Pacing back and forth, I messed with my hair as I then began to think of what my future plans are.
"That woman, Although she's hot, I can't let that blind me from what is going on… "I then paused in my steps." Wait, what is going on?"
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*Adrishina POV*
Gliding down a long corridor, I soon stopped at a guarded set of porcelain doors with the royal sigil boldly drawn onto the doors. With a subtle moment to gather my thoughts, I pulled the door handle open and walked inside.
After taking half a dozen steps, I got down to one knee while keeping my neutral gaze to the marble stone floor.
"I have returned, Madam. " I already lost count on how many times I have to wait for the damn woman to let me stand back up but that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon.
"… You know, Shina. I have heard that you are housing a little 'rarity' in your manner. " I didn't like this woman and already, she wanted that girl I found leaving the crash site of that bandit vessel. "Have you interrogated the girl or shall I step in?"
Vile wicked woman. You'll torture the poor girl and break her before you can get anything even out of her like usual.
"No, Madam. I am more than enough to get intel out of her. Please leave it in my hands." The girl was cute and she didn't even flinch when she met my cursed eyes. How can I not fall in love at first sight? Whatever, if this bimbo wanted my treasure, I'd gut her like the horny animal that she was. " If that is all, may I take my leave?"
"…." San insufferable woman! It's been like 10 minutes and you haven't said anything. "… very well. You may go. But do not test my patience Shina. I expect my intell by the end of the day. "
"…" It took a second in deciding to rebel at this point and take my unit with me and move to another kingdom. No, that's just too much work and I bet I can have a nice little future with that girl than to start over with those pigs in the other islands. "Yes, Madam."
Forget this, I'll just make up something and tell her that or whatever.
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*At a certain point outside reality*
*Yina-POV*
*Munch-Munch*
["Huhu~ Who would have thought that I would enjoy watching over this cute little soul's life. Hehe~"]
*Swoosh*
[["Ara~ Ara~"]] I jumped in freight as the bucket of popcorn I was eating fell from my lap as a velvet soft voice echoed from behind me.
["... Eeek!!"] Snapping at my feet, I turned and paled as I felt I had aged a decade as the insane pressure coming from the holy being before me was no joke.
*Cough-Choke-Cough*
["YYour Grace!! P-Primordial Goddess-Sama!?!"] I prostrated myself and shivered uncontrollably as this was a true Goddess to all Gods and Goddesses in existence.
[["Oya~ are you peeking into a little soul's life, Yina-Chan~?"]] Her tall and majestic figure hunched over as she raised her long, fair hands and gently tilted my head up as she put her finger under my chin.
["Y-Yes? I-I-I mean no! Wait!"] Why am I panicking!? I must sound insolent!? This is heresy!! I am a heretic for allowing someone as great as her to touch a lowly thing like me!
[["Fufufu~ You always have such adorable reactions, Yina-Chan~ So, pray-tell what lucky little soul has got your eye?
Also, do call me Prima~ I am quite fond of my little Yina-Chan. So it is only right to have my own nickname as well~ "]]
A-A blessing from the holiest being in existence, and she gives me permission to call her casually? Is this not the brightest form of heresy?!!?
But no! The great Goddess has requested this of me! I must…
I must not fail her expectations!! As her faithful follower and servant! I must not let her down!
["U-Uh… Y-Yes! H-here is the one I am watching over Prima-Sama."] This is unreal, one moment I am peeping in on my favorite pastime show and now, I am in a private realm with none other than the Goddess of Reality!?!
Wait, is she looking into my show? No, that's not something she should bother to waste her precious time with! No! Why can't I speak?!
[["Hoh~? Is this not that empty vessel I gave you last time? Why have you placed a new soul? Oya~? This one have powers? Your doing, I presume?"]] It's over! I'm a heretic!
No,..
Wait, is it possible…
She is interested in this little project of mine?
["Y-Yes" Prima-Sama."] Well, I couldn't lie to her even if I was being controlled or worse, dying under torture.
[["Fufufu~ Such an interesting development~!"]] She… likes it?
["Wait, Prima-Sana, are thee' not mad at me?"] I mean, shouldn't she be? I'm not following traditional Celestial law and am lazing around while I let the other Gods and Goddesses deal with a ton of paperwork for the mortals deaths and scheduled births as well as rebirths.
[["Oh~ Please dear, when you get to be as old as I am, very little stands to entertain you anymore~ Haaa~. Such is the fleeting immortality of our kind. "]] What!? She looks marvelous! No, calm down Yina. This is your idol, remember, you are but an insignificant bug that must worship such a great being.
["... I see. "] I was sort of happy she shared that with me.
[["Well~. Since you have chosen to 'adopt' this Reincarnator, how about I join in the fray with one of my own as well~ ?"]]
Wait… what?
