1 Prologue

Unknown Place in the Void

In the long hall, there were tens if not hundreds and hundreds of doors, all leading to the unknown. The floor was white, and the entire place gave off a very weird feeling of surreality and uncertainty, yet at the same time, it also gave off the finality of choice.

The sole notable thing in the seemingly infinite corridor was one table, with one man sitting behind the table. 

He was a blonde man with a slicked hairstyle, looking around someone in his thirties, yet the feeling around him was vastly different as if he was much, much older than he looked. His demeanor was saying so...

His attire included a beige sweater and a light blue colored shirt with a red tie. He wore a pair of brown, coffee-colored dress pants along with a pair of brown shoes. Like an average salaryman, he also had rectangle-framed glasses.

He also appears to be quite fond of coffee and cigars, judging by the fact that he was constantly drinking coffee and smoking cigars, aside from reading a newspaper.

"Soul Number X-185-157-99745164994 from Dimension: Primordial Earth X-185."

He tapped on the wooden table with his finger, and a translucent figure or appearance of a man appeared in front of him, like a ghost.

"For the Merit you have achieved for your World, you have been awarded with the possibility of guided Reincanrnation if you wish for the choice. If not, then you could enter the eternal rest of the afterlife."

The man behind the table folded the newspaper he was reading and looked at the person who appeared in front of him. 

This was the usual procedure with the reincarnations; if they have enough Merit, then the afterlife; if they have tremendous Merit, then reincarnation; and if their Merit is out of standards, then they obtain a chance for guided reincarnation.

"Sirius Grey, Merit Grade: Golden Law, Karma Points: 100,000,000."

Sirius Grey, as he was called during his life, looked shocked, though that would be a severe underestimation of his feelings.

"How?... should that be reserved for the Saints and others how do you say it... good people?"

He didn't really understand because he was very far from the definition of a good person. 

Merchant with Death, they called him.

He was a weapon developer and weapon merchant who pushed the limits of the weapon technology of Earth by entire decades and started developing various weapons that he saw in the Sci-Fi. 

From the Lasguns to the personal shields.

"Indeed, that should normally be the case, but at the same time, approximately fifteen years after your death, Earth was found by advanced extraterrestrial species called Skriiin, and war broke out. While the aliens were advanced technologically, they were in the repelled and defeated mainly due to the technosocial advancements of the Blackstar Industries, that you created. In the end, it was thanks to that, Earth survived and was not harvested like most of the species that were conquered and destroyed by the Skriiin."

The more now-named Sirius Grey listened, the more astonished they remained.

"Now, that should probably answer the question. Now, for the next, reincarnation or eternal rest?"

The man who had there a small wooden plate where his name was written.

Murasaki.

Naturally, Sirius didn't dwell long on that fact and chose reincarnation because he wanted to live and he wanted to obtain power. Which was something as his obsession for a very long time already.

"Reincarnation."

As he said that, he noticed a world was already chosen for him, though when he saw that, he was frozen in a spot because it wasn't really the best choice. He vividly remembered that anime as he watched it as a teen and probably read a shitton of fanfiction.

And while the anime was a bunch of fanservice together with the light that was showcasing how easy the world was, he was more wary of it. It was a place where strong ruled, and basically, the most important factor for the quiet and nice life was the background.

High school DxD, while portrayed as the very nice and slice-of-life world, was dangerous as shit, and without power, one would die faster than he could think.

"You can use the Merit to redeem things. The better cheat or ability or wish, the higher amount of Karma Points it would cost you."

Murasaki said as he put down his cigar and looked at him, while Sirius was in a great deep thought.

"How many Karma Points are for the best background possible?"

Draconic Deus was the peculiar world, and he decided that his best bet wouldn't be on some powerful cheat or anything but on simply being born. For example, if he was born into extremely powerful beings, he would inherit their abilities and also be born into huge factions that would be his support.

"50 million Karma Points for best possible for the Draconic Deus."

That was half of his Karma Points, but simultaneously, Sirius knew that if it was something like that, then he would be born to one of the strongest entities of the Draconic Deus and also 

"Then I want that, and also: 'A' the Almighty and Skill Great Sage. And I wish to exchange the rest of the Karma Points for the Fateless One Physique."

'A' the Almighty was Abiltiy of the Yhwach the Quincy King, which allowed him to see the endless possibilities of the future. 

Great Sage was probably one of the most iconic skills from the Tensura and was more or less a supportive skill that had tremendous potential for evolution. Not to mention, its supportive uses were something that could give him huge edge in everything that he would do.

Lastly, the Fateless One Physique was the Physique from the Xuanhuan novel Sage Monarch, where one was not bound by the concept of Fate itself. He chose this for a very simple reason: in the DxD, there were several opponents that could practically force some kind of Fate on him.

And that wasn't talking about some other beings that could see the future or Fate of someone through Divinations or other similar skills and abilities, but with the Fateless One, he would be immune from such things.

"All of the Karma Points used up, the reward of the Golden Law Merit distributed. You can go."

With a swish of white light, the translucent silhouette of Sirius Grey disappeared from the endless white corridor of doors.