In an inconspicuous forest and far from people's sight, a place where a person would not normally visit, a single boy laid down on the ground, unmoving. During the time, cold weather had hit the lands and brought incredible chill to the boy.

The seventeen years old boy’s clothes' were dyed red in what seemed to be blood. It covered most parts of his body. Not only did the boy suffered from external wounds, he also sustained fatal injuries from his inner organs. Anybody who would accidentally see the current figure and condition of the boy would instantly know that there was no hope of living for him.

The boy himself, knew very well about his own situation. After all, he could not even feel any pain coming from his body anymore. His death approached closer by the second.

While taking in small gasps of air, he spoke in a very quiet voice that only him would hear.

"Ahahaha.... I would never expect that I would die so pathetically like this. How foolish of me to have hold on to those ridiculous beliefs that my parents taught me all these years.

"Look where it got me now. It brilliantly led me to my own demise. I will forever hate the powerless me who was incapable of doing anything; the unjust world that treated me unfairly. But out of all, I despise the principles that I earnestly followed and believed in with all my being.

"Ah.... I want to start from 'zero' again."

Using his last breath to mutter his last wish, he closed his hatred-filled eyes and went through the Death's Door.

What followed afterwards was a dark blinding light that enveloped the very existence of the boy and erased every single trace he had in the world he held so much in contempt.

...........

After a while had passed, the previous dark light shone once again; this time in a different plane. It brought together the soul of the boy who died carrying insurmountable hatred in him. The boy eyelids fluttered and he opened his eyes.

The boy's eyes contained deep shock and confusion stirred in his heart. He pondered in his mind, "Is this the afterlife?" What surrounded the boy was the limitless space of white that contained absolute nothingness.

The boy who was still bewildered by the sudden change of environment was disturbed by a voice.

"Heh~ Finally. Someone came." The voice that contained a hint of joy came from a single entity behind the boy. The entity's appearance did not resemble anything the boy had seen before. It was just particles of black light that formed a vague outline of a person.

"Who are you?! Where is this place?!" The nameless boy turned towards the entity and asked, his tone harsh and cold which was affected by the previous events that had befallen him and caused him his death. Adding to that, he was brought to a foreign place. Anger was evident in his voice.

"Whoa! Calm down will you? I brought you to this place. Let's just say that this place belongs solely to me and it is just simply an endless space of white, yeah?" The entity replied in a playful manner, seemingly devoid of any seriousness.

".....Why have you brought me here and what do you want? I should have died." The boy replied, keeping the same cold demeanor and attitude as before.

"I was thinking of chatting a little bit more but I guess I shouldn't beat around the bush, eh? As for what I want, hmm.... I want you." The mysterious entity replied nonchalantly as the last sentence left the boy speechless for a while.

".....Huh?" When the boy finally replied, what came out of his mouth was only a single sound that would make people think he was retarded.

"Haah... Like I said, I want you." 'It' simply replied while breathing out a somewhat tired sigh.

"....I'm not into weird black particles of light that can talk. I'm leaving." The boy was feeling incredulous and only replied curtly. He turned around and started walking away.

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"Wait, wait, wait! Earlier, you said you wanted to start from 'zero' did you not?! I can grant your wish so please don't go just yet!" It was frantically calling out towards the boy and blurted out something unbelievable. Its' plead however, was successful in stopping the boy's footsteps and caught his attention.

"I'm listening." A part of the boy refused to believe that such a wish can be fulfilled but another part of him hoped for it to be true so he stayed to at least listen to what the entity has to offer.

"Phew~ Let's strike a deal." It sighed a sigh of relief and this time, its' tone was serious.

"What kind of deal?" The boy, in turn, asked.

"A deal that benefits both of us. When I said I wanted you, I wasn't joking. Specifically, the deal is to make you start from 'zero' which is to reincarnate and for me, to reside in your body. As you can see, I have no physical body and I'm bound to this space. However, I can escape if I make a contract with you." It explained with great vigor.

"Basically, I get to live once again as a different person and you get to live in my body as a secondary soul. Is that correct?" The boy's expression was as calm as the tranquil water but his heart stirred in excitement and joy upon hearing the entity's explanation.

"Yeah. It means that you and I will both be in the same body and be the same person. You will be the primary soul of the body while I, will be the secondary soul. Unless something happen, I wouldn't come out and control the body. So, are you interested~?" It asked while brimming with hope that the boy would accept. No, the entity was certain that he would accept the offer.

"Are you crazy?" The answer that came out of the boy's mouth almost crushed all of the high hopes the entity had. It was speechless but the boy continued nonetheless. "A chance for another life.... Are you crazy? There was no need to ask since my answer is obvious."

The entity panicked and thought that the boy refused his offer. But of course, the boy answered, "Of course I accept."

"......PHEW~ Sheesh, I seriously thought that you would turn down my offer. Now, the contract." The entity who first worried brought out a single sheet of paper and a pen out of thin air. "This is the Contract. After you sign this, the conditions of the Contract will immediately come into effect and we both will be reincarnated into another body."

The boy stared at the Contract that was floating right in front of him. He grabbed the paper and the pen and proceeded to read the conditions. There were only two conditions.

The first condition: The one who made the Contract and the one who accepts it will both reincarnate in a parallel world similar as the one who accepts the Contract came from. The vessel for both parties will be the same and the ability of it will be according to the wishes of the one who will be signing the Contract.

The first condition was exactly how the boy wished it to be while the second condition left the boy in confusion. "By the end of time, only Death awaits both parties,” that's what was stated in the second condition. The boy thought that it was useless pondering something which the meaning was unknown so he left it in the depths of his mind for now and immediately signed the Contract.

The moment the boy finished signing the contract, another dark light flashed, embracing the entire space in black. He felt as if his soul was sucked out of his being and he almost suffocated. In the midst of all that, the entity, as if already having experienced it, kept its' calm as the light claimed both its' and the boy's consciousness.