Part 1 – A fight Already?

A bright light submerged my body and I found myself in an unknown place again. But this time there were things around.

“Selling Leather armor for 5 gold!”

“Selling Iron Sword. Plus 10 strength option. 40 Gold!”

“Buying all Rabbit Pelts 10 copper each!”

It seems like there were merchants in the game. Well unless they rip me off, I won't hate in them since they seem like the kind of people who only care for money. Not like I'm better than them. I really have no idea what to do now. I read some guides on how to start out so I know the basic commands but what to do....I have no idea.

So I started to walk around. It was nice to have the feeling of the ground underneath you. The town Tellop was it, was kinda run down. I read that Kallamore was one of the worst spots to start out in. Monster invasion every week and a high chance of dying. But I wanted a place with a lot of history and it had it. As a former Super-power of the continent, it had tones of history I could read about but where can I get that info...the library of course.

I started to wonder around and try to find any place that you would store books to read. The library was an important place for mages as they could increase intelligence and wisdom. But I don't plan to go into combat. I have something smaller! Doing nothing and waste time!

I don't care about fighting. I don't care about money. I don't care about the politics of this place.

But before everything else I'm lost and need some direction. So I started to ask some random people.

I walk up to a guy in some armor since I don't bother to look into much and asked, “Hey do you know where the library is?”

I noticed that my voice was also kinda high-pitched as well. Just like a girl.....damnit. The guy took a form look at me and scanned my body. With a look of disgust the guy said, “Get lost”

Annoyed I didn't. The guy repeated himself.

“Get lost noob”

The veins in my forehead started to thickened. I gave the guy whom was most likely a player like me and a person whom probably increased his height by 20 centimetres. As a result the guy towered over me in an attempt to stare me down.

But I didn't budge asking again to the guy, “So do you know where the library is or what.”

They guy started to try and stare me down again and a crowd of people started to gather around seeing a complete noob, me picking a fight against this guy who probably is a high levelled person.

Eventually the guy lost his cool and drew out his sword that was dandling at his waist.

Shuuuuuzin

The sound it made when unsheathe was quite nice. Really realistic. But I was also about to be cut down as well. The guy swung the sword to my neck and just stopped before cutting me.

Wuuuuuuuuush

With a smug smile obviously trying to show his superiority, the guy said, “So what will you do now? Bitch.”

The vein popped. Now I'm pissed off. I'm going to kill this guy no matter what anyone says.  

In an annoyed voiced I said, “I'm a guy asshole.”

The guy was taken back a bit but was then calm again. The crowd was also giving their own comments though I didn't listen to them.

“So you changed your appearance to be like a girl. I'll give you no mercy.”

The guy swung his sword to the ground and a small cut was made on the ground. It made a boom sound. The guy of definitely trying to bait me to hit him but I was better than that.

“This is my original appearance. I don't add 20 cm to my height like you.”

I lied but it was a good lie. The guy was now seriously pissed off at me. He was on the verge to attacking me now. I'll just stand my ground and someone will eventually stop it. And someone did.

“You there what are you two doing!”

A voice rang throughout the area. A person in a full suit of armor appeared. Judging by the other guy's reaction, this person was stronger than him or a guard of high-rank. The guy next to me shuttered and tried to make up a lie quickly.

“This person wanted to see my sword.”

The guard person was not amused. As he was walking towards us he said, “Which sword do you mean. The one in your hand or the one in your pants. Though the latter would be disappointing to many.”

The crowd started laughing. Insulting a man's pride was very funny for others but not the one being insulted.

The guard looked at me and asked, “And what exactly is happening here maiden?”

Well this guy thinks I'm a girl. Though very annoying I can use this to my advantage. In my most girlish voice I said.

“Umm.....this man wanted to take me somewhere saying he'll show me his sword in private.”

I even acted like a girl. Trying to become timid to gain some ground.

The guard frown even more. He looked at the guy whom was very shocked and very screwed as well.

“You there! Come with me. A knight should not do these things. Maybe you should revise in gaol.”

The guard grabbed the guy and before leaving said to me.

“I wish for the best for you. Is there anything else to ask?”

Ah good now I can get my question answered.

“Is there a library nearby?”

Still acting like a timid girl I must have triggered some weird reaction in the guard.

