"Why did you choose me," Ryan asked, his voice steady but laced with curiosity.
"Actually, I didn't choose you; it's because of your luck. You are here, so be happy," Kaishi replied, his tone casual yet firm.
Ryan looked at Kaishi like he had said something ridiculous, "So you're saying I'm here because of my bad luck, right," Ryan said mockingly to Kaishi.
Unperturbed by Ryan's mocking tone, Kaishi straightened slightly, an air of authority surrounding him. "It's not exactly bad luck, but yes, that's correct. You're here due to your unique twist of fortune," he stated matter-of-factly.
"So what is your fifth question," Kaishi asked impatiently like he was getting bored of Ryan's questions.
"Do I have the option of refusing," Ryan started sweating bucket after asking that question, 'Mom and Dad I love you both and I'm sorry for not being a good son who couldn't accompany you in your old age I'm sorry also mom I was lying when I said I will tell Dad to limit you screen time goodbye,' Ryan said that inwardly.
Although Ryan was having an internal monologue, he was also carefully observing Kaishi to see every movement of his body so that if Kaishi tried to attack him he could block it.
Kaishi who was going to answer Ryan's questions about whether he had the right to refuse or not was surprised and confused, to see Ryan getting into a defensive position and his muscles getting tense like they were ready to react to anything, 'what happened to him is he okay,' Kaishi who was confused because of Ryan action was now considering reading his mind in the end he decide not to, 'Let's just ask him, is he okay.'
If Kaishi had decided to read Ryan's mind, he would have definitely called him an overthinker; fortunately or unfortunately, he didn't.
"Are you okay?"
Ryan, who was intently watching Kaishi's every movement, was suddenly startled by Kaishi's voice and thought that Kaishi was going to kill him while completely ignoring Kaishi's words and instinctively covering his face with his hands, his heart racing as he braced for the unknown, leaving his lower body vulnerable.
Ryan had been bracing himself for an impending attack that could obliterate him, but when it never came, he found himself puzzled.
"Are you okay, Ryan?"
Ryan hears Kaishi's voice, which is laced with worry and a hidden frustration, and he is surprised that, 'Ohh so I'm not going to die. What a relief. Wait, I shouldn't relax yet. I still need to know if I have the option of refusing or not.'
"Haha, sorry, it's also one of my bad habits to start covering my face," Ryan lied with a straight face.
Kaishi's unexisting brow furrowed in skepticism, but he didn't call him out for lying because he didn't do research on Ryan's life or about his family so his not sure whether he was lying or not but his lifetime experience was telling him his lying but he simply said, "Okay," and proceed with his answer.
Ryan who hears Kaishi say just 'okay' is surprised and thinks inwardly, 'So he believed me, hmm I can only think of two possibilities, first he doesn't care about me lying, or his too lazy to call me a liar 2nd possibility is, he doesn't know everything about me,' Ryan who was getting lost in his thoughts again was suddenly brought out of them by Kaishi firm voice.
"Well, that question was surprising but not entirely unexpected, and the answer to your question is no; you don't have the right to refuse," Kaishi stated, his tone leaving no room for debate.
Ryan's hope crumbled, and he fell to his knees while holding his head and saying, "But I don't want to reincarnate or go to another world," although, Ryan knows the troupe of getting isekai or reincarnated in another world from these anime and manga, he even like some of these but he doesn't want to go to another world himself.
If there was someone else in Ryan's place, they wouldn't have hesitated and would have gone to another world, to have power and woman, Ryan was different he had parents, who loved him dearly and he also loved them dearly and couldn't imagine disappearing in thin air without telling them anything, he also gets paid enough to not feel poor, and about boredom, he was feeling this morning that can also go away when he gets married and have children after all his live wouldn't be same when he has children, and would he ever get bored off seeing his loved one every day, no he won't.
"But," Ryan, who was losing hope and everything, hears Kaishi thinking that the being felt some sympathy for him, got his hopes high, but his hopes were meant to be destroyed again, but not as hard as before.
"But what," asked Ryan with a quivering voice.
"Well, I can help you if you are worried about leaving someone behind," Kaishi offered.
Ryan, who was looking at Kaishi with hopeful eyes, suddenly lost that hope from his eyes and suddenly stood up from his knees while looking down and took a deep breath to calm his chaotic emotions.
Kaishi, who was also already bored of these questions, now just wanted to reincarnate Ryan and do his things, "Are there still more questions that you want to ask," Kaishi asked impatiently.
"Yes,"
"Then do I have other things to do," Kaishi lied.
"My sixth question is: how are you going to help me with leaving my family behind," Ryan asked, his eyes sharp with determination.
"You'll find out when we will meet again," Kaishi said, while inwardly thinking, ' If I tell you that, then you wouldn't have motivation, and that would destroy the purpose of me reincarnating you.'
"But---," Ryan tries to argue.
"No, but I have already told you that there are some questions that I will not be answering, so don't try to argue with me and ask your other questions," Kaishi said.
Ryan grumbled but pressed on, "Okay but give me your words that you won't harm them or use them to blackmail me."
Kaishi looked at Ryan like he was looking at the universe's biggest fool, 'Does he even know who I am, ohh right, he doesn't, whatever, forget it, let's just give him my words and reincarnate him,' Kaishi said inwardly.
"I, Kaishi, give you my words that I won't harm your family or use them to blackmail you for anything," Kaishi promised.
"Now then are you ready to reincarnate."
"Wait, wait, I still have one more question," said Ryan.
"Then hurry up," Kaishi said with some angriness in his voice.
"Why are you reincarnating me and when will we meet again."
"I will tell you when we will meet again, and when we will meet again is in 100 thousand years," Kaishi said.
Kaishi brought his fingers close to his face and made a gesture of clicking his fingers, "This is goodbye, Ryan."
"Wait, what do you mean by 100 thou—" Ryan began, but before he could finish, he vanished from sight.
"Good luck Ryan out there."