《Spirit Master》 Prologue (The Beginning) Dying is one thing almost every person is frightened of, be it people who were successful or wealthy, people who attained only mediocrity in their lives or even those people that the society would portray as trash; everyone tries to deny the sad truth that everyone was destined to die someday. Truly death was the great equalizer. People tend to do everything in their power to maintain their lives, with technology improving in leaps and bounds new discoveries seem to pop out promising eternal youth or an additional few years in a person¡¯s life. People began living healthily, exercising, eating balanced meal, drinking supplements and so much more but still death¡¯s grip is as strong as ever. You could say people with our very limited lives on this planet was just afraid of what was beyond, what was out there after the life on this planet, the multitudes of possibility, is there afterlife, is there reincarnation, and many other fears that one cannot express thoroughly. I guess to sum it up, most of us is afraid of the unknown. I myself included. You see, to start my story of a new lease in life, a life filled with adventure and trials and magic and swords and many more (ehem I¡¯m getting ahead of myself). I would have to start when I was about to lose my first life. I lived a simple life, I grew up in a loving family, I had three siblings (all girls by the way and all pretty he he he) and parents who loved us completely. I grew up pretty much as any normal guy, a little effeminate because my role model growing up was only my older sisters as my father completely was absorbed with his work and in supporting us financially. But still I grew up pretty normal. I went to school but never excelled in it, still I was able to finish college and get a somehow normal job afterwards. All in all I had a pretty average life; I never made close connections with people aside from my family and was somewhat of a homebody. One day all of this came to a screeching halt, you see after 25 years of working in a medium sized retail company in one of the annual physical checkups the company provided the doctor who was assessing me found an unusual bump in my neck. He had me ordered for an MRI and when the result was read he told me that he wants to do a biopsy in the lump at the right side of my neck, I of course agreed and had to wait for 10 days to get the result. Only to be told that I had a kind of cancer in my neck area, the lump was actually a node and it was already at the advance stage. Nothing can be done, well actually there were treatments but I knew that it will only delay the inevitable. I was dying, slowly but surely. To hear that news, I felt like death¡¯s grip coiling around my whole body and I cannot do anything about it. If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. So I did what any sane person would have done (well not really), I packed up everything I had, went for a drive to my storage unit and crammed everything I had in there. I went to my attorney and gave him my letter (by this time you know what that letter is). I cancelled my apartment contract and was able to get my advance deposit back which I spent going to the chic and expensive restaurant I wanted to and ordered what I wanted to order regardless of the price (my last meal if you will). I was happy and yet empty at the same time. I guess it was more like I was numb with all the thoughts running freely in my head. But I decided on one thing before doing what I planned after hearing the sad news of my health state. I visited all my siblings, by now they all have their families and were successful in their family life as well as careers. I spent a day for each of the three which I enjoyed with them completely. And last but not the least I went to my parents¡¯ grave and gave my final greetings and a promise that soon I would join them. I drove for miles and miles without any destination getting up the courage to do what I talked myself into doing. And after a while of mindless driving I found myself driving through an off road path leading to the most breath taking scenery of the city I grew up in and loved. It was in a cliff overlooking the city. Taking one deep breath and with tears in my eyes, I took one last look of the scenery and said my goodbye to no one in particular. You see I was never a religious person so I know that if there was a God up there I would never be invited to enter His kingdom, so my goodbyes was more of a way to release what little fear I had. I took the gun I bought for self protection and pointed it in my head. I knew that I would make my loved ones sad but for me this was for the better. And in one final steadying breath I closed my eyes and pulled the trigger. And all went black¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. And then white¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Hi guys! This is legend143 at your service. This is actually my second FF, to be honest the first one I had to put on hiatus because I can¡¯t seem to get any new ideas flowing for that one. This is my first time writing a FF which deals with Reincarnation so please do help me in finding the right tone for this story and of course any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I would like to release a chapter