It's been quite a long time since I last smelled such fresh air and one that tastes...so green? Whatever green tastes like. Anyway, I'm somewhat of an introvert, not that Introversion is wrong in any way, no, but I rarely go outside you know? most of my "friend-time" is spent chatting online or playing together some MMORPGs and I seldom go to my balcony unless it's afternoon and cloudy since I do not enjoy the sun "attacking" me with its light beams, well it hurts my eyes is what I'm trying to convey here.
I am somewhat of a programming nerd too, so when I'm not playing video games, I'm probably watching some coding tutorials online or tinkering on one of my few projects, mostly games and simple quality-of-life apps.
Anyway, as I was saying, smelling the fresh air, because I'm currently sitting on the grass of what seems to be a circular clearing inside a forest, one in another dimension at that, IN ANOTHER WORLD! yes, and as bad as I feel for not being able to see my friends and family, I cannot deny the fact that my brain is overclocked right now because of the joy of having been 'isekai'-ed into a new world with magic in it. That's also the reason for my little introspection here, to calm down my brain.
This little clearing should be devoid of any hostile wildlife unless the small hamsters hanging here and there are considered dangerous, if I remember correctly the only danger they pose is their cuteness, and I know that due to how I ended up here...
As always it was another normal day in my life, chilling and doing what I like, which is either contemplating about various subjects of the universe just for the sake of amusement(I love just thinking about anything in general) and of course playing and/or working on my computer. Then that happened, the God tasked with Dimension 4546B, got bored and called his big brother, said brother tasked with our dimension, and after some chit-chat, told him about video games that do not exist in Dimension 4546B because its world is not technologically advanced enough, anyway, it seems he liked the idea and wanted to get into it, so he just chose a random human with an attractive gaming setup(self-proclaimed), wanted to observe him aaaand whoops!, due to complicated "god-laws" peering inside the house of a subject of another god is considered exercising his power inside another's territory and thus the world's Will itself activated its defenses and what might that include? of course it included a sudden electrical outburst which ended up zapping the poor human to death, and that human is me(how an anti-climactic death)...Well, at least his brother, the one responsible for Earth felt responsible about it and offered to reincarnate me in his little bro's world, of course, seeing how the other world is not so friendly towards introverts he offered a few "bonuses"; which I happily accepted and chose...
-'VI, project the 'chat' with god, again'
a ping sound effect followed by the monotonous voice of the virtual intelligence invented back on Earth to help in all sorts of activities sounded in my head
-ping- [Projecting Video VD000101222045...adjusting parameters for comfort...complete]
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-"Hello son, how do you feel?" -God
-"ugh...I hate bright lights..." -me
-"ow, my bad, here" -God
that's better, the lights no longer are bright white and yellow, they felt so heavenly and burned my eyes...wait for a second...where?-
-"You're at my place son, I'm what some call God down on your planet" -God
God huh? wa-wait a second, GOD?!! HIS PLACE?!...did I...
-"yeah...I'm sorry son you got zapped while turning on your computer and died" -God
-"I died huh...man I was waiting for that update too and my latest game was scheduled to release today as well" -me
"SCREW THAT! I DIED! DEAD? OH MY GOD! What of my family and friends?! I can no longer see them!?" at this point tears started flowing like a river from my eyes, or that's what I thought but I did not realize I was just a ball of light without a physical body, but anyway, God interjected my crying here.
-"I'm sorry son, I've seen how you loved your family and dreamt of having your own, if it makes you feel better I can make a Divination to your parents so while sleeping next time they'll see you happy in the world I'm sending you into, I've also calmed your soul" -God
-"ugh..th-thanks I guess, I'm aware I've done bad things like watching stuff not intended to be watched but well I was a single horny teen at the time, anyway, that'll put my mind at ease knowing my parents will be assured I'm not dea-wait! you just said you'll send ME to another world? am I getting reincarnated?! but why?". it was visible in my voice that I was still sad for dying but there was also a mix of fear of the unknown and a small hint of...excitement?
-"yeah...um my younger brother that manages that world, located in Dimension 4546B was trying to observe you on earth because well...he was interested in video games but due to how the laws of the multi-verse works, Earth activated its defenses against the foreign god and well as a result-" -God
-"as a result, I got zapped and died....huh" -me
-"I'm sorry son" -GOd
-"No point in being mad, 'What is done cannot be undone'. " -me
-"Son I can feel you're sad, but did you really just quote 'dork souls' " -God asked with a hint of amusement
I was shocked, God himself apparently noticed my reference to a video game, but man do I love theatrics and quoting cool lines from games....cringe I know, but anyway...
-"I'm sad but I guess that's just my personality, anyway umm...sir...your holiness, you mentioned sending me to another world but well I'm not quite the fit type since as you can see I got some serious scoliosis and lung issues here so..." -me
-"Worry not Son, I'll give you your 'isekai' package, I know that's what you want to get at, and also since you are dead you'll be going into a new body, so before picking your 'bonuses' let's customize your new appearance and don't worry I know you spent hours every time starting a new game just on customization but we have time" -God
-"ow...um, I'm not gonna lie, you really got me interested.." yep no matter how dire the situation I always had a thing for enjoying wasting hours on customizing my characters in any game, an issue that I should work on I know, but still my issues are also part of me.
