《The Best Man In Another World》


 Start Of A Prologue And Another Life

    A man named "Kolsten." was the world''s best man, he grew up in a poor family, his mother was sick, his father was nowhere to be seen and his siblings were hungry. He always gave his part of the food to his siblings or his mother, when he grew up he started to work in many part-time jobs and he was successful in all of them but because of this he didn''t have any education. In one of his part-time jobs, the CEO of the food chain did a surprise visit and he found the young man quite useful, he was hard-working, kind, gentle, friendly, handsome, a perfect man that everyone would want and he wanted him, he employed the young man as his assistant.


    After many years the young man became a shareholder and after a few years later he was the CEO of the food chain but he was not like other rich people after feeding his family''s stomach he started to help many people, he gave away his money to charity and he took trips to homeless shelters every sunday, as he got richer his charity work became bigger and bigger, It reached a point that he was one of the richest persons on earth but then people started to suspect he was doing all of this for a good reputation but his intentions weren''t like that and that theory always bothered him until his last days on earth.


    Now, he was an old man. He was lying on his deathbed, he knew he was about to die in a couple of days but then something happened, now he wasn''t able to see his relatives, friends or anyone because an edited call made him look like a psychopath, he wasn''t able to refute these allegations because he was on his deathbed, he was alone, only a couple of doctors were next to him but they were all looking at him with empty eyes, every one of them wanted him dead. He never hurt a fly, he never hurt a person, he helped many people, he saved many lives but a simple thing was able to ruin his final days and then he took his final breath.Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original.


    Kolsten found himself in a pitch black place, he wasn''t able to see anything but he knew he was sitting on a chair and then a loud voice echoed in the dark place.


    "I will give you a free wish right saint because you lived as a great person. I will also offer you another wish right but that won''t be free, you will have to go to another world and save people or I can just send you to the highest floor of heaven and you will still have your free wish right."


    Kolsten knew this was the afterlife, he prepared for this for his whole life and now he was talking to the god directly, he wasn''t surprised or excited, he was calm and composed, he gave a simple answer.


    "I would like to use my free wish to save everyone who ruined my last days."


    "As expected. And your choice?"


    "I will pick the another world one, I want to save many people as I can."


    "And your second wish?"


    "I would like to remove bad emotions from my head, such as anger, jealousy."


    "Okay, but that is a punishment that I give out to some people."


    "Well, not for me. I hate those emotions they are really disgusting."


    "Fine but what about emotions that work for both ways, the ones who can be good and bad at the same time."


    "Oh, about that just lower them heavily, I still want to be a human."


    "Done, have a great life Saint Kolsten."


    And so Kolsten went to another world. This conversation''s speed was a first for God, It was so fast that even he was surprised like Kolsten was prepared for this conversation and he knew every detail of it but he couldn''t possibly know that.And because of this conversation''s speed, God forgot to warn him about his second wish. Destroying every bad emotion and lowering the neutral ones were normal for some people and those people were psychopaths and he also forgot about a neutral emotion called "Love." And that was his greatest mistake.

 A Helping Hand

    Kolsten found himself in front of a lake, he was lying on the grass and he saw a basket near him, there was a note on top of the basket saying "A Gift." Kolsten got excited and opened the basket, he saw tens of tuna sandwiches. Kolsten loved two things more than anything, first was humans and the second one was tuna sandwiches, he gained his love for tuna sandwiches because he had to work long hours of jobs and because of that sandwiches were the best meals for him.


    Kolsten picked up a tuna sandwich and ate it, and then realized something his hands were young again, he checked his body and his body was young too. He wanted to see his new face so he walked to the lake to see his own reflection and there he saw a young healthy man with short red hair and red eyes wearing a white shirt and a red waistcoat.


    He was happy to see himself as a young healthy man but he was also sad about seeing not seeing the young himself, he was just another person. He wasn''t going to start his new life sad so he smiled, he picked up his basket and started to look for settlements, after walking for two hours he saw a village.


    When he entered the village, he found the streets empty and deserted, the houses were in a bad shape as well. It seemed like this village was abandoned but then he saw a figure in a narrow street, this caught his attention and so he started to walk there, he saw an old man with a long white beard, the old man looked like he was a homeless, he also looked like he was starving and the old man noticed Kolsten.


    "What are you doing here noble boy?"


    Because of his clothes, the old man thought Kolsten as a noble, Kolsten smiled and responded.


    "I am not a noble. I wish to know the direction of the nearest city."


    "Just follow the road."


    "Thanks! Let me give you something for your kindness."


    Kolsten knew this old man was starving so he picked up a couple of tuna sandwiches from his basket and handed it to the old man, he started to eat them, after eating them the old man stood up and then got on his knees again.Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!


    "Please, give me more."


    "Okay!"


    Kolsten picked up more sandwiches and handed the old man sandwiches but this wasn''t enough for the old man he asked more and more until it reached a point that half of the basket was empty, the old man sat down with a full stomach, he was still licking his fingers, he turned to Kolsten with a smile on his face.


    "Thanks, young man. I will take you to the city."


    "Oh, thanks!"


