2 Chapter 1: First step

When I read last message I followed my instinct and closed my eyes. Next time I opened my eyes I was in empty room that has thousands of screens floating in it. This is my 'room' in my defensive 'buddle' where I can 'edit' my own record once also access to other Records. In this room I have no form and can interact with those screens with my will. So I started fiddling with those screens.

'God! I feel like caveman trying to use super computer!' I thought while mustering all my willpower to just search for basic informations.

'Ok, let's try to learn steadily from basics before frying my non-existent brain. This is all I can do fow now anyway.' I sighed.

'First I need to get as much information as I can. Then plan my next course of action. And I also need to think about my first Record World.' thinking so I started my attempt to move proverbial mouse of multi-dimensional level super-computer.

>\After who knows how long/<

At first my 'will' as I'm calling, was not strong enough to work on simplest of task but after while I started to get hang of it. It was like trying to swim in bottom of sea of mercury. I don't know how I am still sane in so much stress, but I am thankful for it. As reward of my shounen protagonist level effort I made many discoveries and finally I'm ready to work on my base informations.

To be honest the moment I came here, I knew what that sceen said is true or at least some of it. And from what I gathered so far chance of me being brainwashed is none. Actually my defense protects me from being brainwashed, directly or indirectly manipulated etc… even if someone with three Omni power tries it. Fortunately it doesn't really prevents me from growing up as person. As extra benefit I have strongest mind protection in existence.

But this also means I can't go to one of wish-fullfillment fanfic and get cheat from R.O.B since my befense will not let it happen. Shame, but small price to pay in exchange of freedom. At least I hope I'm free.

About 'job' that screen talked. It is actually when I, Singularity exist in one of Record Worlds said Record World uses me as 'bridge' between Record and Reality and starts to become independent Reality of its own. But during process Record itself becomes fragile so it is neccary to keep it as close as possible to original story. If story changes too much and causes it to crumble I have to start over or that World will remain as only Record. Thus, G.A will send way to solve said problem in form of quest, but it can't force me to do anything and I won't get reward from it either. So I'm pretty much free to do whatever I want. And if I turn Record into Reality I can freely reincarnate in it in future!

Well, that aside. Now I'm rewriting my own record. Unfortunately I can't change my personality and mind-set, but I can edit almost everything other than that. My genetic information is good example of that. And changes I made here will accompany me no matter how many reincarnations I go through. Most importantly I can write total bullsh*t and this will work because my Record says so. Unfortunately I can't just write 'I'm stonger than Zeno' and become OP. Because if I do, my ego will not survive against massive amount of information required to have so much power and I will become mindless machine. So I can change my race, appearance etc but amount of information I can take is limited.

This 'setting' as I am calling can be said foundation of my existence and I can't just half-ass it since I will not get another chance on this. I will not able to fiddle with my own Record after this since my defese will protect me from even myself after first reincarnation.

Actually I was supposed to be reincarnated in one of Record Worlds randomly and my base informations should be locked at that reincarnation. For example if I was born as human, in future my other reincarnations will have some human genes and characteristics, no matter the parents. Not noticable at first but I will be grow up to humanoid even if I was born as animal. Same can be said if I was born as animal at first.

Thank Great Archive for offer. If I was unfortunate enough I would have pig nose for eternity.

Actually, I'm like program and my ego is A.I in Great Archive. And my reincarnation is like installing my ego and base information in empty soul. Thanks to offer my program started before reincarnation, so now I can freely choose my base information.

So, I have multi-multiverse level super computer has capacity of avarage human. My option is limited but I have very good way to deal with this. Nothing big though, I'm just going to work on inner working of my body and soul while making sure I can handle it.

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With herculean effort I managed to set up my base information with best I can do.

Solution for my predictment was easy. I just made 'update' function in my basic information. It only updates when my 'will' is strong enough. It doesn't mean I will become super-baby from day one though, my base information just makes sure I will be like described on it by the time I matured and I can make changes on it in my life-time, but those changes will not stick to base information if my 'will' is weak. Unfortunately I cannot interfere with what I want to 'update', but I made sure of some things. For example I will not lose my general humanoid appearance even if I was animal during update and I permanently locked my gender on male.

My base genetic information 'evolves' like that too, I will gain some genetic trait from some of my reincarnations and some of those traits can be enhanced, evolved, changed and some will be discarded. If I look at structure of my genetic material, it will look like Skill Tree from video games.

As for inner working of my body and soul. My heart generates and circulates 'vitality' that permanently enhance my whole body, nurturing my brain as side effect, my brain exerts my 'will', my 'will' powers generator in my soul that generates energy, said energy will feed body thus hearth will generate more vitality. So stronger my body and brain, more of my will I can exert, stronger my 'will' more energy my core will generate, more energy i generate more vitality I have. On important note, energy generated from my core can subtitute everything that needed to sustain body, so in theory I can sustain myself as long as I have will-power. And those three factors will update themselves by aquiring aspect of energy-types of same nature. Considering that, I made dantian that stores exess energy, sea of conciousness for energy-type that has mental aspect in it.

(A/N: Those concepts were convenient to use.)

And in remaining space I made spiritual 'organs' that will integrate with weapon, armor, clothes etc… and add them to my base information, kinda like Device from Rakudai kishi no eiyuutan. And of course I can't get OP weapons from get go, I'm adding them to my base information after all. Because they are my spiritual organ I can summon them indefinitely without energy consumption, and they have update option too, if my will is strong enough I will have conceptual equipments of my own in future. Fortunately I can choose how to update them because they are separated from my most essential information such as personality, genetics and many more that I can't understand.

