My mind seems to keep fading as I seem to be inside an ambulance, but I immediately lost my consciousness, a few moments later I reopen my eyes and I was staring at a moving ceiling and lights going down.
Ah, that's wrong, Looks like I'm lying on a hospital bed, I feel something wet and it's quite uncomfortable.
Ah.
I remember.
There were burglars that entered the house, 4 armed and two weaponless. It seems I really rusted on my skills and instincts. By such is life, the only thing I'm worried about is my granddaughter who seemed to saw that event. She's still young and I hope she doesn't get a trauma because of this.
As my bed move, my son is beside me running together with a doctor and a few nurses following. And I see just behind them are my daughter-in-law holding both kids and they seem to be following us desperately with pale faces. They look pale as a ghost, what the hell I'm the one dying here and not you ok?
But I kept quite as he finally noticed that I seem to be awake and says " DAD!, Dad it's gonna be ok, you'll be alright, were already in the hospital and we just have to get you to the operating room. You can make it dad, I already called the best doctors for the emergency and they'll patch you up good as new"
He said despite looking haggard and those shaking hands holding onto mine. But even if you said that, I already know. It's my body and I can feel a burning sensation to my lungs. seems I got shot in a very critical organ and its quite a miracle that I lasted this long.
As we move to an operating room I grabbed my sons hand a little more to get his attention,
"Dad! stay with me, please you'll be ok! I'll make sure--"
"Listen.....to....me....son" I interrupted his panicked mood and continued.
"I know....I only...a few...moments" he was silent and was listening closely, but even so he was already crying knowing what might already happen next but he still hope I can make it.
"I want you...to promise...me. Both you and Sarah(Daughter-in-Law) to spend...more time...with Lily(Granddaughter)...and Julian(Grandson)…always be there...and guide them...help them...watch them...grow...you can teach them... what I taught you... it will help them... achieve their dreams..." I said as I forced my voice out despite my short and ragged breathing.
My son crying harder as a nurse stopped him from following us further and another also stopping the rest and guided them to enter a room near the door
We seemed to have arrived and the doctor and nurses are already moving and attaching these equipment's to my body. I watch my surroundings and on the wall to the right I can see a small rectangular shaped glass wall that only tall people can look through.
It seems family members can observe the operation. Or is this a room for students that can watch doctors operate to gain visual knowledge for their study? Well I'm just glad its high enough to prevent children from also looking inside. That might give them a trauma.
I was hit with a sudden pain as the wound in my lungs reopened further and blood were gushing out. The doctors immediately gave me a stronger painkiller and anesthesia to calm my body. As the drug was injected inside doing what they were meant to do my vision started getting blurry and my mind in a haze.
I can still hear them shouting and exchanging orders but that also started getting faint, the last thing I saw was the white light on the lamp before everything faded into black
'What?'
I seem to have woken up?
'But I cant seem to move my body'
So is the drugs still in effect then?
As my consciousness returned slowly so did my vision, and as saw my surroundings
I'm standing in space? How did I arrive in space?
I was really bewildered
Questions continued to enter my mind as no answer came to be
I continued to stare over this vast sea of starlights?, or are they suns?
There seems to be countless lights as far as my sight can see and this staring game went for a few more minutes until I suddenly seemed to feel a presence staring at me,
I turned around and saw something or to be more precise someone.
She has long blond hair tied to a bun with purple shining eyes and wearing a short and revealing kimono outfit. Quite an attractive fashion but I have no problems with it. She looks a little familiar to though
She kept staring to my direction for a few seconds, I look behind me to see if their was someone or something behind me but saw nothing. I return my sight back to see the goddess showing a light smile and moving closer to me.
"Welcome dear soul" said the goddess as she continued to come closer
'soul? huh, it seems that the wound was still too fatal for the doctors to succeed in their operation. no wonder I feel light'
This was quite expected but I've come to face reality that I died, but I have no complains because my family was safe and sound, They may be sad in my passing by I'm sure in time they will move forward in their lives.
So with that being of the past its time for me to focus on what's in front of me. I thought souls either go to heaven or hell but this doesn't look to be either of those
As the goddess was standing in front of me in just a few steps closer, I said "Hello, it's nice to meet you! Can you tell me where I am? I don't know how I got here but I think I'm starting to understand"
Its one of those Isekai events isn't it?
The goddess giggled and covered her mouth with a fan, 'where did that came from?' she has quite an attractive voice now that I heard It again that It sounded so familiarly similar with someone I knew but something keeps bothering me from the back of my mind telling me that I knew this woman when I was still alive before and I just cant seem to get a ring on who she was?
The goddess stopped and showed a mischievous grin as she said "Ara, Ara, what's wrong Arthur? cant seem to remember your wife anymore? did old age came to hard on you?" and proceeded to show those crocodile tears and acting in grief all of a sudden.
'What the hell woman' I thought as she was still coming ever so closer to me and as she does so I can slowly see and focus on her face
My whole being froze, that voice, that attitude and especially that teasing smirk painted on her face and now that I can see closer, the face of my wife and hers overlapped exactly the same!
'------What?! IMPOSSIBLE!! It cant be!'
My soul shivered as I recalled my memories of my wife when she was still alive. She was the most beautiful woman in the world. So much so that she can be the most famous celebrity of all time beating real professional celebrities on popularity alone in history.
Her existence itself made so many men and even some women no matter how young or old came running and begging on their knees and asked her for her hand in marriage, giving outrageous promises and even going so far as killing each other to destroy competition with other guys.
She was like a goddess in a mortal world shining though them like a light of purification on their poor souls.