Family reunion

Opening my eyes I found myself in a room unknown to me. 

"Where am I?"

Confused, I looked around for answers. 

As I was about to get up, a sharp pain came over me, forcing me to lie back down. 

"Damn, my head is splitting."

I muttered through clenched teeth. 

But the pain didn't come alone, along with it my memory began to return.

As memories of my time in the dark space and my conversation with the Goddess came back to me, I remembered that I had to check something important. 

Sitting up, I pulled down my pants with excitement.

Seeing my little brother, alive and well, exactly as I remembered him, I was ready to let out a tear. 

It seemed I could now understand the emotions of people finding their relatives decades later. 

For today I found a long lost little brother. Even a moment without him seemed like an eternity to me. 

"I'll take better care of you now and let you try more new delicacies." 

I concluded the touching family reunion with my fiery promise.

Having dealt with the most important thing, I decided to think about my situation. 

I immediately thought of the smiling face of the Goddess of Darkness that she showed before I left. Together with her seductive body, it was a picture of breathtaking beauty. 

This time my little brother didn't ignore me, but deftly nodded to me as if agreeing with my opinion. 

"That Goddess is hot as hell."

[You've got a bold tongue, boy.]

I heard a familiar voice. But unlike last time, I wasn't surprised or shocked and just looked around for the speaker. 

Finding no one, I decided to ask

"The Goddess of Darkness?"

[No. Did you think Goddess was some kind of Pokémon that would come at your call?]

A slightly irritated sarcastic voice answered me.

"What are pokémon?" 

I asked in bewilderment. 

[...nevermind.]

Getting out of bed, I made my way to the full-length mirror hanging not far from my bed. 

A familiar image appeared before me in the reflection.

Dark hair and handsome face with piercing red eyes.

A body with the right amount of muscle to achieve ideal proportions while maintaining a fit physique.

And a dragon who dwarfs all around him with his size.

Undoubtedly, the man in the mirror is me.

In this world I had an appearance identical to my past. If not for recent events, I might have mistaken it for myself.

Of course, there was the possibility that it was all a dream or illusion and I was still in my world, but the feelings I experienced throughout were too vivid to believe that.

Remembering something I turned to the mysterious voice again.

"By the way, before I disappeared, the Goddess said she had prepared a gift for me. Do you know where it is?"

[It's me.]

"Is this a joke?"

I asked my interlocutor in disbelief, while many thoughts raced through my mind.

Is my gift a woman's voice in my head? 

It's certainly pretty sexy, but what am I supposed to do with it? 

Maybe the Goddess has some weird sexual preferences or fetishes? 

I'd prefer her clone or her–

[Shut up! One more word or thought of disrespect to the Goddess, and your favorite cock will explode like a celebratory salute.] 

Not choosing to pursue this pernicious topic, I focused on more important matters.

"Okay, so what can your sexy voice do but whisper dirty words in my ear?"

[Hmph. You don't even realize my greatness. I can do so much more than you can imagine.]

"Like what?" 

[I need your consent to activate all my powers.]

"I agree."

Without briefly thinking, I answered right away.

[Consent confirmed.]

[System Activation.]

[The process of assimilation with the system has begun...]

[It's gonna hurt a little bit.]

As soon as I heard the last message, a terrible pain shot through my whole body. Unprepared for this turn of events, a long scream escaped from my mouth.

"AAAAAAARRRGGHH."

I felt the world around me begin to spin, turning into a blurry image. 

It seemed like every neuron in my brain was screaming in pain, causing me to pass out every second, only to come to again from the pain. 

This cycle seemed to continue indefinitely before my consciousness finally came back to me and allowed me to hear a new message.

[Assimilation successful.]

"Damn system, do you think it only hurts a little bit?!"

With a shout, I reprimanded the system.

[Pain is a subjective concept, so you can't blame me for it.]

[Would you like to obtain the memories of this body?] 

Deciding not to continue this useless argument, I immediately asked the important question.

"Will I have to go through it again to do that?"

Taught by my past experience, I vowed never again to blindly accept the system's suggestions. 

[No, it was a one-time inconvenience that allowed you to fully adapt, so you won't have to experience any pain in subsequent times.]

"Okay, do it."

After that, a flood of memories flowed into my head and just as the system promised, I felt no pain this time.

I focused on what was pouring into my mind. 

During this process, I involuntarily frowned, but not from pain, but from what I saw in the memory of the former owner of this body. 

He had the same name, appearance and even his little brother was identical to mine. In both of our stories there was a hero who had a negative impact on our lives.

He seemed like a perfectly recreated copy of me.

But there were differences. If the main reason for my fall and subsequent epiphany was the hero, he was not the main problem in the Rain story of this world.

The main cause of his misfortunes lay in one name.

Alice Frostchild. 

Rain's fiancée, who for some mysterious reason he had been in love with since childhood. He insisted on their engagement, he was constantly in contact with her, initiating 100% of their meetings, he was constantly helping and supporting her, only to be stabbed in the heart at the end when he saw her flirting with the hero of this world. 

After that, everything went downhill: his social life, his status in society, his abilities, even his desire to live was in question.

Also, unlike me, he didn't undergo any changes after falling into the depths of despair, having remained floating in them.

After watching the flashbacks, I was left with a bitter taste in my mouth that still wouldn't go away.

While I was extremely displeased with the Rain of this world, and even despised him and the choices he made to some extent, I realized that I myself had once in my ignorance thrown myself at the hero and done other stupid things. I also dealt with the loss of my fiancée, though it didn't affect me as much as it did him.

Closing my eyes, I spent a few seconds in thought before coming to a conclusion.

Since I didn't get to teach my fiancée a lesson in my world, I should do it in this one. 

At least for my own sake.

[If you're ready, I'll tell you about my functions and your mission.]

*knock-knock*

As I was about to reply, I was interrupted by a knock on the door.

A moment later, a monotonous voice sounded.

"Young master, Mistress Celestia summons you." 

Hearing the reason why I was disturbed, I began to search for a person of that name in the memory of my predecessor.

When the image of a woman appeared in my mind, a wide grin appeared on my face. I couldn't help but lick my lips at the thought of meeting her.

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