《I can skip between worlds!!!》 1. Luckiest day of my life Spoiler: The day is not lucky at all My name is Togaraki Suya. I am a 2nd year student in high school. To be honest I am an average student as well as an average person. I am neither the best student in my class nor the weakest. I am neither the popular student nor the guy who is hated by everyone in class. I am the definition of normal student. Similarly, my life is neither interesting nor boring. I am just an average person. Like every day, I was returning home from another uneventful day in school. But today was slightly different because it was raining. Luckily I always had a raincoat in my bag. I was that kind of guy who would carry around a raincoat or an umbrella even in the dry season/drought. So today I had a raincoat so I didn¡¯t have to wait for the rain to stop in the class. Before I left, I saw that the cutest girl in class, Chigaraki Miya, didn¡¯t have anything to protect herself from the rain. Miya-San was well known in the entire school for her beauty. I bitterly realized that if I had brought an umbrella today then I could have dropped her to her home. With this excuse, I could have spent some time alone with her and also get to know where her home was. Unluckily I had brought a raincoat with me which couldn¡¯t be shared. So I was walking home alone, cold, in the rain. Maybe this was the unluckiest day of my life. I was walking along the road while pondering such things while suddenly there was a blinding flash of light appeared in front of me and without any delay, there was a deafening bang. (Tinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn) My ears were ringing. I fell down because of the shockwave. It didn¡¯t take me long before I realized what had happened. A lightning had struck a few meters ahead of me. ¡°Holy sh*t¡±, I shouted. If I had brought my umbrella together with me, that lightning would have surely struck me. I got back on my feet and started to walk on my way. I had to cross the street to reach my house from this point. My vision was still blurry from the flash of lightning. ¡°If I had brought my umbrella with me today, surely both me and Miya-San would have been history.¡± I was muttering such things to my self. Since my vision was blurry, my ears were ringing and I was talking to myself, I did not notice the speeding truck that was headed to my way while I was crossing the street. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. Luckily though, I had a pretty fast walking pace so I just managed to cross the road safely. It was the gust of wind blown by the speeding truck that made me realize that I was almost run over. What a lucky day, I survived almost deathly situations twice in the same day. (But I had forgotten that the day was not over yet). I some how managed to reach my house without dying. Normally I would shout, ¡°I¡¯m home¡± but since I lived alone in my house so that was useless. The reason I live alone is, my dad serves in the army and my mother a mangaka so both of them are seldom home. So I have to live alone, cook for myself, basically I have to do everything my self. If my parents were here , maybe I would share the terrifying incidents that happened earlier with them. Sighing, I enter my room. Since I live alone, so my room is a bit of a mess. There are some dirty clothes piled on my chair, some unwashed dishes on the table. There are garbage on the floor and the dustbin is filled to the brim. As soon as I take a step into my room, I feel something cold, slimy and slippery under my feet. Ah! It is the banana peel from this morning. But I realized this too late because I had already raised my other leg to take another step. Never have I ever regretted my slow reaction speed. ¡°Ahhhhhhhhhhh¡±, I shouted as I fell down. There was a sudden pain in the back of my head as I hit the doorknob. Slowly I was loosing all my senses and I thought this is what it feels like dying. Every thing slowly became dark. It was so dark that I couldn¡¯t even see my hands, though I could neither feel nor move them. I was kind of scared but still was rather calm. Since there was nothing I could do in that darkness, even a moment felt like an eternity. But after a while there was a faint light that surrounded me. It gradually grew brighter and became so bright that I could not see anything again. I opened my eyes and realized they were closed the whole time. When I woke up, there was an old man with a long beard looking at me. When he saw me waking up, he let out a sigh of relief. ¡±I¡¯m sorry but you accidentally happened to die before your time¡±, he said. 2. Reincarnation ¡°What the f***!!!¡±, I shouted. ¡°Please mind your language little one, you are in the presence of GOD¡±,the old man in front of me said. He had a long white beard and looked like he was in his late seventies, but since he was GOD, he might have been billions of years old. ¡°Sorry!¡±, I replied as I bowed my head ¡° I was just shocked when I heard that I died.¡± ¡°I know. It¡¯s not something new that I have never seen before as everyone who dies has the same reaction but the type of language they use is different¡±, he said ,¡°well, I don¡¯t particularly mind anyone using vulgar language on their planet but you should strictly refrain from using them here on heaven as you might corrupt the pure minds of the angels living here.¡± ¡°I will make sure to keep that in my mind. If I¡¯m correct, didn¡¯t you say something about me dying accidentally before my time??¡± ¡°Yes, about that, every person has a limited number of deathly incidents in the day they are supposed to die. But if they are somehow able to survive those incidents, their lifespan is increased and a new death date is fixed for them randomly.¡± ¡°So you are saying that the matters of life and death are just a game of luck.¡± ¡°You are correct.¡± ¡°But I thought you decided whether someone gets to live or not.¡± ¡°Initially I did that job but when the human population increased rapidly, it became tedious even for the omnipotent me to look after the lifespan and events of every persons¡¯ life. So I created a program to automate and randomize people¡¯s death. That lifted a big burden from my shoulders. Of course I look after the life span of important people who can change the course of history.¡± ¡°So basically you got lazy. I guess that is natural when you are repeating the same job for billions of years without a vacation. But how was my death accidental?¡± ¡°I did not get lazy. It was because you humans started to reproduce like cockroaches that I was almost tempted to eradicate your species but I held myself back and made the automatic system so that I would not have a mental breakdown and exterminate you.¡± The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. He seemed annoyed by my harsh statement. ¡°That was informative but you didn¡¯t answer my question.¡± ¡°Oh! Sorry, I got carried away. You were supposed to have only two deathly events today which you managed to survive. You are the first person to survive lightning-truck combo in history. But due to your luck running out you happened to have a small accident. Normally it wouldn¡¯t have been deadly for even a child. I guess the last thing you remember is falling down and hitting your head, isn¡¯t it?¡± ¡°Yes¡± ¡°You were only supposed to lose your consciousness not your life. But here you are due to a bug in the program.¡± ¡°Do I get some sort of compensation since I died because of your mistake?¡± ¡°Yes, you get a reincarnation but in another world since you were not able to complete your life. You can choose the type of world you want to go to and can also receive a special power of your choice from me as a bonus.¡± ¡°Just like I thought, my situation is exactly like that of an another world anime mc. In that case please let me think for a while.¡± . . . . ¡°Done with the thinking?¡± ¡°Not yet. This is a life changing decision so I must think for a while.¡± ¡°Take all the time you need.¡± . . . ¡°I have decided, I want to go to a world where magic, adventurers and leveling up system exists. Basically a RPG world.¡± ¡°And what about your power?¡± ¡°I would like to have the power to level up faster and extremely high chances of achieving rare and advanced skills.¡± ¡°Those were two special powers, but I¡¯ll allow it. Also as a parting gift from my side, I will increase your basic physical abilities so that you will not easily die next time. Also I will make it so that you can easily use magic and also delay your death date, although I cannot tell you when it is. I have also increased your luck reserve so that it won¡¯t runout easily.¡± ¡°Thank you GOD. You are very generous.¡± I say as I bow my head once more. ¡°Farewell until we meet again.¡± Everything was suddenly dark again and I couldn¡¯t feel or move my body. But there was a certain warmth that resembled the warmth in heaven. After a while there was a blinding brightness and I opened my eyes. There was a blue sky with few patches of white clouds in my field of vision. I was laying on a grassy land. There was a gentle breeze and the climate was moderate. I got up and looked around myself. I was in an unfamiliar land, all alone. I had reincarnated. 3. A new world Ilooked all around myself. I was in an open grassland though there were few trees here and there. There was a cool breeze that blew the grass all around me. Birds were flying in the blue sky and some small animals that looked like a cross between a rat and squirrel were running here and there. There were tall hills faraway at the horizon. The sun was just rising in the east and the sky around that place was was reddish. There were many trees to the north. It probably was a large forest. ¡°Is this a dream?¡±, I asked myself as the scene in front of me was something that I only thought existed in dreams. I tried to pinch my cheeks to make sure I was awake. ¡°Ouch!!!¡± I pinched myself harder than I expected. Maybe that was the result of my basic strength being increased by GOD? This doesn¡¯t seem like a dream. But I still wanted to make sure I wasn¡¯t dreaming. I had read somewhere that you couldn¡¯t see clocks in a dream since the concept of time doesn¡¯t exist within it. So I take a look at my wrist watch. ¡°?6:15?¡± was the time shown in the watch. Now I was sure this wasn¡¯t a dream. If I remember correctly, I died ?at around 5pm?. But I reincarnated in the morning so I guess a lot of time had actually passed when everything was dark. Or the time in this world is a little different from my world. Wait, isn¡¯t this world my world now?? [I need to find a city or a village so I can find a place to spend the night. I should also search for a job once I reach the village. I wonder if language will be a problem in this new world. Aren¡¯t people who reincarnate in another world supposed to have the ability to check everyone¡¯s or at least their own status?] As I was walking towards east,I was thinking such things. As soon as I thought about the ability to check status, some words popped in my mind. Name: Togaraki Suya Race: Human Level: 1 Strength: 50 Defense: 32 Speed: 35 Stamina: 41 Magic: 48 Luck: 0 Skills: None Special Ability: ¡°Multilingual¡±, ¡°Status check¡± Title: ¡°Other worlder¡± I didn¡¯t have much experience playing RPGs but weren¡¯t my stats a little high for a level 1 person?? Also wasn¡¯t my luck a little too low after GOD increased it? I have been walking for quite a while now. If I had been walking for this amount of time in my previous life, I would definitely have been panting by now but I don¡¯t feel tired at all. My stamina has definitely increased. Next, I try to run as fast as I can. I had never run as fast as I am running now. My current stats are not that of a normal person for sure but I will not know that unless I meet another person. As I continue to walk, I reach a road. The time when I reached it was ?8:12?. The road was not an asphalt road like my old world but it was a graveled road. There were slightly deepened parts on the road that were parallel to each other. They were probably tire tracks of some vehicle. The tall hills at the horizon seemed a lot closer from here. Maybe I could reach it at about an hour or two from here. It might take even more than that because the land starts to incline after a distance. The road seemed one that was often traveled by. If I keep following it, I will probably find a city in no time. So I started to walk along the road. But never have I ever been so wrong.