Chapter 1: 1. Death and the benefits of being the author of at least some world...
Chapter 1
Another day. Work again, 12 hours sitting in one place, hundreds of calls, dizziness, chest pain. My pulse and blood pressure have clearly risen again, the medications haven't helped for a long time. However, I need something, and I want to buy at least a BP with the moon in Genshin. And the work isn't so bad, the 2/2 schedule is still quite good, 55 adventure rank in 2 months is proof of that, I'm only ashamed of the fanfic that has been unfinished for a long time, and there's zero inspiration for that world. Oh, how much indignation I had when there was no continuation of my favorite works for several months, and now I just don't know what to write myself, it's good that I had enough patience to at least not express my dissatisfaction about this in the comments.
Although all this is no longer important, what's more important is that tomorrow is a day off and also a salary, the main thing is to hold out, right now I'll take my medication, wait for half an hour until my heart calms down and I can get to work.
20 minutes later, the pills, unsurprisingly, did not work, the heart cough literally choked only in short breaks allowing me to swallow at least a little much-needed oxygen, when I literally began to vomit breakfast, with increasing pain in my chest not to mention the darkening in my eyes, I realized that it seemed that this time I would not recover.
I do not know how long this agony lasted, but in one moment everything changed. All the pain suddenly disappeared, I felt such incredible lightness that if it were not for the place in which I found myself, I probably already began to jump with happiness, I did not feel so good even in my best years when I was a child.
As for the situation? Well, there are no buildings, no people, not even dirt or any other point of support around, in this space of nothingness it seemed there was only darkness and a strange feeling telling me that I need to go forward. Actually, I did not see the point in contradicting this. Unless I tried to dampen that flaring flame of hope that would probably appear in every isekai fan.
I'm not sure how long I walked, but at one point I started to see a building ahead, which was gradually getting closer. The building itself looks like a mix of different styles: from old Japanese houses to modern Russian houses. It feels like it shouldn't work, but somehow every part of this building looks complete, as if it should be. When I finally got to the strange house, the first thing I noticed was the door. It was coal black without a single pattern, causing a strange feeling of emptiness, but the feeling that led me so far seemed to scream at me to go forward. Deciding that in any case I didn't know where else to go in this emptiness, I opened the door.
Inside was a room with a bar counter that looked carved from wood, but at the same time all the furniture and appliances looked modern. As soon as I entered inside, I heard the door close behind me with a bang, but I didn't really care because my gaze was riveted on perhaps the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. While I was contemplating this impossible beauty, she began to speak, and her voice truly matched her appearance, just as impossibly perfect.
- Welcome to the interdimensional bar "Golden Lotus", my name is Alice.
Smiling nervously and trying to calm down, I sat down on a stool right in front of her and asked. - Hello, Alice. My name is John. Could you please explain what's going on?
- Yes, of course. The thing is that you died. - Alice said with a smile and paused, obviously only to see my reaction.
- Well, to be honest, I already understood that. - I answered and decided to wait to see what they would tell me next.
- Hey, and what's this? The whole reaction? Even the most hardcore otaku from your world show at least some reaction. Recently there was one guy who spent about 20 minutes going on about how he died a virgin and now that all the cliches have come together he will gather himself a beautiful harem of goddesses. But in vain he tried to hit on me with the help of wishes, after all I am into girls, and such petty wishes can only help in development in the new world, but certainly not in getting anything.
- And what happened to that guy? - I decided to ask, succumbing to curiosity.
- Well, I decided since he wants a harem so much, I threw him into the DxD world with an appearance like Tohsaka Rin from Fate and since I had to give him at least something as a reward for creating the world, but also punish him for his impudence, I gave him the slut system. At the same time, I added a restriction that until he starts using this system, he will not be able to get any power higher than an ordinary person not connected to the supernatural world. Well, let's forget about him, you're a well-mannered guy and don't go to extremes. Let's move on to why you're here.
- In general, yes, but I need to think a little about the choice, do you mind?
- Go ahead, you have an eternity, but I doubt that your psyche can withstand that much.
- Well, I don't need eternity for sure. - a smile involuntarily crept onto my face, here it is, the dream, almost in my hands.
After 10 minutes...
- Well, I've made up my mind. My first wish is an ability that will include teleportation in space and time. Including to other worlds. And also, viewing any events and places. And this will be done by creating screens with which only I can interact. Well, and of course a spatial pocket. So to speak, a system, but having only these functions. Then I want to reincarnate into Seras Victoria a week before the vampire attacks Cheddar where she is, also because I don't want any cliches in the form of a battle of souls, minds, etc. I want it to be just like restoring memory at a certain moment with perfect fusion, and also naturally such moments are important so that there is no attraction to men, otherwise it would be unpleasant to find out upon waking up that someone had you. Well, and when turning into a vampire, I would like to avoid such disadvantages as the hubbub of all sorts of souls in my head and so that special abilities that would be absorbed through blood become abilities of my body, while some kind of adaptation is needed so that I can filter out what is harmful to myself, leaving what is useful and so that my appearance cannot deteriorate for the worse, I would not like to become someone like Frankenstein's monster. If possible, I would like to spend my desires on this.
- Hah, how detailed you told everything, in principle, if you spend all your 3 desires, then you can implement something like this, except for convenience, adaptation will also be part of the system, but I wonder why a woman?
- Well, I was already a man in this life and I would like to know what it is like to be a woman.
- Well then, if you're ready, I'll send you in 10 seconds.
- Ready. And yes, thank you for this chance.
- Yes, yes, go already and make sure you don't die at the very beginning.