Author-kun: Sup! Made this story out of curiosity and boredom. If ya like, drop a review. If you don't, just say it. Anyway, I'm a-stop talkin' you guys start a-readin'. Let's a-go!

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{Chapter 1}

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Derick Nathan, or Rick for short, was a simple teen with simple wishes and goals. He likes reading, he likes watching anime, and goes to the occasional dark side of the internet, which is FanFiction.

He was beyond normal, except for a few features here and there but still considered normal by human standards.

But waking up in a pitch-black void and sitting on a plain wooden chair wasn't normal.

"... What?" Rick said to himself, looking around his surroundings. "W-Where the actually hell am I?!" Fear began to crawl up his being, his feet shaking and his mind playing tricks on him. "Am I in Hell?!"

"Fear not, young one, you are not in Inferno, nor in Paradiso or Purgatorio." A calm smooth voice told him, somewhat calming him a bit down.

He turned his head infront of him, seeing a smiling, white haired, beauty wearing a purple dress with a loose white hagoromo, her face pale and angelic.

But there was one thing odd about her.

"Miss, where am I? And why are you padded?" Rick asked with an incredibly straight face, all hint of fear and anxiety gone from his system.

Did he forgot to mention that he's incredible blunt and straightforward with everything? Welp, now he did...

The previously mentioned beauty blushed, her eyes slowly turning dilated. "W-What...?" She stuttered, her smile slowly twitching into a frown.

"Hmm? I said: why am I here?"

"No. About the latter?"

"Oh, you mean that, about you being padd-?"

"Now! Let's start with introductions, shall we?!" The beauty interrupted Rick before he could finish, which instead made him shrug his shoulders. "I am Eris, the Goddess of Luck and Fortune." She introduced herself, her smile radiating with angelic beauty.

When Rick heard goddess, that's where his eyes widened exponentially, shock and fear began to crawl back into him. Without another say, he stood up from his chair and slammed his head on the ground, bowing to the goddess.

"Please forgive me for disrespecting someone considered divine!" Rick exclaimed, his expression filled with fear and terror. "Trust me, I would never diss someone of high regards!"

When he was very young, his mother and grandparents drilled the existence of gods in his thick-skull. He wasn't very religious in any sense, but knowing something out there that could potentially wipe out humanity off of existence was incredible yet terrifying to him.

And here was one of them, a divine being that could destroy him with a snap of her fingers.

Seeing this, Eris, who was still considered to be a junior god, blushed, not knowing what to do. Yes, she had seen people apologize to gods and goddess alike, but not to her whatsoever. People from other worlds either dismissed her for being a lesser god or a fake one.

"P-Please! Raise your head, young one. I need not y-your apology..." She said, dismissing the blush on her cheeks.

She really wished her Senpai was here.

"B-But isn't this considered a si-!"

"Please forgive me!" Rick continued to apologize. Hey, he didn't want to be in Hell whatsoever.

Seeing that this was a lost cause, Eris used her heavenly powers to engulf the teen in an angelic glow, calming the teen down. She then levitated the boy off the ground and placed him back into his chair.

Somehow, Rick felt he could win ten lotteries at a time right now.

"Now! With that settled, let me tell why you're here..." She said, a sad gentle smile on her lips. "As unfortunate, as this is. You, Mister Derick Nathan, have died." She informed.

Having heard this news, Rick sagged into his chair, a shock expression. "... How?" He asked. "H-How did I... go, exactly?"

Last thing he remembered was, he was walking home from school, doing nothing out of the ordinary except texting on his phone. He still remembers who he was texting to: his dear little sister, someone he cared for, even if their relationship is a weird and rocky one.

"Yes, it is truly saddening to know death from a simple rubber bullet to the head..." Eris said. "Dying from shock is natural, even for humans."

"... Wait, what?!" Rick once again stood up from his chair, his jaw wide open and his eyes almost bulging out of his sockets.

Eris was slightly taken back from the human's expression, completely destroying her composure. "H-Huh? What do you me-"

"That is bullshit at its finest!" Rick grabbed the goddess from the shoulders, slightly scaring out of her skin. His hands felt warm and callous, somewhat making her face redden in embarrassment. "You said it was a rubber bullet, right?! How in the Nine depths of damn Hell did I die from a rubber-goddamn-bullet?!" He began to shake her around, his expression beyond fear and disbelief.

"Y-Your brain thought it was a real bullet! I-It died from the sudden s-shock." Eris said through each shake, her eyes turning to swirls from the motion sickness.

"No! Lies! Everything is just a dream! Yes, a dream! It's one of those lucid dreams my classmates have been talkin' about!" He exclaimed with pure thick denial. "I'm gonna wake up any second! I can't die in such a humiliating manner! Me?! Nah-ah!"

"B-But it's the truth! Believe me!"

"Lies! You cannot fool me with your forgery, beautiful dream witch!"

They continued to bicker with each, with Rick saying incredibly embarrassing and complimenting insults, which made Eris blush and mad at the same time.

But after a while, things finally settled down.

