Chapter 46- The world sure is Small

I am back!!! (10 days late than what I planned to)

and... I am Sad. Very Sad... because...

I forgot.

I forgot about this fanfic, not forgetting its existence... But Forgetting my plans, and all the thoughts i had for the future story of the fanfic...

i reread it myself to try and remember what i was thinking... and Fortunately, I could make a somewhat sensible story thingy from rereading a few times...

But, I am sure as heck that i dont remember the things that I first planned for this fic... so this will be an Araki Forgo-

I mean... Cale's Biggest Simp Forgot Moment.

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Also, OG!Simon's name is officially Bob now... because I don't wanna write OG!Simon everytime I need to use his name... plus The legendary name of Bob is way better than the name Simon

ps: i left at around 350k views... now its 457k views as i am writing this... without me posting anything for almost a month

thanks for that btw-

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With brown hair fluttering in the wind and dark brown eyes, A man looked out of the window of his carriage.

His eyes lazily looked at the city he was passing through. It seemed as if nothing in this world could pique his interest.

If Choi Han saw this man, he would feel like they had met but wouldn't be able to exactly say if he knew this person.

But, If Cale or Raon saw this man, they would instantly recognize this person to be none other than Simon, who had disguised himself.

As for why they would recognize him... Raon was the one who changed Simon's appearance and Cale was there witnessing the whole process.

If you were wondering where Simon was going, then the answer would be 'Northwestern Part of the Roan Kingdom.'

Marquis Alian.

The leader of the northwestern noble faction. A very handsome middle-aged man who was considered to be the strongest knight of the Roan Kingdom.

His territory belonged to the northwestern part of the Kingdom. Precisely where Simon was heading towards.

A very renowned person among the Roan citizens. A really respected Knight. Even Simon held this man in high regard.

Of course, the reason differed completely from the normal populace. If you ever inquired about the reason, Simon would probably answer...

'Just think about it, Alian is a Highest Grade knight. He is strong enough to be respected.'

The reason might surprise many... No, actually it didn't make sense for Simon to respect this guy just because He was a Highest Ranked knight.

Why would you respect some Highest Ranked Knight for their strength when you have the world's strongest Swordmaster, The Future Wolf King, A Literal Dragon, Two of the F̶l̶u̶f̶f̶i̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶C̶u̶t̶e̶s̶t̶ Best Cats, And The B̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶H̶u̶m̶a̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶E̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶g̶r̶a̶c̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶W̶o̶r̶l̶d̶ ̶ Luckiest yet the unluckiest Human by your side?

And also when you will probably control 10 puppets of the same rank?

Well, The answer was pretty obvious. Because Marquis Alian was a Highest Ranked Knight. After getting transmigrated, One thing that Simon noticed was that...

Reading and Experiencing are two different things.

It was very cool to read about How Cale stopped the Plaza Bomb Terror Incident... But, It wasn't a good experience to face a Gust of Wind so strong that will mess up your inside so bad that you will spit out blood.

Simon had realized how weak he was back then. Even if all of his puppets reached the basic Swordmaster Level, Simon still would be Simon.

Simon never trained his body. There were two reasons for it. The first is the fact that It was just very inefficient. Simon needed to reach the level of being able to beat Toonka with his bare fists if He wanted to use his body in battle.

And how long would It take for Simon to reach that level? Probably 50 years. Why that long? Not everybody can become strong with training only.

The whole dragons and swordmaster had shifted the world's standards of all the readers of LCF. It was the same for Simon too.

But, As someone who was in this world now, He realized not just how monstrous dragons and swordmasters were, He also realized why Alian was the strongest Knight of Roan.

As for the Second reason, Simon was lazy... He just didn't want to train that intensely.

Using invisible puppets to fool people was enough for him. He was satisfied with creating the illusion that he had some power like Telekinesis.

Simon's only way to fight was using the puppets or using His power in another way that he hadn't thought of till now.

He couldn't punch a hole through steel. But, A Highest Grade Knight can slice through any metal like it's made of Tofu. Marquis Alian's strength was nothing in front of people like Choi Han but In front of Simon... Marquis Alian was very strong.

