One day, early in the morning as I got up from bed... I opened my panel on a whim.

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Name: Fielma Level: 23

Species: Ų̵̛̱̦̌́̍̔̃̔͜ͅn̶̻̠̼͌̀̈́̏̏͠d̶̛͓͍͐̋̏̎̃͆̅͐e̸̡̧͙͍̮̞̫͐͛̐͂̃̐́͂̈́̉͂̈́̍̕͘ͅf̶̢̣̣̱̣̳̭͖͉͊͗͠í̷͚̙͙̱̮̺̭͚̂́̋͆͐͐͂́̇͂͛͝͝n̸̢̛̖͓̦̥̤͖̥̯̜̲̣̤̋̀̓͆̀̅̄̂̈̔͋͘e̷͖̰̘̠̖͙̪̗̠͚̪̩̻͑̅̔͜d̷̘̩̦̲͋̀͌̌̄̔̇̍̉̏̍̿̚ Skill Points: 785 SP

Strength: 156

Intelligence: 40

Agility: 110

MP: 0̸̲͖͈̱̱̟̰̝͌͐̀̄̊̇̒͗̑̆̄̚̚͜͝0̷͙͔̯̩̫̣̔͐́͛̀̂̆̈̈̒͝0̶̡̺͎͙̀͛͗̉͐̑̽̔̈̈́ͅ0̵̛̗̮̮̘̀̍͗͂̄̆́

HP: 50

Skills:

LV 4. [Ice Crystal]

LV 3. [Snipe]

LV 3. [Glacial Storm]

LV 7. [Icicle Blast]

LV 3. [Wind Blast]

LV 2. [Analysis]

LV 4. [Ice Control]

LV 5. [Water Control]

LV 4. [Wind Control]

Title: Cryo Magus, Human Mage, Irregular Mage

Current Quest:

[Trial 28: Hunt down the King of the Demon Outskirt]

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It was an accident, I never meant to view my status. But my jaw dropped as I processed what I was seeing in front of me...

My Skill Points incredibly grew higher than what I thought they would be. 785? Seriously? It doubled since the last time I took a peek at it! Wait, what are these bugs? Is my system glitching?

Undefined species type? My MP is also 0? Huh? This doesn't make any sense!

[Congratulations: You obtained the title Storm Bringer. A person who brings calamity wherever she goes. An entity of chaos born from the seed of hunger, and grown by trampling lives, eating their souls into damnation] (+10 HP)(+5 AG)(+10 ST)

[Congratulations: You obtained the title The Rotten One. Eaten by maggots, decaying from flesh to bones... Even her soul is beyond salvation. Her body is used as a shell, forcing her to walk once more in the painful thing called life. She was endlessly suffering, rotting, painfully screaming yet her throat has been decayed into mere tattered skin. She couldn't speak, she couldn't ask for help. And now, she has rotten.] (-10 ST)(-10 HP)(-10 AG)

What are these...?

Suddenly, my body starts trembling. My arms feel so cold even though I have resistance against freezing temperature. Am I afraid? From what? What are these things?

It was the first time I received a title. As I knew, titles could only be obtained once a person makes an incredible feat, but as I reread the passage all over again... I don't feel anything but frightened. My fingers couldn't stop trembling. I tried to read it again but just by taking a glance at it, word to word makes me want to puke.

My eyes laid upon my hand as it itched, and I saw maggots eating over my skin. They buried themselves under my flesh, putting numerous holes in my palms where yellowish pus spurts.

"!?"

I immediately rubbed it roughly until I could feel that it would bleed. When I looked at them again... I saw nothing.

I closed the panel immediately and jumped to my bed, burying my face into the soft pillow that I tightly grabbed in my arms...

Tears started to drip down from my eyes and it began to dampen the fluffy pillow that helped me calm down.

What are you thinking, Fielma? You should get up from the bed as soon as you wake up. Are you wasting your healthy body by sleeping all day again? Do you want to just lie there all day long as if you are sick again? Do you want to be sick for your entire life again?

Of course not, I promised myself that I will enjoy my second life to the fullest.

Depression is just a mental state, calm down Fielma, you could control it.

It took me a lot of energy and courage to stand up and get out of bed. I don't know why but my morning is draining me. I squeezed my wrist with my other hand and forced myself to walk. I looked at the mirror and practiced how I'll smile.

Long eyelashes, naturally pinkish lips... slim figure and healthy skin. My appearance is admirable and perfect, just like what I wanted it to be. But it doesn't mean anything to me, it doesn't make me any happier, this appearance felt empty and fake. This face doesn't look like it's the real me.

I shook my head and slapped my own face to put myself back together. I shouldn't be like this. I am me, nothing more nothing less.