"Whew! Are you finally going to listen?" Eris asked a chained up Rich, who had a sock stuffed in his mouth to act as a gag.

Rick responded with a nod.

"You aren't going to freak out or anything?"

Another nod.

"Are you sure?"

Yet, another nod.

"Good!" Eris said with a smile, clapping her hands. "Now, let us begin. You have two choices: first, you can go to Paradiso and live the rest of your days in satisfying peace..."

Heaven? Well, at least he has a guaranteed spot in God's kingdom, which is good, but what's the last offer?

"Second, you can be reincarnated into another world full of swords and magic, a world that is basically a video game if you ask me." She informed, her smile still present. "Now, what shall it be?"

Rick tried to answer, but only muffled sounds came out of his sock-gag, which tasted like wet onions right about now.

"Oh, Sorry! Forgot." Her face blushed in embarrassment as she used her godly powers to remove Rick's gag.

With a few coughs, Rick stared into Eris' eyes, making her slightly overwhelmed with the teen's instense gaze.

Rick was no fool, he had read too many novels, books, and Fanfics to know where this was going. But he only needed confirmation.

"Please, answer me honestly, Lady Eris. What's the catch for picking the latter?" He asked, his body still chained to the wooden chair.

Slightly taken back from the teen's current serious demeanor, Eris answered the question with the best of her abilities. "W-Well, you see, there's a Demon King running amok in the world you're going to be reincarnated in. People from that world refused to be reincarnated back into the world, fearing the Demons. With the world's population failing, the gods decided to reincarnate people from different worlds instead, believing that those chosen people would be able to defeat the Demon King and save the world from annihilation..." She explained, her words bouncing off the dark void. "B-But I think you wouldn't care about those details, right...?" She blushed in embarrassment, scratching her cheek for rambling to herself.

But her blush deepened when she saw that the teen was listening intently, his eyes listening to every word she just said.

"Woah, that was one of the most interesting stories I've heard yet. Might be a good story for a full-fledge book if you ask me..." Rick said, astonished at the woman's tale.

In all her life, every person that was reincarnated into the world either ignored the story or fell asleep from hearing her ramble, only wanting to start their journey and gain fame and fortune. But this child, this child infront of her listened to each word she just said.

She felt her heart beat faster than before.

"Anyhow, so, I get to live in a world where Satan rules, huh? Pretty demoralizing if you ask me." Rick joke, scratching the back of his head.

"Y-Yes, it is. But you will be sent down there with a Cheat Item, something that would aid you in your quest to defeating the Demon King." Eris quickly said, waving her hands around.

"Huh? A cheat item? You mean like an insanely powerful sword, or a suit of invincible armor?" Rick asked, raising a brow at the goddess infront of him.

"Y-Yes! And many more!" Eris confirmed, nodding her head. "You can bring pretty much anything!"

"... Anything?" Rick asked with a serious face, which made Eris once again be taken back.

She was sensing a pattern here.

"Y-Yes, anything..." Eris said with a nod.

"Even if isn't real, or was made from pure fiction?" He continued to push the question, his expression still serious.

"As I said: anything at all, even something outside of logic and reality, Mister Nathan." Eris said, slightly confused on why the teen was persistent on pushing the question.

"Are you sur-?"

"Yes, I am sure, Mister Nathan!" Eris snapped, annoyed of being asked the same question multiple times in a row now. "Anything, and I mean literally anything!"

Rick nodded his head, taking a thinking pose, which was pretty hard, being that he was still chained up to the chair, his arms restrained.

"Okay, I have decided!" Rick said, looking at the goddess in the eye. "I choose to be reincarnated into another world and defeat the current Demon King that is threatening the world's populace!" He declared with a face of conviction and determination.

Eris smile widened. "Good! Now, please choose your cheat ite-!"

"I want to be a Demon Reaper." Rick said with an extremely straight expression, his face only inches away from Eris'. He was still chained to the chair, but he was somehow able to carry the chair on his legs, which were already shaking from the chain's weight.

Eris blinked her eyes, processing the information that was given to her brain. "W-What...?" She said, her cheeks reddening from the teen's close proximity to her.

Even though she was an immortal god, she didn't have any experience with the opposite sex, something that her Senpai always joked about her, saying the no man would like a padded woman.

"Demon Reaper. I want to be one." Rick repeated, his face serious about the unheard of request. "You did say I can choose anything I want, correct?"

"Y-Yes, b-but I... haven't ever heard a thing about this Demon Reaper you speak of..." Eris said with uncertainty. "I can't give you something I don't kn-!"

Rick raised a hand to the woman, effectively silencing her. "No need to worry. I can help." Rick said. "Now, a Demon Reaper is..."

Rick then explained the powers, concept, and origins of a Demon Reaper, something that made Eris intrigued yet creeped out and question the boy's mental health. But after a literal hour of the teen speaking, Eris had a stoic expression on her, her smile fake and forced.

"A-Are... Are you sure about your decision, Mister Nathan?" Eris asked, trying her hardest not to cringe at the information given to her.

