(A Few Hours Later)
"Uh, finally, E rank stat in everything," I said while lying down under a random tree in the wide-open field just outside the nameless starter town and looked at my status.
[Aki] [Title: ]
[Race: Human]
[Class: Priest]
[Gift: Heal(Mythical)]
[Body: E]
[Mind: E]
[Energy: E]
[Skills: Light Arrow(E) Minor Healing(F)]
"Mmm, that's decent enough for a few hours" I muttered and looked around the open field and luckily saw a horned rabbit walking around with no one beside it and decided to see if my soul also affects my charisma.
"Hey there little guy," I said in a soft voice towards the horned rabbit who looked at me with surprise but there was no hostility in its eyes which means that there should be a chance of success.
"Come here," I said while patting my thighs and saw it nearing me with a slight guard on but it quickly went away once it saw that I mean no harm and hastily went to rest on my thighs and I patted it with a chuckle.
"Mmm," I hummed while playing with the cute horned rabbit and just relaxed under the tree for a while, enjoying his time in this realistic game called New World.
"Ngh, well go on now little guy," I said to the horned rabbit who nodded at me with reluctance and went away while I stood up with a yawn.
Okay, I earned around 1 Gold for a few solid hours of gameplay which is not that great but hey, it's fun so it's fine, but my parents should be arriving in a few hours right now back from the work stuff that was needed to be done outside of the city so I should probably log off right now.
With that decision, I opened the menu and press the log off button, and was greeted by the dark void.
[Welcome back NoNameDeity, did you have fun playing New World?] asked Ai to me while I nodded in response.
"Yep, it's really fun, but I need to prepare some IRL stuff right now, goodbye," I said towards Ai.
[Take care] said Ai as I log off the IVR pod and went back to the real world and was greeted by the inside of the IVR pod and opened the hatch and stretched my body once outside.
"Ngh," I said while getting off the IVR pod and looked outside the window to see that the snow was already gone and sighed at how absurdly strong some Gifts are that some can even affect the weather of a whole city.
"Now what should I do?" I muttered while looking around my room, not knowing what to do now that I have already gathered some data on how my Gift works and I don't have anything to do in real life.
"Hmm" I muttered while floating on the air and went into a lotus position to contemplate some stuff, more Gifts will be useful but too many people have already died yesterday, and I can't really go out too far or the house will be left alone, hmm.
Wait, could I use my bugs to use my Gift for me? Kinda like a remote healer so I could heal tons of people?
And with that thought in mind, I immediately went to try it out and called a mosquito towards me and tried to somehow make it use my Gift but to no avail as it was still in the end, a normal mosquito.
But what if I make it special? Don't I like give a part of my soul to heal somebody else? I don't know why I have to share my soul to heal because soul and healing really don't correlate to each other but maybe I can move that soul around towards other subjects.
So with that, I went and healed the mosquito and the sense of loss appeared again just like any other time and instructed another mosquito to go towards me.
"Go heal that guy," I said towards the healed mosquito but it seems like it doesn't know how to so I tried to control the mosquito myself but it seems like it really doesn't work, and sighed.
"Sigh," I said while crushing the mosquito who has a part of my soul and felt a tiny increase in that thing again, I don't even know if it's my soul at this point but that is the closest thing I could deduce.
"I'll just sleep right now" I muttered and decided to just sleep and think about this later and with that, I turned off the lights and lay down on my large comfy bed, and slowly dozed off into dreamland.
(A Few Hours Later)
"AKI! We're home! Are you asleep?" shouted a female voice from outside the room as I instantly woke up with wide eyes and rushed downstairs.
"Coming!" I shouted with excitement in my voice, ready to surprise my beloved parents whose soul is probably gonna go towards me at their death including my brother but death is death, I don't even know if people really reincarnate or whatever those religious doctrines say.
"Did you have fun while we were gone?" said his dad from behind the door.
"I experience more than fun while you guys were away" I shouted with a smile and opened the door and saw my parents and brothers looking at me with shocked eyes once they saw my appearance.
"A- Aki?" said my father with a face full of disbelief while tears drip down my mother's and brother's eyes.
"Yes, it's me," I said with the widest smile I could produce as they instantly took me into a tight hug and felt their roughed breathing and sobs of joy.
"Is that really you? Are you sure we're not in a dream?" said his mother as she ruffled my hair and looked at my face with a face that wants to say "Please, let this be real".
"Yes mom, this is real," I said with teary eyes as they cried harder.
Soon, we stayed like that for a few minutes until they calmed down and looked at me with questioning eyes.
"Since when?" asked my father.
"After a few hours you guys went away, I went to sleep and as I woke up, my body was magically better even though there is some pain here and there but it's getting better as time passes by," I said with a straight face as I lied without even missing a beat.
"Mmm, can you heal others now?" said my father as I nodded.
"Yes, I tried it on myself first and I could heal a large wound without a hitch," I said and showed them a video I took with my Gtech Glasses yesterday and showed them how I healed a wound I made on my forearm.
"Wait, where did you get that wound?" asked my mother in worry.
"While I was walking around, I accidentally scrape myself to something sharp but it wasn't fatal," I said with a smile as my mother nodded.
"Nii-chan nii-chan, can you heal me!" said my little brother who looks at me with shining eyes.
"What do I even need to heal for you?" I said with a chuckle as he looked around his body but saw nothing to heal.
"Wait a sec," said my brother as he looked around the garden and found a relatively pointy twig and made a small wound while my father tried to stop him but to no avail.
"Here!" said my brother who showed me his wound as I chuckled and soon, the wound on his arm glowed in a rainbow of chaotic lights with the wound disappearing into nothing.
"Woah!" shouted my little brother who looked at his healed arm in wonder and saw no marks left from the wound.
"You're so cool nii-chan!" said my little brother with shining eyes while I just chuckled and ruffled his hair.
"Sigh, Shiro, I told you to not be so reckless," said my father while shaking his head with a reluctant smile while my mother ruffled Shiro's hair.
"Next time, just use a needle okay?" said my mother to Shiro who nodded as I helped them carry the luggage back home.
"Oh nii-chan, are you now playing New World now that you can play it?" asked my brother who looks at me with hopeful eyes.
"Of course, you wanna play it with me now that you have your big brother to protect you?" I asked Shiro who was sometimes scared when I am not around, especially with a game like New World.
"Yes!" said Shiro with shining eyes.
"Well let's hope you spawn just at my starter town, if not, I guess you will have to wait there while I come and go save you," I said while patting his head as he nodded.
"You promise?" asked Shiro.
"Of course," I said with a chuckle as he cheered while my parents just watch our interaction with a smile while they fixed the house and put back their luggage.
"Well you boys should do it tomorrow, it's already late at night," said my mother as we reluctantly nodded and went back to our rooms to go sleep.
And as I entered my room, I looked outside the window and saw the large crater at the moon produced by Heaven Piercer, one of the greatest villains in the world with unparalleled prowess rivaled by only a few.
"Power…" I muttered with conflicted eyes as I didn't notice the strange glow in my eyes that seems to call out for… improvement.
AN: This is 1612 words by the way, you're welcome.
Akihiko means Bright Prince.
Shiro means White but also Castle and Samurai.
Akira means Bright, Clear, and Ideal.
The Sword of Damocles hangs above each and everyone one of you with its ever present threat of despair, so send me some power stones with your power of friendship and save the thousands perhaps even millions to come who will read this masterpiece immortalized in the tunnels of time.
(March 15, 2022 – 111th day of writing, nice)