Chapter 1: The Begining

"New World"

A young boy writhed on his bed.

The morning light that seeped through the window curtain to the left of his bed shined upon him, illuminating his fair face, his dishevelled medium black hair, his black shirt-clad body that was no longer covered by the duvet he kicked off during the struggle, and the glimmering sweat that covered his entire body.

Suddenly, the young boy jumped in a fluster and sat up with a gasp, for air.

"Hah… Hah… Hah… W-What was that- Uuugh!".

A sharp pain suddenly assaulted his mind, hitting him like an intense migraine. He clenched his eyes shut and teeth together, and held either side of his temple tightly, trying to withstand the pain.

But the pain suddenly subsided as swiftly as it appeared as a soothing, warm sensation washed away the pain as if it never happened.

Taking a deep breath. He finally understands his situation.

Looking at his surroundings.

"This is my room?" Unsure of where is he in this new world.

He hoped it be Japan. If it's not it will be a big headache.

Then he notices that his new body is that of a young boy.

I thought I was supposed to be born as a newborn baby.

Instead, I am in a body who just started his adolescent period. It's not like I am complaining. It's far better than being stuck in a toddler's body.

This body age should be at 11 to 12 years.

But why I do not have any memories of this body? Perplex he looked around the room.

"..."

Then, he suddenly noticed a shining letter on the top desk beside his bed.

"..."

The letter was glowing in a golden light, pulsating rhythmically. As soon as he laid eyes on it, he felt a strange urge to grab the clearly suspicious letter. 

"If I am not wrong, my questions and answers should be in this letter," he muttered to himself.

I then hesitantly step towards the letter. Just when I was about to touch the letter, it burst into light and shot towards my head.

Then, suddenly the second wave of pain assaulted me again. I somehow was able to get to the bed and fainted.

"..."

"2 hrs later"

I awoke with an understanding of my current situation and sighed in relief because I was in Japan. 70% of my headache is gone just like that.

"Oh, by the way, my name is Rihito Sakai or should I say Sakai Rihito now? If I know correctly, Japanese people keep their family name first then their given name. I kind of feel strange, for a former Indian who kept his given name first and family name after."

Also, I found out that from the beginning, I was born as Rihito Sakai. I didn't take over his body, my consciousness was just suppressed, and my body was in some kind of autopilot mode, until this day. That letter only told me that my body was going through an adjustment. Let's think about this later.

Then suddenly a masculine voice came from outside of my room.

"knock knock. Rihito breakfast is ready, come down."

I replied naturally. "Coming, Dad."

If you are thinking what happened to the letter. Well, it turns into information and I absorb it? I don't know either, my abilities are currently dormant inside me, they will unlock after I reach Tortus. That means no superspeed, no magic for now, "Sigh." let's head down.

I got up from my bed and headed towards the bathroom to get freshened. Honestly, I was a little excited to see my current looks. I got down from stairs and then headed straight towards the bathroom.

When I looked in the mirror. The face that looked back at me was that of the Rihito from anime. It looked like I gained not just his power but also Rihito's looks as well, medium black hair, crimson colour eyes, fair skin, and baby face. "I will be quite the looker in the future."

"Rihito, come fast or breakfast will get cold, and you will be late for school." 

"I am Coming!", I replied.

After I had done my morning ritual, I headed towards the dining room. I opened the dining room door and greeted my father "Good morning, Dad", my father greeted me back with a gentle smile "Good morning" Then, I sat down beside him. [Just as I thought my father looked like him.] If you are wondering who, it is Schmelman Bach or should I say Sakai Schmelman. Long blond hair, a fair face, and eyes closed probably hiding his crimson eyes.

In the Plunderer anime, Schmelman is a tragic character. His mother abused him when he was little, He lost his wife, and just when he adopted Rihito as his son everything went to shit. He tried to save his students and adopted son Rihito from a tragic future but was unable to save them. He jumps through time over and over just so that he can get to a future where he does not have to lose his students.

[But, I am in Arifurata not in Plunderer. He might be a normal human in this world. I will just hope I am not jinxing myself.]

[Honestly, it will be a huge mess if this world is merged between Arifurata and Plunderer.]

Just think about it a pre-apocalyptic world where the world is about to go war for supplies. [Yeah, I did not sign in for that shit.]

I put my chopsticks down and prayed, "Thank you for the food. Dad, I will be heading for school".

"Wait up, you still have not called me that yet", my father said with a teasing smile.

"..."

"That? What do you mean?" Then I remember a particular memory. The memory of my first time meeting with my dad. It was the day he adopted me.

"D Dad, do I have to say that?", I looked at Schmelman who was anticipatedly looking at me. Just thinking about that word embarrasses me to no end.

"Come on you can do it", my father keeps urging me. 

"Ugh… fine", I caved in.

"P papa. Are you happy now", I was holding back my embarrassment. Father started to walk towards me, just when I thought there would be more embarrassment.

Father hugged me.

"..."

I was stunned for a moment. It was not the first time someone hugged me, in my previous life I had friends and family. I was no protagonist, who lost his family or got Trauma, I was nothing special, an ordinary boy with ordinary circumstances. Who was going with the flow hoping to get a good job, and have my own family someday?

Unknowingly tears came out. [Am I crying? why?] Then, I realised that I was dead in my past world, which meant I would not be able to see my family again my mother, father, and little brother.

I tried to stop crying but my dad said it was okay to cry, it is not good to keep bottling it up inside, you do not have to hold back in front of me.

So, I stopped holding back. I cried for my family and friends, I cried because I knew, I might never be able to see them again, the whole time my dad was hugging me and soothing me.

"..."

"Ugh... please somebody kill me", I screamed inside my head. After that, I stopped crying, the embarrassment hit me like a bullet train. Even my ears turned red, what will you feel when a 19-year-old guy cries like a baby, so awkward I just grabbed my bag and bolted out of my house, "I was off to school", and I ran away as I screamed. I heard Dad saying be careful.

After I was far away from my house, it finally dawned on me that I was a middle schooler, meaning I must go to school again.

"..."

"Damnit, why I must go through that hell again? Wasn't one time not enough?"

I will just have to grit my teeth and endure it their nothing else to it.

As I came in front of classroom 1A.

I entered class, and a few girls looked at me and blushed. But I was not in the right mind to notice it i was thinking, [if this world is a merger between Arifurata and Plunderer many things might differ from the original story. I mean just my existence will change things. It doesn't matter if I want it or not. So, their only thing to do is get stronger no matter what, I proclaim to myself.]

Just as I was thinking class started.

"..."

After classes had ended, instead of going home I went towards a small hill near the town. I went to the centre of the hill just so that no one could see me.

By the way after a bit of snooping around, I found out this city is called Sainan City. I tried to remember a city named like that from my previous life but to my distress I got nothing.

Sighing I looked ahead, "This place should do." Currently, all the powers of the original Rihito should be out of option. Then there is no mention of Archmage and Blank. In that letter, there was no mention of it. Doesn't matter sooner or later I have to start training anyway, it's better to focus on my training for now.

[For starters, I will do 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and 10km run. For me who wants to become strong, this regiment is a must.] I nodded to myself

I mean there are many guys out there who followed this regiment and became the strongest in their world. I will follow in their footsteps.

"Yeah!! let's do this..." I hyped myself.

From then on, I started doing this regimen every single day.

Chapter End.