"fuck me."
that was the only thing going through Cassian's mind right now, as just yesterday, after just coming back late at night from working at the club, he now woke up only to find himself in a new world.
'normally, id be happy to be reincarnated in a new world, I was a bookworm in my younger years after all, but out of all the reincarnations that could've happened.. why.. why am I a damn baby!!!'
'that's right, reborn as a damn baby. Terrible luck id say', were the thoughts going through Cassian's mind right now, as he looked around, he noticed a few things.
'it seems my new.. father, isn't here, only my mother, and looking at the state of the house..it doesn't seem were exactly well off..'
as he thought about those things, he slowly began to change his thinking to his current situation.
'well.. first thing first, what is this world, I definitely didn't play any games, nor have I read any books recently. Aside from my cookbooks and drink smithing recipes at least.,
'well, as a staple of any reincarnation like.. ever. lets say the magic words.. system?'
…
…
[welcome, host]
'fuck yes! okay.. so, system, like.. what can you do?'
[I can display your status, host.]
'that's all?'
[that's all, host.]
'uhm..do it then, I suppose?'
[Status]
Name: Asher Levine
Age: 1 day
Stats(adult average 10):
Strength-1
Agility-1
Endurance-2
Charm-3
Intelligence-14
[Status End]
'the lack of a cheat ability is disappointing.. physical stats make sense for a damn baby..at least I'm a cute baby, as far as being a baby goes, and hey..im nearly smarter than the average by half, so that's a plus.'
finally going out of his daze from looking at his subpar stats, his nose picks up something.. something he's awfully familiar with, the smell of booze, heavy at that.. 'it doesn't seem like my mother' he thinks to himself, looking at his voluptous mother cradling him with a warm smile.
'that only leaves.. my new father. but.. only time will tell, I haven't even seen him yet, so who knows, he could be dead.'
-SEVEN YEARS LATER-
in the farmlands of the Tanis barony, a young seven year old with black hair and unique purple eyes can be seen sweating while working the fields, being yelled at by a fat looking man reeking of beer, seemingly the boys father.
"hey brat! work harder damnit! I didn't raise you to see you lazing around!"
the fat man says, to which the young kid, Asher, who simply shrugs and keeps working as he thinks to himself
'fat bastard, if you didn't keep all the money for the damn house id have left already with mother, tch, no matter, I need his money for food and he wont give it unless I fucking work.'
Asher thinks as he grabs another large sack of hay to carry to the storage house
'well.. all of this would've been fine and dandy by now if I had my fucking cheat ability, heck, everyone in this fucking world has a system too, the bitch only displays your stats either way'
so far, Asher has only found out a few things, first, apparently he's a commoner, son of a kind mother and an alcoholic father, secondly, he lives in the barony of Tanis, and lastly this is the typical high fantasy world, but he has no relation to it since he has no powers to do anything.
'well, there are plenty main characters who awaken their op powers later on right..? yea I still have a chance, for sure.'
-THREE YEARS LATER-
'nope, no cheat for me aye?'
Asher thinks to himself after he gets out of his bed, just a bit of hay with a cloth over it, as he suddenly hears some noise in the room next door, and it only gets louder.. until a slap, and a cry..
"mother! are you okay!?"
Asher rushes over, to see his mother on the floor crying, a hand on her cheek, as his father suddenly yells
"you bitch! how can you be pregnant! there's no way! your fucking lying bitch! n-no I cant afford another fucking kid! p-plus it cant be my child y-yea! you bitch..! you must've cheated on me!"
the fat man says, before running out of the house, likely to never return.. leaving the two.. now three people, with no money
'fucking shit.. fuck do I do.. I cant stay with mother.. she's pregnant, she cant work, I'm to young to get a damn job.. and being with mother will only be a burden.. right..?
"leave."
a voice suddenly interrupts his thoughts, the voice of his mother
"what..?"
his mind blanks, unable to process the current situation
"I said leave damnit! leave and don't come back! just like your damn father!"
"I.. mother-"
"don't call me that!, just leave damnit.."
she suddenly throws one of my fathers beer bottles, although it barely misses its mark..it certainly left the message, so with a heavy heart.. Asher leaves, going to the market district, its where beggars go after all, trying to find whatever scraps they can.
and in the blink of an eye.. two whole years pass, Asher having hit his growth spurt, despite the severe lack of food, grew far taller, heck, unlike other beggars, since all he's been doing the past two years being running away after stealing something, he even gained the smallest bit of muscle, his strength and endurance stats being 12 and 13 respectively, now at a staggering 5 foot 9 for his young age of 12
'fuck this shit, I want to go home..to earth, why the fuck do I have to suffer through this shit? i haven't even died on earth.. I just woke up in this dogshit world..'
Asher repeats the same words that have been going through his mind over and over for the past two years.. but he gets up, he has to get food one way or another, those who sit around and wait for a saving grace all end up dying here, with the rest of the beggars
and so, forcing his feet up, he discreetly goes to one of the bread stalls, making sure no one sees him, and just as he grabs the piece of bread.. he gets hit, the burly owner of the bread stall hitting him square in the jaw, sending his malnourished body flying
"little prick! what do you think your doing trying to steal from me!"
the burly man says as he kicks Asher in the stomach, making him throw up whatever scraps were left in his body, and bile, directly of the foot of the burly man, angering him further
"disgusting fucking beggar! I'm gonna fucking kill you!"
he says as he begins to beat the boy relentlessly, leaving him in a pool of blood before leaving a while later
'fuck me.. truly, how unlucky can I be.. laying in a pool of my own puke and blood.. should i just.. kill myself..? not like I haven't thought of it before..'
