3 Intention and Expectation

[ ... ] : Inner Dialogue ( Alex )

( ... ) : Author's Description/ Reaction

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The whole place was suddenly engulfed by a catastrophe. The warm feeling they felt earlier became cold and frightening.

"Now, let's move on to the real deal ..." Eran glared down at them very coldly.

"So what do you need from us?" Alex boldly asked.

The creepy looking environment eventually stopped. Storms calmed down, tornados disappeared and a ray of sunlight came down in between the black clouds.

"I have an unoccupied space in my world and it is currently located in the south of Seria." Eran slowly descended.

"Then, what do you want us to do?" Alex voiced out.

"Simple. I want you guys to build a new home in there."

"Huh?! Wait?! What do you mean by that?!" Alex seemed pretty startled to what Eran said.

"To be exact, I want you guys to build a new nation there. Though I can't help you physically, you must build it from scratch."

Alex seemed pretty desperate to revoke his reasoning. "Wait, wait! I mean, why would we need to do that? Why us? If we don't want to do this then what are you going to do?"

"Hmmm ..." Eran pondered for a minute. Afterwards, he oddly smiled as he faced them. "Can you hear me out first?"

Nao and Alex exchanged a swift glance and surprisingly, Nao agreed to what Eran said. "Alex, we should hear him out first. Isn't it the basics?"

Alex frustratingly sighed. "Okay. I'm all ears."

[ I thought we will be going on an adventure but to think he just wanted us to build a country. He's totally weird and random. ]

"To start, racism is very common in my world. Demihumans are treated poorly as they were presumed to not have the capability to cast magics, when it fact, it was an utter lie. In this world, magic is superior than sword skills or martial arts. Even martial art and sword users used magic as an enhancement to their attack. In short, magic is essential to be recognized as special. Among all the races, the demihumans had plenty of magical capacity and they even excel in martial arts. However, as they were abused for the past decades, the new generation doesn't know that they held such power." Eran looked at them sympathetically. "That's why, I want you guys to create your own country where everyone is accepted and respected. Just like the world you lived in, I want to abolish the slavery that is happening in my world. As their God, hearing their pleads every night was too painful for me to bear. Even if I wanted to, there's nothing I can do."

[ So this is his reason? ]

Nao and Alex felt a sting of sympathy towards him.

[ It's too simple. Even I don't want to live in such world. However, if this is his only reason, why did he came to a point where he tried to threaten us? It just doesn't make any sense. ]

While Alex was still wandering in his thoughts, Nao humbly stepped forward as she responded, "We will help you! We will create a peaceful country where everyone can live harmoniously." She stood in front of Eran, snatched his hand and determiningly clasped it tight. "Don't worry. We will do it!" She emphasized her every word. "Right, Alex?"

Nao looked back at Alex. As she already made the decision, Alex had no other choice but to go along with it. "Well, there's really no reason to disagree so we are gladly be of help."

[ It's too shady but ... who cares. I don't give a shit anymore. I'll just live my life the way I want with that goal in mind. ]

Eran sincerely smiled as he ascended into the sky. "As a gratitude for your help, I want you guys to take this simple gift from me." He flicked his fingers and as the two anticipated for something to happen, nothing really happened afterwards.

"Huh?! What happened? What was that?" Alex uttered in confusion.

"Upon entering my world, memories from your past life will be completely erased. However, as a gratitude for accepting my selfish request, I will retain specific memories from your past life that will surely help you in your goal." Eran flicked his finger once again, and a small ball of orb glittering in brightest yellow, slowly descended from above. "I'll store all the knowledge you've gained from your past life in this orb of memories."

"May I ask what is the reason for this sudden unexpected act of yours?" Alex raised his hand.

"Retaining a person's memory of his past life is considered one of the taboos a God in every world must remember, not just only mine. However, a God have a single privilege to defy this rule. Your past names, families, friends and even memories of everyday life will be completely erased. However, in your case, I'll let your one year memory with each other still intact along with your vast knowledge in certain fields."

"Well if that's the case, we don't have any reason to refuse right, Alex?"

Alex agreeingly nodded. "Well, it's okay for me. Despite everything, we're also thankful for this second chance given to us. If that request is enough to settle everything between us, then that's enough already."

Eran brushed a soft chuckle. "I'm also thankful for the both of you. And before I forgot ..." Eran flicked his finger. ( Lol! He really love flicking his fingers. )

"What was that?" Alex exclaimed.

"I installed a fixed skill onto your status screen called 'Call Home'. Use that skill to contact me from below if you have any questions."

"Oooh!" Excitement was seen in Nao's face. "That's cool! We have a personal contact with Eran! Isn't it cool, right Alex?" She was really in high spirits despite everything that happened a while ago. As if she already forgot the accident they went through.

"Well, that's good. I still have many questions but I guess I can just ask for it later." Alex calmly responded.

