“What’s the price I need to pay for that?” I asked, I was having a bad feeling about this.

[You will lose yourself.]

“WHAT THE HELL???” I cursed him for asking such absurd question.

“Is there any need to ask me that?” I asked with a little anger in my voice.

[I am just giving options here, nothing more.]

“Anyways, tell me, why would I lose myself if I choose to gain Robert’s memories.?”

[It’s very simple actually, soul is the carrier of your memories.]

[in normal situations, after someone’s death his soul go through the process of purification, cleaning or whatever you call that; that makes the soul like a clean slate with no memories whatsoever.]

[But your case is quite complicated, your transmigration is not natural error or occurrence, furthermore your soul was joined or merged with the damaged soul of Robert.]

This is so much information to digest, and all about a foreign topic I have no knowledge of. Finding it hard to understand at some points I decided to ask my questions midway,

“Wait a sec, if I understand correctly what you just said, you are saying that since two souls are merged together one has to submit to the other, or in other words one has to perish.”

[Not exactly perish, but you can say that.]

“You said my case is not natural, then who is the person responsible?”

I am curious as hell to know the person who brought me here with my memories intact, my guess is the person standing before me-Lord of Death and Destruction.

“No, I am not the one responsible. The Lord of Creation brought your soul from the earth and merged it with Robert’s.”

If he is not the one, why am I having a conversation with him instead of the Lord of Creation. And by the name it looks like they polar opposite of each other. What if-

[Why are you thinking so hard, just ask me and I shall give the answers.]

“Riight, you can hear my thoughts” I utter with a wry smile.

“Before that, care to disable that mind reading ability of yours, it feels awkward.”

[Alright, I know all the doubts and questions you might have anyways.]

No one does anything if there is no profit for themselves in it. That’s the rule this or any other world works on. If my guess is correct, he needs me for something.

“What do you need me for?” I decided to get straight to the point.

[Before that, you might want to see something.]

Just as he finished speaking the place I was standing changed and after some time I was standing in the living room of my house in earth.

“What are you doing?”

[This is a simulation of your house after you were killed. You can’t touch or do anything, it’s just like a recording.]

Before I could ask anything further, I saw my father coming downstairs hurriedly and turning on the TV.

There was news saying that I was killed by the terrorists. My father was stupefied by the news and sat heavily of the sofa nearby.

At the same time three guards entered from outside two went upstairs and one stood near my father.

Meanwhile, my father lost all the senses without caring what is happening around him.

The guard from before aimed his gun and…

“HEEYY” I shouted and tried to push him away, but my hands passed through his body and…

*bang *

Soon after the head of the guard also exploded. I was still trying to understand what was going on-

*bang* *bang*

I heard two more gunshots from upstairs, I rushed to see what was going on…and the scene that came into my view was the lifeless bodies of my wife, my mother and the 2 guards from earlier.

Again, the place changed, and I found myself in front of the humanoid figure made of black flames.

“WHAT WAS THAT?” I shouted, and my eyes bloodshot.

[That was the recording of what happened after you died. And for now, get a hold of yourself.]

“You are telling me to calm down, to forget what I just saw, Huh?”

[I am not the one who did it and FYI neither yours nor your family’s deaths were natural.]

Don’t tell m-

[Yes, this whole thing was orchestrated by the one and only Lord of Creation.]

After almost one minute and barely holding back my emotions I only asked one thing in a hoarse voice, “Why?”

[Simply because he could, and as for the answer you are looking for to make the Dragon Lord submit to him making him THE LORD of this world]

Again, an eerie silence fell for a minute,

[Here is my offer, become the next Lord of Death and Destruction and in return make a Soul Oath to kill him.]

I was having a hard time to not loose myself when I heard his preposition.

‘Control, just a little more’ I thought while trying my best to think properly.

“Nothing else?”

[There is one thing that will motivate you even more.]

“That is?”

[That you will be able to undo or rewind the time to go back to earth and life your life with your family.]

“When?” I asked with a glimmer hope in my eyes.

[After becoming THE LORD of this world]

“Deal.” Currently in my eyes there was nothing but a bone chilling rage ready to devour anything in front of me

Just as I said these words, my vision started to grow dark I fell unconscious, but before that I heard him saying,

[We will meet again when you are ready, Raj. Good L-]