each week but I know some weeks that cannot happen so please bear with me. I am in the process of putting my thoughts on the general flow of the story so it may take a while for Chapter 1. (Sorry!) Cheers ! Chapter 1: Missed Chance AN: This story was first posted in Japtem under the same name but I decided to repost it here and continue the story here. My control over the english language leaves something to be desired so my apologies if my grammar is not up to par. Please give constructive criticisms. Oh and by the way, i write my stories in a slow pace, i do want to fast track some of the parts of the story but i cannot seem to do it. __________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 1: Missed Chance And all went black¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. And then white¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seeing everything turning bright I opened my eyes to see myself in some stark white room, completely void of anything. A sudden wave of questions hit me; did I survive the gun shot? Am I in some king of asylum because people think I went mad to the point of killing myself? Why can¡¯t I see any trace of a gun wound when I touched my head? In the first place how can a person survive a gunshot point blank? As many more questions appeared in my mind and I was getting panicky I heard a gentle but commanding voice out of nowhere. ¡°Be at ease child.¡± Of course hearing someone when no one was around you, I tried to ask the voice where I was. ¡°Excuse me sir but what is this place? Where am I? Did I really die?¡± ¡°Child you are in my domain, a place not many see. And yes you did die.¡± the voice answered cryptically. ¡°Who are you? And what do you mean by what you just said?¡± I was getting increasingly curious and a little bit nervous. After all if He is who I think He is then I can only guess that he is here to judge me and send me to hell because of me committing suicide. The mysterious voice laughed a little as if he knew the things in my head. ¡°Yes. I am who you think I am young one. And normally I would have judged you as such since killing oneself is a grave sin against Me.¡± The mysterious man continued. ¡°So it is true then. I am dead and you are here to judge me to eternal damnation.¡± I resigned myself to this truth. Steeling myself I looked at a place where I thought the voice came from to see a shining light manifest itself. I began to feel such a holy presence that I was brought down to my knees and I felt like love enveloping me completely and wholly. I can¡¯t help but lower my head in reverence and a big amount of holy fear. ¡°Well¡­.normally that would be the case child. But you see your life was such a big lost that I am deeply grieved that you chose the easy way out instead of fighting and succeeding in my trial for you.¡± He answered with a saddened voice. And then much to my surprise I begin seeing a vision. ¡°What is it I¡¯m seeing oh God?¡± ¡°Child what I am about to show you is a life that would have been if you did not take your own.¡± My vision started when I first learned of my predicament, everything was the same as what I did up to the time where I went to see my sisters. There is where I see a change in what was to have been. Instead of killing myself, when I went to my third sister¡¯s house I saw myself telling her all of what happened to me. I saw myself crying and my youngest sister comforting me. Then the view changed to add my other sisters in the vision, we were in the hospital¡¯s waiting room, each of them where there to offer their support. I can see much love from them. And then I saw myself, battling for my life, taking chemotherapy and living a healthier life. And again the view shifted, I saw myself, slowly regaining my health, I was beating my sickness and then I saw myself completely healed. After that I saw myself typing, an autobiography of my life, it sold millions, helping many people that were in the same predicament as I was. My life became an encouragement to people around the world, spreading a bit of goodwill. Even by a tiny bit bettering the life of those who read about my life, lastly it showed me dying not because of Cancer but because of age having lived a fulfilled life. And then the vision ended. And in all honesty a thousand things at the same time, but one thing stood out, it was deep Regret. Regret that I took my life instead of trying to fight it, Regret that instead of asking the people that do love me for help I decided to end it all. So much regret that I can¡¯t help but admit that whatever punishment I would get was acceptable and just. After a while more I heard Him speak once more. ¡°Child I did not shoe you my plan to bring so much pain to your poor soul rather it is to show you that giving up that life I gave you without even fighting for it is truly a sad thing for me. It is to also show you what goodness you might have spread to the world if only you fought a good fight.¡± Looking at Him once more I steadied my gaze and prepared myself for His judgment only to be surprised by the next thing The Glorious One said. ¡°Dear God I am Ready for your Judgment. I will accept it fully and willingly.¡± Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. ¡°I know child. But don¡¯t you regret it?¡± ¡°Of course I do!