“Of course there's one south-west of here. The place is called the Sleeping Sheep centre. Its quite the large building so you shouldn't miss it. I wish I could personally escort you but I have to move this prisoner.”

“Wait prisoner?! That person is lying. He's a GUY!”

Now will my lie work or not. The guard became angry now. Good everything is working out for me. I know where the library is and I get a guy thrown in jail. All at the same time.

“WHAT are you talking about?! How can you believe this fair maiden is a man?! You obviously need some more time to learn how to distinguish men and women! ”

The guard dragged away the guy that was bothering me. What a fine feeling. To use others to get what you want. A silently laugh at my success on using people. So if I don't tell them my gender, people won't realise that I'm a guy despite selecting the male choice when creating my avatar. Well its time to get to the library

Part 2 – Learning History

The library was sort of big. It wasn't as big as the massive library in Sydney though. And I bet there are much bigger libraries around the world as well. The building was made mostly of stone at least on the outside. There was a pattern engraved on the bricks that made of the place. I believe it was to look like a branch extending out surrounding the entrance which was the typical double wooden doors.

It was impressive to me at least and it seems that I can kill some time here. I walked in the building which had the giant sign 'Sleeping Sheep Centre' on it. What kind of place is called that? Well name aside the place on the inside was impressive. There were shelves of books everywhere. But before reading I should try to talk to the librarian.

Walking up to the counter near the entrance I said.

“Hello, my name is Eden. Is this the place where I can read the history of this Kingdom?”

The librarian was a short old man that looked lie one of the hobbits from the lord of the rings. That and the fact that he's reading a book with reading glasses. The librarian looked up and saw me. He placed a bookmark in the book he was reading and took off his reading glasses.

“Yes this is the place where you can read the history of this kingdom. Not that anyone wanted to know.”

Eh...that was a weird reaction. This old man seemed to be annoyed. Why? Trying to find out I said.

“What do you meant no one wanted to know? This place obviously holds great amounts of knowledge!”

The old man smiled and said.

“Good! That's the reaction I wanted. This place, the mage guild and any other place with intelligence hold great knowledge. But what do the stupid fools want? To know how to kill a certain creature. Of course we have that knowledge. But we also have history. Do they ask how the knowledge was discovered? Do they ask what history is behind each creature? NO! They only care about how to appear like a knight! To gain Honour. There's no honour with a shallow mind!”

The old man went on ranting about how stupid the melee class was. He praised the mage classes, the crafter classes and even the rouge classes. Well at least I'm not bored. This way I can learn a bit more about this place. After the old man rant was over I said.

“I completely agree with you words. Not many appreciate the past and set out for the future blindly. But without the past, the future is bound to repeat the past.”

The old man smiled even more and I felt the familiarly levels between us rise a bit.

“Good. Eden you have the right mind set. Oh I didn't introduce myself yet. I am Dan. I've been taking care of this place for over 40 years now. You can ask me anything.”

I see....maybe where the porn section is? No. That would be stupid. First of all I have to find all of the information about this town.

“I ask that you tell me the section with the history of this town.”

“I see it is over there. In section 35.”

Dan pointed to the fifth row to the left. I thanked Dan and started to walk to the section. Each shelf seemed to be 7 metres long. There were 5 rows on each shelf and most likely 200 books on each shelf. I pasted section 33....34....35. I here now. The space in between the shelves was a good 3 metres.    

I pull out a book randomly and found a book titled “Slayer of 100 beasts”. Nope this isn't it. I searched around more and found some more books with titles like “How to tame rabbits” “Cooking for beginners” and “How to lose weight quickly”.

These three books were useless. Well maybe not the cooking book but the other two had no use for me. After 10 minutes of pulling out books and putting them back in I finally found the book I was searching for. I opened it up and started reading.

History of Tellop Town

The town named after its founder had its fair share of events. As part of the Kingdom of Kallamore, it served to train young men into knights that would represent Honour of all kinds. Located in the Senbain mountains where monsters invade every week, the Kingdom has used this place to train for centuries.

The original Tellap Town was destroyed in the Kallamore-Haven War and the survivors under the guidance of the descendent its founder Tellap, also named Tellap, they migrated to a new area where they built the current Tellap Town.