' Well, It doesn't matter much anyway; If I had all 10 of my puppets, then I can beat 10 Marquis Alians in 10 seconds.'

Simon shook his head before looking back into the carriage. To be specific, He looked at his bag. He first took out Zero.

Then, Simon ordered Zero to open the bag again and take the other puppets out.

: Why are you this lazy?

Simon ignored the question as always and had Zero take out a pen too.

'Can you tell me everything again?'

: ...So you will ignore my question?

'Yes'

Sigh

Simon didn't know if ghosts could sigh till now. But, It looked like they could.

: While you were recklessly harming your body for 2 months, I was looking through your memories and also brainstorming.

Bob seemed to have given up on arguing.

: By constantly overusing your powers... And nearly dying from pain multiple times. I decided to So, I was also making sure you don't feel pain. And, I won't bother explaining since it will take days.

'Make it short then'

: ...

: No.

Simon shook his head again at the answer of this kid.

: You thought of me as a kid just now, didn't you?

Simon ignored the "Kid" and kept looking out of the window. Currently, he was in the Marquis Alian's territory to see some stuff.

And, After looking at everything... Simon wasn't amazed much by the infrastructure of this place. He had already been exposed to the fancy streets of Henituse County, The somewhat bad roads of Tolz's territory, and The glamorous roads of the Capital.

Compared to these places, This place didn't have any uniqueness. This place was just shouting one word 'Ordinary'.

Sure the architectural style was different... but Simon wasn't an architect or the type to admire Architect.

He just like things that looked good. So, This territory... wasn't a really great place in his eyes.

Simon sighed this time. There wasn't anything special here and It almost seemed like a waste of time to come here. Still, he didn't regret coming here, Since even some boring places were worth exploring.

You might be wondering why Simon deemed this place boring without even doing anything. Well, That's because there was in fact nothing he liked here.

Food? He ate Beacrox's cooking every day. Magic? A dragon was by his side. Sculpting? Simon was from Henituse County. He had seen the world's finest sculpting.

Nothing good was here. Just an average Territory.

You might again be wondering 'If this place is that bad, then Why come here?'

Then, The answer that Simon would probably give would be...

'Why not? What is there stopping me from traveling? Plus, there might be something interesting..'

Simon stared at the pen in his hand. To become stronger, Simon needed to make his puppets stronger.

The only way he can do that is by paying the price of being unconscious for a few days. And, Simon needed to make all 9 of his puppets as strong as Zero.

Considering the fact that, Modifying two puppets will knock him out for 16-24 hours.

He would be unconscious a lot. Even If he took a break of 1 day, It would take him around 10 days to finish the whole process... And, Simon planned to take a two-day break between each set of modifications.

Simon needed someone to take care of His body while he was unconscious too. His original plan was to stay inside his room back in the Henituse County.

But, After Bob appeared, His plans changed. Simon had wanted to travel. Even if there wasn't anything special in the place he was going... Simon still deemed it better to be outside rather than being in a room.

He planned to switch places.

Bob had never said anything about wanting to get the control to his body back.

But, Simon still felt guilty. He might not have had any control while being transmigrated, But Simon did steal Bob's body.

Simon couldn't do anything about it now, But He promised himself that One day... He would make a new body for Bob.

As for why make a new one and not just return this body...

*After the first meeting of Bob and Simon*

: I am a soul. So, I can also see the souls of living beings. That means I can see yours too. And, Your soul is the one that's controlling your body. And By that I mean Your soul is the owner of this body. I am nothing more than an invader to your body right now.

Bob had been strangely calm with the fact that he was... Bodiless? In fact, He seemed to have accepted that fact.

: It looks like the God who brought you here made you the permanent owner of this body. I can control your body too. But, Only when You are unconscious or when Your soul willingly gives me the control temporarily.

'What?'

: Souls have a different consciousness than the people they belong to. It is what we call the subconsciousness. All it does is control the basic functions of a body and strive to survive.

: You subconsciously let me control the body when the situation is very difficult to overcome. So, In any conditions different than these... I am only a spectator who can speak.

Indeed, Bob had become a spectator who could speak in Simon's mind. There were other things too. But, Bob didn't want to explain everything to Simon.

