" I quit" in the life time, no one can suspect to even summoned to see the God after they die to be offered a chance to live in another with awesome power, and even less to see the God crying right now about to quit her job.
" I want to quit this job, this is so suck, I want to be the hero myself" the girl in front of me, indeed a face of adult goddess, but act as a newborn baby being taken away his toy. Her face was gross with the tear mix with the snot. Her hand wave hit the ground back and forth. Her face is red, so I assume she is drunk.
" Excuse me, what happen here" I asked.
" Are you stupid, how stupid can human is, do you ever hear god summoned to give you a second chance?" Her voice was blurry and mix with hiccup. She clearly is in bad mood. Her eye look downward to me in disgusting glare.
" I did hear about that in some kind of novel, but why are you mad about that" not like I am actually clueless, but still look at the pretty goddess mess up really ruin my image of the God.
" what else should I do, you know how many overtime hour I have to work, how many people I lied to today" She don't even wait for me to answer as if she don't even need my answer.
" 50 people, I don't know who is the fucking God who start this thing and let there idiot novelist popularize it, that why we need contract, promise drug, now people keep take use of push people from incoming traffic, and whoa la, you got yourself ticket to another world, because you die for doing good cause, can you guy just make more law or some stuff, stupid human government" She wave her hand with the wine bottle up the air in anger.
Despite her young look, she really look like a middle age man, having a midlife crisis.
" And the low paying job, now got tons of job without even increased salary, I thought this job was easy and little work"
" And no one even say thank you, to me, even say sorry for bother me, as I actually love to drag their ass back from hell to here" then she glare at me intensely expect something.
From experience from my dad, I instinctively knew what to say.
" I am sorry" I bend my back forward.
" And your sorry is so fake, and why even say sorry, you want to make look like bad guy don't you, so ungrateful" and the endless loop come around without any clue what is happened to me.
" I want to quit this job"
Her complain and aggressive speech created a awkward atmosphere that I can't even say anything or any space for me to ask.
" oh, you know what my job is, it is so lame, you know what first I have to make up a same compassion speech of a video of their death, and praise how good you are, fuck you, you save one person life and that is it, you get to get another life, when your police and people like nurse, with job to save people don't even count as anything, because it is their job, but thank god, you people who enjoy their life without risking their life even single day like police, only need one day to be qualified"
" Uhm,… actually.."
" Here I show what I suppose to do, sometime I put on same video because there I can't remember what video belong to who, and if the truck hit you, your face should look like ground meat already"
" Uhm.."
" So here your video, luckily, get to be name properly from the front desk, as if anyone enjoy their video of death, that is so mess up, so you know what,…" Some kind of hologram video appear on the air, showing some kind of video. I immediately recognize a figure stand in the intersection.
" You are so kind, risk yourself to save a person from traffic incoming, you know what I really mean, " You stupid worm, you are so slow and well, for god sake, you did because of some mother is so irresponsible to their kid, this is so funny, your posture of death, we even name it " tire in the face", or "headless" I look at the goddess doodle on the face of the victims body.
" And you know what, you think you save someone is actually mean something, look at the kid you save, who is traumatized by the incident, and their family was sued for your death and worst, the kid was take away from her family, and later she would commit suicide due to depression and guilt. So in fact if you let her die there, there is so much better outcome, no one sue anyone, the family may drown in depression but won't be bankrupt, or financially burden, in fact I see some case the family finally move on and even live happily after"
The image of the girl who now grow up commit suicide imprint in my head.
" World isn't perfect and your good action doesn't mean a right action"
" So now open your damn mouth if you have one and just choose a world I can throw you in, so I can quit this job"
" Actually, that isn't me"
"Eh,… no way" the goddess look back at the image of the person who is died saving a child, and realize it was female.
" Are you sure you don't cross dressing"
" Believe I wish I did, but I don't think make up can do that much miracle"
"EEEHHHHHHH…" the scream make my ear itch, and way to loud for my eardrum to resist.
In front of me is the most contradict thing I see. Unlike the minute ago where the messy and drunk goddess cursing, the image of the goddess with her face blushing as she hide behind the throne, still mix with hiccup in her voice resemble a kitten is scared of stranger.
" Uhm, I guess he is the incinerated typed from the same world" she whisper but loud enough for me to hear.
" Excuse me I don't know what kind of mess up you have but, it is kind of cute …" I stop short as the sign of the girl holding a staff approach me. The goddess is trembling with teary eye on the blushing face, shyly approaching me.
" How cute,…."
" what, cute,…" my word make her react strongly and she blushing even harder that I can image the steam blow up from her head.
