《Two Students Adventures In Arixar》 Arc 1 Prologue: Friends, Death, and God?! Revised story, yay, Kuma! If you are new to this fiction, please read the whole thing, Kuma. As for my former readers, I combined prologue and chapter one and I made new changes after their death so, you can skim till the mark that says two years later, Kuma! The first arc would be quiet different in many aspects and I might introduce some of the characters earlier, Kuma! Sorry for restarting my story again, Kuma! I know this is my third time but you know what they say, third time is the charm, Kuma! Maybe, Kuma¡­ -In a common middle school, in the state of Georgia, Second day of school, Year 2000- ~P.o.V: Matthew Evans~ It''s only second day of school, and it''s already boring. Hahhh, I just want to go home right now,I could really go for a PC games like Diablo right now. School is just way too boring. (Kuma¡¯s note: I don''t know what people likes to play online, Kuma¡­) Most of this school¡¯s home room is a little less than 15 meters long and 20 meters wide. A decent sized class with around 28 seats evenly spaced. The rooms aren''t exactly the same, but it''s size and use of space is pretty much similar. Don''t expect too much, it''s a public school in the middle of nowhere. Our home room teacher, Mr. Smith, teaches 8th grade English and English composition. Well, who cares? It''s not like you learn anything in middle school, why do I have to attend this place of ¡°learning¡± where only thing I actually learn how to do is waste time. The classroom was obnoxiously noisy, since Mr. Smith took off God knows where. Where is that teacher anyways? A figure walked into the classroom, speaking of the devil, here he is. Mr. Smith is an old man. When I say old, I mean he appeared to be around late seventies or early eighties. His antique grey hairs and wrinkled face did not help much. How long did he say he taught English for? He probably said forty five years or something. I would have believed him if he said he taught for seventy years. ¡°Quiet down everyone!¡± Dude, chill. You¡¯re louder than the whole class combined. With the teacher¡¯s loud entrance, everyone quieted down to a certain degree. However, the quiet peace lasted only for a second before a girl about our age entered along with the old man. I only got a glimpse of her before Mr. Smith started to speak again. What was she carrying in her arms? ¡°We have a transfer student today from New York, her name is Leah Stones. Since she moved from a different state, can someone show her around?¡± ¡°I will!¡± Shouted the girl behind me. Who was she again? Oh, I think I remember her from sixth grade. Now, what was her name¡­ It''s something like Lily? Or was it Libby? Can''t remember. ¡°Thank you for volunteering Liz, be sure to show her around our school.¡± Mr. Smith grinned and started speaking to the new girl. So Liz was her name. Shifting my attention from Liz to the new girl, I observed her carefully. What came to my eyesight was a stunningly beautiful girl. Her auburn colored hair ran down to her shoulders, with natural waves. The girl¡¯s eyes were almond shaped and her pupils were chocolate brown. Smoothly curved nose, and small adorable lips. If it weren''t for Mr. Smith¡¯s introduction, I would have surely mistaken her for a model or an idol. It''s not just her face that was stunning, but her delicate curves, pale soft looking hands and fair white skin made her out to be a perfect beauty The girl, Leah, stood in place as if wanting to speak to everyone. What was she doing? ¡°Oh my, I must be getting quiet old, I almost forgot to mention about Leah''s current medical condition. You may not notice it yet, but well she is a¡­. She is¡­¡± Having trouble finishing his sentence, Mr. Smith looked toward Leah silently asking for help. She opened the object she was carrying with both arms and started writing on it. So that''s what the object was. So, what is she doing, is she drawing? My question was answered when she finished writing and rotated around for all the students to read. ¡¯Hello everyone, my name is Leah Stone. I am using this notebook right now because I am a mute. Ever since I was born I wasn''t able to talk. As a baby, there was a problem in my trachea, preventing me from breathing so I had an operation near where my vocal chord was. The trauma from the operation stopped my voice from working. I might not be able to speak but please get along with me!¡¯ Huh?! She''s a mute, so she can''t speak at all¡­ That''s quiet a surprise. Mr. Smith pointed toward the empty seat next to me ¡°You may take your seat now. I have to report to the dean¡¯s office since a student was found doing¡­ Um¡­ illegal activities. I''ll be back soon so talk quietly amongst yourselves¡± I''m pretty sure the one that got in trouble is the delinquent in our class. His seat was actually next to mine, but I guess he got expelled today. So that''s why the seat was empty today. Wow, already getting expelled on the second day of school, that''s a new record. Leah walked up to her seat and turned toward my direction. ¡®Hi! I''m Leah, please get along with me!¡¯ Huh? She is talking to me! How do I react? What do I do? I have always been unsocial toward my peer group. I''m what they call a lone wolf, I never started a conversation with any of my classmate nor have any friends. ¡°Tch, whatever, just seat down¡± Eh? Why did I just say that. Was it because I felt agitated toward her? I''m so confused, what did I just say to her!? Am I so unsocial that I can''t even talk friendly? ~Leah¡¯s P.o.V~ Oh no! They are about to fight each other and it''s my fault! When I walked into the class, and saw the boy who was to be seated next to me and thought it would be great to be friends with him. Without realizing that I could be a nuisance toward him, I tried to talked to the boy, who now I know is Matt. Matt has a bright enchanting blue eyes, silver-blond hair, and feminine face. He had an appearance of a kind person so without thinking I tried to start a conversation with him. I stepped over the line. I shouldn''t have bothered him and now Matt hates me¡­ While I was lost in my useless thoughts, the girl named Liz stepped in and scolded Matt. ¡°Hey, Matt! Don''t be so mean to her, she''s just trying to be friends with you!¡± Liz interjected. Matt suddenly turned and looked toward the direction where Liz was standing and glared at her. ¡°Why should I befriend a mute girl? Butt out of my business, Liz!¡± So Matt doesn''t like to be friends with girls like me¡­ I started feel depressed. But why? Why do I feel so disappointed that Matt doesn''t want to be my friend? ¡°This is why you will never find a true friend who will always be there for you!¡± ¡°Shut up and stop stick your nose into other people''s business! I don''t need any friends!¡± Matt yelled out toward Liz and the classroom quiet down as they continued to argue. What do I do? What do I do? They are arguing because of me! While my mind spun looking for a solution to stop their fighting, the two students stopped yelling at each other. However, the mood between them clearly wasn''t peachy. They are still glaring at each other, for a moment I though there was a spark between the two. It''s just my imagination, right? Thankfully, Mr. Smith came back from the Dean¡¯s office and started the English class promptly. ~Liz¡¯s P.o.V~ Stupid Matt! I was fuming with anger because of the idiot in front of my seat. He shouldn''t treat Leah like that, it''s pretty easy to tell that he is interested in her. Is all boys idiots? He should have realized that the sweet cute Leah wanted be friends with him. HIM! Out of all the outgoing cordial students, Leah wanted to befriend him, but the jerk made her feel unwelcome. I once saw Matt helping an elder lady with her grocery when she couldn''t get across the road during seventh grade year. I had a good impression of him, but he just ruined it! Uuu¡­ I regret giving my respect toward him. I know that even though he has a sour mouth, he is actually very soft hearted guy. It''s just, he is so¡­ What''s the word I''m looking for.. Oh yeah! Thick headed!!! After class ended, I got up from my seat and walked toward Leah and introduced myself. Since I''ll be showing her around, I can''t have her scare of me, so I put on my most kindest smile and spoke to her. ¡°Hi, sorry for the late introduction, I am Elizabeth Jones, but you can just call me Liz.¡± ¡®Nice to meet you Liz, You already know but I''m Leah, let''s get along with each other from now on!¡± She showed me a wide smile while holding her sketchbook for me to read. Her smile flashed brightly, wha?! She''s so cute! It''s like her smile is bringing out older sisterly(?) desire to protect her! ¡°Do you have to ride the school bus home?¡± I inquired. Leah just shook her head side to side. So she walks home as well, her house must be close by. Maybe she might even be in my neighborhood. I wouldn''t be surprised since there aren''t many neighborhood in a walking distance from school. Maybe two or three? ¡°Alright! Let''s show you around the school so you won''t get lost walking around by yourself.¡± I grabbed her dainty arm and dragged her out of the classroom. We spent around an hour touring the school. It was quite enjoyable to go around the school with Leah by my side. She was home-schooled until this year, so her eyes sparkled while we went through majority of the building. I found out that she indeed moved to my neighborhood. So we can always walk to and from school together! ¡°So, do you like Matt? You seem to take only interest in him, am I right?¡± I voiced my question while walking back home. Leah¡¯s eyes widened and her face blushed furiously. Ho, so she has feelings toward him as well, fufufu, so this is what they call mutual love. Or is it mutual like? ¡®I don''t really know why, I just wanted to be close to him? I really don''t know¡¯ Right on the mark! I knew it was strange that she tried to start a conversation with him. If she was just trying to make friends, she might have started with the girl seating on the other side of her, Mia, instead of talk to a boy. After all, it is easier to start with making friend with same gender first. And Mia is a very docile girl, anybody can tell by just taking a glance at her. Matt is trying not to show it, but he is pretty much being mean to her because he is interested in her. Matthew Evans, you can fool Leah and you can fool even yourself, but there is no way you can fool me, Elizabeth Jones! Leah might be too good for an idiot like Matt, but¡­ if they like each other, they should be together right? It''s not like I have any ulterior motivation like satisfying my desire to help my friend do to my self righteousness. I''m doing this not for myself but for Leah. I guess I''ll play the role of Cupid and help these two clueless thick heads. They might not be aware of their own feelings, I especially know Matt is not smart enough to connect two and two together. This might be a bit of challenge, but it''s worth it. I dropped off Leah at her house. Her house is actually few doors down from mine, what a coincidence. I walk up to my own house and open the door when a computer screen appears in front of me! Wow that''s creepy, it''s in mid air¡­
Congratulation! You have been chosen to be the next God of this world after the last God retired from his position! Transferring the new God to Celestria¡­.
