A vast expanse of whiteness and nothingness all over wherever eyes go I don't even know if I have eyes or just hallucination feels like a state best described as in a lucid dream while being high this feeling of lightness and no sense of flowing time wandering in this vast nothing was with no sense of direction or am I floating in the same place or going with the flow or if even there is a flow nothing makes sense yet still my state of mind is clear I am not waking up from dream nor blanking out.
Just as the silence begins to feel eternal, a ripple passes through the nothingness. It's like sound without noise, light without color. Something… someone… is there. A presence, vast and unignorable, settles over me. My thoughts, which had been my only company, suddenly feel like they're being read aloud by another.
???: "Ah! , finally found you."
A shape begins to form in the whiteness—no, not a shape. It's as if the void itself bends to create a figure. Vague at first, then sharper, until I can make out a man, or perhaps a woman, or perhaps both, radiating an aura that makes the nothingness feel small.
A few seconds later:
I was before the figure which now looks like a anime isekai godess and from what she told me I died and this is the end of river of reincarnation so the vast expanse of nothingness was the river of reincarnation souls float through that and slowly forget all memories and everything is cleansed from the past lives and at the end of it start a new life.
"Wait a minute , if souls forget everything why do I still remember everything and still conscious? And why do you look like a anime godess."
???: "Oh that it's because you are influenced by anime represented a similar situation you unconsciously visualize me as you are most comfortable with which happens to be anime in you case , I have no specific form."
After that reply she didn't say anything nor made eye contact and no eye contact means she is guilty something is wrong and hiding it And she still didn't answer my question.
???: "Let's send you to reincarnation now shall we." Smiling giving a innocent look .
I got a feeling something's wrong she seems in a hurry to send me away.
Me: "wait A moment! You didn't answer my question. Why am I still conscious? Why do I remember?"
She froze. Just for a moment. A tiny crack in the mask of divinity. I continued pressing further from what I ACN tell she doesn't seem to be lying just avoiding answers.
Me: "You know, if this really is the end of the river, you wouldn't have to be here explaining anything to me. Souls don't complain when they're empty shells, do they?"
Her lips twitched. "T-that is… the natural order, yes."
Me: Smirking. "But here I am. Still me. Still asking questions. Which means either the system's broken… or you broke it."
That hit her. I saw the ripple in her aura, like static disrupting the whiteness. She quickly smoothed it over with a fake laugh. "You… you are imagining things. It is best to proceed to reincarnation."
I stepped closer, or at least the void made it feel like I did. "If you're really some all-powerful goddess, why can't you look me in the eye? Why do you keep trying to rush me along like a scammer closing a bad deal? What are you hiding?"
Her silence was deafening. Then, finally, the truth slipped out in a whisper. "I… I am not the god you think I am. I am his daughter."
I raised an eyebrow. "Daughter. So, not the final authority. Just a manager's intern trying to cover up her mess."
Her face twisted. "You don't understand… If he finds out, I'll—"
Me: "Be punished." I leaned in, voice low and sharp. "i am here because of you am I right? That's why I'm here before schedule. You messed with something you weren't supposed to. And now you want to shove me off quietly before anyone notices."
Her silence confirmed everything.
I chuckled. "Lucky for me, I'm not like the empty souls you're used to dealing with. I'm still me. Which means I can bargain."
Her expression flickered with panic. "Bargain? You… you're not allowed—"
Me: "Neither are you supposed to play with lives. You said it yourself. So let's be clear: either you fix this mess in a way that benefits me, or…" I let the words hang, sharp as blades. "…I shout. I scream. I keep shouting until your father notices what's happening here."
She blanched, the whiteness around her trembling as if the void itself reacted to her fear.
???: "Shout keep shouting if father hears it he will punish me at most but you will be erased forever."
I smiled outwardly but inside I was screaming I can't bargain much but I can't go empty handed I pushed again I can only hope that she doesn't want to get punished and we can strike a deal "So here's how it goes. You want my silence? You want me to quietly go along with your plan? Fine. But you'll grant me three wishes. My choice. My terms. That way, we both walk away happy. Otherwise… well, daddy finds out his little girl broke the rules."
She hesitated for what felt like eternity. Finally, her shoulders slumped, and she nodded, defeated.
What do you want she asked and after some negotiation.
Me: "Perfect." I leaned back, satisfied. "Now we can finally start talking."
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