<table><tbody><tr><td>Hello, Author here! I am going to answer some questions that some people had. There were people who said that they were wondering when the gender bender tag would come into play. Click the spoiler tag if you want to know. <b>Spoiler</b> : <input type=''button'' value=''Show'' class=''spoilerButton''>I am sad to say for the people who thought it would happen soon, well sorry, but no, that won''t happen until volume two (Which will be around twenty chapters in). It has to do with his reincarnation. Another, thing that I saw, was that when I am going to have him reincarnate (Yes, that is what the RE: in the title means) there was very mixed reactions to the question of whether he will or will not reincarnate as a girl. As for that I simply do not know yet, I am not that far in my drafts to figure that one out yet. For that I will post a poll and see how it goes from there.
A post that I saw that made me think I was a little bland on the descriptions of the Tier system for the attributes. I did not reply because this chapter shall describe them better, otherwise I would have. But, thank you for letting me know! Also, I do read every post. It is really helpful when you guys point out something so that I may fix it, or explain what is. It also helps my writing and makes it easier for me to learn to get better.
I did notice that I have gotten at least twenty more followers than last time and a few more favorites. That makes me really happy to see that happen, and it gives me more motivation to type the story! It would also help for me to get more ratings to see how many people enjoy my story and how many people don''t so I see how I may make my story better. So thank you vey much!
PS. Any body know how to add pics without them turning out as code?
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<I... I''m an Inept...?> I said. Just how bad is my luck...? First I have no potential affinity towards any magic... and now I have also found out that I am an inept, the only one of the growth types that isn''t good at anything... how messed up. Does this world want to kill me? I was summoned to this world as a hero, but yet I have the worst in anything here in this world. At least I don''t have some rare disease... Oh shit! I shouldn''t say that, I''ll probably jinx it knowing my luck. sigh...
<...........................> The Emperor was very silent. W... What''s wrong...? Don''t tell me that they can re-do the summoning if they kill me... Please don''t make it something like that.
<....It seems.... that you, are exactly like my son... well, other than your looks> He tries to joke at the end, but his sad tone makes the joke lose all affect,which of course makes me forget about the thought of being killed and makes me worry about his mental state.
< I am sorry for summoning you here, young one. You are going to have a very hard time surviving in this world... This world is not kind to the inept... You''ll end up becoming ridiculed as the Inept Hero...! If I wasn''t the one who summoned you then you probably wouldn''t have become an inept... I am known as the weakest of all the emperors, especially so after my son died due to my weakness...!> The Emperor said with a bitterly sad voice.
<To me that sounds like something out of your control happened and you shouldn''t be tormenting yourself like that. Also, the fact that I was summoned as an inept that has no affinity towards magic was DEFINETLY not your fault. You can''t control who you summon, right? Even though I don''t have those things, that just means that I will have to use my brain more than my brawn. Plus, I didn''t have magic in my world, so that''s just less for me to learn>
<........! You really are too kind... You don''t know the circumstances, but...(shakes his head). Thank You, young one.> He says with a tender smile on his face. I''m not kind... not at all. I''m just trying to make sure you don''t go crazy and get me killed. weakest emperor or not, you are still an emperor, I think while making a difficult face. Emperor Xuttomor notices this and changes the topic saying:
<Since you are an inept, and a hero at the same time, you will have to learn how to defend yourself against the monsters, and unfortunatetly, some of the people of this world. So, I am now going to bring you to my Combat Master. Come along now.> The Emperor then starts walking off, towards the opposite of where I got the status crystal with emperor.
I quickly follow, walking behind him. I wonder what this is going to be like. Is gonna be an open yard? or is it going to be soldier barracks? If so I hope they don''t make me stay in them saying it''s a part of the training. Not a fan of smelly, sweaty dudes. And I wonder how they train their soldiers. Do they whack a post while calling out drills, or do they do it differently? Well... I guess I''m about to find because it looks like we''re here.
We walk outside and it''s considerably brighter than it was before, but that''s because we went out early in the morning. I was probably on the ground for while during the status crystal binding...ANYWAYS, we walk out and there are fifteen to twenty soldiers sword-fighting these moving human shaped targets that were holding their own sword. The targets they were fighting looked kind of like wooden mannequins ( Looks like this</a>), except they were moving similar to how the soldiers were and had a crystal floating above them. The mannequins also had marks where the vitals are such as the spleen, which while I was watch somebody stabbed their wooden sword at one of those points. The mannequin then proceeded to put one of it''s hands in the spot where the sword stabbed, like it was bleeding (Which it wasn''t) and then continued to fight with the soldier. The soldier then proceeded to stab a small hollow in the mannequins chest, which it then dropped it''s sword and fell over, while the crystal that was floating over it earlier fell to the ground as well. The other soldiers seemed to be having a hard time with them... The soldier that stabbed the mannequin in the chest picked up the fallen mannequin and then put his hand over the crystal that fell on the ground. His hand glowed for a split second and then the crystal started floating over the mannequin, which is now standing again. He then commanded it to be on standby mode and proceeded to turn around, and start walking towards me and the emperor.
