"What" Listening to this my mom stood up. There was a visible anger and disbelief on her face.
"How can it be an accident? After your accident, the authorities found you and your father. Unfortunately, it was too late for your father, but you were still breathing.
They quickly sent you to our home and after that, the King ordered you to investigate the sudden beast horde.
You know your father was a good friend of our King. He made sure that the authorities did a thorough investigation.
It was found that because of some high-level Tier 5 beast's breakthrough, all the lower-level beasts started running away from that place and because you guys were unlucky to encounter them".
"I know that, but you know that father was not just a good merchant but also a tier 4 mage.
Those few beasts were not able to harm him and even if they did overwhelm him, Father would have easily escaped with me.
But when he was facing those beasts one of the beasts was able to dodge him and run towards me in full speed. Dad was not able to save me on the time and that beast just dashed into me and threw me on the rock."
"After seeing me in that condition, he quickly handled those beasts and ran towards me, but at that moment one black figure came in front of him and kicked him in the chest. The impact was so sudden that Dad was not able to protect himself and he was pushed towards the level 4 beasts who were running in our direction. And after that he was…"
I didn't complete the sentence, but Nancy knew what happened next as she had seen Jacob's body.
When I stopped talking, there was a moment of profound silence. Then, his mother's eyes welled up with tears. She clasped her hands to her chest, her shoulders shaking as she tried to contain her sobs. Lila, sitting beside her, was already crying, her small frame trembling with each sob.
The sight of them in such distress broke my heart. I reached out to comfort them, but the reality of his new form and the weight of his words held him back. I watched helplessly as both Nancy and Lila wept, their cries filling the room with a feeling of sorrow that seemed to echo his inner turmoil.
After what felt like an eternity, their sobs began to subside. Nancy, wiping her tear-streaked face, took a deep, shuddering breath. Lila clung to her, sniffling quietly, her tears finally slowing.
Nancy stood up and came near me.
"Don't worry I will talk with your grandfather. He will make sure to nab the culprit and get us justice."
Frankly speaking, I was not concerned about justice. I hardly knew Jacob. But still, in this life, he was my father.
And the culprit wanted to kill me together with him. I don't know what happened to him since I lost consciousness after seeing Jacob getting pushed by that black figure.
I don't even know if before dying, Jacob injured him or not. But it's better to be safe than sorry.
The Grandfather of this Michael refers to Nancy's father who was one of the Duke of the Kingdom.
Jacob was an orphan but his talent in magic impressed Duke Leon White. He took Jacob under his wing and trained him to become a good mage. Years later his daughter Nancy fell in love with Jacob and they married.
Duke White was happy to see his talented disciple and daughter getting married.
After that, he and Nancy talked for a few more minutes and then Nancy asked him to go to sleep early as he was still not completely fine.
Nancy hugged him and went back to her room. This little girl was too clingy to him, but he didn't hate that feeling.
In his past life, he was the only son of his parents. They were not rich but raised him well, it was only because Michael was not able to find a good job that he was forced to work as a van driver. Having a cute little sister was not too bad.
Thinking this he went to his room.
As soon as he went inside his room. He heard System's voice.
"Ding! New Mission"
"A good merchant is nothing without a healthy body. Complete your first trade and earn 100,000 gold coins as a profit from it (You cannot take help from your family's existing business)
Reward – A body cleansing pill and Bronze Tier Spiritual roots."
"System what is a Spiritual root."
"Ding! Host the power system in this world has been divided into two categories. First the Mage System and second the Martial Arts System.
Spiritual roots are something that will help you cultivate Martial arts."
"Can you tell me more about both systems?"
"Ding! No host. This is a merchant system, not some information desk. Henceforth if you want to get any information, you will have to pay System points for it.
Also, the price will double with each question so ask the questions carefully or else get ready to donate me some money".
"Damn you System, you can't be so blackhearted. I just died today and came into this strange world. Can't you take some pity on me?"
"Ding! Host, do you want the answer for 1000 Gold coins?"
"Okay get lost. At least show me some information related to me. Something like my status"
A screen popped up in front of him.
>> Host Name: Michael Ashbluff
>> Age: 16
>> Level: A mortal with a thrash body.
>> Current Wealth: 10,000 Gold coins.
>>SP(System Points): 0
>> Mission: A good merchant is nothing without a healthy body. Complete your first trade and earn 100,000 gold coins as a profit from it (You cannot take help from your family's existing business)
Woah! What's with this Level? How come the son of a Fourth Tier mage has a trash body?
After checking my status, I was surprised that I already had 10,000 Gold coins in my name.
The currency of this world is standard like any other world.
One Gold coin equals 100 Silver coins and one Silver coin equals 100 bronze coins.
People hardly use gold coins in their normal transactions as not everyone is so rich.
Well, it's given since I am the only son of one of the richest merchants in the Kingdom.
I wanted to explore the System but didn't know if it was because of my reincarnation or my weak body, but as soon as I slept on the bed, I went into a deep sleep.
The next day I woke up at around 10 am. The time system here is the same as in my past world.
Today I decided to visit the outside world. For the past one month, this body was cooped up inside the room. It's time to get some vitamin D and find out the way to complete my first mission.
I took a bath and went down to eat some breakfast. During the breakfast, I mentioned my small stroll to my mother. After begging her for more than half an hour she permitted me to go but on the condition that I take some guards with me.
I readily agreed to it. Since this world is unlike my past world and I already have that black figure to deal with, I decided not to take any chances. Either way, those guards can help me with direction and stuff.
Michael was an introvert in the past, so his knowledge of the outside world was not great. Thanks to that, I don't have to pretend and can act like a novice.
To his surprise, his burly guards Tom and Jason, were First-tier mages of the demon kin race. Despite being the lowest rank, they had great magical abilities. He thought at least in their presence no mortals would try to harm him.
As he went outside his mansion, he found himself in a world that seemed to blend the best of myth and history. The era resembled the 16th century of his previous life, characterized by its medieval architecture and lack of modern technology.
From time to time, he noticed beings from different races. Some elves were selling potions in their stores while some dwarfs were outside their smithy advertising their latest invention.
One thing he noticed was that outside most of the big stores, the guards standing were Demons.
When I asked Tom about it he started talking about how Humans and Demons were the strongest beings in this world only after the legendary Dragons. Demons also took pride in their jobs as the guards because they loved showing their strength.
Although he went off-topic about the competition and stuff I listened to his talks carefully as it was something new to me. I never thought demons were this talkative.
Although the original owner of this body was an introvert and didn't know many things, he was aware of some basic facts of this world.
Through his memory, he discovered that the Kingdom he currently resides in is called Yearwood Kingdom. It was ruled by a human King.
This world has 14 Continents, unlike the 7 Continents of his past world. The capital city where he is currently staying is as big as the past Britain. This was just one city, and there were 80 such cities in this kingdom alone.
This continent is home to 12 kingdoms, with different areas. In fact, in terms of coverage area, his Yearwood kingdom ranks 6th. You can only imagine the size of those top 3 Kingdoms.
Life in this world had its challenges, but it was not without its moments of peace and prosperity.
After all, it was only one thousand years ago that the Big Race war was stopped by some Supreme Being and everyone was forced to cohabit together.
After such a long time, most people have gotten over their prejudices although there was some racism, it was not to the extent where one would kill each other.
While roaming the area, he saw many people looking at him and discussing something. It was given since he was walking with 2 strong guards beside him.
He was just thinking about what he should do to complete his first mission when he came across one shop that made him stop.
"Now this is where I will earn my first pot of gold."