Author note: Nothing much is know about the wandering scholar, what if he has more things to hide than it is told? another short idea i had.
"I want to see everything, explore everything, become the wandering scholar of the universe, make me eternal so i can even watch the end of our own reality and the beginning of a new one" the man wished at the thing in front of him.
"Kehehehe, the weight of the thing you asked for, are you sure your spirit will be able to handle this or will you go mad and ask for a death that will never come?"
"Hmmm... then let me add something else, make it so i can die only if i proclaim it from the depths of my heart and vocalize it to someone who can understand me" even he knew that one day he would be utterly tired with everything so he asked for this failsafe just in case.
"It's done, see you never again my friend, as of now not even the creator has any ownership over you, when everything disappears only you'll remain, try not to wish for death so soon will you?!" the thing said with a friendly tone.
"Also, since you're now outside his domain, if you ever wish for death ready yourself because there won't be any heaven or hell for you, your existence will be obliterated entirely kufuheheheh!"
These were the words the man said, so far in the past he couldn't remember any other experience anymore, he got his wish just like he wanted and even more, his original planet was destroyed with time and he traveled among the stars with just a patch of dirt from his old home, his boredom extending to infinity, the man began questioning the sanity of his wish, what there would be to study out here he asked himself as he mapped the stars alone in the void.
"Space traveling day: who even cares? Once again the same scenario, sometimes i was lucky and pulled into the gravity field of some planet, but those were utter busts, without any sentient life it was fun exploring some and absolutely hateful dealing with others, but above all waiting for them to be destroyed so i could be ejected back into the void was the worst thing... i really should've asked for superpowers together with this immortal life so i could travel and see things faster... sighs"
"Hello my friend, what are you thinking about immortality? kehehe" the entity that gave him this "blessing" appeared from nowhere and playfully taunted him.
"It's boring really, without pen and paper i had to make do with whatever i found on those planets, hoping to leave a message for future generations but none had developed life! why is space so empty of life?!" the man complained amusing the creature
"Not even i know the answer my friend, but i have great news for you!" it smiled back at the man
"Yeah? what?"
"The end of everything is upon us, in about a billion years give or take you can finally fulfill your wish of being the one person alive to witness the big crunch"
"Oh so lovely, just one more billion years..." the man deadpanned
"Can't you give me any other blessing? or means of traveling, i really could do with flying when i land at desolate lands without anything so i can escape back into space!"
"No can do friend, what you asked for what one of the top greatest divine tier boons literally no one else in existence was crazy enough to desire, you depleted all energy to ask for any other desire completely"
"Fucking great, i'm really considering my wish of ending everything now..." the man bored out of his mind muttered
"No you won't bye!" the being disappeared, taking with it his death switch, no person to ask for death equals no turning off his immortality
"Sighs... back at the eternity of boredom..."
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The man faced a problem, a problem no one ever faced but thanks to the law that dictates longer life = higher risks of being sealed away inside a inescapable place and dying, he felt the pressure scientists could only dream of, a black hole has caught him and was giving the man a full body blowjob that no one could ever imagine how it felt.
"aaaaaaAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH NO NO NO NO NO"
The man screamed, not from pain but from frustration, time was fucked up inside the singularity until it reached a point closest to 0, his billion years wait would extend forevermore until the fated day came, soon enough the man stopped thinking.
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The end came, the black expanse of the void turned white, finally serving its purpose this universe without any fanfare popped like a balloon and ceased to be, really a disappointment, the man waited for the old friend that sometimes would come to do small talk with him back at the black hole, expecting a smug expression and it laughing at his expenses but sadly it didn't come, the man waited to meet the creator and ask why the fuck he made the universe so utterly empty of any fucking meaning or even get punished for outliving him, sadly he didn't come, without anything to do the man waited until a new universe was born and maybe gods and demons that weren't utter cunts who refused to deal with humanity would appear from somewhere to make him company.
The new universe was born, but not as expansive as the old one, the new gods born out of the void wanted nothing to do with the old experience and failures that was the big nothing without purpose, they would create a small scale thing, about the size of just one solar system, just enough to have a sense of wonder for its inhabitants but nothing else, they also would build life differently, with inspiration from the creativity of the lost humanity they would create a world of wonders and fantasy so life wouldn't be so unfulfilling, as the newborn gods were doing all of that, none noticed the man or simply refused to acknowledge him, making him even more bored.
"So this is creation huh? i wonder if they'll do something good out of it or just repeat the same mistakes and make just one world then leave after it after it stops giving them praise" the man spoke, some newborn gods popped a vein with anger at this failure that refused to disappear.
"Sorry but i'm a wandering scholar and my job is record everything until the end and beyond so i can recount to everyone how much of a disappointment you all are kehehehe!"
"A mere human daring to challenge our will, let's see how you'll like it if we seal away you and kick you back into the void" the things spoke to him as if he was less than dirt to them.
"Sorry" the man more than anything was afraid of being sealed away into a black hole again.
Back to their jobs, he saw a god responsible for making humans, but sealing them into a form that could be controlled, he saw another god making monsters and demons to be companions to humans and eternal challengers to their species, he saw others being responsible for normal animals, afterlife, elements etc.
"This is what i wanted, seeing this being done firsthand is eye opening!"
Copying them, the man tried to manipulate the void and create something for himself, power he thought, at the event of being expelled to another desolate world he would be powerful enough to fly and escape from it, lo and behold he did it, who knew that everything needed to create new things was this base matter and lots of imagination?
Some eons later everything was done, the man tried to make friends with the now teenager gods, after all he was there since their birth wasn't he?
But they preferred to keep distance from anything related to the old failures, especially the new chief god, they knew everything about the old universe since their birth and everyone accepted the failure of the old one vowing to not repeat it, but they had a ounce of pity for the man after he had to live thought nothingness for so long, so they kicked him into the world without a word, may he find happiness in it or just stop bothering them.
