I like this place, but I still don't know what to do.

"Well, i'll leave tomorrows problems to tomorrows me." With this thought in mind, Ralsei went to sleep. Sleep came quickly, and Ralsei soon found himself in a deep slumber.

...

An unknown, dark area. The darkness was thick, as if it would suppress any source of light. This is where Ralsei found himself. "Just... where is this?"

"THERE YOU ARE."

"W-what? W-Who are y-you?" Ralsei was scared. After all, who wouldn't, if they found themselves in this situation.

"I AM THE ONE WHO MADE YOUR BODY." "I HAVE NOT COMPLETED IT, I SHALL DO SO NOW."

As the sentence finished, Ralsei suddenly found his body.... disintegrating, just as if thanos snapped his fingers. Strangely, however, his body did not hurt. His fragments seemed to melt into darkness, as they congealed back into himself.

"YOUR PHYSICAL BODY WAS NOT COMPLETE. I HAVE FINISHED IT. IT BORDERS ON THE LINE BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND SHADOW NOW. YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS SHADOWS CONGEALED TO MAKE A PHYSICAL BODY."

"YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ABSORB THE RESIDUAL ENERGY OF MISSED ATTACKS TO FUEL YOUR OWN ABILITIES."

"YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ABSORB THE ESSENCE OF FALLEN ENEMIES TO STRENGTHEN YOURSELF. I HAVE COMPILED THIS IN WHAT YOU CALL A SYSTEM. THIS POWER IS INDEPENDENT OF CULTIVATION."

"THIS WAS MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT. SUCH A SHAME IT COSTED SO MUCH. I BARELY HAVE TIME TO LIVE."

"GO TO SLEEP IN PITCH BLACKNESS, AND YOU SHALL FIND YOURSELF IN ANOTHER WORLD. DO THE SAME TO COME BACK."

"I HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH ROBES, A HAT, AND A SCARF. ALL ARE INCREDIBLY POWERFUL ARTIFACTS. THEY SHALL GROW WITH YOU IN POWER."

"I EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM YOU. SUCH A SAME I WILL NOT BE THERE TO SEE IT."

"I BARE THEE FAREWELL."

....

Ralsei was in shock. So much important information was just revealed to him, just like that. He woke up, the sun was already rising. He quickly found something to write with, and wrote down everything important lest he forget.

After he calmed down, he looked at his notepad and tried to remember.

"Lets see.... so my reincarnation is due to this overpowered being, and apparently he's about to die from doing this? And... a system? Lets try this out."

He thought in his mind, "Status."

NAME: RALSEI

RACE: REDACTED

GENDER: MALE

AGE: 10 (Soul Age 26)

(THE AVERAGE NON-CULTIVATOR ADULT HUMAN MALE STAT VALUE IS 10(and 0 magic))

STAT POINTS AVAILABLE: 0.5 (CANNOT APPLY UNTIL 1)(MUST APPLY ON SUB-STATS)

STRENGTH: 10

DEXTERITY: 35

CONSTITUTION: 20

INTELLIGENCE: 15

AWARENESS: 20

CHARISMA: 100

MAGIC: 30

SPELLS:

HEAL PLAYER

PACIFY

EQUIPMENT:

Ralsei's Hat: Increases Magic Strength by 50%

Ralsei's Robes: Increases Magic Strength by 80%

Ralsei's Scarf: Controllable with Will.

(Stronger Features locked)

All Invulnerable to attacks below Enigmatic Warrior/Mage.

All Permanently Linked to User: Ralsei

EVERY STAT CONSISTS OF SUB-STATS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?

"Not now."

"WOW! Such a high Charisma Stat! This explains why they let some inexplicable being into their house."

"So... these are my stats? But not really? According to what he said.. when I cultivate, while I will get stronger, my stats here won't change. So my status will be divided in two in the future, my strength from cultivating, which I won't be able to quantify, and my strength from absorbing enemies essence, displayed here. This seems like its including my base stats, too."

"He called this his greatest creation.. it doesn't seem that great though? Shouldn't cultivating be able to increase all this, too? Let me think....."

"Intelligence, charisma, and magic all seem like things that would be rather difficult to increase through cultivation. Is this one of the reasons they said this was so powerful?"

"I don't really understand... but I will find out more in the future."

"Magic.... didn't he say that the way of this world is cultivation? How does magic fit in this..."

"This is rather complicated.. I shouldn't think of this right now."

Ralsei felt his skin. He rubbed his hands up and down his legs, trying to feel the differences, as apparently he is now made of 'shadows' or something like that. "I really don't feel the difference."

Well.. Seeing as is its morning, its time to leave this room. Next night, i'll try going to the place mentioned by sleeping in pitch black.

"Time to start the new day!"

Opening the door, Ralsei looked around.

This caught the attention of Mary below, in the kitchen making breakfast.

"Hey Ralsei! I was just about to call you over for breakfast! I'm just about done." "Can you eat vegetables? Meat? "

"Yes! I don't think there's anything I can't eat."

"Say... I don't really have a place to go to, can I stay here longer?"

Mary looked at him, and said, "Of course! Although, if your going to stay here, we're gonna have to know a bit more about you."

"What do you want to know?"

"Well.... lets start with your age. How old are you? In earth years, If possible."

"That would be 10."

"How were you living before this? How did you learn to speak?"

Oh man, I can't just tell her I've been reincarnated. I mean, I could, but I feel that would be a bad idea. I can't just tell her I've been in the wild this whole time either, as then I wouldn't have learned to speak... I've got it.

"I was born from... I really shouldn't tell you that." "However, shortly after birth I was taken in by these strange humans, and they did really painful experiments on me... one day, I managed to escape, and I ended up in the wild. I was scared of humanity, and stayed away from them. One day though, I managed to gather my courage, and I was following you to ask questions..."

"I see..." This fake story managed to gather pity from her, and a sense of justice arose. This being has done nothing wrong, yet put through so much torture. She has plenty of money, it would be a moral crime to not take care of this child..."

This whole time, Aria was sitting in the chair, listening to the story. She didn't really understand much, but knew to be quiet.

....

After breakfast, Mary asked him a question... "So, what do you plan to do now?"