(you have been wrong about the luckiest day in your life). I have been walking along this road for the last 5 hours. It is already past noon and I am starting to feel hungry. I haven¡¯t even had breakfast. Since I came across a small stream on the way, I am not thirsty but I am dying of hunger. I had never been hungry for such a long time or may be my hunger is being intensified by all the continuous walking. I thought this place has a moderate climate but as the sun rose in the sky, the temperature steadily increased. Now I am completely drenched in sweat and I want to take a bath as soon as possible but I guess that wish of mine will have to wait for a few more hours at the least but I guess it might even take me couple of days to reach the nearby town. ¡°GOD, why did you send me to such a distant place from any civilization??¡± I shouted out of frustration. {GOD in heaven says,¡±Sorry, I forgot to refill your luck reserves even though I increased its capacity. If you had gone west from the point you had woken up you would have reached a big town in about an hour. And at the road, if you had taken the exactly opposite direction you have currently taken, you would have reached a small town in two hours. Sorry for the trouble. I will immediately fill your luck reserves.¡±} What was I expecting when I asked a question to GOD?? He probably cant even hear me. Or I can¡¯t hear him. (Trust me, you don¡¯t want to hear him right now) As I was walking along the road while complaining about my situation, I could hear some rumbling sound in the distance. As it got closer, I realized that it was the sound of a horse galloping. In a few moments, a horse cart came and stopped in front of me. The person who was driving the cart was a man in his late forties. He was wearing a straw hat. By his looks, he was probably a farmer. There were some bundles of wood in his cart besides an axe. ¡°What are you doing out here in this remote area alone?¡± He asked me. ¡°Are you perhaps lost by any chance?¡±The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. I could easily understand him due to my ability ¡®Multilingual¡¯. I hope it wold activate when I talk too. ¡°Yes, I happened to get lost when I was walking with my friends. Could you please give me a lift to the nearest settlement or town!¡± I answer him while hiding the fact that I came from another world. Thank god it activated. ¡°Boy, you are very lucky. People almost don¡¯t use this road that connects my village ¡®Doran¡¯ and the city ¡®Stellar¡¯ as a new route that is shorter and goes through the ¡®Great hills¡¯ has been recently constructed. I happened to use this way as I was cutting woods to sell in the city in ¡®The forest of Mander¡¯ which road passes by. Hop on into my cart. If I hadn¡¯t found you, you would have been walking for another day.¡± The man said. Since he is going to sell wood in the city, it seems like there is no LPG in this world. I guess worlds like this one that are generally shown in ¡®Another world¡¯ anime and manga are quite lacking in development. ¡°Thank you for your generosity. I have been walking since morning and I am really tired.¡± ¡°I guess you are hungry. There must be a bag in the cart. There is my lunch in it. You can eat half of it. I also have a bamboo bottle of water if you are thirsty.¡± I was so hungry that I immediately opened his bag. In the bag were two reddish-brown rings. I had never seen or heard about such a food before. So I decided to ask him what it is. ¡°I don¡¯t want to be rude but what is this food? I have never eaten such food before?¡± ¡°Oh! It is just a Sel-roti. It is a local food of my village so you might not have tried it before. It is very delicious so please try it.¡± (Sel-roti is a traditional dish in Nepal. It is usually cooked during festivals and is a very popular snack. You can look it up in Wikipedia.) The rings of the Sel-roti were large enough for both of my hands to fit in easily. It kind of looked like a thin doughnut with a large hole. I try to take a bite of it. It was crunchy but oily. It might have been deep fried. But it was mildly sweet and was really tasty. ¡°Do you like it? It would taste better with curry or pickle but my wife didn¡¯t pack that for me.¡± ¡°Yes it is de-lic-ious.¡± I answer with a mouth full of Sel-roti. ¡°If it was cooked this morning itself, it would have been the tastiest thing you would have ever tasted but since it is a few days old, it doesn¡¯t taste as good.¡± Huh! This is stale food? But it doesn¡¯t taste like it at all. Maybe it is because of all the oil that¡¯s preventing it from going off. Well, I don¡¯t mind having stale food at this point as I am very hungry. ¡°Thank you for sharing your food with me. It was very tasty.¡± I tell the man as soon as I finish eating. I could really use a napkin right now. ¡°You¡¯re welcome. Anyway I couldn¡¯t eat knowing that a kid is hungry besides me. Can you pass the remaining Sel-roti to me, I am also kinda hungry.¡± ¡°Here you go.¡± I passed the Sel-roti to him. It was so tasty that I would give anything to him just to eat the second one. The cart was moving slowly because it had only one horse but it was continuously moving towards its destination. I felt sorry for the poor horse but there wasn¡¯t anything i could do for it. I didn''t have anything to do. I just sat there. Then suddenly a fly came and started buzzing near my ears. It was irritating me so I clapped my hands like a fool for a while and killed it. Then suddenly an image popped into my mind. Name: Togaraki Suya Race: Human Level: 2(+1) Strength: 61(+11) Defense:39(+7) Speed: 40(+5) Stamina: 49(+8) Magic: 55(+7) Luck: 999 Skill: None Special Ability: ¡°Multilingual¡±, ¡°Status check¡±, ¡°Navigation¡±(new) Title: ¡°Other worlder¡± Huh!? Did I just level up by killing a fly?? I think it is due to my special power of leveling up faster but isn¡¯t this an overkill?? What¡¯s with that absurd amount of Luck?Also it didn¡¯t increase when I leveled up so that means it is something that can be expended like stamina and can be recovered with time. Maybe I had used up my luck when I last checked it and it might have recovered slowly when I was walking. By the way, what kind of an ability is ¡®Navigation¡¯? When I was wondering about it, another image popped up in my mind. It was a map of this world. The path I had walked was shown by a red line. Wait!! What!? There was a town very near to where I had woken up??? Also the village ¡®Doran¡¯ was very near to the place I found the road!? Damn it! I get really unlucky when my luck runs out. I will have to keep that in my mind. Let¡¯s see the stats of this man. Name: ??? Race: Human Level: 9 Strength: 35 Defense: 20 Speed: 18 Stamina: 22 Magic: 8 Luck: 19 Skill: Axe skill(2) Special Ability: None Title: ¡°Village Chief¡± What? Even though his level is way higher than mine, his stats and nowhere near mine. As expected of the stats boost from GOD himself. By the way, I haven¡¯t asked him his name. This guy is the chief of some village? He doesn¡¯t seem like that though. ¡°Excuse me, can I know your name?¡± I ask him politely. ¡°People call me Doran. You can call me as such as well.¡± ¡°Why is your name and your village¡¯s name the same?¡± ¡°That¡¯s because I am the chief of that village. The village was named after my family years ago. Doran is my family name by the way. My full name is Hugo Doran.¡± He says. ¡°What¡¯s your name kid?¡±he asks me. ¡°It¡¯s Togaraki Suya. Suya is my name and Togaraki is my family name.¡± ¡°So you aren¡¯t from around here, are you?¡± ¡°No, I am from another city that you might not have heard of.¡± ¡°We have arrived at our destination. Welcome to ¡®Stellar¡¯. ¡± Finally. It¡¯s already ?6:45 pm? and I am really tired. I want to sleep. ¡°Why don¡¯t you stay at my place tonight. You seem very tired and it¡¯s already getting dark.¡± ¡°Thank you, I will accept your offer. Please take care of me.¡± I go with him to his house. It is a small house on the outskirts of the city. It had two rooms and a small bed. The other room was a small kitchen. There was a stable outside where he tied his horse. ¡°Want to have some bread? I don¡¯t have any milk though.¡± He says as he hands me a few slices of bread. I am really hungry so I finish the bread in no time. Thanking him I go to sleep in his bed. He sleeps on the floor. I guess today was the birth of yet another op mc in another world. I didn¡¯t actually want to become that op but I might have asked for something too op from GOD. While thinking many different things I fall asleep in no time due to fatigue. 4. I am not dead!? I am woken up by a ray of light that is breaking into the room from a gap in the curtains. I feel as if I slept for only a minute but all my fatigue is gone though my body aches at some places for some reason. The room is dimly lit but it is bright enough to see the time in the wall clock. Wall clock?? Is this world advanced enough to have a wall clock? Was there a wall clock in this room yesterday in the first place??? And why does my head hurt so badly??? As I look around, I see a chair piled with dirty clothes, garbage on the floor and piled in the dustbin. Then I realize, this is my filthy room!!! So that means my head is hurting because I hit it on the door knob last night. I guess I passed out and everything that happened till now was a dream. I¡¯m glad I¡¯m not dead. But I really need to clean my room else I will die for real next time. But shouldn¡¯t I have forgotten about my dream by now. I remember everything in detail. I remember the cool breeze, the beautiful scenery, fatigue when walking, taste of that weird food; name of which I have forgotten and I can go on for the rest of the day. I can¡¯t understand what has happened. I look at the time. It¡¯s ?7:21 am?. About 12 hours has passed since I slept. But I have this feeling deep within me that I have slept only for a minute. What ever has happened, I don¡¯t have time to think about it. Else I will be late for school. I have to prepare breakfast, lunch and reach my class in time. And I am too hungry because I didn¡¯t have anything last night. I stand up and go to the kitchen. I make a scrambled egg and toast a couple of bread. I warm my milk and pour it in a glass. This will be my breakfast for today. Oh! I totally forgot to go to the bathroom and wash my face. I quickly go to the bathroom and finish all my business in there. Then I return to the kitchen to have my breakfast. Unsurprisingly my breakfast has gone cold. I don¡¯t have any time to reheat my food so I eat it cold. For my lunch, I cook some rice and reheat the curry that¡¯s in the fridge. I always have curry and rice for lunch. I cook curry in bulk every weekend and keep it in the fridge. I reheat it every morning. I cook my rice every morning as it doesn¡¯t take that long to cook it. I put on my school dress and get ready. I pack my lunch in my bag. Today I make sure to pack both my raincoat and umbrella. If I die, I will die with Miya. I lock my door and move out. As I go out, I see my neighbor, aunt Masako. ¡°Good morning Suya.¡± ¡°Good morning Aunt Masako.¡± ¡°I heard a loud noise from your house last evening . Is everything all right?¡± ¡°I fell down yesterday but I¡¯m all right so no need to worry.¡± ¡°Oh! You should be more careful. You made Chiaki worry.¡± ¡°I will make sure to be more careful next time. Bye, I have to go.¡± I say as I leave. ¡°Bye. Chiaki has already gone so I think you should hurry.