Once used for farming, the town at first had the unexpected surprise known as monsters in less than 3 days where the initial farmers and their families were slaughtered by the invading monsters. The Kingdom quickly responded by sending a platoon of Knights to protect the small village that soon became a town.

Unfortunately the town never became a city due to the constant monster threat. Attempts to find the reasons of the constant monster invasion has been futile. There has been many cases where the brave knights of Kallamore cleared out the entire mountain to find that in a week the monsters appeared again to invade.

The explorer Tellop was known to be an person of high regard as he had scouted out many lands under Kallamore's orders and found places which were suited for human civilisation though this one was unfit. Tellop was killed during the first invasion of the monsters defending the town as the other villagers escaped. The town was as a result named after him in his honour.  

This book was very unexpected. He had known that the Kingdom of Kallamore had monster problems and that each week a monster invasion occurred. But he didn't know of the town name's origins and that this place was originally intended for farmlands. Putting back the book, I pulled out the next book titled “The rise and fall of Kallamore”.

The rise and fall of Kallamore.

The Kallamore Kingdom most known for housing the most powerful of knights was once a great kingdom whom nearly conquered the continent. There is little known on how the Kingdom arised but theories suggest that it was first formed from the dissolution of several other Kingdoms during the age of war 800 years ago although it officially formed much more recently . Since then, they have been gathering great power especially in terms of military might. For the first 100 years of its formation which was around 300 years ago, it has stayed silent for the most part, taking in people whom tried to escape the tyranny of other Kings and nobles alike. The Kingdom is said to originate in the central part of the continent, a bit north near the Niflheim empire before its fall.

After the first 100 years of silent, the young King Vincent Kallamore the first declared war on several of its neighbouring Kingdom. Taking the initiative, Kallamore conquered a large portion of many countries before they countered. As a result, Kallamore managed to hold dominate over all other during the King's reign. When the crown was passed down to the King's son, King Vincent Kallamore the second, Kallamore was still in its golden age. However in the second half of the King's life, several Kingdoms allied together to try and take down the Giant known as Kallamore. These Kingdoms include Haven, Toreupan, Masen, Thor, Aidel. There were also several other smaller Kingdoms that were absorbed into the ones listed due to betrayal especially with the Haven Kingdom which is known as the enemy of the Kallamore Kingdom for many generations. With the alliance, Kallamore was picked off bit by bit. During this era, the King was slain in battle and the crown was passed down to the current King of Kallamore, King Vincent Kallamore the third but not before making peace treaties with the other Kingdoms.

The true downfall of the Kallamore Kingdom occurred during the ruling of the current King. Before the King's rule, over half the Kingdom was lost already. With the peace treaty, there was some time before another War would occur. As a result the King ordered that the Kingdom would take preparation for another war. After 10 years of silent, the Haven Kingdom declared war against the Kallamore Kingdom. The capital was burnt down during the start of the war but with the great knight Koldeurim the King was able to reconquer and reclaim part of their Kingdom taken long ago. However the other Kingdoms were already suspecting such a war would occur again and another alliance was formed. During this war, Kallamore was pushed back and a stalemate occurred.

30 years ago with the death of the great knight Koldeurim, the Kingdom lost many of its terrorties especially to the Haven Kingdom. Eventually they lost all their castles and now inhabit the Senbain Mountains among other small provinces. The war still continue today as both sides skirmish against each other though it seems the Haven Kingdom will win the war.

Most of this I already knew. But its the small details that people often miss. People know that the Kallamore Kingdom and Haven Kingdoms are sworn enemies but never considered when they were not. Nor do people truly know when the Kallamore Kingdom was pushed back to its current state. The name Koldeurim would've been well known for knights but is almost non-existent to all others.

I continued to read for a couple more books before saying.

“Well did something occur when I wasn't looking?”

I checked for any messages that appeared since I wasn't paying attention to them.  

You gained 1 stat in wisdom

You gained 1 stat in intelligence

Judging when the stats appeared, it was after I read the books. I continued to read for a couple more hours. Learning more about the details of different places and other kingdoms as well. But I stopped when I noticed the message in front of my eyes.

Satisfaction metre is under 10%

Satisfaction also known as hunger. According to the guides I read, you have to eat a meal once every 5 hours unless your sleeping. I looked outside and saw that it was already night but I can't logout and I don't have a place to sleep. But before everything else I have to eat.