<Hello, Your Majesty! I see you''ve brought me new meat> said the soldier whom I guess is the Combat Master with a charming smile. (No Chandler is not gay, even though I do not have anything against gay people.)
<Good Morning, Tengsin! This our hero that we have summoned.>
<OH...? This should be interesting.> Tengsin said smiling even brighter then before. What''s up with this guy? he''s like one of those super popular guys at school, who all the girls swoon over... So bright... That''s it, I don''t like him.
<Young one, This is Tengsin, My Combat Master. Tengsin, as I said earlier this is our summoned hero.> the emperor said introducing us to each other.
<The Naked Wonder... huh?>
< Is that stupid nickname going to follow me everywhere?> I whine, which makes everyone whom heard it smile.
<Ok, young one, I am going to leave this matter to Tengsin and go. I have some matters to attend to, so goodbye for now.> the emperor says discreetly and then leaves.
<Yo, Chandler, Why don''t we get started?> Tengsin called me out of my stupor, I seem to be do this a lot... Then, again these two days have been anything but normal for me...
<O...Ohh. Right. yeah>
<Hahahaha (laughing very lightly), This must be very disorienting for you, huh? Makes sense, you were dragged out of your world to this world, learning about things you''ve probably thought weren''t real before, and on top of all that you were summoned in a way that no one would want to be.> He said lightly, surprisingly on point with his guess.
<Ummm..... how did you know?> I ask sheepishly
<Oh, I was friends with one of the heroes, they have very long lives y''know, and he told me how surprising everything in this world was for him. He also was friends with the prince, but who wasn''t? The prince was one of the kindest people I''ve ever met. He''s the reason I''m here instead of on the street. He saw how talented with a sword I was when I was stealing from vendors on the street. He caught me but then then offered me a job as a soldier for him personally. I couldn''t believe it when they said he was an inept.... His sword skills were so fast and void of any unnecessary movement...> He said in an awed voice.
< ....I heard that the prince passed away a while ago, he sounds like he was someone I would have liked to have met...>
<A while ago...!? No, he passed away pretty recently. He fell a month ago.... He died while saving me from an ambush... Took an arrow to the heart...> he said in a very depressed voice. He sounded very angry when he said passed away.
<Oh my god, I''m so sorry... I didn''t know, I only guessed by what I have heard.>
< Hah, that''s okay, I was just annoyed by how the nobles keep saying passed away... As if he died from a disease, or as if he died from old age... like he even got to live the full life he deserved... He was my savior... My teacher... my friend... >
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<Why don''t we start with what the emperor had plans for us to do today?>
<What...? Oh, yeah. Why don''t we start now? Show me your status, I have mana tablet if you don''t have enough mana to project it.> which he then pulled out and handed to me.
<Ok, but don''t make a big deal when you see my alignment.> I said, wary of what the emperor said early about me going to be ridiculed as the Inept Hero.
<It can''t be that b...(bad).....> Tengsin says but then my status appears on the mana tablet.
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<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>-Status-</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Name:</td><td colspan=''2''>Chandler Fields</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Gender</td><td colspan=''3''>Male</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Age:</td><td colspan=''3''>15</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Race:</td><td width="25%">Human</td><td width="25%">Alignment:</td><td width="25%">The Inept</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><tbody><tr><td width="25%">Titles:</td><td colspan=''3''>Summoned Hero, Naked Wonder,</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Noble Status:</td><td width="25%">None</td><td width="25%">Summoner:</td><td width="25%">Emperor Xuttomor</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Emblem:</td><td colspan=''3''>none</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Party</td><td colspan=''3''>None</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><tbody><tr><td width="25%">Weapon:</td><td colspan=''3''>None</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Secondary weapon, Shield</td><td colspan=''3''>None</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Clothes/ Armor:</td><td width="25%">Prince''s clothes</td><td width="25%">Extra Equipment:</td><td width="25%">Prince''s shoes</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><tbody><tr><td width="25%">Strength:</td><td width="25%">11</td><td width="25%">Dexterity:</td><td width="25%">14</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Vitality:</td><td width="25%">6</td><td width="25%">Agility:</td><td width="25%">20</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Intelligence:</td><td width="25%">16</td><td width="25%">Wisdom:</td><td width="25%">28</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Magic Affinity:</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>None</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Known skills:</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>???</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Current Status Effects:</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Title: Summoned Hero: Causes all available information related to the hero''s race to be displayable in status</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Inventory:</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Nothing inside</td></tr></tbody></table>
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<Y...Y...You''re an inept, too...? The only person who I''ve ever met that was an inept was the prince... And I only knew because he trusted me enough to show me.... So that''s why you warned me first. That could have been bad> Tensig says in a quiet voice.( AN - wow somebody with a little tact! Maybe somebody should learn from him... *cough cough* Emperor *cough*)
<yeah, I was a little worried about that matter...>
<Don''t worry about these guys. They wouldn''t bully you because of something like that, but I won''t tell them just in case. It''s your decision if you want to tell them.>
Phew <Thank You, that''s a weight of my chest.>
< I see why the Emperor came in with that worried look on his face now. Don''t worry I''ll help you train with swordsmanship or any other type of fighting you think will be comfortable with.>
<Now, pick up a wooden sword from the corner over there and then go over to the wooden training golem.>
< do you mean that wooden mannequin with crystal floating over it?>
<am I supposed to fight against it?>
< Nah, I''m just gonna put it into practice mode and you''re going to show me how you slash and stab. And I am also going to be watching how swing the sword, how your footwork is, and how you move your body in general, to see how much work I have to do.>
I then go on to pick up one of the wooden swords (which is weighted exactly the same as a real one) and... drop it because I wasn''t expecting the sudden weight, which earns me a laugh (yes, brownie points!). I pick it up and then began to do practice slashes, aligning the edge properly, on the Wooden practice golem and knock it down a few times. And then I start stabbing the points that are marked and it falls down every time (the golem gets back up by itself), and Tengsin stops me. He hands me a wooden dagger, then tells me to try again. I knock it down every time, because I hit the mark every time with the dagger, until I trip, Then, Tengsin tells me to stop again.
