A/N: The book cover was made by me, yes I know, it's a bit lazy on some parts, but eh

Also, revised this chapter and deleted (or unpublished if you're in Wattpad) the old Prologue, maybe I'll post it when Arc 1 is finished as its an important history for this story

AFoS - Prologue
The Boy Who Died

A boy at the age of around his late teens, is currently on an orange bike, biking on quite the curvy roads, going up and down, left to right, such is the life living on an upland town (or municipality in general)

Currently right now, he's on the way to buy bread, specifically, pandesals, a famous type of bread in the Philippines because of…

'Actually, how is it famous here? Guess another thing to add to the list of 'Things that I want to search up but will probably be forgotten about'.' The boy thought to himself as he went on his way at the usual route to the bakery

Unfortunately for him, said bakery was quite far from the house he's living in, so he has resorted to using a bike every time instead of walking, hence why he's on a bike right now you know?

The boy was actually so used to this he could just go on the whole ride back to back while spacing out, so he decided to make a plan on what to do the whole day knowing full well he won't be doing them anyways

'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 he sighs in exasperation as he thought of his unfinished map which caused him to be unable to write his original novel idea

You see, he has an original book idea which actually started as a fanfiction when he realized the similarities of an original book he loves and an anime that he just watched, but it eventually gone off the rails so much that he just decided to make it an original idea

He actually wonders the possible future of him already writing it and then he reveals the background of the story, from a fanfiction about a person's reincarnation into a woman and later became a general, and reincarnating again, but now as a normal person and then, reincarnating again, but now as a spider in a dying world

And then as an original story, now just focusing on the 'person's reincarnation into a woman and later became a general' part and scrapping the later parts and world of that book is basically any general fantasy book but more darker than average

And then into a story still about the same person, but has the world of that book less "magic" and "fantasy" and more "war" and "death" with whatever the remnant of the grand magics from the past now is just a shadow of its former self to the point that it was considered 'outdated' in the face of WW2 technology that the world had

'Hehehe…' The boy mentally chuckles as he imagines his nonexistent fans' reactions to that reveal

That's what he loves the most about writing a story… Or just about anything he does, the people's reactions to it, shocked, confused, surprised, impressed, disappointment, hurt, reactions is what he almost always yearns for, it's just so amusing to him seeing people's reactions

He doesn't care for the fame, he doesn't care for the money… Well maybe he does a bit, but only because a lack of money meaning a lack of resources to create content he makes, while majority of what he does is done in his phone and free of money, he knows there will be a time where he will need it to continue his hobby

But anyways, back to his story, he's actually still trying to flesh everything out… Actually, you know what? Thinking about his unfinished story actually makes him feel tired actually because the only thing stopping him at writing it is actually the world map

You see, he wanted his story to be as realistic as possible but still be entertaining, and the map is not excluded from this

At first, the map started from scratch, eventually adding more and more details like more continents, peninsulas, islands, archipelagos, island chains, original countries and more like a country on that world that has an equivalents to ours

And then, she noticed one glaring issue, cultures and languages

Cultures and Languages affects other Cultures and Languages, while he definitely knew about languages part, he forgotten about the culture part until he was already CLOSE at filling up his map with countries

And it led him to a conundrum, should he continue his original map knowing about that issue he forgotten or should he start over, this time, more similar to our Earth so that the existence of cultures almost identical to ours makes sense

So he decided to make decision, and that decision is: not to

Or in other words, he's indecisive at this problem and just left it for now, while he is planning on starting over the map, he's quite the lazy person you know?

'Alright… Stop, I'm not gonna go over this while I'm doing something.' The boy thought to himself, he knows full well just thinking about the current problem he's facing to his story is making his annoyance rise more and more, so he stops this train of thought before it gets too much to handle

The boy sees a steep sudden upward as he turns an almost 90° turn, without the momentum he had, he knows climbing that thing up would be monumental task for him, luckily for him, he has quite the momentum just like what he just said, so he climbs that steep ramp pretty quickly, only struggling a bit when he was almost close to the top

'Hm… But anyways, 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 another 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, but 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…

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 building 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 at all

'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're trying 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

You see what I mean when I said 'as his wild imagination runs wild once again'? I mean, just because multiple coincidences happened to you that look like attempts against your life doesn't mean that someone is making attempts to take your life you know? They're just coincidences, nothing more, nothing less…. Right?

I mean, the boy isn't really unfamiliar with weird coincidences happening to him, I mean, just ask Zedsimp, it happened to him so many times while reading his stories that he's sure that if he wasn't the one on the receiving end of it, he would doubt whoever it was telling him it

But he suddenly stops as a shadow suddenly engulf the whole surrounding areas alongside him, 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 quite unnatural, 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 gigantic… 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 joking 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 'If I can't make a wish that can specify where I reincarnate, then doesn't that mean he already has one planned for me?'

"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 twitched upwards 'While my brother and I fight more often than not, he is still the closest to me in my family, pretty ironic huh?'

"Alright, is that all?" The voice asks

"Hm… Yeah, that's all." The boy answers after a moment of thinking

"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 with a blank tone after a long while

"PFFFFFFTTT- A-Anyways, do entertain me well, heh." The voice says, barely holding his laughter

The boy's perspective suddenly turn into black before he lose consciousness

March 13, 41 - Unknown

In a hospital, a childbirth has just been finished

A woman with long silver 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 "Named in one of the seasons, just like her grandmother…"

"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 a "new" story, why the quotation marks? Cause this isn't really new. This is a rewrite of (a rewrite of) my very first story that was originally published in FFnet (Fanfiction.net), though I will warn you now, it is very cringey

Also, crossposting this with FFnet and Wattpad

Date of Publish: August 5, 2022 (GMT+8)

Date of Edit: October 8, 2022 (GMT+8)

Date of Edit: October 15, 2022 (GMT+8)

Date of ScribbleHub Publish: November 3, 2022 (GMT+8)

Date of Revision: January 8, 2023 (GMT+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?"