"Huh? where are we?"
In front of me, there was a huge lake and the liquid inside was red like blood dark crimson color. The surrounding was completely white with only that eerie looking pond.
Mom:- "Haruto! go and take a dip inside and go as further as you can go down there. Don't push yourself and calm your mind before going in."
"I have to go inside that pond?"
Urgh...Whatever I will do whatever mom will say, I don't think that she has any ill intentions towards me.
{Haruto quickly takes off his shirt and shoes and jumps down.}
Huh! from inside it looks like a regular pond. I wonder what's up with this pond? It feels like something is calling out for me deep within this pond. Perhaps I should go and check.
By the way, I just noticed something the pressure from the water is getting more and more, I wonder if I would be able to reach the thing that's calling me, well I think I have to try my best.
"There seem to be two things down there one is shining and the other one seems to be emitting some pressure, is this the reason for the water pressure?
"What is it I cannot see it."
{Haruto didn't know that because of this his life in the future would be very much affected}
"Should I go to the bright light first? Nevermind I will go here first something is there I think."
While slowly moving towards the pressure he started to feel like someone was staring at him with immense bloodlust the pressure was also going out of what he can handle, It was as if his bones were being shattered and his brain was going to blast.
"I have to use Body Strengthening and pain nullification now"
But no matter what he does he wasn't able to negate the effects.
"What? is that thing nullifying my skills?"
Suddenly he heard a noise, it was a sound in his brain, it was the sound of his status.
"What? My skill level has gone up by a whole level.
Body Strengthening (Minor)↑- Body Strengthening (Intermediate).
Pain Nullification (Minor)↑- Pain Nullification (Intermediate).
"It was a blessing in disguise!!" He couldn't help but say to himself.
"Just being near this item...my proficiency increased"
Suddenly he heard someone's wailing, rather than someone's it was as if many people were crying.
"Who? Who? are you?
But there was no response from the other side.
Just as he was going to return back he stopped, he thought something and started to again move towards the item. After an unknown amount of time, he finally reached there and what he saw was something that he can never forget. There was a huge at least 7 feet long sword black from top to bottom and it had silver engravings of dragons and tigers.
The engravings were as if the tigers and dragons were actually sealed inside the sword, but the most shocking part was that the sword was halfway inside a huge skull the skull was at least 20 feet in height and 10 feet in width.
As if the sword was a magnet to Haruto he was drawn towards the sword. The moment he held the hilt a wave of memories hit him but before he was able to arrange his thoughts the memories were gone as if it never existed.
The moment the sword was drawn out of the Skull it shrunk and now the sword was of the same height as Haruto.
"This was the thing mom was talking about? But wouldn't she be very scared seeing such an ominous item."
"I know what to do, I have to go and collect that shiny item."
He stopped for a moment but then suddenly his body shot forward, he was using his skill (Body Strengthening).
The so-called shiny item was also a sword but was of white color and the decorations on it were of golden color, but the most noteworthy part of the sword was that the aura it was emitting, as he neared the sword his previous aching body was completely healed and he now was very calm.
"Huh..."
He snorted and moved forward to pick up the sword. Let alone lifting it didn't even budge, but Haruto was not angry or anything rather it piqued his interest, as he was going to use body strengthening a voice echoed in his mind, it was the voice of the god. He said that change your title to God's Apostle and then try picking up the sword.
"Huuup"
Listening to god, Haruto changed his title and again tried picking up the sword. Now he felt that the sword was not heavy at all, rather it had a very comfortable weight.
On an altar on which the sword was lying, he saw a scabbard it was black in color and was made of unknown material there were similar engravings on it like the engravings on the black sword, but the engravings on the scabbard were of dark blue color.
"This seems to be like the scabbard of the black sword, I wonder where is the scabbard of this white sword?"
He put the black sword back in the scabbard and as he was searching for the scabbard of the white sword he saw there was a small lever attached to the altar. He quickly pushed the lever down and saw 2 eggs inside the altar there was also a ring and a letter with it.
"These eggs...are they edible?"
As he said that-
"Achoo!!!"
"Who is cursing me? Come out"
But there was no response.
"I should probably move out, mom must be very scared seeing that I still haven't moved out."
As he reached the top he saw another figure with his mom
"Dad!" "Mom!"
Mom:- "Haruto what took you so long? I was so scared! You were inside the pond for 8 hrs."
"What 8 hours?"
Dad:- "Now tell us what you got?"
Mom:- "Be patient dear, Haruto you go to your room and wash up and then come to our room and tell us what you got okay?"
"Yes, Mom" {The things with him were in the dimensional pocket that his father gave to him on his 5th birthday}.
He was very much excited to show the loot he got from the pond.
"I think, I probably shouldn't show the black egg and the black sword to mom and dad."
He hid the things in his cupboard and left for their room.
{In The Room}
Dad:- "Now Haruto tell us what you got from the pond of mysteries?"
Pfft...was the person who named the pond was a chunni?*
"Yes dad"
He took out the sword and the golden egg from the bag.
""Wait""
Huh? what happened to them as he was shocked by his parent's behavior/reaction, his father quickly closed the door.
As he lifted his gaze up, he saw his mom and dad slowly coming towards him but there was a dangerous expression on their face.
What are they planning to do to me?
*Chunni- Chuunibyou (中二病 / 厨二病), often shortened to chuuni or chuu2, is an often-derisive Japanese slang term for the embarrassing behavior of 13-to-14-year-olds. The term literally means "Middle [School] 2[nd Year] Syndrome" (often translated as "Eighth-Grader Syndrome" in US media).