A Rough Beginning

Looking at the window where I am sitting various thoughts are running through my head.

Eleven years.

It's been eleven years since I've been reborn in the world of Danmachi.

And it has not been and easy start. Not at all.

First off I was born an orphan.

From what the matron of the orphan has told me I was found outside her doors one morning in a straw basket wrapped in a blanket.

A simple note folded up against my chest.

[Please raise this child.]

That's all the note said.

I know because the matron let me see it a few years ago for myself.

She kept it all this time, hoping to be able to show it to me one day like she did.

Upon hearing that I smiled.

Since I knew despite not knowing my parents in this life I was still loved.

Also I have no idea who they might be either.

Since although I have had access to the memories from my previous life since the moment I was born that time period in my life is really fuzzy.

I don't really remember faces and I could barely understand the words that were spoken.

Though that's not for lack of knowledge.

I could understand the matron and the other staff who work and run the orphanage perfectly when I was a baby.

No, the reason I couldn't understand anything back then was because my hearing wasn't developed enough.

Just like the rest of my body.

Which is why I can't recall either of my parents faces from this world.

But since they didn't want me screw them.

We owe each other nothing. They simply brought me into this world which I am grateful for. But that's as far as our relationship goes.

Besides that we're complete strangers to each other.

Moving on from my abandonment issues let me next explain my appearance.

Which I can say with certainty is the One Above All fucking with me.

Oh and if your wondering who the One Above All is it's the God who sent me here, since Danmachi is a world filled with gods already. I gave him that name to distinguish him from the others.

Now back to what I was saying.

My appearance is that of Zhongli.

Who is the human avatar of the Geo Archon, Morax Lapis from the game known as Genshin Impact. Which I was really into in my last life before starting this one.

In the game Morax was a god, who disguised himself as Zhongli to walk amongst the people.

And now here I am with the appearance of Zhongli.

Then there is my new name in this world.

It's literally Morax Lapis.

That was on the note that was left with me in the basket when I arrived at the orphanage as well.

So once again, my name is Morax Lapis and I look like is human avatar.

In a world filled with gods who walk among mortals, I have been reborn with the name of a god from a different series with the same appearance he used to walk among mortals.

Coincidence?

Fuck no.

One Above All is definitely getting his jollies off by putting me in this situation.

But since there's nothing I can do about it I have come to accept it.

Besides Zhongli wasn't a bad looking guy in the Genshin Impact series and since I will grow up and look just like him it means I won't look bad either.

Meaning I will easily be able to get woman when I am older.

If I live to adulthood that is.

Since right now Orario is experiencing what's known as it's "Dark Period".

The days when evil gods ran unchecked, people killed each other on the streets as easily as breathing, and living in the city itself was worse than diving into the dungeon.

Right now living in Orario is like living in a war-torn country.

Already I've seen multiple dead bodies on the streets and just the other day I saw someone stabbed to death in broad daylight simply while walking the street.

There is a thick cloud of tension always hanging in the air. The eyes of adults and children both are filled with fear that they won't live to see the next day.

And I'm not different.

I'm scared shitless.

Thankful for everyday I wake up.

So yeah, my start in my second life has been rough.

But at least I know where I am in the timeline

Orario's "Dark Period" began when I was six years old.

That's when the entire city heard the news of the Zeus and Hera familia's getting one shouted by the One-eyed Black Dragon.

Soon after that took place they were run out of the city.

From what I read of the Danmachi timeline in my last life that tool place fifteen years before the events of canon began.

So since I am currently eleven it means I will be twenty-one by the canon starts.

A point I will reach no matter what it fucking takes.

I am not going to die in the gutter killed by some piece of shit.

No.

I will join a familia, become an adventurer, and survive Orario "Dark Period" no matter what.

"Dinner!"

Hearing the matron call for dinner I got up from the spot I was sitting at and headed to get some food.

Forming plans for my future survival as I did so.

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A/N: So yeah my MC was born in the Orario Dark Period.

And as you can already see he's afraid and struggling to survive. But that will forge him into the person he will become.

Now since Fujino Omori hasn't really given much information about pre-bell except for certain key information I'll be flying by the seat of my pants for a lot of this.

So please bear with me.