¡± Aunt Masako is not my own aunt but is really close with my mother. She looks after me as I live alone. Chiaki is her daughter who is a 1st year student in my high school. She is a sweet and cute girl who excels in both studies and sports. Damn, I¡¯m really envious of her. While thinking such things, I reach my school. I go straight towards my class. In class, my seat is in the second last row, towards the window. Usually students can sit in any seat they want but since they know that I always sit on that specific seat, it is always left for me even if I am late. I¡¯m not a delinquent who is feared by everyone. It¡¯s just that I am quite good friends with almost everyone and they respect my preference. Well there have been occasions when someone had sat in my seat earlier but after I requested them to switch seats politely, they agreed. Since then, no one has sat in my seat. I go and sit at my desk. Why is Miya coming towards me while smiling?? I don¡¯t understand. My face is all red and I am sweating so much that I might die of dehydration at anytime. My heart is pounding hard in my rib cage and it feels like it will burst anytime soon.A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. Phew!! She went past me and talked with some other girls of my class. Since I was thinking about her both yesterday and this morning, I might have developed some kind of feelings for her. Wait! She came back and sat in the seat beside me. This is the first time she has ever sat beside me. What should I do? Should I greet her? Or will that sound too suspicious?? I have talked with almost every person in my class but I¡¯ve never talked to her before since she is a school celebrity. I¡¯ve heard that she is a kind girl who helps everyone. But I on the other hand didn¡¯t even help her when she needed help yesterday. But there wasn¡¯t anything I could do, right? Wait a minute, I could have lent her my raincoat and could have left school after it stopped raining. I could also return with Chiaki. Damn my useless brain. It¡¯s always coming up with smart ideas after the event has passed. As I was thinking such things, the first two periods are over. I didn¡¯t even pay attention to what the teacher taught because my mind was busy thinking things. Since I was mentally tired, I try to sleep during recess. I lay my head on my desk and close my eyes. As I opened my eyes, I was surrounded by darkness. I was laying on a bed in a dark room. Somebody was snoring in the room. Wait a minute, I remember this place. This is Mr. Doran¡¯s house. What am I doing here all of a sudden?? Wasn¡¯t this all supposed to be a dream?? Wasn¡¯t I supposed to be in my class?? I take a look at my watch. ?10:32 pm?. That¡¯s the exact same time I went to sleep in my class. The only difference is, I slept in am and now it¡¯s pm. ¡°Can¡¯t sleep?¡± Doran suddenly asks who I thought was fast asleep. Maybe he is a light sleeper. ¡°I just had a weird dream¡± I answered. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about any silly dream. You should get some sleep else you won¡¯t be able to wake up early ?tomorrow morning?.¡± ¡°Ok¡± Then suddenly, I feel really sleepy and I can¡¯t keep my eyes open. I absolutely have to sleep. My questions can wait for morning. Without wasting another moment, I go to sleep. ¡°ya...Suya... are you all right? Are you feeling ok?¡± As I wake up, someone asks me. That voice, it seems familiar. Where have I heard it before? Ah! It¡¯s Miya¡¯s voice. Miya¡¯s voice??? As I open my eyes, I see Miya right in front of me. She had a worried expression but her face brightened as I opened my eyes. ¡°I¡¯m fine, but why are you asking me this question all of a sudden.¡± I answer, still wondering how she knew my name even if we haven¡¯t talked before. I¡¯m not popular like her, am I? I guess it was because the teacher called out my name today in class because I wasn¡¯t paying attention. ¡°Were you sleeping?¡± ¡°Yes but you didn¡¯t answer my question.¡± Why doesn¡¯t anyone answer my question in the first time? ¡°You fell asleep as soon as you rested your head on the desk. I thought you collapsed due to that little wound that you have on the back of your head. How did you get it?¡± Her voice seemed worried. ¡°I fell down and hit my head yesterday evening. I didn¡¯t notice a wound though.¡± I casually reply. ¡°You should go to the infirmary. Come, I will take you there.¡± She offered. I now see why everyone calls her very kind. She was worried about me even if we are not that close to each other. We were just related as classmates till this point. As we were walking out of class together, I felt cold stares on my back. I probably made many enemies just by walking with Miya. I just wanted to be friends with everyone!!! ¡°Miya is too kind!¡± I take a look at Miya and she is blushing. Did I just say that out loud!?? I might have raised a flag somewhere. We go to the infirmary and the nurse applies bandage on my wound. Then both Miya and I return back to our class. The cold stares were still there. I return back to my seat. Even though I will be treated differently in class from today, I am still glad that I got to talk with Miya today. But I still cannot understand what happened when I slept. As soon as I slept here, I woke up there. And as soon as I slept, I woke up here. I cannot comprehend anything. Whenever I wake up here, that place seems like a dream that I don¡¯t forget for some reason. And the same thing happens when I wake up there. Maybe I am lucid dreaming?? I will have to investigate this phenomenon after I return home. For now, I should try not to sleep. As I think about suck things for too long, my head starts to hurt. So I hit my desk slightly with my fist. To my surprise and everyone who sat around me, the wooden desk cracks. But I don¡¯t feel even a bit of pain. I seem to have grown as strong as I am in that world. I wonder if I can use my abilities here too. I try to activate my ability ¡®Status check¡¯ on Miya. It worked. Name: Chigaraki Miya Race: Human Level: 4 Strength: 16 Defense: 12 Speed: 10 Stamina: 14 Magic: 0 Luck: 29 Skill: Dancing(4), Singing(3), Athletics(4) Special Ability: None Title: ¡°Celebrity of Southern High¡± I am surprised that I can use my abilities that I acquired in another world in my real world too. I think the bug in GOD¡¯s program was larger than he said it was. If things continue like this, I will be too op to even exist in this world. And I am surprised that even Miya has a higher level than me. Just how many flies did she kill?? Also, it seems that there is no magic in this world. Was my level reset when I was reincarnated? If that is the case I want to know what level I was before I supposedly died. 5. I return to Magica As such, another uneventful day of my life was over. I guess I shouldn¡¯t call today uneventful because I got to talk with Miya and made an enemy out of every guy in my class and probably in the whole school. It wasn¡¯t raining today so I couldn¡¯t offer my umbrella to Miya. Also, she might have brought an umbrella today because of yesterday¡¯s experience. Since I survived my last death date, I don¡¯t have any plans to die any time soon. So no deathly events occur today. But still I shiver whenever I see a truck on the road. I might even pee my pants if there is a thunderstorm or even if someone lights a firecracker. I reach my home safely without dying on the way. The first thing I will do when I reach my room is clean it. I don¡¯t want to die due to a banana peel again. Even if I didn¡¯t actually die, I don¡¯t want want to feel that pain of banging my head somewhere. I prepare my dinner. Today, it¡¯s omelette and rice. Since that person called Doran wanted me to get up early, I have to go to sleep early. After I have my dinner, I go to sleep at about 6 pm. I am reminded about an anime that I watched where the characters go to sleep wearing a headset in order to enter into a RPG world. But I don¡¯t need any headset. As I fall asleep, I wake up in another world where I had reincarnated. I have skipped between worlds successfully. It seems that I have two bodies and one consciousness. Whenever one body is unconscious, the other gets conscious. Both my bodies are exactly the same. I am wearing my school uniform in this world as that was the clothes I was wearing when I died. I will be calling this world Magica and the other Scientifica as I am really confused by this world and that world. I was thinking about many things by getting up in the bed. Doran had already woken up and might have gone outside, probably to feed the horse. I go outside and find Doran tying his horse to his cart. He was going to sell the wood in the city. ¡°You woke up late.¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t you wake up too early?¡± ¡°Because you wouldn¡¯t wake up when the city bell struck five, I am late. Since I have to go sell my wood, I can no longer host you. So I would like if you would go on your way now.¡± ¡°I was thinking of leaving your place today. I thank you from my heart for your hospitality.¡± ¡°You¡¯re welcome.¡± ¡°Is there a guild or something of that sort in this city?¡± ¡°I guess you¡¯re looking for the Adventurer¡¯s Guild. The tallest building in the city is the Guild.¡± ¡°Thank you once again. I would like to take your leave.¡± ¡°You may visit me in Doran Village someday.¡± ¡°Definitely.¡± I talked with him in a formal language as he is a Village Chief. I then head towards the city. The city has a tall wall all around it, probably for defense. As I enter the city gates, the guards stop me for checking me for any suspicious activities. ¡°Show your citizenship.¡± The tall and muscular guard says. ¡°I don¡¯t have one. But I was born in this country.¡± ¡°You have to come with me. We will use deception detecting magic on you to confirm your statement.¡± He says. He takes me into a room and asks me to sit on a chair. He leaves and shortly after that, a woman who was perhaps in her 20¡¯s came in. She had a staff and perhaps was a wizard. (I am omitting calling a woman as witch.) she chanted while she waved her staff. Light was coming out of the head of the staff that was shaped like a sun that children usually draw. (??) ¡°I have casted a lie prohibiting spell. Try to tell a very obvious lie.¡± She says. ¡°I am a Boy.¡± I say. But what I wanted to say was ¡®I am a Girl.¡¯ What am amazing spell. ¡°Now tell me were you born in this country or not?¡± ¡°Yes I was.¡± I say. Since I reincarnated in this country, technically I was born here.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ¡°Do you have any ill intentions towards this city or it¡¯s people?¡± ¡°No I don¡¯t.¡± ¡°You have passed the test you are free to enter the city.¡± ¡°Thank you.¡± I enter the city gates. The buildings are all old in design and have tiled roofs. The streets are paved with stone slabs. The dress up of people is also very old fashioned and I probably stand out in my shirt, pants and tie. I might get away from any kind of interrogation by claiming that I am from another city or country. I move towards the tall building in the center of the city. It looks like a medieval castle surrounded by tall towers. As I am walking on the street, a horse gallops past me. The horse looks like a exotic breed unlike the scrawny horse of Doran. The person riding the horse also looked like he was a rich person. His clothes were lavish and wore golden jewelry. He drops a pouch a little ahead of me. ¡°Stop. You dropped your stuff.¡± I shout but he is already too far to hear me. I pick up the pouch. It is velvet and is quite heavy for its size. I hear a metallic sound when I move it. I open it to find some coins. Some were gold and some were silver. There is a name tag on the inside of the bag. ¡°Guildmaster Zurak¡± It seems that he is the guild master of this city. I should return this to him since I plan on joining the guild. I move on towards to the guild. The building appears bigger the closer I get to it. There are many people that look strong and are wearing heavy armor. They are moving in and out of the guild. They must be adventurers. I enter the guild through the huge door. The hall inside is also huge. There are many receptionists on one side of the hall. They are behind protective glass and handle the issues of the adventurers requests and issues professionally. On other side of the hall, there are many notice boards on the walls. They are filled with requests and adventurers are looking at them. By looking at the amount of requests and the amount of adventurers at each board I can guess that the board closest to the door is for beginners and the board at the end of the hall is for the highest ranked adventurers. The first boards are full of requests and the amount of adventurers looking at them is also high. Where as the last board has only a couple of notices that look very old and no one is looking at them. I go to the reception closest to me. ¡°How can I help you sir? Would you like to make a request?¡± The receptionist asks. She is a woman in her early 20s or late teens. She is beautiful with stunning eyes. ¡°I actually wanted to meet Guildmaster Zurak. I found a pouch that he happened to drop and I am here to return it.¡± I say as I show her the pouch from earlier. She takes a look at the pouch and confirms that it is indeed the Guildmaster¡¯s pouch. She then asks me to follow her so I follow her into a staircase. We climb to the first floor where there is another big door. ¡°Guildmaster Zurak¡± was written on the door. The receptionist asks me to wait on a chair outside the door and goes inside. She comes outside and says,¡±The Guildmaster wants to meet you. Please come in.