Chapter 3: Acceptance

When I tapped on the [Yes] button, a paper at a random corner glimmered with a blue glow before flying and placing itself neatly on the lectern. 'Awesome' I say to myself, I then rolled it up and left the building.

While I was outside, I went and asked the locals for directions to the Blacksmith's building and after 5 minutes of random twist and turns, I finally got to the place.

"Well that took quite amount of time for something close by to the Felix Guild." I said as I sighed. For something that should've been a minute walk from here to the guild took me 5 minutes to find, I could only laugh at myself.

The building looked like any of the other buildings, blending well into the surrounding houses and stores. It didn't have any logo that indicated a forgery resulting to me wasting 4 minutes to find it "This better give me some good stuff for wasting my 4 minutes" I complained in a low voice.

I knocked on the door and on the very first knock, it quickly opened shocking me for a moment. Inside the building was a man, slightly taller than me that wore a leather armor along with leather arm guards and standard pants, his silver hair was trimmed looking anime RPG protagonist like and heterochromatic eyes of vibrant turquoise blue for the right eye while bright crystal green on the left eye, he was lean and muscular but has pale skin. Judging from his face and body, he should be around 16-17 years of age.

'Who is this, an anime protagonist that's supposed to save the world?!' I inwardly said as my cheeks twitched upon gazing at the figure, he chuckled for a moment "I've been expecting you Sasaki-san, and yeah. I've save the world every now and then." he said upon seeing my reaction "And no, I'm not saying this from your reaction but because I can hear your thoughts. It's me the "Creator", though my name here in the mortal plane is Ryan Kheil." he said in a casual voice despite its outrageous content.

A blast of questions came to my mind as I stood there dazed and confused of the current situation until he spoke "Calm down, get in and sit down first before anything else. I want to be discreet about this." He said as he pulled me into the shop.

The interior is that of weapon shops inside RPGs with swords and shields hanging on the wall behind a counter, he guided me into the back of the shop where a table stood near a sliding window with a view of a busy street

"Okay, have you calmed down yet?" He says as he went to a cupboard to prepare tea while I was seated on a chair "A little bit..." I replied in an exhausted voice as he put down our teacups and seated himself on a chair across me "Well, I can answer your questions one by one." he says as he pours us our tea.

"Okay, I have had enough shenanigans today. How can I verify your statement, I can't trust someone who simply claims that he's a God." I say as I drank my tea "Oh? So me reading your mind wasn't enough for you? Then how about this." He says as he snaps his fingers.

As he did so, his eyes flashed a blue glow for an instant, the entire atmosphere of the room suddenly felt odd for a split second "Okay, try looking out the window." He says as he reaches for his cup. I put down my tea to do as he says and to my surprise, the once bustling streets were now a grassy plain with a forest in the background. I opened the window and tried to check if it was only an illusion "Still not enough?" he says as he took a sip from his tea and snapped his fingers once more.

While I was waving my hand out the window like a child, a flash of blue light blinded me and deer suddenly appeared in front of me as the light disappeared. I touched the deer and its antlers, I petted the animal with utter shock of confirming that it is real. "Do you want more?" he says and readied his fingers once more "No! Stop, I might faint if I see more than this" I interrupted him. "Good, but you seem to be exhausted from everything, you should go outside for a while to regain back your senses." he says as he finishes his tea.

I went outside feeling drained from everything, thankfully the atmosphere of the scenery and air helped me relax. When I went outside I instantly noticed the change of the

shop's interior into a wide living room area and the porch as it wasn't there earlier and the building seem to have changed entirely. I went to have a better view and saw that the once cottage like building became a traditional Japanese mansion, 'Nope, I'm too tired for this.' I inwardly sighed and lay on the soft green grass and closed my eyes.

I laid there motionless 'I went with the flow of everything up until now but everything is so unrealistic, with just the few minutes I've spent here, I've already seen so much that my head can't cope up with.' as I recall the recent events 'This must be a dream, I have enjoyed my fun little dream, I'm ready to wake up now. Perhaps when I wake up I might be in a hospital bed attached to a machine or better yet in my bed and simply overslept from watching too many episodes of a fantasy anime... I'm ready to face reality now, I don't deserve to be here.' I say as I break down into tears "Haven't I already told you that this is your new universe? Your new world, your new "Reality". This is your new home." Kheil-san says as he sits besides me.

"Is it really fine for me to live in this fantasy? Do I really deserve this?" I say without realizing my tear stained face "Don't worry... after all you've been through, you deserve to live in this fantasy like world, you belong here now." Kheil says as he conjures a napkin and hands it over to me.

I paused as I looked at his face, I recalled the memories of my suffering in my previous wold. My tears seem to pour down my face with no end "Thank you..." I say before I cover my face with the napkin and cried my lungs out 'Thank you, thank you so much for hearing my call, thank you for giving me a second chance and thank you for letting me live in the hopes and dreams I've once buried in the past... Thank you so much!!!' I shouted in my head as I cried out my soul from the memories of my past life.

It took me about 3 minutes before I finally regained my composure; after regaining my composure we both went back inside the mansion to continue our discussion.