Author note: Hello there, I'm sorry for the big delay on the chapter, if you check the comments on the last chapter i told the reason there, i hope you can understand why I couldn't post the chapter earlier after reading my comment, that said i hope you enjoy the first chapter of the fanfic (I think that i might be quite terrible at writing reincarnation scenes), English is not my first language, so if you see any error please do tell me so that i might correct them (webnovel allows for editing after posting the chapter right? Well, i hope so)
Death…. Since ancient times humanity has questioned time and time again what awaits us once we end our time in this world, some say that there's nothing more, just a endless dark void where all things become one, a dark and lifeless void, devoid of all sense of being and any kind of rationality, others believe in the afterlife, where the souls of the worthy would be rewarded with eternal peace and the wicked ones with harsh punishments until the end of times, there's some that also believe that the soul simply moves on, discarding all attachments to a prior existence and just starting another in an endless cycle, well, who knows what awaits humans at the end of their journey?
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???: Where the hell am I right now? A white room?
After the teenage boy said those words a table and two chairs appeared in the room, after that a tall figure shrouded in darkness appeared seated on one of the chairs.
???: Aster Edevane i presume? Welcome, please have a seat, would you like some snacks?
A plate full of sweets and two cups of coffee appeared on the table, Aster decided to sit down and looked at the mysterious figure and inside the hood could only see darkness, it was almost as if that dark figure was faceless.
Aster: The last thing i remember is being shot by those mafia idiots, i assume by what I've seen until now that I'm dead, so that makes you either a reaper or some sort of deity, am i right?
???: Hahahaha, what else should i expect from such a gifted human like you, figured out your death so fast, but why aren't you more bothered by the fact that you're dead? Most humans usually make some kind of scene upon realizing the end of their pitiful existence.
Aster sighed and ran a hand through his hair, looking at the mysterious figure with a bored look.
Aster: You said it yourself, I'm a "gifted human" right? I don't know exactly what that means, and at this point i doubt it even matters, but i really don't care that I'm dead, there was nothing for me to do when i was alive, i was always the best at everything i did, an unparalleled genius that could never be defeated, what use is there to a life where you can't get any kind of challenge?
???: You know, I'm sure that any human would do anything to have been as blessed as you have, a natural genius that can't ever be surpassed on anything he tries, and yet you claim that a life without challenges is not a life worth living? Humans are really strange creatures
Aster: Yeah, humans are really strange…. So…. What happens now?
???: You have two choices, as have all humans after death, you can go back, be reborn on a new body and forget your old life or you could go to a different world and become a story on your world.
Aster: A story on my world?
???: Yes, how do you think that stories are created? The souls go to a new world and a human suddenly gets the urge to write the adventures of that soul, the human chosen might not always be able to do a good job at that but in a sense the story of that soul is preserved.
Aster: Well, going back to my old world is a no, so… what kind of world can i go into?
???: Your choice really, we don't really care about what you might choose, it won't affect us anyway, be it a new world or a existing world where you can choose your abilities and reincarnation period
Aster: You know something, i actually regret not living enough to see the end of "The Beginning After the End", could i be reincarnated on that world as a brother to Arthur Leywin?
???: Of course you can, as i said before, every soul can choose where to go and what to get when they get to a new world, so tell me, what powers do you want?
Aster: Well, first of all i want to keep my intelligence in the new world and my ability to be a genius on any field, but i don't want to be the strongest just with that, i want to work to gain power, about the elemental system of that world, i want to be able to use every element except earth, even if that costs me Gravity magic.
???: Interesting, why not be able to use all the elements?
Aster: It might sound stupid but….. I just really don't like earth magic….. Ah yes, i almost forgot this one, i want to get Kokushibou's powers with immunity to the sun as a beast will, the appearance of Fujimaru Ritsuka from Fate/Grand Order, and a Chimera as a bond, I'm sure in that world a Chimera should be a SS class magic beast
???: Hahahaha, you're a human alright, greedy little buggers the lot of you, those are all simple wishes to fulfill, normally i would just send you in your way and we would never see or hear one another ever again, but you're a gifted human, which means that the gods have taken a particular interest on you, i can't promise you anything but i do know that we'll talk again, all the gifted humans receive gifts from the gods when they go to a new world, goodbye for now, Aster Edevane.