A Beautiful White Haired Man

"We won!" Chrono replied.

"What did you just do?" Fredella asked worriedly.

"I broke the core in her heart. That creature is a manifestation of the energy of the Goddess of Life statue. The crystal in the statue resonates with my magic." I look at the claymore from the monster before.

A claymore that looks so pretty with purple colour that match with me. At the time I touch it, the claymore disappeared.

Meanwhile Fredella and Clarice were shocked, while Chrono, who was previously indifferent, now looked at me seriously. "Perhaps...you have the power of life?" he asked.

"I guess so." I answered as I realized something.

"If you can resonate with the statue, then... you're a god?"

I just keep quiet, confused about how to answer.

All of them suddenly shocked, "Why? Are you not happy?" Chrono asked.

I sighed, "No."

Ah.., reincarnated just like other fantasy novel. And them bing an anomaly and I must be the center of this world and end up defeating the strongest enemy, right? Boring. Is that my story in this world.

Suddenly I feel so boring.

"Can you tell me about the story of the goddess of life?" I asked again.

Fredella immediately opened her grimoire and read me a story:

A long time ago before this world was created. In the time when space and time did not exist, there were 3 gods created from the void. They were Aion, Felicia, and Nebukadnezzar.

Aion is the god of space and time. Felicia is the goddess of matter and energy and life. And Nebuchadnezzar is the God of the universe. They created this world and named it Asteria. Which means falling star.

This world was so peaceful under their leadership. All races in Asteria lived side by side. Plants thrived. So did the animals.

"One day, one of the races in Asteria, Abyss, tried to rebel to take the throne of the gods. They were defeated. But as a result the God of time disappeared. The God of law was killed. And only Felicia remained." The elder continued.

But she was cursed by the Abyss. She slowly began to destroy Asteria. Therefore she killed herself. But God Felicia loved the humans in Asteria so much. And the people in Asteria loved her. So she chose humans to have her power. So that the God of Life would be reborn even with a different person.

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"Maybe that person is you." Fredella continued as she closed her book.

"Amazing." Clarice praised in disbelief, "Can I have your autograph?"

I stood up and immediately destroyed the rest crystal on the god statue that was already overgrown with wildflowers with my claymore, "You guys are too much. I will never become a God."

"Why? Don't you want to be respected by all of Asteria?" Clarice asked curiously.

"No. I want to live an ordinary life." I continued with a smile.

I stared at the statue and the woman and then the floating land above the Hutan Suci. I stared at the floating land for quite a while. To the point that Clarice asked me, "What's wrong, Awaii?"

"Somehow this place feels familiar. Why did I feel like I have been here before?" I answered in confusion.

"Familiar?"

"Ah, maybe it's not important. Forget it." I continued.

My steps stopped as soon as I remembered what Felicia said before I was reincarnated.

'Welcome back to Asteria. My lovely star.'

Welcome back? Did I have met her? Why did she said that. And Hera who knows everything. This is very suspicious. Maybe I have to force Hera to told me about this,

Yes, that's right. It feels weird. I feel like I know what's up there. Have I been here before. Deja vu?

"I better go home now, Hera might look for me. It's already evening now."

"Okay then...let's meet again tomorrow, Awaii." said Fredella somewhat disappointed.

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The breeze of the meadow hit me. I walked while looking at the tulips with a smile.

I was still lost in my thoughts.

I could even remember the way home clearly. How strange. Have I been reincarnated here before?

My eyes stared at a small dot aka a remote house built into a cliff. While the second floor was built on a cliff with a grassy yard and stairs that spread to the lower yard.

Many trees and flowers were planted around the house. Even some bonsai trees were planted in the yard on the 2nd floor.

The architecture was really strange. But the shape of the building was a bit similar to the Dutch colonial era in Indonesia combined with a vintage shape,

That was my house.

I stared at the overall view of the island which was shaped like a tiered cake. Each floor of the birthday cake island, apart from the top, contained a beautiful village or small town.

Meanwhile, Hera's house was built on the ground floor/base which was connected to a giant meadow surrounded by mountains.

A giant apple tree in the middle of a cluster of tulips was already visible, meaning we would arrive soon. I looked up at the sky, for some reason it looked cloudy today. I suddenly felt uneasy.

In front of us was a young man who was standing looking at the tulips from the edge of the sidewalk. His strong hands gently stroked the tulips growing on the side of the road.

He looked at the flowers with sad and confused eyes. I interpreted it as a look of longing for someone but not knowing who he missed so much.

His face then turned to look at me. His expression changed to a cold expression without any emotion at all. I looked up to be able to look at him. He was very tall. His crystal blue ocean irises stared at me like I was just trash.

"Who?" I whispered to myself.

He was a young man who was probably 20 years old wearing a long blue outercoat and a scarf

His clothing style was very different. it was not a vintage violet style, but a classic late 19th century European clothing style.

His face was very handsome, but his gaze gave me goosebumps.

His skin was pale white, as white as porcelain. His long hair that reached his back was snow white, tied in a half up and half down style at his back.

His eyes stared at me coldly. Blue in color with a shape like a glowing crystal. He looked like someone who was half human and half god.

"Eh.. have I met him before?" I said to myself.

I felt familiar with him but I don't know who he is. In fact, we both have never met.

"Brown hair down to his back. And eyes the color of the night sky purple. Are you someone named Awaii?" He asked flatly.

"Huh... who?" I asked in confusion.

SHINGG!!

I was immediately shocked. He didn't respond to me at all, instead he pulled out a sword that appeared out of nowhere followed by a bluish light.

Immediately the sword was pointed at me with his intimidating face.

"W-what?" I asked cautiously while remaining calm.