My New Life in TBATE

Death and Rebirth

Quick Author's Note: I originally posted this on Webnovel and now I'm going to be posting one chapter a day from there on to here.

Enjoy.

-SocioPhobia

I lived a good life I suppose. I grew up with great grades in school and participated in sports, though I always felt out of place even in team sports. As I got older I withdrew and separated myself from others. Not particularly ugly or handsome, just mundane and plain.

As I withdrew I became fascinated with books, anime and shows. Immersing myself into stories of Sword and sorcery, zombies and demons. Reincarnation and isekai themed stories naturally drew my attention, and I read as many that interested. From slimes, to being locked inside games, transported to new worlds, and then I found fanfics of those novels and consumed them as well.

Not that this is particularly interesting to you I imagine, but it has a purpose. As I find myself in this very situation right now. Recently smushed under the tires of what many would call Truck-kun or Truck-Sama. I now find myself a floating apparition of my past self, with another floating though solid, being in front of me.

He looked like the typical wizard or wise old Sage from all the novels I had read. Long pristine white hair that reaches his lower back, and a beard that reaches even further. Billowy robes that reach past his feet, and splay out as if there was a floor even though he's floating. He finally speaks.

"Welcome young soul, this is my domain. As you've figured out already you are here because you died. A sad fate for such a young soul, and even sadder as I accidentally caused it."

My eyes widen at the revelation, that these beings do exist and meddle with our world everyday.

"So what happens now?" I ask as I stare into his eyes, and see no small amount of pity. However they quickly change to slight joy as his face wrinkles into a gentle smile.

"Because of your misfortune you have been granted the choice to reincarnate into a world of your choosing, with the option of one wish. Though the wish will have many restrictions depending on the world chosen."

I merely nod as I begin to think, there are plenty of worlds I wouldn't mind being thrown into. Rule a village turned country with an all powerful slime, or maybe a favorite tv show such as Game of Thrones, The walking Dead or Pokémon. However I think I'll choose a book series that had caught my attention in the last couple years. The Beginning After The End by TurtleMe.

A fun story with lots of unexpected happenings as more people than just MC seem to come from his original world. While I only made it to book 7, so I'm not exactly sure how all that came to be. But it's a world with many possibilities as long as you don't mind putting in a little work for it, and as long as I get to keep my memory I can get a head start and help Arthur when the invasion begins.

"So you have chosen 'The Beginning After The End' for your next life, a fitting title I must say. Now what is your wish?"

"Can I have instant mastery?" Not really expecting much, mainly just testing what the being would consider "too much"

"No." He instantly replies.

"How about an increased learning speed. It allows me to understand new concepts quicker and apply the just as quickly. Around 2 times faster than the fastest learners."

(AN: I know people are going to be like "weak wish" and all that, but I only even gave him this wish because he doesn't have any fighting experience from his past life, while Arthur had years of 1on1 duels and various trainings growing up. Not to mention an energy similar to mana in his past life.)