really hurt someone though, when I asked that. I lived my life without hitting someone. I just used some words. In my head. “Well, that might be kind of my fault, my bad, tehe. Oh and you really call Esere evil goddess, that’s hilarious, Hahahaha “, she completely ignored my question, not like I actually would have done it. “Aah~ you really would make a wonderful lover~ Ah! But I am not here because of that! I want to make up for all the hardships you had to go through because of me, well, and Esere! Just tell me something to make this new life more enjoyable for you. “, she was really close with a smile, I couldn’t look though, on her face. “Well, erase Kyle, I can handle the rest. “, “You are okay with me killing someone you know? “, “As long as I don’t have to do It. “, “Coward. “, “Humans are a cowardly race. “, “You’re not human though. “, “I am still in mind. “, “Ahh~ you really are more interesting then Kyle. He may be cute and I’d love to eat him up, but he just acts so manipulative, its soooo obvious. Honesty is much better sometimes. Oh, I can’t kill anybody in this world. These are the rules! “, she kept this conversation up because it was interesting, it seems. This goddess seemed like a pain in the ass, too. What’s up with these goddesses? Shouldn’t they be more graceful and kind or something? Ahh~ novels are so misleading.

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“Then how about changing my hair? Or erase that stupid belief? “, this much would have made my life much easier, too. “I can’t change your appearance either and brainwashing people is a big no-no, too. “, I got kind of annoyed by that “goddess”. “Than what can you do, huh? This is the mess you created and that you created, why can’t you clean it up! “, I know shouting at someone was never the way to solve something, but it’s just frustrating. It’s like being in a maze with only closed up exits. “These are the rules and I don’t want to be scolded by Boss. I already did enough to get assigned to eternal guard for the hell gates. I can give you information and some other useful things. “, she winked at me when she ended that sentence.

“Well then, I-“, “Before you start, as compensation for me helping you, you have to help me. It’s just a smaaaaall favour. Still want my help? “, any help was welcome in my current situation, but I didn’t really want to help this goddess, who acts like a high school girl. I could agree to help and refuse after she helped me. That seemed like the best plan to use. “Yes, I still want to know it. “

“Really? Yaay! Okay first the information! I make sure you won’t forget any of it! First of all, I am not sure how you ended up here, but you belong to the demon race, be a bit careful about that around celestials. The other races are mostly okay with demons, even if they can be a bit mistrusting, but celestials have some kind of grudge against them. It’s not my fault this time by the way! Eeehm then about this worlds’ layout. I stole a map from Boss’s office. Like you can see this world is divided in three big parts. There are some small isles, too but I am too lazy to explain stuff about these, too. You have to have something to explore too, riiight? Okaay, so this part in the upper left corner, that one looking like doughnut, that’s the continent called Helios. I know, great naming sense, huh? Living on that continent are humans, elves and some celestials. Most of the celestials live in their floating city above the clouds though. That continent is something like a holy continent. The most influential religion has their headquarters there and a lot of other smaller believes are present there, too. It’s kind of boring there, because everyone is just fighting over what religion is right. They hold some kind of big fight every year.  The one kind of in the middle is the continent we are at now. It’s called Kendria and on this continent you can find any race, but celestials are a bit rare. This continent here is something like a Trade centre and a place for negotiations between the different races or continents. It’s a really tolerant place. On the surface at least as you may have noticed~. The last continent is called Giza. On this continent there are demons, some humans and demi-humans. In earlier day this continent was used as a prison and some kind of place where you shove all the things that cause trouble, so now this place is a bit infested by powerful monsters. The people who live there are just as powerful though. They provide the cores of the monsters. They are used as a kind of fuel for every machine in this world. And now history- “, that woman kept going without even taking break to breath.

“Hey, hey. Don’t you think this is too much information to take in? First of all, I am a demon? But I look like the elves I saw. So why are you so sure? “, I tried to interrupt her never ending flow of sentences and it worked. “Oh? Was this a bit too fast? Even though I was planning to upload this into your brain. This map. Hmm, now to your question. Well, you are still young. You see, when demons and elves are young they look quite similar, but when they grow older the differences are visible. Elves ears grow longer and Demons grow horns and their ears don’t really grow longer. There are other small differences, but these are the biggest ones. It should have started by now, the growing phase. You have two bumps on your forehead, don’t you? “, she was right. These weren’t marks of my passionate times with Mister Door and Misses Floor these were growing horns. This sounds a bit more plausible then bumps. “I see. “, I nodded to show my understanding.

“Hmm~ I think I will leave out the history lesson. It’s better for you to learn that on your own. It would be a bit weird wouldn’t, if you knew all of this worlds’ history at the tender age of 3. “, she actually said something that makes a lot of sense. “So I will tell you something that may interest you personally, fufufu. Your love interest, Cassie was the name, shall I tell you her information? I was a bad girl and eavesdropped on a conversation from Helena. Cassie was her subject. “, my turned away head turned into the direction of the goddess. My bicoloured eyes were opened really wide. “Y-you mean, she’s here too? Tell me! “, I wanted to see her. She was the only person that didn’t look at me like I was some criminal or a psycho. She was polite to me, even if it was just hypocrisy. It made me a bit happy. I had a lot of conversations with her. It was small talk, but it still felt good.

