Chapter 1
System has been unlocked Past Life Memories have been unlocked You have been reincarnated, and have reached the age of majority for ths world Your past life has accrued free stat, and skill points Your new life has accrued free stat and skill points Skills based on your current life’s actions have been unlocked
Skills unlocked Gardening level 1 House Keeping level 1 Wood Cutting level 3 Herbalist level 1 Carving level 1
Current Stats
Name Mark
Race Human
Gender Male
Age 12
Level 1
Strength 5
Stamina 5
Mind 3 past life modification applied 25
Charisma 5
Constitution 2
New Skill acquired pain tolerance level 1
‘ugh’ The pain in my head was intense, I could barely pay attention to the system notification. Father came into the room with a smile on his face. “Oh, you already unlocked the system huh? Hold on, are you in pain? It shouldn’t hurt. Maybe I should call a healer!” He said with some concern.
“No, I’ll be fine. It’s just my past life merging with this life I think.” I replied without thinking. ‘Oh Crap, I probably shouldn’t have said that.’ Father looked at me thoughtfully. “On the one hand, that sounds preposterous, but at the same time, you sound much more adult, and you’re not panicking about the pain, but simply enduring it. Yesterday you’d have whined about a blister.”
“Oh thank God the pain went away!” I sat on my bed panting with relief. “So about this past life you mentioned.” Father asked with an undecipherable look on his face. “First, I haven’t replaced your Son, it’s still me in here, I just regained old memories of a previous life. I don’t know why, I didn’t even believe in reincarnation till the system just popped into my head telling me that’s what happened. Maybe some being of power decided to mess with me, but according to the system, my past life is giving me benefits now. I was over fifty years old when I died before, and left behind family. So if anything remembering them will be quite painful for some time. Also my relationship with you and Mom will be somewhat strained for a while, since past me overshadows current me, but current me’s emotions are no less valid. Just need to give it time.” I tried to reassure my Father. “Mom, is that what you called your past life’s Mother?” Father asked.
“Well yes, and also no. See Mom, and Dad for that matter, are special terms that individuals give to people who care for them and are a guiding light in their life. Doesn’t require blood relation, and you can have several. While Mother and Father are about the people who are directly responsible for your life starting.”
Father had a thoughtful expression. “That’s an interesting custom, I quite like it actually. So I would get the tile Dad in this case?” I nodded at his question. “I would be tempted to hide this from your Mother, but the change is so drastic, there’s just no way you could fake it, she’ll know right away. I’ll tell her myself first, then send her to talk with you.” He left my room. ‘I hope he doesn’t call for a priest or something.’
I went to where I kept my coins. Just over a hundred coppers. Slightly more than a silver in total. I’m sure father didn’t know I had been planning to join the quester’s guild, and probably wouldn’t have approved. For good reason, even though I had the money to register, I couldn’t get a weapon. Kid didn’t think that far ahead, but I knew a thing or two that would help. Martial arts for one. ‘Hmmm’ I performed a pattern dance, the simplest one I knew.
New skill acquired Unarmed Combat level 1 past life modification Kung Fu knowledge applied Skill name altered Kung Fu level 35
‘Holy Crap!’ I grinned like a Madman, and turned to see Mother standing with utter shock in the door way. “Mom, or I guess Mother, unless Dad told you what that meant. Is something wrong?” I asked.
She slumped against the wall dazed. “You can fight? Better than anyone I’ve ever seen in my life. You’ve never been trained, nor had any chance to practice in secret. This isn’t a game is it?!” She asked almost depressed. “Sorry Mom, but it’s not a game, or a prank. Honestly if that little shit was able to even think of this as a prank, I’d kick his ass myself, and I AM him!” Mother flinched at my foul language.
