It's now my first night here in another world.
Typing away on my laptop, I'm trying to browse the web for what ever information I think might be important.
First, this is the Rinon Nation capital, Rinon city. This is a relatively peaceful country compared with the others.
Second, there are only 10 states in this world. And there are also 10 Great Churches. One county having one of their own.
That means each country have their own God that they worship. In which, some opposes the other's teachings. Thus, the occasional conflicts.
Rinon Nation was able to remain peaceful 'till now because they worship the Goddess of Fertility.
Heh, yeah I know. Figures.
According here, the name derives from the first mother in the History of this world. Rinon, also the first woman.
So, she's the Eve of this world, huh.
Anyways, the reason for the peace of Rinon is their neutrality. Their church's teachings, the Church of Fertility, mostly comprises of values such as; love thy children, first and foremost of course. Cherish thy lover. And honor thy parent. Besides those, I can mostly summarize it as love for humanity.
Huh? Now I know why the Goddess hated me. Since I was ruining so many lives by being a notorious con man, one that even made to the country's most wanted, that probably left kids here and there. It all adds up with this.
I shake my head. Stop! It's all in the past now. And I am going to prove myself in this life.
Well then as I was saying, because of this teaching, Rinon is able to remain neutral to this day. This is also the only country that have relations to all the states of this world.
This is very advantageous for me. I thought. I could already come up with a ground plan to bring innovation. And Rinon is just so perfect with its relatively peaceful connection to the rest of this world.
That being said, Rinon isn't really all that very close to any country as well. At most they remain in professional ground. This, I guess, is in order to not make it seem like they are in favor of any country more than the other, especially, regarding their teachings.
Rinon is apparently also the only country in this world where you can study all magic courses in their schools. Making it the most diverse out of all the states.
That doesn't mean that Rinon is strong in terms of their fighting forces though. Since hurting and killing is practically against the teachings of the Goddess of Fertility. And since the churches of this world are are also the ones leading the country, this made Rinon very adamant in growing towards a military direction. Only enforcing what is 'just right' to ensure the security of the nation.
That's what the web says about this country.
Now let's get to the very curious part...
"... M-A-G-I-C..." It's wierd. I can somehow understand the alphabet of this world but not so proficiently. As if...
As if I was a toddler that just started learning how to write his words.
This must be because the original owner became vegetable before he can be more proficient in his reading and writing. Thus, also affecting my literacy.
Well, I'll take what I can get. At least it's better than me having to start from scratch. I do somehow envy those isekai protags in the novels that magically can understand any languages when they transferred though.
"Haah... I need to work on that."
Also, this world have the internet, web, social media and such. It is like an alternate world after all. But they are far behind and lacking when compared to my old world. For example, is the connection speed. I'm gonna miss 2K Mbps.
Alright! So, it says that magic has 6 categories. Mainly; earth, water, fire, wind, light, and void. It says that the power to control the elements are bestowed by the Gods and Goddesses responsible in which area. And the element or elements a person can use is determined at birth. It is either genetics or through something called divinition.
There are people of this world that could not use magic. It is either it is not in their genes or (as it says) not blessed enough to use magic.
And in this divination case, it says it happens rarely but common enough that the masses knows it is possible. Where a person who cannot use a certain type of magic or any magic at all is suddenly able to. This is the case where someone is devoted enough to a deity that he or she is blessed to be bestowed upon the ability to use magic corresponding to which deity the person prays to.
"Huh? Interesting. I wonder what type of magic I have? It says it's hereditary so I could just ask mom or dad tomorrow."
Its night now. Dad is sleeping on a sofa just beside my bed and front of the TV.
Back to topic, in this world where humans are close to the Gods it is not wierd that these wonders like magic happens. Here, magic is also looked upon as a blessing from the Gods, but still, there are some people that could not use magic. Resulting in the biased opinion of the society that they are not blessed because they do not have devotion to the Gods or in more blunt way, atheist.
In here, atheist are looked upon as the heretics of the society. As they are not serving any of the Gods, they are then bluntly rejecting their existence which is a great taboo in a world close to those same Gods.
Thus, people that can't use magic are often looked down upon.
That's just sad, because as I see it, it must just be a matter of genetics. When a baby is born, there are some traits that they inherit and traits that they did not. They must just be unlucky that did not inherit those abilities or it might not even be in their genes at all.