Huh?! Wait what?! -2 years later- -Year 2002, Unknown place- ~Matt¡¯s P.o.V~ I woke up with a start as I sweated profusely. It must have been a dream¡­ A terrifying nightmare, in which Leah is about to be hit by a truck because she tried to save a kid who did not see the truck. In the dream, I had only enough time to jump in front of her and try to shield her from the impact. Even so, I think if it really happened, we would have both died. Wow, my dream was so depressing. Thankfully, it was not real, but why was this dream so vivid? While I pondered through the dream, I noticed something. All I see is darkness, so it should be still night time, but shouldn''t I be on my bed and not on a cold hard floor? Also, my whole body is glowing faintly with golden light. Why didn''t I notice the light beforehand you ask? Because I wasn''t paying attention to my surrounding, okay?! How was I supposed to expect this? Does this mean, I''m really dead and that wasn''t a real dream? My mind raced as I recalled the event before my ¡°death¡±. It was supposed to be a normal day, like every other day. Since it was summer vacation, I decided to hang out with Leah. You must be wondering how in the hell did an unsociable guy like me who clearly stated that he would not be friends with such a beautiful girl? Well¡­ Don''t remind me of my dark history! A year after Leah moved to our school, I finally had the courage to¡­ I meant I felt like I could¡­ Uuu¡­ Even I want friends to ya know! A..anyways, we became friends. She''s my first friend outside of online games. I-I-it''s not because I am a loner, it''s just¡­ most people in my class were boring and they talked about uninteresting stuff. What do I talk to Leah about? Um¡­ that''s not really the point in my explanation, right? Back to my little story, we became pretty close since last year and even walked to and from school. As a friend I mean¡­ don''t get me wrong we are not dating¡­ I definitely do not have does kind of feelings for her¡­ Why the heck am I explaining everything to myself? Hmm¡­ I wonder why? Back to reality, I better scan the area, I''m hoping that certain somebody is still alive. I don''t know how much of a chance she had for surviving that impact, but I can only hope that I made it in time. Well at least I don''t see her so that might be a good sign. By the way, where the heck am I? I''m pretty sure I died. So is this heaven? Or is it hell? ¡°It''s neither.¡± A blinding light flashed before my eyes and in place a figure stood tall. A girl around four years younger than me with pure white one piece stared directly into my eyes. Pure brown hair ran down her shoulder, and her almond shaped bright purple eyes complimented her hair. That''s a bit odd, does brown and purple match together? Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. ¡° It''s been two years since we last saw each other right? Matt, it''s nice to see you again.¡± The girl spoke up with a slight depressed tone. I recognize this girl from somewhere? But where have I seen her before? She did say it''s been two years¡­The unexpected recognition turned my eyes wide in shock, in front of me was someone who went missing since seventh grade two years ago! Elizabeth Jones, the girl who was Leah''s first friend. If I remember right, she went missing the day after meeting Leah. Her parents have been looking for her frantically, calling the police to report her missing and searched for her every single day. Why was she here, more importantly where exactly is this place? ¡°You two definitely died after getting hit by the truck. Right now, we are in a time suspended dimension between parallel worlds created by my predecessor. Basically, this place is middle of nowhere¡± Liz waved it off with her hand nonchalantly. ¡°What do you mean we?! Is Leah okay?!¡±(me) ¡°Now, now Matt, no need to be worked up. I''m just stating facts ya know? Every mortal beings must die at one point or another. It was just a little too soon for the two of you.¡± Why does Liz sound as if she is not a human? The way she just refer to us as ¡°mortal beings¡± and she answered my question in my mind before I can speak out. It''s as if she is¡­ Liz launched into an explanation, ¡°Yup! I''m God, or at least that''s what I became two years ago. Its quiet simple, there are many God ¡°candidates¡± in Earth, and only in Earth. When a God decides to retire after getting tired of being almighty, and powerful, he or she retires. The previous God browses through records of ¡°candidates¡± that are still alive in Earth and summons the ¡°candidate¡± to Celestria.¡± Huh? God candidates¡­ retire¡­ God?! What the heck is going on?! I''m so confused, so there is omnipotent God that gets chosen every time the former God decides to retire? Then why haven''t there been any evil God? ¡°You see, all the God candidates are monitored carefully to find the most suitable ones, so there has never been a case of evil God. In addition, we are not that omnipotent since we nor any other divine beings could change a course of action or go back in time to change future result. If I could, I would have saved the two of you from that accident.¡± Liz gazed at me with an apologetic expression while making eye contact. ¡°So where is Leah?¡±(me) ¡°Gosh, even though I just finished my explanation just a second ago, you already move on to the next question.¡±, Liz puffs out her cheeks and look crossed. ¡°I''m tired of explaining, let me just transfer my knowledge to you.¡±(Liz) Different knowledges and images came into my mind in rapid pace. My head is unable to endure the stress caused by the amount of things Liz is shoving into my brain. A extremely painful headache caused me to fall on my knee and made my hand shake while clutching my head. After what it seemed to be an hour, the pain stopped all together and my mind cleared enough to know what is going on. According to my new knowledge, after Leah and I died, Liz summoned us here one by one and binded our souls together. Soul binding allows us to be able to recognize each other. It''s literally a process in which part of my soul was given to Leah and I get part of her soul in exchange. The small part of our souls allows us to be connected with each other like an invisible chain. When we finally meet with each other, we can form a contract so that we can communicate and teleport to each other''s side. Now, the reason why we have been given this special ability even though it would be useless to us since we are dead. Liz was too lazy to explain the situation so she not only transfer the knowledge about the binding but also the reason why she summoned me. It''s quiet simple actually, Liz wanted to spare us from our fate. That''s quiet selfish for a god since she is showing favoritism, but I''m not complaining. In Earth, the rise of population caused the demand for more soul while not many souls in heaven agreed to go back on Earth to fill in for the shortage of the souls that the God could not produce fast enough. In order to buy some time while the God create enough new souls, Liz''s predecessor, the former God, decided to create a system in which 1 out of every 2 deceased one¡¯s soul gets ripped apart into shred and combined with others to create new souls. The so called soul recycling was unfair but necessary in order to support the drastic increase in human population. The predecessor decided to retire before coming up with a solution to this pending crises. Apparently, if Liz had not brought me to this timeless dimension, I would have lost my identity and soul and became a part of a new born children of our world. Liz decided to save me by taking me out of the cycle, however, since I was forcibly yanked out my fate, we can not go to heaven nor hell. For now at least. Instead, Liz decided send me to one of the world created by her predecessor¡¯s predecessor. Apparently, the world I am going to is a world of swords and magics with many different sentient races along with humans. The place is not as well developed in technology as in Earth because of heavy reliance in magic. Because of that, the whole world is similar to medieval England. There is no such thing as computers or phone in the world, crap no video games¡­ Because I am forced to enter such an unknown world, I am given my previous memories, bonding between my soul with Leah and a greater blessing from my race¡¯s gods or goddess. Those with greater blessing of the gods are very few in the world we are about to enter since the deity of that world usually do not mess with its inhabitants. However, the ones with the greater blessing gain the ability on similar level to the God or goddess they were blessed by, of course that is based on the deities specialties. For example, if a deity of sword gives you his greater blessing, you have the potential to be on par with the deity in sword skills. However, the blessed ones must work hard in order to improve and control their powers. Also, the blessing, even the minor ones, allow the blessed beings to be able to understand languages of all races. It''s very unusual for an new born to be blessed, since most deity choose a person to bless based on their actions. However, there were some cases of a baby being blessed so it should not be too much of a problem. Leah isn''t here right now because Liz already talked to her and sent her away. This happened seven months ago¡­ 7 months!!! Originally, Liz wanted to send us both at the same time but for some reason, I didn''t wake up for seven months. Liz even thought My soul might have been crippled from the forced yanking but it turned out fine. I guess I can''t really blame her. I am apparently going to be reincarnated, and since an infant with small brain won''t be able to process all of my memories, I will have my memory back after I turn three. When I''m old enough, I will go look for Leah, even if it takes me all my life. In addition, every living things that are sentient have stats and levels, just like fantasy games. It might be unsettling to start my life in a new world, but I was drawn in by my obsession in games. This world might be advantageous for me since I have played many fantasy games, read light novels about reincarnations recommended by my online friends. I admit, I was an otaku ever since I was in fourth grade¡­ ¡°Oh my, so you do admit you are an otaku.