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It was a warm morning, birds were flying and chirping on the tree branches, and people were already starting to work.
Warm light from the sun's rays shines into the houses and apartments in Seoul city.
Looking into a small room in an apartment building.
A blond figure in a business suit lay exhausted, his body had been starved for days and looked very emaciated.
He stared at the ceiling doing nothing even though his hunger urged him to do something. He just stared, almost giving up on life.
His name is Kim Ki-ryeo, he is 24 years old this year, and next year he will never turn to old age anyway because he has almost given up and gradually cut off all connections with this life.
"What a pity..."
He mocked himself in his mind.
He lived an unhappy life, growing up in an orphanage, abandoned by his parents and bullied at school.
Then, when he met his mother, he worked hard for her but was abandoned by her. That made him depressed and threw himself into work.
One day, he encountered a monster that injured his leg and left him unable to work.
When he woke up, he thought he had hope again but he found out he was only F-rank, the lowest rank.
Disappointed, he gradually became a smoker and felt bored with this life, he forgot many things in life, he thought he should end his life here.
So he slowly let himself starve to death, even though when he died, someone would come looking for him and find only a dry corpse with maggots crawling around it.
As he almost closed his eyes and felt death approaching, a small, bright light appeared before his eyes.
!
He suddenly jumped up, forgetting that he wanted to die, then that small bright light gradually revealed something green.
He looked at it blankly, not knowing where he got the courage, he touched it and a voice came from it that startled him.
[Hahaha, I finally escaped from that damn place, now I won't be controlled anymore hahaha]
Then that small blue light gradually revealed a slime-like mass, it had a red eye, shaped like a stuffed squid or some kind of jellyfish and was slowly landing on the floor of his room.
'It can talk?'
When it started talking, he backed up closer to the wall, although he was a bit scared that it was a monster from the destroyed dungeon, he couldn't help but look at it a little more.
'Slime? Is that a creature from the dungeon? Wait, is there a dungeon nearby-'
[Huh? Hey, that creature]
As it landed, it immediately recognized him, who was almost clinging to the wall.
"Y..yes?"
When called, he was startled and stammered a response, wondering what the hell was going on and why this slime-like creature was in his room.
[Do you know where I am?]
It spoke in a serious tone while looking around his room, making him tense up from its pressure, even though it was small, he could still feel the immense pressure it brought, so he had to choose his words carefully.
It was strange that he was trembling with fear of that little creature, because he was afraid it would attack him, even though he wanted to die, he also wanted a death that was a little less painful.
"This...this is my room...you're in my room..."
[I know that, I'm asking what planet this is]
"I...it's an Earth"
He didn't dare to delay in answering, the slime-like creature stared at him as if it was thinking about something, this made him even more tense and scared, thinking that it would kill him.
[What's your name?]
"I...am Kim Ki-ryeo"
[This is the first time I see your species, what is your species name?]
"I...am a human or an Earthling"
Then the slime-like creature looked down at him, startling him as he thought it was going to eat him.
Just as he was in a mental crisis, a voice asked him
[You look haggard, haven't you eaten?]
This surprised him quite a bit, a slime-like creature was asking him. Or was it probing to devour him? Even though he had been touched, he was still wary of it.
"This..."
"This, I just want to... die"
There was a moment of silence between the two, after a while it spoke up.
(Why?]
It seemed quite surprised by his answer so it immediately asked why.
"I just don't want to live anymore..."
He finished speaking and looked down at the floor with eyes full of sadness for the things that had happened in his life.
[...]
Not knowing what it was thinking, it just stood there looking at him pensively, making him feel quite confused.
This awkward atmosphere lasted for a few minutes, then started to move towards him, causing him to startle and close his eyes.
Just as he imagined the pain was about to strike, he felt something cool touch his cheek.
He opened his eyes and saw a long blue tentacle touching his cheek, the small creature was standing in front of him.
(You should not die]
"Huh?"
He looked at it in confusion as the tentacle slowly retracted.
(I'm new to this world so I still don't understand the rules and knowledge here, so I need someone to explain more to me about this planet]
It explains to you so that you understand, so that you can only be used until it no longer needs you.
It hurt but he wondered why it had to be him and why it suddenly appeared right now.
'Does God want me to live a miserable life for a while before letting me die?'
It looked at him thinking and then explained more to him.
[Before coming to this place, I cast a spell to bind you so you could escape from my planet, so now you and I are bonded together]
"Really..."
...
?
'Huh?'
"WHAT????"
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['I have to resign']
There was a slime-like creature in a room filled with technology, the electronic board was almost about to collapse.
I was once a resident of a star system, the planet I live on is called Alphauri, this place is my home.
Here, I have an extremely important position, although it is considered very impressive, I am still forced to work 640 days without a day off, without a single day off, and even forced to work overtime.
Because that job is for society, I don't get paid a penny, and it also affects my sleep and eating, so 24/7 I don't do anything else.
['Damnit']
This damn job is mentally draining, I can't even remember how long it's been since I've been home on time, or how long it's been since I've eaten, slept, or rested.
I also thought about quitting or running away but it seems like the management doesn't want people in high positions to leave their workplace.
