The void that had been empty since it had been created along with the universe was visited by an unwelcomed guest. The soul that had entered the void unknowing was like a star that kept shining with all its might even in the darkest night. Despite the harsh conditions of void the soul kept persevering, it was filled with desire to live. But power residing on the void was too strong and the soul was too weak as it had been fighting for a long time that it couldn’t hold anymore. Before the soul could fade, a beautiful being with elegant black wings took it away. A soul in the void was a considerably rare thing and this was even more rare. It was heavy due to good karma the soul had accumulated when it was in in mortal. Souls with this much karma were either reincarnated or turned into Angels or minor gods. The being looked at soul with sight interest and affection. He was waiting for the soul to heal itself with the energy in is domain and wake up. The behavior of the being was strange for his subordinates. The great being was old and nobody knew how old he was. He has been always there since the beginning. Because of his age, he had seen whatever the multiverse could offer him so he had detached himself from everything and delegated his work to administers he had created. This soul was the first one that had interested him after a long time. It was very pure, sure the soul had its own insecurities and problem but it still was very pure. The being how would the soul would react when it woke up. On the other had Mia felt very comfortable as she slowly as woke up. She had started to whether she really was dead. As soon she opened her eyes, she saw a man surround by golden light speck. He had huge black wings and bright gold eyes had help strong pressure. He was a Greek toga and had this aura made Mia want to bow down and worship. It was pretty obvious the Man wasn’t remotely human though he looked like one. Mia wasn’t religious s but she felt like that the man was like a god. She ad seen such a prefect human.

She felt that this situation was abnormal. She was sleeping and a prefect looking man was observing her like you would an experiment.

“who are you” asked Mia she was wary of this person

He answered her in mellow and gentle voice that was like honey, “me, I am known by many names, some worship me and some are terrified of me but you can call me Mortem”

“mortem, very original” Mia mumbled “so I really am dead”

“that seem to the case”

“sign, so what’s my fate, whether I will be sent to hell or heave or will you erase my soul”

“such an interesting reaction from a mortal” said mortem as he continued observing her

“what do you mean interesting “replied Mia

“well, mortals usually aren’t t this calm about their eminent death or this casual abbot their fate. They are more of umm, how do I say this, miserable

“you said it yourself, I am mortal so why should I care about other things. I knew I would have died someday. The only thing I feel is regret and worry. I am worried about my brother and I regret that I couldn’t continue the experiment with Teacher Athene. Since we are on this topic, I wanted to ask how my brother and teacher are”.

“brother was despondent because of death for few months but his lover brought him out of his sadness. They are married and named their first daughter after you. You teacher succussed in her work but never took another student and you were honored and awarded a first-degree medal for stopping those mortal.”

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“so, why I am here, where ever here is”

“you, my child, are in my domain and you are here because you have accumulated too much karma which gave you this privilege”

“what is karma and what is my y privilege”

“the universe created a prefect scale. A scale that depends on karma. There are two type of karma, good and bad. A soul is judged based on the type of the karma it has accumulated in its life on mortal plane. Once in blue moon, soul accumulates too much karma so this type of soul is judged based on the karma it collected. If a soul’s very bad karma, its memories are wiped clean and it is sent to be punished and if it has good karma, it would be given a choice” explained Mortem

“choice?” questioned Mia

“choice to reincarnate or to became a celestial. To reincarnate means to start a new life in another world with boons of sou’s choice and to became a celestial means you will become an angel and given an authority to oversee and now the choice is yours, my child whether to live again or to never die again so what is your answer Mia”

Mia was surprised, she was somehow given a very outrageous option. This all felt like a dream. Maybe about now she would wake up in her room. She looked up at Mortem asked the question that had been on her mind since she had arrived here “why me?”

“Ah, the reason is you have collected a good karma. Lot of people prayed for you after you died half of which were your own patients. So, your question answered is?”

Mia had a lot of regrets. She had wanted to life longer. She had wanted to do so much more. She was too young when life was taken away from her. Even if it meant living in another world, she wanted to have a new life so the choice was obvious.

Mia said with determined eyes “I want to live”. Mortem seemed to be expecting this answer but this soul was still interesting to him. He sailed to himself thinking what kind of chaos would this soul create. This is going to be fun watching her progress in the new world, thought Mortem.

“the world I am sending you to is world of magic and monsters choose your gifts according it, okay but it has to be reasonable”

“I don’t want to forget my medical knowledge. I want to talented in magic and I wanted have photographic memory.ost importantly I wish to born in a family who can afford my Medical studied”

“your wishes shall be fulfilled; I hope you live a long and happy” As Mortem said this. Mia fell asleep because of this she didn’t see the sly look Mortem gave her. As he was looking at the descending soul, he heard a female voice “do you think She will curse you for the surprise you have prepared her”

“it wasn’t my fault she didn’t specify her gender, so as the one who gave her a new life, I have to give her the most suitable gender”

The woman shook her had with a helpless look on her “you are still the same Mortem”

Mortem looked at her asked “I am sure that not what came to do Lumiere. Am I right?”. The gentle and playful look from before was gone and was replaced with a stern and cold looked. Now Mortem looked a god whose wrath could destroy dimensions.

“you are right Mortem” she signed. She knew she couldn’t trick hi. He was the oldest among them and was more detached from the mortal Plaines compared to the other. He never involved himself with petty quarrels that happened often among them. He hadn’t even involved himself in the Divine war. only at the end, did he step in to stop them from fighting to prevent their fight to affect the mortal plane.

“so why are you here Lumiere”

“this the first time you involved yourself with a mortal soul. The others are not sure what you mean by this gesture”

“the soul was slightly interesting and I have other intention other than to observe her to relive my boredom. Tell other to not worry. I have no intention of making her my champion after all that would be too cruel to her”

After he said this, he left her behind with her thoughts. She was curious as to what he was thinking but she never would be able to guess his thoughts. She hoped that this child would have good life.