4 Elicia The Voice of Heaven
Ash trained for three days based on exercises he knew from Earth before he felt like he couldn't improve anymore.
He gathered his courage and began singing for the mother when she was resting in order to know if it was good or bad, singing for one person was not that hard for him. He sang a song similar to Mirajane's theme but with simple lyrics.
The mother was very impressed and thus he got 30 points which made him very happy and showed him that he was on the right path to get points. He then went out and found the boy from before, the boy was very overjoyed and extremely so when he sang for him. The boy mistook it as a good sign to chase the girl he liked... How wrong he was.
He got another 30 points and felt a massive rush of confidence which was why he gathered his courage and decided to sing in the local pub that night.
He was a nervous wreck right until he went to the stage; When he went up there, he saw the villagers waiting for him to sing with anticipation. He froze.
He unexpectedly knew all of them and had helped most of them to get skill points.
The villagers seemed to notice it and encouraged him which made Ash feel surprised.
"You can do it, just try!"
"Yeah, Elicia, even if it's bad we will like it!"
The girl's name was Elicia before Ash took over. The mother was named Lilia.
"You are the best thing that has happened to this village in the past decade!"
"We are all like your family so why are you nervous?"
"You helped me fix my garden, remember! You can do this."
Without realizing it, Ash felt calm and relaxed.
He began singing and in a few moments, the entire pub went silent, the only sound was of the song.
He ignored everything and did his thing for a few minutes.
He opened his eyes a while later and the villagers clapped furiously in joy. At that moment, he felt his stage fright slowly vanish for good. It felt amazing and the added 500 points made it even better.
He was quite touched and also learned a lesson, 'If I do good to others, eventually someone will do good to me... Doing things for skill points seems so low now that I look at it; Maybe doing good doesn't need a reason? It just feels good to do good and it will return one day in the most unexpected ways...'
He continued singing at the pub and each day, more villagers came to hear the songs. After a week, he realized he couldn't make more points so he decided to stop despite the fact that he truly enjoyed singing and making people happy after a day of hard work.
He sat down on his bed and looked at his points with a content smile, it was a dazzling smile on a beautiful face of a young girl, quite rare. Ash himself would have been dumbfounded by his own smile if he had seen it, unfortunately, he was a young man at heart and soul in the body of the said girl.
He had a total of 4000 Skill points. He went to the upgrade section and there, he upgraded his singing talent. The cost was 1000 minus 150 which was 850. His singing talent increased to D rank. He was left with 3150 points.
He saw that he needed 10,000 points for the next upgrade. He restarted training and life continued.
As the days went by, he gradually grew accustomed to life in the village, he saw Lilia as someone very important since she was there constantly and made food for him and helped him in any way possible.
Due to singing constantly and training, the voice in his head was slowly being replaced by the voice of his body and he couldn't help it. In truth, he had stopped resisting so much since it was futile but he knew that he was a man deep in his heart and would never become a girl. It was only a matter of time.
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After training for a few days, Elicia restarted singing and the points returned since she had improved by a lot due to the upgraded skill.
The reputation of Elicia the singer grew in the village and 2 weeks after she began 1st singing in the pub, someone from a nearby city came to hear her singing.
The man from the city was impressed and he asked Elicia to sing for him in his restaurant to which she instantly agreed. She had gathered 12,000 points and used them all to upgrade her singing talent through the system.
She made many songs and sang them in the restaurant in the city, the city was quite close only an hour's walk away; Most of the songs were based on Fairy Tail themes and other Animes while a few were based on the music of Earth.
She gathered more than 250,000 points in a month and upgraded both her beauty and directly purchased the singing skill from the system. She went through a metamorphosis in an instant and grew to be extremely beautiful. Her voice became 10 times more charming and pleasant.
She felt very awkward however since many proposed marriage out of nowhere and since she was a man in the soul, it was a unique and unwelcome experience.
Her fame grew in the city and in no time at all, a few journalists came and asked her a few questions and later caused her name to be mentioned all around Fiore as a great singer.
She was invited to sing at a festival at Crocus which she accepted and used the money she had made from singing in the restaurant to go to the capital of Fiore. It was a marvel experience entering the city and seeing magic in some places for the 1st time.
She captivated the capital with her song. The name Elicia the voice of heaven grew in Fiore and at last, she negotiated with a company and started a tour. She upgraded the skills whenever she could as she toured Fiore for a long time and turned 18 on the way, the tour came to an end on the 3rd of June year X784, and on that day, Elicia vanished and all her belongings were sent to her mother.
Where she went became a mystery of Fiore, some speculated she was kidnapped by a dark guild and others told crazy stories of her ascending to sing for the gods, some said she was so beautiful that the gods couldn't bring themselves to let her remain in the mortal world and thus took her to their realm.
Her voice made a great impact on the kingdom and many were hardcore fans of her. Many even outright worshipped her as a goddess and a few cults were formed in the shadows. She was acknowledged to be the most beautiful and desirable girl in Fiore.
The search would later continue for many years with wanted posters offering billions of Jewels to any who would find her. As for whether she appeared or not...
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Inside a room within a common Inn of Hargeon, on a simple bed sat an extremely beautiful girl, in fact, she was so beautiful that all who merely gazed at her would become enchanted and mesmerized.
However, her looks suddenly changed and she returned to how she looked before the whole singing thing began!
Ash sighed as all the skills were recycled and the Skill points rose to unimaginable levels. There were a total of 100 million points! Ash didn't forget how to sing but the voice returned back to normal. Since singing was in his memory he wouldn't forget but the muscle memory and his vocal cords returned to their state before investing point in singing. Which meant he had to train them again if he wanted to sing.
'Hard work pays off indeed... I at least met 1 million of the population and made 100 points per average, it is finally time to regain my little brother. I hate being an Idol! I couldn't even walk for a minute without worrying about my safety... No more!' he thought with determination as he bought a skill.
[Self Body Manipulation. Rank: SS Price: 42 Million Skill Points.]
He closed his eyes and willed his body to change shape, a few minutes later and he collapsed on the bed while laughing out loud. "It's finally over! I am a man AGAIN!"
He had the same golden hair but it was short, his eyes were the same color of green if slightly brighter, he looked very handsome and his body was in perfect shape.
He made a few poses and sighed in content, "Everything is back in order now. I need some combat skills and then I will be set..."
He checked his skill and suddenly froze, in his skill menu, he found only 1 skill and in it, he saw something very interesting.
[Self Body Manipulation. Rank: SS Price: 42 Million Skill Points.
Effects on known Forms:
Male Form: +20% Physical power
Female Form: +20% Magical Power]
'That's a LOT! 20% magical power is a lot... Magic power is everything here and someone with 20% more will beat the crap out of someone 20% stronger physically. Why?! Damn it!' he facepalmed...
'Why is the girl form stronger magically? Do I really have to live as a girl?! No... I will just switch before important battles...' he decided firmly.
He went to the Create section and began working to make the skills he wanted in order to go explore the world freely.
