SC1 1.1 – New Life
My mind was woozy while my gaze was fixed on white clouds scattered across the giant blue sky. At the same time, eighteen years’ worth of memory flooded into my soul. Fortunately, I had lived for two hundred years so my soul was big enough to accept it.
Around two minutes later, as soon as the flood of memory stopped, my mind slowly became clear while my body regained its sense.
“Big Bro Sanno…..heuuuu… don’t leave us…. U-heuuuuu….”
Throughout my life, I never heard such heartbreaking cry. Not to mention I got the feeling she was crying for me.
“We don’t want the cherry anymore…. Heuuuuu…..”
Then, I realized that I should have been dead. Wasting no time, I checked my body and as I suspected it was not my body. However, my soul was resided inside it. It seemed my soul was being transmigrated to this body.
“Heuuuuu…. We just want you to stay with us….. Pleaaase… Huuuuaaa…..”
Well, I had to asses my situation and most of all I should calm the little girl who cried for me. As I turned my gaze to my right, I found two little girls cried out a river for me, or to be precise for the original owner of my new body.
As soon as I saw their face, the new memory I just received immediately worked in full rotation. I instantly recognize them. The older little girl who kept calling me was Yunno. She was seven-year-old and the niece of the Unfortunate Sanno, the original owner of my new body.
Next to Yunno was Yui, her four-year-old little sister. Yui didn’t call my name, but she was heavily sobbing, her tears flowed like a flood, and her heartbroken little heart was clearly reflected in her eyes.
Even though the Unfortunate Sanno was their uncle, Yunno and Yui treated him as their Big Brother. And then he became theirs everything after they lost their mother. Therefore, no wonder they cried out a river as soon as they thought that the Unfortunate Sanno was leaving them for good.
Well, the Unfortunate Sanno was truly leaved them, but I couldn’t tell them that. Wasting no time, I tried to calm down my new nieces.
“Don’t worry. I’m fine.”
Yunno immediately wiped her tears, and then she tried to hold her sob while asked me, “Really?”
“Really,” I firmly said. “I felt a slight dizziness, but now I’m totally fine.”
I immediately sat up and checked the cliff wall that majestically stood next to me. The Unfortunate Sanno climbed it to pick a few wild berries, but he lost his foothold, fell, and died from the impact.
Fortunately, even though I lost 98% of my level and now was only Level 1 warrior, my essence was still sufficient to activate my healing spell and completely treated the injury from the impact.
I didn’t know if it was a coincidence or not, but my soul was being transmigrated straight to the closest family of the calamity I had to prevent. And as I was still in this world, it meant I still have the obligation to complete my last assignment.
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Also, as far as I remember, after the death of their young uncle, Yunno and Yui living condition would become two times more miserable. So, it could be said that my existence alone could prevent Yunno from becoming calamity, and maybe I could also prevent Yui’s death.
In short, I decided to become their uncle. Fortunately, when I spent my time on earth, I had learned the skill how to live like a normal human. Moreover, I had the full memory, sentiment, and life experience from the Unfortunate Sanno to help my act.
“Big Bro Sanno, here, drink and let Big Sis Yunno and Yui massage your legs,”
Yui looked at me worriedly while offering a small bamboo tube. Most of the time, Yui was a quiet kid. She talked only when something was truly a big concern for her little heart. To ease her worry, I immediately smiled before taking a mouthful gulp.
And then I said, “I’m fine and we should continue our hunt.”
I immediately stopped Yunno and Yui from massaging my leg, before gently wiped the remains of their tears and cupped their cheeks alternately.
“Okay.”
Yunno obediently replied while Yui nodded her head. At the same time, I could only inwardly let out a sigh as I realized that Yunno and Yui were too skinny for their age. Their clothes were also too worn out. It was more like rags even though it was very clean. Well, the two got new clothes only once every two years so the Unfortunate Sanno would wash it as best as he could to ease his bitterness.