<Where did you learn that? Who taught you?> He doesn''t sound too happy...
<Umm... Why do you want to know? It''s not like you could learn from them? Different world, remember?>
<OH! Right, forgot. Sorry. The reason why I wanted to know is because your edge alignment and accuracy are pretty good, but the balance of your body when fighting and your footwork are terrible, especially for a dagger user. Whoever taught you is an idiot. To survive you need to learn footwork so don''t fall over and get killed why you are down. Plus, you had a lot of wasteful movement. > He said in a very angry sounding voice. He sounds like a drill sergeant...
<I...I... Uh... I taught myself....> I said in a very small voice... Why are you looking at me like that for? He''s scary!
<Oh...? You... are self taught...? No wonder you''re not too good. You had no one teach you... How did you learn that then? I know that all summoned heroes are orphans... What the heck was you life like? That''s enough to take out someone with slightly stronger attributes than your own if they don''t expect you to fight back.> he asks in a very soft, worried voice.
<Oh, yeah! Attributes! The Emperor wasn''t too clear on those! he just said they come in three tiers and they make you stronger!> I said in a falsely excited voice. Hopefully, he''ll change the subject, I don''t want to talk about my past.
<O..Oh.. Yeah, That''s right, that''s one of the things I was supposed to tell you, huh?> He says bewildered at my reaction to when he said attributes.
< The Emperor told you how there was three tiers to each of the attributes, right? Each Tier is stronger than the one before it, but also has a slower growth. Let''s take the strength attribute for example. Strength is the lowest for Tier of of this attribute, and is the easiest to grow. Power is the second tier of strength, and it takes twice as much to grow Power, a second tier attribute, than it does to grow the first tier of strength. Then comes the third tier of strength, Brutality. Brutality takes three times as much to grow, compared to the tier one version of strength.>
<Um speaking about growth of the attributes, how do they grow? Exercise?> I ask which seems to amuse him.
<haha, yes that is one way, but after a certain point it doesn''t work anymore. I mean after you get so many points in the attribute, you would have to do something like run for a month straight just to make the agility stat go up. Nobody is going to do that, so they use the main method.>
<what''s the main method.>
<the main method that we use, is to absorb something called a Mana Orb through the status crystal. A Mana Orb is something that all monsters have. Its actually what makes a monster, a monster. A monster is an animal that has absorbed enough mana to mutate into a similar, but different creature than it originally was. Just like every living thing, they have mana flowing through their blood, but the main difference is that inside their hearts they have a large accumulation of mana. That is the Mana Orb. Luckily, when a monster is slain, the Mana Orb drifts right out of the body, so you won''t have to dig out their hearts. Anyways, back to why absorbing Mana Orbs are the main why to boost your attributes. Monsters have special growth types like we do.(Actually, that''s also how monsters get stronger, eating other monsters, then absorbing their Mana Orb into their own, sometimes making the monster become a "balanced type) (refer to chapter 3). Mana Orbs that came from a monster of a matching growth type will give a bigger boost than one that does not. Say a "speed" type person kills a "speed" type monster and then gets it''s Mana Orb. They will get a big boost in their agility and dexterity stats. But say that "speed" type person instead kills a "power" type monster, then they will only get a small boost in their strength and vitality attributes instead. some people do the second one on purpose to fit their needs. I wouldn''t really know anymore about it though. The one who would know that best is the hero I was friends with.>
<I wonder if he would be willing to give me some advice...>
<I''m sorry, but he can''t give advice to anyone anymore. Sadly he died five years ago...The funny thing was that he wasn''t scared of death at all. He took it calmly, while I watched him die. I asked him why he isn''t scared and he said to me "What''s there to be scared of? I lived in this world so long... So long, that there wouldn''t be anything there for me to be scared of. I have lived such a long life, two hundred and ninety-three years, wouldn''t you believe" he said while smiling. "I believe in reincarnation where I come from, my soul will just be recycled and then I will be reborn again to live another life, hopefully more peaceful than this on, ha...haha...hahahaha" He said that bad joke and then he died with a smile on his face. > He with a sad smile on his face..