There was a white bubble shaped object floating in the ocean, it had a door, a simple door that was just right above the water line, there was a man inside the bubble, a silver-haired, a silver-eyed those were the only things that kept the man different from the middle-aged man's watching porn, other than that everything was the same, he was only wearing a blue boxer and a white singlet.
Inside the bubble was so small that there was only a place for a chair, that the man sat on, he looked like he was dancing inside the bubble because he was spinning around in his chair and typing something in mid-air as if he was operating something. Yes, he was operating a menu, a menu named " [General Status Screen] "
This man was a god and not a god at the same time, he was able to do anything in his little bubble but outside of his bubble he was just a normal man that could be killed with a sword, his job was to operate these things called " [Status] " This duty was pretty easy, his job was like a teacher giving oral notes, so he only had to give the hard workers a good status or a good class.
But after living in that bubble for many years, he wanted to have more fun and so he gave great statuses to entities who didn't even deserve those statuses, some were unimportant people like farmers, villagers, slimes, soldiers, and slaves. Some were evil people. Some were people who only deserved a little but he never gave good statuses to people who worked their asses off. This was the kind of man this operator was, truly the worst of his kind.
He yawned and created a pack of chips out of nowhere, after all, he was able to do anything in that little bubble though he didn't want to abuse his powers but a pack of chips wouldn't have hurt anybody, he started to eat the chips. However the pack didn't seem to end, It was infinite and infinite things bored that man easily so he threw the chips on the ground like always and when the pack of chips reached the ground, it made a different sound---
---"Splash!"
This sound surprised the man and he looked down, he saw the pack of chips floating in the water. He was surprised to see the water was able to get into his bubble and then he noticed a small hole inside the bubble, it wasn't just a small hole, a whole bronze harpoon had pierced the wooden door and it was leaking in water.
"Huh?"
The man used his voice for the first time in a decade, he didn't even remember his own voice and when his voice started to echo in the bubble, he was scared that somebody was outside, he had the ability to create a wonderful armor and a great sword in his bubble but he was so scared that he didn't know what do to and in the end, he pulled the harpoon to use it as a weapon and he slowly opened the door and peaked his head outside, he didn't see anybody around the ocean but he felt a fluffy object on top of his forehead, It was coming from the top of the bubble, he slowly touched the object and started to examine it, it was like a wool but a little dirtier and more fluffy, he finally pulled the object down and a sound was heard---
---"Ow! Did a fish eat my beard again?"
This voice belonged to an old man. Upon hearing this sound the man looked up and the old man looked down, both of them saw each other.
A naked, bald old man with a long dirty beard is standing right on top of my house?
A middle-aged pervert is this floating thingy's owner?
Both of them stared at each other for a moment and the first move was made by the middle-aged man. He raised his hand to the old man, the old man was still shocked to see somebody living in this bubble, but when the old man realized the middle-aged was surprised as him, he handshake the middle-aged man and both of them exchanged greetings.
"H-Hello, my name is Xenos. I am the owner of this house."
"M-My name is Luvern and I am a tenant?"
There was a weird handshake for a minute, none of them let their hands go and Luvern was leaning so much that, he started to slip off the top of the bubble and he fell on to the ocean, the old man seemed like he was drowning, after all his body was really old, Xenos saw this and reached out to the old man but the bubble was going away because of the ocean flow, Xenos never swam in his whole life and so he had to save the old man somehow and there was a pole like object near him, it was the harpoon that he left inside the bubble to handshake.
Xenos used the harpoon to save Luvern and he did quite easily, but there wasn't any space outside the door and so both of them went inside the bubble. It was such a small place that, they were almost kissing each other, and not to mention Luvern was naked and Xenos was wearing his underwear, Luvern was the first one to make a suggestion.
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"Umm…shall we get rid of the chair?"
"I have a better idea."
Xenos moved his left hand and started to type something in mid-air, the small space that could only hold one person in. Now, became a room. Both of them fell to the ground because of the sudden room expansion, Luvern was so surprised that he was shaking, and Xenos noticed he was shaking.
"You okay?"
"H-How did you do it?"
"Oh, I am a god."
Those words flew off Xenos's mouth like they were talking about the weather, but to the Luvern this seemed almost impossible to believe in but he had no other choice but to believe the man saved his life and Luvern also noticed something else.
I am not wet. How? What the hell is going on?
"Which god are you?"
