1st Skill

Ash woke up to an unfamiliar bed in an unfamiliar room, it took only a moment for him to remember all the happenings of the day before. He sighed as he stood up and awkwardly looked down at his new body.

He began touching places all over his body and couldn't feel but widen his eyes, 'It feels so different...' He did that for a while...

In the end, he shook his head and stood up, 'I need to make skills and learn the language otherwise I am doomed... That takes top priority...'

He quickly left the room and saw that the house was empty, he sighed in relief and moved toward the door but stopped halfway.

He looked at a mirror and almost gawked, 'This girl is beautiful! I wonder how handsome I will be when I get the skill to change back...' he thought and left through the door.

As he walked on the streets of the village, he noticed that everyone waved at him and said some things in a friendly tone. Some of them looked at him with fondness and some others with lust... It was a very creepy feeling but he had no choice but to smile fakely and wave back. He didn't know what to do!

Just as he was cluelessly walking in the village thinking of a way to get Skill points, he felt something in his mind, like a click; The feeling wasn't pleasant but it wasn't bad either, it felt like information entering his head.

He somehow knew it had to do with the Skill creator so he focused on the triangle and looked within, there instead of 0 he saw he had 1 skill point. 'So that is how I will know if I gain points... interesting but why now?'

He looked around and saw a young boy approaching him shyly, he instantly realized what was going on, 'So he loves her to the point he worships the girl? I have an idea,' he smiled at the boy.

The boy seemingly blushed, he saw he got another Skill point and his smile became genuine, 'So this is how it works...'

The boy had stopped walking, he was trying to gather his courage to come forward and speak and after waiting a minute, Ash became frustrated, 'Come and give me points already!'

He walked toward the boy and saw him getting a little nervous, he ignored the boy and took his hand, he felt he gained another point. He smiled as he dragged the boy around the village giving him flowers and smiles, he didn't talk and remained silent as the boy talked.

The boy grew more comfortable after a while and stopped giving points to him, by that point he had already gained 19 Skill points. 'So growing too close will cause the worship status to return to simple love? Interesting...'

He abruptly left him as the teenage boy still walked forward and talked to himself. He returned to the house and saw the dishes were not done and it was overall a mess, 'Maybe impressing the mother will give points?'

He got to work and a few minutes later the place was clean. It was still early in the morning when the mother returned and saw the clean house, she was taken aback based on her expression and smiled at Ash with a tear forming in her eyes. She said some things and Ash ignored them as always but to his surprise, he gained 5 points by helping her.

'The type of actions and its difficulty also matters apparently,' He took a mental note.

He went to his room and went to the Create section of Skill creator. He saw a tutorial window pop up, 'Imagine the skill and its effects, and the creator will make it?'

He imagined being able to talk to everyone in the village and a few moments later, a skill appeared on the interface.

[Mastery of Earthland Language. Rank: E Price: 100 Skill Points]

He frowned at the price and thought, 'What if it was the talent to quickly master it?'

The skill changed.

[High-speed Language learning. (Earthland only) Rank: F Price: 30 Skill points]

He nodded his head to himself, 'This is better, I can gain 6 more by doing some chores in the house...

He did just that, he smiled at the mother downstairs and began cleaning up the entire house, he gained 3 points while doing it as it was obvious the mother looked at him as if he was doing something crazy.

'The girl probably didn't touch the chores at all which is why she is so impressed suddenly...' he rationalized as he finished it and got another 5 points. He quickly paid the price in the Skill Creator and got the skill.

He was suddenly hugged by the Mother and she began talking a moment after. He was a little surprised but he hugged the mother back.

As she was talking, he instantly felt a difference, he could roughly make out what she was saying and as she spoke, he understood more. The words stuck in his head easily.

He quickly left the house and the mother looked at him with a little concern, seemingly worried why her daughter didn't talk to her.

He walked around the village for a few hours and listened to the people talking, he muttered the words to himself as he listened; To his shock, he made a lot of progress in a few hours only.

He could speak about simple things only after a day!

He said a few words to the mother as he returned and did the chores which got him 2 points this time, apparently, the mother was getting used to it.

He did the same for a few days but the chores stopped giving points so he stopped doing them; the mother sighed as she realized her daughter was back to her old ways. He lived the simple life of a villager.

A week passed...

Ash sat on his bed with a smile of confidence, 'I managed to master this language in only a week, if I learn writing and reading then it will be complete!'

He had also gained 10 points before the chores had stopped giving him points. He had a total of 14 Skill points.

Unfortunately, his vocabulary was rather small since the villagers only talked about certain things such as work, gossip about each other, and small talk. But his Grammar of Earthland's language was complete.

'It's time I gather some information about the world,' He decided and went to the mother. The villagers he heard talking didn't mention much and the few times they did, he only had managed to make out the calendar, that day was in the October of the year 783.

He asked calmly, "What kingdom do we live in? Are there any neighboring kingdoms?" his voice was that of the girl which was feminine and pleasant to hear.

The mother was busy cleaning the floor so she answered without thinking much, "We live in Fiore, as for neighboring kingdoms... Hmm... I don't remember much but there are Seven and Bosco for sure. Now come and help me."

Ash seemed to freeze as he realized something, 'It makes sense now! The year and some people mentioning magic, I thought it only to be natural for there to be magic in an Isekai world but this is much more... This is Earthland! Fairy Tail!'

Whether it was coincidence or not, people had not talked about Fiore and such when he was around listening so it was his first time hearing about it.

'If one example exists then there must be more... So if one fictional world exists there could be much more! I wonder what this means for the Authors? Maybe it's a great coincidence? In any case, I am in the past of the story... A year from now Dark guilds will move around... I need to get more skills ASAP, it is dangerous.'

Despite thinking as such, he couldn't help but get excited over the fact that he was in one of his favorite anime and about doing magic. He felt great anticipation and wanted to do magic as soon as possible but the only way he saw was through Skills points which triggered his desire to get them and intensified it immensely.

He ignored the mother and left the house and began going around the village and helping anyone in any way possible.

He helped an old lady carry some heavy bags to her home. He helped a few women as he lent them a hand to fix their garden, and etc. He got from 3 to 10 points based on the difficulty of the task and how well he did them. It was all about impressing the others after all.

In their eyes, some were impressed by the girl's kindness, others who knew her to be lazy and a little air-headed by the sudden change, and others for various reasons.

The boy from that day followed him around and lent a hand whenever he could but got mostly ignored so he left in disappointment, he was making it hard for Ash to get points after all.

The mother was thoroughly convinced her daughter was going through a crazy phase and waited patiently for it to over but he didn't stop; He continued until he couldn't make more points which were 3 days of hard work later.

He gathered quite a reputation as a kind and loving girl who loved to help others for free.

He collapsed on the bed covered in sweat but he had a smile, 'I managed to get 140 points in three days before it stopped working. Let's see what I can get with 154 points...'