Darkness, or I don't have eyes to see...
Empty, or I don't have a body for feeling...
I don't know if I'm alive or dead, I've been in this state for as long as I can remember.
However, even if I don't remember anything except my current state, I know the meaning of various concepts.
I know what life and death are.
I know the basic concepts of physics, chemistry, biology, as well as the ideas of countless religions.
However, none of that is of any use to me...
If I had to describe my existence, I'd say I'm just some kind of consciousness lost in the Limbo.
In an attempt to measure time, I once began to count, coming to a halt near an eight-digit number.
Am I in some kind of Coma?
Am I dead and this is purgatory?
Neither explains my lack of memories of my own...
[Initiating Samsara System on『 Subject ID-XXXXX』...]
Suddenly I hear a feminine voice totally devoid of emotions.
What is this?
[Processing data from 『 Subject ID-XXXXX』, please wait...]
Who are you?
I try to dialogue with that voice, but I don't get an answer.
I don't have a voice of my own, I'm just a kind of conscience...
[Starting…]
This voice ignores me?
[Do you want your new body to be chosen at random?]
[Yes] [No]
Somehow that question seems to be directed at me.
A new body? It sounds like I had owned one before...
No! It doesn't matter.
Right now, if I can get out of this limbo, everything else doesn't matter.
[Do you want your new body to be chosen at random?]
[Yes] [No]
The feminine voice devoid of emotion repeats once again her question.
Is she some kind of goddess?
My answer is; 'No'.
Even if I don't remember how or why I'm in this limbo, I don't think it was my own choice. In that case, I refuse to let anyone else decide for me.
[Your response has been; 『 No』. Initiating manual choice algorithm...]
So, you really listen to me, but you will only respond to your convenience...
[Please choose one option from each choice]
[Type of world]
[Post-Apocalyptic] [Fantasy] [High Technology] [Medieval] [Bronze Age] [Post-Modern] [Stone Age] [Renaissance]
Am I free to choose the kind of world I want to live in?
The choices are really... simple?
If I can get out of this place… what does it matter....
For some strange reason the choice of a world of Fantasy is too tempting to me.
[You have chosen; 『 Fantasy World』]
[Choose your species]
[Human] [Elven] [Dwarf] [Demon] [Beast-man] [Monster Options] [Others]
This looks like some kind of character creation table...
What once seemed to me to be a goddess... now seems to me to be simply a system of choice by voice... I mean, doesn't this look like a video game?
I would never choose Dwarf and not to mention about choosing to be some monster, as for human option... somehow it seems to me that taking this choice would be like repeating.
With respect to the other two options, Elven seems a bit cliche to me, and since I have some kind of feeling of trying something supposedly new, my choice is; Demon.
[You have chosen; 『Demon 』]
[Choose your sex]
[Male] [Female] [Futanari]
Futanari? You've got to be kidding me...
My obvious choice is; 'Male'.
What kind of person could choose the last option?
[You have chosen; 『Male 』]
[Having chosen: 『Demon 』. You have the option of:]
[Start in new body] [Start as an Undead]
If this were really a video game, I wouldn't hesitate to take the Undead option, but since it's not this way and I want to fully enjoy a life, my choice is; 'Start in a new body'.
[You have chosen; 『Start in new body 』]
[Having chosen; 『Start in new body 』. You must choose your innate skills]
Innate skills? Is it something like 'being good at math'?
No, since it's a fantasy world, it must be like the skills of video game characters.
[Initiating the roulette to determine their number of innate skills]
[0]
[1]
[2]
[0]
A roulette really appeared in the middle of the darkness...
The most amazing thing of all... is that I am finally able to see more than just blackness!
[0]
[3]
[4]
[0]
[5]
[0]
It seems that I cannot escape completely from chance...
[0]
[6]
[0]
[7]
[0]
[8]
[9]
[0]
The roulette wheel makes a complete turn and repeats the same numbers. It seems that the minimum is '0' and the maximum is '9', but... aren't there too many zeros in that thing?
The number of zeros is twenty times greater than the numbers from 1 to 9!
