Riegel

The warmth of the sun illuminates the clear blue sky, casting light through the window into a room that is considered luxurious.

Riegel is sitting on an expensive-looking large bed, half of his body covered with a blanket. His face appears somewhat pale, but he seems enthusiastic, as if recovering from a serious illness.

Beside the bed, someone is standing there.

It's a priest.

"It seems like you're in high spirits today, Riegel."

The priest holds a notebook in one hand and a quill in the other. He observes Riegel with a measuring gaze, giving a friendly expression to Riegel.

"Is that so?" Riegel seems oblivious to the priest's scrutiny. He nods under the priest's watchful eye and says, "I feel much better today. There shouldn't be any problem getting out of bed."

"That's good." The priest says. "Riegel's recovery is much faster than I expected. Although we need to be cautious, if there are no accidents, you'll be able to get out of bed and move around soon."

The priest uses the quill to bind the book, noting something on parchment. Strange and mysterious words resembling special symbols are quickly written on the parchment by the priest, drawing a bit of Riegel's attention.

Upon closer inspection, he would notice that similar symbols are not only on the parchment but also on the priest.

The priest wears a robe adorned with gold, and these symbols are painted in every corner of the robe, making the priest look mysterious and intellectually inexplicable.

"To be conservative, I should use magic to examine you." The priest says warmly. "In that case, I'll ask for your permission."

The priest sets aside the parchment and quill, raising his hand to Riegel's chest.

Soon after, unintelligible chants escape the priest's mouth.

Dim but gentle light suddenly radiates from the priest's hand.

Next, Riegel clearly feels his body gradually warming up.

It's like an invisible warm current flowing into his body. Riegel feels as if he's immersed in an unseen warm water. Not only does his body become warmer, but his spirits also improve.

After a while, the priest stops his movements and withdraws his hand.

"Um, your body has fully recovered, and all previous injuries have been healed. You'll stay in bed for one more day today and then get up and move from tomorrow."

The priest says this while looking into Riegel's body with a sympathy and affection that is hard to detect.

With such emotions, the priest hesitates for a moment and finally gives instructions.

"There's no serious issue with your body, but Riegel should refrain from using magic anymore." the priest wisely says. "The damage to your is quite severe, and magical power can no longer flow through at all. If you casually use magic, it could cause magical chaos."

The priest doesn't utter any more words.

However, Riegel still smiles faintly at the priest and says, "I understand my situation and won't take it lightly."

"That's good." The priest then smiles faintly and says, "I'll leave now. The lady should come to see you later. Please be patient for now and stay in bed."

After giving some more instructions, the priest leaves calmly.

Riegel suddenly becomes the only one left in the room, sitting alone on the bed, silent for a while.

"Sigh."

After a few seconds, Riegel unconsciously sighs.

"Magic?"

Riegel murmurs to himself, looking at his slightly whiter and much younger hands than he remembers.

"Even if you allow me to use it, I might not be able to because of some reason."

Again, in the era and world where Riegel lives, what is called "magic" is just a concept in fantasy and doesn't exist at all.

But in this world, it seems to be something commonplace.

Riegel can't help but recall what happened a month ago.

Recalling what happened when he woke up and found himself in a strange world, when he saw "miracles" for the first time.

The surprise, confusion, and wonder at that moment seem to have happened a long time ago.

At least now, Riegel fully accepts that he has journeyed to this world.

After this month, Riegel also understands the world's situation.

In short, it is a world of swords and magic, a different world where extraordinary powers and mysterious forces exist.

A month ago, Riegel came to this world and acquired a new identity.

The original owner of this identity was a native resident of this world and had the same name as Riegel.

The difference is, he was a modern young man with the surname Li and full name Li Ge, while the original owner was different.

The original owner's full name was Riegel Brehaut, and this year he just turned 17. Compared to Li Ge, who was almost 30 in his previous life, he was undoubtedly much younger.

However, perhaps precisely because of his youth, the original owner's fate was taken over by Li Ge.

*Knock Knock*

Just when Riegel can't help but remember, there is a sudden knock on the door.

