13 Chapter 13: Patience
Back in Earth:
[??? POV:]
Ring ring ring
The familiar beeping woke me up from the enthralling dream I had been in the middle of, leaving me on a cliffhanger that I would never be able to come back to.
"It's always the good dreams that get interrupted," I complained, despite having known that my words were incorrect, and it was just a trick played by memory.
Summoning my willpower, I forced myself up from the bed and started on my daily routine. When finished, I grabbed a granola bar and ate it while getting in my car.
Today was supposed to be an ordinary day. I would go to work, get some work done, strengthen connections, and then have some free time. Fate has always had a cruel sense of humor though.
Parking my car, I proceeded to walk towards my company.
'The streets are very empty today' I looked over at the teenage girl next to me. She was the only person in sight.
'It's slightly eerie...'
When the pedestrian crossing sign showed the walking symbol, the girl quickly started to cross the street with a skip in her step.
'Beep'
"Watch out!" I instinctively called, though with how quickly the truck was coming at her, it probably wouldn't do much help.
She quickly leaped out of the way, dodging the vehicle by a narrow margin.
"Ha, not today truck-kun" she teased playfully, sticking her tongue out.
'Is she talking to a truck…?'
Before I could go into the depths of questioning her mental age, the truck turned our direction and started speeding at us full speed. Noticing this, the girl quickly grabbed my hand and jumped to get out of the way...only to trip on a rock. Severe amounts of pain soared throughout my body as the truck ran over my legs. A cracking sound could be heard, and I am pretty sure that it was from both me and the girl's bones breaking…
A scream of pain left my lips right before the adrenaline rushed in like painkillers.
'...The driver is trying to purposely kill us?! Now that I think of it, the fact that no one is here was very suspicious… Additionally, to manage to get so little people here means that he, or a backer of his, is very influential...'
Before finishing my analyses, I realised there was no need to. I was certain to die. There is no one here to call for help, as me and the girl are certainly not in a condition to be able to do so.
From my peripheral view, I could see the girl moving her arm. Straining my head to get a better view, I realized she was holding up her middle finger.
"F*...ck ...yo...u truck...sama" She said, before going completely limp.
'Were those seriously her last words?? Not a 'tell my family I love them' or something like that??'
My vision started to blur, and not from the tears in my eyes due to the pain.
"Ugh, to think I hit another person… I'm going to get in trouble," I heard a male voice complain after the sound of the truck opening had vibrated in my ringing ears "Well, it seems a lucky someone got a free ticket to reincarnation"
And after hearing those words, my consciousness slipped.
…
[Back to Sage's Narrative]
'DING'
'Subject: Short leave
From: God
I have to deal with someone, I won't be active for a few hours~
Well, see you~'
'Reply: Who is it? And does this mean that you have not talked to anyone but me ever since I was brought here?'
'DING'
''Subject: Short leave
From: God
Sheesh~ asking about my social life? Your one to talk, Ms. Zero-social-skills.
The guy who killed and reincarnated you is very expensive, you know. I had to investigate you a lot before choosing you (in case you were wondering)!
You will probably find out about who I was talking to with time~ Patience~
Bye!'
'Ding!'
System message:
'God' is inactive. He will not be able to see your messages
Okay then…. I suppose I should ignore the part about him stalking (or whatever methods he used for 'investigating') me…
It has been a week since I had struck a deal with Sage's father. A lot has happened over the course of these seven days. I started taking lessons in etiquette and history (Marquis Everflame demanded I take etiquette…. Was my curtsy really that bad?).
Additionally, we set up the official contract. I get 7% of the revenue made every month. Marquis Everflame will act like I am a favored child. Maquis Everflame will give me 1 gold coin ($187.50) to buy anything but the necessities (which will be provided by him for free). Once I run out, I will have to pay for all luxuries through my own pocket (though to the public, my own money would be allowance money). We cannot talk to others about the contract unless we both agree that we are allowed to talk to the chosen person. Marquis Everflame can't talk to anyone (but me, of course) about my suspicious behavior. I am not obligated to answer any of his questions about my identity, and if I tell him to stop asking me about it, he should do so. I will be making 2 30-gram truth telling mana crystals (the crystals will be supplied by him) per day. My rights (like marriage, schooling/education, etc.) I can decide for myself, and Marquis Everflame has no power over. There are a few other things, however, I don't want to bore you to death.
Also, I had to register my unique magic to the royal government. My unique magic is restricted to only being allowed to use when certain people give permission. I am not allowed to sell my magic crystals, with the exception of Marquis Everflame (and he is not allowed to sell them to others either).
My magic is so heavily restricted for a good reason. Many unique magics (including mine) can influence the country greatly, and change the way of life. If unique magic mana crystals were sold off without a thought, then the world may fall into chaos. The royal government has a branch specifically to regulate unique magic. While all this may seem exaggerated, think about it, just my magic alone can change the judicial systems around the globe. If many of these unique magics were just carelessly sold off in magic crystals, the world would rapidly change, and so would problems. Governments would not be able to keep up and be greatly overwhelmed. Crime rates would increase exponentially, and creating devices to counteract all the crime and all would take far too long. People with unique magic would be kidnapped and forced to make crystals specifically towards a select person/group. I think you get the point…
Moving on, I currently have come down with a fever (that I suspect was due to stress and the change of environment). So I have been resting, cooling down, and relaxing for the past two days.
Now that I am not under the constant fear of dying due to a heart attack, I would like to use some of this time to address a few factors of living here.
First, is living in 2-D. First off, it was almost impossible to balance well. I kept bumping into things and tripping. My head has a bump due to that! It still hurts! Second, I would like to thank magic crystals. If not for them, living in such olden days would drive me crazy. There is actual semi-good hygiene, easily accessible water, and much more! For that, I am eternally grateful. Third, the food is AMAZING!! Due to me being treated as a favored child, I have gotten high-quality food, which certainly is tasty too! It would taste better if my etiquette teacher didn't correct me on every small thing though….
I haven't really gotten any more information about divine magic and all. There have been no missions, and nothing I read or investigated on both the phone and the system helped. I don't want to interrogate 'god' about it because if he finds out that I am on to this, he will probably make it way harder to investigate (I have talked to 'god' about his gender, and he said just choose any gender to refer to him)
But don't get me wrong. I will get revenge. I'll wait patiently for a weak point, and strike with all my might.
Author's note:
This chapter was a bit of an information dump, sorry about that. It was more of a filler chapter, but the next chapter will be better, I am pretty sure.
Questions, comments, and/or constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!
What is your opinion about the mystery person?