The man had the time of his life in the following thousands of years, finally, sentient life and to make things even better, this life had rivals as intelligent as themselves in the form of monsters, ahh how he wished to impart knowledge of his home planet and give this world a boon of science, sadly he's long forgotten things about his past, the brain didn't have infinite storage capacity after all, the only thing he remembered is how similar this was to a rpg, with heroes and demon lords, since he played many campaigns by himself alone.
"I like their taste, this is what my people always dreamed of to escape from the bleak reality that was living without a purpose, time to go on a journey as the scholar that i am and write down everything for the future generations, i'll call it the world encyclopedia and not even the demon lord can stop me!" the man decided before leaving on his journey to make the most complete monster book.
He saw the rise and fall of many demon lords and how the system that sealed humans really worked, the gods not wanting to ever lose praise, sealed humans potential and only the worthy ones would have it undone, to rise as heroes and guided by angels confront the demon lords bringing peace to the land for a time, being so closely tied with their creations instead of just fucking off really brought both gods and humans what they wished, and for centuries this kept happening, until one day a peculiar hero appeared followed by a beautiful succubus instead of an angel grabbing both the scholar and the gods attention.
"Ohoo, humanity can never seem to stop wanting to dethrone the divine no matter what" the scholar followed the hero and his lovely succubus wife on their adventures while passing as just a old sage wanting to help their cause, or be the witness to their failure, this unnerved the couple and especially the succubus when the man sometimes would tease her spouting knowledge about the inner workings of demons no human alive should know.
"Oops, time to go, i ahhh need to pick up some flowers! toddles~"
During their adventures, the man always ran away when dealing with the monsters, he couldn't reveal his secrets now could he? they tried to stop him and force the man to help, but they found out he was as slippery as a snake, soon enough they accepted he was just a third wheel of no actual use to the party and let him be, finally reaching at the Demon Lord castle they fought their final battle.
"This is it, show me if your dreams of coexistence will bear fruit, i'm really expecting to see something new be born out of this my friends" the man cheered for them before slipping away, they were the protagonists of this story after all.
The battle was beautiful to say the least, the man was proud of the gods above for giving him this show, all the things he saw during his travels in the void weren't as beautiful as the show of lights and spells being throw around in front of him, who knew the dainty succubus had packed such a punch when her species was the weakest of monsterkind, also the hero was no slouch too, damn what a hunk. Soon enough the Demon Lord had fallen and the Succubus was proclaimed the new one since she technically defeated the Old one, hero helping her not mattering.
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"Thank you both for showing me that things can change in this world Arthur and Lilith, now go an do what you think is right, i can't wait to see what future you have in your sleeves for the world" the man never got bored with the duo and from all the heroes he accompanied these 2 were the only ones with such a crazy plan, ohohoh he couldn't wait to see the face of the chief god now.
After the woman assumed the throne and with it became the new Demon lord, everyone present heard a chorus of angels and a dainty little teenager appeared, proclaiming herself the new Chief God and telling Arthur to kill his wife so peace could be achieved, the poor little thing was shocked when both the Hero and Demon Lord promptly destroyed her, and as they were readying to finish the little girl the sage intervened.
"You really shouldn't have done that guys..." the sage spoke with disappointment before helping the girl close to death surprising the duo, never during his travels he voiced his opinions about the gods as more than amusement and now he was directly helping the highest one against them.
"Who are you?" they got ready for a new battle but the Sage just smiled at the couple.
"Just a wandering scholar, nothing more" the man said before disappearing into a flash with the little girl on his arms, wanting to know why this petite thing claimed herself the chief god.
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"He's gone? how? why? did he even say anything?!" the man questioned the others in this world's heaven and much to his chagrin they also didn't know.
"The winds of change are coming Nii-san, but won't you like that as well~ after all you were bored with this world already weren't you" a smug woman spoke, the opposite to the chief god she didn't abandon this world like her big brother did, she too wanted to see changes to the system.
"Yeah i think so..." the man said before disappearing and leaving the little girl to be treated by the others, little he knew she would throw a divine tantrum.
Reappearing back at the throne room he felt the immense power the couple attained and they looked at him ready for a battle.
"Hello again my friends, why are you so angry?" the man smiled knowing why, the biggest obstacle for the couple was saved, how could they enact the plan of coexistence if she still lived.
"Now you're being hypocrites, isn't learning to forgive your enemies with love the most beautiful thing with your plan?" the sage didn't want to fight the couple, at best it would become a stalemate, at worst they would find a way to seal him.
"Well..."
"So there, let her be and forgive her will you~" he said before letting them answer.
"So now that you fulfilled your dreams tell me what else will you do to achieve peace? I doubt the high ranking officials that hoard humans like cattle and eat their newborns would want to be their equals"
"I plan to convert every monster into a lovely girl them make them seek humanity for companionship~" the girl spoke with excitement already dreaming of the happy future where love would fill the world and no suffering would happen ever again.
"Sighs, just what did i expect from a succubus..." the man sighed before searching his robes for something.
"Are you criticizing me?!" the girl was red with anger at the man casually dismissing her idea.
"No, not at all, it just seems i'll have to write a new encyclopedia, this one will be useless in the future" he threw his book at the couple as his parting gift before pulling a new one full of blank pages and a ink pen.
"You're him?" the unnamed wandering scholar's world encyclopedia helped generations of heroes with its accurate contents on monster weaknesses and behaviors, but they never would've thought the man that journeyed with them was the scholar himself.
"No talk about the past now, only the future matters, now my little pair of kids in love, do you have time for a interview" the man with pen in hands said with a smile before beginning his new work.