He cried for a while in that room filled with golden displays. Only after some time did he manage to hold back his crying and think of his situation.
'What even is this room?'
He looked behind him again only to see the display of objects in glass cases.
He walked forward absent-mindedly as his head was still clouded from his emotions.
After he is exactly in the center, just beneath the golden chandelier, the room lighting suddenly dimmed down, and to his surprise, someone materializes in front of him.
"Hmm? I see… I must be dead then…"
The guy seemed lost in thought as he looked at the items on the display and the kid in the middle.
"Hey, little guy"
'045' flinched as the guy eyed him.
"Your intergalactic coordinates… A little kid from an incubated galaxy… Interesting."
'Incubated? Galaxy? Coordinates?' 045 got confused by the new terms he is hearing.
"A talent in space magic greater than me is found in an incubated galaxy… truly interesting."
'Magic?'
"Hey, why don't you kneel for now?"
045 felt his legs quiver non-stop as suddenly it bent and was forced to kneel.
"Good, although it will only be less than an hour, I am now your master, and you are my only disciple. Say your greetings."
'Greetings?'
"Are you mute? Seems not though… Speak." The man then spoke with more gravity on his speech.
"G-Greetings, Master."
"Your circumstances, to make it short, I died. And, you got teleported here exactly when I died."
"This room used space magic to locate a young talent of space magic to inherit the items and knowledge from our predecessors. And, to… continue the master and successor tradition of the Golden Magicians."
"So, here's the thing, only one Golden Magician lives at a time in this whole universe. And every one of them is a space magician. Why? Because Space Magic is simply the best."
"Space Magic… Having it is easy, 1 in every billion or so entities have space magic. But, being very talented on it, like you and me is hardly 2 in this whole universe."
"Golden Magician? Master?"
"Yes, you're the next Golden Magician."
"Is there a difference between being one and not?"
"Difference… Not really, you just must take an oath here in this room to our very first ancestor."
"Oath?"
"After taking the oath, you can take the items on the display, and do whatever you want. Just live with the goal of doing the oath then you've done your part. And don't even think of not having it as one of your goals… You'll be held back in your space magic if you do so."
"Oath? My goal?" 045 stuttered in between words as his head is filled with emotions, he can't process anything that the man said. But he still listened to him because he speaks in a matter of grievance, and he might be a 'scary ghost' his seniors told him.
"Simple, 'Kill all and every man you encounter of the Hideous Guild' that's all"
"Kill!?"
"What? You haven't killed anyone yet? At your age… Did I kill about… maybe about 30? Or 50? Well, maybe because you're from incubation galaxy… Well, it doesn't matter you'll gain experience on it as you grow up either way."
"Hideous Guild?"
"They are simply hideous; they killed all the very first ancestor's family. It's his deep grudge that made him organize the Golden Magicians. In exchange for his items and knowledge, we actively try to kill every member of the guild."
'Should I really kill someone? Sunbae, uncles, ahjummas, brothers, what should I do? Everything is happening too fast… I don't know what to do, help me…'
"You seemed to be having trouble… on quite all I said."
"A-Ah that, I-I'm sorry."
"That's fine. Looking at your clothes… It should have been a bad circumstance before coming here. I'm sorry too for rushing my explanations. I'm just a fragment of soul. I will dissipate fast so I'm trying to give all the info you need to know."
"T-that. I understand, Master"
"Well, don't think too much about the oath. I'll send you to a low-magic world first. There shouldn't be any of the Hideous Guild there… But you never know. Just leap to another higher-magic world when you are ready to face them. Building your skills is also considered as 'actively trying to kill the Hideous Guild'."
"Not on my recent place?"
"An incubated galaxy... anyone doesn't have any knowledge of magic in it. Being in the same place with magic users gives better training to you."
"I... I can't go back?"
"You can if you become a governing official, or skilled enough in space magic to leap through galaxies. I can send you there, but it beats the purpose of having you here. But, as I remember, I have made a teleportation mirror, stored in the ring. You can use it to go to-and-fro, but it's only one use... You can use it. It's yours."
"Thank you, Master" 045 bowed his head that his hair is already touching the ground.
'M-Maybe someone survived... even with just one, a missed shot, but can I even rescue them? Magic... Magic... I-If it can do it, then I'll do my best.'
"Then, let's see… The items and the knowledge, I'll give them to you."