I opened my eyes, trying to recall what just happened. I looked around, and I seem to be in some sort of empty room...? Oh, and it seems like I'm sitting on a chair, too... Where the hell am I?

"Godai Yuujou-san, welcome to the afterlife. Unfortunately, you seem to have died. It might be short, but your life is now over, sadly."

I turned to look at the source of the voice – who is in front of me – seeing a beautiful girl sitting on a chair. She had long, silver hair, and a pair of blue eyes. The way she dressed kind of reminds me of a nun, veil and all. She also wore a necklace that looked like a red gem. Besides her was an office desk, with some papers on them.

I must be dreaming.

"I am Eris, the goddess who will lead you down a new path." She put her hands together, as if praying and mourning my death.

Ah, is that so... A goddess, huh...

Wait, goddess?!

"Wait a minute there, c-can I ask one thing?" I asked her. "Wait no, not one, a few things. Probably."

"Yes, please go ahead." The goddess, Eris, answered with a gentle smile.

Damn she's cuter than my 2D waifus.

"How..." I gulped. "How did I die?"

"You..." Eris seems to be hesitating, for some reason. "You saw a funny picture on the internet, then laughed too hard and died."

...

...

...

"Excuse me, what?!"

"I-I'm sorry, but it's true." She scratcheed her cheek, smiling sheepishly. "It might sound like a weird way to die, but it's not that uncommon, really!"

Right...I did read a "death by laughter" page on Wikipedia sometime ago...

But man, this must be karma. Whenever I see something funny I would usually comment things like "Haha I am dead!" or "Wow this killed me!". Guess that bit me in the ass and happened for real. This sucks.

"Okay... So what do I do now? You're gonna send me to heaven, right?" I don't know why, but now I'm feeling nervous. What if I did so much bad deeds that she's gonna send me straight to hell?

"No, you see-"

"Oh, so it's hell then. I see." I cut her off. I mean, I was kinda expecting that...

"No, no, let me finish!" She said frantically. "As I was going to say, you have two options here."

Oh, thank god.

"First, would be reincarnating and starting a new life as a new-born baby." She explained. "Of course, this means you will lose all your memories and life experience."

Huh, doesn't sound bad, but I don't really want that...

Starting over all the way from zero doesn't seem very fun.

"The other option is to stay in heaven, and live there eternally."

Well okay, that option seems good.

"I'll have to warn you, though... Heaven is not like how you humans imagined it." She said.

O-oh...

I knew it, there would be a catch!

"Let me guess... No entertainments, right?"

"Yes, exactly."

I knew it!

Still, isn't this quite the dillemma. I put a hand on my chin, thinking deeply. The first option would kinda suck, starting life over as a baby... No way, I'm not gonna do that. But the second one... A place with no entertainment, huh. That would be pretty boring. Maybe I should just pick the first one.

The only option.

Eris smiled, looking at my disappointed face.

"Fret not, Yuujou-san. If you don't want to do either of those options, then there is a third one available..."

Oh!

Sounds kinda suspicious, but...

"Okay, I'm listening."

"You... like games, right?" She asked me, smiling.

Oh boy.

...

Alright, so this was the gist of it; There's an alternate world different from mine, and that world is apparently under attack by a demon king.

And with that, the world fell into crisis. Huh.

Magic and monsters existed in that world.

Basically, it's like those RPG games that I liked to play.

"The people in that world who died were very afraid, since they don't want to die like that again. Almost all the people rejected reincarnation. If this continued, that world would end. So, it could be solved by sending the dead people from other worlds. That's how it is." Eris explained.

That's really goddamn dumb.

"We are looking for people who died young and still yearn to live, then sending them there with their original body and memories. To prevent them from dying immediately, we will grant a privilege to them, allowing them to take one perk they like to that world. It can be a powerful ability, an exceptional talent, or godly weapons... So, what do you think? With this, you can live once more."

It does sound interesting, but...

I mean, I liked games, sure, but I never imagined something like this would happen.

It kinda sounds scary.

"What about, er, the language?" I asked. A little thing to worry about, but still...

"Don't worry, we, the gods, will aid you in that." Eris assured me.

Alright.

Eris handed me a catalogue of some sorts.

"Please choose one of the choices available in here."

I opened the catalogue, flipping through the pages...

Man, so many choices. I'm pretty indecisive most of the time, and the amount of choices is just making it worse.

Honestly, though...All of these sound very OP. Seriously, "Holy Sword Excalibur", "Cursed Sword Gehaburn", "greatsword War", "bow of Dread", "Starplatodine: Za Waldo", what the hell are those even? Not to mention almost 90% of those have edgy names!

I flipped to the last page and...oh, what's this? It has no name on it, but there's a silhouetted picture of a human with something humanoid looming over them. Also, a silhouetted picture of an arrow next to the human...

