Shiki Suzuki, despite his striking appearance, seemed immersed in deep reflection as he walked through the manga and light novel store.
His patch on his left eye, along with his dark blue hair and golden eyes, accentuated his air of mystery and attractiveness. Most of the people who passed by him were intrigued by his presence, although he seemed oblivious to the curious looks.
As he examined the shelves, he came across a large number of Isekai-type light novels, but none met his expectations.
For Shiki, who had lived in a different world before his reincarnation, these novels represented a marked contrast with the stories he had known in his past life, or in simpler words, they were boring.
"What the hell... where are the great works of my past life? And what about this kind of average Isekai novel with a dense protagonist and heroines with mental problems, and why is it so popular?" Shiki thought to himself as he put the light novel back on the shelf.
The style and content of these books seemed repetitive and uninspiring compared to the memorable works he remembered from his past life.
With a sigh of resignation, Shiki realized that, although the light novels were not up to his memories, he could still find comfort in the fact that some of the manga and anime of his previous life, such as One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto, were still available in this new world.
There were also quite a few mangas, which he didn't read in his past life, that were quite interesting.
"At least my hobby of being an Otaku is not completely finished," Shiki murmured to himself as he left the store.
Shiki walked to his house while observing the landscape of the city of Tokyo, while thoughts crowded his mind.
In his previous life, Shiki was a young man with a terminal illness. His only source of consolation and distraction was to immerse himself in the world of anime, movies, manga, and light novels. He was the typical otaku who found in these hobbies a way to escape from the harsh reality.
Nor is it that he had a family in his previous life since he was an orphan. His parents left him there in the orphanage with 50 excuses because they could not be with him, but well, Shiki knows that they abandoned him in that orphanage because his parents should have been hot teenagers who did not use protection and could not take responsibility, so they decided to abandon him.
Well, when he was a child, he was sad, like any other child who was in his situation because he didn't have what almost everyone has—loving parents—but he overcame it over time, and he doesn't care much anymore.
Shiki tried very hard by working in part-time jobs to survive and pay for his studies.
Despite his hard work, life played a trick on him when he began to experience health problems. First, it was a nosebleed, then he coughed up blood, and finally, he was diagnosed with an incurable terminal disease. The blow was devastating: after so many efforts to improve his situation, he discovered that he had few years left to live.
He then decided to use his savings to enjoy the little things that normal people could do at any time: video games, movies, and anime. He spent the rest of his life in the hospital, trying to make the most of his limited time.
Finally, he died at the age of 19. But, in an unexpected turn of destiny, God gave him a second chance and reincarnated him into a new world with a new life.
Nor is it that he complains or something like that, in fact, he is happy—quite happy, in fact. He has the appearance of a handsome child and some powerful powers/skills that he wondered how he should use.
Ironically, in this life, he is also an orphan and was recently fired from the orphanage for reaching the age of majority. Well, he also does not complain since it would be uncomfortable to call some strangers your parents, since Shiki remembered his first life recently and did not always have the memories of his first life.
Well, leaving aside the story in the background, Shiki arrived at his small apartment a few moments after walking. He could teleport, but he decided to walk since he wanted to familiarize himself with the surroundings, after all, he will live here from now on.
Shiki entered his apartment and went to the living room, sat on the couch, and relaxed for a few moments.
"Sigh, this world is very strange," Shiki murmured to himself.
"There is a barrier that covers the entire country, and there are different barriers that divide the cities. Having some powerful skills is convenient. If I had reincarnated as a normal human in this world, I would think that this place is like my past life. But no. Here, there are Dragons, Angels, Fallen Angels, Demons, Youkai, and many more supernatural creatures. What a chaotic world..." Shiki laughed ironically. In what kind of chaotic world did God reincarnate him?
"To goodness, I have this..." Shiki said as he looked at his hand.
In it, blue particles of spiritual energy began to gather, which slowly took the form of a floating and ancient book, similar to a grimoire or a sacred volume.
The book had a dark cover adorned with golden details, giving it a mystical and powerful appearance.
"Rasiel," whispered Shiki, recognizing the name of the book.
This book, known as [Rasiel], was an Angel in the shape of a grimoire that provided Shiki with a deep understanding of the world.
[Rasiel] had the power to be almost omniscient, acting like a living encyclopedia that recorded everything that happened in the world.
Thanks to this Angel in the form of a book, Shiki had been able to decipher the true nature of the place to which he had been reincarnated.
On the first day that he recovered his memories and acquired these skills and powers, Shiki dedicated himself to investigating the new world he now inhabited. What he discovered left him stunned: this world was extremely dangerous. Supernatural creatures coexisted with humans without the latter having the slightest idea of their existence.
In addition, there were beings of unimaginable power who walked around the world without revealing their true form. The most powerful being in the world, for example, walked around under the guise of a little girl, while a gigantic dragon floated in the dimensional gap.
"I still think that this world is strange, but well, I don't complain either, it's quite interesting, although I would never have imagined that by reincarnating I would get all those skills and powers of 'Date a Live.'"
Yes, Shiki by reincarnation not only obtained [Rasiel], he also obtained [Sandalphon], [Zadkiel], [Camael], [Raphael], [Gabriel], [Haniel], [Michael], [Zafkiel], and [Metatron]. In the end, he became a Pseudo-Spirit for having so many spiritual manifestations within his body.
He got 10 Angels in total along with all his abilities. The truth is, Shiki was not too worried about dying since, to be honest, he was quite powerful.
Shiki was now more worried about getting money since he was poor. He was able to rent this small apartment because of the savings he obtained from working part-time while he was staying in the orphanage, but his economic life was not too good, to say the least.
The truth is, it would be simple for him to get money with his powers. For example, he could use the [Description of the Future], a skill that belongs to [Rasiel]; in short, everything written in [Rasiel] will come true. It's like manipulating the future.
Shiki could simply write in [Rasiel] that he won the lottery and, bam, he is rich.
But well, that wouldn't be very fun, to say the least. Shiki already has plans to make money in a pretty easy way, in fact.
"Let's do the generic thing that protagonists in fanfics do: copy and paste the light novels of your previous life and bring a masterpiece to this world, or in other words, steal someone else's work," Shiki said with a smile on his beautiful face.
Shame? There is no such thing in Shiki's mind right now.
"But I don't have any tools to start writing... (computer, etc.)."
"I only have this old phone..." Shiki looked at the phone that had accompanied him for seven years with a sigh.
"I hate being poor."
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(A/N: I tried to correct the spelling errors with a page. How about now? Are there still many errors? Remember that I don't speak English, so I can't know. Please translate this into English).