¡± I go inside. The man in lavish clothes I saw earlier was sitting at a table. He gestured me to take a seat. He looked like someone who peed after holding it in for a long time. ¡°I found your pouch on the way to the guild so I wanted to return it.¡± ¡°I am very grateful that you helped me by bringing my money back to me. I was really worried what I would do if I couldn¡¯t find my money. I had sent a few adventurers to look for it but the news of it being returned by a commoner gave me great relief.¡± ¡°I just felt obliged to do that work because I wanted to join your guild. But even if I didn¡¯t wanted to, I would have probably done the same.¡± ¡°I see. But there is a slight problem. You have to give a physical fitness test that happens twice a year to become an adventurer. The last one happened about a month ago.¡± ¡°Oh! Too bad. I guess I will have to wait for five more months to join the guild.¡± ¡°Normally you would have to do that. But as a Guildmaster, I have the privilege to appoint one adventurer in every test. And this time I hadn¡¯t used that right so I guess I can appoint you immediately.¡± ¡°Are you sure there is no problem in making me an adventurer without any test?¡± ¡°You don¡¯t find such honest person such as you everyday so I don¡¯t think there is any problem. Welcome to the guild.¡± ¡°Thank you for giving me this opportunity.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t give you this opportunity, you created it for yourself. And also I would like you to accept this small amount of money as your first quest reward, the quest to find my pouch.¡± He says as he hands me 4 gold coins. ¡°I can¡¯t accept this because I have already received a reward. And also, I didn¡¯t do that work for any reward but because of my morals.¡± ¡°I understand that. But you are already an adventurer and the job you just did was a request from me. You just completed your first request and this is your first reward. I will make you take it by any means, sooner or later.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry but I had not accepted that request at the reception and just happened to complete it by chance. So I can¡¯t accept that reward.¡± ¡°Ok, if you say so, I will allow you to leave without accepting your reward for now. Go with Kira here to the reception to receive your guild card.¡± ¡°Ok, I will leave now.¡± I follow Kira down to the reception where she hands me a guild card. It is a thin paper card with some writings and the guild seal. ¡°This guild card absorbs a small amount of your magic to register you as its owner. The writings will have a faint light if it¡¯s in your hand. If it is stolen or lost, it will turn dark when someone else tries to use it.¡± ¡°It seems to be pretty convenient.¡± ¡°You can also use it as the account card to access the money you have stored in the guild. All merchants will accept the card in any country.¡± It is like a credit card. But a magical one. ¡°You currently have 4 gold coins in your account. You can use it as you wish.¡± It must have been that Guildmaster. Anyway, I can use some money right now. ¡°You can accept any request from the request board of your rank and bring it to any receptionist. When you complete the request, you will be given your reward.¡± ¡°Thank you for the instructions.¡± ¡°Congratulations, you are now an adventurer.¡± ¡°Thanks.¡± Thanks to my high luck, I could easily become an adventurer. I will reach the highest rank by any means necessary. 6. My first adventure ¡®Request to find a lost cat¡¯ ¡®Request to help shopping¡¯ ¡®Request to guard a cake shop¡¯ . . Etc There were many low ranking and boring requests at the paper rank request board. There weren¡¯t many adventurers at this board as the last adventurer exam was held about a month ago and most of the paper ranked have already increased their level into ceramic rank. I need to find a request that involves killing something, even if it is a mosquito so that I can level up faster. Then I can go on actual requests to slay some monsters. I also need to keep track of time so that I won¡¯t be late for school. ¡°Request to help kill rats¡± Now this is a request that I have been looking for. Now I¡¯m going to be OP. The reward is 10 copper coins. I take the request straight to Kira. Since she is the most beautiful receptionist and no other man seems to have courage to go speak to her, she is mostly free. There are few women who go to her but the men stay away from her, even if they have to wait in line at other receptionists. I wonder if Kira is a hardcore feminist and hates all males. That could be another reason why there¡¯s no man who visits her desk. But she didn¡¯t seem like that to me a while ago. I submit the request to Kira and she takes a look at the request and says,¡±Finally this request is off that board. It had been there for almost a year now.¡± ¡°Why, what¡¯s so special about that request that everyone¡¯s avoiding it?¡± ¡°There is not any issue with the request but the request reward is not sufficient considering the large amount of rats that have infested that house.¡± ¡°The reward money is not a problem for me right now as I have the money from the guild master. I need to gain some experience so that I can reach higher rank in the guild. By the way, can I accept multiple requests at the same time?¡± ¡°Yes, you can. But if you don¡¯t complete any one of the requests within 5 days then you will have to pay a fine which is 50% of the reward money.¡± ¡°Ok, I will go get another request.¡± I go back to the request board and take a request that I had seen earlier. I hand it to Kira. The first thing that I have to do is buy some mouse traps that will not kill the rat. I¡¯ll have to kill the rat if I want to gain some experience. I also buy a big bag. Then I search for a cat in the alleys that looks like it¡¯s a stray. After searching for an hour or two, I find a cat that is black with white patches. It was quite difficult to catch it but I managed to do it after a while due to my higher speed. With the cat in a bag and the mouse traps, I head to the house that was infested with rats. When I reach the house, I was shocked to see that it was a large mansion unlike the small shack of a poor person that I had imagined. It was not possible to guess that a house infested with rats would be such a luxurious mansion. I knock the door. The door opens after a while and there was a large rat who opened the door!!! It was as tall as a man and had grey fur. It had long and sharp incisors protruding from it¡¯s mouth and gleaming red eyes. ¡°Who might you be? Who are you looking for?¡± ¡°I¡¯m here from the adventurer¡¯s guild. I accepted the request to help kill rats.¡± I say while showing my card and my legs are trembling with fear. ¡°Oh! Welcome. Please come in.¡± The giant rat moves aside to allow me to enter. I was scared of that rat in the beginning but I noticed that it¡¯s just a man wearing rat costume so I go inside. Inside the door I could see holes in the floor and walls made by rats. I was disappointed that none of the holes were like an inverted U. There were few rats that were brave enough to run around even in daylight. I go and sit on the sofa that was chewed up by rats. The rat man sits opposite to me. ¡°As you can see, there are many rats that live in my house. My children found some baby rats in one of their friends house, who lives in the outskirts of the city and brought them home. They wanted to keep them as pets so I allowed them despite my wife¡¯s reluctance. I bought a glass cage that is like an aquarium so the rats may not climb out. The got big quickly and also started to breed.¡± ¡°Let me guess, one of your kids dropped the cage and the rats ran away.¡± ¡°Yes that is what happened. I tried to search for the rats but couldn¡¯t find them anywhere. I thought that without anyone to feed them, they would die and then I could find their dead bodies but I was wrong. Within a couple of months, the house was overrun by rats and there was nothing I could do. My wife left me and took the kids with her to her mother¡¯s place.¡± ¡°I get the cause of the problem, but why are you in a rat costume?¡± ¡°The rats started to eat everything and they would have eaten me too, but I realized that they didn¡¯t eat each other so I dressed as a rat.¡± ¡°Ok. I will try my best to kill the rats but I cannot promise you that I can kill all of them.¡± ¡°Thank you. That would be a great help.¡± He said while sobbing. I open the bag which I had with me and the cat jumped out. The man was surprised to see a cat in my bag. He might have been wondering what might be in my bag. You could say I let the cat out of the bag. The cat starts running after some of the rats. ¡°Do you have a knife that I can borrow!¡± ¡°Ah Yes, I will get one right away.¡± While he goes to the kitchen to get a knife, I set the traps. ¡°While you get the knife, also bring some food that the rats like.¡± I shout.If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. ¡°Ok¡± The man returns back with a knife and some bread. I place pieces of bread in the traps and put them in the corners. Now all I have to do is wait. I take the knife and walk around the house stabbing in the corners and in the cracks between the planks on the floor and wall. When I pull the knife out, it is smeared with blood. This house is filled with so many rats that you can kill a couple of them just by stabbing blindly at a corner. I spend some time stabbing the rats while the cat is killing and eating others. It must have been very hungry because it has already eaten about 7 rats. If things continue like this, I will get rid of most of the rats by tomorrow. It¡¯s already evening and I have already killed around a couple hundred rats. The cat was a big help because it started to just kill the rats after it was full. It also scared a lot of them out of the house. I bet there will be more rat extermination requests in the future in this neighborhood. The man has prepared me dinner to show his gratitude. The house is almost clear of rats so he is now in normal clothes. He is a man in his late 40¡¯s and looks very tired due to his situation. After dinner, I ask,¡±Can I stay here for the night? I want to kill few remaining rats tomorrow morning.¡± ¡°I would be more than happy to host you for another day. You have helped me a lot and that¡¯s the least I can do for you. You can sleep in my son¡¯s room.¡± So I got a room for the night. At around seven I go to sleep. And I wake up in my room. I hope no rat has come to this side with me. I hurry to prepare my breakfast and lunch as I am running late. I barely reach my class on time. I spend my day starting at Miya while all the other guys are starting at me with intimidating aura. Whenever she notices me staring at her, she blushes and looks the other way. But I don¡¯t stop starting at her. Dose she think I¡¯m a stalker and her face is getting red due to anger?? I can¡¯t ignore that as a possibility. Thus my day ended without much events. I return home without dying and prepare & have my dinner. I go to sleep at about 6pm. When I wake up there is breakfast next to my bed. Though I just had dinner in scientifica, my body here in magica is very hungry so I gobble it up. I go downstairs and the client is reading newspapers with tears in his eyes. When he notices me coming downstairs, he says,¡±This is the first time in a year I have read a newspaper ??¡± He seems really happy though his eyes are in tears. I go to take a look at the traps while ignoring him. What the hell is this?? There are a lot more rats in there traps than there¡¯s supposed to be. Even after killing all those rats yesterday, their numbers still seems to be high. In kill all the rats caught in the traps. The cat is sleeping in one corner, with a full belly. I stab around the cracks and corners for a while again. There are a few rats remaining but they are a lot lower than compared to yesterday. I don¡¯t think I can kill any more rats. ¡°Sir, I have killed all the rats I could, so I would like to leave now.¡± ¡°Thank you very much. I can¡¯t find enough words to thank you for your help.¡± ¡°Could you sign this request form as a proof of my completion of this request.¡± ¡°Ah! Gladly¡± ¡°I would like you to buy a cat. Also, I have left all the traps I brought with me so make sure to make full use of them.¡± ¡°Thank you.