Chapter 2 - My luck is terrible. (Patreon)

"What the hell!?" he shouted, his eyes widening as he ran his hands over every part of his body. He had felt his body being torn to pieces. He had experienced a pain unlike anything he had ever felt before.

A pain so intense that he hadn't even known such a thing was possible.

Those had been the most agonizing seconds of his life.

Breathing heavily and rapidly, he finished checking his body and realized that all his limbs were still attached. Huff~~ With a sigh of relief, he felt the bed he was lying on.

It was anything but comfortable.

He carefully looked around, taking in his surroundings.

Wooden walls, an old lamp, a closed window with a torn curtain, and worn-out furniture.

'Did I really end up in another world?' Fortunately, he had had that conversation with the "Goddess."

If he had ended up in another world without that conversation, he would have been much more confused.

"Argh!" Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his head. Information began flooding into his mind—memories of a life he had never lived. A humble life in a village near Orario.

A modest village that survived through farming.

"My name is… Kael…"

Kael, a boy who was only seventeen years old. His parents had died, and he had no brothers or sisters. He lived alone and worked in the village fields, earning a few coins and receiving food every day.

He lived in a small, old house that his father had built before he was even born.

"According to my memories… My parents died during a monster attack on the village?" It was something that had never happened before, something rare that shouldn't have happened at all. A misfortune.

"Argh, what a load of crap. I told that woman my luck was trash. Just look at this miserable setup. An orphan, poor, and not even living in Orario right now. What the hell."

Kael stood up and kicked the leg of the bed without using much force. Then, he went to the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror.

Straight black hair reaching his shoulders, light blue eyes, and an impressive physique, thanks to spending almost the entire day working in the fields and lifting heavy things.

With a sigh, he spoke to his reflection.

"System."

Just as the Goddess had said, a system appeared before his eyes. It was a translucent, bluish window. Several things were displayed, including his status and a special ability.

Name: Kael

Title: Teleporter

Familia: Null

Level: 1

Strength (STR): I 10

Endurance (END): I 10

Dexterity (DEX): I 10

Agility (AGI): I 10

Magic (MAG): I 10

Abilities: Teleportation (EX) LV1 / Swordsmanship LV1

After reading his stats and abilities, Kael let out a disappointed sigh. He really had started from the beginning, despite having lived in that world for so long. His stats were those of an ordinary person.

Or rather, he was a little stronger than an ordinary person, since the system had BECOME his Falna.

"I can increase my stats even without a Falna? … That's interesting. I don't have to enter a Familia if I don't want to. But putting that aside, my special ability is teleportation… Isn't that a little too OP?"

Kael smiled and then read the ability's description.

[Teleportation — Allows the user to instantly move their body to a location they can see or have visited before. Consecutive uses may cause dizziness and fatigue.]

Something else had been added: the current limit of his ability.

[At Level 1, the range is limited to 10 meters.]

Even with that limitation, Kael didn't care. The ability was still at Level 1, and it would level up over time.

'This ability is fucking awesome,' he thought.

But how was he supposed to increase his stats? By killing monsters, just like the adventurers in that world?

That would be impossible in this village. He would have to go to Orario and explore the Dungeon. He wasn't afraid, and he would do it without a doubt.

But would he be able to enter the Dungeon without belonging to a Familia? Kael didn't remember the original story very well. He couldn't recall exactly how the whole process worked.

"Fortunately, this idiot saved some money. I can survive in Orario for a few days. I'm not staying here much longer. I'll leave as soon as possible."

Kael took another look at his status and noticed that he had a title.

"Teleporter, huh? That's an interesting title."

After chuckling, Kael closed his status window and sighed.

Then, he went to the bathroom and took a cold shower. Afterward, he left his house wearing a long-sleeved shirt and gloves.

The village he lived in had no more than twenty houses, and everyone knew one another. Kael greeted everyone as though nothing had happened.

No one suspected that an entirely different person now lived inside that body.

Kael started working alongside his friends, and by the time night fell, he was exhausted.

When he got home, he took another shower and ate some stale bread.

'I feel like I could pass out at any moment.'

He was mentally exhausted. He wasn't used to that kind of work.

Kael then opened his status and finally decided to test his ability for the first time.

"Ten meters…"

Kael walked to the corner of his home and mentally wished to teleport to the other side of the room. The moment he did so, his field of vision shifted instantly.

"Whoa, what the hell?"

He felt a sensation in the pit of his stomach unlike anything he had ever experienced.

It was a strange feeling.

Then, he did it a few more times, teleporting to different spots around his house.

As a result, he eventually passed out from exhaustion.

And so, a few days went by…