“Sorry, Grown Up me had a foul tongue. I’ll try to behave as much as I can. Still I need to apply my free stat points the System awarded me for my previous life. Skill points too. I also need to cook something. I think I can unlock that skill, and it will level decently from my past life, since my Kung Fu training crossed over.” I gave my Mother a squeeze, as I went to see what was available to cook in the kitchen. Mother hadn’t gone shopping for the day yet, so there wasn’t much, but noticing a Potato plant out in the yard I grinned. Grabbing a pitch fork off the side of the barn, and proceeded to dig up the Potatoes. Putting the seed potatoes to the side, and only taking in larger ones. I cleaned them, sliced them, getting knife skill to unlock, and placed them into the oven over the smoldering coals. The oven was still plenty hot, and in less than fifteen minutes they were fully cooked. I pulled them out, and sure enough Cooking skill unlocked.
Opening my menu to see how many free points I had, I was dumbstruck.
Free Stat Points This Life 12 Past Life 638 Total available 650
Free Skill points This life 3 Past Life 727 Total 730
So adding 45 each to Strength Charisma and Stamina and 48 to constitution then 25 to mind to make everything fifty. Leave me with 442 400 divided by 5 is 80 so adding 80 to each stat brings them from 50 to 130 then 42 divided by five is 8 with a remainder of 2 But I think I’ll min max from her onward. So I’ll just put 21 each into strength and stamina making them 151 each.
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Current Stats
Name Mark
Race Human
Gender Male
Age 12
Level 1
Strength 151
Stamina 151
Mind 130
Constitution 130
Charisma 130
Skills unlocked Gardening level 1 House Keeping level 1 Wood Cutting level 3 Herbalist level 1 Carving level 1 Kung Fu level 35 Knife Skills Level 1 past life modification level 3 Cooking level one Past life modification level 15
Cooking and Knife skills are important, so making them level one hundred makes sense, same with Kung Fu. 95 Skill points used for cooking 97 for knife skills and65 for Kung Fu. Leaving me with 543 Carving might come in handy, so add 19 to that, 524 Wood cutting 17 to that 507 throw those seven points into
House keeping, actually nine, cause I’m making gardening and herbalist level twenty also. Leaving me with 460 that I’ll save for anything that comes up.
Skills unlocked Gardening level 20 House Keeping level 10 Wood Cutting level 20 Herbalist level 20 Carving level 20 Kung Fu level 100 Knife Skills Level 100 Cooking level 100
As I was standing there potholder in hand I thought I should put it away, and it vanished from my hand.
New skill acquired Sub Dimensional Storage Level 1 Current Capacity 10 pounds.
With this startling turn of events, I thought of another old trope. Looking at my freshly baked potato slices, I willed myself to know more.
New Skill acquired Analysis Level 1 Perceive the names of items.
I immediately dumped 99 points into each skill leaving me with 262 points. Checking the Analysis skill I discovered that I can know pretty much anything about a targeted item. Yup over powered. Then my storage capacity went up to ten tons. That’s decent, but not gonna take long to fill it up with hunted animals. Dumping another 200 into it, I saw the capacity was over a million tons. Not unlimited, but may as well be. I’ll save the rest, all 62 points for future skills. I pulled the potholder bake out of my inventory, and placed it on its holder peg. Then I served the potatoes onto three plates, and sprinkled them with Herbs for flavor, not having salt, or pepper to use.
Mom and Dad were sitting together outside trying to come to grips with my change, and I gave them each a plate. “What’s this?” Mother asked. “I just realized, you don’t even know Potatoes are food, you always had me pull them, and throw them away. Seriously these will blow your mind. They’re so versatile. Soups, Stews, boil and mash them with a roux over the top, bake them fry them, grind them and dry them into powder, or if you’re desperate, use them to make alcohol, though I’d not suggest that. Make it too strong, and it can blind someone.” Father hesitantly took a bite, only for his eyes to widen in delight. Mother followed his example, and was equally surprised. “Well now I hope you didn’t cook them all, we need to plant them now, and finding them in the forest would be a challenge.”
