2 II: The Mourning After

Julian screamed as the bright light beamed towards him, blinding him in an instant. As he closed his eyes, he could feel his body slamming into something and a loud crashing sound echoed through his ears.

"Shit! What was that?!"

He opened his eyes, but he only saw a pink walled room filled with soft pillows and huge wigs in the corner.

"What the--? Where am I?"

He looked around the place and grimaced as he saw the many gowns and glitters that were plastered to a small mirror. Make up kits were there as well and a few brushes that would make a woman as pretty as the ones he saw from magazines or billboards back to their place.

Julian tried to stand up from where he was as he tried to remember the last place he had been and what could be the reason for him being here.

Moments later, a few arguments inside his own head, a duck with antennas appeared in front of him.

[Good day, young master! I am what you call an Alien Duckie, and my mission is to help you build your own Empire.]

Julian froze from his place as his eyes bulged out of their socket and looked at the weird-looking thingy up front. The weird duck smiled at him with a huge grin as he hid a shining and pointy object in his pockets.

"What is that?"

The duck stood up straight as Julian glared at him and forced him to reveal the mysterious object. The weird duck took the pointy object from his pocket and showed Julian a silver knife with a black handle.

"What in the world--? Yo, why do you have a knife? Are you Chuckie's little brother or what?!"

Julian scrambled away from the duckie and drew his hand as a defense towards him. The alien duck threw the knife away and put his hands up as he made sure that Julian will not see him as a threat.

[I came in peace, young master! I saw what happened to you in your world and as a longtime fan of yours, I will offer you another life in another world.]

Julian stopped in his tracks as he stood up slowly and looked at the duckie with a curious face. A new life? Another world? What in the world was this stupid-looking duck was talking about?

What other world was he spouting?

[I see you were curious about my offer, young master. I shall use this opportunity to explain to you about my origin and what role you would play in your new world.]

Julian was more than intrigued at this point. He had never seen or hear anything like this. The young man sat down once again and moved towards the direction of the duck as he found comfort alongside the fluffy soft pillows.

[My name is Alien Duckie, you can call me A.D. for short. I am a system that brings forth different scenarios or missions for my muse to complete, gain power levels and build an empire to the world that I would send them.

My origin is unknown, but you could be the only one that could access that option as you play your new role. This role would be given to you the moment you accepted my offer to become the muse of my system and gain levels like the other players in that world.

Of course, they would not know that you have a system as well. But you will, and that is one of my advantages. In this world, you would play a man with a secret and make sure that no one would find out about it or the game would end and I will send your soul to Hell, in an instant.]

Julian listened. The young man tried to listen to every word this "System" was saying. But the only thing that he was hearing were bullshits reason to hook him up and say yes to his offer.

[… After you complete all the missions that I threw at you, I will grant you three wishes. No more and no less. Three wishes that you have been wanting to have. It could range from revising your story into a new one or reviving a dead loved one…]

Julian's mind stopped and looked at the smiling duck. Did he hear that right? The Duckie would grant him three wishes that could include the revival of a dead loved one? He did, right?

"Reviving? You mean, you can revive my mom from her death?"

The system nodded at Julian as his mind swirled slowly as he thought of living with his mother once again. A smile slowly formed on his lips as the system watched his interest to change its perspective.

"Okay. Deal! What should I do to get this role? And what role I should play? I can drag racing, though. It's one of my special skills. If I would play a racer in this world, then the missions would be easy."

The system smiled at him sweetly as he stood up and walked towards the young man. He climbed up to his lap and looked at him straight in his face. And with a sweet robotic voice, he spoke.

[Accept my offer to be transmigrated into a new world where you would play a special role with a special secret. But don't worry, young master. I would help you complete these missions. Giving you tip and alarming you when you are crossing the line.]

Julian nodded as he thought of his three wishes. He was so into those wishes that he never thought of any consequences ahead of his way before saying yes to the alien duck.

"Okay. Yes! I will accept your offer! As long as I can drag racing, I'm in!"

[Oh, don't worry, young master. You will drag, alright.]

Julian was satisfied with the duck's answer and readied himself to be transmigrated to that another world.

[We will transfer in three, two, one!]