¡±(Liz) STOP READING MY MIND!!! How long have you been listening in. ¡°Everything, kukuku, it was very amusing to hear your inner monologue. It almost sounds like you are writing a diary or a novel. You really don''t have to be descriptive ya know?¡±(Liz) Shut up Liz, and stop evading my privacy! ¡°Oh, you won''t have to worry about finding Leah, you will find her sooner than you think.¡±(Liz) Thanks¡­ Wait! Stop trying to change subject! I am talking about my human rights here! I have the right to privacy, don''t just read my mind! ¡°Awww, you almost fell for it. All well, the new world awaits, go have fun.¡±(Liz) Liz waves her hand in a shooing motion and a gate opens in front of me. The swirling 2 meter diameter circle that sparkles in circular motion. The gate look like a wall covered in twirling rainbow puke. This portal is made not by Liz but by Fate. Who is Fate? She is one of the major deity split from Liz herself. Well, it''s like having two Liz in charge of different jobs. Fate is not as powerful as Liz since she is only in charge of strings of fate. When you say in charge however, it doesn''t actually mean she can manipulate people''s destiny. That seems to be impossible for even Liz, the successor of the deities that created not only Earth, but many different parallel worlds. Fate can only watch the event unfolds as it progresses. So, how did they change our fate? They actually didn''t, when we died, our strings of fate was destroyed. I don''t actually know how this string thing works but I guess you have no more destiny after death so you aren''t bounded by fate anymore. This is the first time in trillions of parallel universe history to have souls from different world reincarnate into the parallel world. That kinda makes us special I guess. Fate can not be manipulated but Fate(goddess not the concept) can see the future event before it happens. This was why Liz had enough time to devise a plan to yank us out of the cycle. She spent the last two years to come up with a plan to save us somehow, so I am very grateful. But because we are not bounded by fate any longer, even Liz won''t be able to see any events that are caused by us. We are the only beings who can actually change the fate of others! Sounds awesome right? But this does not mean we can change fate of others only in positive ways. If we make a blunder, the fate of those we change might be worse for them then what was actually in stored for them. This is kinda heavy, but Liz assured us that we won''t even notice it since we don''t have foresight, so we won''t have to question every move we make. Even so, I can only sympathize with those who we might change¡­ My mind wandered off to think about things regarding the new world. Without hesitation, I entered through the gate. ~3rd Person P.o.V~ Liz was left in the suspended dimension by herself and she started to worry about her two friends who started their one-way journey to the new world. She wasn''t particularly worried about their safety but there was a small worry tugging at the back of her mind. ¡®Fate was in charge of reincarnation, so they should be fine¡¯ Liz thought after awhile. However, the reason why Liz was worried was because of how Fate acted very childishly sometimes. Even if she is part of Liz, ever since they became two different identities Liz and Fate¡¯s personality began to differ drastically¡­ ¡®Maybe I should have supervised the reincarnation process¡­¡¯ A blinding light appeared into the empty space and a new figure appeared. The middle school girl that came from the light look exactly like Liz. Except her pupil were heterochrome with silver and gold. Her hair was also different color from Liz. While Liz had light brown hair, the girl had pure white hair. ¡°I finished sending Matt to Arixar and made sure Leah got there safely as well¡±, said the white haired girl. ¡°Thank you Fate¡±, replied Liz, ¡°But did anything happen to the two of them while reincarnating? Nothing went wrong I presume.¡± Fate replied, ¡°Well¡­ Um¡­ They have been sent without of problem¡­ And I kinda made them reincarnate separately in different household¡­¡± ¡°Fair enough, at least that can be expected since they wouldn''t be able to date openly if they were siblings.¡± ¡°Also, I sorta made Matt into a girl because of his personality¡­¡±, whispered Fate. Liz barely heard what Fate was saying. ¡°Hmm¡­ I see, Matt was reincarnated as a girl¡­ a girl¡­. A GIRL?!¡±, finally registering what Fate was saying, Liz yelled out in shock. ¡°Fate! What the heck were you thinking!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I made Leah into a boy so there is no problem!?¡±, Fate stuck out her tongue trying to act cute to avoid trouble. ¡°FATE! YOU IDIOT!!!¡± ¡°What made you turn Matt into a girl anyways?!¡±(Liz) ¡°Well¡­ He likes to cook, has sweet tooth, and looked really girly appearance wise.¡±(Fate) ¡°Fumu, I can''t deny that but why a boy for Leah.¡±(Liz) Listening to Fate¡¯s logic Liz continued calmly, and urged her to continue. Fate¡¯s face lit up thinking that Liz understood her, but Liz was just waiting to hear everything first before scolding her. ¡°Because I wanted to?¡±(Fate) The stupid explanation for both of the messed of reincarnation caused Liz to snap. Blood vein over her temple became visible and her face bloom with an evil grin. ¡°Any last words, Fate?¡±(Liz) Sensing the mood, Fate started to sweat profusely. ¡°No pitch forks and torches please?¡±(Fate) (Kuma¡¯s note: what Author-San asks to her reader when she updates late, Kuma.) Liz materializes a chain saw an turns it on and asks, ¡°better?¡± (Kuma¡¯s note: The response Author-San usually gets when asked, Kuma.) "Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii! I''m sowwy~~~~¡±(Fate) The whole dimension was filled with screams from the two girls as they run around in the empty space. ¡°Come here! I am gonna slice you into pieces!¡±(Liz) ¡°No! I said I''m sorry!¡±(Fate) (Kuma¡¯s note: RIP Fate) -End Note- As I have already said, I''m sorry for starting over again, Kuma¡­ I know many of you liked the story as it was but with how I started the story, it was too hard to come up with new things, so this is the result of my idiocy, Kuma¡­ T-T I will be still using the same setting as before but decided to split the demi-human race into the beast race and the others such as the fairies, werewolves and vampires. This way there will be more plot(complication) for the two main heroes, Kuma! Last thing, no pitch forks please, Kuma! Bear meats are not tasty so no needs to hunt me, Kuma! I also don''t have much meat and taste bad, Kuma! Arc 1 Chapter 1: Im a What?! -Takasugi¡¯s Mansion, San-gatsu 24, 7564- ~Momoe¡¯s P.o.V~ In the news, sometimes you hear about near death experience. Where you feel like your outside of your body while looking at yourself? That''s pretty much how it was for me. Liz told me that I won''t gain my memory until I''m three, but I could see myself from above, creepy, right? Thankfully, that only happened to me few times over the three years, so it felt more like seeing a slide show of a child growing older bit by bit. It has been around three years since I came to this world. I''m now three years old and I got my memories back. But there were some complication when I became aware again¡­ I''m¡­ I''m¡­a¡­ Fine! I''ll tell you, I''m a freakin cat ear beast-kin, a nekomimi! You know, it would have been fine if I was just a cat person but, I''m also a female!!!¡­*sniff* my manhood~~ I was only fifteen when I died so I was a virgin¡­. Oh no, my eyes are tearing up¡­ I swear next time I see you Liz, I am gonna give you a piece of my mind! ¡°Momoe-chan, are you okay? Did you fall while walking again?¡± My nekomimi Okasan(mother) asked me with a worried face. Ah¡­ Okasan I''m not a baby, I wouldn''t fall face flat without tripping on¡­. Oh! I am still only three huh. Let me have my moment Okasan! I''m currently in my room sniffling from the loss of my manhood. It''s not shameful since I lost most important part of my existence. My room is about the size of a regular master bedroom of a two story household. The thing is, this room is considered rather relatively modest for my family¡¯s status. Yup that''s right! I was born as a daughter(orz) of an important noble of our kingdom. I still have no idea which kingdom we are in but the way my father boasts in front of me about his position and our house being a building that is the size of American White House, I can tell that our family has a huge prestige. I still get lost in our ¡®house¡¯ because of my bad sense of direction but isn''t it too extreme to call this place a mansion instead of a castle?! ¡°I''m fine myahmy(TL:mommy)¡± ¡°Ahhh~ Sweet heart you are sooo damn cute!