I smiled as I responded. “I kept all the small ones, they can be cut into four pieces, and each piece can grow a whole new plant. There’s plenty of seed potatoes to plant a whole field of them. I can teach Dad how to grow them later today. I’ll be joining the Quester’s Guild Though probably only for fetch quests at first. Herb gathering, and the like. My stats are so insane at this point, probably a level twenty couldn’t stand against me. I also have 62 free skill points sitting idle for whenever I get new skills that I want to boost.”
Father looked at me sternly. “Just how high do you consider Insane huh? Questing isn’t a safe life you know.” I grinned. “Strength, and Stamina 151 everything else 130.” Mom and Dad’s eyes bulged. “Son, that’s incredible, not even a level 40 could boast a single stat at 130, let alone 151, and you have everything that high!” I nodded. “Fifty years of hard work, and sacrifice, I didn’t even get to have my own family, even my niece’s and nephews died ahead of me, so I was the last of my Family there. Too much work, no socializing. It’s means I don’t have to waste my life here, but taking advantage of it through the questing guild will let me capitalize on it, and make enough money to buy my own land, and live a peaceful life, with enough stored for emergencies.” Just then Mother got a splinter from the table. I instantly went to help her remove the Splinter, because of the cedar wood, I knew she’d get an infection if we didn’t act quickly.
“Don’t be silly Son, it’s just a splinter.” I looked at her. “NO, it’s a CEDAR splinter, we have to remove it promptly, and thoroughly clean the area to remove all the Cedar oil, or you’ll get an infection. Now hold still while I work, we don’t want to miss any.” Mother’s eyes widened at this revelation. In no time at all, I had the splinter out, and the wound was bleeding freely. Mother excused herself to clean the wound before bandaging it.
New Skill acquired Fisrst Aide Level 1 Past life modification Level 40 Outside of lost limbs, or extreme poisoning, you can handle most situations better than any non magical healer.
‘Well that’s convenient.’ Father looked at my expression, and spoke. “You look pleased, what did you get?” Grinning like a fool, I replied. “First Aide, and my past life experience leveled it up to 40 in one go, I can handle most things aside from extreme poisoning, lost limbs, and I presume un curable illnesses. Only healing magic can improve it now.” Father’s eye’s bulged once again. “You had an interesting life before it would seem.” I shook my head. “Not really, but our standards of society were higher, no magic, no system, but fantastic machines let us do far more than is possible currently here. We also taught literally everyone to read, write, and do mathematics.” I quickly jotted down a math problem, and solved it, and sure enough.
New Skill unlocked Calculation Level 1 past life modification level 60
“I just got Calculation at level 60, that’s sure to help.” Dad just shook his head, exasperated by how easily I was getting skill levels. Meanwhile having another idea, I stood up, grabbed a nearby stone of decent size, and placed it near a stump we were trying to remove, and then got a large branch that looked sturdy, waiting to be chopped into fire wood. I used the branch as a lever, and with relative ease lifted the stump out of what remained of its hole.
New Skill unlocked Scientific Principal level 1 past life modification level 80
New skill unlocked Engineering level 1 past life modification level 40
“A two for, Scientific Principal, and Engineering, sweet!” Dad was thunderstruck at how easily I had remove the stump. We have been working for over a month in our spare time, and anticipated at least another month before the thing would be fully dug up, yet there it lay. “Ahem, I suppose I can get Daren’s Mule to haul the stump away early.” Father seemed a little dejected, about how I seemed to be smarter than him.
We spent the rest of the day prepping the field for the Potatoes, and getting them cut, and planted. I taught him the whole process for growing, and harvesting potatoes, having spent a couple years on a Farm as a young twenty something in Idaho, I knew the whole process, and even managed to convey several of the issues to watch out for. I also taught Mom all the recipe’s I knew involving Potatoes, and she went crazy with the ones I had left, cooking them in every way I mentioned in order to have some practice, and Dad thoroughly enjoyed the experiments, as did I. Mom was quite skilled at making food taste good, with little seasonings. The next morning I left the Farm to register at the Guild.