(short story)

Everyone wanted to get the soul of Ricardo Lopez the Third. In this reality, every person has a possibility to box his or her soul into a vessel after death. All knowledge, all memories and all secrets also go with the soul.

Ricardo Lopes the Third was the richest man ever, his exceptional mind allowed him to earn incredible wealth, which could exceed the income of all other people in his country… But, unfortunately, or fortunately (here’s how to look.), all his life Ricardo was lonely, never married; he had no relatives and left no children behind. After his death, he ordered all his legacy to be distributed to charity organizations, but before that he said to pack his soul and sell it at auction among the kindest people in this world. And now literally everyone wanted to get his knowledge, and learn the secrets of how to get rich like that.

At the auction, all people began to measure their achievements: “I flew to India to poor orphans and brought them the softest hay myself, so that it would be more comfortable for them to sleep!” “I am an incredible athlete. I received the world recognition!” “I am a single mother, raising 15 children, this soul should be mine!” “And then all the people began to swear, each exalted his or her achievements above the others. And then someone hit his neighbor, chaos began, all the people jumped up and began to fight back, bite and bludgeon each other…

Everyone was so busy with the conflict that they didn’t notice how the standing vase with the soul on the stand fell, broke, and there was no longer a soul in it…