Rebirth Online World

I was knocked out by that girl, and was thrown away by that punch.

“Uuuuugh, what’s with that power…? My eye still hurt a lot…” I tried to wake up and see my surroundings, but it was really dark around me, and my left eye couldn’t see really clear after being hit.

“Eh…? Was i unconcious for that long?? Where is everybody?? Did they leave me here alone??”

ZRAAASH

A sound was heard. My eyes slowly got used to the darkness, and the moonlight helped me to recognize my surrroundings. ‘Hmmm, it’s a wave’s sound… Eh? That’s the sea…, and under my feet is sands… Did she punched me until i got stranded on an insland??’ I can’t make sense of anything that just happened…

‘Ahahaha, what a funny guess…,’ a woman’s voice rang in my mind.

“Who’s there???” i screamed as i looked around, but strangely i found no one.

‘Come here!’ said the voice. That voice in my mind sounded somehow nostalgic.

Suddenly a stair road was lit up by flying lanterns, the train of lanterns went up until behind the hill near the beach.

‘Just follow the light~~’ said the voice in my head.

I felt that something was wrong but i got no choice than to follow the lanterns.

I climbed up the stairs for around 10 minutes before seeing a small wooden hut with flower gardens surrounding it. I walked straight to the front door.

Before i even start to knock on the door, a sound was heard from the inside, “Come in~ It’s not locked!” I turned the door knob and looked inside.

Then it all just make sense… there sat lazily on a sofa, the Holy Sword Goddess, eating some cookies, while watching a large mirror that was floating on top of a table in front of her. “Come here, look! She punched your face until you flew away and got stuck on the tree branches!! Ahahahahaha!!”. I saw myself getting punched by the mysterious girl inside that mirror.

‘Ouuchhh… How did she punch me until i flew like that?! It is good that my head is still intact! How come she is so strong?’ i rubbed my neck while remembering how strong that punch was.

“Of course she is strong, she has a little bit of my power you know~, come sit!” said the Goddess while pointing at a small couch beside the table.

“Eh? Goddess can read my mind? Wait! She got your power? Who is she? Why am i here?” i retorted to the Goddess.

“Just sit first~ You want tea or coffee?” With a wave of her hand the mirror was gone, and on top of the table was a cup of coffee and tea.

I sat on the couch and thought,  ‘Well she is a God after all… Every nonsense that happened, make sense when she did it…’ So i put my hand on the tea cup and sip it slowly.

“Correct~~~ i knew that you will understand it fast Zedediah!” She flicked her finger and the coffee turned into tea, and then she pick it up and drink it. “I too prefer tea with my cookies.”

“So, do you like my island?“ she said to me while smiling. Half of her face was covered by her robe, so i don’t really know how she looked like at all.

“Well Goddess, it was dark outside, so i can’t really see anything, and Goddess could have transported me direct inside here too, right?” i said to her  while i was putting my finished tea cup onto the table, but then it magically filled up by itself.

“Of course~~ But seeing you gasping for breath when climbing up the stairs was more amusing, you know…ehehehe…! And just call me Astraea, it’s my real name, or just use ‘you’, i don’t want to use too much formalities when i am lazing around the house…”

I sighed then asked to her a question that have been on my mind since the time i put my feet on this house, “Which one is the real you…, the Goddess that descent from the sky with a haughty and lordly aura, or this Goddess that like to peek on people while eating cookies…?”

“Ahahahaha…, i need to maintain my image when working you know~~~” she chuckled then bit down another cookies.

“So this is the real you… But why do you show it to me? Is there no rules against that? Will i be killed if i tell people about this?”

“Nope~ i am the only God in this world, why should there be rules for me? I can do what i want, and no one will stop me.”

“So what do you want? Destroy the world?” i asked half jokingly.

“Why should i destroy the world i made?”. She tilted her head and said, “Relaaax~~~ nothing bad will happen~”

“Oh you made this world? I thought you only protect this world?”. I was shocked, now i know one of the biggest secret in this world, and it is indeed contradicting with the truth the Holy Sword Church said to their people.

