A/N:If you're asking about the cover, I was the one who made it
AFoS - Prologue
It was a normal day for a boy so far, though due to the lack of bread to eat this morning, he was asked by his parents to buy some pandesals from a bakery
Unfortunately for him, said bakery was quite far from the house he's living on, so he has resort to using a bike every time he was asked to buy some bread, which was every time they ran out of stocks of bread
The boy lifted his bike out of the wall hanger and slowly put it down to the ground, he was used to doing this, so he started thinking of plans for today, knowing full well that he most likely not do most of it
'Hm… I'm still quite into reading Honkai fanfics, and would probably stay that way for quite some time… Maybe try to check out Azur Lane fanfics? It's been a while since I've last checked it, there's probably some new stories that popped out.' He thought as he opens the gate and walked out with his bike in tow
'If there's no Azur Lane fanfics that interest me, then maybe try rereading some stories instead…. Hm…' He thought as he mounts his bike and started to let gravity do his work as the bike started going down the semi paved path
'Sinz of a Prinz, Senti in Date a Live, hm… Maybe Encrypted Bunny again? And also Great Harmonic Crossing… Damn, I really need to think of how to continue that. I knew posting that half-assed idea of a story is a mistake… But eh, what's done is done… And also DBD… I need to finish that map so I can start writing it, damn my OCD, damn my perfectionist ass that I inherited from my mother.' He thought, and then he sighs in exasperation as he thought of his unfinished map which caused him to be unable to write his original novel idea
It's been almost a year and that idea has been developed into a whole story in that time, the only reason why he hasn't started writing it was because of that map, which was the world map of the in-universe world. The boy doesn't want for his work's world to end up like those in animes or some web novels, 'as realistic as possible while also somewhat being entertaining.', that was the whole theme of his story after all
The boy sighs in exasperation again as he thought of all the countries he has to add, 'I already have more than thirty different countries, stopping now would be a waste.' he thought for the umpteenth time, it definitely wasn't the first time he thought of this exact train of thought regarding the DBD story of his, and it definitely wouldn't be the last time he thought of it
The boy sees a steep sudden upward as he turns an almost 90 turn, 'Habulin' as what the locals infamously calls it. The sudden upward climb would probably be between 70 and 80 degrees, hence why it became infamous among the locals. Without the momentum he got from the downward slide just before Habulin, he probably wouldn't be able to easily get to the top as he usually do
'Hm… Back on the original topic, Senti in DAL, Sinz of a Prinz, Maybe Back to the Source? Eh, probably yes… Encrypted Bunny, With Eyes Wide Shut, Conquest of the Sirens… Hm?' His train of thought stops as he sees a very very unusual sight, the road just before the main highway is closed, the boy sighs in exasperation again as he was forced to take the main highway
The boy usually avoids the main highway as long as it isn't necessary due to multiple reasons such as avoiding any accidents, but seeing his usual route is closed and it would be a waste of time to turn around and take the alternative road since it's quite further away, he continued his pedalling to the main highway
But just before the boy goes down the main highway, he looks to his left by habit and what he sees causes him to decide to not go down just yet
A speeding semi-trailer truck passes in front of him on the main highway
'Isn't it like 6 in the morning? Don't they usually only commute during the night to avoid accidents? And why the hell are they going so fast? I guess history wants to repeat itself.' The boy thoughts as he remembers the accident that happened some time ago, how long exactly? He can't remember, maybe a few months or maybe last year
Said accident was a speeding truck losing control and crashing everywhere, in fact, the location of said accident was right here… Well, it's not where truck crashed but it's on this same road and is probably just down the road
'Hm, wonder how many people got isekai'd?' The boy thought of an inappropriate joke, and he knows that full well
Though he found it strange that a truck would be commuting now, and that if he didn't have the habit to look before going, then he'd probably be dead by now due to that truck, though he would've avoid it entirely if it weren't for the fact that his usual route was closed for unknown reasons
The fact that two unusual things happened is quite a weird coincidence, and as not only being a reader of thousands of stories, but also being a writer himself, he feels that there's something happening…
Contrary to his better judgement, he starts going down the main highway
After buying he what he needs, he sighs in exasperation once again as going back to the house would be much more of a challenge and more tiring than going to the bakery since the route back home contains more upward roads than downward ones
He started going up the main highway
'Hm… Maybe reread some Honkai fanfics again? Or how about that map… Yeah, let's add a completely same South America there, heh-' His train of thought stops as his bike… Well… He doesn't exactly know how to describe it, but the closest that comes to mind is that either the pedal somehow momentarily stops for a split second and becomes normal afterwards like nothing happened
Usually, he could just shrug it off and continue on, but this time, he was not seated and was standing while pedalling using his whole body weight to pedal, and the momentarily stopping of the pedal caused him to slip due to the excessive force
