I couldn't utter any words.
I couldn't see anything...
I couldn't feel my body...
I could only feel pain.
Pain that radiated everywhere from head to toe. No part of my body was free from pain. No part of my body could rest. No part of my body could not stop screaming.
They butchered my limbs,
Stabbed me everywhere,
And ripped off my skin.
They left me to die, but I can still hear. I hear the people who resented me, those who mocked me, and those who were close to me, yell for forgiveness. They wanted me to hear them beg. Limbs were being ripped off from their bodies and bones were breaking every second. The screams grew louder and louder.
Death was everywhere. It was inescapable.
Why...? I'm still too young to die this… early.
"IT HURTS!!!"
I still have regrets...
"HELP ME!!!"
Am I too late...?
"KILL ME ALREADY!!!"
I'm too late...
"I WANT TO DIE NOW!!!"
No one will hear me anyway.
"END MY SUFFERING!!!"
Soon enough, I will disappear from this world, never to be seen again. But that's what it wanted.
This world mocked, ruined, and destroyed me. It begged to delete me.
But now, I can be...
"Free?" A voice of a woman spoke. The voice was both heavenly and yet sacrilegious.
Then the pitch-black view was shrouded in pure white. I gazed upwards and there, a woman, sitting on a throne. I've forgotten her face. Despite having what some might call a "perfect memory," her face is the only thing I've ever managed to forget. But I still remember how I described her at that exact moment.
She's… an angel… No, she's a-
"Goddess." The word slipped out of my mouth.
"Thank you for the compliment. However, it is regrettable to acknowledge that my time with you will be short." She said as a chain flew out of nowhere and stabbed her. Then, more chains came. Piercing and covering her more and more. She did not flinch, however. She did not bleed, too. Yet will all these chains coming towards her, she continued speaking without acknowledging the threat.
"I will transport you to another world where you will be reborn. Despite knowing you since the beginning, nevertheless, I will allow you to wish for anything."
"Anything?"
"Indeed, anything. What would they be? What would you want in your new life that you never had before?"
Ever since the world rejected me, I made wishes I knew myself was impossible to accomplish. But that's the only thing I regretted. Never fulfilling any wishes I made.
"I advise you to be quick. I know you've made up your mind already."
"Then…"
I felt like a child again. It's like wishing for a present you want on your birthday. Your heart would go beating faster than it was before. When you know your birthday is soon to arrive, you plan for what you want your presents to be. So when they ask you to make a wish, your answer is already there. You made it. All you could do was smile…
"I want to have rich and happy parents who care for me!"
"I want to live a life worth remembering!"
"I want to be overpowered! Like cheat abilities!"
"I want to-"
…
The Goddess' jaw dropped. The astonishment was written all over her blurry face. It was a surprise to hear such a despicable wish coming from the boy standing in front of her. Nonetheless, it was enough to entertain her at her very last second.
And then, one of the chains pierced her in the throat. But that did not bother her.
She grinned ear to ear.
Suddenly, her voice took on an eerie, otherworldly quality. She only spoke ONE word before the chains could surround her whole.
It was…
"GRANTED."