CHAPTER 1 - REBORN IN A NEW WORLD
When I woke up, my eyes felt hurt as if the light never touch them for a long time.
The vision in front of me was all in a blur. I tried blinking my eyes several times in discomfort.
Still, my vision is still blurry.
Once my eyes adjusted to the brightness, I found a young woman with blue hair gazing at me.
A beautiful woman... Her azure eyes were filled with tears.
Beside her was a man of a similar young age with brown hair, giving me a stiff smile with tears flowing from his crimson eyes.
A strong and arrogant man and a beautiful woman.
I never knew these people yet I could recognize them.
But I could see it from their faces that they were hurt for a very long time.
There's a hint of sadness and longing from their expressions.
Just what is going on?
"You're awake! You're awake! Thank goodness!"
The woman cracked a smile from her sorrowful face as she blurted out those words while holding my hand tightly.
Really, I couldn't understand the meaning behind those words.
"The Goddess Unera heard our prayers!"
The man said with a joyful expression. Really, what is going on? I couldn't grasp the entire situation.
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He should need a proper rest."
Another voice came from somewhere.
I couldn't see them.
I tried to turn my head sideways to find the location of that voice.
But I wasn't able to. My entire body felt weak as if I wasn't able to eat a year worth of food.
Even so, I still wasn't a complete failure in communication.
I could still move my mouth.
"Ah, Ah-----"
But I couldn't tell if what came out from my lips was just a groan or heavy breathing.
Though my body couldn't move, I could still felt some sensations in my hands and fingers.
Yet I couldn't move my entire body.
"Take some rest."
The man said to me in a caring voice as he kissed my forehead.
I felt uneasy when he did that but this silly body of mine doesn't want to listen to my mind, so I've got no choice.
Just what the heck is going on?
Am I dreaming? Or did someone rescue me?
On that day, these were my thoughts.
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A month passed by.
It looked like I was reincarnated.
Not as a baby but as a four year old kid.
I confirmed it when I looked at myself in front of the mirror after I regained some strength, enough to move.
I didn't know why I still had my past memories, but there was nothing bad in retaining them.
Retaining memories upon reincarnation----anyone would have entertained such delusions at least once.
What shocked me the most was that the reflection in front me was the image of the young kid I've met and made contact back at that dark eerie place.
Another thing was that there's another set of memories that didn't belong to me stuck in my head.
After pondering for some time, I finally realized one thing.
His soul and mine merged.
It's the only credible explanation that I could think of.
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Basing on his memories alone, it seems that he was in a coma for almost two months for unknown reasons and the blue haired woman was his mother and the brown haired man was his father.
Apparently, they were his parents. Or should we say my parents.
They were in the earlier half of their 20's.
From the perspective of a 29 year old, it was alright to call them young.
It really made me envious that they had children at that age.
I already knew that this place wasn't Earth.
The language was different but thanks to the soul merging event I could understand it.
My parents were clearly not Asians, and their clothes seemed to be that of an RPG character.
Electronic devices and light bulbs were not existent in this world.
Seeing and knowing this made me shiver to the bone and restless.
I can't imagine myself living in a place deprived of advance technology.
My hands are itching to use a computer right now.
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A year passed by.
I was able to regain my full strength.
Not only that, I was able to find valuable information about this world thanks to my parents.
In this world magic does exists.
Hearing only that notion made me excited. How couldn't I?
To think that a world based on fantasy and RPG elements really exist is quite a shock to me.
To the people living here magic was a blessing given to them by the gods.
In this world called Hicara, there are seven continents which are populated by seven different races.
The seven races are:
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A race that possess the greatest population and have establish many kingdoms and composed of two tribes; the Highlander and Midlander Tribes.
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A race that possess longevity and an ability to sense danger. They live in forests and caves and composed of two tribes; the Woodland and Duskwight Tribes.
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A race that possess great physical strength among other races and have establish empires. Composed of two tribes; the Redblood and Blueblood Tribes.
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A race that possess the second greatest populations and have established unions. They composed of two tribes; the Sunseeker and Moonkeeper Tribes.
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A race that possess the ability to take humanoid forms and one of the strong and long lived races. They composed of two tribes; the Dawn and Dusk Tribes.
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A race that possess the most longevity among races and are very proficient in magic. They composed of two tribes; the Earthfolk and Seafolk Tribes.
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A race that possess great skills in craftsmanship and sailing seas. They composed of two tribes; the Seamen and Mountainguard Tribes.
All of these species were once scattered throughout the world but after the Great Purge, all of them reside in the Ufora Mainland, living alongside together in harmony.
I also learned that job classes, something that can be found on most RPGs, also exists. They are the Fighter Class, Mage Class, Ranger Class, and Rogue Class.
All of these classes are then divided into several sub-types.
Hearing about them makes my blood boil.
Alright! I've decided.
I will live on this world surpassing the previous me on Earth.
To live without any regrets.