And due to him slipping, he obviously stops his bike and put his feet to the direction he and the bike is falling to balance himself, it's not the first time of this happening, and even if it is, it's not unusual for things he does to go south very quickly, so he does have quite some reflex to things like this
But just before the boy mounts his bike again, he hears some noises in front of him
He looks in front of him and sees a part of an unfinished collapsing into the road
'... … I don't know if I should consider myself lucky that I avoided it or unlucky because I'm alive…' The boy thought to himself as he mounts his bike again and started going around the rubble
'Once happenstance…' He thought as he remembers the closed gate of his usual route
'Twice a coincidence…' He thought as he remembers the speeding truck that passed in front of him
'Three times is enemy action…' He thought as he remembers the collapsing building
'All of this paints a picture that someone is trying to kill me and make it look like an accident… But why? And most importantly… How?' He thought as his wild imagination runs wild once again, but all of those that he could think of are either very outrageous, or doesn't makes sense
'I don't remember making any enemies, in fact, I don't think I have enemies, maybe people that dislike me, but to the point where they try to kill me? Nah, there's none I could think of, and even then, I doubt they could orchestrate something like this…' He thought
'Maybe someone higher up and has some manpower… But that begs the question, why? I'm not really anyone remarkable, I'm smart, that much I know, but not enough to be considered a genius…' He thought, still not being able to make a good assumption
But he suddenly stops as a shadow suddenly engulf the whole surrounding areas, he looks upward and what he sees shocks him to the core
'You know, in my life, I have seen some very weird coincidences and things that are very unusual, but if I were to rank all of it, then undoubtedly this would take the number one spot…' He thought to himself as he looks toward the giant meteor coming down to the area where he at at a very fast speed
'If I remember correctly, most meteors gets burn down in the atmosphere or at least, a considerably large part of it, but this one is very large… Meaning its original size is very very large… Shouldn't NASA or any similar companies see this coming… Or am I missing something… Wait a second… Didn't the shadow of the meteor suddenly appeared out of nowhere? But doesn't that mean that the meteor also appeared out of nowhere…?' He thought, not moving in his spot
He suddenly remembers what he was thinking before he noticed the meteor's shadow, his mind suddenly clicks, this certain person is most likely capable of the things that happened… And it would certainly explain a meteor suddenly appearing out of nowhere… 'A god' He thought to himself
He gave his last comprehensible thought before his vision turns black when the meteor hit ground, killing him and anyone near him instantly
"You are right." A voice suddenly said
The boy blink, and then he blinks again
'Uhm… What…?' He thought to himself, confused as he looks around, everything around him is just pitch black, he looks at his hand and he could see his own hand clearly, as if there's a source of light when in actuality, there's none
"Don't think too hard about it, the laws of physics that you know do not apply here, save yourself some time by not trying to figure out how this place works." The voice said
The boy looks around trying to find where the voice is coming from, but the voice is everywhere at once and not to mention, everything surrounding him is just pitch black, there's nothing here other than him
"Oh, you wouldn't be able to find me as long as I don't want to be found~" The voice said in a teasing tone, but even with the teasing tone, it's clear what he just said is the truth
There's no source of the voice as it's everywhere at once, the intensity and the strength of the sound are all the same everywhere but the source is nowhere to be seen
'As if the source is both nowhere and everywhere at the same time…' the boy thought to himself before he remembers what is the first thing the voice said
"What do you mean by I'm right?" He asks, his voice not echoing at all
"Oh, have you forgotten? Didn't you figure out who the person that was trying to kill you?" The voice answers with an amused tone
'The person that was… Oh…' He thought, remembering his thoughts before he…. Wait
"Or rather, the person that killed you." The voice continued with no small amusement
"So… I died… And you're a god who tried to kill me…?" The boy said '... Weird, you would've thought that knowing that you'd died would make you panic, or at feel something, and yet I'm oddly calm about this…'
"That's correct, though I wouldn't call myself a god, but that's the closest thing you know that could describe me. But anyways, initially, I would've given you 3 wishes as a compensation for killing you, but since you annoyed me by avoided death twice, I would subtract the wishes with the number of deaths you avoided which would leave you with 1 wish, but I'm not unreasonable enough to put the all blame to you because of just sheer luck, so I'll add 1 more wish, giving you a total of 2 wishes, though of course you would say your wish first and I would think if I should grant it or not, if not then you're free to change it with no charge." The voice explained
"Wait what… Why? Aren't I already dead?" The boy asked, confused 'Unless I actually do only have 1 wish and I would be forced to use 1 wish to wish myself to live again… Or… don't tell me…'
"Oh, I'm sure you know exactly why." The voice answered, clearly amused
"You're reincarnating me, aren't you?" The boy asked with a blank tone
"Yup~ told ya you already knew it~" The voice answered, amused
The boy sighs 'I goddamn hope I'm not in some cliche, and cringey book.'
