Astrayed

In the White Void

Alex: C-can't…go on…anymore…

His vision was hurting. . . After almost an hour of wandering in the white void, with no sense of direction, he couldn't notice any color except for white, and nor did he see a horizon. His legs were feeling numb and were on the verge of breaking.

Alex: I am…done…

Alex muttered those words before collapsing to the ground.

Alex POV: Guess I am good as dead now, not only this white place is driving me crazy…my body is at its limits…Sorry Mom, guess we won't be celebrating my 18th birthday.

With his father killed during a Mall hijack by one of the hijackers, he spent his time alone with the nanny that his mother appointed. Since she did had better work than raising a brat like him.

Alex let out a slight chuckle as a means to cope with this sudden bizarre situation he is now in.

He closed his eyes, trying to imagine any color other than white and not trying to imagine voices and go crazy due to this never-ending silence, Until…

??: I didn't expect a soul to come here and get his mana to be drained this much

Alex: !!!

He is hoping that he isn't hallucinating, hoping that he hasn't loosened his screws. With hesitation, he gathered all the energy he had and asked one question.

Alex: Are you…real?

??: I am as real as this white void you are in right now. If you still don't trust me, Open your eyes.

Alex opens his eyes and saw the woman, a maiden who was in a white gown and was hiding her face with a veil. And for the maiden part, she had quite the pitch in her voice

Alex: Why are you hiding your fa-

??: Can't tell you. It's personal.

Alex: Ok? And how am I able to walk in this place? Isn't this place more like a white Void?

??: That is for intruders, not for goddesses who reside here and for travelers who travel to other worlds.

Alex: Oh…

??: Besides, even in this white void, this is a far away and isolated place that can be only reached by those who intend to travel or those whose soul comes here by accident.

Alex: Wow…

??: Well, now that you wind up here. I better get my work started. Get up and follow me.

Alex: Sorry but I-

That woman came close to Alex, walked to him and touched her forehead, and uttered the same unknown language as that man in the cloak, although he couldn't understand it he started to feel refreshed and energetic again.

Alex: W-what? But how-

??: I don't have time to explain all this to you. I need to lead you to the paths or else the Skull Warden will come here and take you away from here.

Alex: Ok. . .

He was confused and had a lot of questions about what was happening right now.

Skull Warden? Paths? It does remind him of the crazy cult he heard rumors of when he was in 6th grade. But he knows that he is in no position to ask questions right now. So he proceeds to follow that woman. Especially he didn't want to get himself, in the hands of that so-called skull warden. The white Void was already driving him crazy enough.

Alex followed the maiden, They walked for a few minutes. After what felt like mere minutes Alex saw a big red luminescent tree that stood on a small hill. It was standing out from this world devoid of any other colors.

Alex: Woah. . .

The Epicentre:

??: You have no time to be astonished. Come here and decide on any one of the 4 paths.

Alex: Huh?

Alex saw a path converge from a single line, he then stands on the line and from where he stood it started to diverge into four.

One was Green, one was Blue, one was Blood Red and one was Pure White.

Alex: What is-

??: Currently, the world you are gonna travel to has only four paths, plus due to your age, you are only restricted to this world.

Alex POV: There are age restrictions for traveling to another world too?.... Weird…

??: The green represents a fresh new path where your memory will be erased and have a new start.

Alex: Yeah, that is out of options.

??: Blue is a path where you will have a peaceful and simple li-

Alex: Boring~

As a vein pops in that maiden's face, indicating that this is testing her wits and limits.

?? POV: Fucking brat, doesn't know the value of a serene life although he got murdered.

As she muttered all of these in her thoughts.

Alex: What is the red path?

??: Oh that, the red path is the indication of your destiny filled with blood, slaughter, betrayal and-

Alex: That sounds too scary.

?? POV: Tch, Coward.

As she scoffed in her mind.

Alex: So, what is this white path?

??: Oh, it is a blank slate. It means that you are the one who will carve your destiny and also survive everything the world will throw against you. But I don't think a spoiled brat like you will sele-

Alex: I will go through this path.

??: Eh?! Do you mean it?! That's-

Alex: Alright, Later!

As he saw the boy go through the path.

?? POV: Wait you are sure about this?! You can't change it afterward!!

Alex: Don't mind it, Anyways thanks for healing me!

??: Alright. . .

Alex started to walk down that path, after she saw him disappear she started to head towards the tree

Meanwhile, Alex:

POV: I am better off going right now. . Wait for a second, I mean Re-incarnation does mean I will be born as a baby again, and since that green path is the one that does memory wiping as she said so my memories will be intact but. . .

Alex: Um, Goddes-

He saw that the direction which he traveled through has disappeared and the only visible path which was left is the one ahead of him.

Alex: . . . Fuck, should have at least asked her name

Alex POV: Well since she is a goddess, I will know her name in that world for now I have to move on and just see what will happen…

With the Goddess:

The Goddess then went up to the tree and sat below it. Smiling, she summoned a book and opened it. She saw a new page forming in the book, after it formed she started to go through that page and chuckled at what she read.

??: Quite the interesting wanderer, we have gotten~

?? POV: Hmmm, so intriguing I wonder how this brat will end up?~ A fate of Suffering like those or making a prominent legacy like the chosen few. So curious~

As the Goddess of Knowledge and the so-called guardian of paths, Pandora chuckled and just thought of the various possibilities this will open up.

Pandora: Things are gonna get, Very interesting~ Don't you think, Skull-Chan?

As the 11-foot tall, black armored skeletal giant with a big scar near his eyes came from behind the tree with his black sword around his waist.

Skull: Indeed. So your opinions on him?

After Skull asked him, Pandora broke into a grin and answered with one sentence.

Pandora: For that, you have to wait for a while ~

Notes:

(Hey guys, sorry for not uploading for almost a week... College admission and stuff, trying to get more motivated to continue writing. Plus as you all can see this is an unedited version. The prologue is the only one that my comrade edited)

(Hope you guys like the unedited version too😅)