"Uugh ..."
I woke up with abnormally strong pain in my head, as if someone had ruthlessly hit me with a stick again and again.
"Puaj ..."I shouldn't have drunk so much last night."
[Synchronizing ... 50%...
I got out of bed and put my hands on my temples trying to relieve the strong hangover a little, I could feel slightly like sunlight passed the curtains and bathed my face.
Chirp, Chirp, Chirp.
I opened my eyes very slowly at the now irritating song of the birds. Stunned to look around, I found myself inside a small hotel room.
Rubbing my eyes to make sure I wasn't dreaming, I blinked a few times and looked around once more.
"Ah, it's a strange room," I murmured.
My voice sounded Afonics and squeaky, but I didn't give importance.
[Synchronizing ... 88%...
From time to time I felt an irritating mechanical sound whispering in my ear.
"Am I going crazy? Where am I?" Confused I stopped the bed to investigate. No, but before ... (sigh).
Fortunately, I still had my pants on... huh! Why are my feet so small? Ah ... wait ...
What the hell! I ran to the bathroom, in it there was a mirror with two cracks. Its lower frame was made of wood and the patterns were simple and simple.
***
Haha ...
The mirror reflected a strange young man with blue eyes, as beautiful as the sky and dark as the sea, yet revealing a subtle hint of sadness.
There was a fragility in their flickering, as if each eyelash were a sigh that vanished in the wind.
His hair, black as pools of ink that seemed to absorb the surrounding light, fell in messy strands across his forehead.
His pale complexion possessed a whiteness that highlighted his features: a straight nose and slightly high cheekbones that contrasted perfectly with his gaze, giving him a subtle touch of decadence…
…[…]
After a few minutes, I finally came to my senses, apparently the young man of perhaps 16 or 17 reflected in the mirror.
– "Is that me?"
"What is this…? What's going on…?"
Calm down, calm down, calm down… panic slowly began to take hold of me; many crazy and confusing assumptions were popping into my mind.
C-could I have transmigrated? Is that even possible?
I wanted to deny it. No! I tried to deny it.
My first reaction was surprise, then rage, anxiety, despair, fear…
I felt different kinds of emotions taking hold of me all at once, but no matter what I did, reality kept hitting me like a bitch.
I felt suffocated…
I was scared…
My eyes had started to cloud over, my vision was blurry, and soon tears were streaming down my cheeks.
"Who am I…?"
Ruined.
Everything was completely ruined.
I'd read many web novels and fantasized about them, but that didn't mean I wanted to throw my life away on a whim. With a heavy heart and tears welling up in my eyes, I tried to figure out how I'd ended up in this situation when…
Tring!
A holographic screen materialized in front of me.
[Synchronizing… 100%… complete…
I didn't have time to comprehend it when an endless wave of memories swept through my mind, penetrating every fiber of my brain.
AAARGH! …
I screamed so loud that my voice began to crack; I could feel a sharp pain, like a needle digging into my fingernail, penetrating with hundreds or thousands of memories passing by, one after another.
I clenched my fists so tightly that blood dripped from the palms of my hands, but the pain didn't subside and became increasingly unbearable.
AAARGH!
Fragments of memory that weren't mine flashed by with extreme speed—the tears of an unknown woman, the loss of a loved one. Slowly, I began to process each memory.
"M…o…th…er," I stammered before passing out.
***
After waking up, my memory was confused, but my thoughts slowly began to clear. After a few minutes, I was able to tell where my memories began and "theirs" ended. For some reason, I felt quite calm; the panic that had once gripped me vanished as if it had never been there.
It left me feeling a little bewildered, but once again I managed to steady my emotions.
Ding!
A clear notification sound accompanied by a sort of holographic screen materialized in front of me.
[Sender: ?]
*Achievements [STRANGER]
‐ First sentient being to traverse dimensions; the **** rewards you for your courage. Your name will be recorded in the library of s******
-[ÆGIS SYSTEM] [unlocked]
Name: cyan vésper
[Level: 5] F+
[Statistics]
- Strength: G+ [ ½ ]
- Agility: F [ 3/5 ]
- Stamina: F [ 1/5 ]
- Magic Power: F+ [ 5/10 ]
- Vitality: F [2/5]
- Intelligence: E+ (fixed)
- Charm: E+ (fixed)
- Luck: E (fixed)
[Talent]
‐ NONE
[Feature]
*Babel (B+) 0% ]
[Skills]
*Resilience (A+) 10% ] (passive)
[Dimensional Shop] (locked)
[System Missions]
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.
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"Crazy… …" "It's a system!" I exclaimed in surprise.
Seconds later, he lost all emotion as he stood there muttering curses.
"How the hell did this happen?"
The reality I faced was terribly bitter.
I felt like crying, thrown into a new world without friends or family, completely alone.
"…"
Somehow I managed to calm down; a rationality I never thought I possessed took hold of me.
"I don't know what sin I might have committed or how great it was, but it's already happened. This isn't the time to lament."
I took a deep breath and left the bathroom…
I spent a few days trying to make sense of this situation. According to this body's memories (my memories), "it's a bit confusing, but I'm getting used to it."
I was at a hotel on my way to the Imperial Academy to take the entrance exam.
The "National Order of Valorous Academy"—"NOVA" for short—is one of the three most important institutions in the world, specializing in fields like magic and dedicated to training warriors. It's also the setting for the events of the novel "Swordmaster: The Unyielding Path to Ascension" that I was reading.
"Oh..."
Sighs escaped my mouth; I covered my face with both hands—there was no way to deny it anymore.
My memories and this strange vision of the world
It means I've fallen into the novel.