¡± Replying almost instinctively I truly showed the remorse I was trying to hide, not that it matters since I know He can see right through me. ¡°Well¡­. If that is the case why don¡¯t we try to do something different?¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± What He told me took my attention and He got my full attention. ¡°You see, I think of you like a rare unpolished gem waiting to show its true beauty and value but this world is not a place where you would shine the brightest.¡± Hearing a change in the tone of His voice which I assumed was because He was smiling I asked Him what he meant. ¡°Well, I cannot send you back on earth not because I can¡¯t but because that would contradict the laws I¡¯ve put in place in earth. So the thing I would do is to send you to a world I made a couple millennia ago, Far away from your planet, a world that shares similarities but is unique in its own way.¡± That shocked the hell out of me (no pun intended). And I can¡¯t help but think of all the things I was taught when I was young about us being alone in the galaxy. Seemingly to answer my quiet questions He spoke once again. ¡°Well I did mention that not everything in this world was to be made comprehensible for your limited minds, and this is one of those things so you may as well not ask how that world came to be.¡± Sensing that I¡¯ve no choice on the matter I bravely looked at Him (well at the sphere of light in front of me) again and nodded my consent. ¡°In this world you will be made anew but in a slightly different way. If you think I will reincarnate you then you are half correct.¡± Seeing another confused look in my face I heard him laugh a little. His laugh was truly like the voice of a thousand angles singing, a truly glorious sound to hear. After laughing, he continued His explanation as to what will happen. ¡°Well, Reincarnation means that I would insert your soul to another being. But what I will do, will be different. Since you are of this realm I shall not transfer your soul over to that world. Your soul will remain in Purgatory and will forget everything that happened inside this domain and will have to stay there until you have showed that you are ready for either heaven or hell. Instead, I will create a being in that world that bears all your memories and everything pertaining to yourself from this world. In doing so, another you will be born but this time with a chance to do something great.¡± I was struck speechless, a new chance in life, it seemed unfair that the Me in this realm would have to stay in purgatory but another me will have the chance to do something of himself something great and something extraordinary. So I agreed. ¡°I know God that you already know what my answer would be. Even if it seems like selfishness to leave my original soul I will take this opportunity for another chance at life. One question though, what kind of world will I be born in?¡± ¡°I am glad that you agreed to my proposal Child. To answer your question the world you will be born in is called El Gaia, it is twice the size of Earth, it is ruled by beings I made called Celestials and is inhabited by races not seen on earth. It is mostly unexplored and is home to dangerous creatures far stronger than most humans. One major thing that would differentiate it from Earth is that Earth relied heavily to Technology while El Gaia chose the path to Sword and Magic. A path I know you would have trouble at the start but I do have faith in you.¡± ¡®Wait a minute. Sword? Magic? Does this mean I am in a world that is almost prehistoric with Magic available for us to use?¡¯ the thought excited me. Something not possible in earth is possible in this new world I am going to. Seeing my excited face God continued. ¡°That world is governed by Celestials, beings that pose as Deities in El Gaia, I made them to bestow some order in that world but made them forget that I created them which made it somewhat unpredictable how they react to each other. Like some of your saints, they can choose people to be their Champions which mean they have direct relationship with their Patron Deity so make sure not to incur their wrath until you are strong enough. You will be born at a place of my choosing (which will be a secret) and will be given a gift to which I will select as well for you. Do you still accept?¡± Steeling my resolve I looked at Him once more and gave my reply. ¡°Yes. I want to be born anew!¡± ¡°Excellent. My child it is my sincerest wish that you make this new life a way to reach for possibilities you has not reached in Earth. Strive, persevere and win.