¡± He says, while crying. I leave the place with the cat in my bag. Before I return to the guild to claim my reward, I have to go to a certain place. I don¡¯t know the exact location of the place so I ask other pedestrians for the directions and reach that place. I knock the door of the house and a little girl, probably 6 or 7 years old, opens the door. She is so cute that I want to adopt her as my sister. But she seems very sad. ¡°Who are you brother? What do you want?¡± ¡°I¡¯m here from the guild. Did you post a request there?¡± I say while showing my card. ¡°Yes, my mother did. Please come in. We can talk about the request inside.¡± Oi oi little girl, should you be inviting a stranger in your house so easily? It might also be the trust people have in the adventurers. I go inside the house and into the drawing room. ¡°Please have a seat. I am Lola. As you know, we had posted a request to help find my missing pet. He was lost a week ago and I couldn¡¯t find him. I really love and miss him so my mother posted a request at the guild to find him. Thank you so much for accepting the request.¡± Lola clearly was very sad about her lost pet. She was about to burst into tears but was holding it in because she didn¡¯t want to embarrass herself in front of a stranger. ¡°What was his name?¡± ¡°Mr. Mittens.¡± ¡°That¡¯s a cute name, isn¡¯t it Mr. Mittens.¡± I say while opening the bag. Mr. Mittens jumps out and runs towards Lola. Lola was first surprised but then her eyes opened wide with happiness. She hugs her cat tightly. Mr. Mittens also seemed to have missed her very much. ¡°Thank you big brother. You brought my Mr. Mittens back to me. I¡¯m so happy.¡± She is sho happy that she gives me a tight hug as well. I¡¯m also really happy to have found the little sister I never had. I wonder if I can get her parents to adopt me. ¡°But how did you find him?¡± ¡°Did you forget that the request form had his description?¡± ¡°No, I mean the city is huge and we couldn¡¯t find him but y found him so soon. I was sure he was lost for ever.¡± ¡°I just got lucky. By the way, where is your mother? I needed her to sign this request form.¡± ¡°Mommy has gone outside, she will be back anytime now.¡± ¡°Ok, I will wait for her here. You can play with Mr. Mittens till then.¡± I wait for a few minutes and the front door opens. ¡°Mommyyy, look who¡¯s back!!!!¡± Lola shouts while running towards her mother with Mr. Mittens in her arms. ¡°He¡¯s back?! How did he get here?¡± ¡°A good big brother brought him back. He¡¯s waiting for you inside.¡± ¡°Hello mam, I¡¯m an adventurer and I had accepted your request to find your cat.¡± ¡°Thank you so much for finding him. Lola had been crying her eyes out every day. I hadn¡¯t seen her this happy since the last week. I can¡¯t thank you enough.¡± ¡°I¡¯m just doing my job. I¡¯m glad I could be of help. Could you please sign this request form for me?¡± ¡°Of course, with pleasure.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll take your leave now.¡± ¡°Please stay for lunch. I¡¯m sure Lola would love to spend some time with her new favorite big brother.¡± ¡°Yes please stay¡± Lola who had been hugging me for a while said. I couldn¡¯t resist that, could I? So I stay for lunch. After lunch I take my leave. Lola didn¡¯t want me to leave but I said I have to go and promised to visit her again some day. Oh wait! I haven¡¯t seen my stats ever since I killed all those rats. I had leveled up a few times but I forgot what level I had reached. So I activate my skill ¡®Status check¡¯. Name: Togaraki Suya Race: Human Level: 31(+29) Strength: 295(+234) Defense:176(+137) Speed: 180(+140) Stamina: 200(+151) Magic: 212(+157) Luck: 999 Skill: Knife skill(4), Fire Magic(1), Water Magic(1), Wind Magic(1), Light Magic(1), Earth Magic(1), Dark Magic(1), Weapons skill(2) Special Ability: ¡°Multilingual¡±, ¡°Status check¡±, ¡°Navigation¡±, ¡°Genius Wizard¡±, ¡°Angel¡¯ wisdom¡± Title: ¡°Other worlder¡± I am already op compared to an average person. As I was walking while looking at my status, I had reached the guild. So I enter it to get my reward. I can think about my skills over in scientifica where I have a lot of time. As soon as I enter the guild, ¡°Haven¡¯t seen you around here before. Want to join my party newbie?¡± 7. I join a party. As soon as I enter the guild, ¡°Haven¡¯t seen you around here before. Want to join my party newbie?¡± A girl says in a proud tone. The girl was beautiful, wearing expensive looking clothes. She had blond hair and blue eyes. She looks like she is in her teens. ¡°Who the hell are you? And what¡¯s with that rude attitude?¡± ¡°I¡¯m the most beautiful female adventurer in the city, Jessica Hildeburg sama. You should be honored that a lady of a status like myself is even talking to you.¡± She says ever so proudly. ¡°And I¡¯m Suya. Nice to meet you. Can you move aside? You¡¯re in my way?¡± ¡°How dare you try to ignore me! To think that I even offered to add a nobody like you in my party.¡± She gets angry. ¡°I don¡¯t want to be in a party though. I just started my adventurer job yesterday so I don¡¯t need to be in a party to complete any requests. I¡¯ll consider your offer when I get to a higher rank. ¡° ¡°How dare a paper rank nobody like you refuse an offer from a ceramic rank like me. You¡¯ll regret this.¡± She storms out of the guild. What¡¯s the problem with her?? I was trying to be polite but still she was so rude. And I forgot to ask the receptionist about the ranking system. What if the ceramic rank is a high rank!? I¡¯ll be in trouble for sure. Thinking this I go straight to Kira san. For some reason I can feel the same feeling I had in my class yesterday. ¡°Kira san, I have completed yesterday¡¯s requests. Here are the proof.¡± I say as I hand her the request forms. ¡°You what!!!¡± She said with a loud voice. With an embarrassed look she lowers her voice. ¡°You completed two requests on the first day you joined?? Even if they were paper rank it should have taken at least another 2 days.¡± ¡°I worked really hard. That¡¯s all. By the way, how does ranking system work? I forgot to ask yesterday¡± ¡°Please pardon my incompetence. I should have explained that to you even if you didn¡¯t ask. There are 8 ranks in the guild. The lowest is paper rank while the highest is Orichalum. The ranks are in this order¡± she said as she showed me a chart.
  1. Orichalum
  2. Mithril
  3. Gold
  4. Silver
  5. Iron
  6. Copper
  7. Ceramic
  8. Paper
Phew! It seems like that ceramic rank girl wasn¡¯t someone to be worried about. While I was looking at the chart, Kira san prepared my reward for the requests. ¡°You earn Rank points when you complete requests. When you earn enough rank points you can move up a rank. With increase in rank, the quest difficulty level also increases as well as the reward. The time to complete the quest also increases.¡± She further explained. ¡°Do you know how strong the people in Orichalum rank are?¡± I was curious. ¡°The current strongest warrior of our country is the War General. He is not an adventurer but if we were to rank him, he would be at Mithril rank. There are other three Mithril ranked adventurers in our country.¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t there anyone in Orichalum rank in our country?¡± I ask. ¡°There was a warrior who lived 300 years ago who is said to be the strongest in the world at his time. Though his rank was never recorded as the technology was not made, he is supposed to be in Orichalum rank. Currently there is only one unnamed warrior who is in Orichalum rank in the world. Their identity is unknown and their full potential has never been seen. That person supposedly roams the world looking for a worthy opponent.¡± ¡°I¡¯d love to reach that rank one day and fight that person once. I wonder what it feels like to be the strongest in the world.¡± ¡°I¡¯d love it if you reached that rank too. I could brag to my friends that I registered the strongest person in the guild.¡± She was smiling. ¡°By the way, who¡¯s the strongest person in this guild right now?¡±Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. ¡°It should be Guildmaster Zurak. Though he doesn¡¯t look like it, he is a Gold rank adventurer. Due to his presence, no adventurer dares show their rowdy nature anywhere near the guild.¡± ¡°I really want to increase my rank. Is there any fast way to do it?¡± I ask. ¡°The best way should be to join a party with someone of a higher rank. That way you can take higher rank requests and level up quickly.¡± She explained. ¡°But I don¡¯t know anyone here. And I don¡¯t think anyone would want to have a paper rank nobody in their party.¡± ¡°I know just the person for you. Jessica sama was looking for someone to join her party. She is a ceramic rank so I¡¯m sure she won¡¯t mind taking you in.¡± She suggested. ¡°Actually I just rejected her invitation at the entrance. I¡¯m sure she is angry and won¡¯t want me in her party.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sure if you ask for forgiveness she will welcome you into her party. You should hurry before she leaves.¡± Kira san advised. ¡°Thank you Kira san for your advice. I will do so. And I promise you that I will be the strongest adventurer.¡± I say as I leave. ¡°You¡¯re welcome. I¡¯ll be waiting for that day.¡± She said with a smile. I leave the hall and exit the guild. Just outside the guild in the corner, there was a beautiful girl crying. I knew her at once. She was Jessica. I go to her and ask,¡±Why are you crying?¡± She starts to cry even louder. Tears were flowing from her eyes like a fountain and snot was dripping from her nose like a waterfall. In no way was she the beautiful girl I had seen before. ¡°No one wants to join my party. Why? Am I so ugly? Am I so weak that I will slow you down? Why?¡± She was still crying. I guess she couldn¡¯t handle the shock of being rejected by someone who ranks lower than her. ¡°I don¡¯t know about others but earlier I didn¡¯t want to join any party. I sorry if I hurt you.¡± I apologize. ¡°So that means you are willing to join my party now? Please join my party. Please.¡± She has stopped crying. Her eyes had this glitter and she was looking at me with great expectations. I couldn¡¯t deny that. ¡°Yeah I¡¯ll join your party. So I¡¯m looking forward to working with you.¡± ¡°Yayyyyyyyy¡± she shouted as I said those words and hugged me so tightly that I thought my bones would break. How did her attitude change from a proud spoiled girl to a cry baby to this over clingy girl within 15 minutes?? ¡°Let¡¯s introduce each other properly. My name is Togaraki Suya. You can call me Suya. I¡¯m a paper rank. I look forward to working with you.¡± ¡°My name is Jessica Hildeburg. You can call me Jesse. I¡¯m a ceramic rank. I also look forward to working with you too.¡± She was happy. ¡°Let¡¯s go take a request right away.¡± ¡°Ok¡± We went and looked at the request for ceramic rank. There were more requests than in paper rank. One particular request caught my eyes. Request to slay goblins. Reward 2 silver coins. ¡°Let¡¯s take this request¡± I said as I pointed to it. Jesse took the request and confirmed it at the reception. ¡°Let¡¯s go kill some goblins.¡± She was eager to go right away. ¡°Can we go tomorrow. I still don¡¯t have proper equipment. And I completed two requests today so I need to rest as well. I also have to find an inn to stay.¡± ¡°In that case tomorrow it is then. Let¡¯s go get you some equipment.¡± She pulled me by my arm outside. ¡°You don¡¯t have to bother yourself. I will go and buy my stuff myself.¡± I protested. ¡°Since we are in the same party, I must make sure you are properly prepared as my life also depends on it. I can¡¯t just let you go.¡± She said. Speaking of this, I haven¡¯t checked her status yet. I need to make sure we are on the same level else I might slow her down. ¡®Status Check¡¯ Name: Jessica Hildeburg Race: Human Level: 24 Strength: 84 Defense: 63 Speed: 70 Stamina: 90 Magic: 57 Luck: 101 Skill: Sword skill (4), Knife skill (2), wind magic (4), Weapon skill (2) Special Ability: Charge Title: *** It seems like I¡¯ve gotten too strong for a paper rank in a day. Her stats are not that bad. But when I compare it to my stats, it seems I am too overpowered with cheat skills. While looking and comparing her stats with mine we reach the weapon shop. She helps me choose a good sword and a knife. For the armor, I get light armor that protect my vitals like shoulders, chest, forearms and major joints. All these cost me 10 silver. Then I bought some clothes that were common in this world as well as easy to move in. I really stood out in my school uniform. People probably thought I was a foreigner due to my odd clothes. After my shopping was over, Jesse took me to the inn she was staying at. ¡°How much is it to rent a room for a night?