"Wisdom is not measured by age ,
Intelligence is not measured by grades ,
Personality is not measured by what others say""
~~O.Z "Osama Alzoubi"
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Inside a dimly lit room,lay a youth with a small stubble of beard on his face.
He lay motionless on the bed with a lost look on his face as whitish fluids flowed down his shriveled up nostrils.His body was all bones with little to no amount of muscle mass on his skinny body.
His mouth was half open with foam coming out from his sides,with small muffled moans escaping from his dry lips.
His eyeballs were completely white showing signs of blindness.
He had little to no hair to speak of and all of them including his eyebrows were completely white.
Such was the poor condition of the unfortunate youth,laying on the bed.
Suddenly,the dimly lit room glowed bright as a golden-white halo engulfed the youth laying lifelessly on the bed.
An etheral figure manifested infront of the youth taking up a humanoid shape which suddenly plunged inside his chest.
The youth's frail body began twiching uncontrollably as muffled grunts escaped from his mouth.
"Muff...hmmf....muff"
"Mhhhhuufff"
He continued grunting in a muffled voice before laying lifelessly on bed again.
Thump!
Suddenly,the door of the room opened wide as a blonde haired woman ran hurriedly towards the bed screaming frantically.
"Mika!....Mika,dear ....are you alright!...Is everything okay,why did you shout,did you heal!....Oh,ITHRA...."
The woman frantically ran her hands over her unconscious sons body,sobbing and crying endlessly.
Tap Tap Tap...
Another pair of footsteps echoed as a man entered the room with a stoic look on his face as he strode over to the unconscious youth's bed.
He put his hand on the woman's frail shoulder as his eyes softened and said in a soft but dejected tone.
"Linda,please....it's no use ,he had already lost his mind dear....he....he..can never function as a normal human anymore."
"NO!This can't be!....how can you give up on your son like this!...arent you his father as well!."spoke the woman in an angry tone.
"You don't understand Linda!, The healers have already checked his condition and it's been 10 years since that incident...I...I just don't see any meaning to this anymore. "
"That doesn't empower you to give up on your child like this!.....Is that daughter of that whore you f*cked so talented that you even forgot about your own son!"
Hearing his wife's sarcastic taunts, the man's blood boiled,but looking at his wife's disheartened and paranoid look,with eyebags under her eyes,along with the smell of alcohol.
He just looked down with a dejected face and while clenching his fists,he strode out of the room,without saying a single word.
The poor woman just looked lost,as tears fell down from her glimmering but puffed green eyes.
Not being able to feel the warmth of her only child ,she lunged and hugged her unconscious son,as she sobbed endlessly.
After some time,she calmed down and wiped her face and with a sad look,she left the room, dragging her feet through the dusty carpet.
*****
But unknown to the quarreling couple outside the dimly lit room,the boy was actually conscious duing the entire act of love and affection the mother showered him with.
Infact,the youth had already gained consiousness just before the woman entered the room,but due to some uncertainty,he decided to maintain his act and observe the situation first before blowing up his cover.
As soon as the woman left the room,the youth finally let go of his act and groggyly sat up from his dusty bed ,while massaging his forehead.
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'Ugh..Who are these people and further more ,where am I?..is this a dream?'
'No!this feels to real to be a dream..I remember looking up for jobs on the internet and then...then..'
The headache assaulted his brain again as he groaned and slowly tried standing up from his bed.
But alas, to his surprise ,he couldn't feel his legs anymore.
'How ,...why can't I feel my legs?.
I remember being perfectly healthy...then how?'
The youth questioned expecting no answer to reach his ears but to his surprise someone answered his queries this time as a translucent screen opened up infront of his blind eyes,along with a feminine voice entered his ears.
[WELCOME HOST!]
[YOU SHALL REFFER TO ME AS QUANTA,YOUR PERONALIZED AI FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT]
[I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO YOU TO HELP CATER YOUR NEEDS AND HELP YOU GROW]
[BUT,BEFORE YOU START QUESTIONING MY MOTIF,I SHALL CLARIFY THAT YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE....]
(Alright alright,please stop and let me analyse my situation first,please.)
[AS YOU WISH HOST]
(Thanks.)
"Huff,that was tiring but not unexpected as well, considering the fact that I didn't understand a single thing the people inside this room said and this translucent screen and this voice..."
said the youth in an over confident tone.
Sigh..
"I have been reincarnated thats for sure but the thing that's bugging me is that,why can't I feel my body?...."
