rude awakening.

[advised to not read the prologue](it's pretty bad)

my head hurt like balls! fucking hell! it's like getting a headache without having one... it's a bit complicated but yeah it's not good, even though there's virtually no pain, the heebie jeebes got my body shaking like an exploding mana core!

anyway... where am I? no... who am I? I know the general knowledge of both seemingly interconnected yet disparate world working the same and different in the grand scheme of things, but I forgotten something... did I got reincarnated? but who are my family? did I even remember anything except knowledge? then a truck of realization hit me... did I trade my memories for reincarnation? it certainly fit the tropes for sure...

let's check the five horseman of the reincarnation tropes, different body? check, system?

[name: ashen]

[mind scape: level 1]

[occupation: soldier level 1]

[summon: soldier level 1]

check! I guess that's all to it at the moment... ooh! there's a paper above the desk! I quietly slid down the bed I am in, only to realize the size of the bed vs my small body, my heart almost leaped out of my body when I realized my feet are not hitting the floor while my hand loses grip on the bed.

"AHHHHH- ha? " as I fall onto the floor hands down, body shaking and almost cried... I could say that was a traumatic event for me.

I steeled myself to not cry and slowly walked into the mail, as I grabbed both of them on a considerably short cupboard, I found out that there was two mail.

𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘺

𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭.

𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢... 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮, 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳...

uhhh... that is convenient... and bad... how am I supposed to go through school and stuff? are school even are a thing in this kind of world??

let's just check the other mail...

𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜!...

𝙰𝚜𝚑𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙴.𝙳.𝙸.𝙴. 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕.

𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝙳𝙰𝚈 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎.

𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝙰𝚜𝚑𝚝𝚘𝚗.

that's ominous... what school did I get into? looking into my memories nothing came by about a specific school, and there's not an internet... what did I get into?

as I open the door I was shocked at the state of the house I am in... it's surprising clean? why did a clean house messed so much of my expectations? and are those bags? I opened it to find clothes, and necessity of any kind in the bag... there's even a portable cooker inside... did my sister prepared this for me? then if so did she is the one who signed me into that school? so many questions so little answer.

i grabbed those bags as the clock tick in an uncomfortable manner, I looked at the clock above my door as the needle tick exactly at 9.

suddenly a howling sound not of an animal but something much much more worse came into view.

"HOWWWLLLLLLLLLL" a black orb at the size of an apple sucked me inside of it so fast I couldn't even see or think I was being dragged into an unknown land.

once I realized it though I was in a clearing, all around me are forest of impossible sizes, the fog obscures all as if a pair of eyes are watching me with purpose, is it hunting me? protecting me? I don't know but for all I know this is a dire situation.

my only remaining brain cell started to formulate a possibility on how did I get here in the first place, I know for a fact that the school is responsible somehow for this, they're the ones that send an invitation but never told me about 𝙝𝙤𝙬 they're going to do it but... that's not important right now.

I quickly scrambled to my feet as a book falls out of nowhere creating a loud thump and a slight tremor at the ground, with nothing but my bed wear I quickly grabbed it without hesitation.

the book itself are dark in color with a slight red light shining from a gem embedded in the book, I touched the book and quickly felt that the letter are embedded slightly upward it reads ᎿᎻᎬ ᎯᏕᏢᎬᏨᎿ ᎾᎰ ᎠᎬᎰᎬᏁᏕᎬ.

kind of weird writing but I can live with it, the book opens to a page that instead have a wall of text on it... have a wall of text on it, in fact the book are huge by no means and the fact that there are a few spaces of paper that doesn't get filled to the brim with words hurt my soul more than it should.

and adds that to the fact that the words are HUGE and I mean it by no exaggeration, it's literally only have a few sentences in it.

it reads:

▀▄▀▄𝘼𝙎𝙋𝙀𝘾𝙏 𝙊𝙁 𝘿𝙀𝙁𝙀𝙉𝙎𝙀 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙏 𝙊𝙉𝙀▄▀▄▀

₩₳₮₵Ⱨ ØɄ₮ ₣ØⱤ Ɇ₦Ɇ₥łɆ₴ ₳ⱤØɄ₦Đ.

after being so graciously warned by the books I looked around to find nothing... reading something in the middle of a clearing might be my worst mistake yet, so instead of making it a reality I tried to find a hiding spot nearby.

the forest might be the worst thing in the world but who knows what stays in a clearing and with the knowledge of the monster that attacked the human it's definitely a no brainer to stand in the clearing.

not only that the fog will help a lot when running or fleeing from something, I just need to hope there wasn't something that adapted to it.

i tried sneaking around but only to find myself lost in the woods, then an idea came to my mind the book! I can use the faint light on the front books to illuminate the path... the lost problem are still there but it's better than nothing.

I grabbed the book that is placed inside of my pajama (to avoid stealing but in hindsight it is probably not a good idea) and shine the red light in the fog.

immediately I could see maybe five meter in front of me, 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 with that said I slowly and carefully make ways through the woods, putting careful care to not look straight in front of me.

after walking for a fair bit in front of me a clear fork lay upon in front of me, on my right the terrain looks a bit more rocky and tougher than the usual green grass I walked for the past few minutes, on my left a slightly mushier terrain, I tried to push my foot inside the ground as it leaked water... fuck that.

deciding the rocky terrain is the best for me instead of the swamp, I make quick haste as I felt a bit more worried staying outside like this.

my surrounding sound which consists of small animal sound and sometimes something else is now replaced with a louder footsteps as if to clue me that I'm not alone, thankfully I don't have to wait very long as a small alcove? more like someone or something dug out the side of the rocky hill creating a safe haven for me, though the fog managed to get in, it was only a small quantity which in turn allowed me to at least see the content of the books.

i tried to flip the other pages of the thick book as I struggled of opening it in the first place, only the first page is available to me for now.

now that I'm in a darker areas the content of the first book seemed to have changed a bit now it reads:

𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎 𝚣𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚕𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝.

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠:

-𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚎.

𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝? 𝚍𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 539 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍.

that's concerning but what's more concerning is...

𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝? 𝚍𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 535 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍.

I'm so fucked.

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action! oh the dread and horror of anticipation! well guys see you next month.