Chapter 1: Two Soul

Astria, the world filled with fantasy and unimaginable things such magic, the whole world roaming with monster, treasure and adventure that no one know where it could lead them.

It was already midnight, in the certain village called Blumund village. Kiritsuka Rei who's soul that being pulled out from the gods and finally got reincarnated into Ray Houston's body.

After his reincarnation succeed, he went deep inside his mind. Right now Rei standing in front of the man who looks just like him, his face was in middle of age around 30s. But feature of his face and voice was the same as him.

The man in front of him was wearing a white shirt but with a sheated sword hanging on his waist. While Rei was wearing a black color school uniform.

The man had the same feature as Rei, such as his spiky hair but have different color than him which for Rei, he had black-jet color but this man have a summer brown color.

The color of their eyes was different as well, Rei's eyes had crimson-red color meanwhile this man have golden-yellow color.

Rei who stood there slowly observing this man and the man himself also observing him back as if they looking at the mirror.

After a few minutes of silent from observing each other, the one who spoke first was Rei after clearing his throat.

"A-ahem .. My name is Kiritsuka Rei .. nice meeting you ..."

Without a problem Rei introducing himself towards him.

"Nice meeting you as well .... my name is Ray .. Ray Houston ..."

"Ray Houston ...?"

"Yes and I'm also ... the owner of this body ..."

"Huh..? the owner? ... w-wait hold on ... why is the owner of this body is an old man like you"

Rei who having conversation with this man confused of his statement.

"Hahaha ~ aren't you quite honest one ... but I guess you are right ... before coming here you saw and feel your body become small like a child ..."

Rei could only nodded of his words and waiting for him to giving him another answer.

"Indeed for an old man like me considered suspicious ... well if I told you that I'm from the future what will you say? ...."

The words "future" makes him nervous, if it's true then there's no explanation than that if he thinking back.

"What do you mean by future ?..."

"Of course the future you will be head on ... but more precisely ... is my future not yours ..."

"So you were saying that you are this body future self? ...."

"Yep ~ I'm Ray Houston in the next 29 years from now on ... this body we reside in, was me at 6 years old ..."

Rei was suprised of this man bold words and statement, in the end he could only accepted this situation.

But deep inside, he still amazed and felt weird of this situation. A two soul inside a child body, one is from the Earth world and one is from Astria world at the same time coming from the future.

'Ray Houston huh .... then if what he said is true then does that mean I will look just like him? ....'

Rei who are in his thought, staring at Ray who just smiling in confused.

"???"

"Okay I get it ... then would you mind if I call you Houston ?... since our name is quite contradiction with each other ...."

Like he said their first name sound the same and it's quite hard for them to called each other like that.

"I don't mind ..."

Ray accept it easily, and he understood his intentions of asking that question.

"Thank you ... so let me ask a question ... what is your reason to come back from the future to past ....."

When Rei ask that, Ray was stood still on there in silent, as his face was very calm.

"Well if you ask me that ... I don't have anything to said ..."

Hearing that, Rei was suprised again and raising one of his eye-brow.

"What do you mean by that? ..."

"The truth is ... I don't know of what happen to myself ... it was when I was in verge of dying ... I heard a voice ...."

"A voice ..?" Rei asked.

"Yeah a voice .. the voice called my name over and over .... it asked me .. of what do I wish for before I died ..."

"And you wished to go back to the past ...?" Rei continued his words as he already know of what he wished for.

Ray could only laugh it off and giving a smile.

"Yeah .... what I wish is ... to fix my own mistake .."

"Mistake ...?"

Ray nodded and slowly sat down on this black empty space floor.

"You see in the future ... I had seen many people died in front of my eyes ... including ... my own family ..."

"....." Rei just silently stood there while listening every words he said.

"There's an attack of monster in the village ... we couldn't do anything about it ...."

'Monster ...'

"The monster was a giant wolf, they have dark gray fur and red color eyes ...."

Ray explained as Rei nodded his head and sat down as well in front of him.

"My parents and my little sister protected me from those monster ....the things that I only remember was them being devoured in front of my eyes ...."

"I cursed myself while I running with the others .... over and over of how weak I am ... as time had pass ... we arrived at another village ..."

"We weren't welcomed and I was told being child who bring calamity there ...."

"But I don't care any of those and start to train myself with sword ... day by day ... just to take revenge of those damned monster ..."

Rei who listened could only understand, just like him, he also being insulted by those kind of kids in his childhood but he just ignored them all.

"At certain age I finally get to know what kind of job I will get ... that's the reason I trained myself time to time to get blessed with [Swordsman] job .... but the reality was so harsh to me ..."

"[Blacksmith].... a job for making weapon and items .... my heart was breaking ... and I could only feel despair .... all the efforts I have been putting on completely gone like like a dust ...."

"I cried day and night non-stop ... and refuse to eat ... Hahaha ~ I sound like a brat aren't I? ~"

'I don't even know whether he's sad or happy...'

Rei who thought about it with a cold sweat, as Ray continue his story with a smile.

"But one day ... there was one person who willingly to help me get out from those despairing moment .... that person told me .... the job that I got ... will help the others ..."