So he set strict rules for us, if anyone escapes they will be punished appropriately and there will be no place to hide because the ruler of this planet is always watching around this planet to make sure no one escapes so we cannot escape.
And the plan to kill the superior is even more impossible because of the inviolability rule.
Cannot kill your own kind
And this rule also applies to yourself so suicide is also impossible.
[Sigh]
I almost gave up but I discovered a loophole in those restrictive rules.
Those rules apply only to the physical body, not the soul.
So I had to search and research some magic and found one magic
'Binding magic'
This type of magic allows the caster to bind any individual no matter how far away they are, it can also separate the soul and come to that individual to regenerate.
But it also has a downside, when bound, if one person is injured, the other will be injured as well. And it will also consume a lot of the caster's mana.
But, for a great mage like me, these things are nothing. The rules only apply to the remaining body, so regenerating in another world, of course those restrictions can't do anything to me.
So I took that spell and modified it a bit because it had some loopholes because it was an ancient forbidden and forgotten spell, so I had a hard time learning this spell.
I've been editing it like this for months, as I need to prepare some spells and incantations as needed, after all, I have to prepare many things when going to another world.
As well as ensuring that my soul will be safely separated and will gradually reincarnate somewhere else off this planet.
And when I finished, I was so happy that I was finally going to escape this hell, so I immediately cast that spell
[Hahahaha, what can you do without me?]
Gradually, a stream of light surrounded me and a small sphere flew out of me, moving away from this planet and to another place.
It flies through space, planets and lands on some planet somewhere.
[Hahaha, I finally escaped from that damn place, now I won't be controlled anymore hahaha]
I laughed triumphantly as I slowly recreated myself in another place off that planet.
When I woke up, I saw an animal I had never seen before, clinging to the wall and I could see its panic.
[Huh? Hey that creature]
"Y..yes?"
I could hear the panic in the voice, but I didn't care much so I looked around.
I found myself in a small, somewhat messy room, perhaps this was the creature's room, I asked
[Do you know where I am?]
"T..this is my room..you're in my room..."
[I know that, I'm asking what planet this is]
I asked the creature before me, being a great mage, of course I should know where it was by looking around.
I just don't know what planet I'm on and what kind of knowledge I have, but why is that creature stuttering like that? I didn't do anything to it, so why should it be afraid?
"I...it's an Earth"
['Earth? I've never heard of it before']
After knowing that this planet is called Earth, I wondered if I was on an alien planet and knew nothing about the knowledge or society there.
What I needed now was a native to guide me and I looked at the creature before me
['Maybe this is the person I'll be with from now on']
[What is your name?]
"I...am Kim Ki-ryeo"
What a unique name, for an Alphauri person like me it's quite an interesting and new name.
[This is the first time I see your species, what is your species name?]
I was still quite curious about the creature before me, and partly because of my curiosity about new things on this planet.
"I.. It's a human or an Earthling.."
['Human? What an interesting way to name this creature']
I looked down at the man in front of me, noticing that he was quite thin and gaunt.
['This Earthling is skinny and a bit... malnourished? Are humans usually this skinny?']
I couldn't help but ask him.
[You look haggard, haven't you eaten?]
"This..."
"This, I just... want to die"
???
['What? What did he say? Does this guy want to die?']
I looked at that person with surprise and a little confusion in my heart.
Because as far as I know, 'binding spell' means that when one of the two dies, the other will definitely die too. That's the biggest drawback of this spell.
I feel a bit confused, because when I edited that spell, I added the condition that the bound individual must have a large amount of magical power.
So I thought that someone with a large amount of magical power wouldn't seek death, but perhaps I was wrong in not taking into account the spiritual aspect of that individual.
['Damn, I just escaped from that place, I can't die here now. No, at least I have to convince that person not to die, first I have to ask why']
[Why?]
....
"I just don't want to live anymore..."
I looked into the other person's eyes filled with sadness, pain, and loneliness, reminding me of my past, a past I was willing to face.
[...]
It's strange that looking into those eyes, memories of the past come flooding back as if the person in front of me is me in the past.
I looked at that person for a long time, not knowing if it was instinct or reason, I walked towards that person.
When he saw me approaching, he narrowed his eyes, strangely, I didn't eat that person, why was he so startled?
Even though I'm an alien, I have my own standards when it comes to eating, not eating haphazardly.
Besides, right now, whether I eat or not doesn't matter to me, anyway, whether I don't eat or drink doesn't matter.
Even though I sighed inwardly, I still continued to walk in front of that person and raised my tentacles towards that person's face.
Even though I'm currently small due to my recent reconstruction, I find my current size quite satisfactory.
When the man saw me rubbing his face with my tentacles, he was quite taken aback with surprise.
(You should not die]
"Huh?"
I looked at the confused expression of the human in front of me, I also understood because I suddenly wanted to die and suddenly met another species telling me not to die, it would be strange if I wasn't confused
[I'm new to this world so I still don't understand the rules and knowledge here, so I need someone to explain more to me about this planet]
I explained to that person, his face gradually relaxed but still looked a bit sad, seeing that he immediately explained further.
[Before coming to this place, I used magic to bind you so you could escape from my planet, so now you and I are bound together]
"Really..."
....
"WHAT????"