I walked down to the first floor and saw granny cooking in the kitchen. Looking at her working hard reminds me of my grandma in my previous life. She died before I fell ill so she was unable to visit me at the hospital, but if she's alive, I bet she'll throw a shoe at my parents for being apathetic.

"Granny, let me help you."

"You don't need to bother yourself, I enjoy what I am doing."

"No way, granny! You'll get exhausted. And besides, we're just freeloading. We need to repay you for your kindness."

It's been a week since she offered us a room to live, but little by little, we are making a mistake of treating this place as our own home. Sempai has a thick face, you see? He doesn't care what granny will think of us when we stay here any longer. I'm the one getting embarrassed for his behavior.

"Ohohoho, I'm not that old yet, young lady. We grow old slower than humans. And also, having more people in my house is enjoyable, I enjoy getting to know you, Hero Fielma."

"Eh... But I really didn't do anything to be a hero, though."

I really ponder why I am being treated as a hero in the first place. I really didn't do anything special like slaying the demon lord or something.

The old granny continued to cook in her pot. I was wondering why she didn't use their weirdly advanced stove for cooking, but it seems like they couldn't use their previous technology anymore after experiencing the Endless Winter. Oil became frozen stiff to be usable, metals deteriorated to rust and Homorotabi themselves continued to become lazier to counteract it.

"Ah, I just remembered something. Let's see, if you want to help me, I'll let you feed Hyuri some fish."

"Understood, Madame!"

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Hyuri is a small mellow men they adopted as a pet. I picked up a fish from the freezer and gave it to him. He immediately devoured it that not even bones were left. And here was the worst part, granny put a large bowl into his butt. I closed my eyes since I already knew what is about to happen, and looking at it will just make me lose my appetite for breakfast.

"Gigiigiiigiiii" Hyuri grunted... I don't wanna look but still curiously peek only to see how his butthole mysteriously enlarges that it is unbelievable. He poops in the bowl! But it is not just an ordinary poop, it's an edible mushroom poop and we are bound to eat it every day!

I knew that they are doing this in order to make more food so I couldn't complain. But I'll never going to get used to it. Whoever thought about this method really deserves an award. An award to get a punch in the face.

"Where are Aku and Nitch?" I asked since I noticed that the place is oddly quiet. Every day, I would always hear them shouting and making other weird noises. Seriously, Sempai claimed he is an adventurer so I thought he is already an adult... but he's playing with little kids... Did his mind also regress when he reincarnated? Even I did piss in my pants when I was seven even though I have a mind of an 11 plus-year-old.

"They said that they are going to go out to war," granny replied.

"War!?"

That goblin, he's up to no good again.

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"Today is the day you'll die, Fatima!" I screamed from the top of my lungs while hiding on a barricade wall made of snow.

"Kyaha! Fool, the Almighty General will never fall to a mere bug!" my arch-nemesis responded, sitting on a pile of snow. Her sharp voice sounds like a squeak of a little puppy as it gets squashed by the weight of a boulder. Yet she couldn't be underestimated... She is the reason why I am getting nowhere for the past few days, staying in like a deadweight on Nitch's house.

I admit, I enjoyed it because everything is free. Free food, free clothes, a free comfortable bed... it was so great I thought I was in heaven. I wanna stay like that forever!

Well, aside from my weird costume, I wore layers of child clothing made from thick fabric, and a scarf that helps me in keeping my body warm. With that, I need to concentrate less on my mana circulation to achieve homeostasis.

Luckily, the grandma is too kind... a naive fool who likes to get abused. This is the problem with truly good people, they are so easy and giving that she's acting like a slave or a servant. Hehe... maybe if I stayed here forever, they won't even complain.

"A-Aku?"

Ah... I forgot I am dealing with Fatima, that brat. Fortunately, Nitch called me back to reality, and I immediately got back on my guard. And yeah, somehow, I managed to persuade Nitch to team up with me and destroy that smirk on Fatima's face. I bet she didn't foresee that Nitch will betray her. She must be heartbroken, but well, I'll use that pitiful emotions of her against herself.

"Ha! How can you show that smug on your face when I have taken your ally?"

"The Almighty General is strong enough to stand on her own, I never need comrades. You, who need to use underhanded tactics to match up to me prove you are just a weakling!"

"Who are you calling a weakling, little kid!? Nitch, cover me!"

Fatima must be unsure of herself now that a friend of her defect to the opposing side. I understand, I as well felt self-pity when I was first betrayed by my former comrades, but hell I am doing you a favor, kid... I am going to show you how the real world works!

After scooping a ball of snow into my hand, I dashed at full might towards her. Despite how I look, I'm confident with my speed, I bet she's pissing on her pants right now. Well, she's just a brat.

Then she smirked.

I already knew something is wrong, and fortunately I noticed it sooner. I jumped before the snow under my feet collapses in which the hollow pit swallows. What the... That pit was full of sharp objects like broken glass and forks, is that brat trying to kill me!?