"Heh. Also, I do not grant wishes that specify where you reincarnate. Anyways, what's your wish?" The voice asks
"Where will I reincarnate?" The boy answered it with a question of his own
"That's for me to know and for you to find out~" The voice answered, amused
The boy sighs, "At least a clue?"
"Hm… Nope~" The voice answered
"Fine… Let me think about it first." The boy said and then he sighs
'Seeing as this god has no intention to say where I'm gonna reincarnate, I'll have to be careful on what I wish for, like say if I wish for a fast regeneration and then I reincarnate in a modern world with no supernatural stuff, then that regeneration would be useless except for accidents happening to me, and even then someone suddenly regenerating faster than normal would be extremely suspicious… So I need something flexible that could be used in modern, fantasy, and sci-fi settings while simultaneously not being too suspicious…
Hm… Faster learning with normal muscle memory, with that, I could learn motor stuff like swordsmanship, or just gaming, faster than normal, it wouldn't be too suspicious in any of the three settings, they could just say I'm a prodigy and be done with that… Though it would definitely attract attention, something I don't like… But it's for the best since it would come in handy if I were to reincarnate in an extremely dangerous world
Why not follow that trend, I could also wish for an almost perfect memory with an addition of forgetting things I want to to avoid remembering unnecessary and mundane things, it also wouldn't be too suspicious in any of the three settings so this is an option too
Hm… How about knowing exactly what's happening around me in a certain radius, with that, say, there's a sword coming down behind me, normally, I wouldn't be able to know that there's a sword coming down behind me until it's too late, but with this, I would be able to know it. A good thing is that nobody would know either unless I they see as if I have eyes around me and figure it out –which is very unlikely but it can't hurt to be open to possibilities– or I tell them about it
And a good combination with that is faster reflexes and reaction speed, not only would I able to know the sword coming down behind me, I would also be able to react to it
All of that sums up with four possible options… Damnit, why can't that damned voice tell me where I would reincarnate so I wouldn-
"Tick tock, I'm getting impatient here." The voice said with an annoyed tone
'Shit, he took away 1 wish because he was annoyed, if I annoy him further, he might take away more wishes, gotta decide fast
Faster learning muscle memory, definitely, it's useful in a fantasy setting, somewhat useful in a modern setting, maybe for sci-fi setting
But what's the second one…'
"Tick." The voice says
'Shit, probably not almost perfect memory, I could probably remember things normally so it-'
"Tock."
'Reflexes could be trained and honed over time, so that's also out, that leaves me with two options left.'
"Alright, I've decided." The boy announces
"Good, good, so what is it?" The voice asks
"Faster learning muscle memory, and being able to know what exactly is happening around me, like I have another sense of sort." The boy answers
"Alright, so do you want to know anything else before I reincarnate you?" The voice asks
"Hm… Well…" 'I'm not really close with my parents that much, besides, they could take care of themselves…' "Hm… I guess, how's my younger brother?" The boy asks
"I won't say anything specific, but I would say that he became successful in life." The voice answers
Hearing this, the boy's lips twitches upwards 'While my brother and I fights more often than not, he is still the closest to me in my family.'
"Alright, is that all?" The voice asks
"Hm… Yeah, that's all." The boy answers after a moment
"Heh… Hehe." Slight laughters are heard, most likely coming from the voice
"Congratulations, you just made a deal with a devil." The voice says in a dark amusement tone
"... …. What…?" The boy says after a long while, confused and slightly scared
"PFFFFFFTTT- A-Anyways, do entertain me well." The voice says, barely holding his laughter
The boy's perspective suddenly turn into black before he lose consciousness
*In a different place*
In a hospital, a childbirth has just been finished
A woman with shoulder length silver hair is resting with a doctor and two nurses with her while she is holding two babies, the two babies are crying loudly, then a tall man with black hair and red tips and silver eyes barges in to the room
"Aria! Are you okay?" The man who barges in ask the woman -Aria who is resting with worry
"I'm fine Net." Aria reassures the man -Net
Net then notices the two babies, two girls, twins that are crying
"What will their names be?" Ask the doctor with a curious tone
"Summer, Summer Rose will be one of them" Net answered while taking one of them into his hands and smiled
"How about the other one?" The doctor ask Aria
Aria smiled fondly to the only one that she is holding in her hand and answered:
"Arcene, Arcene Rose."
A/N:
Alright, so the Prologue's done, I hope you enjoyed this rewrite
Date of Publish: August 5, 2022 (GMT plus 8)
Date of Edit: October 8, 2022 (GMT plus 8)
Date of Edit: October 15, 2022 (GMT plus 8)
Extra:
"PPPFFFTT-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, T-That look on his face Hahahaha!" Laughter is heard everywhere
After a while, the laughter dies down
"Heh." A man with short black hair and dark green highlights is seen sitting on a plastic chair
"You'd be good and entertain the readers and I, won't you Arcene?"