2 The harsh reality 2

In the morning, Zuex woke up and realized that he was in a different place. The last thing he remembered he was sleeping after beating the last boss of DARKNESS. Instead of his room, a wide grassland appeared before him.

Zuex thought that he was just dreaming. So he pinched his cheeks and felt a little pain. Confusion really flooded his mind. He could not totally comprehand the situation.

The thought of a different world came into his mind, but that was only fantasy. Fantasy will never be real. What he felt was real. The air he breathed was real. The scenery was real. Everything around him was so real.

"This is so shocking! My fantasy now becomes my reality!"

He never imagined that the fantasy world also felt real. He was somewhat happy that he was in his dream world, but also worried because he was in a different reality. Reality sometimes was harsh.

Zuex gathered up his mind.

"Retained knowledge from earth seemed like an advantage, but having no knowledge of the new world was disadvantage itself."

Ignorance of the new world system and the natural laws might bring trouble to him. So adapting to a new world would be a priority. Adding to that, he was not a type of a "cool" person or skilled.

"I hope to acquire such a convenient adaptability."

Actually, nothing much of a change happened. His face, height, and age was still the same. But having been transfered to a different world, he should have given an adaptability.

Zuex checked his status which was the most common thing to do after transportation.

Reading mangas and light novels made an impression that calling out the transparent floating window is as simple as saying the "status" word.

But when it becomes reality, he has to let the magic flow from every corner of his body going through his head and invoke the word "status". It takes some time when the proficiency is low.

Zuex still haven't acquired such knowledge. He said "status" several times, but nothing happened. He got frustrated thinking that he was unlucky and did not obtained adaptability.

"Reality is truly harsh. Either I am a weak character or this world have no magic at all."

He was once again shocked when a beautiful face of a lady entered his view. He got startled and quickly stood up. All this time he was just lying down, he realized.

The beauty in from of him was stunning. A beauty that could destroy nations, no, this level of beauty could make the universe disintegrate.

Truly beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but real beauty makes every eye a beholder.

"Are you ok?"

The beauty asked Zeux.

"Uhm. I, I am fine."

"I found you lying down and not moving. So I thought something happened to you."

All of a sudden, Zuex was tackled by a metal-armoured man and fell down.

"Who are you? Stay away from the princess."

Zeux was in pain, and a rib bone broke from a tackle. He struggled to get loose, but the metal-armoured man was too strong for him.