People here are so obsessed with their religions, that if a child born between two people that can wield magic, was not able to wield the same power, the society considers them the same as disabled.
People like this are called 'lessers'. Yes. Aparantly, to be looked upon as a proper and complete human being, in this world. You need to be able to use magic!
Haah. Okay. That's it for tonight's research. It's midnight now and I will be starting my therapy tomorrow.
Health: 90/100
Strength: 37/100
Agility: 15/100
Magic: 100/100
Vitality: 67/100
Charm: 12/100
Intelligence: 75/100
Points to distribute: 20
Market points: 100
Abilities: None
I woke up to a nurse doing the routinely checks.
"Um... Where's my dad? " She's the same one from yesterday.
"Mr. Edevane has been out for a while. He should be coming back soon.
As if heard his name being called, the man in question entered the room with a basket at hand.
The nurse, seemingly done, withdrew from the room.
"Hey champ! I got you some fresh fruits. Your mother said you would need a lot of vitamins, so eat healthy. I'll slice you some fruits, eat your meal first. After this you would be starting your therapy."
I didn't even notice the food on the counter. The nurse probably brought it. It seems to be hospital food.
I hate hospital food.
Not only that it's tasteless. But I really don't like the memories resurfacing when eating hospital meals.
"Now now. You can't be picky. You need to finish all that so you would be healthy sooner. Then you'll be able to eat delicious food again, okay?" He said, both strictly and caringly.
Uh? What is this? Is it just me or is he treating me like a...?
Oh yeah... They must think I still have the mentality of a 5 year-old, huh? That's normal, I guess. But...
Hmmm~ what to do? How should I act? If I suddenly act all maturely, would they suspect anything? Would they think some ghost took over their son's body or something?
Well, that actually strikes very close to home though. Not entirely wrong.
But yeah. How do I act?
"Yes dad." No point racking my brain about that. I'll just go with the flow.
"Very good champ!" He pet my head while grinning widely.
Alright, now I feel slightly awkward inside.
"Dad, what about school?" To get rid of that, I changed the subject. I then slowly start to eat my porridge.
"What do you mean champ?" My dad asks while he peal some apples.
"Don't big kids go to school? Aren't i a big kid now?"
I know. I know! GUaaaaah! This is so f*cking embarrassing!
"You don't have to worry about that right now, champ. Just focus on recovering, okay?" Aaaand as if to reassure a child, he smiled warmly at me.
"..."
I miss my dad.
I am now trying to walk by the help of the railings in the therapy room. It's the same therapy done from my old world for people like me.
To be honest, I'm a little disappointed. I did expect some magic to be used for this therapy after all. Though I kept being reminded that this is more like an Alternate world of my original world.
But still, this therapy exercise would've been much easier if my arms isn't as jelly as my legs though.
Health: 90/100
Strength: 39/100
Agility: 17/100
Dexterity: 5/100
Magic: 100/100
Vitality: 67/100
Charm: 12/100
Intelligence: 75/100
Points to distribute: 20
Market points: 100
Abilities: None
That isn't to say, I didn't improve. I did even for a bit.
And the Dexterity Stat even got added. It makes sense for it not being there at the beginning. Dexterity is related to balance and sharpness of your movements after all. And a vegetable patient would obviously have none of those.
Another point worth to mention is my Magic Stat.
It's at 100. I guess I'm right with Health and Magic being an amount. And the rest are levels for the other stats.
I wonder what will happen if I added a Stat point to health or magic though? If that is an amount I have, how does adding a point to that work.
I got nothing to do besides walking back and fort this walkway so I did it anyways.
Health: 91/105
Strength: 39/100
Agility: 17/100
Dexterity: 6/100
Magic: 100/100
Vitality: 67/100
Charm: 13/100
Intelligence: 75/100
Points to distribute: 19
Market points: 100
Abilities: None
Huh? So that's how it works. It increases my reserves.
By the way, I've been at this for 3 hours now. I would say my speed at recovering is pretty good.
"Aziel honey?" I here my mother's voice.
"Here mom."
There's quite a few people here, and I'm on one corner so I called out. I guess she has a shift now.
"Have a break honey. Did you make sure to drink plenty of water as you were told?" She asks as she gives me a hug.
"Yes mom. It think I can still go on for a bit more. I'll take a break later."
"Don't work yourself to hard, okay?" She gives me a kiss on the head.
