Chapter One
"Shit--!"
I screamed at the top of my lungs as I fell to the ground. I gasped for air after my face hit the ground.
"W-where am I?"
Everything happened so fast that I feel like I'm having a heart attack. I feel sick. My heart was beating so fast, and I swear I think I'm going to die...
Or maybe I have died.
"Ugh!"
My head hurt, I felt like my skull was crushed in that last second.
"Did I die?"
I muttered as I looked around.
The last scene that came to my mind was when a huge truck flashed in front of me and I lost control of everything. I just remembered my brain splattering the windshield... Funny how I remember that even though my brain was crushed.
Anyway,
"What the hell is going on?"
It was a place where I could see countless stars shimmering everywhere. I feel like I'm in the galaxy, but it's a mystery how I can move and breathe outside the atmosphere. Well, I'm already dead, so I don't need to breathe anymore...
I was confused, so confused about everything. I had just come out of the store and was drinking a Gatorade Blue. I was listening to music when I realized that Death was already there to greet me in the underworld.
"So... this is the underworld? Hell? Purgatory or something?"
A place you go after you die. In my opinion, I will never go to heaven because I wasn't a good or bad person, I'm a mediocre simple guy. But the catch is, I never went to church for a whole year... So I will probably go to hell or something.
"Shit!"
Of course I'm angry and disappointed. It's obvious that I have a lot of things I regret and want to do. I still have my parents on Earth, and I think they're probably devastated when they find out I'm dead.
"Kuck!"
My legs went weak and I stumbled down. My chest hurt and I found it hard to breathe.
The fact that I will never see my family shocked me the most. I'm just a young man who wants to finish college and help his parents.
"What am I going to do now?"
Knowing that I'm dead, my head is in shambles and I don't know what to think or do.
I found it meaningless. My life was gone just like that and I realized how fragile my existence was.
It was sad that my tears fell by themselves.
"Ugh..."
I sobbed and wiped away my tears. It was obvious that I would cry after knowing that I'm dead and I'll never see my parents again.
My chest hurts. God damn it!
"Are you done crying?"
Suddenly I heard a voice from behind me.
I immediately turned around and realized that someone was watching my whole dramatic reaction...
"Can you please give me a second, I want to cry and scream."
"No, we only have a few minutes and I have more people to meet--"
"Aaahhhh---! GODDAMNIT! IF I KNEW I WAS GOING TO DIE, I SHOULD HAVE FONDLED SOME TITS! GOD DAMN IT!"
I'm dead anyway, so I might as well get that frustration off my chest. And for the record, I'm not a virgin. I have had three relationships in 20 years of life and I can say that I have a nice amount of rizz in my veins.
Anyway, if I know I'm going to die, I shouldn't have broken up with my ex...
"...Sigh."
I took a deep breath and looked at the stranger who was looking at me with a stunned expression.
"Sorry, what did you say again?"
I laughed, trying to wipe away the awkwardness.
"... Ahem, greetings young man. You're here because fate has brought you here. You may call me Goddess."
The person before me was definitely a woman. But I couldn't see her face because there was a blurry light that blocked my vision whenever I looked at her face. As if it was not meant for me to see her face.
"What?"
It was the normal thing to ask in that situation.
What? What the hell is going on?
"Are you Satan or something? But the last I heard, Satan is not a woman. Oh, is that one of those songs about God being a woman and the devil being a woman? Is that it? I'm right, right?"
"No. I'm not Satan and I've never heard the songs you're talking about. I don't like Ariana Grande."
"But she's a nice singer."
"I prefer K-pop."
"Wow, I never knew that a goddess actually listens to secular songs."
A shocker.
"I like BlackPink, but, ahem! Anyway, let's cut to the chase. Keith Castillo, the Gods and Goddesses brought you here.
A nice explanation. Enough for my brain to understand.
The gods and goddesses want me. This means something.
"...Wait, I think I know where this is going."
I touched my chin. My eyes were still red from crying earlier. Even my heart was pounding when I realized that I'm dead. However, after reading many light novels, I already have an idea of what is going on in the back of my brain.
"So you want me to kill a demon lord in a fantasy world?"
"What? No, that's not what we want from you."
The goddess shook her head, a little irritated as she watched my reaction.
"Man, this is why weebs are hard to talk to, they always think they are the MC. This guy cries early, but now he was acting like he was a protagonist."
Ugh! It hurts to hear this from a goddess.
"You are here because the gods and goddesses want you dead."
"..."
I don't know how to respond, so I just remain silent with a stunned expression on my face.
"You didn't hear it wrong. They want you dead."
"Um, that's because they want me to save a planet, right? Like, I'll be reincarnated on a planet where magic or cultivation is common to start a heroic life. I think that's what you mean."
"Again, this is why I don't want to talk to a weeb."
Ugh!
"Our time is precious, so I will explain it to you as quickly and clearly as possible - one of your descendants will destroy the Earth, so we decided to prevent that by killing you."