¡± With that I felt the bright room of His domain collapse into nothingness and to see my human form disintegrating into particles being sucked into a great void. I felt my consciousness fading until I found myself completely asleep enveloped in total darkness once again. Chapter 2: Sleeping Still How long I was asleep I did not know but I felt like a long time has passed. I slowly regained my consciousness but it seems like I am weak and did not have any energy whatsoever, I drifted in and out for a great while. When I finally found enough energy to wake up, I first heard people talking to me in a language foreign to me. I could not understand them but I can feel such warmth from their voice and on how they speak. I judged that I was somewhere safe even if it is only a gut feeling. I tried to open my eyes or move my body but it seemed impossible to do so, sure I was somehow conscious but my body does not respond to my brain¡¯s order. I tried once more as I can feel the voices encouraging me to wake up even if I do not understand them but alas it is not so for today, I slowly lost my energy and I succumbed to slumber once more. It happened for a while that I would gain enough energy to regain consciousness but would not be able to move my body or open my eyes, I began to be frustrated but there was no outlet. Instead of getting agitated I chose to do what I can do, I listened, and from what I can gather I was not once alone, I was always with a person, I can sense them yet I can¡¯t communicate with them. Until one miraculous day, I was so pent up with not being able to communicate with them that I was conscious I tried the thing that was not possible for me for the weeks that have passed. I tried opening my eyes and I was successful. What greeted me was a sight I will never forget in this new life I was given. Yes, my memory remained intact, I knew of the thing that transpired between me and God. I knew for a fact that I was given one more chance in this new world. I saw the most beautiful girl I have ever seen staring at me. She has blonde hair, green eyes, and a radiant smile. I did not know who she was but I knew she was a person I would gladly spend my life with. (Love at first sight) Seeing me open my eyes startled her a bit and made her run screaming to an old (well much older looking than I was back when I was in Earth) man that was doing something at the corner of the room, the man was dressed much like what a Priest would wear back on my previous life. Seeing her running to him, I can see that she was pretty excited in telling this man that I was now conscious. Hearing what this young woman was telling him and their language that was definitely not English the old man ran to where I was with a huge smile on his face. He began talking to me excitedly; he began checking me to see if I indeed was awake, he began frowning when he saw that I was not reacting / replying to whatever he was saying. I can sense that he was confused but I do not have enough energy to speak or change my facial expression. Staying awake and opening my eyes took a toll in my energy and I began drowsing off once more. Sister Alissa¡¯s POV To be honest to see this young man awaken was a great sign from the great Celestials, I was in truth doubting if this young man was ever to wake up once again. I remembered when I first met him; I was strolling down the beach looking for some time for myself, away from the busyness of the Cathedral of Avendra (Goddess of Healing and Motherhood) when I saw this body just floating around near the beach side. The body was not moving and it looked like it has been there for a while. I of course panicked and decided that instead of going to ask for help, would be better off doing it myself. So I went to the water in my Holy Garb and swam to him as soon as I was able. I prayed to the Great Goddess for mercy that I would be able to resurrect the person floating. I was able to get to the body and drag it to the shore. Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. Identifying that the body was that of a man and seeing that he was not breathing I of course had to do the resuscitation myself (which I slightly regret, I wanted my first kiss to be romantic). I did it for a while, hoping and praying once more to Avendra, Goddess of Healing and Motherhood to allow this young man one more chance at life. After a few seconds he coughed up the water that is in his body. I was relieved but he was not waking up. I was getting concerned once more, so I did what any follower of the Goddess Avendra would do. I used a healing spell on him, hoping that he would regain consciousness afterwards but it was to no avail. This time I decided that it would be better to call the Priest in the Cathedral. So I ran as fast as I could. I even used support spells on myself so I can reach the Cathedral faster. Running to the front door I was glad to see Father Albert tending to his small garden at the front of the Church. Might as well be him as he is known to be one of the masters of Healing. Sister Alissa: ¡°Father Albert! Father Albert!¡± Startled the father rose from his seating position to see a running Sister Alissa calling him. Father Albert: ¡°What is it child? What is the matter of grave importance that you would act in such an unkempt way?¡± Reaching Father Albert I prattled what happened. Sister Alissa: ¡°Father¡­..huff¡­¡­huff¡­.huff¡­.(gulped) Father¡­¡­Albert, I saw¡­I saw a man floating at the waters near the beach I tend to go too, I tried to revive him, I was able to get the water out of his body but he won¡¯t wake up, so I used a healing spell on him but even that was not enough. I need your help father.¡± Father Albert: ¡°Where is he then child? Do not tell me you left him there?¡± Sister Alissa: ¡±I do not have any option father, there was no one beside me at the beach so I ran here to ask for your help.¡± Father Albert: ¡°Okay then. Guide me to where he is.