"The Deal is simple, little girl," answered Demigod, "I will get your body to possess and in turn, will grant a wish within reason... oh, and happy reincarnation with retained memories... a few powers as a bonus, a thick plot armor maybe... Yes, yes... we don't want a slip on the ice or some random meteor to end the adventure premature..."

I was glad that it wasn't what I thought. I mean, this Demigod was a pervert... so my fears for why he wanted my body were not completely baseless. Anyway, there was still something that nagged me.

"But why would you even need my body?" I asked a bit curious, "With your power, it should be easy to create a body to your liking. I am... you are aware that I am a girl, right?" when I said the last part I wanted to hit myself. This deal was my only chance...

"Man, woman, even gender that can't be called either... it makes no difference. All I have to do is let my alter ego to take over. For a mortal with memories of his past lives it might be more difficult... but even then, you like opposite gender because your body is made so, not because you think that you should. How many boys and girls throw a tantrum that they will never marry and yet the tune is completely changed with the age... As for why I go through all this trouble... what do you think I have too much on my hands?"

"Power?" I tried to guess.

"Ha ha ha ha ha," and he burst into a laughter, "No. There is no such thing as too much power... What I have too much on my hands is... time. When you do the same thing once or twice it's fun, hundred or thousand - still bearable. But what if almost everything you ever experienced or did is at least billions of times?"

And there it hit me... eating the same dish billions of times, looking at similar scenery billions of times, hearing the same joke billions of times...

"Yes, little girl, you will get very bored. So bored that even going crazy is not impossible. Luckily I found a solution before that happened... he he. You see, what could help with routine is a good story, a tale... a space pirate that managed to escaped from the most guarded prison in the galaxy, making her even more notorious than her father... a simple toymaker that suddenly gained a power to grant life to his creations and became a legendary spy who saved his kingdom from a terrible plot... a young girl whose family members were killed one after another, but then was saved by a mysterious spirit of lightning..."

With his last words, I looked at the bolt of lightning in the room. Was he talking about me?

"But just watching is boring, it's so much more fun when you can play the role personally. To make it even more interesting... ok, maybe it's more to prevent me from accidentally snapping all my enemies on the first day. Anyway, some rules had to be made." After a little pause, he continued.

"When I got here little girl, I followed my rule to take over a body that is dying. It had to be someone close to a location I selected beforehand, before I even knew anything about this world. Now the second rule is to grant your wish little girl... but only if it doesn't go against the third rule, and that one is a secret. Only if the deal is set, this little Demigod will become a little girl and will do everything in her power to fulfill the wish with her two hands.

Somehow it wasn't what I expected.

This means that he... she, should deal be made, will fulfill my wish personally... as if it was her goal. This was probably yet again to make the story more interesting. But the catch is a secret third rule that can prevent the deal from happening should my wish go against it. I should be careful.

He said that I will be reincarnated...

Maybe I will return to this world and will still have my chance to avenge my family... but what if I don't? I guess I already know what my wish will be. Maybe it will take some time for Demigod to fulfill it without using his powers, but...

No, wait a moment!

If he really becomes me... the least of my worries should be my family unavenged. For all I know, this wish might have been a trap from the start.

Still... I should at least try to confirm that to be sure. I can't risk having means in my hands and then just wasting it.

"Should you become me... what will happen to those who hurt my family?"

"Ha ha ha ha," the voice burst into a laughter, "That head isn't completely empty... Hmm, no, actually it is... but that's only a given now that you are only a soul. Anyway, to answer your question little girl, I will do what you would have done should you still be alive and have a bit of power."

Yes, just like I thought.

I suspect that this wish was never meant for me. It is probably only to create the most unusual goal for the story. All my dreams he will fulfill without even being asked by simply playing the role. If I asked for something like protecting my sister or getting revenge for my family, I might have triggered the third rule.

"My wish," I then spoke with a smile, "is for Celina Darkmoon to become an Empress, have a loving husband and give a birth to many of his children."

The wish might have sounded very simple, something I would often think when was a child, but... to become an empress one needs an empire... and what could fit the role better than the lands of your enemy.

"He he he he," the voice burst into a laughter once more, but little by little it started to change and at the end sounded very similar to mine, "You got me, little girl. A bit dull as the dreams go, but requirements are met and the role is accepted." and for the first time, I could even hear the voice coming now from behind instead of everywhere.

I quickly turned around and saw yet another me. Naked. Not that I could claim to look any different... but as I was only a soul and at the moment completely transparent, it didn't felt like that.

"Kyaa! Pervert!..." Demigod, who looked just like me screamed while covering her body, "He he he, just kidding... I will now ask you a few questions and will then send you away. And don't worry, will give you a bunch of cheats at the end as promised. Can't allow my backup entertainment to die easily now can I."

"You plan to peep on me?!"

"What do you take me for?!... I mean... of course, I will! But... it's just a little. Hmm, make sure your body is in good health when it's time for fun, I don't want to see a mass of fat crushing some poor guy or girl. Oh, I know, I will just use one of your cheat slots so you can't get fat no matter how much you eat... he he. Anyway, back to business... you want to be born as a boy or girl?"

When I heard her question, with what I have been through I almost choose to be born as a boy.

"A... girl."

"Don't have good memories with men, huh?" asked Demigod with a pity in her voice, "Well, don't worry, little girl, this time no one will have an easy time to force you... unless it's someone at self-proclaimed god level. In which case you will just give me a call, I will get a snack and you a stalker out of your back, he he he. A win-win situation no matter how you look at it."