Guuuuuuuaaaaaaaaarrrrrr

It seems my stomach also agrees.

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“Inventory window”

A transparent window appeared before me showing all I had. Lets see....10 rye bread and a canteen filled with water. Apparently you can get water from a fountain in a city or from a river if outside or something like that. I take out a rye bread and started to chew on it. It was almost flavourless and hard. I almost cut my mouth chewing it before taking a slip form my canteen. Well this is the lowest of the low. Maybe I should learn the cooking skill? Nah there's others that can do that and I can't cook whether its in real life or in game.

After eating the rye bread I looked at the Satisfaction metre again. It was now at 35%. So one rye bread can fill my metre by 1/3. But ever since I first go in the game it was little more than 12 hours. That means the bar will lower to almost nil every half a day when I'm awake. Though the metre will decrease more if you do physical activities. Not that I plan to do so. I ate another 2 pieces of rye bread. With my Satisfaction full I stood up putting back the books I took out.

Now that food issue is somewhat resolved, I need a place to sleep. I walk back to the entrance of the library and noticed that Dan was still there. I walked up to him. Noticing me Dan said.

“Oh Eden, how is your study of the past?”

It seems that our friendship dropped a bit when I didn't see him.

“Good. I learnt a lot about the history of this Kingdom and of other places as well. But I have to ask if you know a place where I can sleep tonight?”

Noticing my concern which was pretty apparent Dan replied.

“I have a room upstairs that isn't occupied. You can stay there for free from now on. That's the least I can do for a person like you. And while I'm at it why don't you work here for a while. I am in need of a spare set of hands.”

Ding

Job offer: Work at the library.

Dan the librarian has offered you work. You are to work at the desk from 8 am to 10 pm, checking in and out all visitors. You are also to record any borrowed books coming in or out.

Paid is 1 silver per day

I look at the details of the job which seemed simple enough to do and I do need some money at least before I can get out of the town.

“I accept”

There better not be a catch to this job.

“Good, you work tomorrow. Also I may have some requests for you during the job”

Shit.

“I'll pay you extra to compensate for the task.”

This better not be that. I better check.

“Umm Dan....you do know I'm a guy right?”

Come on that reaction.....

“Yes of Course I know. No girl your age would have such small breasts.” Dan cheerfully said.

Well that misunderstanding was resolved cleanly though I feel insulted. Now I really should get some sleep.

I walk to the second story of the building and found that there were a couple of rooms down a hallway. I shouted down to Dan.

“Heyyyyyyy. Which room do I go into?”

Dan's voice echoed back.

“The second one to the righttttttttt.”

I walk up to the one Dan said and opened the old door. The room was a 5 by 5 metre big room. There was a bed and a table with a candle on it. There was also a window on the side as well with curtains. It was simple. Very simple but it would do. I closed the door behind me and lied in the bed. After a while of shutting my eyes I slept.  

Part 3 – Uncertain Day

I woke up to a very calm day. Stretching my arms I got out of bed and checked if anything happened. Hmm.....Satisfaction decreased by 20%. I looked out of the window and found that the day just started. Damn this game to too realistic. I wonder where Dan is, he didn't tell me what I have to do yet.

I opened the door which I noticed didn't have a lock on it and walked downstairs. Before I couldn't really care about the structure of the building but since I'm going to spend some time here I might was well learn where everything is. The wooden stairs connecting the first and second floor was on the left side of the building next to the counter near the entrance. On the second floor I noticed there were more selves with books lined up. It seemed that there were more books on the first floor then the second since the living quarters and an unknown room that was locked was located on the second floor.

“Dan are you here?” My voice echoed throughout the empty building. There was no response at all and that kinda worried me. Dan couldn't have ditched me here right?

I walked to the counter trying not to trip over uneven floor that could really do with some fixing. I scanned the counter and found a note left for me. It read 'Eden I have to do some stuff so I leave the library to you. Don't worry so much, there aren't many that would come in here anymore.'

Wait not many that would come here anymore? Was this place haunted or something? Shit! Why do all the bad stuff happen to me. But Dan has been here for decades. So nothing will happen to me right? But what if Dan was a ghost......I never considered that possibility. Shit I have to ask later.

