"Well..it's finally over"
After hours of relentless work, I can finally take a break...
"Hey Jane, the client made another request"
Surprised, I turn my face towards the person who called me and say
"What?..Again?..But I just finished the job"
The man comes closer and pats me on the shoulder...
"I know it's unfair buddy..but well, this is the last time. After this, you can have a blast with the money from this project"
I brush his hand off my shoulder and look back at the computer monitor, saying with boredom and a tired tone
"Okay, okay...after finishing this, you owe me a big dinner"
The man chuckles a bit and starts walking away from me
"Alright man...we'll have a blast...but everyone pays for their own food..by the way, I sent you the requested changes via email.."
I don't feel like replying to him, so I just focus on my work...
The game "End of Power" is an online game that's going to be a hit...You ask why?
Well, it's obvious...because I'm programming it...but there's a huge problem with this game's project...the client constantly requests changes to the game data and also adds new stuff to it
The other team members finished their parts...and I just finished a few moments ago, of course if it wasn't for this unexpected request
But well, what can I do...I have to finish my job...
"Let's see what's here..."
I open the emails and look at the message sent to me
"Well...this is going to take a while"
.....
I look at my watch
[3:54]
It's really late...but I don't have anyone waiting for me at home either...
The job's done...I hit the save button and then turn off the computer
Better rest a bit before heading home...
I lean back in the chair and then slowly close my eyes...
......
"Hey..."
"Wake up..."
"Wake up..hey I'm talking to you"
Hearing a deep man's voice, I slowly open my eyes
"Ah..damn it, let me sleep a bit.."
When I fully open my eyes, I see a bald, big man looking at me angrily
Who is he?
"What did you say kid?!"
With a hard slap to my face, I fell back to the ground
"I'll teach you some manners, insolent brat!"
What just happened?...wasn't I in the office?...maybe I'm still dreaming...no, clearly that slap caused me pain..what's going on here?
"Hey..stop it...we have to deliver these kids safe and sound as per the contract..you don't want that bitch to gouge out your only good eye..right?"
The bald man, who I just realized had an eyepatch, glanced at me from the corner of his eye
"Fine old man"
Then he looked at me again, trying to hide his anger and said
"Hey..all of you get on the carriage..we're moving out"
_"Yes sir"_
I hear several kids' voices around me simultaneously saying this...what exactly is happening here?
I see kids with torn or patched clothes getting on a wooden carriage one by one
Following the group, I got up from the ground and headed towards the carriage
Something's strange...
.....
Sitting in the wooden carriage among several other kids...a nauseating stench filled the whole carriage, this was more of a cart than a carriage
Over the past few hours, I realized something..just like those clichés you see in all action fantasy novels...I've been reincarnated...
You want to ask how I know?
Well, the answer is simple, I was a 34-year-old man..but now my body is like a 12-year-old or younger kid
And there's another cliché thing...the system...
About ten minutes ago, a floating blue screen appeared in front of me with the following message
[New user detected, transferring ownership]
[Ownership transfer completed]
[From now on, to view the system, just name it in your mind and say "system"]
And you know what the most cliché thing is?
Yeah...I'm sure you all guessed it..that's right, I've been reincarnated into the game I was developing
How do I know?
The answer is easy..that bald man and that old man, were two side characters at the beginning of the game
They would take the main character and other orphaned and abandoned kids to somewhere in Devil's Mountain to be bought and trained by different factions
And the name of this system is another sign
"End of Power"
But you know the most important cliché that should have happened but..didn't in this reincarnation?
That's right, reincarnation into the body of the main character of the story..why the heck didn't I reincarnate as the main character?
"Damn it"