Since getting a zero is much easier than getting some any other number, I'll even settle for getting a 1!
As the roulette turns, I did something as absurd as sending all my supposed good luck to her.
A number that is not a 0, any one is fine!
If there was such a thing as accumulated luck, then I'd use all of it right now.
The speed of the roulette starts to slow down and slowly stops. If I had eyes, I would close them...
[6]
[0]
No, no, no!
[7]
[0]
[8]
Fine, fine!
[9]
[0]
I'd really like to have some way to avoid seeing the result...
The roulette continued to spin slowly until it finally stopped. Probably if I had a physical body, I would be completely covered in sweat by the nervousness at this moment.
[3]
Considering the proportion of zeros, the number 3 was a real blessing!
[You can choose three innate skills. Two more skills will be predetermined by your Demon Subspecies]
So, chance refuses to allow me to be free...
[Choose three innate skills]
[Touched by Helen] [Touched by Heracles] [Touched by Achilles] [Touched by Jason] [Touched by Hector] [Touched by Bellerophon] [Touched by Pandora] [Eye of Odin] [Fist of Thor] [Heart of Balder] [Charism of Freya] [Mind of Loki] [Seed of Zeus] [Blessing of Poseidon][Legs of Hermes] [Skin of Aphrodite] [Spirit of Athena] [Will of Ares] [Voice of Hades] [Body of Osiris] [Wrath of Seth] [Eye of Horus] [Buddha Meditation] [Body of Asura] [Palm of Shiva] [Wrath of Kali] [Gift of Kaguya] [Resistance of Amaterasu] [Body of Susanoo]
It is a great and curious list of options.
Based on my knowledge, I focus my attention on those that carry a name known to me.
Gods and heroes... it's quite peculiar.
In the absence of further information, simple logic tells me that it is best to prioritize my choices based on the name of the hero or god.
Unquestionably my first two elections are 'Eye of Horus' and 'Seed of Zeus'.
Certainly, in front of the roulette I could not stop thanking for obtaining a 3, but at this moment the 3 seems to me too limited...
With my first choice, supposedly the 'Eye of Horus' is associated with good fortune, good health, protection, indestructibility and even rebirth.
As for my second choice, I don't know what is meant by 'Seed', but Zeus was one of the most important gods of antiquity, so I have no doubt that something good must have this skill.
As for my last choice... well, I chose two gods, so what if I chose a goddess for the end?
Athena and Aphrodite were very important in antiquity, but I'm not interested in beauty and with respect to wisdom, my own knowledge should be sufficient. In addition, the 'Eye of Horus' supposedly represents wisdom as well.
Of the remaining goddesses, Freya is associated with health and sorcery. If I'm going to live in a fantasy world, wouldn't it be very useful for me to have some advantage in magic?
Yes, the choice is clear.
[You have chosen; 『Eye of Horus 』, 『Seed of Zeus 』and『 Charisma of Freya』]
I can feel how be written on my soul the names of the three skills I chose...
It's a disturbing feeling...
[Processing Data...]
[Due to the long period of time your soul has been put on hold; you may freely choose one of the following two original skills in compensation].
[Huge luck] [Knowledge of Another World]
Compensation? How long have I been in this place...?
Somehow it seems to me that, if I don't choose the second option, I will end up forgetting everything that happened in the Limbo, as well as the knowledge I possess.
My choice is quite obvious.
[You have chosen; 『Knowledge from Another World 』]
I feel as the name of that skill has been written upon my soul...
It's a feeling I could never get used to...
[Processing data...]
Somehow this looks like some kind of bad quality video game...
[Looking for compatible body...]
[Initiating link with host body...]
[Link set...]
Suddenly I felt some kind of suction force.
[Initiating soul sealing in host body...]
[Thank you for your patience and we beg your forgiveness for your ten thousand year waiting period. We continue to work to improve the Samsara System]
Are you fucking kidding me?!
While I feel a sense of free fall, I curse to the female voice that has taken on the role of some kind of poor-quality customer service.
[Good luck and we hope you'll be back soon]
I'll never come back!!
The sensation of free fall stops and my consciousness vanishes...