1 Ash

Leaning on a tree was a beautiful delicate girl that seemed to be 17; She had golden hair that looked very bright under the sunlight and wore a blue and white outfit. Around the tree were a handful of mushrooms and the ground was covered in leaves and grass.

The girl slowly opened her green eyes and looked around in confusion, 'Where am I?' she thought to herself in confusion.

The girl yawned as she held on to the tree and stood up, she suddenly froze as if she had noticed something, ' My back feels weird... Why is my hair like this?! ...Waking up in an unfamiliar place in an unknown body... Don't tell me this is what I think it is!'

She took her hair in her hands and looked at it with wide eyes, she then looked down and saw two bulges on her chest. Instantly, her hands went to her lower body with a look of horror on her face.

'It's not there... WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!' she screamed in her mind, albeit her inner voice was that of a young man...

She took a deep breath to calm down as she mulled over the last thing she remembered, 'I woke up and did the usual and went to sleep... No strange entities... No crazy stuff... Normal as normal can get! Then how the hell am I in a girl's body? Maybe I died in sleep and transmigrated?!'

She collapsed on the ground and leaned on the tree in shock, 'This can't be happening... Based on novels, Isn't this supposed to happen to those who want a new start in a better world? Then why me? I was perfectly fine! AND WHY A GIRL?! I am going to die of shame...'

The girl or better to say the young man began feeling despair as evident by her... hmm... his expression. He suddenly jerked as if a light bulb had lit up above his head, 'This might be a dream!' After pinching himself very hard, "Ouch... Not a dream..." he murmured as despair returned.

'From what I know, in these situations, either it is a magical world or a cultivation world... Neither seems good... But there must be a cheat of sorts if so!' he realized as he began searching everywhere for something.

He only found mushrooms, grass, and a basket; With only a look he realized he was in a forest and could even make out a road not far away, 'Whoever the girl was before I came in this body, probably came for collecting mushrooms and by taking the road I should find a village or something...'

He sighed as he found nothing interesting and his despair returned 10 times greater, 'So no evident cheats? Transmigrated in a helpless girl in a possibly crazy world... That's the recipe for disaster and humiliation!'

He took the half-filled basket and cringed hard as he looked at the feminine slender hands he now had; He followed the road awkwardly as he constantly checked the surroundings in case people were around, the way he walked was a little funny since he was not used to the extra weight on his chest, the way the dress affected his movement and long hair flowing behind him.

'How am I supposed to face people?! This is so awkward... How do girls act? I guess I will just remain silent and nod if people speak for now... I need to sit down and properly gather info and figure something out of this clusterfuck...'

He suddenly stopped walking as he noticed something green on the ground, 'What is that? Looks like a triangle!' he wondered as he approached the ground but to his surprise, it moved.

He chased it and it moved as he looked at it, 'Maybe a Cheat!' he thought as incredible determination arose in his heart to get it no matter what.

From afar, it looked as if a girl was mimicking a cat that chased lase light.

No matter what he did, the green thing evaded him as if it was even faster than his eyes. A moment of looking away and it would move there. 'Maybe it reacts to my eyes?'

He fixed his eyes on a single point and approached it, it didn't move. He smirked, 'Got you now...'

As he put his hand on the spot, the triangle moved on his hand. He frowned, 'Is it a laser light? But if it was it would be easy to find the source... It's as if the source is me or rather my eye?'

He focused on the green triangle in his vision and it suddenly expanded into a menu of sorts. He was awed by it, 'A System?!!! YES!'

A green window popped up, it read: This tutorial was created by the deceased owner of Skill Creator 'Ash'. Accept/Reject

He accepted it and it closed to show the menu but this time, there were smaller windows describing parts of the menu.

The green see-through menu was pleasing to look at and it was simple. It looked like a three-petaled flower with a big triangle in the center. There was a simple triangle in the middle, on it was written 'Create' and below it was a number as such: 0 Skill Points

3 smaller triangles were surrounding the big one, on each one was written something; The upper left one was 'Skills', the upper right one was 'Upgrade', and the bottom one was 'Recycling'.

He began reading the notes with eyes filled with interest.

The note on Create explained that any skill imaginable could be created by describing it and its effects, and its type whether if passive or active type and conditions to activate on its own if so. There were no limits placed in that area.

After the Skill was created and customized, the Skill Creator would calculate the laws of the local world and measure many things and name a price based on Skill points to finish it. Every slight tweak could affect the price, the less favorable towards the user and more toward the world the lower the price, and reverse also held true. In the event of changing worlds, the skill would deactivate or become unavailable until the price for the right modification in the upgrade section was paid.

Skills had 2 main factors, power, and potential. With the rise of each, the price would go up. They were separated into classes as such from lowest: F - E - D - C - B - A - S - SS - SSS - EX - Planetary - Star - Constellation - Galactic - Cosmic - Omni

For example, the Strength to shatter mountains and move seas would be SS on power and a skill that would let the body reach such strength would be S. The potential's price was one grade lower always.

One could always upgrade the skill and tweak it after its creation in the upgrade section and pay the relative Skill points.

Recycling would let one destroy the skill and retrieve the Skill points from it.

The way to gain Skill points was rather strange, however.

He read it with a raised eyebrow, "Impress people? Make them respect and worship me? Create awe by my actions?" He murmured in interest.

'So in other words, Heroic and badass actions? It could be evil and badass too I guess... What a strange way of getting points... Any action that is unique and attention-grabbing won't work since it needs to create awe and worship in others... This is gonna be hard but it's achievable.' He concluded.

Suddenly he realized something and felt a little relieved, "I need to get the skill to change my Gender. Not all hope is lost." he whispered to himself and closed the menu, 'Since I have no Skills Points, it is useless looking at it. I need to gather some... But first, I need to find shelter since night is close...'

He continued down the road, in a considerably better mood. His confidence had returned and his panic and despair diminished by a lot due to the system. The sun was still high in the sky but it was obvious that it would be nighttime in a few hours.

On the way, a thought occurred to him, 'Can I speak the language of the people in this world? If not I need points ASAP to learn a skill and master the language... If I change my gender and everything gets back in order what do I call myself? hmmm... The previous owner of this System was Ash so let's go with that...'

Half an hour of walking later, he reached a village. He saw some men and women going around from afar and felt relieved. He spotted a woman in her late 30s coming toward him with worry.

He analyzed everything about the village from afar, from the outfits of the people to the architecture of the house, and came to a few conclusions, 'This world is past the stone and bronze age for sure... To what extent I have no clue...'

He was taken aback as she hugged him and began talking in a language he had never heard of before. It didn't resemble anything from Earth...

She talked really fast and dragged him to one of the houses, checked all over his body, and after a few minutes calmed down, he only nodded whenever she talked since he understood nothing...

'Must be a relative of the girl, possibly the mother... She was worried since the girl took too long to return.' he figured out.

He pretended to be tired and the woman guided him to a room and closed the door, seemingly a little angry, 'She probably got angry since I didn't respond to her questions... How do I get points if I can't talk? This is gonna be very hard...'

He sat down on the bed and just then did he realize that his new body felt very tired, 'Can't expect much from a girl's body... How the hell did this happen anyway? I need to think...'

He thought about why and how such a situation could have happened and eventually fell asleep on the bed without reaching any conclusions since no evidence or clue was around.