Chapter 1: Tutorial Bot

I woke up, being cribbed by a woman. I felt light hitting my face and the woman smiled when I made the squeakiest of noise. The woman has light brown hair, beautiful amber eyes, she seemed sick, evident of her pale skin and sunken eyes. She wore white clothing that slightly resembles a dress.

She was bigger than me, which seems kind of weird, and she seemed sad. I tried reaching out for her face, when I realized something. My hand was that of a newborn child, so chubby and smooth. It felt foreign to me.

But then, I saw everything blurring from my vision. I am falling asleep, I realized.

"Ah, my child, such a blessing to me. I promise to take care of you to the best of my ability, Auguste." She said softly, her voice full of tenderness and love that soothed me to my very core.

Auguste, huh. That's my name? Not so bad, not so bad at all.

And then, everything went to darkness as I fell to slumber.

(??? Hours Later)

I woke up again to the sound of people shouting at each other, this time inside a crib.

"I told you not to keep it, but you decided anyway! How are we going to take care of it when we can barely afford to feed ourselves!? My pay as a farmer won't feed the three of us!" A man's voice could be heard, angry at someone.

"Stop calling our son IT, call him by his name! He is our son, not some… beast!" I heard the voice of the same woman who was carrying me earlier, but this time, instead of tenderness, her voice was full of righteous anger.

"You know how hard it is to earn money these days, and having a third mouth to feed won't help our situation! I know you love… Auguste but we have to consider our situation first, Amanda. If we decided to take care of him now, we will only obtain endless hardships. I know it's hard for you, but we should just send him to the orphanage."

What's an orphanage? Is it some kind of place?

"No! Never! The orphanage never takes care of the children sent to them right! Oftentimes than not, the children there die of starvation! I don't want my son to die a miserable death, Arnold."

That place sounds… horrifying. I don't want to go there; it sounds really scary.

"I know, Amanda, but what are we going to do!? Look at our situation, we could barely afford to pay our rent this month! We only eat cabbage soup seasoned with only salt! It's much better for our… child to go to an orphanage, at least they'll give him baby supplements like fresh milk. Besides, I know a friend in the nearby village that owns an orphanage. He said that every child in his orphanage is happy and healthy."

No, please, don't send me to somewhere else. I don't care if I have to eat whatever you eat, I only want to stay with that woman. She's so caring and loving, I don't want to be separated from her.

"B-But we won't be able to see him grow up, hear his first words, and his first steps. He's just a child, I don't want him growing up with no parents, Arnold."

Yes, that's right. Please convince the man.

"But look at this way; we can place him in my friend's orphanage and when we have fixed our lives, we can go and take him in again. This is the best way for the three of us, Amanda." The man said, calm.

I hate that man; he's trying to take me away from her.

"…Y-Yeah, maybe you're right. We'll take him in again once we have a stable life together." The woman hesitantly agreed.

…

(A Few Days Later)

The man who I came to know as Arnorld, and the woman named Amanda, took me to a nearby village, as I came to know what that word meant. This village has stone walls and guards around on top of them. They wore armors, whatever that word meant.

The two talked with the guards before they let us in. We arrived at a large and tall building built with bricks, and bricks have been kind of rare to see because the only houses I saw when we were travelling by foot were wooden houses across the large field of wheats, where the man supposedly worked.

The man, Arnold, talked to another man that I don't know of once we got there. The man has blonde hair, slit eyes, twisty mustache, skin that is slightly tanned, wearing what seems to be an all-white suit. Not a single stain was on the suit, not even a single drop of other colors of liquid were in there. I suspect that he's the friend that Arnold said who has an orphanage,

But overall, he looked quite suspicious. While his outer appearance looks good, I felt something that made my smooth baby skin crawl. He looked at me, as if I'm some kind of food, some kind of delicious meal. I don't want to stay in this guy's orphanage, he's scary.

I tried to cry as loud as I could, but it only made the woman, Amanda, to shush me.

And, in the end, Amanda and Arnold left me to the hands of this man.

So much for taking care of me with the best of your ability.

"Don't worry, little Auguste, you're safe with me." The man said, his voice made my skin crawl. Then, while carrying me in his arms, the man turned around to go inside his orphanage. I stayed quiet, scared that he might do something to me if I move even slightly.

As I closed my eyes, I heard something ring inside my head.