¡± Um¡­ Okasan, shouldn''t you watch your language in front of a three year old? Whatever. Anyways there is a good reason why I spoke like that. I¡¯m a three year old baby, even if my mental age is that of a fifteen year old boy, I have a body of a child and sometimes I can''t control my body function as well as I could have. So I can not speak fluently for now with this new body. Just what I needed. Liz turn me into a girl and made me speak like ¡°Nyah Nyah Nyah¡±. It''s really annoying to hear yourself speak like that ya know! Also Everyone around me would giggle and pet my head whenever I speak¡­ My pride as a man just hit rock bottom¡­ Uhhh. At least I speak normally when I''m speaking to myself¡­ It''s so that I can relieve my stress, don''t judge me! Okasan~ please stop staring at me with such hungry looking eyes¡­. It''s kinda scary ya know? Anyways, I''m a little worried about my appearance after I reach puberty because I have more similarities with my mother than my father. I mean it''s not a bad thing. Don''t get me wrong, my mother is very beautiful. My father is an ikemen wolf-kin while my mother is a beautiful eyes cat-kin. She has feline features like me as I already mentioned. Mother has long deep Crimson hair, deep red eyes, small cute nose and lovely thin lips. She is around thirty years old but she can pass as a teenager. I really would not mind looking like a bishoujo like my mother but her bust size is¡­. Huge¡­ I don''t think it would feel right for me to have big busts¡­ ¡°Sweetie pie, we are having guests over today. An acquaintance of mine and her son is coming to visit. She was one of my trusted partner during my adventuring days so get along with her son okay? Her son should be around your age by now.¡± Okasan cut in off my deep hyster.. ahem, I mean my inner narration, it''s not weird! Oh, she is staring at me intently, let''s act like a three year old. ¡°Nyyokayy myahmy!¡±(me) So Okasan was an adventurer before, I might have to nag her about it later for more information. As far as I know, both my parents used to be adventures. Otosan and Okasan met during their adventure and formed party. After awhile Otosan fell for Okasan and they got married. Our head maid, Nitta Maru, entered my room. A cat beast-kin like my mother and me, Nitta San is the one in charge of all the maid servants in our household. She is likely the closest person to Okasan right after her own family. With purple hair and ears, she is very elegant. Young, around the age of sixteen, and beautiful, you might mistaken her for another noble if it wasn''t for her maid outfit. The maid outfit of this world is similar to the Earth¡¯s with black dress and white apron and lots of pretty frilly cloths attached. ¡°Yukari-sama, your guests have arrived. They are currently waiting for you downstairs.¡± ¡°Oh! They are already here! Serve them some teas and snacks, and I''ll be there as soon as possible.¡± Okasan excitedly told Nitta San and dismissed her. Nitta San vowed and left the room. ¡°Sweetie, let''s go to downstairs to greet them.¡± ¡°Yyash, myahmy!¡± Ugh¡­ My way of speaking is soooooo irritating¡­. Now the reason why Okasan is grabbing my hand tightly¡­ I get lost too easily. I might have had time to look around and remember all my route by now, but¡­ it''s to hard. I can remember everything from a book word to word but can''t even find my way to my room without Okasan or Maru-chan(our maid). For some odd reason, there was one place I can always find no matter what. The library. I wasn''t a really big reader back in the old world but the books here are interesting, even the history books! The history books are fun to read because it feels like reading a fantasy novel. I would go to the library everyday to read and spend majority of my time there. There is a huge collection of books that I haven''t read yet. I wonder what kind of noble my father is to be able to gather so much books. Sometime, I would see some people at the library and they would be asking if I''m lost. I usually tell them that I am here to read and they would laugh. I can''t really blame them since it''s impossible for most children my age to read. By the way, this world seems to be close to Japanese in cultures, and language. I''m so glad I learned Japanese during my fourth grade year because I couldn''t wait for a translation group to finish English translation. Some manga¡¯s translation took too long and I couldn''t wait, so I learned Japanese to read the raw version. It took me three years to learn enough to read, but it was worth it. I studied Japanese until the day of my death so it stuck to me. Back to reality. While holding my hand tightly, Okasan turned the doorknob to the guest room. We entered the room to find a human woman around the age of thirty and a human boy around the age of three. The lady in front of me was quiet beautiful for her age with brown hair cascading down her shoulder. She had gentle eyes with purple hues was calming but at the same time, her eyes showed wisdom from age. The boy next to her had similar facial feature as the woman next to her. I''m guessing that they are the friend of Okasan¡¯s friend and her son Okasan talked to me about. Wait¡­a boy my age and his mother came to see us probably¡­ is this what they call political marriage?! Is he supposed to be my fianc¨¦?! This is bad, I have to escape¡­ I froze in front of the door while Okasan takes a seat in front of them. I am still wondering if I should run away. ¡°Sweeties, come sit next to me, mommy wants to introduce her friend to you.¡± Okasan broke the ice by gesturing me to seat. Now I realized that not only Okasan was here but Otosan also was seated in the living room with a cup of tea in his hand. This is definitely fishy¡­ With no choice, I comply and take a seat between my parents. The lady in front of us smiled brightly and spoke for the first time, ¡°Hello, it is nice to finally meet you, Momoe-hime sama. My name is Nonomura Kaya, and this is my son, Kei. You must be wondering why we came to visit today¡­¡± Right, I am. If you think you can make me marry forcefully, you got a thing coming!(Author¡¯s note: Momoe is actually retorting in her mind as Kaya speaks. Kaya is not really being interrupted.) ¡°... I came here today not as a friend of your mother, but as the..." I don''t like where this is going, are you saying you are here as my suitor¡¯s mother? ¡°¡­ Adventure guild¡¯s guild master.¡± I thought so, wait, HUH?! She is the guild master to WHAT?! And also, she just said hime sama¡­ Did she just call me princess?! What the heck is going on here?! ¡°As the guild master, I personally came here to give you your status card. Since your highness is a royalty, we can''t distribute the card like we do every year to the three years in the kingdom during the festival. During the second day of Roku-gatsu, which is in 3 months, every citizens of three year olds will receive their card. The day after that is a festival held to celebrate the fortunes of knowing their statuses. However, as a royalty, we can''t have you lining up with the other children now can we? This year''s festival will also be the day where we announce you as the first princess of Beastilia.(Kuma¡¯s note: I know, bad name for a kingdom, Kuma¡­)¡± Wait, wait! Hold up for a second, why the heck am I a princess and why did I not know?! I mean all the lady just calls me with my name with sama attached. Also they called never said the word such as your highness and such. I haven''t heard anyone say anything about royalty until today! Without noticing my internal turmoil, Kaya-San took out the status plate and a small knife and handed it to me. Can someone explain to me how I became a princess of a freaking beast-kin kingdom?! Okasan smiled thinking I was afraid of the knife. While soothingly telling me it won''t hurt, she pricked my forefinger and rubbed my blood on to the card. When I was done, I checked my status plate: [/tr][/tr]
Name:Takasugi MomoeLevel:1
Race:Cat-kinAge:3
HP:10MP:63
STR:15Def:12
INT:34WIS:29
DEX:12Charm:45
Job:N/A
Magic Affinities:
Fire: 100%Water: 100%
Earth: 100%Wind: 100%
Light: 100%Dark: 100%
Summoning: 100%Blood: 100%
Wood: 100%Forbidden: 100%
Skills: Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author.Kitty Talk:(passive)(Curse) You can only talk with Nyah in the end of your sentence or inside your words. No way to deactivate but gives you a boost of 20 in charm!
Fire Magic:(Level1) Do I have to explain?
Water Magic:(Level 1) Water! Yay!
Wind Magic:(Level 1) Great for a hot day outside
Earth Magic:(Level 1) Hooray, build a sculpture
Cooking Recipes: Browse through to find your favorite recipes!
Titles: True Genius: Your learning capability is much better than 95% of people in this world
Princess of Beastilia: You are born as the first princess of Beastilia, beast-kin people will adore you as their idol. +charm 10
Future Archmage: Since you started learning magic at the age of three, you have earned the favors of the Goddess of Magic. As a promising beginner Mage, the goddess bestowed you the title of Archmage, which will be replacing this title when you choose your job in the guild.
