The Illmind of Orpheus
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I look myself in the mirror, and I see a shadow of the man I once was. When I found myself in this world, I was excited at first, which one of us haven't dreamt of an Isekai adventure? A harem and experiencing new things that we felt too trapped to experience in the previous world. I was all for it, hell since I had no yearning for the previous world, I was all the more eager to lead a more fulfilling life here.
I was admittedly a little disappointed when I found out it was not a fantasy world at first but that disappointment soon turned to excitement when I found out that it's a superhero world, I mean sure it's not DC or Marvel or even anyone I know of but still it's a superhero world you know, how cool is that?
Do you know the amazing thing? I had powers! I was strong, stronger than any cape I came across… and not just one power, I was something the people of this world classified as a grab bag cape, and to that I only thought 'as expected of me, it's only natural' When I found out how people got powers in this world was when I first realized that mine was an outlier, where capes could not spend long time without engaging in conflict, I could stay content with myself no issue, and I had no cravings nor anything weird caused by having powers. My powers had no rhyme or reason, it just was…
Then I fell out of a portal in Madison trying to save some kids, I did save them at least so I was happy even though I now found myself in a new world of a new world. The locals called it 'Earth-Bet'.
Learning about 'Earth-Bet' was not fun, it's like when I was putting criminals behind bars in what is locally called 'Earth-Aleph' the heroes of this new world were playing dress up. I didn't like anything about the situation of this world, the villains, the murderers, the S-class threats, the endbringers, one of who I later learned was responsible for my dimensional displacement, monsters on their own right, the world seemed to close down on me, and I didn't know why. 'Earth-Bet' huh? Truly these people are betting on their lives.
And then for the first time since I reincarnated, I saw a picture of Scion… and then the visions started.