*Wooh
The sound of waves sounded as two bright figures stood in a white platform, operating on a systemic like hologram screen. Their bodies radiated light bright as the sun.
No living creature could directly see these twin figures as their bright light would surely blind them.
"Souls have been detected. Administrator A, multiple new souls have been obtained. They are entering the Soul Corridor."
One of the bright figures spoke out as the other, Administrator A, looked at another systemic screen and nodded.
"Understood. Give Identification of one of them."
The other figure robotically nodded as it lifted one of his hands. The figure quickly raised their finger up.
[Given Name: Owen Henderson.
Race: European.
Soul type: Axenic Soul.
Soul grade: Low.
Age: 17.]
A stat box appeared in front of the figure as he lightly waved his hand.
"Data has been collected. Information has been sent to your side.
The stat box instantaneously merged with the systemic screen of Administrator A.
"Ok. Soul will now be degraded to Negative Soul tier to begin process Metempsychosis."
Bep! Bep!
Two small error messages appeared in front of Administrator A.
"An omission has been recognized. Administrator B, please reanalyze the human soul for any unselected sectors."
Without turning to look at Administrator A, Administrator B quickly got to work.
"Understood. An inspection will be executed. Results: Divine insignia has been found. Verifying...Validated."
"Divine insignia?"
Questioned without any hint of surprise. Administrator B nodded and begin explaining.
"The insignia had been placed in the previous second reincarnation of the soul. Which means it's irretrievable, so no action is needed."
Administrator A quickly understood.
"Understood. Resuming the metempsychosis process. Administrator B, have you found a human infant host that the soul could inhabit?"
"Surveying...established.
Location: Western Legendalin Empire.
The birthplace of the individual has been found. The soul will be born as the son of a Legendalin Noble."
"Excellent. Inaugurating converting process into a Negative Soul. All current knowledge, remembrances, and individuality the soul has will now be eliminated."
Thud! Beep!
However, before they could erase Owen's memories and personality another error message appeared.
"Converting process ceased to function. Attention Administrator B, the Divine insignia is safeguarding the soul's memories."
"How is that possible? All previous reincarnations of the soul have been investigated and it has been concluded that the Divine insignia is irretrievable."
Administrator B tilted its head at the news.
"Whatever case may be, we don't have the authorization to erase the insignia."
Administrator A shrugged a bit, keeping their demeanor.
"Ok then, reincarnation will immediately be established. Allow policy?"
"Allowed, the soul will now begin its reincarnation. The Metempsychosis process will be disabled to allow the converting process to renovate the soul into a higher soul tier. Successful. A human core is needed to complete the reincarnation process."
"Constructing a human vessel..."
The Administrators were making a human body for Owen's soul to inhabit because of the divine insignia placed on soul. Divine Insignias are extremely rare for a human soul to have, even if a soul is reincarnated hundreds of times, the likelihood of Divine insignia bestowed on them was low.
This divine insignia gave Owen the right to reincarnate with his memories. However, the insignia is only limited to only one world.
***
"Alarm, hostile summoning magic has been detected!"
Multiple Messages with faint red colors appeared on the white platform. Administrator B was the first one to react.
"A summoning in the soul corridor? identify the unknown summoner."
"I have used the natural skill. The entity bypassed the system and used divine magic summoning on the individual Shoku Owen. Danger! It's from an unknown source! Identification of the entity has not been found!"
"Place Defensive mo######"
Before Administrator A could issue an order, its voice started glitching greatly as if an entity had possessed it.
"I have authorization on the individual Owen. Stand down."
An elegant female voice resounded across the plane like a soothing melody. Her voice had clean authority and absolute calmness.
"###Co#confirmed. No more action is needed."
***
Owen's soul moved out of the light, showing that the system has lost control over him. His soul moved gradually into the darkness, slowly enveloping him. Everything became completely dark. Then he finally woke up from his long slumber.
However, Owen did not quickly recover, which was only natural, since awaking from the soul corridor was the same as waking up from a coma. He could not remember everything properly. His remembrance was extremely ambiguous like something is obstructing it.
Furthermore, although it was faint, he could hear an isolated voice in the distance, and it was gradually getting louder to the point, that the voice finally became hearable. It only said four words.
"What do you desire?"
"Huh…?"
"Power? The ability to overcome any danger with your strength alone."
