"I don't want to die…" -lying on the ground of the forest, a young man with brown hair and common appearance exclaimed those words of remorse while a deep wound on his belly let his blood escape.
The night air was cold, but her skin had already begun to lose sensation due to the loss of blood.
How did a young man just fifteen years old end up like this?
The chain of events that had brought him to the brink of death began at noon this day.
Dan Ezith of fifteen-year-old, until a few hours ago the fourth son of a Baron and therefore a low-ranking nobleman.
As the fourth son, Dan had very little chance of inheriting the noble title of his family. In addition, his father had been a bad administrator of family wealth and a lousy gambler.
These factors finally reached their tipping point at noon.
Having lost the last of his fortune in a bad bet, Dan's father gathered the family together to announce strong measures to counter the Ezith family plight.
The eldest son would not suffer changes in his way of life, he was the heir after all.
The second son would join the army using the few influences the Ezith still held.
Finally, the third and fourth had to fight to decide which of the two would take the last option proposed by their father.
The strength of both brothers was it unequal, even though the result it was clear, Dan was forced by his father to fight with his brother just a year older than he was.
Dan was thin and shy; his physique was flimsy compared to his older brother. The fight ended with Dan being reduced to a mere punching bag.
Being easily defeated, Dan finally gave his father a pretext for throwing him out on the street and ignoring him as part of the Ezith family.
The truth was that, of all his family, only his eight-year-old younger sister and stepmother had been kind to Dan throughout his life. His older brothers despised him, and his father seemed to harbor a deep hatred for him.
Secretly receiving some jewels of his stepmother as an aid, Dan was forced to face a reality that exceeded him completely.
He had promised his little sister and his stepmother that he would stay safe and come back someday to save them from his scum father.
To his misfortune, his naivety as a noble child had led him to try to sell the jewels he received from his stepmother to the wrong people.
Everything had been reduced to the promise of receiving a much larger amount of money on the outskirts of the city, away from kingdom taxes.
However, all Dan received was a treacherous stab wound in the belly.
Dan was still alive simply because the perpetrators had amused by his naivety, and in return for giving them a good time and easy profits, he was left in the woods to die slowly.
"I do not want to die without having anything done…" -tears streamed from Dan's eyes as he pressed his fists with anger to the ground.
Not only would he fail the promise he had made to the only people who had treated him well, but would end up giving reason to his older siblings who always regarded him as useless.
He would die on the same day that the father who hated him had thrown him out of his home.
"I don't want to die…" -despite his efforts, Dan's mind began to cloud as the rest of his senses it faded.
It wasn't fear of death.
It was frustration over the promise he would break.
It was hatred for his father, for his brothers and for those who had left him in his present state.
His heart resisted stopping beating pushed only by frustration and hatred.
[Denial of death… detected]
[Hate… detected]
As Dan's consciousness was being lost, a sudden, emotionless female voice began to resonate in his mind.
[Basic requirements for forced awakening of innate skills attained]
(So, I possessed such a thing…?) -Dan no longer had the strength to be surprised.
An innate skill is a gift granted by the heavens, by the gods or destiny as any wished to see. Normally these innate skills awaken as the person improves his level.
However, it is well known that, in some cases, innate skills awaken when the person is on the edge of death.
This phenomenon is called 'the last lament' because even if an innate skill awakens in such a situation, it is practically useless.
[Innate Skill 『Eye of Horus 』was awakened]
In the midst of the blackness into which Dan's consciousness plunged, a golden eye appeared.
[Detecting serious health condition]
Even though the female voice was still the same, Dan felt it was different because somehow, he could feel it coming from that golden eye.
[Initiating Secondary Skill 『 Restoration』]
[Mana requirement not met to initiate secondary skill]
[Analyzing countermeasures…]
[Using secondary skills to force『Restoration』]
A warm feeling flooded Dan, and slowly began to feel pain and cold again.
[Secondary skill 『 Magic Immunity 』 degraded to 『 Magic Resistance 』]
[Secondary skill 『 Omniscience 』 degraded to 『 Assistant 』]
[Secondary skill 『 Clairvoyance 』 degraded to 『 Perfect Eye 』]
[Secondary skill 『 Physical Immunity 』 degraded to 『 Resistance to Altered State 』
With each message expressed by the golden eye, Dan could feel his condition significantly improved.
[Secondary skill 『 Rebirth 』was lost]
[Health fully restored]
Dan opened his eyes and was unable to come out of his surprise, he felt no discomfort whatsoever and instinctively sought the wound on his belly.
Had it not been for the torn, blood-covered clothing, Dan would have doubted that he had been truly wounded. No scar was even present on his skin.
[Secondary skill 『 Restoration』degraded to『Recovery』]
To hear again that voice in his mind drew Dan from his stun.
[Innate skill 『 Seed of Zeus 』 was awakened]
The voice was the same, but this time it did not come from the golden eye present inside the mind of Dan.
"An innate skill more?" – Dan was still trying to process what happened and suddenly a second ability woke up in him.
[Innate skill 『 Charisma of Freya 』 was awakened]
"Eh?" – before Dan could be surprised at acquiring a third innate skill, his body suddenly became enshrouded in a golden light.
[Skill 『 Charisma of Freya』activated]
Dan could feel the golden light that enveloped him begin to rearrange his skin, muscles and bones. There was no pain, but the sensation was uncomfortable and there was no way to stop it.
After a couple of minutes, the golden light dimmed to disappear.
"What happened?" -Dan looked at his hands, his skin was now as white as snow and as soft as porcelain. Any scars and imperfections had completely disappeared. "My voice!" -he noticed that his voice was different, his tone was slightly deep.
[Original Skill 『Knowledge From Another World 』was awakened]
Just as Dan was trying to understand what had happened to his body, a new message resonated in his mind.
Feeling an overwhelming pressure on his mind, Dan fell to his knees as he held his head tightly on his hands.
"I'll never come back!" -the scream suddenly escaped from Dan's throat.
That caused the memories of a consciousness trapped in limbo to emerge in his mind.
That consciousness was so overwhelming that Dan didn't even realize the exact moment when his own consciousness was totally devoured…
"Fucking Samsara System…" – all trace of Dan Ezith's natural shyness was gone.
After he cursed the Samsara system, he stood up and looked around and then watched his hands and legs.
"So… I'm alive, but… This is a scam, Samsara System!"