¡± I ask the employee at the front desk. ¡°It¡¯s 50 copper for one night in a single bed room. Food costs extra depending on what you eat.¡± He explained. ¡°I would like to rent a single bed room for 10 days please.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry sir. We are completely booked for the night. We will have a free room tomorrow morning only. I¡¯m sorry for the inconvenience.¡± He replied politely. ¡°Then you can sleep in my room for tonight. I¡¯m sure the inn can provide spare bedding for you. You can sleep on the floor.¡± Jesse blurts it out without thinking. But she soon realized what she had said and became beet red. ¡°Ok mam, I¡¯ll send some spare bedding right away.¡± The employee says. ¡°Thank you for your kindness Jesse. I was worried where I would find an inn at this time. You saved me.¡± I thanked her. ¡°Don¡¯t mention it. It was my duty as I brought you here and on top of that we are in the same party now.¡± She says while averting her gaze away from me. We have dinner and go to the room for sleep. The bedding has already been arranged on the floor. I check it if it is soft or not. ¡°The floor is harder than I thought. I might get backache tomorrow morning.¡± I say. ¡°If you can¡¯t sleep on the floor then you can sleep in the bed with me.¡± Jesse said something but she spoke too softly so I couldn¡¯t quite understand what she said. ¡°Did you say something?¡± I ask. ¡°I didn¡¯t say anything you idiot!!¡± Her face was red again. She must be embarrassed having to share a room with a guy she barely knows. It¡¯s almost 7 pm. As this world doesn¡¯t have any electricity, it gets very dark outside even at this time. So people go to sleep early. ¡°Jesse, please don¡¯t wake me up before the 6th bell unless there is a huge emergency.¡± ¡°Ok, just go to sleep now. You idiot!¡± She is still angry at me for some reason. Then I close my eyes and immediately fall asleep. I open my eyes again in Scientifica. 8. Another boring day When I woke up it was almost 7 am. Like always I prepared my breakfast and lunch. For breakfast I had milk and cookies. My lunch was the same rice and curry. I got ready for school. Shit!! I forgot to do my homework. I¡¯ll have to go to school and complete it before the teacher comes. So I start to hurry out of the house and get on the street. ¡°Good morning Suya!¡± Someone shouted from behind me. She jumped on me and gave me a tight hug from behind. ¡°Good morning Chiaki. Can you get off my back.¡± I say. Chiaki is my next door neighbor. She is the daughter of aunt Masako. We go to the same high school. I¡¯m a second year while she is a first year student. We have been close friends since our childhood. ¡°I heard from mother that you hurt yourself the day before yesterday. You should be more careful.¡± She says with a concerned voice. ¡°It was a small accident. It¡¯s not a big deal. I¡¯m totally fine now.¡± I assure her. I can¡¯t tell her the fact that I actually died and met GOD. She¡¯ll start crying and organize my funeral. ¡°Don¡¯t make me worry so much about you. Your mother told me to take care of you. What will I tell her if something happens to you??¡± She is still mad about that. ¡°I¡¯m sorry. It won¡¯t happen again.¡± I apologize. I wonder what Chiaki¡¯s stats are. ¡®Status Check¡¯ Name: Masako Chiaki Race: Human Level: 8 Strength: 30 Defense: 18 Speed: 32 Stamina: 35 Magic: 0 Luck: 25 Skill: Swimming (3), Archery (4), Running(3) Special Ability: None Title: ¡°Childhood friend of Suya¡± Wow! Her stats are amazing for that level. She is almost equal to that old man Doran who was a level higher than her. And because she is in different clubs in school she has great skills as well. As expected of Chiaki. But what the hell is that title?? Since when is being my childhood friend a great thing to be considered a title?? While talking with Chiaki and observing her stats, we arrive at our school. ¡°Suya, I¡¯m going ahead coz I have some work in class. See you later.¡± She leaves ahead of me. ¡°Ok see you later.¡± I continue in my pace. I reach my class and I see that my spot is left for me. Most of the people have already arrived in class. Then I noticed, Miya was sitting on the seat beside me, again. Why does she like that seat so much ? ¡°Good morning Suya. You arrived early today.¡± She chimed. ¡°Good morning Miya. I just happened to be early today.¡± I was surprised when she suddenly spoke to me but I managed to reply without breaking a word. I noticed the class was getting greener. I was making small talk with her when the teacher entered the class. Mr. Takedo teaches English. I never was that good at English, almost nobody in my class is. There are always some exceptions, Miya being one. The teacher took the attendance and started to collect our homework. Crap!! I forgot to do my homework. I was so busy making enemies out of my male friends that I totally forgot about my homework. When it was my turn to submit my homework I confess to him that I forgot to do my homework. He was clearly angry with me. ¡°Suya, why didn¡¯t you do your homework? It wasn¡¯t that hard. All of your friends have done their work honestly. Your marks in English isn¡¯t that good and you are ignoring the homework. For your punishment you are going to read the whole chapter 3 out loud in front of the class.¡± He was very angry and he shouted at me in front of the whole class. I wonder what Miya might think about me now?If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. I bring my book and stand in front of the class. I could see some guys were happy coz I got punished. It¡¯s too embarrassing. But I start to read the chapter anyway. When I started reading, everyone¡¯s jaw drops open including my own. The reason, I was reading in perfect English that might even embarrass an American. It took me a while but I realized that it is the effect of my special ability ¡®Multilingual¡¯. I didn¡¯t know I could use it like this. Soon the period was over. In the recess, Miya approaches me. ¡°I didn¡¯t know Suya was so good in English. I was shocked.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t know myself. I was surprised as well.¡± I say. ¡°I¡¯m sure you are not the type of guy to skip his homework. Was it because you hurt your head?¡± She was concerned. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, it wasn¡¯t because of my injury. I just forgot to do my homework.¡± I assure her. ¡°Suya!! Would you mind having lunch with me today??¡± She said while blushing. Where did that come from??? Did I hear her right?? I can feel people staring daggers at me so I probably heard her right. I¡¯ve got used to being given the cold shoulder in the past couple days. ¡°Of course I don¡¯t. I¡¯ll be looking forward to it.¡± Her eyes light up as soon I say this. My heart can¡¯t handle this cute look!!! ¡°Me too! I¡¯ll be waiting for the lunch time.¡± She says as she goes back to her seat. The classes resume. The next two hours feel like years in anticipation of the lunch break. Again I paid no attention in class. But because of my ¡°Genius Wizard¡± special ability it is easy for me to learn anything. So I can learn just by sitting in class. If I didn¡¯t go to Magica when I sleep perhaps it would be possible to learn even by sleeping in class. Finally the long awaited lunch break arrives. I can¡¯t believe I get to have lunch with Miya. ¡°Miya. Let¡¯s go have our lunch.¡± I excitedly call her. ¡°Ok let¡¯s go. I know a perfect place where no one will disturb us.¡± She said. ¡°Where are we going?¡± ¡°You¡¯ll know when we reach there.¡± She says with a smile. Now I¡¯m more excited about it. I wonder where she will take me. For now I can only wonder so I follow her. Soon we reach the roof top. No one comes here during lunch time so we can be alone. ¡°What do you think of this place? One of my friends suggested me to come here.¡± ¡°It¡¯s a great place. We can get fresh air and sunlight. Also we can see the whole school from here. And on top of that it¡¯s empty so no one will bother us.¡± ¡°I¡¯m glad you liked this place.¡± She was still slightly blushing. We sit down in a corner and take out our lunch boxes. My lunch was rice and curry as usual. Miya¡¯s lunch was amazing. She had rice with fish, salad, and some juice. ¡°My mother made this. Would you like to try some?¡± She might have noticed me looking at her lunch box so she offered me some. ¡°Is it ok for me to take some?¡± I hesitantly ask. ¡°Of course. Food tastes better when it is shared.¡± She is so kind. ¡°Then I¡¯ll help my self. Please take some of my curry too.¡± I take a fish from her box and give her some curry. ¡°My mother made that fish. Do you like it?¡± ¡°Yeah. It¡¯s tasty.¡± I say while munching on the fish. ¡°I¡¯m glad you like it. If you want then I can ask her to make it for you tomorrow.¡± ¡°Are you sure?? Then please do. I haven¡¯t eaten good food for a while now¡± ¡°Why is that?¡± ¡°Actually my parents are working away from home so I have to do the cooking. I can¡¯t cook that good so my food is not that good.¡± I say. ¡°You¡¯re kidding right? This curry is really tasty. Don¡¯t sell yourself short.¡± She praises my food. ¡°It¡¯s not that good though. But if you like it then I¡¯ll bring some for you tomorrow.¡± While we were busy eating and talking a small group of first year girls also come on the roof to have lunch. They might have seen us coming up here and figured that this is a good and quiet place to have lunch. After lunch we go back to class. There are still some gazes in my direction. But I ignore them. The rest of the classes go smoothly. I bet this is the first time in my life that I¡¯ve understood so easily in class. I can¡¯t wait to see how I do on the exam. ¡°Suya, it was fun hanging out with you today. See you tomorrow.¡± Miya says. ¡°Yeah it was fun. I can¡¯t wait to hang out with you tomorrow.¡± Even though I say tomorrow, for me it will be like the day after tomorrow coz I have to spend about 12 hours in Magica. It¡¯s so tiresome. But since it¡¯s only my consciousness that travels, both my brain and body get enough rest. So there is no mental or physical fatigue. I wave Miya goodbye and go my way. A little ahead is Chiaki leaning against a wall. Shouldn¡¯t she be in her club right now? ¡°Hey Chiaki! Are you waiting for someone?¡± ¡°Yeah, I was waiting for you. Since you are injured I thought I will walk you home.¡± Aww she¡¯s so sweet. ¡°But what about your clubs? Did you skip them?¡± I ask as we walk home together. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about that. It won¡¯t matter if I don¡¯t go for today. It¡¯s not that important. And I told the club leaders about it so they gave me permission for today.¡± She says ¡°Ok then. But don¡¯t skip your club from tomorrow just for me coz my injury is very minor. It¡¯s not a big deal.¡± I reassure her. ¡°By the way, I heard from my friends that you were having lunch on the roof top with that Miya girl. It¡¯s not like I¡¯m concerned or something, just asking.¡± She suddenly brings that out of nowhere while tightly hugging my arm from the side. Her cheeks were puffed and she looked kinda disappointed. If you hug me suddenly like that I can¡¯t stop my heart from skipping a beat!! ¡°Miya was taking care of me in class because she noticed my injury. She is very helpful and friendly. She asked me to have lunch together so I couldn¡¯t deny.¡± I explain. ¡°Are you sure there is nothing more to it?¡±she still suspects me. ¡°Why would I lie to you?¡± I reply. ¡°Ok I believe you. You wouldn¡¯t lie to me.¡± She says. Well I can¡¯t tell her that I kinda like Miya. But I didn¡¯t tell her a lie as I didn¡¯t say that I don¡¯t like her. It totally seems like Chiaki is jealous of Miya. Maybe she thinks that she will lose her friend to Miya. Don¡¯t worry Chiaki, I¡¯ll always be your friend and no one can change that. But I cant say that to her directly coz it¡¯s embarrassing. We reached our home while talking. She was still hugging my arm. Please let go of my arm now, it¡¯s getting numb. ¡°Bye Suya, see you later. Take care of your self.¡± She lets go of my arm. ¡°Bye. Don¡¯t worry about me. I¡¯ll be fine.