Under the warm kiss of the sun and clear skies, a young male voice sounded.
"Hey, my name is Kael. I'm new here. Just came to visit my mum."
"Okay, that's nice. Nice meeting you," a young woman's voice replied.
"What's your name?" Kael asked.
"Liora," she replied.
Now it was evening, and the beautiful sunset had dyed the entire sky in its glow.
"Kael, escort me to the supermarket," a young lady said, clinging to the arm of the young man accompanying her.
Holding hands, a young girl stood on her toes, trying to reach the ear of the young man beside her, whispering,
"Liora, let's watch a movie together."
"Arghhhh! My head is exploding! Liora, where are you? I don't... I don't want to lose you!"
Suddenly, everything turned black.
Slowly, sounds returned — well, just the intense ringing in his ears — and a completely huge white space.
"The fuck?! Did the world really explode?" Kael murmured, rubbing his head.
Lifting his gaze, he froze.
"Huh… what is this place? Everything's white. What is this floating orb?" Kael muttered, looking around the strange space he found himself in.
Blinking, Kael kept rubbing his eyes. The ground was white, the sky was white, some weird-looking white trees, white grass...
"Wait, the grass is white? What the fuck is this place?" Kael thought, completely confused.
"Hello, Kael. Don't be alarmed. Take some time to calm down. You need to unpack before I destroy your worldview," a serious, alluring voice echoed endlessly in the white space.
"Huh?
How do you know my name?
Destroy my worldview?
What if I like my worldview the way it is?
What… what is this place?
What's going on?
I think… maybe heaven?
Have I passed away?" Kael asked, spinning in circles as he searched for the voice.
"Oh, where are my manners! What do you prefer — tea or coffee? Or something else?" the voice asked after a smacking sound echoed out.
"Coffee?" Kael responded, still lost.
Immediately after he responded, a table appeared — complete with a coffee machine and a set of teacups before him.
Trembling, he managed to prepare coffee in the weird space.
"Silly me, my apologies, Kael. Have a seat," followed an alluring giggle as a comfortable cushion appeared.
Finally taking a seat and sipping the coffee, Kael felt a little less tense.
"Erhm… Sexy Voice Lady, can you tell me what's going on? Where am I?" Kael asked shakily.
"Please pay attention then — and take a deep breath," the Sexy Voice Lady replied with a chuckle.
"Where do you come from?" she asked.
"Ear… Earth," Kael responded.
"Where is Earth located?" the Sexy Voice Lady continued.
Liora's face flashed in Kael's mind at that instant. Then, clenching his teeth, he snapped,
"Why do you want to know that? Are you an alien? Have you kidnapped me?"
"You know what, fuck you and fuck this coffee! Show your face — let's settle this!" Kael roared out.
"Calm down, kid. I know about the solar system.
Sip the fucking coffee like the pussy you are, and zip it unless I ask you a question! Got it?" the Sexy Voice Lady said sharply.
Just as Kael was about to retort, he was suddenly surrounded by guns and missiles that appeared out of nowhere.
Gulping, he meekly nodded.
"Understood," Kael whispered.
"I thought so too, Kael," the Sexy Voice Lady playfully said.
"Your universe is gone. It's probably in Valhalla by now — it packed its bags and left the pests behind.
It's more like your universe performed a self-fumigation and ran away," she went on to say.
"Oh, I guess it was about time, right?" Kael responded offhandedly.
"What?! So everyone else died? Liora... she..." Tears started forming in Kael's eyes, his body trembling.
"You're such a wimp, you know?" the Sexy Voice Lady said before continuing.
"Now, you and everyone else from your universe made it here.
You're refugees that no other universe needs or wants.
So we banded together to create an incubation realm. Since you're useless, we'll give you purpose.
We won't force you to accept anything, but if you don't agree to go to the incubation realm, I can take you to Hades personally."
Her tone was calm, but unmistakably dangerous.
"I'm in a good mood today. You have five seconds to decide — live again, or take a trip to the other side as dust?" she said, giggling. The sound of arming missiles and guns cocking followed.
"Miss Sexy Voice Lady, where do I sign?" Kael replied instantly, wiping the sweat from his brow.
"Good boy.
But I must say, you're pretty sly — calling me Sexy Voice Lady while still offending me," she said.
"Still, I have a big heart. Since you love my voice so much, I'll give you the chance to make me love yours. Personally, I prefer painful screams."
A thunderous crack split the space as lightning struck around him again and again.
For the next minute, Kael was tenderized and well done.
"I know you can move. Crawl to the orb and touch it," the Sexy Voice Lady said with a content sigh.
"This is the good life," she mumbled happily.
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Upon touching the orb, a robotic voice sounded:
Beginning deep scan...
> Name: Kael Valeryis
Age: 23
Race: Low-tier Human
Aptitude: Super Trash (No available dump ready to accept this level of trash.)
Skills: None
Soul Bind: Liora Birdsong
Relationships: 3 (Family, lover, acquaintances)
Social Status: Supreme Otaku
Remarks: Easier to transform a vegetable than to train this "thing."
"You know I can hear you, right?" Kael whispered with his head bowed.
"Trash! Get your hands off me before you infect me — begin purification of reception space and incubation realm transit," the robotic voice echoed again.