"Eternal love? All the people you care about will treasure you with their life."
"Everlasting Riches? Whatever situation you are in, you will never worry about losing money again."
"…...Or perhaps something beyond these previous three?"
Owen slightly shook his head and looked straight to the endless void with his brown emotionless eyes.
"No…I just want to live in peace. A life that I don't have to worry about anything ever again…"
"…...So be it."
When the voice replied, instantaneous cracks formed around the void, surrounding Owen with white light. His vision became distorted for a second but became operational again.
***
Owen sat upward and blinked for some moments, trying his best to adjust his vision.
"I can now see..."
He looked examined himself and sighed softly.
"Body parts are back online."
He rose his right hand and clenched it repeatedly. At that moment, the senses of touch, hearing and smell came back to him.
"Senses are also back..."
Owen said to himself weakly. He relaxed his body and crossed his legs. He looked upward to many beautiful stars that shined brightly across the sky. He enjoyed its majestic for some seconds but he titled as head in confusion.
The celestial sphere, the stars, were different than usual. Regardless, many astronomers will surely drool at the scene. He looked downward at freshly green grass which spread around him. He touched the green grass, in a examining matter and he raised his eye brow in bewilderment.
"Is this really grass?"
He moved his hands across the green grass in a playful way. Soft like cutaneous sensations surged from his sense of touch.
"Soft…"
Owen looked around his surroundings with questioning eyes, only to feel confused again. His heart started to increase a bit, as worry and awe was felt in heart.
A dense wilderness surrounded him. He stole single gazes around him and he could see trees and brushes. Which appeared slightly extraterritorial for him.
"I am in a forest?"
Owen stood up, visibly shaken from the environment around him. However, when he carefully gazed around once more, feelings of transcendence and aesthetic emotions whispered into him.
Even in the presence of such foreign scenery, he could not help but feel emotions of awe, wonder, and admiration.
The moon shined gracefully upon the environment like sacred heavenly illumination for the people of heaven. Trees of different types and shapes swelled on all sides, similarly trapping him in a beautiful portrait.
Otherworldly plants and shrubs were also intriguing as their colors of aquamarine enchanted the surrounding area.
"...."
He was at a loss of words. The sight itself surprisingly dazed him. However, that was short-lived as he lightly shook his head. The expression moments ago of awe changed into a face of solemnity.
"I need to know my location. If I don't properly think about my situation, I could die here."
He knew the dangers of being lost in such a place. He needed a plan of action to get to safety if he wanted this nightmare to end.
***
After experiencing such an ordeal just moments prior, Owen needed to be absolutely sure that his body was still operational. All of his senses and muscles could stop responding if he was not careful.
"Everything seems to be working for now…however, I need to find a doctor, just in case."
Relieved by his healthy body, he could now explore his heavenly but foreign environment.
"Ok, I need the highest vantage point and find a clean source of water. Shelter should be tossed into equation. Food and many other important stuff. "
Owen couldn't help sigh. However, even if it was troublesome, he needed to do what was necessary to survive on his own.
"However, before all that, I need to recall my steps."
He rubbed his chin slowly while trying to piece the puzzle together of his traumatic past events. So, for the next minute or two, he sat soundly on the grass, thinking heavily and creating theories.
Finally, he was done with his mental investigation. He narrowed his eyes at his final conclusions because it was a little hard for him to believe. Owen seriously thought about everything while making possible theories and analyzed any potential clues.
However, Owen felt he lacked valid information to come up with a proper judgment.
Just when he was about to make a mental note about his conclusions, time froze. No, its to say that space-time, reality, existence came into a hold. To make it worse, Owen had full awareness of his surroundings and sensations and thoughts.
Rather a blessing for some.
"An extraneous entity has been detected."
Owen heard a cold and angelic, reverberated voice in the area. Plus, he couldn't once more move his body. Everything was frozen in place.
"The flow of Time Coordinate 237-658-956 has been changed, an unknown threat has appeared on the world. Individual has been identified as Owen Shoku Henderson. Timeline will be fixed to accommodate entity."
In that instant, sound started to slowly operate around Owen. Space-time, reality and existence moved. All of the senses of the body turned back instantly. Owen`s body swayed and his face became ugly. He wanted to vomit but nothing came out. So, he just struggled to grasp for air and coughed uncontrollably.
10 minutes later, Owen was once again "ok."