Hmm.

Interesting, this might very well be the most OP thing in here! Oh wait there's a tiny text on the bottom.

"This will change the course of the story forever."

Sure, because by choosing this, I automatically become the new main character or something, right?!

"Alright, I pick this one then." I pointed to the page. Oh, looks like's it's torn off already. I grabbed the page to prevent it from falling off.

"Very well- Ah, it's torn off? That's weird..." Eris remarked. Huh. "Well, since nothing happened, it looks like that power will materialize when you arrive on the other world. Probably."

"Did you just say probably?"

"No, I didn't."

"Yes you did."

I sighed.

"Okay, moving on, since you already picked your perk...Are you ready to go now, Yuujou-san?" She asked me. Probably for the last time I guess.

"Yeah, there's nothing else I can do, right? So I guess I'm ready."

"Very well. I wish you safe travels." She blessed me.

She then chanted something, and a big magic circle appeared below me. Awesome!

The magic circle glowed a bit brighter every passing second. I'm nervous, but also excited!

Oh wait I forgot something important.

"Wait, uh, Ms. Goddess!" I shouted. "What about the starting equipment and money?" I figured it wouldn't hurt to be too careful, and since I'm coming to an RPG world, I'm going to need some basic items and money.

"Ah, you're right!" The Goddess seemed to have panicked. Man, good thing I reminded her! She quickly took a box from her office desk, and a small pouch on top – probably containing the world's currency – and quickly approached me, stepping inside the magic circle.

Wait isn't that ba-

Before I could stop her, we both suddenly flew up, seemingly sucked by some sort of magic vortex.

For some reason I was now in a carriage, which quickly drove to the pavement and made a loud creaking sound, stopping. Probably about time to drop off, I guess.

I got off the carriage, only to see another one approach in front of me.

Huh?

The person steeping out of the other carriage is-

W-whoa! It's the goddess from before! Is she here to personally deliver my items?!

She looked at me, tears in her eyes, and still holding the box and pouch from before.

The two carriages then instantly left.

"Err..." I scratched the back of my head, not sure what to say.

And suddenly she started crying.

"W-w-w-wait! C-calm down! Hey, people are gonna look at us!" I tried to calm her down.

A few minutes passed, and she finally calmed down. Basically, because she accidentally stepped in the magic circle, she was transported to this world along with me.

"Well...I mean, if it makes you feel better, I'll apologize for reminding you about the items and money. Here, let me carry that." I took the box and pouch from Eris, carrying them by myself. Man this is a little heavy.

"N-no, it's alright...The one who should take the blame is me." She said, before muttering something about how it's still her first few days of working and she already messed up.

"Well, can't you like, ask to return to heaven or something?" I suggested something to her.

"No, once a goddess arrives in this world, they can't leave until the Demon King is defeated."

Man, how inconvenient.

"Okay! Since you're a goddess, defeating the Demon King should be a simple task, right?" Carrying a goddess here would be just like cheating, right?!

"No! In the mortal world, my powers are severely weakened, and I'm only the goddess of fortune..." She seemed down.

I sighed. We're really hopeless, and in addition to that, the perk that I chose hasn't revealed itself to me yet. What's up with that?

"Okay, okay, let's all try to calm down for a second. How much money do we have right now?" I asked.

Eris took the pouch from on top of the box and opened it, peering at the insides. "We should have enough to survive for a few days...I think."

That last part at the end made me feel really uncomfortable, but whatever.

"A few days, huh...? Alright, first thing we should do...Since this world is like an RPG game, there should be a guild nearby, so let's go there and sign up. We're going to be adventurers or something, right? Then we can grab a bite, before resting at a nice inn for the day. We can take on quests tomorrow. Sounds good?" I told her my idea.

Eris seemed to have brightened up, nodding with a smile. "Wow, you're really knowledgeable, Yuujou-san!"

No, I just play a lot of games.

I turn, and take a look around.

Man oh man, this whole city is straight out of an RPG game. Houses built from red bricks, just like the European Middle Ages! Of course, no cars, bikes, cables or anything. It's gonna suck, but I gotta endure it.

"Since it's settled, let's head straight for the guild!" I beamed up. "Er, where is it again...?"

Eris shook her head. Dammit, not even a goddess knew? I saw an old lady and approached her.

"Excuse me! Do you, uh, happen to know where the guild is?"

"The guild? My, not knowing where the guild is...Could you be from out of town?" From the way she answered, it looks like there is a genuine guild here. Thank god.

"Y-yes, I am a traveler from a far away land and uh, I just reached this town." I messed up my words a bit, but screw it, it's not like she would notice.

"My, my, since you came to this town, you must be aiming to become an adventurer, right? Welcome to the town of novice adventurers, Axel. Follow the main road and turn right, then you will see a signboard for the guild."

