Riddles

His head is dizzy, he feel like his head is about to fall off and roll downhill, but it's just an analogy from what is really happening to him right now.

He's in the dark and quiet place.

This place has no sound, no light, nothing. It just quiet, very quiet that even Rickert's heart beat can't be heard.

"Where am I? Am I sleeping? Yeah, I stayed up too long and my eyebags are all black," Rickert is talking to himself.

"I don't know where this place is. I can't open my eyes."

"Wait, I can open my eyes."

Rickert is blinking for a few times.

"But it is just too dark that even my opened eyes cant see a single damn thing."

[Unknown] : "Oh, you are awoken?"

"Hah?!"

Rickert is surprised, he heard a voice out of nowhere.

"Who are you?! Show yourself! Face me!" Rickert raised his voice out of shock.

[Unknown] : "Haha, you could have be more considerate since I cant show myself to you. Your eyes could be blinded if I show my true form."

He answered like he is something that different from human.

"But in this planet, the only creature that has intellect and able to speak is human, and cockatoo. Unless.""

"Are you a god or something like that?"

[Unknown] : "Hahahahahaha!"

He laughed and made Rickert's ears hurts.

"Just answer me! Or I'll burn you with my divine power!"

Rickert expand his legs, took the form that he thought made him able to shoot fire.

[Unknown] : "Haaa… you really are pathetic. You can't even see if you are standing or else."

"Wait, he's right. I cant see my own body."

Rickert is now calmed down, and lower his voice.

"Then, if you are a true god, you have to proof me that you are a god," Rickert asked.

[Unknown] : "Oho? And what the proof that you demand?"

"You said that if you show your true form, I could be blinded, true?"

[Unknown] : "Yes, true."

"Then, just show me your smaller form, a form that won't blind me."

[Unknown] : "Woah, we got a smart guy here, eh?"

"Smart guy? Of course I am smart. I watched, read, and learned every single theories I can found in internet, I mastered them all, why should I being a stupid then?"

[Unknown] : "To think that you are able to mastered all the theories…"

Rickert surprised when he spoke as if he can hear Rickert's thought, at the same time, a crackle appeared in front of Rickert, and from the crackle, someone walked out of it.

"You can read my mind?" Rickert asked, his eyebrows are twisted.

[Unknown] : "Of course, im a god anyway."

He answered that without even open his mouth. But his face features are all abstract, Rickert can only see his lips, and a bright silhouette that impersonate Rickert himself.

That silhouette smiles.

[Unknown] : "I saw your life. You saw your friend was being bullied for no reason by Geralt Adam, son of Lucas Earnest."

The silhouette walks over while showing Rickert his point finger, as if he got an idea and is talking about it.

[Unknown] : "You was defending him, but your enemy is the son of the owner of the school. And you were drop-outed from the school. Living as unemployment made people judge you, and at the same time, your parents lost their job because Lucas Earnest bribed their bosses."

Rickert growls, his teeth crackles.

"Stop."

[Unknown] : "And when you try to get a job, you were rejected and thrown out like a garbage, that's the moment when you meet Vika Samson, you fell for her, had a hope, then you deceived and lost even more money…"

Rickert clenched his hands, he is angry.

"Stop, I said."

That silhouette came closer to Rickert, showing its large smile.

[Unknown] : "… and you lost all of your pride, with the rumour of you raped her, you disowned by your family, and live as a shut-in-NEET by your parents' support for 2 years."

Rickert is now full of anger, he can't be reckless by fists, and ended up raising the rumours even stronger and wider. He can't be channeling his anger into fist-fight.

He can't.

That silhouette turned over and stepped back, then he smiled while glaring at Rickert with such judgemental glare.

"You, I warned you, to stop," Rickert's voice is trembling.

[Unknown] : "But I can't, what should I do with this fun story?"

Rickert raised his fist, he stepped forward, he launched a straight punch to the silhouette face.

Clank!

His hands, they are stopped.

Click!

That silhouette clicked his finger, and the clinging sound is even easier for Rickert to hear.

There are chains shining in white all over Rickert's body, they made Rickert's body can't move.

Rickert lowered his hands, that silhouette smiled.

[Unknown] : "Let's go play a question. You can answer as much question as possible, and you got your reward from each question. How about it? Is must be boring without anyone speak to you properly for 3 years, right?"

"Tch, and what are the rewards?" Rickert calmly asked.

[Unknown] : "I grant you my reward if you answered the first question, the rest of them is to your liking."

Rickert finally calmed down, total calm.

"Interesting. But first, what should I call you?"

[Unknown] : "It's Lilya."

"Is it fine for me to refer you as simple as Lilya?"

"Yes, of course."

"Lets start."

Click

Lilya clicked his fingers, and then this darkness changed into a steppe full of grass.

"Ah!" Rickert's eye not yet adapted to this bright light, he closed his eyes but it still caused dazzles.

"We moved so you can think properly."

"Ah, okay?" Rickert just answered because he can't stand this brightness.

"Once upon a time, a king told a story to his three sons. The king said that there are three heaviest basket to lift in this world, what are those basket?"

"Easy, it's a legend from the Atec culture."

Rickert opened his mouth, he start to answer.

"Wealth, responsibility, and mother-in-law."

Clap clap.

Lilya clapped.

"Correct. I grant you reincarnation."

"Hah?! What?! Im died already?!" Rickert panicked.

"Yeah, you don't remember, don't you?"

"Um, yeah. What happened?" he asked as if he ask his mother what the dinner is.

Lilya have no choice but to tell him the truth.

"Um, you died because you fell off caused by your pizza, and then your head was electrocuted by short circuit with 450 voltage in 4 ampere."

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!"

"Umm, no?"