“You don’t have to yell~ that’s not cute at aaall~. Cassie is reborn as a human on Helios. Seems like she is the daughter of someone pretty influential. Ah! Her new name is Lydia. If I were you I wouldn’t go see her without the strength to defend yourself against all the religions on that continent. “, was her plan to make me more miserable or did she try to motivate me to get stronger? I didn’t get her at all. “Was that all or do you want to tell me some more fun news? “, she stood there in a shocked and insulted pose now after I said this. “What do you mean?! I just gave you another reason to get stronger! The nearest reborn person, except Kyle, would be a guy called Ned. His partner is a girl called Sabrina. Is THAT more useful to you, huh? “, that was the most known couple in school. Ned was a sports maniac. He worked out just for the sake of working out. Sabrina was working part time as model for some small magazine featuring a fashion style called Lolita. They didn’t fit each other at all, but it still worked out somehow. “Well, it’s not really useless, but they didn’t really have anything to do with me. They always were in their own little world. “, Ione now filled her cheeks with air. She looked like a pufferfish. It didn’t fit her looks at all. “T-then I just stuff all the languages into your head! No complaining! “, at that moment lots of think books appeared. They started glowing and turned into green light balls. Ione smiled and pointed her now green glowing finger in my direction. I tried to run away and dodge these dangerous looking balls. I couldn’t move though. I thought I would die here, when one of the balls hit my head. Information flew into my head at a rapid speed. It made me dizzy and made my head hurt. My eyes were moving like I would read a book at a high speed. I tried to close my eyes, but couldn’t. I tried to open my mouth to let out a scream, but I couldn’t open my mouth.

It stopped after a small eternity. “All done! This is all the information I can give! Now to the other things I can give you. “, I collapsed onto the floor and heard Iones words far away. I still saw words and symbols in front of my eyes. Breathing heavily I tried to focus on the Iones words, which sounded like someone talking though water.

“Let’s see. Your body has potential for magic and swordplay. I can give you a boost to those potentials and turn them into you into a genius in that field. You still have to learn the techniques and spells, but you learn a lot faster than a normal person or a really talented person! With this you should be able to have a bit more fun in this world, don’t you think? “, I nodded absentmindedly. I didn’t know what she said, neither had I the strength to think straight with all these symbols flying around before my eyes and my head.

“I knew you would be pleased with that! “, I didn’t see what she did or why she did it, but my vision was painted white again for a second or maybe longer? It felt warm around me, then the light and the warmth slowly left me again. Whatever she did, didn’t hurt me at all. It was even a pleasant feeling.

“Okay, now that you are equipped with the abilities and the knowledge I shall tell you what favour you have to do for me. You see I messed around in this world a bit. Okay, a lot. Some of these things caused some really bad things to happen. I want you to help me solve these problems before my boss notices them. There is this black hair discrimination dilemma here, the impending conflict between the humans and demi-humans, the extremist cults, the monster overpopulation at some parts and various other things. I shall make you a list later. I will tell you, you won’t be bored in this life. Isn’t it a man’s fantasy to travel though a fantasy world and experience all kinds of adventures? Ah! Oh yea, you can’t say no to this anymore, hehehe. If you do my miiiighty curse will hit you and you will experience misfortune for aaaaall your life, so that you will miss the old life you lead. So~ I will be watching you from above! “

“I WANT TO LEAD A NORMAL LIFE! “, as I screamed this I woke up. I heard some noise outside of the door. Lilika came back into the room and looked at me worried. “Are you okay Zeki? Did someone hurt you? “, she came to look for injuries or other things that could have made me shout like that.

Everything was a dream, but it wasn’t. The letters and symbols still floating in my field of vision were the proof of the things I experienced just now. That goddess. All this information. The light which enveloped me….. The favour and the consequences of refusal.

I wondered if these new possibilities were such a good thing. No use to complain now. Everything is better than nothing, right?...... Right?

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While Zeki was trying to fully comprehend his situation Ione was sitting on a tree not far away from the temple, waiting for Esere. She let her legs swing back and forth and hummed a melody of an ancient song.

The threats she was saying to Zeki were nothing, but a bluff. She can’t do things such as causing pain to one specific person. All she could do was to make him believe. If you believe something strong enough then you will think everything that happens is caused by the object of your belief. That’s how religion works to some extent.

Ione decided to keep watching Zeki, even if she should watch over Caelius. She took a liking to Zeki and wanted to see what he will do in this world. He wanted a peaceful life without hardships, but that’s not how the world works.

Don’t you agree?

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Authors note

Hey there, I tried to consider the critics given to me on the last chapter, but I can’t just write some super light hearted adventure thing with the setting I wrote before. So I just can make it a bit less depressing maybe. So ~ sorry if I couldn’t do even this ^^”

If you find any grammatical or spelling mistakes and awkward formulations please mention it in the comments. If you have suggestions for the story please tell me too ^^. Of course you can just write a comment if you liked the story. That always motivates me XD

Thanks a lot for reading this story of mine !