Chapter 3: Meeting the higher ups

Finally my number was called: “Number 666!”

“Oh look who is it! It’s the fatty!” I thought while approaching his desk.

“Hello, fatty, long time no see!” I greeted amicably the fat guy sitting behind the desk, as I sat before him.

He had long blond hair, a round face with rosy cheeks (probably from stuffing food in them), golden eyes, and he was wearing a long white robe with gold buttons that seemed ready to burst and kill the one sitting in front of him…who was at the time me!

“666! A fitting number for someone like you…sir.” was his reply to my heartfelt greeting.

“Oy piggy, what are you getting at? Do you mean, I look like a demon?”

“Fufufu, it was your words sir, not mine. And I would strictly advise you to not call me piggy or fatty. The name is Gabriel, archangel and director of this humble establishment. I am the one who will pass judgment on you Mr Hitoshi Kurosawa. Let me check what we have on you from our data.”

“Oy Gabby! I hope you are not going to start a new game of solitaire again right? I am in a hurry, I have to go for my graduation ceremony!” I said even though I was suspecting I was dead but still hoping that all of this might as well be a dream.

His once rosy cheeks lost all color, as he was looking at his monitor.

“Ehem, there seems to be a problem….Wait here please, I have to call one of the Administrators.”

With that, puff (sfx for vanishing), he was gone without leaving me the time to even say anything.

A couple of minutes later, he was back with one hell of a hot babe. She was tall as much as me, well maybe a couple of inches shorter, at about 1.80 m, long blonde hair that were tied neatly into a ponytail reaching all the way just above her glorious buttocks.

Her slender body was accentuated by two modest breasts, and her eyes were golden as all the rest of the employees here were. She was adorning a smile showing off her pearly white teeth when turning to address me, but that smile didn’t reach her beautiful eyes, it was as fake as the so called “beauty” redhead I met in the waiting area. Thinking about that, I wonder if the priest is okay…well not my business anyway.

“Mr Hitoshi Kurosawa, it’s such a pleasure to finally meet the legendary “Bloody Dragon”.

I winced at the nickname that has caused me so much troubles and sorrow in my 20 years of life, as well turn my hopes of getting a girlfriend while I was alive, to dust.

Realizing that the blonde was only here in order to sugar coat whatever they were going to tell me, I addressed her.

“Blondie, cut the crap and get to the case! What’s going on, why am I here? Am I dead? ”

“ Mr Kurosawa. This place here is called the Purgatory. I know that you might were expecting the Purgatory to look like something else, but as you can see this is not the case. Here what we do, is process all the recently deceased’s data on how they carried themselves while they were alive. Simply speaking, we count the good deeds against the sins that people have committed during their life. If the good deeds surpass their sins then they are transported to heaven, if not then it’s going to be hell for them.”

“Okay, then what am I doing here? Hurry up and move me to Hell or Heaven. Although I must warn you, I will only accept Heaven as I have done nothing wrong during my life. Sure, I might have broken a couple of noses, legs, hands, cracked a few heads and bones here and there, but nobody died and all those who came at me truly deserved what they got.” I said angrily

“The problem is we can’t decide where to send you Mr Kurosawa. It seems that your good deeds and your sins are completely balanced. And… well you were not supposed to appear for judgement till you were 87 years old”

“What! Does this mean I was not supposed to die today? Does this mean it was all your mistake? If so, then hurry up and teleport me where I was! I still have my graduation ceremony to attend to!” I shouted at her, while in the corner of my eyes I could see fatty, archangel Gabriel, typing a storm and clicking frantically in his computer.

“Damn that fatty is a game addict and with solitaire to boot!” is what I thought.

“I’m truly sorry Mr Kurosawa, but that is not possible. While you were here, your body was cremated. We cannot return you to your original body. But before you yell at me, let me inform you of the good news! As a way of apologizing to you we will transfer your soul to a new body, a body truly strong and magnificent. One that will fit you perfectly!”

My brows furrowed in concentration as I took in all that she told me. That wouldn’t be so bad right?

A clean start without the chick repellant title of the Bloody Dragon, a new body strong and magnificent one that would suit me perfectly? And magnificent that means I was going to be handsome right? Shaking my head, I said:

“No, no, no what’s the catch? Blondie what are you hiding? Tell me more about this soul transfer you are speaking of, my mama raised no fool!” was what I declared.

“Fufufu, you are truly smart aren’t you? Well, this body we are talking about where your soul will be transferred is not in your world, as unfortunately we don’t have any vacant places to put you in. But fear not, it’s actually in a parallel world to the one you were until recently leaving. That world is called Gaia, it is inhabited by many races. For example there are humans there, elves, dwarves, beastmen and many demis which are the outcome of interracial love between the races. I will not bore you with mentioning all the races as there are still many species and races to be recorded. What I will tell you though is that you will get the body of someone who is well respected by the people of his race, a nobility of some sort, you will not have to bother yourself with lodging, as that person already had his own. You will have power unmatched, second to only the king himself and many surbordinates that will tend to your every need!

“ Sounds good to me! But what about Gaia, what else can you tell me about it? Do they have the technology we used to have on earth? And most importantly am I going to get a girlfriend?”

“Alas, we cannot give you an answer on the girlfriend thing. Love is a really complicated thing, you cannot make someone fall in love with you, as everyone has their own free will. The matters of the heart in the end, are still matters of the heart and as such, no one even the gods of Gaia can do anything about it. Although, sometimes they tend to meddle themselves in favor of love or against it. It all depends on their whims. But worry not! You will be considered very handsome among your race! Females will seek you out to mate with you. That I can guarantee!”. She said smiling.

Finally, finally, finally I was going to get a girlfriend! I almost pumped my fist in the air after hearing all that, completely missing the evil smile that appeared briefly on the blondies face.

“Hm, about the deities you mentioned before…?” I asked her again, keeping up my cool façade, although I was anxious about getting over this stuff and getting on with my new life.

“Before you ask me, yes there are many deities in Gaia. But I will let you find more about them when you get there. I wouldn’t want to hinder your progress in Gaia by laying out all the information. There are things you have to find for yourself. As for your question about technology in that world, I would say that its similar to Medieval Earth, you will not find computers or other stuff like that, but what truly makes it unique is that there is magic and you sir are going to be able to use some of the most powerful spells that exist there.”

“ Okay, I agree to the whole soul transfer thingy. Let’s get this show on the road! Transfer me!” I yelled no longer able to hide my excitement.

The blondie after hearing my declaration smiled for the first time. The smile she gave me was a genuine one. She couldn’t hide her delight and her golden eyes seemed as bright as the sun. With a nod she signaled fatty Gabby to start the procedure.

A small vortex appeared on the white marble floor beneath my chair that was beginning to increase in size, ready to swallow me and transfer me to my new world. Still, I had just realized that I didn’t ask her one very crucial question.

So, seconds before the vortex was at full size I asked her:

“Hey! I forgot to ask. What race am I going to be? And what’s your name?”

“Ho,ho,ho, but of course the only race that could ever fit one as fine as yourself! Demon!” she said in obvious delight!

As the vortex was sucking me in, my eyes were on her, I was screaming all sort of obscenities and threats at her

“I will crash your bones and suck your marrow! You f*cking blond”

Last thing I heard and saw before I completely left that place was:

“Fufufu, you’re truly a Demon General. I salute you! And by the way, the name is LOKI!” with that, her image of a hot, blonde babe came crushing down and in her place an old geezer stood with goats horns on his forehead, as for the rest of his features, I couldn’t see them as the vortex closed.