After that incident, my family has never left me out of their sight. Their is always someone watching me at all moments. Which is fine, after that snake encounter I myself haven't wanted to get in any more adventures other than crawling around in the shack.
Almost a whole year has passed with nothing eventful or note-worthy happening.
As such I have calmly search for magic inside of me, or what ever, but haven't yet found anything. Even so, I'm patient and still feel motivated.
On the bright side I am finally starting to learn a few words of this new language. I was...
How do I say it?
Not at all phonetic.
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Time went by slowly, but after far too many more months, my mom suddenly decided to take me to a new place. Where?
Her friend's house, so that I could be playmate with their children. As she and her friend started talked they put me down with their children.
"Be good."
After saying so to me, my mom left to talk with her friends. Apparently many of them were coming over, and would leave us together as an excuse for them to socialize.
Well... This is awkward.
Although I may already have able to some degree capable of talking, certain words or phrases, I don't believe I could be able hold a conversation. Much less with children this young. The oldest ones are probably no much older than 3 years old.
Knowing this I decide to just spend my time alone, I start taking a look around the the room.
As I do, I realize something, they are all looking at me. Not just in my general direction, but straight at me. As in they will follow me with their eyes as they more.
Unnerving as it is, I attempt to ignore it. Maybe they recognize each other except for me or perhaps they are just curious.
A WHOLE hour passes with them looking at me from time to time, they also seem to keep their distance away from me. At this point I'm not even sure what to do anymore, their is only one person who can help me.
BLUE, I know you have been watching this whole time. I also know that you have been awfully quiet the whole time. I Want Answers. Now.
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*sigh*... Where do I start?...
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I suggest... that perhaps you begin with why you have been horribly quiet since we came here.
... They... th-they are scared of You.
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Why?
Unlike most adults... children, alongside with most animals, can sense danger more easily than adult humans...
Is that so?... Wait!... If that is true, then why didn't I sense the snake approach?
In this world, it's not a biological trait like the ones from your world, but a system trait to protect the young. You on the other hand don't have it.
Because I can protect myself?
Nope.
Do you still remember one of your demands to the god of fate. To be more specific on certain thing about changing you?
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... Yeah. I do. I asked that he didn't interfere with me or change me.... Why do you ask?
To quote you said, "Neither should you modify me or try to give me some blessing, curse, power or whatever you wish to call it."
.... As I'm steadily getting more and more annoyed with you beating around the bush I'll ask you to just get to the damn point. Okay?
Jeez... Fine. I wanted to scold you a bit...
What is it with both you and that jerk trying to be ambiguous and indirect, just get on with it. Same applies to you. I hope that not everyone is like that.
*sigh* FINE. The thing is you are utterly incompatible with the system, or in other words me.
Your essence, or you yourself, were never modified to be functional along the system. I can still track what you do through your interactions with the world....
But... I can't interfere with you... You on the other hand do have some capability to interfere with the system.
Is that why you never showed me my stats, even after I leveled up?
Actually, what the system showed that you got is inaccurate. You actually got way WAY more, but the system just showed you that because I didn't want you to suspect that I wasn't working on you...
Why?
... I thought you would be angry?
Well... I can't say this doesn't irk me a little bit, but I'm definitely not angry with you.
And also because I have to now make an interface for you of some sort...
But you said I was incompatible with the system?
Yeah. But not the other way around. Instead of changing you, I'll just change the system a bit so that you can still uses it.
Normally through the system people, for their actions, are given back energy to choose powers and stuff. Your body simply absorbed all the energy that would have instead been channeled through the system.
Wait?... I don't get how this makes the children scared of me. Why?
For starters, normally everyone has some energy within themselves, thanks to the system, but it's never large enough to be noticeable. Well, when a creatures gets too powerful they generally have a massive amount of unconverted energy stored within themselves for many different reasons.
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You on the other hand simply have a body that doesn't work with the system, as such it just took the unconverted energy into yourself.