"If you have no anymore questions, then let me introduce my world once again!" Eran still was floating in midair. "I welcome you again to Seria, Shizuha and Yuki. The selfish favor of mine that I shamelessly asked you is to build a peaceful country where everyone can coexists together. To start, Demihumans Nation was located at the west of Seria. However, after the Demon Nation who is in the middle part of Seria, suddenly waged a war with the demihumans, the demihumans suffered an utterly shameful defeat. As a result, the demihumans were scattered around Seria, and mostly of them were living in danger in the vast lands of the south."

"The south?" Alex repeated.

Eran softly nodded. "Yes, the south. The southern part of Seria is actually uninhabitable. Aside from lack of resources, large amount of monsters are present. That's the reason why the south is most commonly known as the Seppuku. Prisoners who committed heinous crimes are being transported and left in the middle of Seppuku. Even if they survived the monster attacks; but with the lack of resources, there's really no way for them to survive. Even the land is highly toxicated wherein no grasses can grow long, no flowers can bloom beautifully."

"What?!" Alex raised a voice. "If that's true then, aren't you asking us to achieve the impossible? It's much worse than asking snow to fall in mid-summer!"

"Most of the surviving demihumans were currently hiding in the south. Also, it's the only place suitable for you to silently create your new country, not being in the radar of the three nations."

"Even so, it's still impossible." Alex refuted. "If the land is uninhabitable, there's no point in raising a fish without water. It might survive for a week, but it won't last that long."

Alex calmed himself down. "Okay. For now, tell us the rest."

Nao nodded in agreement. "Yea, I agree with him. Can you tell us what other races are present?"

"I already mentioned the 3 races which are the Demons, the Humans, and the Demihumans. The last race is the Elves located on the east of Seria."

[ What elves?! ]

As Eran mentioned elves, Alex gradually became intrigued. "Elves? Are you sure?" Alex swallowed and began being edgy.

Nao noticed his sudden change in behavior. "Alex, what's with that pervert look?" She menacingly glared at him with the intention of killing him in one stroke.

"What are you saying! Elves are the most beautiful beings! There's really nothing a guy can do when it comes to big brea-!" He was stopped by a swift neck slice from behind.

"Pervert bastard." Nao coldly mumbled with a glare at his corrupted back.

[ Elves is every guy's dream! ]

Eran purposely coughed to get their attention. "Back to the topic, the human nation is called 'Ingrid' and located at the North, the elves nation is called 'Elfin' located at the east, the demon nation have two territories called 'Almorith' located at the middle and 'Vag'thallar' in the west. Their commercial cities are located in the west and their center territory is purposely used for military-related stuffs. The past name of the demihumans nation is 'Xizrazath' however, the demons renamed it after they occupied the entire nation." Eran brushed a faint smile. "And that's the end of the introduction .... Are you satisfied?"

Alex raised his hand. "Can I ask one question?"

"What is it?" Eran replied.

"If you are that against racism, then why didn't you punish them yourselves? I mean you're a God, why are you so desperate to find a suitable medium only just to serve your selfish request?"

Eran briefly sulked. "You might think that the Gods have all the authority but you're wrong. We might have the power to control what's dead however; we can't directly control what's living. We are merely watchers of the worlds created by the Great Supreme. We act according to his words and what he says, will always be the absolute. And according to his first rule, what's living must live their life according to their own decisions. A God must not directly interfere with everything that's living in his domain." Eran hopelessly sighed. "That's why I can only asked you this favor. You're not still a part of my domain so ..."

Alex felt pissed upon seeing him sulked. And in fact, he's still floating in midair. "Okay, okay! I got it. Stop with the sulking face. It's annoying."

Eran swiftly smiled. "Then anymore questions?"

Nao and Alex took a quick glance at each and shook their head in unison. "We don't have anymore questions right?"

Alex nodded. "Yeah. For now though."

As their conversation reached the end, without any hints, Eran startlingly flicked his fingers.

"Ah, I forg-!" Alex still had something he needed to ask.

He stopped his words after the ground started to shake. The background then had a crack on both sides and slowly split the place into four. A large hole was then formed beneath their feet causing them to fall from that extreme height.

"Eh?!" Nao almost passed out in a bolt out of the blue.

Before they totally fell down, Alex saw a glimpse of Eran's wide smiling face.

"Damn you, Eran!! I'll fucking kill you the next time I see you!!" Alex yelled in wrath.

-- BACK TO THE HEAVEN'S GARDEN --

After the two fell from that place, the place slowly turned dark. Without anything to be seen, an odd Eran was heard behind the pitch-black darkness. "Pft ...!" As if he was holding his laugh.

"To think they believed my stupid reasoning without any suspicions. What a pair of ignorant animals."

He disturbingly laughed. "They can't die so soon, or else my whole plan will be thrown into trash."

"This'll be fun ..."