I stood there,dumbstruck! I was speechless and not in a good way. My mind was a mess with my thoughts forming into a random ball and just going around. I couldn't process what all happened to me in... let me check the time first. I looked at my watch and damn everything that happened to me in the last 7 minutes. Calling it unbelievable would be underwhelming. I just couldn't believe in reality anymore. It felt like I was inside some fiction which btw fulfils my isekai dream HOWEVER, I don't remember entering this fictional world hence I am greatly confuzzled. My senses are going crazy.
Felix must have seen the constipated and about to break down look on my terrified face as he continued to explain. Thank you dumbass, should have been faster though! "God has been dethroned by other archangels." I ask in a meek voice, all this information overloading me. "Why?" "Apparently power greed is real. It so happens that it repeats itself again after millennia"
"Are you referring to.. Lucifer?". I whisper. He looks at me and nods." Why doesn't He banish those archangels from heaven then? As He did to Lucifer?" I ask.
"He knows banishing them would do no good. They would form a coalition of rebels. Lucifer was banished and look, he created hell!Tho this time paradise only might turn into one! Secondly, God loves them too much to banish them. He knows they are committing grave sins, however, He wants them to learn from their own mistakes once the aftermath of this predicament arises. He knows they would regret but as long as they repent, they will be forgiven!" "Isn't He putting us, humans, at a cost then? We believe in Him,but when He is no longer in charge, what if these other angels misuse their powers and tamper with our human lives? We are freakin' mortals, unlike you guys. We are fragile and our lives are precious."
"Don't worry. God would never let them ruin his other children, He loves all of you dearly and equally. Currently, paradise has been enclosed in a warp, nothing can go out or get inside. The powers of the archangels have also been limited to be effective only inside that warp. They have no agency to change the course of events in the mortals' life." "How come you are here then?"I further ask.
He gives a mischievous smirk. "Well you could say I escaped early and fast. Only angel who is out of there on time". He winks at me. I get curious now and further question him"You don't desire power? Why are you here?" Felix fully turns to me and looks at me seriously. "You know how God has his favourites right?" I get taken aback a little. "Doesn't He love everybody equally?" I ask, unsure of where he was going with this." Oh, he does however only a few of his children, the chosen ones achieve the success and the dreams they aspire for." "Yeah that's obvious, I mean not everybody can fulfil all they want, if a lot of people were to like a single profession and work hard AND achieve it, there would be oversaturation in one job I guess and it would strike an imbalance or some sort" I was not sure where I was going with what I was saying.Felix intently listens to me before saying "Correct. However, my issue arises when I witness more deserving people who gave up their lives just to achieve their dream, who LIVED and BREATHED their dream, whose passion gleamed in their eyes fail and others who were less vigorous achieve all the glory. Don't get me wrong. I am not saying those others aren't deserving, however they are surely less deserving than the more desrving others." I couldn't say anything against that. "I am the angel of goodwill and fortune. It always strikes me as an injustice when those potential people are thrown to the sidelines,however, I couldn't do anything before. Angels can't interfere with human lives. NOW though is a different case. Since the power structure has been destroyed, I guess I am free to do what I wanted to for a very long time, it is my cue for changing fates."
"And how is that?". He smiles at me, 'the one you know that comes straight from the eyes' smile." To give a chance to The Deserving Ones instead of the chosen ones."I blinked. Wow, this is some serious sh*t. "And you see me as one of those? Why? I am lazy with my life and I only like to daydream," I ask surprised. He chuckles. Damn, he looks so cute when chuckling. He doesn't scare me anymore. I guess this discussion served as an ice breaker." I know. You are probably one of those less deserving ones". Ouch! That hurt! No thanks mister, on second note; he doesn't look cute anymore. I frown. He again mockingly raises his hands in surrender. "Why? I just agreed to what you said. They are your words girl, not mine." Hmm agreed but I can criticise myself, others can't! "However.." he continues snapping my attention back on him. "I do think that all you need is a push and you have what it takes! You might even be a secret weapon or turn out to be a dark horse. Moreover, I only provide the chance, you still have to earn your dream." I ponder upon all he said and then look at him seriously, "Felix, I wanna ask of you something". He looks a little taken aback over my impromptu sentence. He says "Sure?" "How old are you?" His eyes widen and then he laughs, a hearty laugh. "Damn.." he says in between his laughs, "You seemed so serious and I was preparing myself for some complex question but.." he laughs some more and then continues " this is what you wanted to ask?". He laughs some more and then finally stops, thank the lord! He ruffles his hair, damn his hair looks soft. Of course, he is an angel! Angels are pretty except for some. Wow, no money spent on skincare and haircare. Jealous me right here! "I am quite young, to be honest. Only 3 millennia old." " Pretty cool" I say. Was I shocked? Nah, to be honest, this was the first thing I saw coming in this entire weird unforeseen encounter that I have been having since 20 mins ago. I mean he is an angel, they are supposed to be old but look young. Also from the various supernatural movies, I have watched I pretty much guessed it. "You are something else" he says still laughing. His laugh is now starting to annoy me a little but he looks pretty when laughing. Contradictory takes I am making right now!
He stops laughing finally and grows sombre again. "Now listen to me and listen good.Even though I am free now to act how I want, I am still an angel with a conscience. I cannot interfere with the course of events in the mortal world! Hence the chance I am giving you to achieve what you desire has to be exercised in another world. You will be met with challenges that will test your ability, your potential, if you do overcome and emerge on top as victorious you get what you want. It will also be a test of your goodwill, an evil or an insensitive soul deserves no triumph no matter how beautifully capable it is. Once you win that is if you do win, you can ask for anything. It will be gifted to you in the mortal world! It could be love, money,fame,power,answers to all your questions or even.." he pauses and then continues "talking to the dead." I take in a sharp breath. Is he serious? "Can they be revived too?"
" They can but would they want that?"
"What do you mean?" I ask.
He chcukles. "Things are for you to find out yourself K, not for me to tell you everything."
He then swings his head gracefully and from his back emerges two beautiful wings. They looked like sea orbs, the blue of a crystal clear sea with sunlight reflecting on it. It was insanely pretty and he looked so DIVINE! Something beyond my reach, I didn't even realise when I stretched my hand out for him. He was there in the sky with his wings out, above me and I was there on the rooftop clearly mesmerised. I was not sure if he was even visible to other people. Our difference at that point was clearly visible! He was a divine being, he looked so pure,so beautiful! It was his wings that gave that image. They were transparent like water but held that bluish gleam. He was a being from a higher realm though fallen now and here was I, a mere fragile mortal,full of flaws, who if were to drop from the height he is currently at would break several limbs, gazing at him, who could have only dreamt of all this, who is still not sure if what she is witnessing is just some crazy dream. I was enchanted.
Felix then stretches his hands and opens a glass portal on the rooftop, like the rabbit hole from Alice in Wonderland. It was massive. I could see some landscapes on the other side of the glass. Weird, gigantic birds and other animals I had never seen or heard of before.It was beautiful! I look at him to see him already looking at me.
"This is the world where you will be tested and given judgements on. The world where all is possible, where human limitations are surpassed."
"This is KWANGYA" [Author here. Aespa fans, I am looking at you ;), also all credits go to SM entertainment.]