Chapter 6 Such Reincarnation. Much Wow. 3 (1/2)
W-what?
”What the fuck?! Are you serious right now?” Inna stared at Mei's back with an incredulous expression.
”I'm DEAD?! How am I dead?!” Inna looked at herself and then at the child. Her eyes filled with horror and confusion.
Was it because of that shitty portal in Akihabara?
Is that why I saw the white light?
Is that what they meant by 'I see the light'?
Holy shit, I'm dead. I'M ACTUALLY DEAD.
”Looks like you still don't believe.” Mei mumbled.
When the line paused for a moment, Mei turned around and tried to grab Inna's hand. Inna was startled but she waited for the grip of Mei's hands.
But after a few blinks, she just felt nothing.
”What happened?” She looked down to see that Mei's hand passed through hers.
Holy shit.
How the fuck.
”We may look alive here, but we are simply nothing but souls in reality.” Mei smiled dimly as she looked at her hand.
”This place is Hel Halja. A place for the departed souls. Some believers even call this place 'Hell' for short. The people who live here are called Reapers. Usually they can't be seen by the humans but departed souls can see them. They escort us, the departed souls, towards this queue and helps monitor us to stay on the queue. But I doubt anyone would stray off.”
She turned around and continued to follow the moving line while she continued talking.
”From what I know, this queue serves as a sort of ceremony for the dead. We have to cross the 40 floors of hell by walking in this line. And at the last floor, we will see a castle where we await judgment there.”
The line stopped again, so Mei faced Inna.
”How come you don't know this?” She looked at Inna with a strange expression.
”What do you mean?”
”When I was asleep, a Reaper, I think, was in my dream. He had a black robe on and everything about him, aside from the deep voice and the yellow eyes, are hidden.”
”He placed his hand on my head, then, I immediately knew everything here. And I assume everyone else knows it as well because they didn't make much of a commotion, unlike you.”
”What? I didn't dream of some Reaper.”
Inna was utterly confused.