An Extra’s Tale
"Compassion. Tell me, what is compassion? Is it a virtue? Or a weakness? A sign of naivety, or wisdom? Or is it one of those ideals that treads the line of ruin and preservation, an unfathomable ideal who's understanding surpasses the mortal mind; only being truly understood by the gods. Mortals struggle with it, wielding compassion like a sword from which they use by holding its blade not handle..."
Growing up Reshi never lived a good life. His life had either been bad or worse, or sometimes just bad waiting to happen.
Then it ended. First his family died, then he was killed. Then he got slapped by a deity, and wacked into the world of his new favourite novel.
Here perhaps you maybe thinking he was living a life of riches.
Was he the main character?
Was he living a life of riches and joy?
Was he gifted cheats and powers beyond belief?
Was he a cool extra, loved by others and leading a simple life, only being unfortunately dragged into the plotline due to his outstanding morality, which he constantly denied having.
Well, partially.
He definitely wasn't loved. Not when he transmigrated into the body of Arthur Gravewalker. The Son of the Duke on the modern world of Pandora where humans settled after leaving Earth hundreds of years ago.
He was a minor antagonist, not even one that appeared in the main story, with at least a couple of chapters outlining his villainous ways! Or even a small montage of the protagonist struggling against him before something like the power of friendship defeated him.
No, he was some antagonist used to spice up the past of one of the main cast during a flashback scene in the book.
Did he have time to change what the old Arthur had done, saving himself and the main cast some serious trauma? No. He was transmigrated right in the middle of being punished for his crime. Where, he’d exit the book, to live a life of eternal misery in repentance and give the readers some definite satisfaction.
So peace was a thing Reshi wouldn't find even in this life. No, he'd have to work for it. Fight for it, give everything he had to suffer and claw to strength. He’d have to kill for it, so that one day. Far, far away.
For the first time in both lives, he might actually get to live in peace.