1 Chapter 1: Beginning after the End

It was a Monday, the most boring day of the week of the year.

The scorching heat overlapped the surroundings of Rue d'égalité in Poligny, France. Even in such a climate the birds hummed happily as a gust of wind hit them.

Inside one of the apartments, a young man could be seen lying on the chair without concern. The young man wore a long-sleeved shirt that didn't fit with the scorching heat outside or inside the apartment, dark blue jeans, a nike air force reinforcing his above-normal appearance.

Curly black hair dyed blond at the ends of the strands of his hair, thin black eyebrows divided into three strokes like the Adidas symbol.

His eyes were dark brown that reflected his experience in the mundane world, his nose was a little circular, his lips were pink and sugary. He could be considered a handsome man.

But at that moment, his handsome face was full of sweat from the heat of hell outside. His name was Georges Richard, 18 years old, virgin, lover of anime and novels.

Today he had confessed to his friend from work which he had known for a long time. However, unsuccessfully, he was rejected and "friendzoned". This completely devastated him like a K.O of werstling, making him plunge into tears.

To calm his disoriented mind, he started by doing a marathon of anime and novels, in order to forget about his failed confession.

"Sigh... The world is in fact not a rainbow..."

Even with his marathon he was unable to calm his mind. Since he started reading novels and watching anime, he started to imagine what it would be like if he had a big harem at his disposal.

Heavenly beauties giving him a massage, snuggling up to him... That would be a true divine dream, but of course he couldn't take those thoughts out of him and could only keep them deep in his heart.

In this black and white, boring world, there would be no possibility of that happening only if it is in his dreams.

Sigh!

With a long sigh Georges Richard got up with some laziness, and went to the kitchen. He went to the fridge and took out a coke and some canned potatoes, once he finished doing that he went back to the chair and sat lazily.

"Ah... This is life, living without worrying about what happens in the world or even with the annoying and grumpy neighbor next to me," said Georges Richard leisurely.

He took command of television and started watching anime again. The anime he was watching was a new one that was doing well in this pandemic time, it was "Jujutsu Kaisen".

After spending several hours watching animes, Georges Richard felt his eyelids getting heavy as if they weighed tons, his vision started to blur and he could no longer see his surroundings very well.

"Ah... I... I'm very sleepy..."

Without delay, he closed his heavy eyes and ended up falling asleep in the chair slowly.

...

In a pitch-dark space, a ball of light wandered. The ball of light seemed to have no sense of direction, but it was understandable as where the ball of light found itself was the void!

Normally souls cannot live in the void without being corrupted by the vacuum energy. So, getting filled with negative emotions afterwards turns into a vengeful spirit or whatever they call it.

Suddenly the soul stopped moving, it turned left and right as if checking where it was.

"What the fuck!" Shouted the soul. "Where am I? And why don't I have a body?"

It was a surprise that the soul still has a conscience of its own, but that was understandable because that soul was Georges Richard!

He still remembered when he was watching an anime marathon when his eyelids got heavy. He already had a bad feeling about that, but he chose to ignore it because he thought he was just a little sleepy and that feeling was exaggerated.

"Did I die in my sleep?"

Georges also had his doubts, but who would answer them?

"Yes, you are right, you died in your sleep."

Suddenly a powerful voice echoed in the void.

Hearing what the voice said, Georges was first surprised then he got frightned.

Where did that voice come from? And why and how does it know how I died?

Many questions arose in his mind, but before he could answer them, a blinding light appeared out of nowhere, illuminating the void completely.

When the light became dim, Georges could see the appearance of the being that just cleared the void.

The being was an old man with white hair and a beard, wearing a completely white robes. He looked like he was a harmless and imponent old man, but the air of elegance and majesty that excluded him could not be hidden when looking at him.

Georges did not dare to belittle such a being, if he had the power to illuminate the void only with his presence, he must be very strong beyond the comprehension of a mere mortal like him.

"Who are you?" Georges Richard asked suspiciously.

Even though he was a little intimidated, he didn't want to show any weakness even if this old man was beyond his comprehension.

He learned this from experience in the world, the more weaknesses you show, the more of them people take advantage of.

The old man listening to his question seemed a little amused. He opened his mouth and majestically said: "Who I am doesn't matter, but you can identify me as R.O.B as you mortals call me in your pathetic stories..."

