Ch. 10: You have a Heart of Gold, My boy...

*In the Hospital ward*

The ward in the hospital seemed to be empty with just Chlevern lying on his bed, dead. All the doctors and nurses were away, so he was alone in the ward. He had no family as his parents had passed away, he had friends but they were too scared to see his dead face. So, nobody came to check him out.

Chlevern lay on his bed, eyes closed and with a stopped heart. Doctors had already given up hope and the senior most doctor of them all had already shared the news in Chlevern's school.

Chlevern lay there with his injuries. He could not wake up anymore. Well, that's what everyone thought but the situation was something else.

Chlevern was standing in a dimentionless void, covered by a beautiful, peaceful bright light. He was wandering around to see where he was but the path seemed to be endless.

"Where am I? What is this place?", wondered Chlevern.

"As long as I remember, I had died after the match with Thomas in the finals. So if I guess correctly, is this afterlife?!", exclaimed Chlevern surprised.

Chlevern was thinking about random stuff when suddenly he heard a voice. It was smooth, calm and heavenly but at the same time it was overwhelmed with power.

"I welcome you here, my boy.", said the unknown voice.

"Who's there? If you are trying to scare me, let me tell you I am not afraid of you.", said Chlevern, anticipating the voice.

"Don't worry, I am not here to hurt you, my boy. Instead I am here to guide you.", said the voice again.

"First of all, who are you? And what do you want from me? Show yourself first.", said Chlevern in a careful manner.

"I see. As expected of you, always careful and sharp. Well then, I'll show myself.", said the voice with a calm and pleased expression.

Suddenly, Chlevern saw a brilliant amount of light, blinding his eyes. He closed them to avoid damaging his eyes by the light rays. When the light faded, Chlevern slowly opened his eyes and saw something he never imagined to see in his life, but well, he is dead now so it doesn't matter.

Chlevern saw a legendary, God-Like, Heavenly being who was smiling at Chlevern with a kind expression.

"Who are you?!", asked Chlevern with a more than shocked expression.

"A typical question asked by every man who met me. Well, I will answer your question if you answer the question which I ask.", said the heavenly being with a kind smile on his face.

This being was a strikingly beautiful and handsome with a tall figure and kind nature.

"Hey, it's not fair. You cannot counter question, before you answer my question.", said Chlevern with a look which showed injustice.

"Of course I can do that, I can counter question you. And besides that, there is no rule in any book saying you cannot counter question your questioner.", said the being.

"So here's my question, What are you?", asked the being with the same kind smile.

"Well, what am I? I am a human, who just died a few moments ago.", said Chlevern plainly.

"You are not just some human, you are a special case.", said the divine being.

"So, what do you think I am?", asked the being.

"Well, I really don't know.", said Chlevern disappointed.

"Okay then, I will show you something.", said the divine being, casting a spell in front of him and Chlevern who could see a view in front of them like a projector.

Chlevern was watching carefully at the view shown by this divine being.

*In the view*

They can see a war which was going on in an intergalactic dimension which was trembling from all the powerful forces fighting. There were a tons of fighters.

It was the 'GREAT UNIVERSAL WAR'.

They both could see Gods, Angels, Fantasy creatures, Aliens and Demons fighting for supreme power, which was the 'GREAT SIP OF RECREATION'. It was kind of an immortal nectar which gave the consumer, supreme power, excellent control, and the greatest power to ever exist, The Power of Creating anything and everything. A creation far beyond the control of anyone except the one who consumed it.

The Gods and Angels formed allies, and were known as Divine Soldiers. They fought the war to get the 'GREAT SIP OF RECREATION', for the use of it to enlighten and maintain peace in the whole verse.

The Demons and Fantasy Creatures formed an. alliance, and were called, Gatekeepers of the Abyss. They fought the war to acquire the 'GREAT SIP OF RECREATION' for a rule of tyranny in their empire.

Finally there were the Aliens, who were not so strong, but the numbers of their armies, added to their strength. They were known for their great army and fierce battles. They fought the war to get their hands on the, you know what.... to make their army, greatest in the verse.

The War lasted long and even after its end, the after effects were horrific and the entire verse was a mess. After suffering many casualties, The three Great powers, DIVINE SOLDIERS, GATEKEEPERS OF THE ABYSS and THE ALIENS, signed a treaty. It was the treaty which was created using the great powers of these Great Warriors, and it stated that,

1. Each one of the Powers would share the 'GREAT SIP OF RECREATION', equally among themselves. It should be consumed by a strong and worthy person from each of the Powers.

2. They would not interfere in each other's territory or try to capture it for thousands of millennia.

3. They should end this war with this treaty and use their powers to recover everything as a penalty for war.

With these three pointers, the war ended and so did the projection, which Chlevern and the being were watching.

"What was that? So this all happened after the Great Universal War?", asked Chlevern to the being.

"Yes child", said the being.

"So, the treaty said that there would be a strong and worthy person who would get the 'GREAT SIP OF RECREATION', and also the war would end.", asked Chlevern.

"Yes", said the being.

"So who was that being who drank it?", asked Chlevern.

