After waking up from that dream, I just knew that it was somewhat part of the past of the kingdom I was set to inherit, Eieneos, but what I remember were fragments. I can remember the face of the elderly lady and her voice, those people turning into specks of light but the other things, I can't seem to remember no matter how deeply I try to think about it. I just gave up on thinking about it for now.
I focused on the present and just realized that I was finally able to get into my new body! It is good that I was able to merge with this body, but I couldn't move just yet. I tried but I couldn't seem to even open my eyes or move a finger for now like some kind of sleep paralysis.
When I first came to this world, I was able to automatically get bits and pieces of the inherited memories which Altair said I would get. He said they are memories of the previous monarchs of Eieneos. There wasn't much I could retrieve at first but it was enough to assist me on how I can live better in this world. While thinking about this, I suddenly felt an immense headache together with a huge dam-like amount of information getting into my head. Ouch! I am getting dizzy again and I hate it. The memories are just waiting for my soul to merge with my new body!
When every single information that needs to be squished into my brain has been uploaded (Is this how a hard drive of a PC feels like?), I had the urge to vomit but I couldn't.
Damn! I was awake but couldn't even open my eyes or move. I would love to have some pain relievers right now. I hope they have some of that in this infirmary at least.
I tried to feel my surroundings with mana just to be sure. Huh, mana? I can use mana? Well, I can instinctively use it so who cares. I wanted to check if there are any people around me right now. I was surprised that I already have some mana. Altair said I would have it within a month so this is quite quick. Is it because in the dream, I technically visited that old kingdom and absorbed some good stuff?
I then felt someone sitting beside my bed. He's still here? I thought that he would eventually leave the infirmary but he stayed there even after the night came.
Let us go back to what's most important right now. I am finally able to get into my new younger body. True to what Altair said before, this body is healthy but had very little mana as of now. I made sure to chant a spell that I got from the new stuff in my mind and I saw one that can keep this guy, Ioannis, asleep.
After it was done, I tried moving again and this time I was able to. I slowly sat up to get out of my bed and silently walked to the restroom inside the infirmary. The first thing I did was wash my face just to be sure I am really awake now. I looked at my face in the mirror and said to myself, "It would take some time to get used to this face."
Don't get me wrong. The other women who came with me from Earth were above average, some even beautiful but compared to this face I am seeing in the mirror, sorry to say, they are like pebbles on the road. I feel like I am getting another headache while thinking how to not stand out. I want to live a peaceful life and this face, just like Altair's face spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E!
I looked into the inherited memories and found a convenient illusion spell that could make me look as normal as possible. My mana isn't strong enough so it could only change the other person's perception of what I look like (like a cover). Since my mana is still limited, the illusion spell will not work to those with at least rank 7 mage abilities, people who have already seen my real face or men that have above 85% resonance with me which means they would be able to see through the illusion and see my real face. I would love to have the illusion apply to everybody regardless of resonance or mage level but lets get to that once I have more mana in me. I am barely at rank 1 as I felt the amount of mana in my body so there isn't much I could do about that for now.
Surprisingly, that guy outside, Ioannis as he said his name was, has a 94% resonance to me. What are the odds of immediately finding a resonant the first time after arriving here? Maybe you are wondering how I knew. How would I not know?! There's a huge number right on top of every man's head here. I started seeing a number on top of his head after my mana touched him. I feel like I am inside an MMORPG seeing the character's name and level which is totally weird.
Ioannis has not reacted to the resonance yet since we have not met eye to eye. It was a good thing I was sleeping most of the time. My inherited memories has told me that looking into another person's eyes is the first step to check on the resonance. I guess the eyes are still the windows to the soul even in this world. Is it literally like love at first sight?
Once two people meet and their resonance is high enough, just like how we talk about fate, serendipity, finding the one or what not, the guy would just end up wanting nobody else but that woman. In the not-so-wholesome terms, that thing between his legs will only react to his resonant and his body will only get aroused by that woman alone. Wow. Is resonance some kind of a match-making feature or a love drug for men? It is really unfair if you think about it since women can use this on unassuming men and take advantage of them.
In a positive note, I guess it is this world's way of trying to recover since the higher the resonance, the higher the chance of conceiving a child. Every child born in this world is a blessing since one of the main problems here is the population level.
Men in this world, no matter how they hate it, just like those attendants of the academe, live to be tools for birthing, sadly. Their bodies just dictates to look for their resonant and have babies with them which is I think is really kind of unfair to the guys. Well, not like anything is fair in any world but I guess it is just like this world just loves bullying men? All things are against them.