"W-what?"
Alex's voice cracked.
"Yes You heard me." Elia's tone was sharp, impatient. "I don't want to be with you anymore.You are so poor, Don't you know.But I found someone better. A Dragon among men . Someone who can actually take care of me and give me everything I want.Buy me everything I want."
Her words hit like a Thunder, but she wasn't done.
"Not a poor puny guy like you, wasting his life in some shitty workshop."
Alex's fingers tightened around his phone. His breath came in short.This can't be happening. This wasn't real. It couldn't be.
"Don't call me again.I am warning you " Elia added, voice dripping with finality. "You know what? I'm blocking you."
Tint!
The call ended. Just like that.
Alex stood frozen, staring at the screen. His mind was blank.
The waves crashed against the shore, the scent of salt thick in the air. It should have been romantic. This was supposed to be one of the happiest nights of his life.
His right hand trembled as he looked down. A small box sat in his palm. Inside, There was an iPhone 16 pro max.
The phone he had spent three years saving for.
For her.
For the woman who had been his anchor when his father and mother died. The woman who pulled him from his darkest moments.
Love? Maybe. Or I was just being stupid
Alex let out a bitter laugh, his chest tightening. His gaze lifted, taking in the scene around him—the soft candlelight, the petals scattered on the sand, the careful effort he had put into making this night perfect.
All for nothing.
"I can't believe she left me just like that..."
His voice barely came out, a whisper carried away by the wind.
"Was it all just a play to her?"
Something inside him snapped.
Before he could think, his fingers clenched around the ring box—and with a roar of frustration, he hurled it outside of the window.
Fshhh!
A second passed. Then another.
His stomach dropped.
"Wait. Wait, wait, wait—MY MONEY!"
Panic flooded him as reality hit.
He was living on the 17th floor.
"What the fuck is wrong with me?!"
Without hesitation, he sprinted toward the window, kicking off his shoes. He wasn't about to lose three years' worth of savings and his girlfriend on the same damn night.
The wind roared, relentless and wild. But Alex didn't stop. He charged in, the cold wind biting at his skin as he pushed forward. His eyes darted across the surface, searching for the box in the air .
He swam, arms cutting through the wind, desperation pushing him forward.
"Get back here, you stupid—"
A massive wind crashed into him. He fell into the swimming pool.
The force was brutal, slamming into his body like a brick wall. Water filled his mouth, his lungs, his throat. His limbs flailed, but the water was too strong.
He was sinking.
Deeper.
The pressure crushed him, his vision darkening.
"No. No, no, no."
He struggled, but his body felt like lead. Every movement drained what little oxygen he had left.
His lungs screamed.
"Damn it! If it wasn't for Elia, I wouldn't be here! If it wasn't for my own stupidity—!"
His thoughts turned sluggish. His fight weakened.
Fine.
I give up. There is no one waiting for me anyway.
His body went limp, consciousness slipping away.
Then—
CRACK.
His head slammed against something solid.
A rock.
It pulsed—no, it glowed.
A brilliant, otherworldly light erupted from it, illuminating the depths. Alex barely had time to process it before everything—his pain, his thoughts, his existence—vanished.
He died.
⸻
Alex's awareness returned in a void. A vast, endless nothing.
He felt... weightless. Different. His body—no, there was no body. Only a flickering wisp of energy, floating in the abyss.
"Wait... where am I?"
A mechanical chime echoed around him. An emotionless female voice.
[System Activated.]
[You Have Died.]
Alex froze.
[You Will Be Reborn Into a New World.]
"Reborn? What?!"
The voice continued, unfazed.
[Analyzing Host's Memories...]
[Searching for a Suitable World...]
[Scanning Novels the Host Has Read...]
"Wait, wait, what?! You're going too fast!"
Then, a final notification:
[Ding! The World of Divine Hero's Has Been Chosen.]
Alex's nonexistent heart stopped.
"Oh. My. Lord."
[Host, prepare Yourself. You Are Being Reborn.]
Alex barely had time to process before the darkness swallowed him whole.
...What the fuck is going on?!
—End of Chapter 1—