It was all complicated stuff that He didn't even know how to explain. But, If Bob had to explain it, His best explanation would be...

: 'Simon's power is something I don't understand. All I can say is, every time he overuses his powers(overusing here means doing something really absurd... like turning wood strong enough to punch through Iron And overusing can also mean continuously using the power many times even if the things that have been done are not absurd) I can intervene. And, the process of doing it is some soul stuff that only souls can understand.'

'...Then how did you control the body and punch me when 4 days had passed since the Honta poisoned me?'

: The reason I punched you can be summed up to my annoyance at how reckless you were.

'...'

: As for how I could punch you, I really don't know. I don't know why I could control your body. But, After realizing that I could control it, I was more than happy to punch you.

'...'

Simon couldn- No, He didn't know how to respond.

: Well, the past is the past. You really deserved that punch, and I think you won't act so recklessly as before... Well, Even if you act like how you have been, I am warning you that I will be so annoying that I will make you want to die.

'You are already annoying enou-'

: ...

*Back to the present*

Since Simon couldn't hand over this body even if he wanted to. He decided to make a new body for Bob. Of course, He didn't know if that was even possible.

But, Simon hoped that with enough knowledge of his powers, He could do it. Of course, It may just end up as his pipe dreams... But, Simon wanted to at least try.

Leaving this small plan, Simon asked Bob.

'So you can basically offset all the backlash from me using my powers?'

Simon decided not to think of the other annoying stuff but focused on what Bob had seriously said.

: Nope. I can only negate the pain... The damage to your soul is irreversible and unavoidable.

'Wait- Damage to my soul?'

: When you overuse your powers, Your soul looks like it is slowly being torn.

'What?!'

Simon, who had a bored expression immediately became attentive. He also began to ask many questions.

Well, It was a normal thing to do. Usually, Every Transmigrator would get a Golden Finger. Some cheat abilities like a system, Simon guessed that his powers were also a cheat.

But, He didn't think that his cheat was actually harming his soul. It was serious news too.

Simon wasn't a soul expert. But, As someone who has read many novels and especially knowing that Souls in LCF are not something you should casually mess with.

He knew that this was serious.

'Tch, How much of my soul has been damaged?'

Simon decided to first determine how injured his soul was. He also promised himself to not use his powers unless necessary... But, the problem was that Simon's powers needed more experiments to be used more efficiently.

And, If he ever wanted to make a new body for Bob, he needed to experiment a whole lot more.

It was a dilemma but Simon needed more time to think. Fortunately, The dilemma didn't really become a huge problem.

: No, Not like that. You don't need to completely stop. You can use the powers all you want but if you ever use it beyond the limit... Then, Your soul will lose a small part.

'...'

Bob sighed again. He then thought for a few seconds before He spoke.

: Imagine your soul is a huge stash of Gold.

'...'

Simon had a 'What the hell are you talking about?' expression.

: Just imagine. No, Think that when you overuse your powers, A small amount of that Gold is taken.

Simon remained silent.

: Now, As a soul, I can see this whole process. So, When I first saw your soul being taken... I tried to stop it. And failed to do it. But, After interfering enough... I can make a small difference.

'And that difference is me not feeling any pain?'

: Yes

'Then, Why don't I feel anything wrong? Plus, If parts of my soul were slowly being destroyed... Then why do I not see any problem with me?'

: It's because It heals over time. The damage is so small that it will heal with enough rest. The only bad thing is that you kept harming your soul. Be glad that your soul managed to heal. But, I think it also reached its limits. When you healed the poison from that Honta, It was when your soul reached the limit.

: Maybe the reason I could control your body was that Your soul was too focused on healing itself. It's just speculation though. You can execute your plan. The damage from back then has healed.

'I trust you.'

Simon really didn't know why he trusted Bob so much. Bob could just have been lying and planning to take the body back. And even if he did so, Simon couldn't complain much.

Simon sighed slightly and then took his pen and began writing on the puppets. Some of his words were...

'High Strength'

'High Agility'

And so on...

Basically, it was the same as what he had given to Zero. After writing on exactly 2 puppets, namely One and Two, Simon fell to his side, unconscious.