["P-Prima-Sama?"] It slipped but by then, it was already too late and a portal opened up as a line of souls with the brightest shroud of negative karma I had ever seen suddenly appeared on the floor before us. It soon took the shape of a young human boy with raven colored hair and bright onyx colored eyes.
In terms of human beauty, he was certainly handsome but I also could feel a great sense of sorrow and dread coming from the kid.
But, other than that, the boy looked almost broken. Why did Prima~Sama summon him?
[["Hoh~, no need to worry your pretty little head Yina-Chan~ I just recently erased a branching universe you see that has had its main anchor die and the world has gone insane with rage and madness. You know that because of that, the darkness of the void was able to pierce into that reality and has essentially been predestined to eat itself into extinction.
However, why waste such good material when I can just pluck them from there as they are?
I could use one of those souls as a sort of acting guardian to your little soul Yina-Chan. "]]
["Really?"] I was surprised as I remember being taught by my big sister about the Void which was an ancient primordial being around the same age as the Primordial Goddess of reality. That primordial was the Primordial God of Nonexistence.
The void sure is scary as many gods that have gone up against it were swept away and forgotten from reality. The fact that low ranking gods and goddesses even forgetting who they were or if they existed was proof as only the more strain he or she could counter the effects of being erased from existence.
*Shiver* I felt a cold whisp run down my back as I definitely didn't want to experience that anytime soon.
The soul of the boy finished forming and he suddenly opened his eyes as he took a quick look around and calmly spoke to my Goddess.
"... where am I?" I was about to strike him down but was stopped by my better judgment as Prima-Sama had brought the little soul herself.
["INSOLENCE!! SHOW RESPECT HERETICAL SCUM!!! YOU ARE BEFORE THE PRIMORDIAL GODDESS-SAMA!! BOW YOUR HEAD YOU FILTHY MONGREL!!"]
"… My apologies." He moved after a second of ascertaining the situation he was in and obeyed like a good little soul.
["Hmph! Know your place, trash."] I don't know why, but I suddenly felt like pudding as Prima-Samar's hand patted my head while she spoke and censored my name so as to not drive the young soul mad. I did the same with the last soul I gave my name to and she didn't have to worry about the after effects of my name as it was sealed and everyone she told it to would immediately forget it afterwards.
[["Fufufu~ My $#&!$ is just the cutest~
As for you, all you need to know is that your life is in my hands and should you serve me well, I shall grant you 1 wish.
Do you understand, Itachi Uchiha?"]]
A wish?! From the great Goddess! That was a massive blessing and many beings would slaughter each of them just to get Prima-Sama's favor, let alone a free wish!!!
"... I understand. " That brat! Why is he not in awe!? How can he even make that stoic handsome face? Urgh!! Insolent!
[["Good. Now, into the main point. You let your world be destroyed and bring about its destruction. You should be all kinds of dead and your soul will have gone to a correction God or Goddess where you'll most definitely have been ripped new holes if you know what I mean.
So, I will ask you the main question: you hesitated… why? "]]
What!? A single mortal human brought about the destruction of an entire world!? That's impossible!? How!? No wait! That would explain his shroud with negative energy enveloping him like a chain.
"... I couldn't." This kid is trying my patience!
["Insolence!"] I was really itching to strike him but all of a sudden, my mind calmed and I blinked in confusion as all my thoughts up until this point seemed to clear as if a veil had been lifted.
[["Sorry dear, it would seem you have been affected by a curse to serve me unintentionally in both mind and body. It's okay now that I removed it.
Now, as for you, tell me clearly; why did you hesitate and bring about the end of your world?"]]
"... He was… still my little brother. "His brother? So he didn't bring about the end of his world, his brother did? Oh! That makes more sense, why he was not entirely free of sin but not exactly pure either.
Was I really cursed then as I don't really feel any animosity toward the boy anymore. That was scary!! Primordial Gods and Goddesses are extremely scary!!
[["... I know the circumstances were not in your favor however, due to your hesitation, billions in your universe perished due to the loss of an anchor which in your case, was that blonde haired boy with that demon delayed inside him that held your realm stable.
Because of the loss of an anchor, outside forces intervened and crossed into your world. Those things that came were merely vessels that are called Devils or Demons.
But in truth, they only serve a greater being known as: &@?@$. In other words, it is a Void that exists outside of my grasp.
It resulted in the loss of your timeline and eradication of that plot of space in existence.
As the Overseer of the timelines, I brought you here for an important mission. You can refuse and I will simply choose another while I send your soul back into the infinite cycle of reincarnation to await your next life…
Granted you are lucky enough to last that long. The same goes for your family."]]
"... How can I believe you-" He was very calm and collected for a mortal. How much suffering has he gone through to reach such a state, I wonder?
*Shoosh* Prima-Sama suddenly opened a mirror into the Limbo realm that existed bettered the true world and the void realm where souls go to be processed and appropriately judged to be fit from the greatest honor of continued existence or the worst capital punishment for their sins: erasure which meant being executed and thrown into the void of Non-exeitnace.