“Why should i tell my people what i did? Just let them believe what they want~~ ahaha…”

“Are all Gods so random like you?” I feel like if every God was like her than the world will end tomorrow.

“No, not really, for example Tooru’s world the ‘Earth’ has three Gods, the God of Creation that made the world and nurtured all its living beings, the God of Life that manage the reincarnation cycle of the living beings, and the God of Death that will end that world when the time comes. Well, when will the time comes depends on the three of them too, so yeah, they are indeed a little bit random after all, hahahaha…”

I sighed hard, ’Gods are sooo random…’

“I can’t disagree about that Zedediah, we Gods are immortal, no matter what happened to the world, we will still live, if this world is destroyed, then i just can make another one anew, with more interesting things to put inside it.”

“So, to you, the people in this world is just like when i see the ants?”

“That’s where you are wrong, i saw my creation as a whole, i protected them, i nurtured them, and i keep the balance. You and the people inside my world have to depend on yourselves to survive. But when the balance was broken, of course i will help. For example, the Demon Emperor case, i summoned a man from the other world to keep the balance of power, i lent him the Holy Sword, then he killed the Demon Emperor, now the peace will be kept for a while before another Demon Emperor rise again, maybe in 500 or 600 years, i don’t know, it all depends on the demon side now. Ahahahaha…,” she laughed merrily, then sipped her cup of tea again.

“So the Demon are your creation too?!!!” i shouted at her. ‘The Demon that killed my family…, no…, the demon that made me kill my family…’ I clenched my fist hard, as i tried to calm myslef from that nightmare years ago.

She put down her cup, and stared straight at my eyes then said,  “Yes, indeed, the Holy Sword Church said that the demon came from hell to destroy the humanity, but no, i made the demons with the same reason i made the magical beasts, to keep the world in balance. I have my own way of thinking, and as how you want to think about it, i don’t care…” Then she sipped her cup of tea again.

I sat down and began to ponder about this, ‘My family was dead because of the demon, lots of people was dead because of the demon, what part of it is balanced?’

“Think about it Zed, if there is no Demon and Magical Beasts, what will happen?”

“Then the people will live strongly, with no sadness, and no fear!” I was still angered by the fact that the creator of my enemies sat lazily in front of me.

She chuckled and sighed, ”Let me show you something…” She waved her hand and the mirror from before is now floating above the table. “Watch it carefully”

It’s a fight, but not between humans and demons like in this world. It’s a fight between humans, they sliced against each other with a huge blade, but no tears were dropped, laughter and roars could be heard, ecstasy and delights could be seen in their eyes.

Then the scene changes, it’s a child together with her mother and father, and all other families, they were lined up on the wall, then a tube like things being held  by countless soldier were aimed at those families, DOOR DOOR DOOR, countless thundering sound came out, and all the people that were lined up collapsed…they were dead.

The scene changes again, a man pushed down a button, and suddenly a giant metal tube was spitting out fire from below it and began to fly, the tube flew far-far away through countless clouds, and then it started to descend upon a giant city that was bigger than all the kingdom in this world, the city was full with people, but then, BOOM, a giant smoke that looks like mushroom was enveloping the whole city, and when the smoke started to fade away, nothing left stood there, the city was gone, all that left was countless scorched corpses, and burnt rubbles….just like back then….

“ENOUGHHH!! PLEASE STOP IT!!” i screamed.

She waved her hand. “I am sorry about the last one, i didn’t think that it will affect you that much,” she apologized to me.

“Wh-wha-what was all that?” i asked her while trembling.

“That was the ugly side of humanity,” she said slowly.

“How could that all happened? Bandits and wars is happening in this world too, but it was because of the Demons! People needs food to survive, people needs power to struggle! But that was…that was insanity!!!” I knew about the ugly side of humanity, i have seen them before, but that scenes was beyond my understanding.

“That was ‘Earth’, Tooru’s world…” She sipped down her tea again.

“Are Tooru and the others still safe?!!”, i panicked.