¡± Father Albert¡¯s POV When I first helped the man that Sister Alissa saved I thought that he was just unconscious because of the traumatic experience he went through. But when he opened his eyes, I was struck with great fear. His eyes that are so dark it was like no light would ever penetrate it, Eyes that exude a quiet power even I who had gained the Gift of Clairvoyance from Goddess Avendra get rattled by. I have never experienced such an uncomfortable feeling just by looking at someone¡¯s eyes. I wanted to use my Gift to see his future but something was stopping me from doing so, something strong, something absolute. Such a mysterious person, he is not evil and yet he is not good. That is the only thing I was able to perceive when I saw his eyes. This is a person that would be of great impact to the world. For good or for worse no one, not even the Celestials would know. Truly a mysterious person. Chapter 3: Changes Chapter 3 MC¡¯s POV I¡¯m on the land of dreams once again. How many times have I been here I do not remember anymore, but one thing is sure there is something different this time around. My dream started off the same as before. I was back on earth but this time I was with a family of my own, loving wife and great children, I guess it was the ¡°what ifs¡± of my life on earth, but after a while the view distorted and I was again faced by God. My frustration in not being able to move my body and my weakened state aggravated me. MC: ¡°God?! Why am I here? It feels like it has been a while and I still can¡¯t move my body or remain awake for a while. You did not tell me that my life in this world would be that of an invalid?!¡± I knew that complaining to Him is rude but I can¡¯t help myself, continuously going to the dreamland and seeing my supposed future back on earth rubbed me the wrong way and increased my desire to live my life to the fullest in El Gaia. God: ¡°Child, I know what you are going through right now is not how you desired to start off in the world I¡¯ve brought you in, but you must remain patient. Your existence in that world is like a glitch to the system. Not even the Celestials no you even exist as of this moment. It will take time for your Spirit and your new body to assimilate to that world. Sure I can make it easier for you but it will make you prone to be found out by beings that would want you out of the picture. After all you are outside the power and control of Celestials.¡± MC: ¡±What do you mean outside of the Celestials control?¡± God: ¡°You are not bound to serve any Celestial unlike those born in El Gaia. In El Gaia, each person is bound to be under the influence of one of the many Celestials, allowing them to become great at things under the influence of their Patron Celestials. Take the Celestial Avendra as an example; the people helping you are under her influence thus allowing them to be great Healers and Caretakers as Avendra¡¯s influence is that of Healing and Motherhood. You are outside that, the Celestials can never put you under their influence and that is a danger for you. You are a glitch to the system, so you must be careful. MC: ¡°I get it now, I need to be careful because I can be persecuted but why can¡¯t I wake up completely yet?¡± God: ¡°Child. The truth is I gave you a gift that will help you live in El Gaia a gift that defies the norm in that world, a gift that will take time for you to get accustomed to. Right now your body cannot take the strength of my gift thus it shuts down when your body feels like being overwhelmed. Surely as days come by you will regain enough strength and control of your body. Changes will also happen, changes that you need to find out yourself. Your destiny is not without danger but I promise that you will come out victorious. MC: ¡°Thank you Oh Holy One.¡± God: ¡°Child, I also want to tell you that this will be the last time I will talk with you in a while. You have to figure out what how you would live in this new world. Take care and remember that I will always keep a close watch over you.¡± Hearing the caring voice of God I was somehow eased even if my future is uncertain. I was given a gift that made me curious and excited in finding out at the same time. With those last words I slowly drifted back to my dreams of my past life, dreams that inspire me to not waste this chance given to me in El Gaia. Alissa¡¯s POV The young man slept for a few more days after the first time he opened his eyes. I kept hoping that the day would come when he would regain his consciousness completely. The news that I found a young man, well a good looking young man (ehem) outside the Cathedral became the source of my teasing from the other Sisters, it is a known fact that Avendra allows her Nuns to have families of their own as she is also the Celestial responsible for Motherhood. Even Father Albert would tease me on how fixated I was in helping the young man by casting restoration spell on him every chance I get so that his body would regain strength if only a bit. Though whenever Father Albert visits the young man he would have this look in his eyes akin to doubt or worry, I can sense uneasiness in him but he helps the young man anyway. Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. I still continued my duty in the Cathedral, there are many that goes to the Cathedral asking for healing so our days are really busy. And in the ongoing war at our neighboring kingdom with the empire at the north of us, we being the bordering town gained many refugees trying to escape the ongoing war. Thus healing have become a parts of our everyday lives. Father Albert¡¯s POV I was getting more uneasy whenever I visit the young man that Sister Alissa helped save. I can feel an underlying strength that I have not felt before. This young man even while sleeping gives off such a strong pressure that I feel like I can¡¯t breathe even if there is air around me. Maybe it is my gift of clairvoyance alarming me that he can be dangerous but not helping him is out of the question. Since I gave my life in serving Celestial Avendra I promised that I would help anyone in need and thus gaining Her favor and her gift of Clairvoyance. A gift that allowed me and the people around me the chance to act before any incoming danger even begin. I just hope that helping this young man would not be a grave mistake in the future. ****3 Weeks have passed**** MC¡¯ POV It took three weeks of alternating from real world to the dreamland to be able to feel like I was strong enough to regain my consciousness completely. Sure enough as times went by I was able to feel like something was different in me. A strength I did not have before was building up inside me, yet it was also not the strength of my body, it is something different. Slowly and surely I began understanding the words those two uses. From gibberish it slowly changed to English. At the third week it seems like they were speaking in complete English. This I assumed is my body assimilating myself in this new world. This thought made me sigh in my head. This allowed me a way to communicate with them. But one thing changed that made me worry instead. When I tried opening my eyes I was greeted by bright colors bombarding me instead of objects and people around me. The world looked as if it was made by different colors meshed together to portray objects and people. The world looked like abstract art multiplied to the infinite power. This made it extremely hard for me to open my eyes or look at things around me. I also felt like my body was burning up, there were days where I felt extreme pain all over my body. It feels like I was burning alive, like lava was being poured into my veins and it was slowly and painfully travelling all over my body. I cannot scream nor writhe in pain like something was hindering me to do so. Then after days of feeling like this it suddenly ended and my world felt like it returned to normal, the time was here and I knew it, this is the day where I will finally open my eyes completely, it felt like I was renewed, energy was circulating inside me. And with complete courage and a bit of excitement I did it. I opened my eyes completely to the shock of both Sister Alissa and Father Albert. And the words that finally came out of me was accompanied by a huge smile. MC: ¡°Good morning!¡± ____________________________________________________________ AN: I know that the pacing of the story is slow, I felt like it would do well that our MC remain nameless and weak to start of the story. After all he was not reincarnated, he was brought to a different world that was not his to begin with. A world he needed to assimilate in. please do give constructive criticism and suggestions on how the story should continue. Thanks. Oops, and I do not have a proofreader so most of the time I make mistakes, do help me by pointing errors out. Chapter 3.5 Changes (Part 2) Chapter 3 Part 2 Sister Alissa¡¯s POV Seeing the young man awaken for real this time and sitting in his bed was such a relief I was filled with a mix of excitement and happiness I wasn¡¯t able to help myself and hugged him. Alissa: ¡°At last you¡¯re awake!!! *hugs* Sensing the young man freeze up as I caught myself hugging him, feeling embarrassed by such a rude behavior I immediately loosened my hold of him and instantly went red. Looking at the now awake young man, I can see that he is at around the tender age of 40 ¨C 50 years old, quite young to be my child in fact. Taking my time to compose myself I stared at him some more to see a face that looks like it was sculpted to perfection, raven black hair flowing just below his nape, eyes so dark that it looks like any color would get sucked in it to oblivion, nice supple lips and a smile that can make any woman swoon. I have never seen any man as good looking as this young boy in my 80 years of life (actually 120 years, but who¡¯s counting?! Hehe). Making sure that I am as composed as I would ever be, I greeted him with a smile. Alissa: ¡°Ehem. I am glad to see you awake young man, I was afraid you would never wake up at all.¡± MC¡¯s POV After getting a bone crushing hug I was able to focus on what was important. I was able to understand this beautiful maiden and it seemed like she was also able to understand me. Does this mean that one of the gifts I got was language comprehension? If that is the case than I have something to be thankful for to God as this would make my life here a lot easier. One thing that surprised me though was what this girl called me. She called me young man?! Did I hear it correctly? Looking at my own hands I can see that my body looked like the body I had back when I was 16-18 years old, looking back at her I can see her blushing a bit at my stare so I asked her the thing that was bugging me. MC: ¡°Young man? How old do I look to you Miss?