Before continuing our hunt, I took my time to pick the wild berries. Yunno and Yui tried to prevent me, but manage to calm them down and got a handful of wild berry. I ate a piece and gave the rest of the berries to Yunno and Yui.
It was only a handful of wild berry and their taste was sour, but Yunno and Yui enjoyed it as if it was heavenly delicacy. It seemed their living condition was worse than I thought.
Then, I turned my gaze to ethereal figure who stood a few steps before me. He was skinny young men, and at once glance I could tell he must be very simple minded when he was still alive. However, from his anxiety gaze as he looked at Yunno and Yui, it was easy to tell his love for the two was as vast as sky and as deep as ocean.
‘I will take cares of Yunno and Yui like my own blood,’ I calmly gave the Unfortunate Sanno my vow, which I guaranteed with my own soul.
After looking at me for a while the Unfortunate Sanno nodded. Then, as he looked at Yunno and Yui as much as he could, his ethereal body started to dissipate and disappeared. It seemed he had crossed the gate to the afterlife. At the same time, my new body fully accepted my soul. Meaning, it was fully integrated with my soul now.
Wasting no time I made a quick check. With ease I re-confirmed that now I was truly only a Level 1 warrior. My spatial storage was also shrunk from almost unlimited into as big as three 40-feet shipping containers. At the same time, my collection of weapons, elixir, scroll, scripture, wealth, and other material possession was gone without a trace.
What had left in my spatial storage were only some seeds from earth. It was collection of seed that I planned to grow in my own greenhouse.
But at least, Planet Erra had essence concentration slightly denser than earth while my skill was not totally disappeared. Therefore, I could raise my levels slowly without the need to learn everything from zero. Not to mention, the Unfortunate Sanno had Black Dragon soul mark like me, so my skill was perfectly compatible with his body.
After taking a deep breath, I took Yunno and Yui to continue our hunt.
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Every day, the Unfortunate Sanno would take Yunno and Yui to hunt at the foot of Mount Haruna. Of course, as he carried two children with him, he couldn’t explore the hunting ground too deep. Fortunately, the forest outskirt around Mount Haruna was rich with small wild game and could give a good harvest for skilled hunter.
Today, the first four snares didn’t catch anything, but the fifth had a plump hare on it. Without delay, I took Yunno and Yui to harvest our catch. From how he set up the snare and picked the location, I could tell that the Unfortunate Sanno was good hunter. Unfortunately, he didn’t use his skill to ensure his nieces had decent living condition. Heck, he didn’t even use it for his own.
“Big Bro Sanno, this hare is very plump. It will greatly help Uncle Manno pay tuition for his study.”
Yunno cheerfully showed me the hare, while Yui happily nodded in agreement.
“Yes, it will.” I calmly answered, but inwardly I cursed nonstop.
Based on the Unfortunate Sanno’s memory, Manno had studied in Kamakura City since he was twelve, using almost every cent that Tadaoka Household could produce. As a result, other member of Tadaoka Household had to live in a frugal way. Worst of all, 15 years later Manno was still not graduated.
Actually, if it was only for his school tuition, I would be able to accept it with heavy reluctant. However, when he was 18 years old Manno married a daughter of one of his teachers and Tadaoka Household had to continue paying his living expense. Worst of all, after his marriage Manno still maintained the living style as if he already graduated and became official with good position. All of that was only to preserve his prestige as family pride who would become high-ranking official one day.
However, the thing that made me dumbfounded to the core was, the Unfortunate Sanno totally believed that Manno would success and brought prosperity to the family sooner or later. He had also wholeheartedly supported the effort to fund Manno’s study since he was 10 years old, when he started hunting small game at the foot of Mount Haruna.
It was very naïf indeed. To the point that even though for the last three years he was the biggest bread winner for Tadaoka Household, he couldn’t even give his beloved nieces a proper food and clothes. And, it made me worry as hell because the Unfortunate Sanno had deeply infected Yunno and Yui with his naïve way of thinking.
‘I will change everything,’ I swore inwardly as I was resetting the snare.
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