" Nooooooo,…" While she close her eye, she put all her strength to hit me with the staff.
" Please Staff of oblivion, consume his memory" as she cast the spell, the sharp pain on my head make the world go dark, and slowly the last image of my memory is the blurry picture of the girl sigh in relief.
" Wake up" the distant voice hit the wall of my mind, echo as if never end.
"Blurry" it was the first word I thought when I open my eye. And I notice the pain in my head.
" Are you ok ?"
The sweet voice, somehow heavenly as if the angel decent. Turn out I wasn't half wrong. In front of me, the world was filled with bright sky, unlike the darkness I see before, and the cloud with rainbow spread out on the top. On my feet, something on my feet, soft and fluffy as if the cotton can actually move. I look under my feet, and a super cute cotton creature with two horn. But what get my attention was the figure in front of me wearing a one piece white dress.
May be they transfer to the right department or something. I leave out a relief sign. Just remember the old goddess with the alcoholic problem already make my headache worse.
" Are you ok?"
The sweet voice rise again, make my heart feel lifted, away from the wicked thought of the previous goddess.
This is where I should belong to, the heaven with pretty angel.
I rise my head, to finally enjoy my fate to see such a pretty goddess.
" Ahhhh" I unconscious give out a scream.
I wasn't wish for nothing, but it was really a beautiful goddess, fill with the golden sparkle hair as if the hair make of gold. But it remind me something so familiar, isn't the last goddess also have a golden hair.
" What is the problem?" The goddess put her face closer to my, look worry but then realize the close distance and blushing shy away from me. It was cute, I got to admit, but my heart don't feel a inch of that, rather than captivated feeling, I feel nauseous.
" I am sorry, but I must ask, do you have twin or something"
" No, and why you ask?"
" Nevermind, no way you are that drunkard goddess I see"
I was expecting a surprise face, but not a shocked face from the goddess, who now holding the staff out of no where tightly.
" I feel like I see it somewhere, ah that godde…, wait are you really.??"
" No,…. don't remember thatttt" as she yell, again the staff hit my head as she embarrasses blush with murderous intend.
Who the heck say the shy girl isn't violent.
" I swear, I just get this staff working, may be I wasn't put enough force"
Scary, I shiver. I wake up from another erase memory attempt, and clearly it doesn't working, I wish it working, I can image how happy I am to see the cute goddess in front of me act shyly. Now, if I see her face, the only thing I can related to is the big bump on my head, and also nauseous. I still fell that is better than explore the new world of masochist.
"He doesn't wake up, may be I accidentally cast a paralyzed spell as well, let hit his head again"
I immediately jump up to be all awake State, how the heck you cast a spell by hitting someone head.
" I am sorry, what happen, who you are, where I am"
I send out bunch of nonsense answer, as if I just wake up from nightmare.
" eh,.. It is ok you are safe"
What do you mean I am safe, you are the reason I am not safe.
" Phew, who are you" I ask while my face look away after staring her face for a while.
" He must be embarrassed to see such a beauty in front of him" the little pet I see before on the goddess right shoulder whisper into her ear.
Quite the opposite sir, I am on edge to vomit here, 3 second look at her face already make me nauseous. I do really have bad memory about her.
" I guess it finally work" She mumble.
" I am the goddess Fatasia, the one govern this world"
What with the extra light effect that glowing suddenly with the rainbow swipe over as the same time, that obviously is staged.
But it is better than start with " I quit".
" Wait, why am I here" of course I know my death in most insult way, I have to act surprise or another bump add to my head.
" I am sorry to say, but you are dead"
" what?"
It is so painful to pretend to be surprise, and more painful as I see the goddess happily relieve as I reply shocked. She must be relieve that I don't remember anything, but to feel relieve when tell someone they are dead, do you look in the mirror recently?.
This goddess is like a child, with her expression is totally reveal in front of her face, quite contradict of how good she act as a tyranny in the first meeting.
" wait, how I am dead, I don't want to die"
I mean, die is better than being hit in your head with pain and you can't shut off your brain to stop that pain.
" You mustn't be sad, this is the proof" the same floating hologram video show up but now, different person was view.
" A great mage of the country, who used all his life to serve for the good, is betray by the kingdom he serve loyally, as the king sell you to demon lord " she calmly explain while the video show the body of great old mage who was tear out to many piece by the demon. But her expression isn't for sadness, she actually enjoy it.
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" Yes, this guy is a good one, I may hit the jackpot, finally I can get retirement earlier"
Are you kidding me, you call that whisper and how greedy are you gods.
