Wait...Who am I!?

[You have successfully transferred. Your HP and MP have been fully restored. All ailments have been cured]

What

In

The

Actual

Fuck

Is

This!?

I looked around in a panic trying to discern where I was, realising that I am in a bathtub filled with diluted blood with a kitchen knife covered in blood on the bathroom floor. When I was sure I was going to start hyperventilating, a wave of calmness overwhelmed the anxiety I was feeling me and my brain directed my consciousness into thinking about the situation at hand.

I was in an unknown place. First priority: Learn where I am. Secondary objectives: Find out why those letters appeared in front of my face when I woke up and why they resembled a manga I had been reading in the past and why I found myself calm all of sudden when I should be getting a heart attack.

That was when another box appeared.

[Quest Alert!]

[Where in the hell I am?!

You have found yourself in an unknown place and weird stuff is happening around you not even ten seconds after you woke up! Find out where you are! Secondary objectives: Learn about the weird things happening around you.

Reward: 500 XP. 1000 XP if the secondary objective is completed. Skill Book. Not being a clueless idiot.]

I narrowed my eyes at the message box appearing and realized that it was exactly like the ones that would appear before Han Jee-Han when he got a quest. Meaning that I actually obtain The Gamer ability I wished for. My deduction was proven correct when the secondary objective in the quest message box became greyed out and a plus sign appeared beside it meaning I had completed it.

I didn't panic because of this knowledge being learned, I realized this was indeed the real deal and the skill Gamer's Mind was already changing me. Deciding to go with the flow as I didn't feel like I was in some kind of dream and I distinctly remembered everything from my life to the point I 'died', I rose up from the bed and went to search for a mirror to look at myself. Maybe it will give me a clue into where I was. I suspected that I was in the world of The Gamer for obvious reasons.

There was a decent size mirror in the vanity in and I approached it with some trepidation that was quickly washed away by Gamer's Mind. I was surprised, however, when brown eyes stared back at me from the surface of the mirror. Dark brown hair was messily sitting on top of 'my' head and it was also framing and slightly above average looking face. I had already deduced who 'I' was but the letters floating above my head only served to confirm it.

Issei Hyoudou. Lvl 1.

The Gamer

I was really in the world of High School DxD and apparently, my consciousness has replaced that of the main character. Immediately after I thought that a ping was heard in my mind and a message box telling me I had completed the quest appeared. Immediately after a bright light appeared on my suddenly cupped hands as a white thin book appeared in my hands. I heard another ping sound and another message box appeared in front of me.

[Your level has increased by one! Your level has increased by one!]

That's when I realized that I did have my memories of my previous life but I didn't possess Issei's from this life. I can recall the previous Issei's memories and remembered that he tried to commit suicide by slitting his wrist in the bathtub, but I still don't know why he did it.

I felt unease with that revelation. But I've already accepted the fact that they may be a few unexpected events in this world. So it would'nt I had wanted to live in a world of fantasy wielding incredible powers, fighting bad guys and doing what it needed to be done with the hot girls that kept appearing on the shows and manga I have read. As I dismissed all the message boxes that had appeared on my field of vision I realized that this was my chance to do exactly that.

The first thing I needed to do was to find out exactly when I was in the timeline of the DxD universe. Looking at myself –Issei- on the mirror once again I realized that I couldn't be far from where the light novels began since I looked around Issei's age when that happened.

The next thing I needed to do was prepare myself for when shit hit the fan. I decided I was going to go by the timeline as it was presented in the light novels and alter it as little as I could because the slightest thing I did could heavily alter how stuff happened. I admit I was afraid of getting caught off guard –try not being when you were killed because you were caught off guard drunk- and I certainly didn't want to die again.

That line of thinking made me recall the book that I was still holding in my hands so I brought it up to my face. Even though it appeared out of light it felt like a real book but according to the quest that rewarded it to me it was a skill book. I focused on it and as I expected a blue window appeared.

[You have acquired the skill book 'Mana Manipulation'. Would you like to learn this skill?

Yes/No]

I pressed the yes button and I stared as the book was enveloped in bright light before I absorbed said light. As it died down and the window disappeared automatically I became aware of the magical energy swirling inside of me and knowledge on how to manipulate it filled my mind. As I began to marvel at the sensation of it –it was like a warm limb deep inside your core waiting to be used- another window appeared.

[Mana Manipulation. Passive. Lvl Max. Allows the user to freely manipulate mana which is the energy within most living beings. Passively increases INT by 10%. Passively increases mana pool by 10%.]

I nodded at that and dismissed the window as I moved away from in front of the mirror and drained and cleaned up the bath. I walk towards my bedroom and planned about the future, as I knew that I was still incredibly weak even by the standards of this world and my previous one but I still needed to know where I stood at the moment. I took a deep breath and decided to use my voice for the first time since waking up as Issei Hyoudou.

"Status."

Name: Issei Hyoudou

Title: N/A

Status: N/A

Race: Human Job: The Gamer

Level: Lvl 3 Next Level: 0.0%

HP: 325/325 R: 0.5% (1.6) per Minute

MP: 907/907 R: 1.4% (12.7) per Minute

STR: 4

VIT: 5

DEX: 3

INT: 33 (30+3)

WIS: 14

LUCK: 10

Stat Points: 10

Money: 0$