Prologue: A Universe's Boredom

A yawn escaped Yuuki Makoto's lips as he read a book at the public library.

What's wrong? Asked a voice in his head whom he called Cana.

He was freed from the seal about two years ago and Cana was a soul that latched on to his as he was liberated so the end result was two souls in one body.

It's so boring, he replied absolutely boring.

You sounded like my foster son.

I'd love to meet him.

Oh, you two would probably get along smoothly.

Is that so? It's still boring here though.

Well, nothing you can do about that, Cana said as he gave out another bored sigh. Why don't we go home? She might throw another tantrum if were late.

Don't remind me, Makoto sighed as he got up.

It was winter 2109, he was stuck as the seal for about a century.

His power was stronger than before and the Universe Arcana allowed him to be more versatile. To be honest, if he was at this level when he was on his journey, he would've steamrolled Tartarus and the twelve shadows no sweat. Heck he might be even to go toe-to-toe with Elizabeth while not using Orpheus Telos.

To get home he needed to board a train. People really love trains huh. Despite the fact that humanity had improved so much this past century and that they've created various means of transportation, they still used trains. Perhaps people still used trains for a nostalgic value? Let's not hope it was so that people can still grope girls when the trains crowded.

After about ten minutes, he reached his stop and got off the. His apartment was five minutes on foot from the train station.

The apartment wasn't that impressive, after all being reborn doesn't mean you keep your money and equipment so he had to settle with a cheap apartment.

Reaching for the door to his room, Makoto felt a premonition. Something dangerous was behind this door. He grabs the doorknob with caution and slowly twisted it. He then opened the door immediately while hiding behind it at the same time.

A flash of purple flew past and slammed into the wall. He hoped the wall was able to withstand that.

Makoto sighed.

"What are you doing Alice?"

The girl in question got up while rubbing her head. She was about twelve or thirteen and had red eyes. Her golden locks reached up to her back and a black headband kept them in place. She wore a purple dress. Her skin was not unlike that of porcelain. She was quite cute, looks very huggable. If she didn't try to jump at him with that kind of force, he would've caught her instead of dodged.

This cute girl is Alice, one of the most powerful Personas of the Death Arcana and also one of his main Personas while he was on his journey.

"Onii-chan that was mean!" Alice cried with a pout on her face. How cute. "You're supposed to catch Alice in your arms and say "I'm back"."

"Alright," Makoto relented as he spread his arms open. The young girl immediately hugged him and he responds by wrapping his arms around her. "I'm back."

"Welcome back!" Alice said happily. She broke the hug and put her hands behind her back while twisting shyly. He didn't like where this was going.

"Onii-chan, what would you like?" nothing if possible. "Dinner?" she says twisting to the right. "Bath?" this time she twists to the left. Don't say it. "Or perhaps," she says putting her right index finger to the side of her lips. "Alice?" she tries to say seductively. Keyword 'tries'. It's really hard to take that seriously if you've watched too many anime.

"Disgusting," says a voice filled with disdain. "Forcing a young girl to say those lewd things, you should be ashamed."

Makoto looked to where the voice came from and saw a girl around his age. The girl wore a shrine maidens outfit, making her stand out a bit. Her long dark violet hair flowed up to her back. Crimson eyes stared on to his. 10 out of 10 would say that she is absolutely beautiful.

Now if she would only stop looking at him in disdain.

"On my defense, I didn't teach Alice any of those things. And also, Alice wanted a hug so I gave her one." Makoto said as he raised he rubbed the back of his head. The disdain in her eyes was still there. "Do you want a hug too, Namie?"

Namie wasn't the girl's real name. It was a shortened version of Izanami. The girl in front of him was the Shinto goddess of Yomi, wife of Izanagi.

"Wha—!" Namie's cheeks alight, before clearing her throat to regain her composure. "Enough of your jokes," she says as she hands him a letter. "I found that on your room a while ago."

That's odd. He doesn't remember going to the mail or bringing a letter to his room. He looked at the letter. "To Yuki Makoto-dono."

"Onii-chan," said Alice as her head popped out to his right curiously. "What does the letter say?"

"I must admit that I am quite interested as well," Namie follows up, appearing to his left. "After all it was slipped inside undetected while Alice and I are here."

He looked at them before turning his attention back to the letter. He tried consulting Cana about it but she was strangely silent. "Okay then, let's find out," Makoto says as he broke the seal and opened it.

Boys and girls with wondrous talents and much distress, I address thee! If you strive to test your Gifts, then cast aside your friends, your possessions, your world, and come to our Little Garden!

"""'!?"""

Within a blink of an eye, everything around them changed. They were suddenly transported 4000m up in the sky. It seems that they were not the only ones transported. There was also a blonde boy, a black haired girl and a girl with a cat.

Alice immediately grabbed on to Makoto as Izanami did the same as they fell.

If the purpose of that letter was to introduce them to a different world, then this was quite a welcome.