In the vast expanse of the void, where time and space intertwine in an endless dance, a majestic castle floated. In the throne room, a man sat on an exquisite throne, an observer and creator whose wisdom extended beyond the comprehension of mortals.
One day, his attention was attracted by an unusual anomaly — three souls who, contrary to the laws of the universe, were able to remain whole in this void and merge into one. Three consciousnesses, three characters, three destinies that had merged to create something completely new. It was something impossible and mysterious, like three rivers merging into one mighty stream, carrying power and chaos at the same time.
The man smiled and decided to have fun. He appeared before the new entity saying:
"You're three in one. Your strength and weakness are in this unity. I grant you three wishes. Show me the limits you can reach by using them. What will be your wishes be?"
"My first wish is to get an inner dimension where life can exist without depending on the outside world."
With a wave of the man's hand, a dimension blossomed in the very heart, where the three souls merged together. It was like a blooming flower, the petals of which were composed of pure energy and potential.
"Interesting choice," he said. "You created a shelter. But what's next? What would be your second wish be?"
"My second wish is to preserve all my memories!"
The man nodded, his eyes twinkling with anticipation. He saw in this not just a desire, but a desire for self-preservation, to maintain his uniqueness, even in the process of transformation.
"So be it," he said.
"My third wish is to have some cool system! But without manipulation or some kind of super intelligence!"
"Well, to make it interesting, you're going to play gacha!"
As soon as he said that, a slot machine appeared right in front of me, which contained many balls of different colors. These were very common in grocery stores, and they often dispensed various toys, bracelets, and the like. Honestly, I did not expect that my raging life would depend on such a machine!
"Spin it!"
After his words, I was overcome with great fear, because I did not want to get a strange system like: Crack is a system, a system of emotions, a system of eating sweets or something like that!
"Um, how am I supposed to pull if I don't have hands?"
"Just think about how the lever goes down and that's it!"
I imagined this little lever with a little blue handle going down. After that, it really went down, and the balls in the machine began to shake and mix! I do not know how much time passed after that, but it seemed to me that an eternity had passed. When everything stopped, a green ball slowly fell out of the machine.
It opened, and then a window appeared in front of my face, but what was unusual was the absence of the famous "Ding" sound. It was just that a blue screen appeared in front of my face, on which it was written:
[Welcome to the "Registration System"]
"The system is selected, so it's time for you!" he said before snapping his fingers.
After he snapped his fingers, my head swam and I lost consciousness.
"Well, let's see what you can surprise me with and how you will live this life. Entertain me!" the creature said to the void, sitting on the throne and taking out a pack of popcorn and a glass of cola from an unknown place!
Some kind of planet. Somewhere in the forest
When I started to come to my senses, my first thought was:
My head was bursting at the seams because of too much volume and information? as well as memory pop-up images. Most likely, this is what this creature meant when she talked about some kind of fusion of three beings!
Numerous images of the lives of two powerful beings from different universes surfaced in my head, but I was well aware of them, since there were anime and manga about them in my world. But I never expected to merge with them!
One part of the memories was related to the Sage of the Six Paths, jinchuuriki, the Uzumaki clan. Other memories were of Earth, the Moon Kingdom, Prince Endymion, and Princess Serenity.
When all the pain from such a volume of memories was gone, I was able to sort out what was happening a little. That is, I merged or they merged with me, it's not very clear, but it turns out that I am a symbiosis of a fox and a horse. I wonder what I look like now? The fact that I'm not a human became clear almost immediately, as I saw a slightly elongated muzzle, fur, and whiskers in front of my eyes!
I slowly started to get up and realized that something was wrong. I couldn't stand properly, and everything was too huge. Majestic trees towered somewhere very high in the sky. While I was somewhere in the grass, and all this grass was above me!
On the tenth attempt, I was still able to stand on my four paws - yes, exactly four. With a slow, staggering gait, I managed to hobble to the waterfall, which was slightly visible from behind the bushes from where I woke up, to see what kind of animal I was!
Once at the water, I could almost clearly see myself in the reflection of the water. I turned out to be a very small fox cub with an unusual golden-colored coat, with one short tail, the tip of which was bright red, like a bright fire. On top of my head, I had a strange tuft of white fur with a slightly yellow tint. In general, the dream of any animal lover!
I quickly got used to the idea that I was no longer human, which was very strange. But I think this is due to the fact that most of my soul has to do with animals, if you can call them that. One is the nine-tailed fox demon that the whole world feared and longed for. The other is Helios, the winged unicorn who is the guardian of the golden crystal and the Illusion.
I decided that I should also look around, since there was no very dense vegetation around, and there were also quite a lot of rocks. Climbing up one of the rocks, I was able to see a pretty beautiful landscape. On one side of me was a small lake, surrounded on one side by a high mountain with a waterfall descending from it. On the other side was a dense and dark forest, through which nothing could be seen. A small stream led from the lake to the cave.
The cave was surrounded by ivy that descended to the water, separating it from the outside world. After examining the area around it for a while and finding no signs indicating that anyone lived there, I slowly and cautiously moved in its direction. Approaching it, I carefully poked my nose into the cave, there was a long tunnel in it, the end of which was not visible.
Very slowly I moved deeper into the tunnel, taking small steps as I followed along a small stream into the cave. The cave was quite dark, but the deeper I moved inside, the more often I began to see unusual crystals of different colors that glowed in the dark
After a while, I entered a large grotto - well, compared to my size. There was a lake in it, with a stone platform hanging over it. Small and large crystals and druses protruded from all sides of the grotto, glowing with a faint light, from behind a light window through which moonlight poured into the very centre of the stone platform.
This place was impossibly beautiful and comfortable, and most likely uninhabited, as there was nothing in the grotto to indicate anyone's presence! So I decided:
"It's settled, I'll stay here!"