"I do hate to be the bearer of bad news, but sorry, my man, you are dead."
"What?"
A very beautiful woman in her late 20s said it to me. She had very long scarlet hair that flowed down her back. Speaking of her back, she had quite a good body, actually. Her chest was big, but not overly so—just perfect. In one word, you could say she had every single curve exactly where it was needed.
She was wearing a skirt that went up to her knees, and for her upper body, she wore a typical school uniform—except for the tie, which was missing. But I wasn't complaining. I'll admit, though—she was hot. She was definitely my type, I thought to myself.
"Give it a rest, will ya, and stop staring at my body!" she said angrily as she started moving closer to me.
"Sorry about that," I said, flustered.
We were in an empty room with only two chairs in it. I was sitting in one, and the other one was empty. I called it a room, but I wasn't sure it was one because of its size. It was large—very large. I could easily compare it to a grand hall. But it wasn't just the size that made it strange. The walls—or at least what I thought were walls—seemed to stretch endlessly, shifting faintly like a shimmering mirage. There were no windows, doors, or decorations, only an overwhelming sense of emptiness.
But all that aside, back to the lady,According to this lady, I am dead, and the cause of death was an accident of her making.
Hearing this, the first thing that came to my mind was that I was dreaming, so I tried to pinch my cheek, but nothing happened. So, that means I am dead, and this is the afterlife.
Before this, I remember that I was coming back from school, and suddenly rain started pouring like crazy. I took shelter under a nearby tree because the road was in the middle of nowhere, so I didn't have a choice in that matter. I waited there, thinking about today's magic classes. Then suddenly, I saw a big crack in the sky, and everything went black.
"I am afraid to say that I made a bit of a blunder when I dropped some super lightning into your world. Truly, I am sorry about that. I didn't think that someone would stand under a tree in the middle of nowhere... I can't apologize enough for that."
"So the lightning killed me?"
"Technically yes, but also no, because it was your magic that killed you. But your magic overloaded because of the lightning, so that's why I said technically."
"So then, this is heaven? Am I right?"
"No, no, it's not heaven. It's my personal property outside of heaven, and I am an upper-ranked god. My name is 'Maria.'
And your name is 'Alexander.' Am I right?"
"Ah yes, yes, I am Alexander Roy."
"As I can see from your biodata, you aren't very good at anything in your previous life. You are just an ordinary 16-year-old teen, and also your magic capacity is very low compared to other kids your age."
Thinking back, I don't have anything going on in my previous life. Like, I am not a rich kid or a handsome kid or a scholar. Everything about me is normal except for my magic capacity, because it was very low for me. And in a world where magic is everything, I was lacking far, far behind everyone.
"So, boy, because it was completely my fault that you died, I am giving you one wish and a chance to start over in another world. In your wish, you can choose anything except more wishes."
"Start over? You mean I can reincarnate in any world with a wish?"
"No, no, not in any world, because there are a lot of worlds where magic is very essential. And with your magic capacity, you would die in one hour. So I can give you only five choices of worlds and one special wish for you."
"So that means, in your chosen five worlds, I will be fine with my magic capacity, and I don't have to die before my time?"
"No, no, I am not saying you are going to be fine and live a long life, because those worlds have their own problems. So, if you don't choose properly, you will die for sure."
"Ok, that means I have to choose carefully, or otherwise, I will die once more, and I don't want that."
The goddess chanted a spell, and a large screen appeared in front of me.
"This is the first world. Its name is 'Namik.'
Here, magic is not that important because only 7% of the world's population can use magic. So they focus on science to do everything. If you want to be in this world, you have to use your wish to change your appearance to the local style. Otherwise, you might get killed as an alien, or there is a chance they will just research your body for more information about you. Do you want to go to this world?"
"Can you please tell me the other options first? Then I will choose. Is that OK with you?"
"Fair enough. I will explain the worlds, then..."
As the goddess explained the worlds, I became more and more depressed because every single one of them was crap.
"Now give me your answer. Which one will it be, and what is going to be your wish?"
I started panicking, and in the heat of the moment, I did something that would change my entire life. Hearing that from me, Maria started chanting a long spell.
"Here you go to your new world."
I started panicking, and in the heat of the moment, I tried to speak. "Wait, wait, what about my wish?" I managed to say, but before I could finish, Marin completed her chanting.
"Here you go to your new world."
That's the last thing I remember before totally blacking out.
To Be Continued.....