"Ah", a boy yelled in pain, falling to the ground, his white pale skin now had a hideous red mark on his chubby face. This pitiful boy was our protagonist, Amor Brown, who rubbed his butt, in an attempt to reduce the pain. Amor was quite angry at the unfair treatment, but he could do nothing about it. Why? Because the boy who kicked him was his step brother, Cedric Brown, and the second legitimate son of Baron Brown.
If Amor even thought about arguing back, it will result in being beaten black and white again, not by just the boy but also by Baron Brown and Baroness Brown. You could quite see how Amor existence was pitiful and pathetic. Cedric snorted, akin to a pig and walked away, laughing with his friends.
Amor, seeing his surroundings had finally quitened and he was no longer at the risk of being beaten, laid down tiredly on the ground, not caring for how his clothes creased or become dirty by the ground. Taking advantage of the silence, he admired the clear blue sky. It has been 6 years since he reincarnated in this strange world. It will be what you call a 'fantasy world', something that can only be imagined but not exist, as real world had no place for magic or dragons.
But who would have thought? He actually reincarnated in this world! Like seriously, in the population of billion of people, he was the only one who got this strange lottery? And will you even call it a lottery when his circumstances has not even changed? Can you imagine, you are reincarnated into a noble family, but as an illegitmate son? Meaning, you have no property, you have no title and you are hated on by the wife of the father. Even in future, you will have no special privilege, why? Because your luck is so bad that only the legitimate children hold recognition for the title! Damn it! He died a broke and He will live as broke.
He was also loathed in both world.However, the key difference was the reason of being loathed in both the world were different. While here, he was just an illegitmate son of the lowest ranking noble, in his previous world, it was because —
Amor view of sky was suddenly blocked by a human-like being standing just a step away from his head. The reason the being was 'like a human' but not a human was because the head was turned 180 degree, its head, shaved, eyes held no pupil, wrinkles covered its face while its teeth, yellow and rotten but strangely, no smell was coming from it. It's tongue was quite long, reaching to its chest. It was clothed in a simple white dirty gown. If looked closely, its legs which were hidden by the gown had long and sharp nails.
The being closely stared at Amor. Its mouth moved, and even though its tongue was so long, it was able to talk. "You can see me, Can't you?
Amor showed no visible reaction to the ghostly figure, continuing to admire the sky. But who would have thought that this act didn't fool the being, instead it only agitated it. The being started to circle around him, looking at him with with him with its pupil-less black eyes. "I know you can see me, child. I saw you petting a soul of a dead bird just yesterday."
Amor eyes flickered with an unknown emotion for a moment. If the strange being had not been closely looking at him, it would have certainly missed it. The strange being smiled more widely, it's tongue wagging in the air and continued," I know you can see me."
Seeing how the boy still was not looking at its way, it grinned in mischief. It knelt down beside Amor head and leaned in closely to his face, almost touching him with it's tongue."I will lick you if you don't acknowledge me."
Amor finally was not able to take in, especially when he saw that this being was quite serious. He jumped up, startled and cautiously backed away. He knew that he had lost this round and had to comply with this old ghost wish.
Thankfully, the ghost doesn't seem to be have become mad, evident by its clear words. Though, he could see that the ghost wasn't far away from becoming mad.
When a human dies, their soul is reaped by the grim reaper, however, there are times when a person has too much regrets or sometimes just plain evil and escapes from the grim reaper grasp. This results in being wandering around, unseen by everyone, their existence no longer having any meaning, slowly losing their self and identity, their existence becoming meaningless in the world of living.
Amor has been able to see ghosts in his previous life as well. At that time, he hadn't learn to hide his ability and didn't know the depth of human hatred towards any thing not normal.
The humans who have only done deceitful and evil deeds in their life, their punishment, if they escaped from the grim reaper and the afterlife hell, was to roam on this earth, deformed and ugly. The humans who didn't let go, while their form retained its appearance at first, if they didn't let their regrets go and move on, their appearance slowly become deformed like that of an evil soul. They lose their sense of humanity and their identity, and just like evil souls, they roam the earth.
"Did you tell anybody?" Amor asked, his voice firm. By 'anybody', he meant ghosts.
The ghost knew what he was asking. "No, but only if you fulfill my wish."
Amor looked at the ghost, it was probably a woman, he deduced, looking at the white feminine gown. He looked around, ensuring no one was looking at them, and started heading towards the forest, the ghost closely following him.
They finally reached a spot he was satisfied with, and Amor sat on a big rock, and patted the other rock for the ghost to sit.
"Do you know who you are?" Amor asked.
Usually, when the ghost starts to forget their identity, the first thing they forget is their name. While some may think, it's just a name, what's a big deal about it? They are completely wrong, because it's only by a name, that a person acknowledges the other person, their names are used from their birth to their death, their families, relatives, friends, acquaintance, co-workers, and so many unknown number of people that a person only know for few seconds or hours, knows and remembers them by their names. Only by a name, can other person know they are calling for them. Only by the name, can the person identify their family or their community or even their nationality. And only by the name, can the person know they are calling for them. A name holds a much deeper significance that anyone can ever imagine.
After a ghost forget their name, they no longer are able to identify their family, even if their family is standing beside them, and use their name, the ghost hold no memory and is cursed to roam on the earth. Cursed to be something that is not living but also not death.
However, it takes a long time before this process starts, usually by then, the ghosts come in term with their death and move on, because after they start forgetting their identity, moving on becomes difficult for them. This can also be said to be the last mercy of God. Letting go and entering a new birth cycle or getting salvation is the natural process of this world and when someone goes against it, it can only result in merciless punishment.
The reason it can be said to be the god last mercy is because, even after death, when people don't let go, the god still gives them some time so that they can come in terms with their death. However, if they still remain attached to the materialism, then only punishment awaits. A punishment of wandering around the earth for thousand of years, unseen, unknown, lost and becoming mad.
This was the natural process of the world. Everything is transient and everyone has to return to earth, going against it will only lead to meaningless suffering with no gain.
"I remember," the ghost sat, its head finally returning to its original position, "I am Isabella Mars. "