Blessings: Greater Blessing of Magic: Because of your thirst for know,edge at such a young age, the Goddess of Magic Yuuki has given you her greater blessing. + All magic affinity at 100% + MP recovery rate is 50% faster than anyone + Gained the title Future Archmage
Blessing of Cook: For an unknown reason, the God of Cooks, Razan has blessed you with his cooking ability. + Gained basic knowledge of edible plants and animals + Can browse through Razan¡¯s cooking recipes by the use of magic + No matter what you cook, it tastes better than the same thing cooked by a different person
Isn''t this too much? I know Liz did say she would give me some cheats through the deity in this world but this is going way overboard. Don''t get conceited Momoe, this might be a normal stat for my age¡­ ¡°Here Momoe, let''s see your status card first.¡±, Otosan smiled gently and took my status plate away to read. While scanning through my card, Otosan¡¯s face became really pale and his smile cramped. Seeing this, everyone else gathered around and looked over Otosan¡¯s shoulder. Wait, don''t tell me that my stats are actually below average?! ¡°What in the¡­¡±(Kaya-San) ¡°My child is a genius!¡±(Okasan) ¡°The stats are super high¡­¡±(Kei-kun) The four huddled together while whispering things yah I can''t hear at all. ¡°Umm¡­ Is something wrong with myah¡¯s status card Nyah?¡± I asked nervously. Is it that my stats are actually disappointing? The room became eerie silent as no one talked or bother to explain why the atmosphere changed. The first to break the silence was Otosan. ¡°There is something wrong with your status, Momoe.¡±(Otosan) Oh no! So it was too low. Now that I know that I''m part of the royalties so I''m afraid. Will they throw me away because of how weak I am?! "Your status are too high for your age, and you have two different blessings from the deities. Also when did you learn how to use magic?¡±(Otosan) ¡°Nyah?¡±, I let out a dumb voice when Otosan told me things that was opposite from my expectation ¡°Myah just read book?¡±(me) I just tilt my head while answering his question. To be truthful, all I did was read the basics on all magic. I don''t know how to use them yet, but gained a level from just reading and understanding. "My child is a protege!¡±(Okasan) Okasan ran toward me and grabbed me into her death grip, err¡­ I mean hug while spinning me around. I passed out from the lack of air¡­ -Several hours later- I woke up in my bedroom feeling slightly dizzy. Thank God it was just a dream, I had a terrible nightmare. It was a dream where I find out that I''m a princess of the beast-kin kingdom and that my stats were overpowering in terms of magic power. Feeling refreshed from my sleep, I walk out of my room, just to notice that it''s afternoon¡­ I usually don''t sleep until late at night, so this is strange. Or rather, why was I asleep in the afternoon? Oh, I see Maru-chan walking toward me. ¡°Hime-sama, are you feeling well now?¡±(Maru) Yes yes, I am¡­. So it wasn''t a dream. I sigh inwardly while pretending to play innocent to get some info out of Maru-chan. ¡°What does hime-sama mean, Nyah?¡±(me) ¡°Well, you see, it means you are a daughter to a king, and since his highness, your father, is our kingdom''s King, your highness is referred to as hime-sama¡±(Maru) The head maid answered my question diligently with an easy explanation fit for a child but¡­ that''s not what I''m asking about?! ¡°Myah papa is a King?¡±(me) ¡°Yes, hime-sama, all of our staffs were told not to talk about you being a royalty until your coronation during the festival when you turn three. No one except the higher ranking nobles and the staff knows of your existence. Well that''s how it is supposed to be but I bet there has been rumors¡­ Anyways, because we could not afford for you to be kidnapped by other races, we had to keep you tightly away from the public view until you turned three, since that is when you can start learning magic and learn how to defend yourself, even if it''s little. However, since your highness already started learning magic beforehand, this might not have been necessary. Also it is in Beastilia¡¯s tradition to go through coronation during their third year at the same time as others of your age getting their status card.¡±(Maru) I''m still confused here. If they are so worried about protecting me, shouldn''t they just keep me hidden until I''m old enough to attend school. Well I guess it''s this whole tradition thing people fusses over. ¡°If you are satisfied with my answer, please follow me. Everyone is waiting for hime-sama downstairs.¡±(Maru) I nod toward the maid and let her lead me by the hand. Wait, now that I think about it, I haven''t read any books about Takasugi family being a royal family? Then again, I haven''t had chance to read too many history books yet, so I guess that''s why¡­ When Maru-chan and I arrived, everyone was sitting quietly in the same spot they were in before. ¡°Since Momoe is awake now, let''s discuss about the card and what we should do from now on.¡±(Otosan) Without wasting anytime, Otosan began to plan the next action we should be taking. ¡°First of all, we need more guards after the Momoe¡¯s coronation as the first princess. We should also get her tutors to start her magic training.¡±(Okasan) ¡°Well, I shouldn''t be speaking up, but is there anyone capable of teaching her combats at her age? I mean Hime is only three years old and she should not be able to learn much from a regular tutor. After all, her movements are limited since she is a child.¡±(Kaya-San) All of the adults are in deep thought. Then Otosan made a face that literally screamed eureka, I thought I saw a light bulb above his head. ¡°I know just the right person for this job!!!¡±(Otosan) All of us jumped in surprise at his sudden outburst. ¡°I shall go contact him right now, if I can reach him, he should be here around the time of the ceremony!¡±, after his excited remark Otosan was about to run out to his office when Okasan shouted back. ¡°Wait! Who do you have in mind?¡±(Okasan) "Secret¡±, Otosan placed his index finger in front of his lips while winking mischievously. He runs out of the room like a child going out for recess. ¡°Hmm¡­ I wonder what he is thinking¡±(Okasan) ¡°Beats me¡±(Kaya-San) Kaya-San shrugs her shoulder care freely and asked a question. ¡°So when will you move back to the castle? After all, I don''t want to come far out into the forest like today in the future.¡±(Kaya-San) Eh? So this isn''t our main house? So this means the castle is much bigger¡­ ¡°We might move back after the ceremony. Kakuei has been complaining about not seeing me enough for three years.¡±(Okasan) Wait! Is that why he is never home?! Oh, by the way Kakuei is my dad¡¯s name¡­ This whole situation is giving me a headache, I don''t understand anything about this world. (Kuma¡¯s note: I''m with you, Kuma! Soooo confusing, Kuma! Wait, I should know since I made the story, Kuma? Hmmm, Kuma¡­.) ¡°Momoe, why don''t you and Kei go play around at the garden?¡±(Okasan) ¡°Yessh Myahmy¡±(me) I gesture toward Maru-chan to signal for help. The message of the S.o.S is: I don''t know where the garden is, help!!! Maru-chan luckily understand my mental signal(?) and guide the two of us to the garden. -End Note- Kuma-chan:(Drinking tea) ahhh what a lovely night, Kuma (Enters Fate) Fate:(while gasping for air) I finally escaped, banzai! Kuma-chan: Ooooo, great job Fate, come seat and have some tea, Kuma (pour tea into the cup) Fate:(Seats down and take a cup) White chrysanthemums yay, my favorite (Both sips tea and bite down on cookies) (Enters Liz) Liz: You two idiots are here together, (grins evilly) good. Kuma-chan&Fate: ¡°eh?¡±, ¡°eh, Kuma?¡± Liz: Both of you die!!! Fate: Kyaaaaa, no more chainsaw! I said I''m sorry! Kuma-chan: why am I targeted, Kuma! Liz: Because you are the author and the one who''s been giving this idiot weird ideas! (Fate and Kuma-chan runs away while screaming with Liz coming up close with chainsaw and insane smile) Announcement, Kuma! Kuma: (Walks in the room) I am finally back, Kuma! Liz: Pedobear, what have you been doing lately? (Brings out chainsaw) Speak honestly or you will die. Kuma: *Gulp* Hahaha, y-you s-see Liz, I had too many things, Kuma... Fate: (Walks in) Hey, Kuma-chan! I came back to tell you our plans are going smoothly~ (Notices Liz) Hiiiii! E-er, I-I mean hi Liz, its lovely to s-see you. Liz: What are you two planing? Spit it out now and I will kill you painlessly. Kuma: (Laughs unnaturally) C-come on Liz, there is no way I would be planning anything, kuma! Liz: You stopped writing for three months and come back shamelessly. And now your telling me you didn''t come up with a mischievous plan? Okay, I believe you. (Kuma and Fate sigh in relief) DO YOU BAKAS THINK I WILL BELIEVE YOUR BULL CRAP!!! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TWO UP TO THIS TIME?! Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! Kuma: (Whispers to Fate) Fate-chan, I think we should run now. Fate: I agree Kuma-chan (Once again, they run away while Liz chase them with chainsaw in her hand) Hiya everyone, kuma! I''m finally back, kuma! Sorry I didnt post for so long, so as an appology, I wrote three chapters and I''ll post it now, kuma! Arc 1 Chapter 2: Template Situation, W-wait! Im the Maiden In Distress? ! -Beastilia Kingdom Capital, Roku-gatsu 2, 7564- ~Momoe¡¯s P.o.V~ This has been the longest three months of my life. To prepare for the coronation, many different tutors came and taught me etiquettes, history, and so on. On top of that, I received a team of professional dressers and a famous tailor to attend all my needs when there are social events. Adding on to that, I learned how to play several instrument, knit, sew, and paint. Isn''t this way too much for a three year old?! This is totally a domestic torture! Ughhhh! I don''t even have any alone time since a guard follows me around everywhere! To make matters worse, I would be meeting this mysterious combat tutor of mine today after the coronation. This has to be a joke, right? I mean I already don''t have enough time! I really hope my new tutor will be a little lenient toward me, but I guess that would be asking for too much... As of now, Nitta Maru, two guards and I am riding a carriage to the capital. Currently, mother and father is at the castle already in order to prepare for my coronation ceremony tonight. In order to do so, they had to leave the mansion a day before, so I was only left out. Apparently, they didn''t want the "guest of honor" to see everything beforehand and left with vigor and excitement similar to children the day before Christmas. It would seem that they are enjoying thjs way more than I am... Back to reality since Maru-chan is looking at me weirdly, the carriage is quite comfortable even though this is my first time riding one. I would have thought that this trip will be uncomfortable since I''m so used to riding modern vehicles like cars and buses. The carriage seat''s frames are well decorated with ivory and silver and the cushion on the seat is fluffy and soft. I guess being a royalty does have its merits. "Hime-sama, is the seat to your liking?"(Maru). As if reading my thought, Maru-chan asked with a smile. "Nyah thinks its good."(me) Muhaha, have you noticed? I''m starting to speak normally... well as normal as I can while having this stupid kitty talk curse... Soon, I should be able to speak with only Nyah at the end of each sentence. Wait, I''m already doing it? You got it all wrong, I can only speak with only nyah when its short sentences like just now. Off track again... Anyways, the journey to the capital takes only 4 hours, so we left in the early morning and we are half way there. *clunk**screech* "Everyone out of the carriage! We know the little princess is in there. Hand her over and we might let you live."(???) Oh crap, what''s going on here? How did they know about me, wasn''t it supposed to be a secret until the coronation?! "We will never hand over hime-sama!", one of the guard-san shouted while getting out of the front of the carriage whixch he was driving until now. The other guard that was seating inside with us also got out telling us to stay put in the carriage. Will they be okay? I mean I checked their status with magic a while back and both of them are level 29. Is this the standard level for a regular guard? I guess I can''t really be able to judge since I''m only level 1... Using my magic [Analyze] I checked the enemies stats while taking a peek through the small crack in front of the carriage door. There are 12 men dressed completely in black and 9 more in the back. The man in the center with two long swords and a creepy black mask seems to be their officer. The average level of the black robed men is 27, but the leader is a whooping level 49. Even without the leader guy, our guards would simply get overwhelmed by the sheer number of the enemies. They will die in vain if I don''t do anything. My life is not as precious as two guards'' lives. Of course, Nitta Maru will also try to stop them and might get killed as well. I must take action. Before Maru-chan manage to grab hold of the situation, I rushed out of the carriage while putting on reinforcement magic. I jumped up high and landed in the middle of the black robed men. "Nyah''s the one you wanted, right? Neeve them alone and nyah will go with you, so spare them nyah."(me) Yup, this is how it supposed to be, please don''t make such faces guard-sans. I can''t let anyone die for my sake. "Hime-sama, please run away!" "Please don''t worry about us, our job is to protect you even if it cost us our live!" The guard-sans yelled out in desperation, but I ignore them and look toward the black mask with conviction. "Quite the brave one, aren''t you? At such a young age, you know how variable lives are... let the guards and the carriage go, we did promise to let them live if they give us the princess."(Black mask). He is the enemy, so why does he sound so sad? "Tie her up, and I''ll carry her."(black mask) One of the man brought out the rope and tied my hands and feet. The rope was tight enough so that I can''t escape but it doesn''t hurt too bad. "Sorry about this, girly. We were told to do this as our job, so we can''t really help it..."(black robed man #1) So they are just following an order from someone. Who can it be? A noble of my country? Or a royalty from a different kingdom? I guess I''ll find out soon. As the masked leader started to lift me up, a voice from above was heard. "Gahahaha, a kidnapping in the broad daylight? You folks have quite the nerves to do something like that in my watch!"(???). I look up toward the voice and found two figures perching on a tree branch. A muscular man with handsome face and sharp eye with a pair of beautiful black wings looked down in a haughty manner. While the other figure, a ikemen with short jet black hair and crimson red eyes look disinterested. When I saw the boy, my heart skipped a beat and I started to have strange feeling I''ve never felt before. Now my heart is thumping like crazy. No no no! I''m still a guy in the inside, this can be happening to me! I''m a guy, I''m a guy, I''m a guy... The boy look toward me and his eyes widened in surprise. Before any of the black men can react, the boy rushed in and hit the mask leader blowing him away. I was hurled up to the sky and was about to land on a boulder when the boy nimbly jumped up to the boulder and caught me in a princess carry. A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. Orz this day is the worse, kidnapped then princess carried... "Matt, finally... I found you."(boy) "!?"(me) Only three people knows about my reincarnation, Liz, and her counterpart Fate, and Leah. "Myah?"(me)(TL: Leah?) The boy nods with a big grin on his(?) face. Wait should I refer to Leah as a "he" now since she reincarnated as a boy. So Liz messed around with both of us, Liz I swear next time I see you, I will really hit you hard! "We can talk later, let me take care of this real quick."(Leah (?)) While whispering softly in my ear, he(?) untied and gently put me down. Afterward, he lounged toward one of the kidnapper with a two handed sword that was behind his back. I didn''t notice it before but he(?) Had several weapons on his body. Two knives on his side, knuckled gloves that is thin enough for easy movement, and that large sword. Even though I call it a large sword, its only half meter tall. I just meant the sword is huge for people my age. "I guess your eager to show off in front of a girl, Luciel as expected of my disciple, gahahaha. I guess I''ll take care of the leader of this little band of rats then."(Muscle man). The vulgar laughing... err... I meant Luciel''s (Leah''s?) Companion flew down from the tree and landed in front of the black mask. The last of the fight ended in a one sided beat down, and everyone of the kidnappers were captured and tied up together. My two guards also fought so it ended without a hitch, but isn''t Luciel too strong for his age? He is on par with the level 27 kidnappers. Whats his level?! Am I actually behind?! After lining them up, they were questioned in order to find out the true perpetrator, but no one spoke up. "Well, if no one speaks up, there is plenty of other ways to talk, maybe we can start with a light torture."(Muscle man) Hey! Wait a moment, I don''t think torturing is the right answer here!I have a feeling that the leader of the lot might speak if I were to some how convince him. I pulled the muscle brain''s sleeve and spoke up. "Let myah talk to them."(me) "Are you sure? You seem like you want to show them mercy but they did try to kidnap you. Will they go unpunished?"(muscle brain) I nod my head with out backing down. I walk toward the leader while Luciel followed me closely. I went to the front of the leader and pulled his mask off. A human man around the age of 17 stared back at me with his emotionless eyes. His face was that of an ikemen... darn it, why does so many handsome men exists in this world?! Oh shoot, focus Momoe, you are not a guy anymore, no need to be jealous or feel insecure. "Why did you attack my carriage and try to kidnap me? Who sent you?"(me) What, I sound too normal? That''s cause I translated what I jusg said, in reality my lisp made it sound like this: "Wha did nyuuu attaack myah carrage and try tyu kibnab myuu? Whuu sint nyuui?"(me) Hah~~~ I can''t interrogate like this... this is why I don''t speak long sentences! "I can''t tell you anything while I have this slave contract on me, we are all slaves so its impossible to answer you."(black mask) "I see, nyah."(me) Wait, can''t I purifiy something like slave magic if I tried? I mean I have the blessing from the goddess of magic, maybe I can make my own magic using my imagination? It''s worth trying. I start to gather my mana and surround the kidnappers with the mana. After that, I imagined bird in a cage breaking free. The forest lighted up with pure white line and my eyesight turned dark and I blacked out. ~Black Mask P.o.V~ The cat princess frowned slightly after she was told about the slave magic placed on me and my comrades. Then a depressing silence ensued between us all. Suddenly, my body was engulfed in comfortable warmth and a pure white light flashed all around. I reflexively placed my hands on my eyes and closed it tightly. When I opened my eyes, the cat princess fainted and the black haired boy caught her gracefully. The boy swiftly carried her to the carriage and came back out shortly. "Huh, I heard from Kakuei and Yuukari that their daughter was a true prodigy. Gahaha, I thought they were just doting on her, to think that she would manage to break all of those slave magics all at once by her self. Very impressive, I will have fun teaching her, huhuhu."(Demon) Wait, isn''t that man the former demon lord? How did I not notice before? So, I had no chance of winning from the begining. "Well, your slave magics are gone, so who sent you."