    Their conversation was full of thanks because Kolsten loved helping people and the old man loved eating food, Kolsten picked up his basket and they started to walk to the city and on their way, they started to talk about themselves.


    "You gave half of your food to somebody you don''t know. Why?"


    "Oh, I just love helping people."


    "You never dropped your smile, why is that?"


    "I don''t know, I just want to smile. So why is that village so empty?"


    "That''s because no one wants to pay the village''s debt."


    "Debt?"


    The old man stopped and so did Kolsten after seeing the old man stop, the old man was about to cry, Kolsten hated seeing humans cry but he wasn''t able to do anything to ease his pain and then the old man started to speak


    "One day a flood struck the village. To rebuild the houses, we needed money and merchants didn''t give us money. So we went to the bandits for some and they accepted it with interest. Next harvest was a failure because of goblins eating our corps. We had no way of paying and so when the bandits arrived they just killed and raped. I was the only one left because they needed someone to pay the debt and I was the village chief. I worked my ass off to pay the debts but they kept adding interest and I just gave up."


    "I see, that''s sad. How much is your debt?"


    "Around ten thousand gold, a king can''t even pay that much. Well, who cares about that, what is your name, young man?"


    "Kolsten."


    "What a weird name! Though mine is weirder Aleriant."


    Aleriant laughed, Kolsten wanted to get rid off his debts somehow and he got an idea but kept quiet about it. After walking for a while they reached the city, It was a port town with big walls, the gate was so huge that the size of the gate was equal to a house. There were merchants passing through the gate and they had to pay a sum but Kolsten and Aleriant passed through the gate because Aleriant knew some people from there, after reaching the city Kolsten noticed something.


    "Hey, mister, how much does a horse cost here?"


    "Around three gold coins, why?"


    After getting his answer, Kolsten started to run, leaving his basket behind, Aleriant was surprised and so he yelled to Kolsten.


    "Where are you going!"


    Aleriant yelled but Kolsten didn''t stop. There was a captain with a long black beard, he looked like a pirate because of his red coat, his black pirate captain hat and a hook as his hand, the captain was getting on his ship, Kolsten ran up to him and yelled with a smile on his face.


    "Hello! I would like to sell my hand!"

 Ten Gold Coins And A Favor

    The captain turned around and saw a young man with a bright smile on his face, the captain was surprised, his troops thought this young man as a threat and they were already on top of him, the captain laughed at the young man''s bravery.


    "Great! You can leave the young man go."


    The captain''s troops let Kolsten go. The captain got off of his ship and walked to the dock, one of his troops brought a chair, the captain sat on his chair and looked at Kolsten like he was examining him, the young man was still smiling and then he spoke.


    "That''s a good right hand. Tell me which hand is your dominant one?"


    "I can actually use both of them."


    "Good, how much do you need."


    "Ten gold coins and a favor from you."


    "A favor from me? What do you need?"


    "I would like you to kill some bandits."


    Normally Kolsten hated getting people hurt but bandits were bad people in his eyes, they were the scum of the great human race and Aleriant''s village''s debt was going to be removed, this was a good deal for everyone and the captain smiled.


    "Fine, I will deal with them. Now find me a doctor and a healer. I don''t want this young man dying."Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original.


    The captain''s troops went to look for doctors and healers and a couple of them set up an operating table made of crates, everyone started to gather around the docks and after ten minutes the captain''s troops found a doctor and a healer, the doctor marked Kolsten''s right hand they didn''t want to cut more than they needed and the healer prepared his spells to stop Kolsten''s bleeding, the captain stood up and got a sword from one of his troops, he was going to cut Kolsten''s hand but then Kolsten spoke.


    "Oh, I forgot about my friend."


    "Your friend? I am sure my troops can bring him here. how does he look like?"


    "He is an old man named Aleriant. He looks like a homeless person and he is probably still holding my basket."


    "You heard the young man."


    His troops started to look for Aleriant and after five minutes, they found him but they had to force him to come here, Aleriant was being held, he was trying to shake the troops off.


    "Let me go!"


    After Aleriant yelled, he noticed Kolsten tied up to a crate, there was a captain right next to Kolsten, he was holding a sword and Kolsten weirdly enough was smiling at Aleriant.


    "What are you doing here Kolsten!"


    "I am selling my right hand to that captain over there."


    "What! Why?"


    "To pay your debts. The rope is hurting my right hand, can we get over this?"


    "Sure."


    The captain raised his sword and slashed his right hand, Kolsten''s right hand was grabbed by the doctor, he put his right hand in a jar and started to bandage his hand while the healer cast spells to stop his pain and bleeding, Aleriant immediately ran to Kolsten, he put his basket on the ground and crouched to help Kolsten but Aleriant was outraged.


    "Are you fucking mad?"


    "No, I am Kolsten and I am hungry."


    Kolsten used his left hand to get a tuna sandwich from the basket and he started to eat it with a big satisfied smile on his face, Aleriant was surprised, not only Aleriant everyone in the crowd was surprised. Kolsten was still smiling like his hand didn''t mean anything to him, and after hearing Kolsten''s weird answer. Aleriant knew something was really wrong with this young man called Kolsten.