“Yes they are, Earth is relatively safe in the past few decades,” she answered.

I let out a relieved sigh. “Then what was that all about?” i asked her again.

“Who do you think that shifting the balance in my world?”

I pondered for a while then answered, “Humans and Demons”

“Yes, the Humans hunted the Demons together because of fear of losing their homes, and the Demons retaliated together because of fear of being wiped out.”

She gazed into the starry sky outside the window, and asked me, “Now, in Earth, who will the balance shifted to?”

‘Humans fight the demon together in this world, and the demons fight the humans together too, so who will the human fights in earth? Don’t tell me…that scenes…,’ i thought for a while, then my eyes lit up because of disbelief.

“Yes, indeed, the Humans there have no enemies but themselves, they split into countless power and fight against each other too prove superiority… Foolish indeed…,” she read my mind and approved my ideas.

“But why? Why won’t they just live peacefully if they have no enemies?” I just can’t think of a reason why they would fight each other, they are all humans, they have the same flesh and blood.

“Why can human fight against the demons equally?” she asked me again.

“Because there is more humans than demons, even though we are weaker in quality, we won over them in quantity.” It was common sense that was taught to the children in school.

“Now imagine, in Earth, the humans got no natural enemies like you with the demons, but their quantity will just grow bigger and bigger… You got it?”

“…they fought for food and place to live…?” i answered her.

“To make it simple, yes…, there is deeper meanings and reasons in their fights but what you just said wasn’t wrong too…,” she sipped down her tea again.

I fell silent after hearing her reasoning, ‘She has kept the balance of this world for countless years…, my knowledge is nothing in comparison to hers…,’ i thought as i stared at her, ’as a god, she said that she doesn’t care about my way of thinking, but she still showed me lots of things… maybe, i should thank her for this…’

“No need, we Gods are fickle beings. We love interesting things, and speaking with you tonight has made this day fun enough for me,” she said that as she smiled at me.

But then she spoke to me with a suprised tone, “Aahhhh…, we spoke too much about the Gods that i forgot that you are here for another reason today, ahahahaha…”

I frowned, ‘Hmmm… Why am i here again…? I forgot…’ Then i realized and shouted, “Ah that girl!!!!”

“Yup what do you think about her? Beautiful isn’t she? I gave you a bonus and summoned her naked for you~~,” she grinned from ear to ear.

“She hit me because of that you know,” i retorted while pointing at my blue swollen eye.

She stuck her tongue out and mocked me, “Your fault for asking a naked girl that stupid question though!”

“Well, i thought you were sending me a girlfriend like what i asked to you two years ago…” I fell down from the couch, and orz-ed. Gloomy atmosphere spreaded and spun around my lonely self.

“Ahahahaha… I indeed could give you a girlfriend back then, i can give one for you right now too. All i have to do is to transport a beatiful girl from somewhere in this world then brainwashed her to fulfill all your wishes. You did indeed defeated the Demon Emperor, so i do owe you a wish. You still want me to give you an instant girlfriend right now?” She stood up and prepared to wave her robe.

“Wait wait wait!!! No, don’t!! I don’t want an instant girlfriend, i admit i was rash back then, i didn’t think it through, but you did gave me only 10 seconds to think. So that was your fault too!”

“Well, i was baking cookies back then, so i didn’t want it to get burnt, but then it was burnt because of you. So that made us even,” she said straightforwardly.

“Whaaaaat…? You almost skipped my wish because of cookies??” Only now i realized that Gods are a really-really fickle beings. ‘I did my job beautifully and she was still thinking of cookies…’

“Heeey, that was rude, my cookies were made beatifully too!! And it was burnt because of you!!” And now she is angry at me even though she said that we are even.

“Then my wish was void? And i fought the Demon Emperor for nothing?” I rolled over and over around the wooden hut’s floor.

“Fufufufufu…, of course not, what do you think i am?” she said while puffing her chest that were hidden under the robe.

‘A really old hag that broke her promise because of cookies…’

POP

A sound of a popped vein was heard. ‘Sh*t, i forgot she can read mind!!’