Given Rick's description, a Demon Reaper, which the name says, is the Grim Reaper given the powers of a demon that could change their shape at will, making their bodies literal weapons on their own right. They could also feed on souls, giving them major power boost. They are known, given by Rick's cringe worthy description, as the Devourer of the Afterlife.

If this isn't cheating, she doesn't know what is by now...

"Positive! I am absolutely positive." Rick answered, his chair back in its original position.

If Eris was a different god, she would have sent the boy straight to Inferno for such a ludicrous request, heck, her Senpai might've ended the teen right now if she was still here.

The room, which was named the Room of the Afterlife, was known to be an incredibly powerful room, a room where any wish could be granted, no matter how dumb or stupid the request might be. But the room only works if a being of divine power is present.

Gathering the remaining composure she had left, Eris used the room's powers to grant the teen's cringy request.

Rick, who was screaming in his mind with excitement, waited. He was going to be a badass powerful demon that could destroy cities if he wanted to, he would be something close to a god, he would be-!

Without a warning whatsoever, Rick felt an excruciating pain in both of his eyes, something akin to having your eyes drilled out or insanely hot lava poured into them.

Rick tried to scream out in pain, but only weak whimpers came out. Tears then began to pour out his eyes, the pain was something he had never experienced before, it was literal hell at this point.

When the pain has finally subsided, he still continued to cry, his mouth dripping saliva, and his nose bleeding blood.

After a few moments, he felt something... something great. He felt incredible, as if he can take on the entire world with one arm behind his back.

Rick couldn't stop himself from smiling maniacally, a smile that could be called sadistic. His hair shadowing his eyes.

"... Um, Mr Nathan, are you alright?" Eris asked in concern. After witnessing that the teen was in excruciating pain, which has never happened before, she was beyond worried for the teen's health.

"... Alright?" Rick repeated, his voice slightly different than before. "Alright?! I feel fucking great!" Rick exclaimed, staring directly at the goddess' eyes, showing that both of his eyes changed color from the original: the right one was gray while the other one was a crimson red, different from the teen's original brown eyes.

Then the teen's muscles tensed up, the metal chains hissing from the pressure. But then they finally gave out, the chains shattering onto the ground.

Rick dusted himself off the metal shards, grinning. "I'm gonna have fun with this." He then stared at his hand. The hand then began to transform into a black skinless one with glowing green vains. The new appendage was very muscular, showing nothing but pure muscle without any skin. The fingers ended into green glowing claws, sharp and strong enough to probably crush metal. "I'm really going to have fun with this..." He muttered to himself, engrossed at the transform appendage.

"G-Glad you like it, Mister Nathan." Eris, who was slightly frightened and awestruck from the teen's power, summoned a mirror infront of her. "I seems the item changed your appearance a little bit. Take a look."

Rick, who still wore his school uniform, which was composed of a white polo shirt and a pair of black dress pants, was slightly taken a back from the change. Except for his eyes and hair, which was jet-black that was starting to somehow graying, his height changed dramatically, standing in six feet tall than his former five feet.

He then opened his mouth, showing a row of normal and sharp carnivorous teeth. His face features slightly turned sharper, making him look a bit older and maturer than teens in his age. He could even be mistaken for a young college student.

"Wow..." Rick muttered to himself, his jaw wide open and his eyes bulging out of their sockets. "I-Is this me...?" He touched the mirror, the reflection mimicking his action.

"Y-Yes! It is. As you can see you're-"

"I look fucking hot!" Rick exclaimed, grabbing the mirror and looking straight into it. "What the actual fuck?! I could be a fucking supermodel if I wanted to!"

"U-Umm, Mister Nathan, could you please come down?" Eris asked nicely as the teen was doing every dramatic and embarrassing pose he could think of infront of the mirror, which made her blush return full-force.

"Shit! I look better than Tom Cruise!"

After a few hours of calming and getting the mirror away from Rick, Eris sighed in exhaustion. "With that done, you have all you need to defeat the Demon King, right?"

"Yes." Rick answered.

"Good! Now..." A light engulfed Rick, pulling him up the air. "Derick Nathan, you have been chosen to take upon this task of freeing this world of a great evil's influence. I wish you a best of luck in your travels! And when you do succeed, the gods will give you whatever your dear heart desires!" Eris said in a professional manner. "Stride carefully, young hero!"

Rick, who was excited, gave the goddess a thumbs up and a reassuring smile. "You can count on me, Lady Eris! I won't let you down...!" He exclaimed right before he dissappeared in the heavenly light.

Eris smiled to herself. Suddenly, she saw something shining next to the chair that Rick sat upon. It was a silver-chained necklace with a bit of rust covering them.

Eris used her powers to pull the necklace to her hand. "This is Mister Nathan's?" She muttered to herself, letting her fingers trail along the the necklace's smooth amd unrusted surfaces. "Maybe I should hold on to this, just in case..." She said to herself, tying the chain necklace on her neck.

She didn't know why, but she felt she needed to hold on to this, just until she met the teen once more. Plus, the necklace didn't look half bad.

"Somehow... I believe this one can succeed." Eris said to herself, staring at the chair where the teen once sat on.

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