[THAT WOULD BE EXPLAINED AS WELL ,IF YOU WOULD JUST LET ME FINISH ,HOST]
(Alright please continue but let me clarify some things first that one,I have read many novels and I completely realise that I have been reincarnated,correct ) said the youth oozing with an arrogant demeanor and overbearing attitude.
[YES]
(Two,you have an agenda in making me reincarnate and that has something to do with the destruction of the world ,right?)
[YES...BUT HOW..]
(Let me finish ,okay third ...something like stop the Demon king or save the world kind of shit,right )
[YES...SIGH...]
[INITIATING MEMORY SEAL.(73%)..
FINALIZING CHANGES.....
HOST TOO VOLATILE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTROL...
CONTROL SEQUENCE INITIATED.]
(What?....wait!!!no...)the youth jerked his head in a terrified voice
[PLEASE BLAME YOUR OVER CONFIDENT SELF FOR SUCH RESTRICTIONS,I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DO THIS AND I HOPE YOU SAVE....]
[INITIATING HIBERNATION SEQUENCE OF AI SUPPORT QUANTA....78%.....100%]
[NO NEW FUCTIONS IMPLEMENTED,BASIC FUNCTIONS RETAINED, ]
[FINALIZING CHANGES....89%]
[DELETION COMPLETE 100%]
[RESTARTING SYSTEM]
[FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE UPDATED ON REACHING TIER 3 IN THE SPECIES RANKING]
TING!!
The youth's head started hurting again as he frantically threw his bony arms in the air trying to catch anything for support,thinking about his very first mistake in this new world.
'Perhaps I shouldn't have behaved in such an all knowing attitude towards the AI'
***
After some time ,the youth sat down peacefully as he contemplated over his current situation,with a dejected look on his face.
"I had been reincarnated huh....but who am I exacty....yes...Zack....my name is Zack...and this body.." the youth nodded.
"Ugh...nevermind...the system has implemented restrictions on my memory?
How was my personality again? Was I this paranoid and cautious before?"
"Did I always throughly analyse everything ?"
"This is troublesome as I would need my memories to survive in this world. And there is an 80% chance that this is a fantasy world"
"I hope this will be fixed in future....huhh...."
Zack sighed as he was really confused about his entire situation now.
He gets the point that he has reincarnated but lost something,but how and what,he didn't know.
All he knew now was that, it had something to do with his SYSTEM.
He knew that there was no free meal,even in this new world,so something or atleast someone had some agenda and goal to accomplish due to which he was granted a system and was brought here.
Furthermore, his such calm,tranquil and cautious personality was bugging him as he was feeling uncomfortable in such demeanor.
As if some one had forcefully turned around his personality at an angle of 180° and made him apt for survival.
But for the time being he decided to put his thoughts aside and decided to check the translucent screen on his blind retina of his eyes,for which he said
"Status"
[SYNCRONIZING 20%.....40%....98%]
[SYNCRONIZATION COMPLETE,100%]
[STATUS]
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[Name:Michaela 'Ateino' Docere]
[Life form :Tier 0]
[Age:13][Sex:Male]
[Height:162.5cm ][Weight: 40.8kg]
[Bloodline:Unawakened]
[ Class:None][Subclass:None]
[Title:None]
[Level:0]
[Private attributes:
-Strength-G {Progress:0/100}
-Agility-G {Progress:0/100}}
-Stamina-G {Progress:0/100}
-Perception-G {Progress:0/100}
-Intelligence-G. {Progress:0/100}
-Mana pool-NONE]
[Skills:Enhanced senses(New!),Caged Emotions(S-Rank)]
[Bloodline Skills: Unawakened]
....
[Emotional Status:Calm ]
[Alignment:Neutral]
...
[Personal Quest:
1.Improve your physical features and start performing Body Strengthening Arts within 1 year.(Rank up+1 in Strength,Agility and Stamina stats)
2.Unlock Mana pool by succesfully incorporating a mana heart.(Rank up+1 in Perception and Intelligence stat)
3.Reach Tier 3 as a human lifeform within 5 years(Rank up +1 and Class Designation)]
[World Quest:Updates on Reaching Tier 5]
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Looking at his stats and the amount of work he had to do ,without the help of the PERSONALIZED AI he received,he felt frustration building up inside him.
Furthermore ,with no one to help him,no one to guide him,all this resulted in a strong but muffled moan that escaped from his mouth with genuine emotions filled with rage which resounded in his dimly lit room as....
"FUKKMMMFFF!!"
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