"Give a call?" I asked confused.

"Yes, yes. A spell to communicate with me from any spot in the universe. Hmm, let's name it 'The Call'. Why? The old name got boring and why not! Please use it to warn me when about to enter the realms of adulthood... you know, just so I can wrap things up on my side before the show, he he. But we are getting off topic... Do you want to retain your old memories?"

Uhh, will I really have no privacy in my next life? Though have to admit that I am a bit glad that someone will watch over me... if only it was with more pure intentions!

"There are really some things that I would like to forget..." I said while looking at my naked body in the 'painting', it was still in the air, but was now nearly the floor.

But then the face of my mother, father, and brother surfaced in my mind.

"... But there are even more that I would like to remember!"

"Very good... Your world is one of a few that has magic. Would you like to get into one without? Will tell you a secret, the technology is usually much more impressive in one without."

"With magic," I said almost immediately. I have no idea what that technogogy is, but I want to become a real mage this time, one that doesn't faint with a single cast.

"He he he, this will be interesting... anyway time for farewells, if you step into this sphere..." and with her words, a sphere of light suddenly popped up out of nowhere.

"Wait! What about those cheats you mentioned?!" I quickly asked.

"Uhh, I will get there, little girl. What was I saying, ah yes... Once you enter that spell, it will send you to a baby of a girl in the world with magic. Oh, and don't worry, this spell is a one-time thing only, the next reincarnation will be completely random. Now as for the cheats... I will alter your very soul, so each time you reincarnate, it will transform the body automatically. And yes, little girl, that means that from this day forth you will always have those powers... just like the memories from this and all lives that will follow. As for what those cheats are... I will leave it up to you to discover he he..."

I got overwhelmed by what I heard. Doesn't that sound familiar? Wouldn't I eventually end up just like her - bored beyond belief? Well, there is no point to worry about it, I'm sure I will have no problems for at least a thousand years. After that? Will deal with it when the time comes. But more importantly...

"Wait! Can't you at least give a hint?"

"You are so persistent, little girl. Fine. As I have mentioned earlier you no longer need to worry about food. Can eat a dragon a day and still will have a figure that makes others drool. Oh, this will also make you immune to any poison, but... it's so insignificant when compared to the first effect... Anyway, the next is... no, I really should leave to discoverer on your own. It's not fun with too many spoilers."

The sphere of light started to move closer and engulfed my entire body.

"Once I send you out of X, altering of your soul will start shortly. Sorry, but I can't do anything about the pain that will follow, after all, altering a soul shouldn't be possible in the first place."

She then raised a hand and with a snap of her fingers, I once again appeared right in front of our planet. This time there was a slight movement of the clouds. I was now probably outside X so time was no longer stopped.

A terrible pain soon assaulted my very being and I could no longer think straight, and shortly I started screaming from the pain once more. I don't know how long it lasted, but when the pain has finally stopped, the first thing I noticed was a calming voice in my head.

"It is over, little girl..."

Demigod?

"What happened to your voice?" I asked while reached for her inside my mind, "Is this telepathy?"

There was now no longer that majestic feel to her voice and... it sounded now completely just like mine.

"A bit similar but no. This is 'The Call' I have mentioned," replied her voice in my head, "As for my voice... I am now officially Celina Darkmoon."

As she was talking, strange symbols danced on the surface of the spell I was inside, but after a moment they stopped and the sphere of light started to move closer to the surface of a planet.

"Oh my..." Celina then exclaimed in an excited voice, "It seems that we will meet sooner than I thought."

"Why? What happened?" I asked confused.

"Because now... I am your mother."

"What?!" I almost shouted.

Today was the first time a man has ever touched me and... even if that was enough to get me pregnant... can a soul even fit into a child the size of a dust?

"Well, it's a bit my fault," Celina spoke again, "You see, little girl, the mage that raped you... mmm, me? us? Anyway, I am pregnant now. When I healed the body, the growth of a child was accelerated by a few months. Because the baby is a girl and I'm kind of a beacon of magic, the sphere now directs you to me."

"Was that... really just a coincidence?" I asked with a bit of suspicion and when the sphere pierced through the clouds looked at the city down below.

"I admit that I might have pushed a few buttons here and there to increase the odds, but..." Celina replied, "I am really innocent."

"And by how much those odds were increased?" I asked again, now finding the whole situation a bit amusing.

"Seven percent... the moment you have selected the world with magic there was... a seven percent chance that someone else could have been chosen as your mother instead of me. But you can't blame me for this! After all... having a daughter that is technically her own mother is so funny!"

"But if you are really against it..." she then said in a sad voice.

"No," I replied immediately.

There was no need to even think if this was what I really wanted. I had my answer the moment I heard her say that she is my mother. All this time I felt this strange closure between us and the moment I was sent outside with the sphere I felt a stab in my heart.

When the sphere got even closer to the city, I could finally see her... In the middle of ruins of what was once our manor, surrounded by flames and raging winds. A sole figure of my mother stood with a black robe dancing in the wind, lightning crawling over her body occasionally striking at her surroundings.

Her blue, almost glowing eyes, were looking right at me and only her dark hair was completely shrouded by the night. A silver diadem, that now decorated her head, spelled a tragic fate of a certain mage.

She was silent for a long time. Standing here looking epic, posing for her unborn child. I couldn't help from feeling warmth filling me.

When I finally reached her, her arms spread wide to embrace me.

"I will be in your care... Mother," I said as entered her body, never before so sure in my decision.