And that... Is what is being detected by the children, the noticeable amounts of energy in your body. They don't feel the amount or intensity necessary high enough to categorize you as a threat. Yet they still are babies and infants, so they're still bound to be spook by you.
So? How come the adults haven't noticed?
As I mentioned, this is a sort of age exclusive trait. It will go away in time. So unless the have the detection skill they won't be able to notice. I also said that the amount of energy in your body is noticeable to them but still a relatively small amount, compared to others.
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... Are you angry?
No. I don't know why is it you keep asking. I would have thought you knew me more than enough to understand I don't just get angry. Besides you already explained that this, in essence, is my fault.
Well, most people from a different world or dimension would instantly start cursing at the system and complaining how unfair life is. Eventually they just come to the assumptions that the system is just the gods messing with that person. I don't want you to believe that about me.
I don't', so don't worry. Now lets just figure out what to do about this from now on.
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So I'm incompatible to the system in what sense?
In simple words you are too solid to modify, if the system tried to apply a status de-buff on you. It would alert you about it but asides that you wouldn't even noticed it.
Your soul is from a very stable dimension were their things such as magic, skills, abilities, systems, or heck even a gods creation couldn't exist or happen. The of changing matter, at least not easily executable through something like magic.
Will... Will this affect my future life?
Yes, as your people would say "THIS IS TOO OP... ADMIN! I CALL HACKS!!... NERF PLS!!"
Are you saying I'm too strong?
Noooo... You are quite the opposite, you are incredibly weak at the moment.
Then... How am I OP?
Skill, perks, abilities, magic and any other system provided de-buffs will most likely never work on you.
Only induced damage with the help of the system but not through the system will get to you. So you are still incredibly weak and susceptible to harm, but you are immune to abnormal status effects.
This also means that status such as health, mana, and stamina mean nothing to you. I you will it, your body can do it. You can run as long as you force yourself to continue, you could cast mana as long as you can mentally sustain it. Losing all your health points will not kill you. Not to mention you also have adrenaline, something that doesn't exist in this world.
Alright. So what will you do over this?
That's the thing. I don't know what to do, or to be more specific how to do what I want. I wanted to change the system instead so that it would be more compatible with you. But...
It's not feasible?
No... it is but the change would be too drastic, everyone would notice.
I basically have to revamp the whole system, just so that you don't get left behind. OR make a completely separate sub-system made exclusively for YOU and nobody else. Either or those to are so MAYOR changes that no one will be happy about.
So do I just go on with life like I never heard anything and hope nothing dangerous comes my way ever again?
Look. Don't rush me. I'm working on it. I just hope that by then you are still safe and fine.
... Is there a way I can use that energy myself without the help of the system?
Yes. And No.
Explain.
I was going to anyway, no need to command me around.
You can use the energy any way you want, but it will destroy you. Specifically it will split apart your own atoms, and you should now what that means.
I do... So I CAN use the energy but it will most likely kill me, at least eventually.
Yeah... As long as you don't go on any adventures for now... and maybe for a decade or so... This will take very long.
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D-Did... Did you really just say THAT?
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Do you realize who I have already meet with before?
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You... You think the God of Fate will take advantage of this?
Honestly, he would probably ignore me, if only it wasn't for you Tempting him like that.
You just basically said, "OH NO... IT BE A REAL SHAME IF SOMEONE WHERE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME WHILE I'M DEFENSELESS, OH WOE IS ME" or commonly used phrase
"NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG!"
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I-I'm... sorry *sob*
C-Can we maybe ask him to spare you?
I... I doubt it, lets just hope he goes easy on me, at least for now.
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OH YEAH... I almost forgot.
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What?
The children around me are still pretty spooked about me, can you do something about it?
Hmm... Nope.
So is this it? This is my life now? Scawry little babwy that no one likes?
Yeah.
Damn it.
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