"I don't know about who drank it from the Demons, fantasy creatures and aliens but normally, in the Divine Soldiers, the King would've got it. But then, the King refused to take it and instead let his most loyal and strongest army Commander drink it.", said the Divine being.

"Ohh so he must be really lucky and close to your King.", exclaimed Chlevern.

"Indeed he was close to the King. The King trusted his entire army on him.", said the Divine being.

"So that commander is now one of the strongest, I am jealous.", said Chlevern with a small smile.

"I am sure you would not say that if you were that Commander.", said that being with a little sad look.

"Why would you say that?", asked Chlevern, confused.

"Because letting the 'GREAT SIP OF RECREATION' go led to the death of the King, who could have been cured of his disease caused by the trauma of the War by drinking it. The Great King died sometime after letting his Commander drink it. Since that day, the commander regrets accepting the drink from the King.", said that Divine being with a low look and his head facing downwards.

"Ohh I feel sorry for the King and the Commander, who loved his king so much. But still you did not answer my question, Who are you?", asked Chlevern again after showing some sympathy on that being.

"Ah, I forgot that. You see, I am the Commander for whom the King gave up his drink for. I am one of the fragments of the three powers who consumed the 'GREAT SIP OF RECREATION'. I am the creator of Mana and Reverse Magic. I am the greatest ancestor of human kind.

I AM.... THE PROGENITOR HIMSELF, MY NAME IS KINGSPEARE FREDINANCH.", said the divine being.

"What!!!!! You are the Progenitor?!", exclaimed Chlevern with a shocked face.

"I am sorry, My Lord, I was unable to recognise you.", said Chlevern imitating a being he saw in a book.

"No no, you don't need to apologise. It's okay you can be casual with me.", said the Progenitor.

"So, umm... Mr. Kingspeare, what do you want from this lowly human?", asked Chlevern.

"You asked me earlier that the Commander to receive 'GREAT SIP OF RECREATION' must be lucky, right? But I would say that the Commander was a very unfortunate one. He had lost both, his King and his serene life. The 'GREAT SIP OF RECREATION', gives the user great power, but the weight of its responsibility and consequences is far much greater than its power. Because of this Great power, within me, even if I want to be freed from this, I cannot. I cannot find a worthy successor to inherit such great power. But then one day, I saw you and decided that you should be my successor.", said the Mr. Kingspeare.

"But why only me?", asked Chlevern again.

"I had been seeing you since your past few lives. Everybody on the Earth, I created was given a million lives, which includes you too. I have been watching each one of them from Bright Clouds of Heaven, which was the throne of our King, Louisianar Altarios, which was later given to me as a successor of the King. You had been suffering in each of your lives that I have seen. But it was your written fate. The Fate of Lives, was written by our King, the supreme of us all. And he had given me his Fate of Lives just before dying and told me to assign these fates randomly to each and every life I would create someday. Unfortunately after doing so, you had been given the worst fate of all. Other beings, who suffered in their first life, had a lot of luxury in their other life. But you suffered in every life. Even in this life as well. You lost your parents, were bullied and neglected and also died a tragic death. So I chose you. More like the power inside me chose you. So you will be my successor. You will have this almighty power, my child.", said the Great Progenitor.

"So you mean that you chose me as I was always a sufferer?", asked Chlevern with a little upsetness in his voice.

"Not because of just that. Even when you suffered in your lives, you never gave up, you never lost your will to live, and most importantly you were always good to your life even when you faced hardships. That's what I liked about you. Your strong Will Power, your great tendency to deal with sufferings and your 'never give up' attitude. You have a Heart of Gold, my boy.", said Kingspeare.

"I don't know what to say after you praised me so much, but thank you Mr. Kingspeare.", said Chlevern with a little happy tone.

"I forgot to tell you, that when I chose you, it was me who gave you, The System. So that you can upgrade yourself in order to accommodate my Power. But your hard luck, your hard fate. You died too soon. So I am going to give you my powers after you make your body compatible with my powers. You will train under me so that you can take my full power once I am gone.", said Kingspeare, the progenitor.

"Wait. Where will you go after you give me your powers?", asked Chlevern with a confused look.

The Progenitor, Kingspeare smiled a little and said,

"The 'GREAT SIP OF RECREATION', was a power that comes with some consequences too, which I discovered later when I got this power. The consequences are: That when I decide to give my Powers to someone as my successor, after I give it to him, my soul will be freed forever and my existence will return to nothingness. So basically, after you receive my powers, I will die and you will become my successor. But as you are dead now, you will be called, The Progenitor's Reincarnate, instead of successor.", said Kingspeare.

"So that means we will never meet again after I get your powers?", asked Chlevern.

"Indeed, but if you manage to get hold of all the fragments of the 'GREAT SIP OF RECREATION', you can visit the void of Nothingness, The Domain of Souls. If you get hold of all the fragments, we will meet again after you visit the Void of Nothingness. But let's now talk about your training. We will start it later, as for now I have to bring your physical body back here for you to enable being trained.", said the Progenitor.

"Well, okay then.", said Chlevern with determination overflowing within him.

"So I think you are ready.", said Kingspeare.

"Oh yeah, I am ready!", said Chlevern banging his fist on his palm.

The End