Chapter 4 - Chapter 04

Lubius finally returned to his room after he received a lecture from his father. Although in a slightly different form getting a talk like this really reminded him of his past life. It felt like even though he was in another world, he felt something familiar with his previous life. 

So far, Lubius felt that it was very helpful for him mentally. Because whatever happened in the end, he had just felt himself drown and also suddenly felt various things that were beyond the usual common sense. Before then, he discovered the fact that the body he was currently using that originated from him in this world was an alcoholic who had just become a drug addict. Plus having a large debt because of online gambling addiction and the like. 

"What a mess…" Lubius spoke as he looked at his messy room that included beer cans and some residue from the use of drugs that should have been forbidden.

Something that should not be easy to obtain, in other words, there were people who made it easy for Lubius to get the drug. Something he could check on his cell phone or computer. But for now, Lubius honestly wanted to rest. Especially remembering the various things he went through in this short time. 

Lubius cleaned up his messy room before finally lying down on his bed and thinking about what happened today. It felt like everything that happened to him today was completely out of the realm of common sense. Started from experiencing himself drowning, and practically died because of it. Before then he woke up in another world and had to solve the problems his alternate self had left behind in the other world. 

"Honestly, I can't believe that I can take all this in such a calm manner." Lubius spoke while looking at his cell phone. As expected, he was able to find a contact who talked about drugs with him. 

Actually Lubius thought about sleeping, unfortunately with all the things that happened, it was a little difficult for him to sleep. Although he practically accepted the fact that he was reincarnated into another world very calmly, perhaps because he often read stories about reincarnation and moved into his own body in an alternative world.

That was the most likely thing that could happen to him. However, when he saw himself this calm, Lubius felt that it wasn't strange that there were gods and the like. They could have changed something in him so that he could be this calm. Even so, at the end of the day, there was a nagging feeling in the back of his mind that if he slept then it was all a dream or that when he slept all the things that were happening right now were not happening. 

If that were to happen, what would happen to him, would he just die or perhaps be saved from drowning? When he thought about it deeply, it somehow made it difficult for him to sleep. At least, he still felt a little calm. 

"That's also possible, but basically most of the stories I read. The protagonists take it for granted when faced with problems like this. I wish I could be as nonchalant as them myself."

Lubius whispered as he no longer found anything strange from his cell phone. He had also screenshot various texts that he felt were suspicious. At least for now his problem was solved as best he could.

The next thing Lubius thought of was to follow his mother's words and thought of a job that would interest him. He recalled his past life and found that he had basically taken a degree that would make it easy for him to get a job even though he wasn't really interested in that field. Because it was hard to find a job and required a high level of education, with a small salary.

"Hm… well, when I'm a child, I wanted to become a football player." Lubius spoke with a nostalgic tone, as a child he spent a lot of time playing football after all with his friends in the same neighborhood. 

Although Lubius was only twenty years old, he could now look back on those times with fond memories. Unfortunately for him, he can't follow his dreams like that in this world. Because with the presence of Eron and the world that emphasized women, the various sports of his past life did not exist in this world. 

"That's too bad…" Lubius commented as he then realized something after he had at least solved the problem created by his own alternate self. 

A fact that began to bother him a little, that was, apart from his family, all the female faces he had gotten from his memories in this world, even if only a few, could be considered a muddle. Lubius could easily realize that this was due to the bias of dislike and fear that he felt from this world towards women. 

"Ugh… this is kinda bothering me a lot." Lubius spoke as if he couldn't believe what he saw from his own memories. That was the extent of the feelings he from this world had for the woman that had traumatized him like this. 

"I want to know if this affects me or not." Lubius spoke as he browsed the internet, not only because of the memories he had, but also because he couldn't help but see what women looked like in this world. 

Of course it was easy for Lubius to find various women from his cell phone, from the women he saw on the internet he could find that the average woman in this world was very attractive compared to the women in his past life. No, that could also be the case for men as they basically look more like animated people. 

However, unfortunately the number of variables that could be obtained from his memories was very limited. Therefore, he still could not know exactly what he was thinking was true or not about the male in this world. In addition to not having his memories of himself in this world intact and he could guess that he from this world didn't have many friends or acquaintances. He didn't forgot that he had been confined to his room for the past few months. 

"Either way, in short at least the women of this world are not that different from my mother and two sisters." That made Lubius breathe a sigh of relief because at least it wasn't as disturbing as came from his alternate self. 

After that Lubius once again thought about what kind of work he was at least somewhat interested in doing. Honestly, with the world being so different from his past life, it wasn't strange. As someone who grew up when streaming and YouTube were a big thing. It wouldn't be strange if Lubius was interested in that. Especially when you consider that it would probably be easier for men if the world was slightly reversed, right? 

Ah, Lubius was interested in writing too, unfortunately even with the knowledge he had he wasn't one hundred percent sure he could write well. He also had to think about the cultural differences between the stories he knew from his previous life and this world. 

Either way, it was a type of work as freelance, right? Of course, there are usually groups or companies to join. However, in the end, most work as freelancers. That was also what Lubius knew from his past life. When he examined the world landscape in the world of streaming and websites that were arguably similar to twitch and youtube in this world. 

Lubius could see that there weren't many men on the website and if there were, most of them used avatars like the V-tubers of his past life. Although if he looked deeper. He easily found the same meme that the avatars were probably voiced by old women.

"Geez, sometimes it feels like people act the same even though they're from different worlds." Lubius laughed a little as he continued surfing the internet.

This time, Lubius tried to see what kind of content and stories were popular in the world, especially in the last few months. Of course, there was a lot to see and there was no way he could read or watch or digest it all in one sitting. Even so, Lubius seemed to realize that there was one thing that both the content and the stories and movies took inspiration from. 

This was a world where Eron possessed abilities that to Lubius were like magic. That's why it wasn't strange that the entertainment and sports in this world centered on Eron's abilities. With Eron being able to make people perform magic-like abilities, it wasn't strange for sports and entertainment to be oriented around their combat too. 

Especially if Eron could also make some of its users perform skills such as healing and the like. The thing that actually made the world of medicine in this world developed far compared to my previous life. So because of that they don't feel afraid to do sports or entertainment that can be considered far dangerous and some of the most famous are like battle royale, group fighting and labyrinth crawlers.