{"... Nii-San?"} That must be the brother that he spoke to. My, he seems cute but the boy looks as if his will was stripped from him. All I see is an empty shell. What could have caused such a change? Prima-Sama did say their world was destroyed. Did this kid do it?
Could explain why he was in such a way.
"What is this?" Wow. Excellent control of his emotions to the point where if I had not seen every insignificant cell move in his face, I wouldn't have noticed his panicked emotional state.
[["The souls of the dead all gather in a place known as Purgatory or as we celestials call it, Limbo.
All of those you allowed to perish, have no heaven or hell and are trapped in this place due to the collapse of your universe. Initially, this would not have made a big problem but because your world was 'special' in a sense, the accumulated shockwaves caused a ripple in that part of reality and some of the corruption seeped in.
That pretty much assured your universe extinction.
Now, you have become an energy construct of your soul which is waiting to be converted and wiped clean before assimilating into different planes of reality through the judgment process. But know that there are many and countless souls waiting for the same thing and time flows differently in Limbo than anywhere else in reality.
Your brother has an estimated 100 days before he is completely erased from existence during the judgment process. Granted, the timer will start once you land on the other side as all time is stopped the closer anyone is to me.
There are a seemingly infinite number of your brothers and your own versions across countless timelines, this does not change the fact that he is your one and only real brother.
Your parents and everyone else has already gone through the process of reincarnation but for your brother and his sins…
He may not last even if he does not wish to be redeemed as countless before him have done far worse and there will be many more in the future.
It is an endless cycle but for you and your brother, the choice to make up for your sins is up to you.
Which brings us back to your wish should you accept my proposal, Itachi.
Do you understand what is at steak now?"]]
"... What do I have to do?" Confident and down to the point. He is level headed and proper now that he knows what is happening. Good.
[["Punctual. Perfect. What I will require of you is to protect a key figure vital for the future.
Know that you'll only have to keep her safe and in doing so, I will grant your wish before you are sent to that world to protect her.
Do you understand?."]]
"Then, I wish for you to save my brother from being erased and take over his sins. " Honestly, this kid is very sacrificial in nature or that's just his quirk.
*Swooosh* The boy called Sasuke, suddenly appeared in the arms of Itachi and before long, they both started glowing as I assumed Proma-Sama was about to send them into that and I'm world I had sent my own little reincarnator into.
[["What I have given you is a second chance, Itachi. I have replaced your brother with a duplicate but know that his sins are not fading away and have been transferred onto you when you are reborn in the form of a tattoo that scales your body.
Consider it both a blessing and a curse that you can at the very least use it in an emergency but know that there will be grave consequences in the lashback after you are done using it. So choose to use it wisely.
Also, know that your body has changed since I had to put in place a greater amount of Tin energy into both you and your brother's bodies which resulted in your gender-change to allow the energy to be more pure.
Henceforth, you will be renamed Ichika Uchiha. And your new little sister, Sukina Uchiha.
Ichika, I wish you well into your next life."]
*Swoosh*
["Are you sure this is alright, Prima-Sana?"]I asked no longer in a state of madness as I turned to the second screen floating in midair as It focused onto an empty meadow.
[["Tes. Do not worry, Yina-Chan. I also plan to put in a few obstacles that will clash with our protagonists. Won't it be ever so fun~?"]]
Scary. She did all that and is now going to make them struggle. The Primal Goddess is a force to be revered and feared indeed.
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*Somewhere near the middle of nowhere*
* Ichika POV*
"Hmm…" Clenching my fists, I double-checked I had all my supplies after checking in on Sasu-Sukina. . "This body is aged at around 18 years old. Sukina looks around 15 or so. "
Feeling a warm sensation beside my leg, I reached in and took out a platinum-blue sphere from my pouch with a note around my knee. I then observed the needle move and stop in a certain direction to where my target was.
The note was simply a gesture of good faith that I will accomplish my mission.
In the next moment, the scenery became a blur as I moved with Sukina at my back at the fastest speed I could muster toward the direction I was pointed at.
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*In the depths of nothingness*
*??? POV*
So she finally decided to leave that stupid over glorified throne room. What has taken your interest, my love?
Hmm…
This world is not very close to reality. Is it a reality marble? I see…
So she is interested in those girls' progress. Very well, I shall send over my own champion and wipe them out to teach that woman a lesson for being too arrogant.
*Low-Growl*
*Swoosh*
Hmm, these three will do just fine. Although, it's a pain if they die uselessly, I don't mind giving one of them a taste of my power.
Now go! Go and bring me their heads!
*Swoosh*
Hehe~ Soon, I'll be able to break into that woman's world and take revenge for what she had done to me long ago!
Soon…
Very soon…
You'll be mine in the end, [[[*REDACTED*]]]….
*Silence*
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