¡± Alissa: ¡±What a weird question, don¡¯t tell me you don¡¯t remember your own age young man. Well to me you look like any 40-50 years old teenage boy. Am I wrong?¡± Her answer made me more confused but also gave me some answer altogether. It seems like 40-50 years old was quite young of an age in this world. Meaning people develop their physical attributes here for a longer time than on earth. Sensing that she was waiting for my answer, I gave her a reply of my own. MC: ¡°You are correct Miss, I am 45 years old. ¡± I again gave her a smile which again made her turn red for a bit. Alissa: ¡°Stop it with the Miss thing. Call me Sister Alissa, young man. And may I ask you for your name?¡± She gave a smile of her own. It seems like she is a nun, what a waste, she is such a beauty but is out of my reach. If I take heed from what God said getting entangled with people like her would be the easiest way of getting discovered by the Celestials. Thinking that I gave her a name that I thought was quite fitting for my situation right now. After all this is a new life, I might as well start it with a new name. Chance in latin was Casus, I was given another chance so I would name myself that to remind me not to waste this second chance at life. MC: ¡°My name is Casus. It is nice meeting you Sister Alissa. And I would like to thank you for saving me.¡± I bowed a bit, it seemed fitting at the moment. This made Sister Alissa a little embarrassed. After regaining her composure she was just doing her job as a follower of Celestial Avendra. Alissa: ¡°What am I doing?! I need to call Father Albert immediately. Do remain here child and I will call the good Father to report to him that you finally awoke from your slumber.¡± Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. With that as her farewell I can see her walking briskly to the door of what seemed like my room and finally disappeared on the other side of the door. This gave me time to look around my location. It looked like any normal room if the setup was that of medieval period. I was in a simple bed, there is a study table at the other side of the room parallel to the bed, there was also a small cabinet and a side table with a small lamp on top of it just beside the bed. ¡®She said that she was a Sister of the Celestial Avendra. Does this mean I am in a Cathedral that worships one of the major Celestials? If that is the case it would be dangerous if they found out that I am not of this world. I should state that apart from my age and my name I don¡¯t have any recollection of what happened to me whatsoever.¡¯ Finally able to decide on playing like an amnesiac I was worried that they might have ways of reading my memories or ¡°helping¡± me regain them. If that is the case I am screwed but still I would try and use the amnesia card as long as I can. I do not know how but I felt someone coming to my location before I heard the steps. They were rushing but I was not alarmed for whatever reason. Atlast the steps were loud enough to know that they were just behind the door. After a second or so I heard the door open and again I was able to be graced by the beauty of Sister Alissa but behind her was a man whom I assumed to be Father Albert. Taking my eyes off her I was able to see a man of broad stature. A body that is anything but fit, eyes that are as blue as the ocean that felt like it can see inside of you and a head full of silver hair. He seemed like a man of advanced age and yet I can feel power in his posture. The two of them would have been extremely famous for their looks back on earth. Snapping out of my reverie I heard the last words of who I assumed was Father Albert introducing himself to me. Gawking can wait, I have to remain in character in order to survive. Father Albert: ¡°¡­¡­.can I ask for your name?¡± Casus: ¡±Huh?! Oh you want to know my name? I am Casus, Father Albert.¡± Seeing my flustered face I heard Father Albert chuckle a bit and continued asking me questions. Father Albert: ¡°How are you feeling Casus? Any discomfort?¡± At that moment I heard a sound so strong it made me turn beet red. It was my stomach telling me that it needs to be filled. Hearing that most embarrassing sound the both of them laughed a bit. Father Albert: ¡°It seems like you are in better condition if your body is asking to be fed. Our inquiries can wait, Sister Alissa if it is not a grievance may I ask that you prepare some food for Casus.¡± Sister Alissa: ¡°hi hi hi ehem. I would prepare it immediately Father.¡± After having my fill of the food Sister Alissa brought me I was advised by her to get some more rest as Father Albert had a lot of other responsibilities for the day and will not be able to talk to me today. So after the meal I went back to sleep thanking God I was safe for another day. As I travel to the dreamland once more and having my stomach fool of good food I felt tired once again and sleep was at me once more. _____________________________________________________ AN: Boom another chapter. I have this days were I can write a chapter or so and yet I have those days were I cannot write anything half decent. Ha ha ha im again apologizing that I am so slow paced when it comes to this story. As usual any mistakes pointed out would be appreciated immensely. Thanks!