"Riegel, are you awake?"

Outside the door, a voice as light as the wind and as clear as water is heard, dispersing Riegel's thoughts.

"I'm awake." Riegel regains awareness and says, "Come in."

As soon as he finishes speaking, the door opens.

Appearing outside the door is a girl about Riegel's age.

The girl is wearing a more comfortable dress for movement. She exudes a noble temperament throughout her body. She has a delicate appearance and a slender figure. Bright silver hair down to her waist adorns her body, looking not at all unusual but adding more color. The extra sense of nobility and elegance gives a very pleasant feeling to people in every movement.

She has just entered through the door very naturally, like this, she shows an indescribable beauty, making Riegel, who is already accustomed, have the urge to exclaim.

Of course, Riegel doesn't do this.

Seeing the girl walking slowly towards him, Riegel still has a faint smile on his face.

"You're here again, Miss Yuri."

Yuri Franzel.

This is the name of the girl and benefactor who saved Riegel's life and brought him here.

At least, for Riegel, the girl is just an existence.

If it were the original owner, he might be too nervous to say anything when he saw this person.

Unfortunately, Li Ge is not Riegel. Even if he knew from the memories of the original owner how noble and unattainable the girl in front of him was, he only felt grateful.

In response, Yuri shakes her head and says, "Just call me Yuri, no need to be formal."

The girl's voice is the same as when she was outside the door, light as the wind, clear as water, and very pleasant to hear.

Riegel even roughly thinks that with this voice alone, it's a pity if the girl doesn't sing.

"Seeing you, it seems you're almost recovered." Yuri sits beside Riegel's bed and observes him while saying, "How are you? Can you get out of bed?"

Riegel also answers politely, "Thank you for your concern, Miss Yuri. Sooner or later, I'll repay this kindness."

"I told you, no need to be polite." Yuri sighs lightly and says, "Your current situation has become like this, and I can't say it's unrelated to that. I'm not used to being so polite now. Why don't you just act like you did at the beginning?"

Maybe she's thinking about that time. Yuri's mood seems to have improved inexplicably.

This makes Riegel slightly silent.

His attitude at that time was not good at all.

Unlikely. At that time, Riegel had just traveled to this world. As soon as he opened his eyes, he was lying in bed with severe pain and serious injuries. A girl stood beside him. His natural first reaction was full of hostility and caution.

If he didn't realize that something bad happened to him later, Riegel almost thought he had encountered another dirty conspiracy and some people wanted to harm him.

Some memories of his past life flowed, making Riegel's heart slightly twitch.

"Thinking carefully, the situation I encountered in this world seems not much different." Riegel laughs at himself in his heart.

Yuri, unaware of what Riegel is thinking, sees him suddenly silent, and she doesn't know whether he intentionally changed the topic or not.

"Is there still no way to fix your ?"

It's clear that the topic has been changed, but the issue Yuri mentioned, to some extent, is more sensitive than the previous topic.

"No." Riegel looks calm as usual and says calmly, "It seems completely damaged, with no signs of recovery. I was just told not to use magic."

"Really?" Yuri seems a bit regretful.

In this world, whether or not one can use magic will directly determine a person's social status.

To use magic, the first prerequisite is that you must have a certain amount of magical power.

Magic is the fuel for magic.

Without magic, you can't use magic.

Fortunately, people in this world are born with magical power. The only difference is that some have more magic and some have less. Some have enough to use magic, and some do not.

The so-called refers to a kind of magical nerve in the human body, which is a switch and channel, and also a storage for magic and the source of magic.

After the is damaged, it will be difficult to use magical power, and at worst, the stored magical power inside it will be completely lost.

Riegel's is damaged.

He was beaten and destroyed throughout his life.

"Did you find out?" Riegel asks calmly, "Who planned to kill me?"

This is the reason why Riegel appeared here.

He, or it can be said the original owner, was killed exactly a month ago, suffered severe injuries, and ultimately did not survive.

As a result, Li Ge traveled through time and was saved by Yuri. He recovered in this grand house.

It lasted for a full month.