"Right down the road... I see, thank you very much!" I thanked the lady before leaving to approach Eris.

A town for adventurers, huh.

This really is an RPG world.

So the dead are transported to the town for novices. Interesting.

We followed the directions from the lady and entered the guild.

This place should be for adventurers to accept quests, the core of an RPG. Like job agencies, I guess.

Right after we entered, a waitress with short red hair welcomed us warmly.

"Welcome! Please approach the counter if you are looking for jobs. If you are here to dine, please take any empty seats."

I faced Eris. "Okay, we're gonna register now. They might probably get us to do a tutorial or something, enabling us to earn a living."

Eris nodded. "I don't really get it, but I guess that's the common sense in this world. We just need to register for now, right?"

I nodded at her, and with that we both walked to the counter.

There were four counter staffs. The nearest one had a pretty lady behind the counter, so I just decided to go there. Heh.

"Good morning, how may I help you?"

She had wavy hair and unnaturally large breasts. Damn.

I mentally slapped myself for staring and said, "Um, we want to be adventurers. I- we came from faraway places so we really don't know anything. Hahaha..."

Yes, that half-assed nervous laugh is sure to convince her.

"I see. There will be a registration fee, will that be okay?"

Okay, here comes the basic tutor-

Wait, fee?

I turned around to face Eris. "Uh... We need to pay."

She walked ahead and opened the pouch.

"How much?"

The lady explained how much we needed to pay, and Eris handed the money to her. Okay, that should be resolved.

"Alright, I will explain from the beginning. First, adventurers are responsible for the extermination of monsters wandering outside town – People who get rid of dangerous creatures that might harm citizens. They are also jack of all trades, taking on odd jobs that require their talents. People who earn a living this way are known collectively as adventurers, and among adventurers, there are different jobs."

Eris and I just nodded.

Right after this, she will probably ask us to choose our classes. Or jobs, whatever.

Let's see... I usually play as tankers in the games I play. But in a real life situation like this, that sounds painful and a bit masochistic.

The counter lady then handed me and Eris one card each. About the size of a driving license. Some sort of identification card?

"Do you see the word level on your cards? All things in the world have souls. No matter what form it takes, if you eat or kill a being, you can absorb a part of the memory of the soul. This is known as Experience Points."

I almost wanted to laugh because of that explanation for EXP points, but resisted the urge. This is so meta, holy crap.

"With this card, the Experience Points the adventurer had absorbed would be shown here. At the same time, the level corresponding to your Experience Points would also be displayed. This is how strong an adventurer is, and how many enemy you defeat would be recorded here. With the accumulation of Experience Points, all creatures would grow stronger rapidly at some point. This is known as leveling up. Simply put, leveling up will grant you all sorts of perks, such as skill points to learn new skills. So please work hard to increase your level."

Great, I love grinding.

"First of all, please fill in your height, weight, age, and other details in the blanks."

The counter lady handed us forms, so we went ahead and filled that.

"That will be fine. Please touch this card. This will display the strength of each of your abilities as a reference to choose your job. After accumulating skill points, you can learn skills that are available to your jobs. This is one of the key points."

Oh boy, here we go!

With my hands trembling, I touched the card.

"...Okay, thank you. Godai Yuujou-san, right? Let's see... Vitality and strength, below average, agility and dexterity, slightly better than average, intelligence also better than average, luck slightly above average, and... oh? Your magic stat is very high. With these stats, you can become a wizard!"

A magician? No, a wizard!

"Okay, I would like to be a wizard, then." Sweet!

I then received my card with my name and "wizard" written on it...

After me, it was Eris' turn.

"Huh? These numbers...? Except for your slightly above average strength and vitality, all your stats are drastically above average! Your magic and luck, especially!"

Eris scratched her cheek while being showered with praises from the counter lady. Man, even Eris has higher strength than me...Oh well. That's what I get for never going out.

"I'll be an archpriest, then." Eris said to the counter lady.

"Archpriests can use all kinds of recovery and support spells, even able to take the role of vanguards, a strong all rounder job! I'll register you now then... Alright, it's done. Welcome to the adventurers guild, Eris-san and Yuujou-san. We will look forward to your exploits."

The counter lady said with a smile. And with that, we both left the counter.

My bizarre adventure is about to begin!

"So, after this...?"

"We grab a bite."

I said to Eris, and took a seat at a nearby table.

A/N: I have no idea why I even wrote this. I just suddenly got struck by INSPIRATION.

The story will be a bit close to canon Konosuba at first, but it will get original later. Trust me.

Also, cookies to whoever gets the reference(s) from the OP items list.

Okay, with that said, please leave a review and have a nice wheeeeeeeee!