After dying in a dull manner, meaning dying in sleep, I thought that I would be met by either an angel, a devil or Saint Peter. Especially due to my upbringing being in a country whose major religion focused more on Christianity. However, I never expected to an unknown, unidentifiable being after my consciousness faded from the living.
I will not bore any of you of how my life went before this all happened. There is no longer any need for that. The tribulations and success had already steeled my outlook in life and I know full well what are the things that needs to be done and what I should not do. As they say, I already passed all the character development arcs in my life and I know full well what I should and not should do. And I also know my own identity within the full tapestry of this infinite universe. Heck even multiverse or omniverse. So heck no. I ain't going to any shit like character developments any more than necessary.
So onto the main issue here. Right, the being in front of me.
"You will be reincarnated into another world of your choosing together with five wishes. You know, cliche and stuff." the being said, straightforwardly to me. "Any questions?"
"Yes. I have questions." I answered him and continued "Though it may sound cliche as fuck, first, why me? Second, can I choose where I go to and can I travel to other universes afterwards? Third and final question, IS. THERE. ANY. LIMIT. TO. THE. WISHES?" I answered, giving heavy emphasis on the final question.
THE being stared at me for a little, well, that is how I felt since I cannot distinguish any facial features on the being's face, due to the fact that he looked like a myriads of lights or energy are gathering in order to form a humanoid shape.
"... Well, to answer your questions, first, I choose you since you looked like a dull person before you died sleeping. I mean, really, living your life in the most ordinary way. Your only excitement aside from watching and reading many stories are the time you were in high-school and part of that scouting program you joined. Since you camp and saved a few lives. And those lives affected other people's lives, yet you stayed dull after those incidents. Why is that?" he asked me." Well, that was before. You know, everyone have their own protagonist time or scenarios. And once their screen time was over or they fulfilled their protagonist roles, they became background characters. Rarely seen by other characters, either thought dead or missing. Funny right?" I answered his question since it actually applies to me. After those incidents where I saved a few female students who almost died due to their own foolishness, they all become great people. Some doctors, scientists, and even rose to ranks in military. Yet, here I am dead after living a dull life after graduating high-school. No one remembered me. Not even my friends. Oh, there is one. Names Paul. Good guy. I will always remember him. Since though I am not his best friend, he treats me like one. Even though I just want to be alone.
"I see. So in your view, you already fulfilled you role and just vanished to obscurity afterwards. Not many would prefer that but you did. Well, for this, I just want to see what will you do, if you were given a second chance in another life. However, this time, you will be the protagonist of your own story. Make of it whatever you want. Be a benevolent God or a Malevolent Being. Be a hero or the villain, an explorer or a conqueror. The choice is yours. Since this is your life we are talking about. Make the best out of it. You either create or destroy the reality, I don't really care. I just want to see what you will do. I will not interfere in your life and how you live it after this." the being said,
My eyes opened wide after hearing what he told me. Acknowledging his words as a blessing to my new life. Afterwards, he continued answering my questions. For whether you can travel or to other universes or realities, its up to you actually. You can either make a wish for it or you can discover it on your own. And yes. There I A limit to the wishes. No wishinfor infinite wishes. It removes the joy out of your second life. In fact the five wishes already removes some fun out of it, but whatever. No wishing for the three big O's. Remove the joy for your adventures really. However, you can still have your meta-knowledge on different realities you wish to go. However, if you really want the three O's, I recommend working on it yourself. Since obtaining them without working to get them is just utter bullshit in my eyes and quite dull. I promise you, I know it and learned it from my very own experience. So, I recommend not to wish for it." the being finiched explaining, visibly paling or what seems to paling according to how the lights of his body dimmed at the last sentence.
" I see. Thank you for answering. I am ready for the wishes. for the world, I would like to go to a parallel earth, though make it so that I was abandoned in an orphanage at young age and make it so that I will be at the age of 21 when I go there. I like to be from Philippines, at year 2025. That country has seen worse these years,you see and I want to change that. I will do it if I have to kill people.
For my wishes... First, I want both my body and soul to be able to adapt and evolve to higher forms while still remaining human in appearance.
Second, I wish to have a system. I know its cliche, but hear me out. I want the system to have the following.
1. Status, in order to monitor my progress.
2. Shop. This will have everything I will need from the whole multiverse,be it magic, skills, abilities, items and even technology.
3. Multiversal gateway. In order for me to open gateways regardless of its size for me to travel into different realities.
4. Unlimited shop currency.
You can use either two or three wishes for this.
Third, I want to have my own pocket dimension, the size of a whole universe. I know this is too OP, but if I find a world that I want to conquer, which I will do in the first world, I want to keep it with me. Make it so that once I side, no one can interfere with my dimension whether Inside or outside of it. That will be all for my wishes." I finished speaking while looking at the being, nervous since the second and third wish were quite strong, heck they're too OP.
"... Hmm. Well, your first wish is quite easy, so is the third, since it s just body and soul change and a pocket dimension with extra steps, the second one will be quite elaborate... Though, you're quite clever since you allowed the use of two or three wishes for that, I can do it. Fine, I will grant these three wishes of yours. Though the second wish will only use upto two and half of your five wishes. So, what will you do to your remaining half wish? " he said in a calm tone and I felt looked upon by the being deep into my soul.
" hmm..." I think for a while then remembered. "I want to use the remaining half of a wish for the only friend of mine who never turned his back from me. He is a good guy, and even though I know myself that I've been a burden to him, he did not looked at me with disdain. I wish for him to have a happy, successful long life together with his future family." I said, remembering my good friend who stood with me in those trying times. He's really a good man. Worth saluting for.
" I see... I was correct in choosing you." he said and continued." I will grant all of your wishes. And I hope that you will give me a good show. Although I said that I will not interfere with your life after this meeting, I will always watching you. I want to see what you will do with all these wishes and how will you live your second life. Goodbye then. I hope that the next time we meet, we will be in the same position and have a drink or two. " saying all these, he waved his hand and I felt my consciousness starting to fade away. However, before I completely black out, I muttered a few words." Thank you. See you next time"