The ball vibrates, remaining staring at you.

“You want to be yourself?” The ball asks coming close to your face, almost touching your nose. You quickly react by taking a few steps back.

“You surprise me, you don’t want to be a powerful hero, someone who everyone fears and admire, and neither do you want to be a Monarch who can command soldiers and do anything you wish!”

“But do tell me, who makes the present ‘you’? Is it your mind? No, it can’t be that because your real body isn’t even here!”

“You are probably saying to yourself that it is your soul that defines you? But what if your soul was born in another person? You think if your soul was born in a body of a Monarch it would be the same as if it was born inside your present self?”

“And yet here I am! Giving your soul the opportunity to be born again! Are you sure you are going to refute my offers?”

You ponder for a while as various thoughts cloud your judgements. You are aware that all the shit that happened earlier reduced your capability of taking a decision. You gradually let your fears rest, your anxiety slip away, and then you reply:

I want to be born again as a Hero. I want to born again as a Monarch. I’ve already told you. I want to be my current self!

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The ball frowns. “Such a pity, I really had high hopes for you…”

“But if that’s what you wish for, I will surely not be the one who breaks your heart. Also, don’t come back crying to me, because then I will not help you!”

The ball vibrates, distorting space and time. A large metal door appears not that far away from you, slowly opening and revealing a dark entrance, and you wonder what’s inside there.

“I summoned you here for a mission, but it is useless explaining now because without any power you will definitely fail. Good luck surviving out there.”

You feel your body being pulled out by a powerful wind, giving you no chance to even react as you disappear in the dark tunnel to only god-knows-where.

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