"The god that manages the status, the class, the stat system."
There was a moment of silence, both of them didn't know what to say anymore, both of them didn't see another person more than a decade and both of them started to laugh to their awkwardness.
"Do you want a beer? If so I can create it."
"Thanks."
Xenos created beers out of nowhere and so both of them became friends that fast, they ate, they drunk and they talked with each other for hours and then Xenos asked a question to the old man.
"Your health numbers are very low, why are you in the ocean?"
Luvern took a sip from his beer and looked to the ocean like a man who has been homesick, he looked really sad without the alcohol he probably would have cried right there, he sighed and started to tell his tale.
"You, see. I am from a cold coastal village. Our only food resource was hunting and fishing but one-day demons attacked our village. No one died thanks to my father. He was the chief of the village and the strongest man in the village but we lost our animal stock. So we turned to fishing but that wasn't enough to feed everyone in the village and when the winter season hit. The lakes were frozen, now we had no source of food. But then my father took a risk and went fishing with that harpoon over there, it was a risky job walking over the frozen lakes. But he was the chief of the village, he had a responsibility. But even my father's fishing wasn't enough and so we started to deport people. The first ones to go was the elderly, but even that wasn't enough. We had to get rid off people with low stats and I was one of them, I was useless at everything. And no matter what I did, I never improved and so they deported me from the village. I have been drifting in the ocean for eigthy years and when I saw this bubble I thought this was a good way to die. I didn't have to worry about sharks or sea monsters, I just had to sit there and wait for my death, and that was when you came."
Luvern was at the edge, there was something worse than seeing a child cry and that was seeing an old man cry, Xenos stood up with a smile on his face and walked to the harpoon, he held the harpoon and then it vanished but then it came back, It was the same harpoon but It was made of different metal.
"This is the strongest metal in the world, Dragon Steel but there is more, you see that fish over there? Throw the harpoon at him."
Luvern was surprised, he stood up. He took the harpoon from Xenos and he walked to the door, he saw the fish and turned to Xenos with a smile on his face.
"I can't do it, my arms are too weak."
"Just throw it."
Luvern knew Xenos wasn't going to change his mind. So he did throw the harpoon at the fish and it hit the fish and then it flew back to his hand, like a magical boomerang, Luvern's mouth was wide open and Xenos had a smug smile on his face.
"The surprises aren't over yet, in this bubble your health numbers won't go down, so you can live here with me for eternity. How about that?"
Luvern started to cry but these weren't tears of sadness these tears were full of happiness, Luvern was finally to find himself a partner and a place where he could call home after eighty years, he hugged Xenos with all of his might and they started to drink more beer, because they had to celebrate their first day together but another topic was opened by Luvern.
"So…You are a god what do you do exactly?"
"Well, I do…"
Xenos started to explain everything about the system, the order, himself and his work style of never giving the hard working people credit, as Luvern heard about his work style he started to hate him.
So, It was because of him! My whole life was wasted because of this fucker wanted to have more fun?! I won't be spending an eternity with this bastard!
"Huh? I think I saw something outside."
"Let me check."
Xenos walked to the door and peaked his head out, he looked around but he wasn't able to see anything and then he turned to Luvern.
"I don't see anything-"
As he said that, Luvern pushed him off the bubble, Xenos fell into the ocean, he didn't know how to swim.
"Help!"
Xenos yelled but Luvern had no intentions of helping him, and that was when Xenos understood his intentions.
"Do you think you will become a god If I die?"
"Yes because you told me about the succession law."
"What are you going to do with that much power… Are you going to conquer the world?"
"I won't. I will change my stats to my real stats and have the life I should have had."
"W-What are you going to do with t-the system."
"You talked about a random mode, I will select that."
"I-I see."
After Xenos said that, he didn't have the energy to stay floating and so he started to drown, Luvern watched him slowly go down to the surface of the ocean and then he turned to the bubble, a blue menu like thing popped in front of him.
[You Are Now The Operator]
[Changing Operator's Stats]
[Activating Random Mode]
Luvern wasn't an old man now, he was a handsome young man with red hair and eyes, his body build was quite good too, now he needed to get out of this bubble.
Oh, that's right I can create anything I want here.
Luvern created a small boat and supplies for his trip to the mainland, and so he left the bubble but then he got a message.
[No Operators In The Station]
[Destryoing The Station]
The bubble exploded and Luvern started to go to the mainland.
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