The NEET and Goddess

Opening his eyes, Kazuma Satou looked around this dark but glowing space where only a fancy looking chair next to a small table stand stood. There was also a black and white checkered floor and he was sitting in a smaller wooden chair.

He remembered he tried to push that old classmate of his out of the way before she got ran over. He might’ve finished school and lazed around but this 18 year old still cared enough to do the right thing… that and she was actually nice to him.

“Kazuma Satou…”

Looking behind him was a strange woman with blue hair also dressed in blue clothes with a pink scarf around her.

“Welcome to the afterlife, unfortunately you recently passed on. A shame since you lived only a short life and all but you are in fact dead.”

Kazuma blinked while the strange woman smiled.

“Is it okay if I ask a question?”

She nodded.

“There was a girl who I pushed out of harms way earlier. Is she alright?”

“Yes, she’s alive.”

Kazuma sighed and smiled to himself.

‘Thank goodness, that means my **** wasn’t in vain. I actually did something alright for once, thank god…’

The woman looked at him in thought before speaking up.

“She wasn’t going to get hurt even if you didn’t push her by the way.”

“What?”

“That tractor was going to stop anyway so she would’ve been fine either way.”

What did she say…

“Tractor!! Not a truck?”

“Nope, it was an actual tractor.”

“But… but then how did I die? Was I run over because of it?”

“Not really, you died of shock thinking you did.”

“I died because of shock?!”

“Yes, but don’t feel upset. It.. pfft, could’ve tch.. happen to…. Ghhahaaa!!!”

Kazuma watched as the woman started laughing hard and pointing at him.

“Oh fuck dude, I’ve been doing this shit for so long yet you’re the first dumbass that died so weird.”

While she kept laughing, Kazuma angrily thinks to himself.

‘Who the hell does this bitch thinks she is. What the fuck’s her problem?’

After wiping her eye, she continued her talk.

“Anyway, after what happened your body started pissing itself and while you were getting prepped for surgery. The staff thought it was so funny that when your family found out they laughed hard too. Man, they all lost it hard.”

“OKAY, I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE!!”

But then she stopped and sadly said something that caught him off guard.

“Actually, I didn’t mean all that I just wanted to mess with you a bit. You did piss yourself but nobody cared. Your family were heartbroken and even that girl you thought you saved came to visit.”

Kazuma couldn’t help but grumble at being tricked but sadly looked down at the thought of his family’s hardship over this tragedy but did appreciate that the girl cared enough to visit.

“Guess even though you were a shut in NEET, your family loved you that much. That’s rare if you ask me.”

That ticked him off since he hated being called a NEET.

“Tch.. I’m not a shut in NEET, fuck off!”

She shook her shoulders.

“Anyway, I’m the Goddess Aqua and it’s my responsibility to give souls who pass away young two choices. One, I can give you a new life or two, I let you go to heaven as an old man.”

Then before Kazuma could even say anything, Aqua got close and whispered to him.

“To tell you the truth, Heaven sucks balls since the place isn’t as amazing like you humans think it is. No tv, manga, video games and the worst part being since you wouldn’t have a physical body… you can’t do anything sexual.”

Kazuma paled at that hard before Aqua patted his shoulder and explained a third option.

“But actually, I think I could give you a better decision. You play games a lot right? There’s a parallel world similar to an RPG one that is being threatened by The Devil King and their army.”

Of course while she continued about the hardships going on in this world with a weird glowing light around her. Kazuma weirdly looked at her like she was more enjoying the sound of her own voice then about saving another world. Not that the RPG world didn’t sound cool though.

But when she finished her speech, he couldn’t help but gulp in worry.

“The sad thing is that the population is declining more and more. So us gods figured if people who die too soon heard about this offer where they can keep their memories and bodies intact then maybe it could take a load off our shoulders.”

Kazuma did think how this sounded and asked an important question.

“Wouldn’t that be a problem if sending me there is just going to get me killed?”

“Don’t worry, that’s why I’m going to do you a favor. Well, actually two… believe it or not, my supervisors think you should get two things to take with you to this new world. They could be powerful weapons, talents or something very useful. Your choice of course.”

‘Supervisors? I didn’t think gods had supervisiors, weird…’

“I can pick two? Why me though?”

Aqua again shook her shoulders.

“They felt bad for you so… yeah.”

He grumbled but sighed and shook his head in agreement.

“Hey, before I tell you what I choose. Will I even be able to speak this world’s language plus what about the other races. I think I should get some information before I even step forwards to this new world if I decide to go.”

Aqua brings out a booklet from nowhere and hands it Kazuma. It had lots of information on the world in question.

As she explained it’s importance, Kazuma started reading it thoroughly. Of course Aqua did mention that gods can implant this information into mortals so he should easily remember all this.

Although when he asked about this written warning about going “poof” from this ability. Aqua only puts her hand over the warning and tried to reassure him it won’t be a problem.

Kazuma smelled bullshit of course but regardless decided to go this new world after all.

He just needed to pick his two gifts to take with him now since Aqua told him it was time to choose.

She laid out a bunch of papers onto the floor and went to recline on her chair while he had to think hard on this decision.

(Got any ideas on what I’ll have him pick? I already have something in mind but I’ll see who can guess it first. Do that and I’ll put your name up for the viewers to see.)