“[Heavenly Thunder]”

DUAAARRRRR

The window that showed the top of the hill lit up brighter than the sun.

A giant tree on top of the hill was blasted away without a trace, no,  it was the top of the hill that was blasted away. Now, all that was left was a crater, with smoke rising from it just like a volcano.

I was still staring at the top of the hill, when i felt a cold aura coming from her direction.

She smiled coldly, and said, “Now…now…Zedediaaah… I think i misheard something when you answered…, did you say ‘old hag’…, or was it my ear that was playing with me…? Fufufufufufu…, i asked you again now…who…do…you…think…I…AM…?”. That question was without a doubt filled with killing intent.

“You are the most beautiful, the kindest, and the most benevolent Goddess in the world!!! Not even the moon and the starry night can compare to your beauty!!!” i stood straight and blabbered the sweetest words i could think of.

“Ohohohohohohohohohohoho!!!!” she laughed happily, while sticking her chest out, and pointing her chin to the sky. The aura around her turned from hellishly cold into flowery garden.

‘D*mn! That was scarier than fighting against the Demon Emperor!!’ Cold sweats were already flooding over my back.

“This beautiful, kind, and benevolent Goddess, found that your request two years ago was really interesting!! So i roamed from world to world to find the best candidate to be your girlfriend, i looked at the demon girls, the beastman girls, the snake girls, the horse girls, and of course the human girls too!!! You still have to win their heart by yourself though!!”

“Wait… I didn’t even knew half of those girls species and you want to take one of them to be my girlfriend??” I want a girfriend, but i still prefer a human one…

“Well, love knows no boundary you know~~ I too long ago fell in love with a human and we lived happily for a few moments,” she said that while staring at the starry sky outside the window. A sad smile can be seen from the side. A human’s lifetime is really nothing compared to the Gods.

‘Wooooow…, i wonder how old she really is…?’ I started to count inside my head.

RUMBLE

The sky turned cloudy and countless flash of lightning fell into the sea.

She turned her head to me, put both of her hands on my shoulders, and smiled, “Zedediah…, a Goddess age is forever 21, okay~~~” Eventhough her eyes were covered with her robe, i could still see them glowing bright blue.

I nodded over and over again.

She nodded once, then said, “Good…good…” The glow on her eyes went off, and then she put her hands off my shoulder.

She sat down once again, and sipped her tea. “Do you know why i chose her to be your girlfriend candidate?”

I thought for a while then said, “Because she is beautiful?” She was indeed my type.

“Nope, i found countless girls that are far more beautiful than her, you know~, especially the snake girls with their bewitching eyes.”

“Whatever, she is beautiful enough for me.”

She laughed, then said, “Well then, tell me what you found out about her.”

“You really love to do everything in roundabout manner.”

“The more complicated it is, the more interesting it is for me~.”

I tried to remember every detail about her that i saw, ‘Her huge breasts…no…, her plumpy butt…hmm, i don’t think so…, her hairless…no,no,no, definitely not that…! Ahh i remembered!’

“Her sad eyes, and her slitted wrist, am i right?”

“BINGO~~,” she clapped her hand.

“What is ‘bingo’?” I tilted my head.

“That means correct!!” She put her thumbs up.

“So you chose her because she suicided?”

“Yes and no… I won’t tell you about her story, so you have to ask her yourself, but be careful~”

“You really love to make it more complicated…”

“Well, all i can tell you is her wound on the wrist means more or less the same as that wound on your right chest. Her case was slightly lighter though,” she said that, then sipped her tea again.

I frowned after hearing her answer, i stroked the old wound on my right chest. ‘This wound always remind me of what i did that day…, what about hers…?’

“Oh right, i lent her my holy sword, and gave her a portion of my power, teach her how to use them okay”

“Holy Sword? Why would you give it to her?” i asked her while lifting one of my brows.

“Well, there is no Demon Emperor right now, so that sword is not really needed for now. She can use it to adventure or something. I know that you are a master swordsman too, so it will be easy for you to teach her.”