¡± We both went in our own homes. I quickly finish my homework. I can¡¯t go to school without doing it again. The teacher might put me in detention next time. I quickly prepare my dinner, eat it and prepare to sleep. It¡¯s around 7 pm already. I have to go on an adventure with Jesse. If I get late, she might scold me. I told her that I¡¯ll wake up myself after the sixth bell but it¡¯s already the seventh bell over in Magica. I go to sleep here in Scientifica and wake up in Magica. 9. Begin the Goblin hunt When I woke up my body felt heavy. It felt as if a python was wrapped around me and was squeezing my life out of me. As I had just woken up and rays of sun were falling directly on my face from the window, I couldn¡¯t see clearly what was squeezing the shit out of me. It took a while for my eyes to adjust to the light and I could see what was going on. Jesse was hugging me tightly with both her arms and legs. I couldn¡¯t easily escape her grip. You know the feeling when you have just woke up and you are super weak, I was having the exact experience. On top of that it is difficult to breathe. Any tighter grip and my ribs will break. ¡°Jesse! Wake up!¡± I manage to say. It takes six more times to wake her up. When she woke up it took her a while to realize what was going on. She quickly pushed me away. I nearly hit my head on the bed. Where does she get all this strength right after waking up from?? ¡°Would you like to explain what you were doing down on the floor?¡± ¡±I¡¯m really sorry. I had no such intentions but the situation forced me to do it.¡± She was beet red. ¡°Start talking.¡± I was really annoyed. ¡°I had a terrible nightmare and I couldn¡¯t sleep. I wanted to wake you up but you forbid me from doing so. And then suddenly there was a scary noise outside the window. I was so scared that I entered into your blanket. I¡¯m sorry! I really am.¡± She seemed very apologetic and embarrassed. ¡°But why the hell were you squeezing the life out of me? I nearly died again.¡± ¡°Again? Did you die before?¡± Crap! I said something I shouldn¡¯t have. ¡°I nearly died once before. How would I be here if I died you idiot!¡± Phew I managed to think of an excuse. Hope she buys it. ¡°Haha silly me. Of course you are alive. And why I squeezed you must because I used to sleep with my teddy. I probably mistook you for him.¡± ¡°I suddenly feel sorry for your teddy. Get ready. Or we¡¯ll be late for our quest. We have to be back before sunset.¡± I say as I start packing my bag. ¡°Why are you on such a hurry? There isn¡¯t a close time limit on the quest though?¡± She asks as she prepares her stuff. ¡°I want to increase my guild rank soon. And I have other reasons too.¡± I leave the room and go visit the employee of the inn. ¡°Excuse me, is the room you said will be free today available?¡± ¡°I¡¯m very sorry sir it was booked early morning by another customer.¡± He replied after checking the records. ¡°But I said that I will book it yesterday, didn¡¯t I?¡± ¡°I¡¯m really sorry sir. If you had paid in advance then we could reserve the room for you. The customer who booked it today was a frequent customer so we couldn¡¯t deny them. I¡¯m sorry for the inconvenience.¡± He apologized while bowing. ¡°What should I do Jesse?¡± ¡°Why don¡¯t you reserve the next room that becomes free. Until then we can share my room. I don¡¯t mind.¡± She seems to forget that I nearly met a GOD again. ¡°Ok then I¡¯ll pay half the rent of your room. But I¡¯ll leave immediately if you repeat what happened today.¡± I can¡¯t tolerate that trauma again. ¡°Don¡¯t worry it was an accident. And you don¡¯t have to worry about the rent. Consider it an apology from me for today¡¯s incident.¡± ¡°Ok if you say so.¡± I turn towards the employee, ¡°I would like to reserve the next room that gets free for 10 days.¡± ¡°Ok sir. That will be 6 silver. Your room will be available in 3 days. ¡± So they charge extra for the early reservation? I guess it¡¯s fine. I hand over the 6 silver coins. So now my problem of acquiring a place of accommodation is solved. We have breakfast at the inn itself. The food were all new to me but still they were delicious. We also buy some extra food for our lunch since we will not have time to prepare food during the quest. If we were having a long journey in the wild then we might have to hunt for some meat and cook it in the fire but now is different. We leave for our quest. We are going to the highway that leads to the dungeontown Dormia. There have been sightings of goblins along the highways before the entrance to the tunnels through the Great hills. They have even killed some travelers apparently.Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. Since it is a highway leading to a dungeon town, there should be many adventurers using it. There normally wouldn¡¯t be problems like this there but due to decrease in the flow of adventurers to the town not many people go there as they used to. Jesse sure is knowledgeable. Then I remembered something. I don¡¯t know how to use a sword!! If it is blindly stabbing with a knife, even a kid can do that and that¡¯s what I did in my last quest. But this is different. I can die if I¡¯m not careful. ¡°Hey Jesse, can you teach me the basics of using a sword?¡± As Jesse also uses a sword, she should be able to teach me something. ¡°Wait for a moment. I¡¯ll teach you the basics when we reach outside the city gates.¡± Once we were outside in the open fields she taught me some basics like how to hold a sword, how to swing it and how to parry basic attacks. She also taught basic footwork that goes along with sword fighting. Since I have the Weapon Skill it is easy for me to grasp all the concepts. [Acquired: Sword Skill (1)] This text was visible in my field of vision. I could see text like this whenever I leveled up. But it didn¡¯t obstruct anything in my vision. It¡¯s as if it is not there at all, but it is there. I can¡¯t explain it in proper words. Also I could subconsciously choose to ignore it as well as read all the previous texts that have appeared. ¡°I think I have learned enough for now. Thank you. We should move on now.¡± I can¡¯t waste anymore time. ¡°Ok. Let¡¯s find a merchant who is willing to let us ride on their wagon.¡± After searching a while, we finally found a merchant kind enough to give us a ride to our destination. It took about 2 hours to reach the location were the goblins were last seen. It¡¯s already 10:37 AM. Of course the goblins are nowhere to be seen. The quest wouldn¡¯t be that easy. Jesse starts to find and track footprints around. I don¡¯t know how the footprints of goblins look like so I can¡¯t do anything so I wait for her to track them. ¡°It looks like the goblins have moved deeper into the woods. It might get dangerous so stay sharp.¡± She is really taking this quest seriously. At other times she acts like an idiot but she is really reliable at times like this huh! We quietly walk deeper into the woods while observing the surroundings. These woods are not as dense as the Forest of Mander but still there are plenty of spots for an ambush. Goblins aren¡¯t intelligent enough for such a sneak attack but still we need to stay sharp. Even though I am already at a higher level than Jesse, the difference in experience can be clearly seen. I¡¯m nervous about what might be lurking behind that bush but she is boldly leading the way. I don¡¯t understand how she got scared at night. It must have been one hell of a sound to scare her. Up ahead in a small clearing, there were 7 goblins chewing some bones. These must be the unfortunate travelers who got killed. ¡°You take the 3 on the left, and I¡¯ll take the remaining 4 on the right. If you need help, don¡¯t hesitate to ask for it.¡± The goblins hadn¡¯t still noticed us so she whispered. She suddenly charged forward with her sword drawn. That was the signal to attack so I charged too. With one swing of the sword, one goblin perished. They were weak in small numbers against someone who knew how to fight. With the death of their comrade, the others realized our presence. They dropped the bones and picked up their weapons. One had a small sword and the other had a spear. Goblins can¡¯t make weapons so they probably stole it from other travelers. The one with the sword wildly swung its sword at me but it¡¯s attack was easy to block. I killed it with a backhand swing. [Level up: 32 (+1)] [Sword skill (2)] I think my level up frequency is decreasing. I could level up with just one fly in the beginning but now it takes two goblins. I guess that is to be expected as the amount of experience required to level up also increases. The goblin with the spear was the main problem. It¡¯s weapon had a longer range than mine so it had an advantage. It also seemed to have a better understanding of how to use its weapon and was making precise strikes. Of course I was blocking all of them. It would be an embarrassment if I got hit by a goblin. I charge at it suddenly with my high speed and stab it in it¡¯s chest. It was not expecting me to get closer so it was surprised and couldn¡¯t do anything. It quickly died. I had cleared all of my enemies. Jesse still had one remaining. It was trying to run away. ¡°Wind cutter¡± She slashed at the empty space in front of her and a blade of wind escaped from her sword that slashed the back of the fleeing goblin. It stumbled on its track and didn¡¯t get back up. It was dead. ¡°What was that you used just now?¡± I was shocked seeing such a spectacle. ¡°It was my wind magic, Wind Cutter. It is the type that can be used in Sword fights. Is it your first time seeing wind magic?¡± ¡°Yeah. It was so cool. I want to learn it too. Teach me.¡± I was excited to learn. ¡°Not everyone can use wind magic so easily, you have to have the affinity for it. You have to unlock your ability by leveling up even if you have the affinity. Do you have it?¡± It seems like leveling up system is for everyone and not just me. That¡¯ll make talking about skills and leveling easier. ¡°Yeah I have it so just teach it to me quickly.¡± I sounded like a kid asking for chocolate from their parents but that doesn¡¯t matter right now. ¡°I¡¯ll just explain the basic principle once so listen carefully as we don¡¯t have spare time. Concentrate your wind energy on your sword. The shortened chant for this spell is ¡®Wind Cutter¡¯. While saying that chant, swing your sword in the direction you want to attack. The attack has a range and damage according to the amount of wind energy you concentrate.¡± While her explanation was still going on, I started to concentrate wind energy on my sword. Due to my blessing everything was easier. I was born with a diamond spoon in my mouth in this world. ¡°Wind Cutter¡± I slash at a tree about 10 meters away from me, a range almost twice that Jesse used. I focused more on the range than the damage. The slash left a mark on the bark of the tree. I could get a grasp on the feel of the attack. If I focused more on the damage than on the range then I think it is possible to cut down a whole tree. ¡°Whatttt?? It¡¯s unfair. It took me 2 weeks to learn that spell. How can you do it in your first try?¡± She got jealous of my achievement. ¡°Maybe because I have a better teacher than you had.¡± She was blushing with just this. I didn¡¯t want to fool her but I have no other choice. We went searching around the woods for more goblins. They were in smaller groups than before so they were easily dealt with. Unfortunately I got no chance to show off my brand new skill as I still couldn¡¯t one hit K.O. from a larger distance. I leveled up another 3 levels with one more goblin required than before for every next level. ¡°Oooouuuuuuuuuuuuu¡±. Suddenly there was a large roar coming from somewhere in the woods. It wasn¡¯t a sound by any goblin. When I turned towards the source of the sound, I saw a dead tree flying towards us. Jesse was busy collecting the proof of killing the goblin, their pointed nose that we would submit to the guild to claim our reward. By the time she could react to that tree, she would be squished to death. I had to do something. I could cut apart the tree with Wind Cutter at full power but for that the range would be too short. Meaning I had to attack the tree when it was just outside the range of my sword. The timing was delicate, even a moment early or late would end up in our death. I focused all the wind energy I could collect in my sword. With my full power, ¡°Wind Cutter¡± I used my attack. The tree was sliced in half, both halves crashed on each of my sides. I probably won¡¯t be able to use this attack for a while now. But what caused the tree to suddenly fly with such velocity?? Then my question was answered. About a 100 meters ahead of me was the owner of the roar, the culprit behind the assault, an Ogre. 10. Battle to the death The ogre was standing about a 100 meters away. Seeing that it¡¯s attack failed, anger could clearly be seen in its face. It was tall, taller than some of the shorter trees. And looking at the size of its muscles, the attack earlier didn¡¯t seem ridiculous coming from it. It plucked out another tree along with the roots as if a person would pluck a weed. I wouldn¡¯t be able to block another attack like the previous one. But since Jesse also had her guard up now, we could dodge it. But the ogre rested the tree on its shoulder like a club. So now it was going to swing it at us instead of tossing it. It could be dangerous. ¡°Jesse, how do we fight it? Do you know its weakness?