Georges' eyes widened. He never expected this old man in front of him to be an R.O.B.

He looked at the old man with his black brown eyes and asked: "Are you really R.O.B? Do you know why I'm here in this void?"

R.O.B looked at him with a strange smile. Georges Richard began to have a bad feeling again that something good would not come out of his mouth.

R.O.B coughed dryly to undo the tense atmosphere and said: "Yes, I know why you died. Because it was one of my problematic subordinates who killed you by mistake.

"As to why you are here, it was because I wanted to reward you for the reckless mistake my subordinate made that ended up taking you out of your peaceful but boring mortal life."

"What the fuck?!"

Georges was surprised and furious, he never expected one day that he would be mistakenly killed by a problematic subordinate of "R.O.B".

He calmed his angry nerves, regulating his breathing as if he were practicing a breathing technique.

"So how do you plan on rewarding me for your subordinate's reckless mistake?"

R.O.B looked at him with a smile and nodded: "As a reward, I will give you a chance to live again only this time in another world. What do you say, do you want it or not?"

Georges was surprised he never expected to have another chance to live again in another world. This looked like the fantasy novels or fanfics he read on Webnovel.

"Are you serious? Will I have another chance to live?" Georges said enthusiastically.

"Yes", R.O.B nodded slightly, "That's the least I can do to make up for my subordinate's mistakes."

Georges nodded in understanding and asked: "So, can I choose the world where I go?"

He was very excited by R.O.B.'s response. For he wanted to go to the world where he knew the history and take advantage of his knowledge of the future.

However, it was also to have a harem as a man of culture, that was one of the things he wanted to check out before transmigrating to another world.

However, R.O.B's response was not what he expected.

"No, you don't choose the world you're going to."

Georges' face twitched as he incredulously asked: "Why not? In every fanfic, Mc chooses where he goes, why can't I ?!"

"Yes those are Mc of fanfics, but this is not a fanfic. So, things are not the same," said R.O.B shamelessly.

Georges was stunned by the shameless R.O.B. But in the end he sighed helplessly and shrugged his shoulders.

It didn't matter if he couldn't choose the world where he would migrate. As long as he could live once more and have a harem, everything would be fine with him.

"So, am I going to transmigrate in a world of cultivation?" Georges asked curiously.

R.O.B nodded and said: "Yes, the world where you will reincarnate will be a world of cultivation. It is also time for you to say your wishes, but choose carefully because you only have 4 wishes."

Georges nodded, not looking surprised by the sudden demand of 'wishes'. For, he knew that this was normal for those who would transmigrate or reincarnate in another world.

Then, he said excitedly: "Since I am going to a world of cultivation, I want the memories of Gods who have reached the peak of cultivation. Containing in their memories of the information about the cultivation realms, cultivation methods, martial arts, secondary professions like (Alchemist, blacksmith, beast tamer, master of formations, etc...)

"2nd Wish: A ring that contains an individual space which time flies slower, containing within the ring resources for Immortal cultivation, advancement in secondary professions, and others."

"3rd Wish: A sword with the same characteristics as Zangetsu, the zanpakuto of Kurosaki Ichigo and that was unbelievably sharp made for killing and indestructible.

4th Wish: To have the ability to imagine any element of the world and make it come true as if I had an affinity with the respective element."

Upon hearing Georges' wishes, R.O.B's old face contracted instantly. However, he maintained his image of R.O.B and did not complain about the exaggerated wishes of a mere mortal whom he can kill with the blink of his eyes.

"Since you have stated your wishes, it is time for you to leave here."

"Wait-"

Georges didn't even have time to finish speaking when a vortex appeared out of nowhere and sucked him completely without leaving any traces in the void.

"Sigh", R.O.B shook his head and looked at where Georges Richard had disappeared, "Haha, I'm glad he didn't know that it was me who killed him, if not, even I wouldn't know what other kind of wishes would come out of his shameless mouth."

If Georges knew R.O.B just said, he would certainly curse him without forgiveness even with the risks of being wiped out without leaving any traces.

Bro, you said it was your subordinate who killed me. But now that I have disappeared, you have decided to reveal the secret hidden behind my death.

Blaming your subordinate without blinking, for a mistake he didn't even make. Just to get away from losing prestige as R.O.B?

Shameless! Simply shameless!