It seemed like he was out from his powers.

That's when he again opened his eyes. He stretched his body a little.

"It's been a long time."

Simo- No, Bob mumbled a bit. He was now in control of Simon's body.

Of course, Simon would probably wake up in the next 16-24 hours. Till then, Bob had been trusted with the body.

Bob couldn't help but smile at his situation. He from 2 months ago would have never ever imagined that he would become a tenant of his own body.

Of course, he didn't feel bad about this. After seeing the future of this world and also seeing that the enemies of Cale had increased, He knew that Simon deserved to live in this body way more than him.

While Bob was in the middle of his thinking, Suddenly the carriage stopped. Bob looked ahead to see the driver, who spoke.

"Sir, We have arrived at your destination."

Bob looked outside and noticed they were already in the middle of the city. Bob ordered the puppets to shrink and put them in his bag.

While he was doing so, The carriage driver got off and helped him take out his luggage... but went to clean his horses after realizing that all Simo- er, Bob had was a bag.

'It's gonna be dark soon... I need to go find a Hotel.'

Bob, got off the carriage and again stretched his body. He really wasn't used to the feeling of walking.

That's when a man came up to the Carriage driver.

"Excuse me, Is the carriage available?"

The stranger probably hadn't seen Simon, who was behind the carriage, about to walk away.

Bob of course heard this stranger. Normally, He wouldn't be bothered much by this man if it wasn't for his voice.

The voice of this man was awfully similar to somebody that he- no Simon knew. Bob turned his head to see somebody familiar.

Very light brown hair and Light Brown Eyes.

The man seemed to be in his late 20s.

Bob couldn't help but smile at him. Seeing his face here made him think of a saying from Earth...

'The world sure is small'

Bob looked at Riz, the mage who had suffered under the slaps of Simon.

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Yo, I have many things to say...

and this will be a bit long too-

but, I will give a short introduction to Bob.

Name: Bob(Previously known as Simon Smith)

-->Is like a soul that lives inside Simon's mind... and Can supposedly take control over the body when Simon has fainted or sub-consciously lets him...(but there might be more to it- who knows~)

-->He purposefully didn't show himself right away after seeing Simon's memories... He kept observing Simon and also wouldn't have ever stepped in if not for Simon almost losing to Hontas in front of Cale... cuz he is a sim-

-->He doesn't care about any other things and doesn't care about himself too... He is only worried about Simon killing himself recklessly...

-->He prefers to stay silent like he is dead most of the time...except when He doesn't... but makes sure that Simon isn't in danger-

-->His personality has been greatly changed after seeing Simon's memories and something else~

(So, He is also a big lcf fan, hates thots & harems, and... Most importantly Simps for Cale a̶n̶d̶ ̶m̶a̶y̶b̶e̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ ̶S̶i̶m̶o̶n̶)

-->If there was ever a competition to find the biggest Cale simps of all time, Bob would compete for the second position with Simon (cuz the 1st is obviously me, the author-)

Favorite Quote: Yare Yare Daze -Kujo Jotaro

Likes: Sweet things, Annoying Simon, S̶i̶m̶p̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶S̶i̶m̶o̶n̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶C̶a̶l̶e̶, Seeing Simon annoy Alberu,

Hates: Being called a Kid, Harem, NTR, John, Angelina

Goals: Making sure Cale isn't harmed, Making sure Simon isn't harmed, Punching the God that started this whole thing, Becoming a High Priest of Caleism-

Things he won't ever tell others: Bob can talk to the souls of the dead... if some conditions are met(doesn't like this ability personally), Bob once had a crush on some girl when he was a kid and even confessed... but got viciously rejected(the first and the last time he ever fell in love)

extra facts: bob can't permanently be in control of the body, even if he tricks simon into dying, he wont ever be able to take control of the body for more than 2 days-

AND

sorry for the late chapter... and since i forgot some of the original intentions of what i wrote in the previous chapter(i.e chap 45)

i changed a few things in this chapter... i don't expect anybody to remember it...

i will go change the last chapter a bit... no big changes... just removing some lines here and there

ofc, it will be done after I sleep... Because I am about to fall asleep any moment-