"Hngh..."
A mans' body twitched upon the soil that is beneath him.
Huge in size, his body lay bare upon the earth with a seemingly grandiose golden aura encompassing the entirety of his being.Blonde, golden hair as if it is a lions' mane, with sharp, beautiful features for his face, anybody would think that he would be a god, relaxing within the company of mother nature herself.
However, the truth would say otherwise.
"Ugh, Where am I?This headache I swear.Everytime I woke up from sleep."
The man spoke with a voice booming of authority, questioning himself about his situation.
"Oh right, that whole reincarnation thing." The man spoke with a reassuring answer upon the realization of his predicament.
"Still can't believe that I'm here, in this beautiful, yet dangerous world."
He said as he looked around himself.Assessing his current location.
"Seems like I'm surrounded by trees."
He said as he confirms his location.
The trees around him shook lightly upon the touch of wind.It breezing through the forest as whispers of the light, cold-ish breeze echoes within it.
*whooooooosh*
"A bit cold to the touch this wind.I better get moving."
He said as he decided to transition into a sitting position.
After sitting fully, he noticed that there is something had been put beside a tree directly in front of him.
What he saw is two items within his line of sight.
"Is that a big rectangular piece of metal? and also a pouch? in the middle of a forest?"
He said as he is processing what he just witnessed.
The titan then proceeded to standup and approach the two oddly place items.
As he arrived, he decided to take the big piece of metal a closer look.Upon inspection, he noticed that it has a handle to it.
"a handle?" The titan said confusingly.
"Wait a minute, now that I see it as a whole,-"
He rotate it around a bit to confirm his speculation.
"-this is a shield!"
He said with a tone of shock.
"But what is a shield doing here? I don't remember adding a shield to my background story."
he said as he put down the shield in hand.
He then proceeded to move on to his next target.
The pouch.
"huh." He contemplated with his eyebrow raised.
with the urge to know what is inside the pouch, he, without any delay, picked it up.
"Oh my, it has quite the mass to it." He said with a surprising tone.
He decided to lay the shield upon the tree once more and proceeded to open the pouch.
What he saw made him happy.
"Valis!"
The titan shout in joy upon the appearance of this worlds' currency.
While the big man was fixated on the shimmering glow of his booty, he noticed a paper, scrunched up within the pouch beneath all the treasure.
"Oh? what could this be?"
He said as he took out the paper.
He proceeded to open the paper, considering that it is folded, to see what contains within it.
"It seems to me that it is a note."
The man said as he proceeded to see its contents.
With an italic font to its writing, the note says:
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Well hello there child.It is me, the wish granter.
As you can probably see, in front of you are items, oddly placed near your current location.These items are, as you may have already guessed, a shield and a money pouch.The reason for this extra gift is because of your final good deed you have did following your final wish.An act selflessness.His majesty has already witnessed and foresaw what you would wish for and decided to give you a bit more then what you have wanted.As for what it is? That is your job to find out.
That is all from this lowly servant, this will be our last and final time conversing with one another.
May you be in good fortune wherever you go.
Dear Aurelius.
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The big man read with a smile splattered across his face.
"Heh, truly.I am very thankful for it."
The big man says as he is happy for the unwanted consideration these higher beings had brought onto himself.
"But, Aurelius huh? I was saying that name on a whim to look cool while I was in the process of being taken away to this world, but, now that I hear it, it doesn't sound bad at all."
The titan, now known as Aurelius, started to fold the paper back to its small size and put it in his pocket.
"I wouldn't want to lose this paper now do I? If anyone found it, laying here on the ground, a high chance that my little secret here will be discovered.So, better safe than sorry."
He said as he thought of the consequence of having his little secret here found out.
"Besides, this is not the same, safe world of my past life.In this world, a person slacking off would be the end of the line for said individual.So, I better lock in."
He reaffirms himself upon the dangers of this world.
"Alright now that all of this has pass, I might encounter the place that I wanted to reach if I follow this path towards the south....or north? I don't know.But if memory of this body serves me right, than this would be the way to it."
Aurelius say and proceeds to follow the path that would predestined his arrival upon his location.
While walking, Aurelius was thinking about his previous life.Well, more specifically, after his departure from said world.
'I wonder how all of them would take in the news of my gruesome death? Ms. Anna would be traumatized seeing me being impaled on the sign.I believe that she has saw it because I heard her screaming voice on the brink of death.'
Aurelius thought solemnly.
'My sister would probably be very sad at the very least after knowing about about my sudden death.'
'My mom on the other hand would be having it terrible.Knowing how loving she is towards both me and my sister, she would form some kind of traumatic disorder.'
Aurelius thought about the 2 women in his family, knowing that they would be having things hard, emotionally, when he is not around.
'And then, there's the old man.' Aurelius thought
'He probably is rushing back to Malaysia from South Korea just to see me.....well a donut shaped human me.'
Aurelius chuckle on the thought of his corpse.
'Well either that or they are secretly are happy that I am gone, doesn't matter to me.I have given them a blessing for better and happier lives after my death.It is on their own actions either they screw themselves over or succeed.' Aurelius thought, contempt with his choice.
