1 Setting up the shop
"Is it... Here?" Muttered a person.
The person was currently looking at a plain-looking shop. There wasn't any paint and is just composed of wooden planks forming the walls of the supposed shop. It was a two-story building that has three windows upstairs while two were on the ground floor.
As for the door, it too is made of regular wood. But strong enough to keep anyone inside safe from the dangers of the night. Overall, it was a normal shop. It was situated in front of a road where many people pass by every day. Not to mention that it is also close to the famous Wanmin Restaurant, which is quite known in the area for its delicious dishes.
At this moment, a floating screen suddenly appeared in front of the person. It was colored black and the text that was displayed on it is using a bold text font.
[Confirmed.]
[Host has reached the desired position.]
[The second half of the newbie package has been distributed to the host's inventory.]
Seeing the series of floating text appear in front of him, Igarashi smiled.
The young man's name is Igarashi Izanagi. Well, it's his new name, to tell the truth.
Before coming to the world of Teyvat, he was just your average college student. You know, staying up late and reading those books relating to Science, Economics, Technology, and Math; or in short, the 'STEM' subject. The reason? The course he picked was Nursing. Yeah, you need to learn each of those mentioned above for Nursing.
As for the reason he ended up in the world of Teyvat is... Well... He went out one night for some coffee. It was midnight and he was just minding his own business when suddenly, two bright lights appeared from his side view. And before he knew it? He died.
The next thing he finds out is him waking up in a body that is washes up ashore with ragged clothes and a floating system panel which surprised him greatly.
The system briefly explained his situation in summary: He died → Got picked by the system → Got a second chance in life.
Sure, during his first day, he fell into depression thinking of his mom and dad. How would they react when they find out that their son died all of a sudden? It was all too... Much for him.
He stayed like that for a full day, walking by the shore. Weirdly enough, the system even tried to cheer him up at times which worked.
After some comfort from the system, he sobered up and collected his thoughts. At that time, he made the final thought: 'This is a new life; I can't waste it!'
And so, at that moment, he received his first mission from the system:
[Name: Find the store]
[Description: The system has given the host their very own place to stay to operate their business.]
[Objective: Find the designated store]
[Rewards: Newbie Package and Land Rights]
* * *
And now, here he is. Standing in front of the store.
'Let's go inside' Igarashi thought.
He opened the door and entered and what met his eyes was... Nothing. It was just a wooden table and some chairs that were present. And on the side, stairs leading to the second floor are seen.
Seeing this, Igarashi sighed and thought 'Welp, I guess this is much better than staying outside.'
He then summoned his system and the familiar black semi-transparent main interface was shown.
•—•—•—•—•
[{The Mangaka System}]
[Stats]
[Quests]
[Store] (Locked)
[Inventory]
[Owned stores][(1)]
•—•—•—•—•
Igarashi clicked on his stats and read each of them carefully.
[
Name: Igarashi Izanagi
Title: [None]
STR: D
DEF: D
STA: C
END: D
INT: B
Vision: [None]
Delusion: [None]
]
It was... Average? Igarashi doesn't know. He doesn't have anything to reference those scores with. But he'll guess that he's weak.
Oh, and by the way, Igarashi Izanagi is not his real name; it was the former body he possessed. He doesn't know much about the previous body's past, only the name.
'The previous body was probably from Inazuma, judging by the name.'
And since the Sakoku Decree is still ongoing, he won't take the risk of using this name and instead use a fake name he randomly came up with.
Igarashi thought that the previous body might have died trying to escape Inazuma, giving more of a reason not to expose his name.
So, he came up with this: Chen Yunru.
'A perfectly normal name befitting Liyue Harbor which is themed after ancient china...' Igarashi thought
Igarashi nodded and clicked another button on the system's main interface. It was the inventory.
Inside, he saw an 8×12 cubicle like those inventory spaces in games. And inside his, there was a gift icon.
'This must be the newbie package...'
Igarashi tapped the icon and the button 'Use' appeared. He clicked it and he soon got the following items:
[A scholar's partner] ×1
[Blank book] ×5
[Coloring utensils pack] ×2
[50,000 Mora] ×1
The item called 'A scholar's partner' is basically a REALLY sturdy pencil and has an eraser that never runs out.
The blank book, well... A blank book. It's where he could draw.
And the third one doesn't need any more explanation. It has everything you need for coloring.
As for the last one, well, it's Teyvat official currency.
It was at this moment that the system appeared once more.
[New quest has appeared!]
"A new quest, huh... What do you got for me?" Igarashi muttered as clicked on the quest window.
[Name: New beginning]
[Description: Draw a story that would captivate the hearts of readers. Draw anything that can make the readers sympathize with the characters.]
[Objective: Sell at least 5 books.]
[Rewards: Mystery gift(1), 10 Blank Books(10)]
Igarashi looked at the quest for a while and stayed silent. He went to the nearest chair and sat down, face devoid of emotions, seemingly thinking of something.
After about 10 minutes of pondering, his eyes suddenly opened excitedly. "Something that can captivate the readers... I got it!"
He then went to the table and tool out one [Blank book] and [A scholar's friend]. He laid down the blank book and held the pen up as he muttered the words: "Yes... This will be perfect! The one I'm gonna make is..."
"Kimi No Nawa (Your Name)!"