"Be careful, I planted more of them."

The hell!? I started running, sharpening my reflexes if the ground under my feet suddenly collapses. I need to sharpen my eyes to see where I am stepping. It's actually just pretty simple to determine, the concealed pits have more loose snow compact since it was dug beforehand. She's underestimating me, I already have experience when it comes to enemies that use traps, so this is nothing to me.

"What happened about using underhanded tactics when you planted traps everywhere!?" I said, pointing out the contradiction.

"Deceiving your enemy is part of the war, foolish fool."

I clicked my tongue, yet there is no need to argue anymore. Just a little bit more, a little bit more, and I could grab her face and shove it under the snow.

"This is your end, Fatima!"

Strengthening my arms, I gripped the snowball tight... I will use all of my strength on my throw at point-blank, this will hit her face like a cannonball and I will make her bawl her eyes out with tears. BWAHAHAhAHA!

"Is that so?"

How can she still be full of herself? Something feels off.

Suddenly, my life flashes before my eyes. However, that life is just about me getting laughed at by that smug brat. No, I should perish this thought, THIS IS MY ONLY CHANCE!

*'tick'*

A snowball hit my head from behind... From behind?

I looked behind me and saw Nitch....

"Nitch... Why? I trusted you..."

"I'm so sorry. I-I can't betray my friend."

Ha? Are you an idiot? Of course you could. Just because she's a friend doesn't mean you can't betray her. I mean, that's the point of betrayal in the first place. If you can't betray a friend because they are a friend then why did I die in that forest?

"Kyaha! Nitch is never your comrade from the start, she's my spy! I told you right? Deceiving your enemy is part of the war."

Suddenly, my legs gave up, and I was forced to kneel. "Why do I always get betrayed!?" I screamed, punching the snow below my eyes.

"I-I'm so sorry!" Nitch loudly exclaimed.

While I am still processing my loss against a smug brat, somebody wearing high-legged boots appeared in front of me. "Sempai... Why are you playing with little kids? Are you a pedophile?"

Shit, it's Fielma. Now, she's not half-naked, rather she's also wearing thick layers of jackets.

"Shut up! And I'm not a pedophile, I'm a lolicon!"

"Are you retarded? Is this the reason why you insist on freeload on granny's house?"

"Fielma, you just don't understand. I can't just leave after losing to a little kid. This is not just a simple duel, it's a war with my pride on the line. I will only be satisfied once I have my revenge against these two snotty brats."

I was a master swordsmage, you know? I was deployed in war and put in a situation that means life and death so how could I lose to some brats?

Fielma didn't respond back, and I took her silence to mean that she agrees with me. But when my eyes laid upon her face, she has that look that has a mixture of dubious and disgusted expression. She's frowning at me! How could she!?

"What?" I asked.

"What's the name of the other one?"

The other one? Is she talking about the kids? "The short-haired gal? Her name is Fatima."

"Fatima?"

"What's wrong?"

"No... It's just, dust entered my eyes." Fielma rubbed both of her eyes and turned around. When she turned around, she reverted into her old usual disgusting expression of a smile and asked the kid, "Fatima, what kind of flowers do you like?"

Fatima jumped from the pile of snow and hid behind Nitch's back. Is she embarrassed? Wait, is her cheeks turning red? What the hell is wrong with this bitch?

"Blue... plops..." Fatima answered but somehow, she used a low inaudible tone that's really contrasting to her loud boisterous self.

"You shitty little bitch, why are you acting embarrassed all of a sudden?" I stated.

"I-It's because Fielma is a celebrity! She's our hero! Don't criticize me just because you're not famous!"

This shitty little brat really gets on my nerves.

Fielma asked again for her answer since it doesn't seem like she heard it. "What did she say?" though it was Nitch who clarified it, "She said, she likes Blue Plops."

"We're the same! Do you know where to find them?"

Fatima whispered into her ears that not even I could hear it, then Nitch reiterated what she said. "S-She said that it's impossible to find it now. It only grows in places that are warm and fertile."

"I see... What a shame..."

"C-cheer up! I'm sure that you'll find it someday!" Nitch attempted to console her.

"Of course, I will! I will not give up once I set my mind on it!" she said forming a fist into the air.

This is idiotic... I'm done.

Who is that old man waving at us? I can't really see his face, like it is blurred that it is hard to identify. Best is to just ignore him, though...

Fatima tucked on my sleeves, gaining my attention, "It seems like Old Yurn want to speak with you," she said.

"You know the dude?"

"Yeah, he's an elder from the round table."

So he's also a Homorotabi, huh? If she didn't tell me that, I would have concluded that I am hallucinating or he is a monster or something else. He doesn't seem normal to me, he felt creepy even on my standards. Looking back at him... no, he still doesn't have a face, it's all skin...