HEAVEN OR HELL (02).

"Hello, good morning!" Suddenly Joseph opened his eyes and saw a very beautiful woman standing in front of him.

Her curious green eyes looked at him with a beautiful shine in them. Her long silver hair flowed down her back, touching her waist. She had a very beautiful smile on her face which looked divine on her pale white skin.

"Yes, I'm fine. How are you?" Suddenly Joseph spoke, but it was not him, it was the previous owner of the body.

It's his memory fragment...

"I'm fine. So, how are you feeling? It's your first day at the Academy," she asked with a curious face, while she walked closer to his face. For some reason, he could feel his heart blushing in embarrassment.

"I'm feeling good. I thought I should ask the same question to you, Seriya. After all, it's your first day too." Joseph asked as he walked a little back, trying his best to hide the embarrassed look on his face.

"I'm very happy. After all, I'm going to visit Zaffron Academy, the best academy in the whole kingdom, and it's thanks to you." She spoke with a big smile on her face, which momentarily took both Josephs by surprise.

She is really beautiful and kind-hearted!

Joseph thought to himself as he silently watched the scene in front of him.

"Now get ready, we have to go. After all, we are very far from the city and it will take us three days to get there, so get up fast!" She spoke in a hurried tone, which made her look cuter.

"Yes, I'm getting ready!" Joseph slowly got up from his bed and walked towards the mirror in front of him.

This is not his lab, it's his house!

Joseph started to remember his former self's memory, and because of that, he recalled this as his house situated deep in Malvora Forest.

"Your food is ready, so get a bath properly first!" Joseph heard Seriya's voice.

"Yeah, on it!" Joseph answered her back walked inside the bathroom and started to wash himself, after which he took a shower.

"Here are your clothes. I'll leave them outside." Seriya spoke with her soft voice.

"Yes, I'll be out in a moment," Joseph answered back to her.

What the hell, it feels like I'm stalking a married couple. Damn it, I'm so jealous of this guy.

Joseph walked out of the shower while wearing a towel. He grabbed his clothes and then walked towards the mirror.

Damn it, he is good-looking. I didn't focus on it at that time, but now that I see it, he's a very handsome and cute type of boy.

Joseph started to wear his clothes slowly and then combed his hair properly, giving him a scholarly vibe.

After he got ready properly, he walked out of the room and, using the stairs, came down. There he saw Seriya serving meals on the table while humming some tune.

This guy is living every man's dream!

"Come, your food is getting cold!" Seriya spoke, and Joseph walked towards the table and sat down at it.

Wait, the mark?? It's not there...

Joseph looked at his previous self's hand, which was resting on the table, and didn't find the mark on it.

"Today I have made your favorite di—" Suddenly Seriya's words started to cut, and her figure before he started to glitch as if some kind of internet problem was making her ping high.

Swiss...

A little bit later, the whole place turned dark and the memory fragment ended.

Well, that was weird!!

Joseph thought to himself and decided to learn as much knowledge as he could from the fragment.

Though the fragment only showed a particular scene, Joseph was able to remember many things related to the scene without even seeing them.

It's as if these memories are planted deep inside my subconscious brain, waiting to get out at any moment.

Joseph waited for his mind to get used to the flood of information his mind had accumulated in this memory fragment.

So that girl's name was Seriya, and she was Joseph's childhood friend.

Both of them lived in a village situated deep inside the forest. The village population was very low, and with this, the literacy rate was equally low.

It was to the point that Joseph and Seriya were the only ones with proper knowledge in this village.

After studying very hard, Joseph was permitted to a school that gave further knowledge for free to get into the best academies in the Kingdom of Babylon.

Babylon is one of the five kingdoms, which comes under Jayden's control.

There are some small kingdoms too, but these are the top big kingdoms with the strongest powers.

Joseph studied hard in school and taught everything he learned to Seriya, who was a brilliant student. Both of them, after completing the four-year course, decided to take the most difficult exam of Zaffron Academy, the most prestigious academy with many branches opened in all five kingdoms.

They both were so intelligent that they even got selected, and not only that, they both got first and second positions in the exam. Joseph got first, and Seriya got second.

Both didn't have parents and wanted to do something good for their village. After the Academy ended, Joseph decided to stay in Babylon, while Seriya came back to help the villagers develop it.

Joseph decided that this much memory was enough for him and then tried to open his eyes, but no matter how much harder he tried, his eyes just wouldn't open for him.

What the heck??

Joseph tried to move, but his whole body felt like it had been tied up, restraining his limb movements.

"Mmhh—!!!"

He tried to speak and move, but his whole body was stuck in a very weird and uncomfortable position.

"Arka muktranu iskanutuo!" Suddenly Joseph heard someone speaking. Though he didn't understand their language, he could somehow tell that it was very well directed towards him.

"Ismatu kanjokara yamukana 'Jayden' istakbula!" Suddenly Joseph heard a word he was familiar with. Jayden means the human civilization of this world. He decided to listen to them and try to understand their words.

Wait, wasn't Joseph an expert in languages?!

Joseph thought about using his mark. He didn't know what would happen to him, but he had to do something to get out of this place.

Joseph slowly started to let his mana flow towards his right hand. After consuming food, he had a little bit more mana to use.

As the mana flowed inside his mark, his right hand started to feel warmer and then his mark started to glow. Suddenly, a surge of unknown energy entered through his hand straight to his mind.

And suddenly, Joseph started to understand what they were talking about. But then he heard something that sent chills through his whole body.

"Should we kill him??"

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