Chapter 1 - Death (1/2)

I blinked. Twice. I did that in my mind because my eyes can't be opened. What happened to me? Did I being kidnapped by someone? I can't move my hands and legs, my body can't respond to anything I do. But… I feel familiar with where I am, despite can't see where is this. It feels like… I'm in a hut. It just my guess, so I'm not sure it's correct or not.

It makes me remember that I also own a hut. Although it's kinda old, I'm quite satisfied with that because at least I have a place where I can relax and release the stress that I've got from work every day and its due overtime. I always going back late and very tired.

But my reason is kinda good. Doing that because my childhood isn't really considered good. I mean, I'm poor, my family is poor and barely eats anything expensive or very delicious. That's why, until I became an a.d.u.l.t and get a job, although it's a civil servant, I intend to work hard and receive a good paycheck. I wanna make my family happy.

—Alas, my parents are dead when I reached 25 years old. Leave only me and my sister, my only little sister who still in her school and currently in high school. That's why I worked very hard so I can pay the tuition of my sister, despite she wants to work too and quit her study, I forbid her to do that and focus on her study so she can have a good future.

I mean, it's normal for me, her big brother to hoping she can have a good future. Her happiness is something I wanna see, if she dropout or quit her study, I'm unsure about her future and happiness. At least I want her to be accepted to a good university when done with high school.

My childhood is not… that happy and colorful. Of course, I have friends, not too many and only a few of them. They kind enough to befriend me, never look down at me because of my status and because I worked hard, my effort is to produce a great result for me in the end. I can graduate with top score although I'm not number one, still… I'm happy that I achieved something like that.

Maybe, if I ever had a chance to redo all of that… I will accept it. Even if I had to make a deal with the devil, if there is a chance for that to happen, then I'll gladly take and accept the deal. I must grasp that. Achieve a happy ending for me and my family. No matter what kind of hardship it will be.

”Oh! Hcus na gnitseretni lous uoy era, huh...”

I heard a voice. Is… something or someone speaking to me…? I can't seem open my eyes and my body can't get up. It feels heavy, just like there is a force that makes me can't lift up my own body. But… how it can happen? I must analyze the situation right now.

”Os uoy reawa fo ruoy nwo noitidnon. ytterP trams, t'nera uoy?”

What kind of language is that? I can't understand it although right now my hearing is clear. Very clear and… right now, my body feels cold? This sensation… I feel on the floor? That's why I can't get up? My natural body instinct seems can't refuse this cold yet refreshing sensation that suddenly enters my body.

Even I can't find any kind of useful information. I'm limited and restricted… maybe. The hint I can get is only two. That strange voice saying a foreign language that I couldn't understand and I'm falling to the floor. My mind isn't unconscious, I can still think properly using my head and brain. It still working.

Has someone tied me? Well… if I were kidnapped, what's so important about me?

”Droldoog, uoy era ynnuf... skool ekil I evah ot esaeler uoy. [esaeleR]!”

After saying that, I can feel my body. My hands and legs, they are working! I can move them and my eyes suddenly widened as seeing what in front of me. It's a small hut. My guess is right. A small old-style hut that can be found in the right place.

There are even a bonfire and someone who sits on a wooden chair. It's… a gorgeous and beautiful woman. She has long straight blonde hair that reached into her waist, blue sapphire eyes, a pair of huge b.r.e.a.s.ts and a curvy yet slim body. Her b.u.t.t and t.h.i.g.hs are also good.

I eyed her from down to the top, make the woman realize that and give me a sincere smile. She's not mad… looks like it. After I eyeing her, I expect she would yelling and mad at me. I mean… back then I doing that accidentally and get yelled.

Sometimes, women are unfair when with men.

Helping me stand up, she then makes a gesture to sat on the chair that is in front of her. I nod my head in understanding and politely. I can feel an unusual feel about her. It's like… she's someone that should be followed and has to be polite when in her presence. Maybe you can say she is majestic to me. I don't know how to describe it but something like that.

She opened her mouth, trying saying something while snapping her finger.

”I… huh? I can understand you? H-How… earlier…”

Yeah, it's strange. Somehow now I can understand what she was saying.

That makes her mouth curved a small smile. Her face became more soft, gentle… toward me, after I say that. It makes me wondering and confused about my condition right now.

”Rest assured, you aren't being kidnapped or anything. You must be confused about all of this. I understand that and you may ask questions. I will answer it at my best.”

”R-Really…?”

She nodded, then I gulping.

”Then… where I am? Who are you? And what happened to me? I'm sure that back then in my home after doing my job. This is not a dream, right?”

”First, you are in what I called 'private afterlife'. It's a place where some souls can be treated as VIPs. They are being judged by one of the highest gods and given a choice, also wishes.”

Hearing 'afterlife' makes my face pale.

But she shook her head, destroying my chance to deny and get the answer that what she said is a joke. It makes me think again. How come I'm dead… it's mysterious and I can't die yet! I mean… my little sister… she still needs me in there.

”B-But…! I have my little sister. My responsibility as her brother and family… how come I can dead… I can't die. Not now, later… or until she finds her happiness…”

”…Sorry.”

I flinched when hearing that.

”Sorry?! If… if you are god, then take me back! I have to… she will lonely without me. I don't want her to be like that.”

”Although I'm god, I can't. Rules are rules. Laws and rules can't be changed, all must obey that. You must know that, right?”

”I know…! I know that…! But still… can you… consider it? Make me alive or… revive me.”

”Revive you in your old world? Impossible. But in the new world? I can.”

I'm blinked. My face puzzled when hearing that.

”As you already said. Indeed, the process and output are the same, but… the catalyst's not. 'The death shalt not alive.'… That is the agreement of us, the gods, already made. You can't be revived in your old world but we shall give you a chance to revive in the new world.”

I looked down and sulked.

”…What is the point to revive me in the new world if she is not there.”