“I really can’t hide anything from you,” i smiled bitterly.

She chuckled and said, “Hehe, I am your creator you know~~”

“Oh and about my power that i gave to her, it will just make her easier to learn magic and physically stronger too, don’t worry, she won’t become a god. So teach her magic too okay~~”

“Do i really have no choice in this matter?” i frowned a little.

She fell silent and looked at me, she didn’t smile, but she wasn’t angry as well. “Please, help her… If you promised me to help her…, i will grant you another wish right here and now.”

‘She said please to me, a god asking a human for a favour,’ i was shocked.

“Indeed i am asking you a favour. I brought you a girl that will remind you of your painful past, with no guarantee that she will even become your girlfriend, and i am still asking you to teach her everything about this world, to help her to become stronger. I know that granting you a wish will not even cut it, but please help her,” said her to me softly, then she bowed her head to me once.

I gazed at her in disbelief and said, “Why? Why would you go that far to help her?”

She scratched her head and looked a bit embarassed. “Ehehe, you will find it funny, but she feels like a daughter that i never had and will never have….” There was a hint of loneliness in her tone.

“Hmmm…, fickle beings indeed… Well, you can leave your ‘daughter’ to me, i will protect her for you.” Then i stood up and gulped my tea in one breath.

“Anything else you need?” i smiled and said to her.

“What about your second wish? What do you want?” she asked me as she tilted her head.

I thought for a while then said, “Well, if she and i really become a couple, i wish that you will give me your consent to marry her later…”

She laughed, “Ahahahahaha, you are indeed an interesting fellow…”

She crossed her arms in front of her chest, tilted her head, and said ,“You know what? If you and her can’t be together, maybe, just maybe i will be willing to be your girlfriend until i can find another replacement for you!”

“Don’t steal your ‘daughter’s boyfriend, or she will hate you, you know?” i said to her jokingly.

“Tch, don’t make fun of god!” She pinched my nose while laughing. “Well, you should go now! I will send you back there at the most suitable time!”

“Okay, i will leave it to you then! Oh wait, one last thing! What’s her name? So i can prove it to her that i am not a pervert! But a man that you sent!”

“But you really are a pervert, don’t you remember when i told you to tell me what you found out about her, and you imagined all those dangerous images, even when you know that i can read your mind~? Well you are a healthy boy, so i can understand though, but Sakura is still 16 years old, you know~~ Now i am worried about leaving her to a pervert like you.”

“Not you too… I am not a pervert……” I wanted to cry now.

“I am just kidding…, but even though you know her name, she will still think of you as a pervert!”

“Eh why??” I was shocked.

“Because i never told her that i sent her here to be your girlfriend candidate. I sent her here to be happy. If being your girlfriend will make her happy, then i am content. If not then she can still lives here as an adventurer after you taught her, i will then find a girlfriend replacement for you, don’t worry!”

“You care about her a lot, don’t you? But okay, i will try to win her heart too… I refuse to think that my luck with woman is really that bad!!” i smiled bitterly.

“After watching your journey to beat the Demon Emperor back then. I can guarantee, that you indeed have bad luck when it comes to woman! Well, you need to try harder this time! Good luck!” Then he flipped her robe in front of me.

Suddenly i felt a really strong pull to the front, but all i can see is a wall made of grass, ‘Why is there a wall of grass in front of me?’.

Then i realized that i wasn’t pulled forward, but rather i was falling down toward the ground.

GRUSAAAK

‘Owieeee, that pretty hurts…’

I stood up slowly. Then i saw Sakura standing above the carriage wearing my brown robe, while Alex, Harvey, and Bernardt were looking at her from below.

‘Oh, Astraea sent me back in time. I think it wasn’t long after i got stuck on that tree’

I walked slowly to them, and looked at Sakura.

‘So she is the candidate to be my girlfriend… She really is my type…, but she still think of me as a pervert though. Well, they said that to win over a woman you have to show her your brightest smile, let’s try it!’

I smiled brightly and said to her, “Sakura…”

Let’s catch her heart!

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