“Nothing bad will happen nothing bad will happen nothing bad will happen” I chanted hoping for the best. After a few moments I calmed down and decided to do some work. I hope that Dan left me something to do or I'm going to continue reading.

Along with the note Dan gave me there were a couple other books that listed people who came here and what books are currently borrowed and one that list those to hunt down for stealing....well it seems Dan might be out to hunt now. I walked back to section 35 of the library and took out a couple of books to read while on the counter.

Part 4 – True Motives

The day was almost over and I gained another stat in intelligence form reading. It seemed that you gain stats from doing some stuff. I wonder of there was a limit to it. The day was uneventful. No one came in so I continued to read for the while day. I sighed.

“When will Dan come back?”

“You asked for me?”

Eh......

“Holyyyyyyyyyyy Shittttttttttttttt!” I screamed.

Holy shit indeed. Dan just appeared out of nowhere. He entered the library casually and said, “That's a very interesting reaction you have there. Do all youngsters act like you now?” as he chuckled.

Still taken back I asked, “So where were you today?”

Dan stood there for a bit before saying, “I heard from a friend that the church of Freya created a new training procedure. Apparently it was a huge success though those who participate are traumatised for life. I saw one of them and they started to say something like the scarecrows are coming to kill him. Poor kid.”

Seriously.....what the hell are the people of a church doing?! Man I hope nothing like that will happen to me later.

“So Eden did anyone come in?”

“Nope.”

“I see” Dan had a sad look in his eyes. I wonder why.

“I hoped that a beauty like you could attract some people here.....”

Eh......what the fuck did this old man say? Use me to attract people here? What am I a mascot? Fuck I really want to punch him now. But I can't. I need some money first.

“Hey don't make that look Eden. If you smile countless men will try to court you~”

I don't want men swarming to me! Shit! Why did I have to make my avatar look like a girl?!

Part 5 – Weird Quest.

Well nothing much happened in the next 3 weeks. I got payed. I brought the rye bread to eat and replenished my water supply. Dan disappeared sometimes and reappeared later on. Occasionally he gave me a task to do. Resorting books, delivering stuff and taking stuff back. It was really boring but my stats involved a lot during those 3 weeks. From just reading my wisdom and intelligence stats increased by 30 each and from my other tasks strength, agility and stamina increased a bit as well. Ha...I wonder how much more I have to stay here?

While I was in my thoughts Dan spoke to me.

“Eden I want you to take these notes to the mage guild.”

It seems that he's back from his trip. He was puffing out air like a steam train but that really didn't concern me. I took the thick set of notes and said “Okay”. The trip to the small mage guild was not strange to me. I went there a couple of times because of Dan but I really didn't want to be a mage even though the mage guildmaster wanted me to saying that I have potential.

I ran for a couple of minutes to the nearby mage guild that was really understaffed. There were not that many books to other places that had a strong magic foundation and not many wanted to be mages here since its all about the knights. Clerics and priests are tolerated due to their function in battle but mages and rouge classes, less than insects.

That's why I didn't want to be a mage. Drawing attention is a bad thing. Those in the spotlight will eventually be pulled down by others.

I walk in the front entrance which had no door. Immediately I found the guildmaster and said, “Hey I have the notes from Dan.”

The guildmaster called Rag immediately reacted to my words, “Ah good give them here.”

His hand stretched out showed the countless scars on it. There were some flesh ones again. I handed over the notes and said, “Rag are you doing those experiments again?”

The experiments Rag was conduction was whether a mage could fight unarmed against armed men without the usual magic they had. He devised a way to channel mana into the hands to block attacks. As such he went down to the knights place and request that they try to strike him down with their swords. Many agreed at first but then stopped when they saw Rag's will to live. A mage that possess a fighting spirit superior to the fable knights of Kallamore. How ironic.

“Well yes I have to. To prove my worth in this Kingdom is my pride and joy. Eventually I want to alter this method to include Knights and other combat based classes. Imagine hundreds of Knights still fighting without their weapons in war, crushing their opponents with their bare hands.”

I imagined the scene. It would be damn frightening to face such people at once. But that will never happen since I plan to get as far away from battles as possible.

Rag was looking trough the notes I gave him. Saying ah and oh a couple of times before looking at me.