'haha! Of course they would mourn me, we have build bonds with each other as a family.So there is no way that they would be happy for my death.....right? Oh I hope so because that would be one thing for me to cope with.' Aurelius thought, fighting off the doubt that the latter is correct.
Aurelius then shook his head as to break out of his train of thoughts.
"Well enough of seamless thoughts, I need to hurry over to the place."
Aurelius said as he hasten his pace towards his destination.
The walk for him went on for a while.He is starting to doubt that this is the right passage towards the place.
However, as if to rectify his doubtful believes, in the distance appear a structure of sorts as the trees around him started to lessen as he continues to walk near his location.
"My my.Well I'll be."
the structure, upon truly left the entirety of the forest, manifest itself fully.
High walls being seen from his location.Behind the wall, is a tall tower that reach the skies.
"The Tower of Babel."
"Finally, I'm here." Aurelius said with a big smile as he took in the view of the structure, or more accurate, city.
"Orario."
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As Aurelius was about to arrive at the gates of Orario, he saw something that has taken his mood away.
"Ugh, a line of people.I guess I can't get away from waiting in a "counter cashier" I suppose." Aurelius said solemnly upon facing his least liked obstacle.
"Well it can't be helped.It's not like I can brute force my way through this crowd of people anyways.Besides, there might be some adventurers in this line that I didn't know of that could one tap me.If not that, than the Ganesha Familia members guarding the gates would just apprehend me.Better be patient than being stubborn."
Aurelius says, begrudgingly accepting his situation.
As time passed, the line moved forward and leading him closer towards the entrance of the gate.
Well, much to his annoyance of people just gazing at him upon the size difference.
Then it was his turn.
"May I see your identity card?" the reception guard ask.Shocked afterwards however upon the humongous size of the man in front him.
"Sorry, but I don't have one." Aurelius says calmly.
After Aurelius spoke those words, the reception guard woke up from his stupor.
"O-Oh is that so? Are you new here?" The reception guard ask.
"Yup, pretty much."
"Then if that's the case, you would need to pay to enter the city." The reception guard says.
"Okay then, sure.How much would it cost?"
"That would be 750 Valis."
'Hmm, that's not bad of a price I guess.I have seen online in my previous life says that valis is essentially Japanese Yen.So, around 5 Dollars to enter.' Aurelius thought, happy with the amount to pay.
"Alright then.Here you go."
"Very well, thank you very much.Enjoy your stay."
The reception guard says as he planted a smile towards Aurelius.
"Wait a moment." Aurelius ask.
"May I ask a question?" Aurelius said, posing a question without caring about the line behind him.
"Sure do.One question would suffice only because there's a line waiting behind you."
"Okay then." Aurelius replied with a nod.
"How do I get an Identity card as you call it? And what benefits that it will give me?" Aurelius ask.
"Well simple really, either buy a property in this city or be a member of a familia.Both of which would lead you to register at the adventurers guild." The reception guard answered.
"As for its benefits, you don't need to pay to enter the city as long that you have an identity card." The reception guard explained.
"Understood, well I'll be on my way now.Don't want to stall the line any longer." Aurelius said as he bid farewell towards the guard.
As Aurelius left, the reception guard can't stop thinking about the absurdity of Aurelius' size.
'What a huge size! I bet he's even taller than Freya Familias' captain, Ottarl.' The reception guard thought.
After entering into Orario, Aurelius couldn't help but let out his breath with a smile upon his arrival in this place.
'Oh man, I always seen it in the anime or any illustrations of Orario, but nothing beats seeing it for real in front of my own two very eyes.'
Aurelius said as he was taking in the view of the scenery within this part of this city.
'Well, I would enjoy it even more if I didn't know that this place was littered with shady stuff around its dark corners.' Aurelius thought.
Indeed, as much as it is beautiful seeing this fantasy like place in first person, any person who knows about Orario undertood that this place is the embodiment of "don't judge a book by its cover".
'Well whatever, I can think about that when it arises to haunt me.For now I have one goal to reach.'
'And that is to find myself a familia.' Aurelius confirms his goal with a determined will.
'But, how is the question.What familia do I want to join? I could go towards Freya Familia and test my luck, but their way of managing things as I remember from the anime isn't exactly what I like.Loki Familia? It is a good desicion.However, I doubt that they would let me go into the dungeon alone as a beginner and I doubt if I resist, I would win against the absurd high levels of lokis' main force.'
As he is thinking on what familia and how to join one, he heard a commotion in the near alley.
"Come back when you get stronger!" The stranger said as he slammed the door on the person he just kicked out.
The person that was kicked out has a small stature, seemingly still within his teenage years.He has white hair fluffy hair, reminiscing that of a rabbit.
'Well well well.How lucky can I get?'
Aurelius thought upon seeing the person slump against the wall of the building.
'It seems like I am at the start of the show, or should I say, the start of the main event.' Aurelius thought as he know all to well who said person is.
'Bell Cranel.'