Kei's heart refused to believe what his brain was telling him. It all seemed over the top unrealistic and logic defying ,yet at the same time, seemed as the most convenient reason of him being alive at this moment.
Kei banged on the door hard to get outside to calm his mental dilemma .
"Somebody open up..hello"…bam..bam..bam. Kei kicked the door, but this metal door was sturdy and did not bulge even the slightest. After kicking and calling for aide for a minute -twenty or so, Kei surrendered mentally and sat down on the floor with his back against the damp wall.
"Shit ..damn door.., I need to calm down and think this through. Even though my situation seems batshit crazy but its still better than staying dead." Kei thought aloud. He calmed himself and mentally trailed through the information he had cerebrally inherited . The memories unlocked sequentially as Kei delved into the past memories of Kaiser , the being ,whose dead body he has transmigrated into.
Since birth , Kaiser was contemned and scorned by other members of the Rakshasa clan ,residing in the 500th layer of the Abyss. When Kaiser was about three days away from reaching his adolescent year ,his mother, Rasvet, had told him the reason behind this disdain and scorn he has faced over the years.
Rasvet was of one of the noble clans of that layer. She was the youngest amongst her brothers and sisters and was the most pampered and doted upon by her clan members for her high domain affinity. But all that changed when one day her family found out that Rasvet got pregnant from the seed of a human male slave.
Humans or mortals were merely considered as foods and sacrifices in the rakshasa society. The Rakshasa used them as slaves for labor and as a portable blood jar and once their deaths were impending ,the Rakshasa's would sacrifice them on the altars of the Black Mother , the ruler of Black Earth.
Rasvet had felt pity on a handsome human male, a redhead, enslaved in her palace wing. And as if cupid pulling the strings, buds of pity, kindness and empathy soon blossomed into love and intimacy.
Upon finding out about Rasvet' s pregnancy ,the slave was brutally killed, and her family and council elders then decided to kill Kaiser , who unknown to the atrocities of the world was safely sleeping in his mother's womb.
Rasvet, heartbroken and devastated on her lover's death, revolted against this decision with all her being .Two of her brothers, Rodon & Anastas , who could not bear to see their beloved sister's suffering ,intervened and tried to pacify the situation. Upon several persuasion and convincing of the brothers, the family and clan elders laxed slightly on their decision and presented Rasvet with two choices .
If Rasvet gave birth to the child, she would be stripped of her noble title forever and will have to live as a commoner in this layer, she would not be allowed to go to other layers. Also, her child, if born as a human, would be immediately sacrificed to the Black Earth Mother and if born as a rakshasa would be considered a member of their clan only if he or she could successfully complete the true awakening ritual upon reaching adolescence. If her child was unsuccessful in completing the ritual then he/she would be thrown in the Screaming Sea.
The second choice for Rasvet was to destroy the baby in her womb and return to her previous life of nobility and comfort.
Rasvet, without a thought, gave the elders her signet bearing the logo of her house crest and left the palace silently with dried up tears in her determined eyes .
Over the years , she had raised Kaiser showering all her maternal love and warmth on him, keeping him oblivious about her past and his impending future. until that day..
Rasvet returned home that evening, severely injured, that day. Kaiser ,shocked to see his mother in this state , had started to panic .
Rasvet calmed him " Don't worry son, I have already eaten a healing pill, I will be fine by tomorrow.. Come sit beside me , I have something to tell you." As Kaiser got to know about his mother's past, tears filled his eyes .
Seeing his tears, Rasvet ruffled Kaiser's red hair and said "Be strong, you have to complete the awakening ritual and make your mother proud ; . the ritual is in three days , come let me tell you about it and then we will have dinner. I will take another healing pill after eating, " showing Kaiser a bright red pill .
That night , Rasvet died in her sleep .
Kaiser, in the morning, found a letter on her dead body saying " Son, if you fail the ritual then eat the red pill that I showed you , its in my pouch, don't let them throw you into the Screaming Sea. I am sorry for leaving you all alone, but my heart could not tolerate seeing you gone. Even if I was living, I would have died inside every day . And..son, if….if….one day, you reach lord stage .then eat the blue pill that I left..son, you are the best thing that life has given me..and remember come what may .. mother loves you ..always and forever.."