¡± I ask while preparing myself for the next attack. ¡°I haven¡¯t fought one before. It¡¯s atleast an Iron rank monster. Normally people below Iron rank run away if they spot one. But since it has spotted us, we can¡¯t outrun it.¡± Her legs were shaking but she still was in a defensive stance. ¡°So we have no choice but to fight it then.¡± The ogre was step by step getting closer. The fear of impending doom was creeping upon me. I absolutely cannot die here. I can¡¯t just wait for the ogre to approach me so I just charge forwards. With my speed, I¡¯m confident enough to evade it¡¯s attack. ¡°Are you crazy? Why are you in such haste to die?¡± Jesse was shouting at me from behind but I just ignore her. The ogre raises the tree above its head to squash me but before it could slam the tree, I¡¯m already behind it. I slashed at it¡¯s heels to cut its tendon so it can¡¯t walk. But it¡¯s skin was tougher than I imagined. I could barely cut just the skin. With it¡¯s free arm, it tried to grab me but I jumped out of reach immediately. Jesse was chanting some other spell meanwhile and now air was violently revolving around her sword like a blade. While the ogre had turned to grab me, she attacked it in its arm holding the tree. Its arm was bleeding. Seems like the attack wasn¡¯t still strong enough to cut off its arm. If I hadn¡¯t depleted my wind mana earlier then I could have done more damage with that attack. I can still use attacks of other elements. Unlike most RPG games, I have different mana for different elements of magic. Even if I deplete my mana in any one element, I can still use magic of other elements if I have the aptitude for it. Though I haven¡¯t learned any other element than wind. The ogre was now enraged. They say that a wounded lion is more dangerous. It was thrashing the tree blindly hoping to hit us. Any normal person would already be squashed but we aren¡¯t normal. We are adventurers. Since the ogre couldn¡¯t hit us, it changed its strategy from thrashing blindly to targeting only me. Why me??? As the attacks were directly aimed at me, I had to dodge more frequently and I was getting tired. Jesse was trying to attack it from its blind spots but not all attacks were landing as it was using its free arm to block her. If only I could use some other magic, it would be a lot easier to end this fight. At this rate, we¡¯ll be seriously injured if not dead. I really want to learn another magic. [Do you want to learn magic now?],a voice said out of nowhere. [Who was that? Who are you??] such questions were in my mind. [I¡¯m the guardian angel assigned to you. Since you have the special ability¡°Angel¡¯s wisdom¡±, you can freely converse with me and get tips, suggestions and guidance from me.] The voice answered the questions I hadn¡¯t even asked yet. Was it telepathy? [I¡¯m in the middle of a fight so I don¡¯t think I¡¯ll be able to learn Magic right now. If I had known about this ability, I would have made full use of it. But I might not be able to use this ability again coz I can die today.] [Have you taken a look at your surrounding?] The angelic voice asked. [Obviously I have. I¡¯m in the middle of a forest fight a..... Wait a minute!! Why is everything happening in slow motion?] The ogre¡¯s tree was approaching me from the side but at an extremely slow speed. Even my phone cannot shoot slo-mo video this slow. [It is because this ability utilizes the fastest speed your brain can process as the information is directly injected into your brain. Thus there is no delay in the relay and processing of the information. This causes you to experience everything else at a slower pace.] Just as the angel said, the ogre¡¯s tree was approaching me bit by bit. I had to dodge it. So I decided to jump over it. As soon as I stopped conversing with the angel and started to interact with the world, everything went back to normal speed. I barely managed to dodge the attack.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. If I wanted to learn a new magic from the angel, I would have to get away from the ogre. It¡¯s too dangerous to talk and fight. ¡°Jesse, can you distract the ogre for a minute? I have to prepare for a new skill.¡± I say as I roll on the ground to avoid another attack. ¡°How? I¡¯ve been attacking it for a while now but it doesn¡¯t even look at me¡± she sounded like a girl not getting attention from the guy she liked. ¡°Stab it in its a*s. That should get its attention.¡± I was fed up from getting all the attention. I don¡¯t mind getting attention from a beautiful girl but this thing is too ugly. ¡°How can you get so low?? Even if it is a monster, that¡¯s too cruel. I can¡¯t do it.¡± Are you kidding me?? ¡°Ok then. Guess I¡¯ll die today.¡± Does she care more about the monster than me? Then why is she attacking it instead of helping it to kill me. ¡°Fine! I¡¯ll do it. But your skill better be good.¡± She says as she violates the ogre. That took care of catching its attention. I retreat a couple of meters away from the fight. Jesse isn¡¯t as fast as me but she was doing pretty good at dodging. [Angle, teach me magic, quick.] I can¡¯t waste any time. [Which magic do you want to learn. You seem to have the aptitude for all magic.] [I want to learn one which will be most effective against this ogre. Otherwise I won¡¯t be able to win.] [Fire magic it is then. I will teach you the most basic but an effective spell. It¡¯s called ¡®Red sword¡¯. Imagine that your Fire mana is heating your sword till it¡¯s red hot. Then use the sword to cut your opponent.] The angel gave me a short and simple explanation. [What is the chant for this spell?] [You don¡¯t have to use chants for magic. Chants are useless. You just need to be able to visualize the magic you are going to use. People think chants help to visualize the magic so they use it. If you get too dependent on chants to visualize magic then you won¡¯t be able to use it in case you lose your voice.] [Ok I¡¯ll try it.] I say as I mentally start to visualize the sword being heated by my fire mana. Slowly, I could feel the sword getting hotter. But it wasn¡¯t red hot yet. I needed to heat it more. The sword was getting hotter than I was comfortable with. I must be doing something wrong so I stopped heating it further. I didn¡¯t want to burn my hand, did I? [It started to burn my hand. Is that supposed to happen?] I asked my mentor, the Angel. [Did you heat the hilt of the sword? You were supposed to heat only the blade. Don¡¯t imagine the fire mana flowing through you into the sword. Imagine that it is release from your pores into the blade.] Words of wisdom were bestowed upon me by the wide Angle. He even knew what exactly I was doing wrong. I start imagining just like he said. It took a while but the sword was finally getting red hot. I could feel the heat radiating from it. [Looks like you managed to learn it. You¡¯re lucky that you have the special ability ¡°Genius Wizard¡±. You were able to learn this spell quite easily due to it. Now go and attack the ogre while maintaining the heat.] As soon as I stopped conversing with the angel, everything went back to normal speed. It seems like a little over a minute had passed. Jesse was doing her best in dodging the attacks. She was good for a ceramic rank. I charged at the ogre but it noticed me. It swinged the tree at me from the left but I ducked to avoid it. I sliced as hard as I could in its arm that was already wounded by Jesse¡¯s attack earlier. I felt some resistance for a while which I think was the bone but the rest was easily cut. It was like cutting butter with a hot knife. As the ogre lost its arm, it could no longer attack us with the tree. It¡¯s wound was instantly cauterized so it wasn¡¯t bleeding. If it was, we could stall for a while and it would die after a while due to blood loss. I guess this was a downside to this attack. It could be used to amputate someone¡¯s limbs though. I could see the shocked expression on Jesse¡¯s face as I cut off the ogre¡¯s arm in one swing. The same arm that she previously just managed to wound with a strong looking spell. ¡°You can use fire magic?? Why didn¡¯t you tell me that you were a dual element wielder??¡± She seemed more shocked due to the fact that I could use fire magic than that a Paper rank nobody cut off the arm of an Iron rank monster. I didn¡¯t reply coz I was busy dodging the even more enraged ogre. Its blood had cooled down my red sword so I couldn¡¯t hurt it that much. But the ogre seemed to be worn out than before. Of course I was getting tired too. ¡°Jesse, can you distract it one last time. I¡¯ll finish it with the next attack.¡± I shout as I dodge a punch. ¡°Ok I¡¯ll try. If you make me do this ever again, I¡¯ll make sure you are at the receiving end.¡± She said and proceeded to violate the ogre one more time. I heated my sword till it was red again. As the ogre had turned around to deal with the perpetrator responsible for its pain, I leapt at its neck, using its back as a foothold and sliced it off. As the large ogre collapsed, Jesse barely managed to get out of its way, drenched in its blood. She looked like a pile of ground meat. But she was alive and ok. ¡°I still can¡¯t believe that you killed an Iron rank monster. And you are a dual element wielder on top of that!? You are full of surprises.¡± She said as she collapsed on the floor due to her legs giving up. This battle must have had quite a toll on her both mentally and physically. ¡°Let¡¯s leave the questions you have for when we return to the inn. It¡¯s already past noon. We won¡¯t make it before sunset if we don¡¯t head back now.¡± I save the explanation for later. I don¡¯t want to be late for school. I also have to cook lunch for Miya. ¡°Ok then. Let¡¯s take out the mana stone from the ogre first,¡± Jesse took out a knife from her belt and started to cut the ogre¡¯s belly ¡°we¡¯ll earn quite a lot of money by selling it.¡± ¡°What¡¯s a mana stone?¡± I was clueless about what she was talking about. I really am illiterate in this world. ¡°You don¡¯t know even the basics? I guess it¡¯s fine since you are a paper rank. Every monster has a mana stone in its abdominal cavity. They draw their energy from the mana stone. Stronger the monster, higher the quality of the mana stone.¡± Jesse was flaunting her knowledge. ¡°Wait! Don¡¯t tell me you haven¡¯t collected a single mana stone from the goblins you hunted??¡± I could see flames surrounding her. Could she use fire magic all this time? ¡°Was I supposed to?? I didn¡¯t know. We can collect them on the way back.¡± I was sweating due to her bloodlust. Is this what those poor goblins faced earlier. I pity the ogre. May its soul Rest In Peace. ¡°We still have to collect all the bodies and burn them to prevent attracting more monsters. You are safe for now. But next time...¡± she said with a smile on her face but her eyes were saying otherwise. We collected all the goblins¡¯ corpses where the ogre was laying dead. After removing all the mana stones, we added some dry wood and burned the corpses. We took the ogre¡¯s head as a proof of our kill. We headed back to Stellar city. We weren¡¯t that lucky when returning as we didn¡¯t meet any travelers on almost half the way back. It was already 5pm by the time we reached back. The guild had already closed so we couldn¡¯t claim the rewards today. We stored the ogre head and goblin noses in the inn¡¯s shed. Taking a hot water bath after a tiring day was the best feeling. Both of us were so tired that we quickly had dinner and went to bed. Jesse didn¡¯t even have the energy to ask me the questions she had. And I didn¡¯t have the energy to remind her not to squeeze me to death. Chapter 11: Lunch The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. How did she know I¡¯d be here??