*DING*

[Tutorial mode, activated… Hello, I am your tutorial bot that will explain the things you need to understand]

Huh? Who is that?

[You are the result of countless experiments by someone mad. Millions of beings like you were created but ultimately died because of some complications. YOU are the only successful experiment to succeed to live, but at a great price. The one who made you, sacrificed himself to split a piece of his soul, just to make you. But do not fret because his time was coming anyway]

Who was the one who created me? I'm curious.

[Ah, curiosity, one of the innate abilities he gave you. You cannot know who he is, for now. In fact, there are many things you cannot know at the moment, but only this; your only duty for now is to grow stronger and stronger. That's something he wanted for his first and last perfect creation to do. You are still weak, but in time you will become as strong as the gods]

Uuuuh, I don't get it.

[Of course, you have just been born and cannot understand some things yet, except for the basics. Your creator's language is quite difficult to understand for someone like you, so I shall simplify it. Here]

Then, after the strange, robotic voice said that, I saw a transparent screen appear in my vision.

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[Name: Auguste]

[Age: 2 Days]

[Power Level: 0]

[Physical: 0]

[Mana: 0]

[Fighting Skills: -0]

{Kill Points: 0}

{Numbers Of Clones: 0}

-Options-

[Training]

[Fighting]

[Shop]

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I was placed in a crib that is greater than my crib at Amanda's house. I felt the softness of the bed behind my back, a soft pillow to lay my head onto. It felt comfortable.

The man, who I came to know as Damon, smiled at me and kissed me on the forehead, saying, "Sleep well, little Auguste, you have a big day tomorrow." Then he left.

[As I was saying, this is your status screen. Your [Physical] stat is your defense and offense ability, this can be trained with the [Training] Option. [Mana], meanwhile, will help you cast spells and your ability to control it, the only way to grow your [Mana] stat is also by the [Training] Option. [Fighting Skills] is just as it says, Fighting Skills. You can grow your fighting skills by the other option, [Fighting]. In [Fighting] you will fight enemies that are, in an unfair way, stronger than you. Even bunnies can pull a bazooka out of their pockets. Trust me, I don't even know how these monsters your creator made functions]

What is bazooka?

[You don't have to worry about that, you'll learn in time. Now, let's get to your {Kill Points}. They can be obtained by killing beings not made by your creator, for example; that man named Damon. If you kill him, you'll obtain 10 Kill Points. Normally, you can only get 1 Kill Point for an ordinary human, but that man is no normal man. He is 10 times stronger than the regular human, but do not fret. He is of no threat; he can be trusted. I know because I know. Don't ask]

Really? I find that hard to believe. But anyway, I thought I am my creator's first and last perfect creation, and yet there are others?

[First and last perfect creation is different than just creating monsters and regular intelligent beings, you are PERFECT in every biological way. You will grow more handsome than any male, more intelligent, evident by you being able to think like an adult the moment you were born, stronger than anyone once you reach the highest, be able to become a god, and the list just goes on. We'll be here all day if I explain all the perfect physical traits he gave you, but basically, you were born to be perfect PHYSICALLY, and not emotionally. Anyway, can I continue my explanation now? Hmm?]

Okay, okay, jeez.

[As I was saying, you will be able to buy items that your creator left when he died in the option; [Shop]. Many incredible items rest there, but you will need to kill thousands of other beings just to be able to afford them. But there are items that are cheap, for example, a sword made of iron. Let's continue to the next topic, clones. You can make clones by buying them with Kill Points, they cost 10 Kill Points each. Your clones can help you train. For example, if they do 100 pushups, if you dispel them, you will be able to get the fruits of their training. With this function, you can train while staying idle every day. The memories of your clones would also be transferred to you once you dispel them, and that's useful because you can just order them to fight monsters and when you dispel them, you can get their fighting experience, thus leveling up your [Fighting Skills]. As you can hear, this is an incredible ability to have]

I don't get it.

[… That's fine, just read some books when you're a few years older and you'll be able to understand what I just said. Let's just get to the last stat; [Power Level]. Numbers shown here are your total power level and your current power level is zero, work hard in the future, 'kay? Okay, now we're finished. Any more questions? No? Then, it's time to say my goodbyes. Goodbye... fucking twat]

Wai- no, don't go ye—he's gone. Dang it, I wanted to ask more questions.