A month ago, I have just encountered something that broke my sense of reality.

It was a book. A, fucking, talking book that can also communicate with my mind.

He said his name was [Gaeus]. He even blabbered about that he was a [Great Sage] possessing the ability to grant personalized [Magic] depending on the person.

He said he was sealed by a god in the book and transported to the [Endless].

His description of [Endless] was the same as the [outer space]. So I was convinced that the box he was in was pulled in by earth's gravitational force.

But I changed it again when he mentioned that he was pushed by a shining ball of something, probably a [Comet], which propelled the chest towards the direction of a blue green spherical mass, he meant [Earth].

Hearing that, I thought that the chest was made from a rather strong material to survive the comet and the atmospheric pressure of the earth. My doubt is that if such thing fell from that position, why it didn't cause a crater? Strange.

Good thing, I bagged the pieces of the chest in a plastic bag. I didn't know it was that kind of material.

At first, I didn't believe he did can give a personalize [Ability], I said ability since I never believed in [Magic] even if there is a living example in front of me.

But I was wrong, the moment I became unconcious he said that he already began giving me the [Ability] and it ended when I woke up.

The [Ability] he gave me was called [Info Overload]. A reason being that I value Information over wealth, physical prowess and other category he mentioned that I think to long to mention. Well that only happened since I was a day trader, Information is critical in my profession.

Under it I can use the options [Analyze] and [Identify].

It would then reveal a window in front of me stating the relevant data on that particular thing.

Other than those, I can now monitor my own self. Its setting was like the MMO games that I play but much more detailed. Gaeus said it was the only fitting materialize form he can think of that will make Akatsuki comfortable in using his [Ability].

But he warned me that it uses energy to use those two options unlike the option of monitoring my status.

My ability was borrowing the information of the whole world.

On the downside, I can't use it if I didn't have a physical contact with them. Thus I concluded that it won't help in day trading where in I gather information using electronics.

Which meant, it was a useless ability other than it can show my stats like in MMO games. If I was a detective or such this thing will really become a cheatlike ability for me. But I am not.

But when I Analyze and Identify the other three things I got from the chest, I was incredibly shocked.

[Heart of Aether]

Made from the most dense and purest ??? crystal. It was sculpted and enchanted by the Great Sage Gaeus and made it into a godly artifact.

+1000% in ???

'???'

[??? Muffler]

Made from a thread spinned using the whiskers of a ??? and dyed using its own blood. It was knitted and enchanted by the Great Sage Gaeus and made it into a godly artifact.

+250% Growth rate

+100% Cold resistance

+100% Fire resistance

'Blessing of the Calm'

[Hooded Coat of the unknown]

Made from the leather of a ???. It was sewed and enchanted by the Great Sage Gaeus and made it into a godly artifact.

-100% Presence

+50% Stealth

'???'

Now I have the reason to wear this clothes even it was in a middle of summer. They won't notice me anyway once I wear the Hooded Coat and i won't feel any heat nor cold once I wear the Muffler that is if my understanding was correct.

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Then after that I was suddenly urged by Gaeus to analyze also the book. I was skeptical of the idea but there is no harm on doing it so I went ahead and used analyze on the book.

[Book of Sealing]

Made by a certain god that got annoyed by the Great Sage Gaeus due to a simple misunderstanding. The soul of th Great Sage Gaeus was then sealed inside it. Sealing the great sage's soul was not the original use of this artifact. It was meant to safeguard items of importance thus its main role was as a magic storage device. Time was halted inside it so things stored inside won't degrade.

What the... hell?

You mean this book will serve as the Item box? Then this is more brilliant than the other three so far. I will never have to carry my grocery items again! I can even enjoy ice cream without worrying it being melted when I got back home, something that always happened to me. More over, this will make my refrigerator useless and that meant my bills will go down considerably.

This are cheat items! Defying the law of nature due to them being godly artifacts.

There are even ??? marked on the info window. It was maybe because it was something that can't be comprehend by this world or rather those are things don't exist in this world.

But who cares, they are amazing things I got for free just beeing on an exact place in a perfect time, you can say it was pure luck.

Then while I was looking at the situation in my day trading activities. Something strange happened, suddenly I can't get access the internet normally. It was during when I want to release some 'stress'.

I haven't got out of my house since when I got my hands on the book. I bought a supply of food, beverage, snacks and necessities in an amount that in can last for a year or more.

After that, I tried to access my MMO's games thinking they are just under maintenance or something. But if it is, it was big coincedence since I have over 20 sites on my bookmarks bar. Surprisingly, the MMO's are also in maintenance.

'What's the deal of this people! I want to play! I want to play!'

Gaeus is not talkative today also. Is he already dead or something?

[I am seriously not dead young master.]

And whats with this ojii-san calling me young master again and again.

[That's due to you being my successor!]

Sigh, Can't this old man stop reading my thoughts? It's a violation of my human rights! Give me back my privacy!

[I'm sorry but I don't have the freedom to do as you wish. It was more likely due to the book beeing soul bound to you.]

And why is that have to do something with you being able to hear my thoughts?

[Because my soul was already connected to your soul.]

Then break it!

[I'm sorry it is irreversible. You'll soul will be torn apart if you force it, and that meant your death.]

Damn it, if not for this book being so valuable I have already... Whatever.

Going out from my working space which was sound proofed, I heard a horrifying cry from the street.

Hurrying to see what just happened, I opened the door to the veranda and saw something that I thought never will happen in reality. Though it was already broken many times just a month ago.

The street was filled with people, it was as if a riot was happening.

The group was strange too. They looked like beggars in ripped and tattered clothes. Some doesn't have a complete set of apendages.

And then the wind blows, then I smelled it. The smell of rotting meat.