" But that isn't me" is what I should say as the truth. That guy is no way me, my memory is still intact as ever, and no way any monster fighting or dramatic magic fight exist in my memory.
But of course, I don't want to be hit in my head another time.
" Why, why, there damn King, I serve him loyal and this is why I get, being offer as food so you can have your gold, king Piche"
" But the king name is Olive"
" No, I mean pig, I hate him so much, that I call him king pig" I quickly save my ass from another head pounding session.
This time for all the drama I watch through night and movie marathon that go through the break. I must say, I should have go into acting, I am pretty good at it.
" I see your urge for revenge, I see the injustice you suffer, the pain that you hold, I am the goddess and the ability to see your feeling truly make me feel painful to see such a good person like you force to experience such a feeling"
Never mind, the prize for acting really must go to her, what the heck with see my heart, I don't even feel hurt or want revenge, if I am normal person, I already laugh my ass off, but of course I am not stupid.
" Thank you, no one would have say that to me, as if you know me so much" as that is true, let me translate that, "you dumb ass, you think you can lie, and make up with straight face, haha"
I clearly enjoy this.
" As the compensation, I will allow you to return to your world, with a wish, either a powerful ability, and of course your memory is still intact, just name your wish, legendary weapon or ability there is nothing I can't do"
" Do you really mean it" I asked, but this time I was serious. I mean according to my past, I don’t really know if I deserve such a great another life like this but if I can get it for free why not.
" you have my word"
" Anything"
" Anything"
But I really curse my nature, because the word is said next to will make me regret so bad.
" I want you as my wife to the next life" I answer to troll the goddess in front of me.
" Ehhhhh" she yell in surprise.
Of course not idiot, I bet no way she say yes, I mean no way I can keep that girl who give me a headache and insult me the first thing she see me to be my companion. I am sorry but I don't want to go to hell my next life.
It is kind of refreshed to see the goddess blushing and clumsily blush like crazy without any weapon fly to my head.
" Actually I was kid.." I don't really want to stuck with you fake goddess.
" Understood" she answer as she start to cast a spell.
" Wait, I am just kidding, please don't do it for real" I yell, but somehow she can't hear me, I guess in the process of perform ritual, it block all surrounding.
I feel the surrounding shaking.
" No, listen to me, I don't want you to be my wife, never, please hear me, I am actually remember everything, I let you hit me in my head, or something, kill me or send me to hell anything except to be my wife" I really play with fire too much. This when my real tear come out unlike when I fake feeling betrayed.
Never in my life, the fear overwhelms me.
" Fuck me" I mumble before he surrounding go dark.
" if she know I am not that guy, she will torture everyday I am down there alive" I whisper, as I give up any hope to enjoy my next life.
" Hey, emergency, emergency" a voice echo from the darkness that surrounding the sky.
" Older sister Liana, I have big news"
And suddenly, the darkness broke open yield the sky to paint the surrounding again.
I am back, never I am so happy to be back in this room. In fact this is the first time even feel happy to be here.
" Pion, I tell you never interrupt me when I do my job"
I look toward the throne, where another character appear, no wonder I hear a different voice. This time was more boyish, and younger with higher pitch, but not lack of feminine, this really remind of the tomboy girl character.
" But Oneechan, something really big happen"
" can't you see I am working"
" I know, but something bigger happen"
" There is nothing big ever happen when you say it"
The goddess show a exactly a older sister characteristic.
But somehow my tummy go butterfly.
" The staff of oblivion I secretly borrow from you is broken"
" That isn't a big news at all, we can always get another one, now let me work"
God damn it, I don't have to wait until go down there, I need to find my place to hide.
" Sorry, sir, I must lecture my younger sister"
" Don't worry take as much as time as you want" take forever if you can.
" I tell you thousand time, never interrupt my work"
Good keep complaining, while I find the exit. Quickly I find one, with the big exit sign, really how lucky I am. I guess the goddess don't expect people summoned here to want to run away.
" I tell you, I don't care if you broke my Staff of Oblivion,….. Wait, what you just say"
" Emergency,…"
" No after that"
" That Uncle Zeus think about remarried?"
" You don't even mention that, and he is always like that, I mean before that"
" I broke your Staff of Oblivion"
" Yeah, wait,… that mean what I hold right here"
" Oh that, it is just a copycat that do nothing"
" Then that mean…youuuuuuu" a hellish scream quickly echo, with a explosion erupt.
" What happen Oneechan, why you cast a explosion spell out of no where"
" don't worry sweatheart, I am just about to murder someone"
That is clearly who I remember right, that angel, kind and collective is so fake.
