⚡ Chapter 1: Death Was Not the End:-
I remember the moment I died.
It wasn't dramatic.
No screaming. No last words.
Just… silence.
One second, I was walking alone on an empty road…
Next second—
Everything went black.
Cold.
That was the first thing I felt.
Not physical cold… but something deeper.
Like my soul had been thrown into an endless void.
I tried to move.
Nothing.
I tried to breathe.
There was no air.
Am I… dead?"
My own voice sounded distant… broken… like it didn't belong to me anymore.
No answer.
Just darkness.
Endless. Suffocating darkness.
Then—
A whisper.
"You shouldn't be here…"
My heart—if I even had one—stopped.
"W-Who's there?!"
Silence again.
Then suddenly—
A sharp pain exploded inside my chest.
"AAAHHH—!"
It felt like something was ripping me apart… piece by piece… soul by soul.
I couldn't see anything, but I felt it.
Something… was wrong.
Very wrong.
Error…"
A cold, mechanical voice echoed.
"Soul identification failed."
What?
"Reassigning… body…"
Wait—WHAT?!
Before I could react—
Everything shattered.
Light.
Blinding, burning light flooded my vision.
I gasped—
Air.
I could breathe again.
"Kh… kh…"
My throat burned as I sucked in oxygen like I had been drowning for eternity.
Slowly… my vision cleared.
A forest.
Dark. Silent. Unfamiliar.
Massive trees towered around me, their twisted branches blocking the sky.
The air felt heavy… almost alive.
"Where… am I…?"
My voice trembled.
This wasn't Earth.
I knew it.
Somehow… I just knew.
Then suddenly—
A strange sensation hit me.
My chest.
I placed my hand over my heart.
And froze.
No heartbeat.
"…What?"
I pressed harder.
Nothing.
No pulse.
No warmth.
Panic surged through me.
"That's impossible… I'm alive… right?!"
But the more I focused…
The clearer it became.
There was something inside me.
But it wasn't a heart.
It felt…
Empty.
Then—
That same mechanical voice returned.
"System initializing…"
My eyes widened.
"System…?"
"Host detected."
"Analyzing soul…"
A pause.
Then—
ERROR."
A chill ran down my spine.
"Unknown Soul Type."
"…Unknown?"
"This soul… should not exist.
My breath hitched.
"What does that mean…?"
No response.
The voice disappeared.
And for the first time since I woke up—
I realized something terrifying.
This world wasn't the problem.
I was.
Why does my heart feel… empty?"....