The hell am I...?

"Arck!" A sharp gasp tore through my mouth, and I woke up... again.

"Tsk." I clicked my tongue in annoyance. "What happened now?" I muttered, feeling my head pounding relentlessly.

"Where am I now?" I asked aloud, though the answer seemed to be painfully obvious.

It seems I'm still here.

"Haah..." I sighed, rubbing my forehead. "But where exactly IS here?" I asked the one question that had been bugging me for so long.

[Artens]

"Oh, I see… WAIT! WHAT?!"

Now I was dumbfounded for two reasons. First, it was impossible to be in Artens right now—that place was literally thousands of miles away from Arenford, which was just a short distance from the capital. And second… the voice.

"Who was that?!" I asked, though I had a rough idea.

[I don't know… I seriously don't.]

"Wait… come again?" I raised an eyebrow in disbelief. This confirmed it—the voice was definitely the system. 

But shouldn't the system be all-knowing? What the hell is up with this one?!

[I... can't remember anything... and I don't know why.]

Wait... is it messing with me? This isn't funny. How can I have a system that doesn't know anything? That's literally impossible!

Just me and my luck. ME AND MY FUCKING LUCK!

"But… you just said Artens, right? How do you know that?" I suddenly realized in the midst of my frustration.

[I don't… the information's just... there.]

Its response made no sense. It knows things but also knows nothing? Great. I got a dud.

[I am not a dud, you fool.]

Huh? 'Wait... come to think of it… you sound awfully human. Shouldn't you be more like an AI?'

[I. Don't. Know!] 

Now it sounded irritated. Well, isn't this just great.

"Perhaps I should be the system, while you become me, since you seem more annoyed than I am about this situation!" I yelled, thoroughly annoyed. Why the hell was it irritated? I'm the one stuck with a worthless, trashy system that knows nothing!

[Fuck you.]

"..."

Well, thank you.

It looks like you're just going to be a useless companion I can complain to.

[Well... are you any better? With those stats, you might as well commit suicide and save me the trouble. At least then I could go back to wherever I came from… or better yet, get a useful user.]

"..."

"Haah... fine. At least, can you tell me why I ended up in this world?" I asked, lifting my head to face the sky as the mosaic of light splintered across my face.

It was already noon. Crazy. Does this mean I slept through the entire morning? Probably.

[Well, yes... I think I can.] The system responded, sounding a little hesitant.

[You are the representative of the goddess Aphrodite.]

"Hm, I see… WAIT! WHAT?!"

Once again, I was thrown off.

Isn't that the Greek goddess of mythology?

[Yes… 'that' goddess. The goddess of lust and beauty.]

"Haah." I sighed again, rubbing my temples as I tried to wrap my head around the situation. So, those so-called myths are real, huh? But why me?

[Well... it's a bit complicated to explain... and for some reason, I feel like this isn't the whole story.]

"What do you mean?" I asked.

[The information I'm receiving doesn't seem complete. It's as if I'm being intentionally fed—]

The system cut off suddenly.

"Huh?" I blinked, alarmed. "Hey... what happened to you?" I asked, a bad feeling creeping over me.

[Ding!]

[It seems you do not have sufficient privileges to learn more about your situation.]

"What?!"

[Endeavor to level up to gain more privileges.]

[Ding!]

[Side Quest:

There is no adventure without a little confrontation with death.

Objective: Attend the Academy.

Reward: 150 LP.

Penalty: You don't want to know.

Time: 400:11:45:32]

"What the hell is this?"

[Your quest... and by the way, you should probably try to earn more LP. You're literally running out of life.]

"Huh?"

[Lifepoints.]

[1 LP = 1 day to live.]

[User's total LP: 38.]