(Former Demon Lord) "King of Menzar sent us. He commanded our group to kidnap the princess of Beastilia after he learned of her existence from the country''s spy." Without thinking, I told the Maou of what transpired. "I should have guessed without asking but I did need to make sure just in case. Well, its Kakuei''s choice to declare war against Menzar. I guess I can help destroy that idiotic kingdom if that''s what Kakuei wants. Luciel, stay close to the princess and bring her out when she regains her consciousness. Now, what is your name? "(Former Demon Lord) The black hair boy left us and went toward the carriage. "My name is Ochiai Yozo, and I was a former B ranked adventurer. The rest are also former adventures that were tricked into slavery by that greedy king"(Ochiai) "I see, well do whatever you want from now on, you are all free to go where ever you please."(Maou) Around 10 men left toward the nearest settlement. I guess they wish to go back to the life of adventurers. As for the rest, I think they are thinking of the same thing I was thinking. Staring at each man to make sure of their resolves, I saw them nod gravely. "The rest of us wish to serve our savior, and protect her with our lives."(Ochiai) "Good answer, gahahaha!"(Maou) Arc 1 Chapter 3: E-engagement?! -Beastilia Kingdom Capital, Roku-gatsu 2, 7564- ~Momoe¡¯s P.o.V~ Hmmm nyah, I''m so tired... I slowly opened my eyes and the lights attacked my vulnerable eyes with vicious vigor. While rubbing my eyes, I look around my surrounding. This is not my room, hmmm... oh yeah I was on my way to the capitol in for the coronation ceremony and our carriage was... "Are you awake now?"(Luciel) I jump slightly from the sudden voice interupting my inner council. Luciel, Leah''s reincarnation, stared at me with gentle worrying eyes. "Nyah''s fine"(me) Luciel suddenly hugs me for a long time. Afterward, he scolded me for being reckless for several minutes. I''m sorry, I didn''t think I would faint... don''t be so harsh. "...Are you listening?! You were always so reckless back then as well, take care of yourself, don''t make me worry so much! What would have happen if..."(Luciel) The lecture went on and on until it ended abruptly. Luciel, pat my head saying he is glad I''m not hurt. Ahh, the patting feels nice.. err... I meant.. I''ll allow it just for today. Now that I think about it, I was scolded and then rewarded with a pat on the head... isn''t this the so called stick and carrot method?! Am I a pet?! Nah, Luciel wouldn''t treat me like that, right? By the way I''m calling Luciel Luciel since we are now starting a new life in this world. It would be weird to keep referring him as Leah. Luciel must be thinking of the samething since he is calling me Momoe. "Lets go out and meet up with sensei, he told me to bring you when you wake up."(Luciel) Luciel grabbed my hand and was about to exit the carriage when he turned around and plant a kiss on my lips before I can do anything. "!?"(me)
Soul link complete
What the heck just happened?! That was my first k-kiss! Luciel just kissed me, right?! Calm down Momoe, it doesn''t mean anything... Yup, its the soul link Liz was talking about, that''s why he kissed me right? Wait, Liz never told me that we had to kiss in order to set a link, so how did Luciel know?! I feel my face becoming red as boiled octopus. Luciel is grinning mischievously, what happened to my sweet Leah?! Isn''t Luciel too bold and straightforward? Why is there such a huge gap between the two even though they share the same soul?! ¡¶Can you hear me? Did the connection get set?¡·(Luciel) Uwaaa, I can hear him in my head! Is this telepathy?! ¡¶Hmm... maybe the connection wasn''t set right, I guess I''ll have to kiss Momoe again¡·(Luciel) ¡¶W-wait! I can hear you fine! N-no need to kiss me again!¡·(me) Seeing me flustered, Luciel smiled again and even snickered this time. "Lets go now."(Luciel) Ignoring my maiden''s(?) heart, Luciel dragged me out of the carriage. What greeted us were a dozen men including the black mask kneeling down on one knee. "Hime-sama, I, Ochiai Yozo, and 11 others wish to serve you as your guards. It is imprudent for lowly beings to ask of such a thing, but we would like to guard you with our lives. Please let us serve you!"(Black Mask) How did it lead to this? I look at the muscle brain with confused expression but he could not read the mood and gave me a thumbs up and winked... Well, I guess its fine to have guards, especially after what happened today, it would be the best to have strong loyal guards... "If thyats what nyuuu want, Myah declare the tweelbe men as myah royal gards."(me) Wow, that sounded way better in my head... """"""""""""Thank you your highness, we will serve you with our last breath!"""""""""""" They thanked me in perfect unison as if they practiced beforehand. Umm... please don''t look at me with such admiration. Don''t be too serious, your honest gazes are making me feel uncomfortable. Also try to live if you can, don''t raise any flags... Wait, am I even allowed to employ people like this? I mean is it within my scope of authority? I guess its fine, right? When I got back in the carriage, I remembered that I forgot about a person... My personal maid, Nitta Maru-san is no where to be seen... I asked one of our two original guard, he told me Nitta Maru went ahead to report to the king, my father. Phew, I thoight we left her somewhere during the confusion. I hope she won''t be in trouble for not stoping me when I went out of the carriage... With 12 new well seasoned guards, we once again headed toward the capitol. The ride was comfortable as I have mentioned before due to the seatings, but it became really crowded with the muscle brain and Luciel staying inside the carriage. Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.Somehow, it ended with the muscle brain seating on a seat opposite from mine while Luciel seating extremely close to me. Our little comfortable trip ended when our carriage arrive to the front of the gate. A line was formed in order to check identifications before entering. My original two guards told me we can cut up to front but I refused. It would be rude to cut in front of the people who has been waiting much longer than us. The guards in front of the capitol gate stood vigilantly while checking identification cards. It seems there are several way to get the card and as expected of fantasy world, one of the easiest way is to join adventurers'' guild. When our turn arrived it passed around 30 minutes. "To make her highness wait so long, insolent guards...", Ochiai-san complained softly under his breath. I was obly able to hear because of my fluffy and sensitive ears. "Identification please."(gate guard-san #1) Ochiai-san seemed to wanted to complain, but stopped after he opened his mouth for a moment. I took out my identification card out and showed it to them. Gate guard-san#2 wanted to call me out, probably thinking that an adult should be taking out his instead of a 3 year old child, but once they saw what was written on the card their eyes bulged out. ""Please enter, we are sorry for making you wait your highness!""(gate guard-san#1) The gate opened in front and I thanked them, of course with the nyah accent. The two guards looked very happy as they bow their heads and kneel down. Umm... please go back to work, everyone is staring this way... Our rag tag team and the carriage arrived safely in front of a large castle. The rather large castle woth a huge moat surrounding them had guards walking back and forth on top of the wall surrounding the castle. Without a delay, the gate to the castle was lowered and two figure came running toward our carriage, followed closely behind by a third person. It was Otou-san, Okas-san, and Maru-san. It seems that our arrival was notified by the gate keepers at the captiol''s entrance. My two doting parents came and snatched me out of the carriage and mofumofu-ed me vigorously. Mother, father, please refrain yourselves, you guys are scaring my escorts right now... "What happened exactly? I heard the general things from Maru, but I need to know who would dare to hurt my daughter!"(Otou-san) Ochiai-san took the lead and explained everything from the time we were stopped by Ochiai-san''s group, and how I almost got kidnapped, and how Luciel and his muscle brained teacher saved me. He also talked about how I used magic to free them from slavery and how the twelve of them wished to serve as my royal guards. "Those deplorable Menzars! They dare to try capture my daugter?! This means war, gather all of the council members! We shall crushed that slave loving disgusting dumpster!"(Otou-san) Wow, someone should really stop him, at this rate we really will go to war against Menzar... While contemplating to stop him or not, Okasan spoke out. "Dear, please wait until after the festival..."(Okasan) "That''s right! We must rally our people tonight after the ceremony! Garner support from our citizens!"(Otousan) W-wait! How did it turn out this way? Mother, please stop him! "I guess that is our best choice after all."(Okasan) Mother is agreeing as well and everyone else, including my new royal guards who were born in Menzar are nodding with enthusiasm. I mentally palm my face at this ridiculously fast development. "I guess you have my full support, guhaha, this will be very interesting!"(Muscle head) "Oh, Maou-kun! Sorry for not giving you a warm welcome. As you can see, both Yuukari and I have been too preoccupied with this incident. Thank you for saving our daughter."(Otou-san) Oh yeah, by the way my mother is named Yuukari and father is Kakuei. So the muscle head is named Maou... Huh?! He is the demon lord?! "No problem, old friend! Since I retired from being a king, I been so bored so this whole event is very interesting to me. By the way, you should thank my young Luciel, since he was the one who beat most of the kidnappers."