To be honest I'm starting to think my defensive mechanism doesn't even trust me let alone others.

In summary I'm aiming for gradual but sure OP development. Have to thank my chuuni-self for that.

At last, I prepared 'room' for my future companions. Did you honestly think I will spend eternity alone? Nope, that is sure-fire method to go insane or become apathetic. And considering my emotional maturity matches to maturity of my body, I will go insane for sure.

And being my companion doesn't make them Singularity like me though, since Great Archive will eject who came later if there is more than one Singularity. But having room in my defensive bubble just takes my companion from respective timeline and severs restriction from Fate, Destiny, Karma etc. There will be other versions of them in other timeline etc but those alternate versions will not have connection with me or my partners. And their 'room' is seperated from each other by one more layer of impenetrable layer of defense only I can access to some degree but just like mine I can't change things like personality. It is like others can't mess with me, so I can't mess with others too. But I can just delete them from my 'bubble' in case we decided to end our partnership, though.

Talk about being extreme in divorce.

Fortunately I don't have to spend from my meager amount of capacity for this.

In the end, I double checked everything and double checked my double checks too. After I made sure everything is working as planned I set my destination. As message said G.A(Great Archive) can't affect me so I'm searching for my chosen R.W(Record World) and suitable soul manually with help of G.A, kinda like driving with GPS. Difference is, I'm trying to pedal monster truck with body of child. Fortunately my will is getting stronger.

'Trying to keep my sanity before reincarnation itself will be challenge' I honestly thought.

Anyway, while monologuing I found my first R.W and suitable soul to install myself.

And so, I take my first step to new adventure!

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In depth of Ryumilua forest there is area where it gets foggy almost 200 days a year. It is quite far from nearest elven settlement and one of most tranquil parts of forest. But in last few years things have been slightly different. This serene misty place welcomed new regular visitor at that time.

*woosh* *thud*

And today said visitor was on hunt.

>Few days later<

"15 years since I came here, huh?" handsome boy with golden hair, ocean blue eyes muttered to himself while preparing breakfast in his little cottage. He is, of course our young Singularity, currently living as elven boy named Roy Alestus as his first reincarnation in world of Danmachi.

While looking for R.W to start his journey he decided to not get involved with plot in any way until he makes quite few world into reality. And he will reincarnate in them later in different timeline.

When he opened my eyes for the first time in this world, as expected he was left with elderly lady with grey hair in little cottage in middle of Ryudilua forest, far from elven settlement.

This was his choice after all, as he chose child who was supposed to be left with his grandmother because his parents didn't want to take responsibility and gone to seek adventure, but never came back, probably died in dungeon. And old lady herself didn't have more than ten years to live.

At first he chose to be born as Roy Alestus because he wanted to be free from familial ties and have as little as possible exposure to plot. But things didn't go as planned, because no matter how much he wanted to detach himself from Old Lady, young Roy can't help but love his grandmother. It is really hard to not love someone who is loving you unconditionaly. She didn't even question Roy's clearly suspicious behaviour and not so sibtle use of telekinesis.

So he lived with her until she took her last breath.

Old lady Claire was good hunter and experienced adventurer during her youth and she took it as her duty to teach young Roy how to wield bow and daggers, how to follow trail, how to hide his presence, in short how to hunt and prepare his game for consumption as soon as he became 6 years old. Maybe she felt end of her lifespan coming soon.

She was strict but caring grandmother who will give you some candy from time to time and tell tales about her younger days.

So they lived while only relying on each other, gathering woods, hunting games from forest, harvesting vegetables from their little field. This was peaceful, monotonous but fulfilling time for little Roy and he didn't want it to end.

So he did everything he can do to extend his grandmother's life, but nothing worked. His energy didn't change from more than supplement even when it came into contact with magical energy of this world, his vitality will not affect others because it doesn't have property of extending lives or healing someone other than him because his capacity wasn't enough to add more than basic function at that time. And old lady Claire wasn't welcome at elven settlement for some reason. All of them led him to watching his dear grandmother wither and die like flower.

He was flustrated, anxious, soon he wanted to make her his 'companion' so he can save her but when he saw her peaceful but loving smile, he gave up. Roy can't bring himself to tie her to himself for eternity just because of he wanted to spend few more years with her.

She was contented with her life and ready to take her last breath in peace. In the end he accepted the fact his grandma Claire will leave him. So days continued like that until one day she slept and didn't wake up. He was twelve by then, he extended her life for two more years just by existing. Unfortunately accepting it didn't make seperation less painful.

'Gandma Claire…' recalling his time with her Roy can't help but sigh. Roy shook his head and started working on, now his little field to distract himself.

To be honest he rather liked this kind of life, where he can gaze at sky and sit on his chair in peace. And he doesn't need to do anything because as long as he is not involved, World will make sure to keep events close to Record. Fate and Destiny is absolute in Record World as long as he, the Singularity, doesn't interfere, after all. So all he need to do is just exist without destroying world.

So Roy's life continued like that in his first reincarnation. In peace, without connection to outside world while honing skills taught by his Grandmother and planning his next destination.

[Time remaining until World stabilizes: 1y 03m 11d]