===A Few Hours Later===
I felt at ease in the presence of God not gonna lie, I was still hurting inside for not being able to see my friends and repay my parents for their hard work raising me but his presence was soothing to my sadness, anyway, God made most of my body since I am no genetic engineer nor do I remember the human biology from my school days, but still, I was able to customize a few stuff. I kept my height of 1.9m(metric rules yo!), got cured of my scoliosis and other health issues, so I was now a healthy tall young man at the age of 19, black hair reaching a bit under my ears, my same face which was not a lady killer but not ugly either, I was rather proud of my face especially when I kept a well maintained, trimmed beard and a mustache that made me look like how my ancestors back In the 18th century, well not quite but that's how I imagined my self (sometimes), however, I went with no facial hair this time, other than that I had black eyes instead of my brown ones and the rest of my body was that of a normal fit man of my age, my skin, however, was white fair instead of my old white pale one, due to not seeing enough sun. 'So that's how I'll look in the other world now, huh' I murmured to myself.
-"Quite the appearance, son. It looks like you If I have to say so" -God
-"Thanks! I am grateful." -me
-"No need, now about your 'bonuses', the other world is not focused on technological advancement as much as Earth since they have managed to discover the world's mana and use all sorts of magic" -God
-"Wow, I'm not gonna lie, I am really happy, and since your umm God, I guess you already know about my long list of fantasy novels I've read back in high school" -me
-"now son, what kind of 'bonuses' do you want? beware tho, I am not going to give you something to rule the world or create matter from nothing, everything relies on your hard work" -God
-"Well to be honest I do not want to rule anything, my dream was and still is to enjoy a leisurely life, find love, chill, experiment, and tinker with what I find interesting" yep, that's me not very ambitious I know but what use do I have of ruling over a group of people? I don't like paperwork I just want to discover the mysteries of the universe, maybe magic now since that exists and most importantly my main goal in life has always been, ever since I was a teen, to find a woman to share mutual love with and live a relaxing life, not devoid of some sexy action tho *wink*
"so If I have to pick something I'd say have an affinity to use any kind of magic with a big capacity for it, one that is considered extremely rare among the average." -me
-"Sure son, do you need anything else? you might have not used magic before but keep in mind that magic is not omnipotent so I'd advise you to think of something else while you still can" -God
-"well I always thought people that get 'isekai'-ed get only one wish from God...but well, If I desire something, that is to be able to just build my own home, chill inside all day and relax, I know I know, I should do some exercises but that's just...me. So um...If possible I'd like to have my Virtual assistant integrated with me, you know like those novel people that get those 'systems' " -me
-"Hmmm, do not worry son, the other world is linked to the Infrastructural Dimension of Knowledge, which means there is what you might call a system in place that dictates a multitude of things for the world some of which are having ranks and abilities, but I will grant you the request, I will integrate your Virtual Assistant into your very soul, which will also give it a boost to its neural network and the rest of its capabilities but it will remain a virtual intelligence and not an artificial one, so it's still a tool and not a life form. that should be enough tho as I am giving you something which increases your intelligence even if indirectly." -God
-"Thanks!!! I am really happy with what you have given me and most grateful for taking care of my parents." I genuinely was overjoyed as living in what I concluded a middle-ages world would be quite hard without some analytical and computational power at my disposal to help with all sorts of tasks, not to even mention that God is so good that he even will ease the pain in my parent's hearts, I am still sad but that does not mean I cannot also feel the happiness of the moment, my father always taught me to move forward and I know that's what he'll want.
-"A humble and kind soul is always enjoyable to watch, live your life the way you want son, no need to think about being a hero or what-not, just don't blow the world up too" -God
-"aha...thanks" I guess he is not called God if he did not know about my fantasies of having a nuke in a middle-ages world, but oh well...
the dimmed lights suddenly got bright again, this time even more luminous than before and my vision started fading but I got emotional and started crying again as all this felt surreal even now.
-"wi-will I see you again?! I don't know how to thank you" I said while crying(still not noticing that I am a ball of light and can't cry)
-"no need son, consider it my apology, and I don't think we'll see each other again, I already informed my little brother about you, you will not meet him either probably. I wish you a happy life son." -God
-"and oh, you'll .... in .. safe clear-ing .... only cute ham-sters, be-ware the diabetes...my son" said God in somewhat of a...joking tone? then I was gone from his place...
My faded vision by the brightness was replaced by darkness, a few seconds later I smelled fresh air, which tasted...green?
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Well, Author: a little something to think of. Having just a wall of text, hardly even a spacebar thrown in there occasionally, is quite difficult to read even for advanced readers. My suggestion is to not have more than 3 sentences together before leaving a row empty, just to space it out more.
Makes it Much easier on the eyes, too...
Thank you so much for pointing it out, this work is just a trial run to get feedback on all those kinds of things.
In the future, I will re-write it with all the suggestions and bug-fixes included, and probably using a more professional software.
Thank you again for the constructive criticism.
Well well well... The first comment was stolen by the author himself.
(No one lonely here.)