Kazuya's Journey Begins

I was walking through the familiar forest, still having trouble believing that everything that happened recently was real. Gramps left, the Goddess of Luck contacted me and treated me as her "darling". Oh and now I have a system that has something of sentience. Well, at least it won't be so boring now.

"By the way Hestia, why does my race have a question mark on it? I'm a human right? right?"

[Yes, Master. Currently, you are still mostly Human. My current restrictions won't allow me to tell you more though]

"Mostly? What do you mean by "mostly"?"

[I'm sorry, Master. But it's impossible for me to talk about this.]

"What do I need to make it possible?"

[If you want to lift my restrictions, you need to strengthen your soul. People of this world use energy known as "mana" for that.]

Hearing Hestia talking about mana made me stop on my track.

"Mana? Do you mean I need to become a mage?"

[Yes, Master.]

"Ugh. Grandpa told me that training Qi makes it harder to feel mana. And that mana weakens inner Qi."

[You don't need to worry about this, Master. You are special, so it won't happen for you. In fact, you should be able to train both Mana and Qi simultaneously.]

"Special how?'"

[Sorry, Master. I can't answer this as well]

I suddenly recalled the time when Grandpa was lecturing me about qi and asked him if having mana and qi in the same body is called Magic Knight but he laughed at me as if he was talking to an idiot.

"Hahaha. Damned old man, you told me that someone with both mana and Qi would be called "Monster". Now let's see your shocked face when you see me doing that. I can't wait, hehe."

[Master, you have an evil smile on your face. Everything alright?]

"Yes, of course. Don't mind me, hehehe.

I resumed my walking and decided to switch topics:

"Also, what's with this whole (Sealed) thing? Can I unseal it or what?"

[Can't tell you that either, Master. Please, strengthen your soul soon.]

"Mhm, I see. Well, are there other abilities that you have?"

[Do you want a short overview or detailed one, Master?]

"Short version for now."

[My abilities at my current state are Map with Detection, Language translation, Minor Information, Magic Status, Clock with alarm/timer if ever Master overslept or has a date to remind Master and Organize your current goals. My ability will also upgrade as you reached higher levels]

"I see, your ability will be a good help for the beginning of my journey"

This system sounded very useful, albeit a very basic one. Well, maybe there will be more cheats in the future? Also, I need to find a way to train my magic now, huh. Where should I even start? Damn, you Grandpa. Why don't you have any

"Hestia, can you show me the Knight Stages lists? That stinky old man doesn't want to tell me, I wanted to see what level that I'd reached"

[Yes Master]

A magical rectangular window suddenly appeared in front of me and the Knight Stages suddenly appeared

[Knight Stage:

Tier 1 - Apprentice

Tier 2 - Squire

Tier 3 - Knight

Tier 4 - Grand Knight

Tier 5 - Weapon Master

Tier 6 - Weapon Emperor

Tier 7 - Weapon Saint]

"Tier 4 huh, there are still 3 levels to reach the peak. Well, no rush I can eventually get there"

"Let's test the map next"

[Just say "Search Map" Master]

"Search Map"

A Map window suddenly appeared. On the upper window was written "Forest of Jura" and a cluster of red dots all over the map.

"This red dot should be the Magical Beasts right?"

[Yes Master, You can differentiate them if you want, for example, Blue for Human then Green for elves]

"What a convenient map, It can detect the existence of all the people around, you are awesome Hestia"

This is amazing, it can be also used to detect your enemy and their numbers. I wanted to pat Hestia's head but…

"Can you also transform into a human form Hestia?"

[According to data there is no such a thing Master]

"What? But I felt like I was talking to other people instead of AI"

[...]

"Well, Let's talk about that later on"

I searched the entire map for the town closest to Jura Forest.

"Hmm… the nearest town from here is called the City of Astraea and it will take one week of walking. it's decided then, this will be our first stop"

"Next is language translation, this will helped me a lot since I don't know what language are the people at the Kingdom"

That old man only trained me in swords, not the important things I will be needing when I start my journey. but with the existence of Hestia, it should be fine now.

[Done Master, I turned on the Language translation]

"Oh, thanks, Hestia"

Hestia's other ability is just normal, to help my daily basis. This minor info should be the info of this world, but I already learned it from gramps.

I just kept talking with Hestia to keep myself from boredom. And soon it was almost lunch, so I decided to hunt some magical beast for me to eat. In the past few years, I have also become addicted to eating meat. The texture and vitality it offered me were also beneficial to my health.

It also slightly enhanced my qi throughout my body. So, I decided to hunt more and stuff it all in the storage ring. Since the magical beast in this forest appears to be rare, there may be no meat like this in the nearest town. I started to cook afterward and eat. Having a survival ability is quite useful. I then resume my journey towards the nearest city.

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I've been on this voyage for five days now and was currently sprinting for five hours straight. I was finally able to see the city walls with two guards guarding the gate. I then stopped running and walked towards the gate. When I was about to enter, the two guards suddenly stopped in front of me and bowed at me, and looked nervous. Am I scary? Why are those two looking so tense?

"Is something the matter?" I asked the two guards

"Esteemed guest, welcome to the City of Astraea."

Oh! What respectful guards "No, need to be respectful, I just want to enter the city and explore it"

The two guards straightened their backs then looked at each other and started to whisper.

"Brother, it's clearly above our paygrade. Let's send him to the lieutenant. She is noble, let it be her responsibility."

"Sounds like a good idea. He has no luggage, but his clothes look fresh and VERY expensive. Don't get me started on this sword of his. He is clearly not a commoner. We can't offend him."

"Yeah, that sword really looks like a royal treasure or something."

"Excuse me, Esteemed guest, can you please follow me to our commanding officer?"

What? Why do I need to go there?

"Hey, I don't nee–"

But before I could finish my sentence, the guard started walking toward the building on the side.

'Damn! What is going on?'

[Master, it seems they think that you are from either a High Nobility or maybe even Royal Family]

'How come?'

[You clearly don't look like a commoner, Master. Your clothes are too clean, new and extravagant. You also aren't nervous while talking with city guards. It was as if you expected special treatment from them.]

'Damn! I blame it on Grandpa and his stupid ring with a stupid mountain of luxury goods inside. That and my young master upbringing. Well, at least those guards had enough sense not to start a scene here.'

As those thoughts went through my head, I followed the guard's lead. We stopped before a closed-door guard gently knocked.

"Yes?" I heard a beautiful voice. Well, let's hope that rest of her would match this angelic voice.