Asher thinks, his mind going into deeper and deeper trails of thoughts, as he remembers something that makes him chuckle.. before he coughs up more blood
'isn't today my birthday As well..? haven't even realized..'
before his thoughts were once again interrupted, something that seems to happen quite often nowadays
[ding! it has been determined host has accumulated a sufficient enough amount of mental trauma, along with a sufficient enough amount of time alive! hosts blessing is now awakened! please check your status to see your blessing]
'ah.. and its not even a cheat isn't it.. iv heard of this before, some people can be born with these blessings.. or a specific trigger can awaken them.. albeit rarely.. all its saying is iv been fucked in the ass so hard by the world the gods took pity on me.. ah, right, awakening is supposed to heal you or some bulshit isn't it?'
interrupting his train of thoughts is an intense pain.. not one from awakening his blissing.. but rather his body being healed, his broken bones and wounds closing slowly, but without blocking out the pain, feeling his own bone move inside his body back into place, like taking a surgery while awake
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
he yells at the top of his lunges, causing the other beggars near him jump in surprise, before settling back, as the number one rule for beggars is to mind your own damn business
"hah.. hah... huff..."
Asher breathes heavily, while used to pain, this one by far took first place
'that blessing better be fucking worth it.. system, show me my fucking status.'
[Status]
Name: Asher(orphaned, thus missing last name)
Age:13
Stats:
Strength-13(+1)
Agility-15(+2)
Endurance-14(+1)
Charm-17
Intelegnce-15(+1)
{blessing}
gifts of the past:
1st function-once a year, on your birthday, you will gain a gift from one of your previous lives, weather it be an ability, item, or memories
2nd function-upon finding something heavily related to one of your previous lives, you will automatically gain a new gift from that life, without having to wait till your birthday.
{owned gifts:2}
gift of the royal chef
gift of the drink smith
[Status end]
'first of all.. am as handsome as always, stats have risen because the healing from the awakening seems to make my condition even better than before, and while the ability is awesome, broken even, but why do I have two gifts..? wait.. since I gain a gift automatically once I gain something heavily related to it.. does that mean.. my previous life's memories.. their the most heavily related to it after all, and I worked at a club as a bartender in my past life, so the dots connect..'
after the rapid thoughts, Asher finally decided to check his new gifts.. although they seem a bit underwhelming
'system, show me my gifts.'
[gift of the royal chef]
description- 'as the royal chef of a tyrant empress, there were only two things the empress cared about, food, and expanding her kingdom, and so, it is a miracle that you survived with her iron tongue, even becoming her closest and only confidant, before being beheaded along with her during the civil war..'
type- passive ability
effect: increase in cooking ability to the extreme, with the added bonus of rarely making food that have special effects.
[gift of the drink smith]
description- 'the best drink smith, the greatest bartender, and somehow prostitute? you could do it all! at the club, your drinks make people on cloud nine, the women? flocking to pay you for a good time! what can you not do?
type-passive ability
effect- increase in drink smithing ability to the extreme, with the added bonus of rarely making drinks with special effects, increased ability in bed in all aspects, with the added bonus of women having a higher chance of hiring you for a job (applicable to any job)
'id say..im pretty happy'
Asher thinks as he slowly makes his way to a nearby tavern
'it will be hard since I'm so young.. but I should be able to get a job at a tavern, even if only as a dishwasher for the time being'
as finally, he finds the tavern, as he walks up to the man at the counter, an older man with slightly grey hair, yet a burly physique
"hey sir, would you be happening to offer a job?"
with a gruff, the man says
"its William, call me will, kid, and no, we aren't offering jobs to beggar kids."
suddenly, Asher's tone turns serious yet playful
"old man will, how about a bet. ill cook a single dish, and if its delicious, hire me.
"tch, damn brat. ya lucky I pity you, fine, go to the kitchen, ya got 30 minutes to wow me"
"thanks old will! I wont disappoint you!"
Asher says as he skids to the kitchen, thinking to himself
'now what should I cook.. meat is quite expensive so I cant use that in this world.. but.. there's a lot of wheat, which means flour, then we have a lot of farms so we have milk and eggs.. there's tomato's in this world as well since were a farm village.. so.. a pizza!'
and true to his words, thirty minutes later, Asher walks out with a hot pizza, giving it to will.
"never seen anything like it.. but it looks good.. so how do I eat it, brat?"
"just grab a slice like this and take a bite, like this!"
'this is so good! I haven't had anything like this in 12 years now..'
Asher also thinks to himself while he's demonstrating how to eat it, taking the chance to eat some himself, and as will also takes a bite, his eyes go wide, as he stuffs the slice down before saying with a wide smile
"ya pass kid!"
"yes! thanks old will!"
END OF CHAPTER
I apologize if the writing is bad, this is my first time writing anything, much less making a novel, so please tell me any criticism you may have!
also this is a test chapter so only the first chapter will be released, as I will be writing the other ten after taking in all of your criticism and slowly bettering myself, after the ten chapters after this one I'm planning on releasing a chapter every day! although I don't know if that's for sure so sorry if it ends up not being so!