(Maou) "I see, thank you very much, Luciel-kun. Even if your a prince of the vampire kingdom, I still need to reward you. Hmm... money isn''t needed since kingdom of Vaglad is known for their wealth... how about our daughter?"(Otousan) Luciel is a vampire prince... and now my dad might force a marriage between us... WHAT IN THE WORLD?! "That would be an honor, your highness."(Luciel) He accepts the proposal with out even pausing?! "You can call me father-in-law from now on hahaha."(otousan) This day is just getting weirder and weirder... Arc 1 Chapter 4: Im in Love?! -Beastilia Kingdom Capital, Roku-gatsu 2, 7564- ~Momoe¡¯s P.o.V~ Whaaaaa~ My head is spinning like crazy right now. Did my father just gave me away to Luciel?! I don''t understand what is going on here, first I find out that I''m a freaking princess few months back, also it happens to be that Luciel is a vampire prince, and now we are engaged as fiance and fiancee. I am becoming so confused here! While my mind is in total turmoil, my father, mother, and Maou continue on with their discussion. Hey! At the very least ask for my opinion! ¡¶Momoe doesn''t want to be betrothed to me?¡· Ehhhh, did my thought transitioned into telepathy?! ¡¶Yeah... it did¡· Its not that I dont want to be betrothed to Luciel. Err, what am I s-saying! We are just little children! I mean we are mentally 19ish so... is it okay? Nonononono, think rationally Momoe! I liked Leah alot, but that was as friends, right? Or did have have romantic feelings for her?! I dont understand at all! What the heck is wrong with me right now?! I remember something from a news article I read long time ago about signs of having love interest toward somebody... How you know you have crush on someone: 1. Keep all of the text sent by the person. Check... 2. Alway think about that certain person and wonder about what they are up to. ...check... 3. Either wanting be very close to that person or bullying that person. ....c-check... 4. Wanting to be always together with that person. ................m Check I liked Leah back when we were in Earth?! How dumb am I to not notice such an obvious thing?! I am a failure as a man, I never got to convey my feeling... ¡¶Momoe, calm down! You don''t have to think too much about it for now!¡· Thats right Momoe! Calm down... ................. ............. ......... ..... ... .. . HOWTHEHECKCANICALMDOWNAFTERWHATIJUSTREALIZETHATILIKEYOUAFTERALLTHISTIME?!? My mind is combusting right now with realization. ¡¶Momoe, dont worry about that for now! For now just think of this as an event that occurred back in our first life. Lets forget about being tied down for now and slowly get used to things.¡· Luciel is right! I will worry about that later. For now, I need to focus on my coronation ceremony instead of hanging on to my past. We can unwind that later on, since we have plenty of time. While my inner turmoil finally calmed down with help of Luciel, I listened in on what the adults were discussing together. But it ended shortly after I listened in and now Otou-san is speaking to me. "Momoe, we would like for you to meet your new teacher who will teach you weapon usage, close quarter combats, and physical training. This man, as you can tell by his black feathered wings, is from the demon race. Actually, he was the demon king until few years ago when he gave the succession to his eldest son."(Otou-san) Yup, I pretty much guessed he was the demon king since his name is Maou... but he will be my teacher from now on... "Guhaha, from now on you can just call me shishou (master) I look forward to teach you my most prized combat trainings."(Muscl...*ehem* Shishou) Hah~ I kinda guessed this one so I''m not really surprised. "Please excuse my rude interruption, but her highness has to now prepare for the coronation and the festival."(Maru-san) "Ah, of course. Thank you for reminding us, Maru."(Otou-san) Maru-san bowed and led me into the castle. ~Maou''s P.o.V~ "That was a quite a move you played, Kakuei"(Maou) I looked toward my old friend with awe at how he nonchalantly made this engagement official. "Well, I already had agreement with the vampire king since a long time ago, so when the opportunity came, I just declared it."(Kakuei) "I guess everyone should now get ready as well, since the the ceremony is starting in an hour."(Yuukari) Why hold hands, Kakuei and Yuukari went back in while I followed them along with Luciel. ~Momoe''s P.o.V~ "Nyaaaaaaaaaa~"(Me) "Your highness! Please stay still, you have to wear this dress for the ceremony and coronation! I was ordered to put this dress on you so please stop running away!"(Maru) Maru-san is currently chasing after me with a blue frilly onepiece dress in one hand and hair brush in another. At first we were in my new room, which was prepared before my arrival. When Maru-san took out the outfit I''ll be wearing, I volted out of the room. I''m sorry Maru-san for all the trouble your going through. However, rhere is no way in heck I''ll be wearing that dress! Even if I''m a girl right now, I''m still a guy at heart! I have been forced to wear dresses before, but compared to the one in Maru-san''s hand, it was more modest. I guess I got used to wearing dresses, but the one right now is slap based dress with short bottom. There is no way I can wear that in front of all the citizens in Beastilia! The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. While I was running, I chanced upon Luciel and muscle shishou, whom were roaming around since they do not need to get ready for the ceremony. "Luciel-sama! Maou-sama! Please stop hime-sama from escaping!"(Maru) "Eh? Sure."(Luciel) "Yosh"(Muscle Shoshou) Before the two can catch me, I magnificently jumped up, and step on Muscle Shishou''s face to get a boost. Sorry, that was really unintentional... Even I was surprised by my reaction speed just now. Is this whay it feels like to run for your life?! While believing that I bested all three of my pursuers, Luciel, coming out of thin air, grabbed me. Eh?! Luciel, et tu? Luciel handed me over to Maru-san and she took me back to my room, locking my room door this time to prevent anymore escapes. Several minutes of struggling and shrieking, Maru-san dressed me up and brushed my long unruly hair. She proceeded to tie part of my hair into a braid on both side. Exhausted from the struggle, I gave up and let Maru-san do whatever she wanted. -30 minutes later- With both okasan and otousan dressed up in royal clothes, they, accompanied by two knights, Luciel, muscle shishou, and Ochiai-san, came to pick me up From there, our small group headed toward the capital''s main street to start my coronation. ~Luciel''s P.o.V~ It has been 3 years since the time both me and Matt died. After 3 long years, I found Matt (now reborn as Momoe). Although he/she changed alot since we last met, personality wise the Matt I knew and the Momoe I got to know are very similar. Of course, there are few small differences, even so, I was able to tell that Matt and Momoe share the same soul. I immediately knew who Momoe was by how she selflessly threw herself toward her enemies to save her guards. I did receive a skill to be able to find Momoe when close by, but I think I could have found her even without such skills. So you all must be wondering how I was for the last 3 years, right? Well, I was not suppose to gain my memory until I turn around 2 to 3 years old, but due to certain circumstances I became aware of everything from the beginning. I won''t be talking too much about what happened three years ago, thats a story for another time. Just know that I have been obtaining knowledge and magic ever since I was born... Tonight ended after Momoe''s coronation and the streets, which were noisy from celebration died down by the time Momoe''s parents retired to their castle. It would seem that Momoe''s existence has been kept in the dark until today to keep her safe. So when the beastkins learn of the existence of Momoe, everyone rejoiced. They all sounded excited as if it was their close relative that revealed. Momoe was led toward her room by Maru-san while an escort guided me to the guest room. With Momoe finally settling down, she became able to use telepathy at will. When we first formed a bond, Momoe couldnt control it well and transmitted every single thought, which was cute and amusing. But now, I dont hear her thinking to herself. ¡¶Puah~ that was so tiring, I''m so sleepy now.¡·(Momoe) ¡¶Good work today, you should get some rest now¡·(Luciel) ¡¶Yeah... before that, I think I finally sorted my feelings toward you.¡·(Momoe) ¡¶U-uh, yeah?¡·(Luciel) I held my breath nervously. I had feelings for Matt, which Liz kindly pointed out to me during our meeting 3 years back. I was worried about how Momoe felt about me, but I decided to wait until she started the subject. ¡¶I think my feelings toward you is like a sibling love.¡·(Momoe) "Ehhh?" (Luciel) I unconsciously let out a stupid voice due to that unexpected reply. The maid leading me stopped to ask if something was the matter. I shook my head while finally noticing that I stopped completely in the middle of the hallway. ¡¶Well, I thought about it deeply. I never had siblings before so maybe I thought of you as a sister... opps now its brother... anyways, I must have loved you like a sibling? I really dont know but thats what I think.¡·(Momoe) I mentally facepalmed myself as I realize the situation. Momoe and I have mutual feelings but she just doesn''t really understand her feelings yet... Hah~ I guess thats what Liz meant by her being dense... ¡¶ Then, I''ll have you call me Oniichan from now on~¡·(Luciel) ¡¶E-eh?! O-onii cccchan?!¡·(Momoe) ¡¶You did say you love me like a sibling so isnt it obvious? I''m older than you by at least 6 months¡·(Luciel) I started to tease her lightly, half to see how she would react and half for getting my hopes up. ¡¶O-o-okay, Oniichan¡·(Momoe) WHAT?! SO KAWAII!!! - Sorry for this short chapter, kuma...