"I got it mom." I grin back at her widely.
"Alright, I have work to do now. Your dad isn't here now so when you finish have the nurse push you to your room."
Oh I didn't mention that, didn't I?
Since I can't walk at the moment, obviously, I use a wheelchair. That nurse earlier is the one taking care of me.
I saw on her name tag, her name is Dianna. Apparently, she's a still a trainee.
"I know mom."
"If you feel any kind of pain, make sure to tell the nurse immediately."
"Yes yes, mom. I know. You have to work now." I reminded her.
This woman. I can't blame her. If I were to watch my son unmoving for years and recently have a sezzure that 'almost' took his life completely, I think I would also be paranoid of about anything concerning his health.
"Alright, I love you." With a final kiss on my head, she finally left the room.
I watch as she disappeared beyond the door. In my previous life, I lost my mother early. So in this life I'll make sure to cherish her as long as she breaths. I made another promise to myself.
Okay, back to work! Left, right. Left, right. Left...
I continued on like that for another 2 hours then I asked Dianna to take me back to my room.
I also haven't mentioned this earlier, but the room I'm in is a private one.
Which is wierd, since in the original Aziel's memories, the Evedanes' isn't a very rich family. They are pretty average at most. Maybe have some savings, but definitely not enough to afford this for 11 years.
That is what I thought until last night.
Last night, when my parents are quarreling about who stays to take care of me, I overheard them talking about it.
Aparently, to be able to use this. My mother made an agreement with the hospital to transfer me here in exchange for her free services as long as I'm here.
My mother is actually a very skilled surgeon here in this hospital. So her request was approved together with some benefits.
Throughout those years, she made sure to always check on me. Well, at least the original Aziel's body. Even though this isn't her field of expertise.
She must've only done that for the sake of her peace of mind.
Health: 91/105
Strength: 40/100
Agility: 18/100
Dexterity: 9/100
Magic: 100/100
Vitality: 67/100
Charm: 13/100
Intelligence: 75/100
Points to distribute: 19
Market points: 100
Abilities: None
This is the result of today's exercise. Not bad at all.
I can now feel my body slightly better that before. Before, almost everywhere is all numb.
Dianna helped me up my bed, then left.
"She's too uptight. She needs to smile and have fun even when working sometimes."
Taking my laptop from the desk beside the best, a sudden thought then stopped me on my tracks.
"By the way, if I were to change this world... How do I start?"
Blank.
Obviously, I'm at a lost. How do you even start changing the world? Feels like one of those questions that's very likely to appear at pageants.
How will those contestants answer?
Their answers would probably start along the lines of... I would do what I can... Right?
What can I do? I don't really have any particular talents. In my previous life, I am a con man in my previous life. So if I were to say whether I'm good at anything, it would be 'deceiving people'.
Not good. Not good. I have to figure this out.
Does this world even have a concept of pageants?
A stray thought. But...
"Hold up...! " I take my laptop and type in...
As expected, in this world where stagnation remained for thousands of years, and had been on occasional wars and conflicts with each other, the level of their Entertainment field has nothing to say compared to my original world.
"This is it! I see hope!"
I could take advantage of this! With my knowledge from that world and my previous life's experiences...
"I've decided! In this world, I'll be an influencer!" I voiced out excitedly.
"You'll be a what now?" Aaaaand that's when my mother decided to come in.
"..." When I didn't answer her immediately, she raised a brow at me.
... Awkward...
"It's nothing mo~m..." I try to be sarcastic.
"Hm-mm! Keeping secrets now are we? What have you been doing in the internet lately? Now you suddenly know how to keep secrets from your mother?" Dissatisfied she gave me a light sermon. Though she still have that inquisitive gaze locked at me.
Urgh! It's gonna be troublesome explaining what an influencer is to someone of this world...
Quick distract her!
Looking for a way out, my eyes landed on my laptop.
Oh that's right!
"Um... Mom? Do you happen to know what kind of magic I have?" Splendid!
But when I looked at her I didn't quite get the reaction I expected...
She seemed to be suddenly put in the spot...
"Erm... Son... I..." She clears her throat with a somewhat uncomfortable expression on her face.
Wierd. What is it?
"Haah. Well, son. You see... your father and I... We-.... We both can't use magic..." With a melancholic tone and an expression as if she's asking for forgiveness. That's what my mother said.
"..."
Say what now?