“Eden will you help me?” Rag plead to me in a desperate voice.

“Help with what?” I replied getting a bad feeling about this.

“I need you to do something for me.” Rag smiled when I unconditionally agreed.

I don't like where this was going...

“I want you to investigate a certain thing that appeared nearby this town.”

Can I find a way out? Wait! Outside? I can't go outside. Yes!

“But I cannot go outside yet. I can't fulfil your request.”

Rag smiled at my words. Shit! He got me.

“Don't worry I can teleport you straight there.”

Ding

Investigate the unknown Tower

The mage guildmaster of the town has requested you to investigate a mysterious tower that appeared out of nowhere.

Rank: Unknown

You cannot deny this quest

You have accepted the quest.

What? I can't deny the quest. What kind of fucked up system is this?!

“Well then you should be going now.”

Rag smiled and created a magic circle underneath me. Intending to get away I tried to run off it but...

“Paralysis”

My body was completely shut down by his spell. No. I don't want to do this! Why can't I spend my time in peace?!

A bright light submerged my body and I felt a sensation of being pulled apart and reconstructed.

Part 6 – Time and Space distorted

I am sitting down on my chair right now, drinking the tea I brewed myself. A lot of things happened recently. The gathering of the 8 orbs, the attack of darkness and my own wave of destruction afterwards with the splitting of my body and soul into two. But that's all behind me now. Peace was somewhat achieved though its short-lived. Naturally as the strongest and wisest mage I will watch over this fragile world. But recently I've been watching the most chaotic of all beings......

The tower which had countless spells casted on it was shaking. A shard of the tower fell into my tea.....

“DAMNIT CRYSERO WHAT DID YOU DO NOW?!!!!”

I lost my cool. How could I not. This madman was doing something stupid again. Then that madmen dressed in green ran up to me with a grin on his face as always.

“Ah Warlic, it seems I created a rift in time and space.”

What? Seriously......how the hell does one make a rift in time and space.

“What exactly did you do this time?”

My hand was covering my face to the sheer stupidity of the situation.

Crysero pointed his finger up and said cheerfully, “Well I was experimenting with some Bacon and tried to combine it with some essence of time to try to make it last forever.”

Wait how did this man get some essence of time? Wasn't that one of the most dangerous things to use. Even the most evil would not carelessly obtain some but this man.....maybe he'll reflect if I seal him away forever. Yes that's what I'll do. For the sake of the world and my tea I'll....

I grabbed my staff and pointed it at Crysero. Preparing the spell I started to chant in my head the incarnation but the tower started shaking even more now.

“Ah it seems the Tower is being teleported away with us in it~”

Damn! I can't counter the teleportion and seal Crysero away forever at the same time. I have to choose. I'll never have such a chance again. But the tower......damnit what do I do?!

I felt the tower being moved to an unknown world. A world so similar yet so different from our own. The I felt the core of the teleportion shatter into 7 fragments flying away into this world. This is bad. The amount of energy these fragments hold is tremendous being created from the essence of time.  

Damnit now I have to clean this up as well but stabilising the space around this tower comes first. Fixing the distortion in space and time created more mana in me then I imagined. It'll take some time to recover and I don't trust Crysero won't do something stupid in this world as well. I have to plan what to do next.

Hmm..? A flash of light. Teleportation? Oh a kid. Maybe I can use him. Well I have to test him first.

Part 7 – The Mysterious Tower

My body appeared again after the flash of light.

You have lost 10 Health

I hit the ground face first and lost some health.

“Damnit why do I have the worst luck?”

I looked around. There were a lot of trees so....I'm in a forest. There was the stupid tower in front of me. As a level 1 with most of my stats in the intelligence side, I'll get killed by a rabbit at this rate. Heck almost everything in this world can kill me.

With no choice I walked into the tower in front of me hoping for the best.

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Author's Notes

- The Beginning of Misfortune Begins Muhahahahahahhahahaha

- Yes this series is in first person

- Yes the main character is a guy that looks like a chick

- This chapter is 5757 words long. What a fun number

- I thank ninnin for letting me use his setting of Tellap town which I wrote some history on  :)

- Reason why I'm hesitant on posting is that the Halloween event is still on and the update page is gone for now.

- Also I just noticed the forum auto censors swear words....meh. Doesn't matter to me