Klimo woke up with a splitting headache. His vision was blurry and he had to blink several times before he could see clearly.
'what happened? Where am I?' He thought as his eyes scanned the building he was in. The building was a room painted red and the walls were adequately decorated with art. The room was at least five times bigger than the house he'd been bunking out in.
But that was not all. He was dressed in fancy clothes. Clothes he could only wear in his dreams. He was wearing top quality shirt and leather jeans and over the shirt was a jacket that had a crest of a phoenix by the breast pocket. All fitted well to his body amd they were all red with outlines of black and gold at their edges.
Klimo sat up on the massive bed.
'How did I get here? Aren't I supposed to be dead?' He thought in confusion, and just at that moment, he heard a sound.
*Ding*
A golden tab appeared in front of his eyes. It was so bright it almost blinded him, but he found that the more he stared at it, the more his eyes adjusted to the intensity of the light.
[System Initializing]
[Congratulations! User has been fully fused with the system.]
'What's this supposed to mean?' He thought, totally shocked at what he read. What system was he fused with? How?
Just then, the tab faded and another appeared. It seemed to be a menu.
He read the first words he saw at the top.
'System stats'
Immediately, the tab opened, revealing his stats.
[Name: Klimo Javier]
[Race: Human]
[Level 1]
[0/100]
[HP 10/10]
[Strength: 10]
[Agility: 10]
[Stamina: 10]
Available points: 0
His eyes moved over to the skills section.
[Skills]
[0 points available]
[Locked]
Then the Armoury section.
[Armoury]
[Unlocks at level 10]
[Spirit Animal]
[Unlocks at level 15]
He read the next text.
[Main Quest]
[Reach level 10]
[Daily Quest]
Eat a Kingly meal
Reward: 5 exp
Klimo sighed. 'This is just like one of those stories I've heard those people talk about. I can't believe they weren't lying.' He thought.
He realized that he just had to think of closing the system and it would disappear from sight.
He'd just been fused with a system! How cool was that?
There were so many things he could do. At least that was what he'd overheard from those who read system stories online.
The door to the room opened and a girl came in. This girl seemed to be around his age and she was very beautiful. She had long red hair which flowed in fiery curls to her waist. She had perfect proportions and walked with elegance. She was dressed in a tight red crepe dress which ended at her thighs. She looked incredibly seductive, making Klimo wonder if he was in hell or heaven.
Two maids entered behind her and spread beside her. Both maids were dressed in black clothes, and held a red tray in their hands which they placed on the table which was in front of Klimo. One of the trays contained a plate full of cookies, cake, chips and fries. The other had a few drug pills on it and a mug which stood beside a big bottle of red wine.
Immediately they dropped it, the two maids made their exit.
Klimo stared at the tray containing the junks, taking great efforts not to drool while the girl was still in front of him.
'Am I dreaming?' He thought.
"How are you feeling?" The girl asked. She had a pretty voice.
Klimo had a look at her face and realized she wasn't even looking at him directly. It was like she was hiding something. It didn't take long before he realized she was blushing really hard.
"I'm okay." He answered. Truthfully, he could feel his body brimming with health at the moment, which was a rare feeling.
"That's nice to hear. You can dig in and fill your stomach. You must be starving. Once you are done, you can take the pills as it would strengthen your body." She said sheepishly and immediately turned away and exited the room.
"Thank you?" Klimo said with raised eyebrows and turned to the tray with a grin on his face. It was obvious that he was in the house of a super rich family.
How that was possible was unknown, but right now it didn't matter.
'The daily quest was to eat a kingly meal right? Let's see.'
Klimo began eating ravenously, chugging down the junks quickly. At some point, he stopped and checked the walls.
'No camera.'
There was just one crystal on the wall directly in front of him, but it looked lifeless. Perhaps it was just for decoration.
He continued eating.
Unfortunately, even after picking the plate clean of crumbs, he hadn't received any system notification telling him that he'd completed the mission.
However, even though the system hadn't counted the junk as a kingly meal, Klimo felt like a king at the moment.
This was because he had never eating this well in forever, despite the fact that it was just junks.
He opened the bottle of wine and poured himself a glass and drank it In three chugs.
He poured another and drank it along with the pills.
Once he was full, he laid back on the bed satisfied. Whatever was happening to him now was so far, the best thing that had happened to him since a long long time.
'Hopefully, it isn't a dream'
He thought and closed his eyes.
* * *
*Ding Dong*
The sound of a bell woke Klimo up after a few hours. He stood up from the bed and looked outside the window which outlooked the courtyard and he saw a girl leading a procession into a large dome-like building which looked like a temple. He recognized the girl.
It was the girl who'd come to the room with some maids earlier to give him food amd drugs.
She wore a long floral gown and her long red hair was made into a chignon and fixed into place by different colored diamond pins.
'What are they doing?'
Klimo decided he would check it out for himself amd left the room, going down the stairs.
When he got to the last floor, the grandness of the building held him to a spot. He could never in a thousand years believe he'd be in this kind of a building while not being dressed in rags and mopping the floor.
Now he was convinced he was in a Noble's house, which further fuelled his curiosity on how he ended up here and not in the abyss.
There was no movement within the building whatsoever, which meant it was all members of the family that were outside presently for whatever was going on.
Klimo went out the front door and into the courtyard. More people in black were trooping into the dome building and at the end of the line was a man who Klimo guessed to be the master of the whole house. He was tall, standing at a staggering 6ft 4, and he was wearing a long red cloak that reached the ground and he had a solemn look on his face.
He was quite handsome for a middle-age man.
The man noticed him and beckoned on him to come, which he did. Now, Klimo stood by his side. They followed the line until they eventually got into the building.
The temple was just as beautiful as the outside. There were crystals above that casted a soft yellow on the items in the temple. There was a permanent altar, which was placed near the entrance. It contained a statue of gold, gold tablets of the ancestors, and offerings of flowers, incense, fruits, and lights.
Of course, the centre of attraction was the golden statue which had the likeness of a great phoenix. The phoenix had an aggressive expression on its face, and it gave off a strong holy aura.
The girl was at the front, standing still as were the rest of the people who had filed themselves into horizontal lines in groups of six.
A bell was rung and everyone kneeled with their hands raised. Klimo was taken aback for a moment but decided to do as they did. He didn't want to offend the master of the house.
After five minutes, the bell was rung once again. Klimo searched the building but couldn't sight the bell ringer. He guessed the person was in an inner chamber.
Once the bell was rung, everyone stood up and one by one, they began to approach the statue and touched the feet of the phoenix with one hand then began to say some words of prayers. The girl went first.
The bell would ring to signify the end of one person's prayer and the beginning of another's.
Eventually, it was Klimo's turn and he walked towards the statue, feeling the gaze of everyone's eyes on him. He didn't know, but the servants, easily identified by their black clothes were curious as to his identity considering the fact that he was dressed in the offficial Fordora clothes. Had their master found his lost son?
When he got there, he did what he'd seen others do by taking his hand and placing it on the foot of the phoenix. Immediately he made contact with it, he received a system notification.
[Energy source has been detected]
[Begin absorption?]
'The—'
Klimo was shocked. Did it mean the aura the statue gave came from an energy source embedded in the statue? And what exactly was this energy?
It seemed he would be able to absorb it but what would happen once he was done? What if the aura depleted as he absorbed the energy? It would only raise suspicions. It would only be a stupid move presently and who knew what would happen to the statue immediately after?
Klimo decided to leave it for now. But he wasn't forgetting about it.
The bell rang. He turned back and returned to his position.
The bell rang again, signifying the end of prayers.
Now, it was time for dinner.