" Nice can I watch"
" I usually say no, but this time I make a exception"
Then the goddess look for me who already stand in the exit channel.
" Now you figure out, I have something to say, you fake angel, I don't lost any memories, I just try to trick you, I can even expect how foolish you are, haha, this is the best comedy I ever see, thank you, adios" I wave my hand in mocking way.
" No way, don't let him escape, I swear if he escaped I will fire all of you"
It doesn't work if you blush like that.
" I gonna miss this feeling of satisfaction, and I forget to say one thing, in your face, idiot" damn it, this is the best feeling in the world.
" Oh, that, I accidentally broke that last week"
" wait what" my laughter quickly is replaced with confusion.
" Never that I am so proud of your troublemaker ability"
" Thank Oneechan, it is first time you praise me"
" Wait, I am just kidding, wait, who you are, where am I, I guess I the staff work again, she must take the copycat one"
I cower in fear, as the demon in the angel form steadily walk toward me. She is smiling, but I feel no kindness hidden behind the that.
The biggest magic show is about to hit me hard, I already feel my life flash back in front of me.
" Wait, Liana, you can't hurt him" the true angel voice echo out of nowhere.
" Brother, don't mess with my business as if I would let this embarrassment stay"
" I told you he isn't a normal client" in front of me a handsome boy with gold hair decent. I guess the gene really run in family. Somehow his presence make me calm down. He must be a real deal.
" No Liana, he is the Reincarnation type with all the memory intact, you know how rare is this, he maybe the way we can save our family name"
" I know, but I can't forgive him"
" Think about Dad and mom"
" Uhmmmm,… all right" she clearly don't let it go, but somehow she decide to give in.
Then she storm off.
" I am sorry for my sister's rudeness, she may look like that, but she is truly kind in heart"
As I can believe you, but I never expect my last protection have this much armor. I am important now. Haha, God really love me don't you. Wait they are God, so I am wrong, but who care, time for payback.
" Shut up, slutty boy, think that your appearance give you everything, I guess it must feel bad to need the help from such a ugly boy like me"
I stand up, hit away the man who spread his hand to help me up.
" what did you just say" he answer with a annoyed face. I really hit his nerve.
"I say that all of that is one over ten what your sister insult me and all the physical damage, I don't think I really want a second life"
" I am sorry, please reconsider your position"
" I guess I am important after all"
Here is the question for you, what if one day you give the ability to tell God any wish, what would you do, maybe even you don't deserve it. I know normal fairly tale of a good guy would tell the truth.
" Please forgive us"
" You expect me to forgive you when your sister almost kill me like that, even if I die, no way I listen to you" I retort, my hand wave on the air as I talk in loud voice.
" I understand, I don't expect you to forgive us, how about I give you a free wish, no hero ever have two wish"
" So that mean I can demand two thing"
" Of course, for example, if you ask for a time rewind skill, you can also get stacking skill, easy to say, with that, you can stack your stats even time is rewind, you will retain the stats, while gaining skill point in low level is piece of cake"
" I see, that would undoubtedly make me the strongest hero even with whatever stats I have, I see your point"
" But of course without the memory of the past and your memory of the land, you wouldn't be able to figure where to get the skill, and also the treasure" The God guide me through many visual picture.
" But I am not a fool, tell me why you tell me that I am important, so I can used it against you, and put yourself in lower part of the deal" as if they are stupid enough to just tell me straight out what can I do.
" Of course, because we have a favor, and it require you to advance to the strongest level you can. Having two level is risky enough, and I hope you trust me even I can't explain to you why, but you will be strongest hero if you agree to our deal"
" Isn't this is too easy, this is too good to be true, isn't you god should have the rule on the wish, of course no way I can just wish that I can be a god myself"
" Of course not, it is over exaggerated to say any wish, but more like anything that you can bring to the next life, and we also can reject, but of course bring a goddess with you is also acceptable, but not encouraged"
" So you say if I agree, I will live a easy life as a strongest hero"
This turn out than I think. Or not, they don't know that they mess up in identification process, I don’t even have any memory of the world they will send me to"
"So what your wish"
The god politely ask me.
What wish I wonder, never in my life, I was asked to have a free wish. I know they won't let me have thousand more wish, if I just accept the two wish that he recommend no way I will be weak. But of course, my memory is one thing and of course if they figure out that I am fake one, they will probably kill me. So in short, it is obvious what my wish should be.
" I wish I have the goddess Liana as my servant for a week before I send down there"
If I am about to die, I won't let the opportunity to enjoy myself slip by.