"At first I wasn't convinced of that person words ... so I try myself the skill I got from this job .... the first thing that I made was a farming tool for the village ... and help the village with this skill .... they were happy and praise my works ...."

"Even so I still hate the monster .... and it makes me thinking ... what if I made a weapon to help to people get rid of those monster ... and finally I start my journey..."

"Though that's another story !~ Hahaha~"

'This guy sure love to destroy the mood ...' Rei sighed.

"But well I sound like a pathetic guy ... who wished to go back time ... just to fix my own mistake ..."

"I just want to save everyone I care and love .... for them to keep living and being happy all the time ...." Ray looking at his own hand and slowly grips it with sorrowful looks.

".... Houston .... you are not pathetic at all ...." Rei replied while looking at Ray with a honest looks.

"... there's no one who doesn't want to fix their own mistake .... I also have regret after making my own mistake .... but I keep looking forward and continue my path even it's hard ...."

"What you do is admirable .... you still keep moving on and continue your best with that kind of job ... and now you are given a chance to improve yourself more and to fix your own mistake ...."

"And I will help you .... Houston .... using my knowledge .. and yours .. we can change everything ... I promise that I won't disappoint you ..."

"So believe me ..."

Rei slowly offered his hand towards Ray with a smile full of confidence.

Ray eyes widen surprised from Rei speech as he chuckled.

"I never thought that I got lectured by a kid like you ..."

"Well think all you want ... since I'm going lecture you more ...."

"Well I'm looking forward to work with you .. Kiritsuka Rei ..." Ray extended his hand and holded Rei's hand and shakes it.

"I will be in your care .. Ray Houston .." Rei shaked his hand with him.

But after those long talk and agreement, Ray's body started to disappear slowly.

"Houston !" Rei who saw this widen his eyes and called his name.

"It's seems I have I finally reached my limit on talking with you ...."

"What do you mean by that?! ..."

"It's mean that the body couldn't handle the two soul that reside in .... so they will need to put the other soul to sleep ... but well I had fun talking with you ..."

Ray said with a smile as half of his body already disappeared.

"I see ... well I had fun too talking with you .... so make sure you wake up quickly .. since I still wanted to know your journey and the future ..." Rei replied.

"Ahh, don't worry ... we share the same body ... so you will see the glimpse of it ... and of course I will come back to tell you some part of the future ...."

"Then I will look forward to it ..."

"Then before I go ... here some parting gift ... at least you need to know how to fight first ...."

Ray who still holding Rei's hand, sending some electrical surge through their hands.

Those surge goes up to Rei's head, as a memories gushed forcefully into his head.

"AAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHH!!!! .... Ughhh ... this is ..."

Rei suddenly screamed in pain and holding his head using his other hand. Then he soon he felt some connections from Ray. He remembered the painful training and his hardwork of how to use a sword, it's mediocre but at least this could help him to learn more.

"Make sure you put good use on it .. well my time is up ... farewell my friend .."

Before he disappeared like a sparkling dust, he a warm smile towards him.

After that Rei came back to the real world.

Rei slowly gets up from the bed and felt faint pain on his forehead, the most exact part the pain came from near to his left eye.

"Uggghhh .... the pain still there ... those hellish training sure are rough ... but at least it's help me to learn from it ... now then let's check something up ..."

Rei stood up and looked around the room. The room was made from wood log, with only one bed, a table for study and a chair, beside it there's a mirror and a closet for his clothes.

"So this is his room huh .... it's quite nice ... hmmm???"

When Rei walking around the room he found his reflection from the mirror, as he found himself looking at the body of 6 years old Ray Houston.

"Just as I thought he looks similar to me ...."

As he slowly touched his face and observing it.

"Hmmm??..."

But then there is one thing that makes this body felt different, it was his eyes.

Just like Ray Houston's eyes, it was golden-yellow color but the only part of that color is on his right eye, while his left eye color was different. Yes, it is his own eye color(red-blood).

"Hmmmm... is it because because of effect from reincarnation ...? Hmmmm...."

Rei slowly leaned over the mirror to take closer to look on himself as all of sudden a black board appeared in front of him.

"Huh?!" Rei suprised after seeing the black board that popped out of nowhere in front of him.

The black board, slowly showings some words on it saying 'Congratulations on your reincarnation!! - Ifrit'

As it continued, 'This is what they called [Status Board] in RPG terms from your modern world, try to say [Status"]

Rei readed the black board in front of him. Then he said "[Status]..."

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STATUS

NAME: Kiritsuka Rei

JOB :"Blacksmith"

TITLE :"The Reincarnator", "Time Traveler"

Level: 1

[HP: 100]

[MP: 10]

[FATIGUE: 0]

EXP : 0/1000

STATUS POINT : 0

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STRENGTH : 1

AGILITY : 1

VITALITY : 1

INTELLIGENCE : 1

SENSE : 1

SKILL

<PASSIVE>

Blacksmith Mastery Lv1

Sword Mastery Lv1

Battle Instinct Lv1

<ACTIVE>

None

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"Is this my status...?"

Rei said while observing his own status and that was his first night after being reincarnated.

To be continue...