``You know I don't control what curse you get, I only control if you get one.´´
The truck said, and it seemed exasperated. Hayate had no way of knowing what the truck felt, but that description felt fitting.
``ush~ you really are mean to me, truck-kun. Oi, newbie, you want a curse? Like it's going to be your first run, but trust me, the extra points are necessary.´´
``First run? Curse? extra points?´´
Hayate was confused. Had his dream decided to have a system, or something like those that appear in isekai anime?
``Truck-kun, please let me do it. I wanna have the honor to do it, please let me 'bless him' with the ball.´´
Hayate heard the silver-haired man talk about having the honor to bless him with a ball and knell before the truck, and then he saw the truck sigh before shaking his head, or whatever the truck equivalent is for a head, before a black ball the size of a tennis ball appeared in mid air, and the silver-haired man took it. And then he spoke, looking at Hayate.
``So you want a curse? or nah?´´
``No?´´
Hayate answered, uncertain of what a curse would entail or what the crazy guy would make him do for the curse.
``Okay, your loss.´´
The silver-haired man pulled his hand back before throwing the ball at Hayate, hitting him straight in the forehead and making him stumble backwards, falling on his back. Hayate felt annoyed at the man after all, he barely knew him, and now the man had hit him with a ball and called it a blessing? Hayate wouldn't let that slide. Before Hayate could even say anything, he felt a searing heat on his forehead, and his body started to feel numb, and before he knew it, he had fallen again and was slowly falling unconscious.
``You have been blessed.´´
It was the last thing Hayate heard before darkness claimed him.
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Lucius Aurelian
Lucius looked at the black haired teen? No, it looked older than that, maybe a young adult? Who knows with Japanese people. Lucius remembered the time he was in that place after getting hit with a black cube. This one got it better than him after all the sharp corners weren't a nice thing to feel on your face.
``So truck-kun~ where am I going to reincarnate?´´
``You didn't have to hit him that hard, even a slight touch would've worked,´´ said truck-kun, looking at Lucius. The most reckless and petty person he has seen, and that without mentioning how annoying he is.
``and lose my opportunity to see if I could make him pass out from the hit? Don't think so, anyway, gonna tell me about the place we're going to?´´
Lucius looked at Truck-Kun, the de facto helper of the reincarnation department of the system, also a petty drunkard who likes to hit people with the cubes. The truck with the same expression it had every time something related to him was concerned.
``You're going to like it, it was your favourite series before your first reincarnation, that's all I can say.´´
``as polite as always, I promise not to play with the timelines... much.´´
Lucius remembered what happened the moment he discovered chronomancy, and what happened when he decided to go full kamikaze against an A-grade elf while converging every timeline of that world to make sure the elf died in every single possible future. That was what won him the first warning and a stern talking to from a representative of the system.
``What are you waiting for? I already know the beginner's steps, this ain't my first run. Plus, that guy is going to end up with me this run, so I'll just tell him what he needs to know.´´ said Lucius, already deciding not to tell anything but the most basic things to the newbie.
``I'm sure you were already warned about it, but don't do that again. You know I'm not talking about the timeline convergence.´´
The truck looked at him seriously, all pretence of calmness or annoyance gone and replaced with cold seriousness as the truck stared at Lucius.
``It's nice that you have me in such high standards, but that was more of a random fluke of luck than anything, and the system did patch it, so I can't really get that variant of the skill anymore.´´
Lucius and Truck-kun stared at each other for a few moments before Lucius felt it, the subtle pull of unconsciousness.
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The warmth of the floor, the soft breeze hitting his face, everything was different than a moment ago when he was in front of Truck-kun. Slowly, Lucius opened his eyes and stood up, taking in his surroundings. It was daytime, the palm tree over his head offered some respite from the blazing sun, and he was in a desert. He checked his status.
Status
Name: Lucius Aurelian
Race:[Human(G)]
Class: N/A
Profession: N/A
Hp:150/150
Mp:120/120
Sta:105/105
Stats
Strenght:9
Vitality:10
Defence:7
Endurance:7
Perception:11
Intelligence:9
Agility:7
Wisdom:6
Willpower:8
Free points:50
Skills
[Tonges of the Multiverse(unique)]
-Micellanius skills
[Obvserve(common)]
Bloodline
-[Unawakened]
Atributes
-[Reincarnated(2)]
-[Curse of androgyny(permanent)]
Lucius looked at everything. He had been wiped back to his beginning state. It was fine, he kind of deserved that. he sat down and concentrated on his curse [Curse of androgyny]
[Curse of androgyny]
Male? Female? Who knows, your appearance is forever bound to a balance between both. (wanna act like a kid? Then look like one)
-Effects: the Host is unable to grow past 5'2, will always remain youthful, and his appearance will be doubted by all people; people are more likely to misgender or dismiss the Host.
How is this a curse? Lucius thought to himself, after all, this curse would pretty much make every rogue or assassin the deadliest as long as their skills were good. no one would suspect the young-looking kid of being the culprit. Stopping his train of thought from going further, Lucius turned his attention to the other attribute.
[Reincarnated(2)]
A gift to the outsider of the world, this will enable you be able to adapt better to your life here.
-Effects: doubles the Race exp gained if the host is below the minimum Grade for his race in the world, this world's minimum grade: F-Grade.
-Lvl2: doubles the exp gained for class if the host is below the minimum grade of the world.
As expected, the cheat every reincarnator has, only that it is more balanced so as not to disturb the balance of power in the world right off the bat. Lucius heard a rustle and, shifting his head slightly to his side, he saw it. It seemed that his ''Partner'' for this run is waking up.
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Hayate Takeda
Hayate woke up from what felt like the most disorienting sleep of his life, opening his eyes, he saw the leaves of a palm tree. Did his dream change again? Looking around, his eyes locked on the silver-haired figure of a cute girl near him, looking at him. Why did his dream make silver-haired people appear? What would happen if the girl were like that silver-haired guy? Hayate had no real idea of why his dreams seemed to go haywire this day. So he decided to do the only thing you never do in lucid dreams: you say you know you're in a dream.
``This is a dream, I'm going to wake up in a moment. Just throw me into the nightmare, please.´´
``Oh, sweet summer child. This is not a dream.´´ said the silver-haired beauty. Her voice was soft, soothing, and young, a lot younger than he expected.
``What do you mean, this isn't a dream?. Hahaha-please stop joking around. This has to be a dream, and I'm about to wake up in my bed in my house at any moment.´´
Hayate's mind was spiraling fast. First, his friend in his dream tells him he died hours ago, and now this silver-haired girl told him this is not a dream, worse of all, something in his gut told him that she wasn't lying.
``Say system activate.´´ said the girl to Hayate. She was seemingly indifferent to his existential dread and approaching panic attack.
``System activate?.´´
Just as Hayate said that a blue panel appeared in front of his face, knocking his balance and causing him to fall back to the floor, shocking him and dispelling his panic and fear by its sudden appearance.
[System Setup loading.]
``what? What the hell is that? You-you what did you do to me?´´
[System initialization (10%)]
``I have done nothing silly´´ said the girl, seemingly amused by Hayate's shock.
[System Initialization (40%)]
``What-what is this then?´´ said Hayate, pointing at the floating blue panel.
[System initialization (70%)]
``Something you're going to like having, my friend.´´
[system initialization (99%)]
``What you're saying makes no sense. What do you mean by that? And why are you so calm about this? Who are you? Why are you calling me a friend?.´´ said Hayate slowly, standing up.
``I'm no one important, but welcome to the most exclusive club of the onmiverse, my friend´´ said the girl, extending a hand in Hayate's direction to help him.
``The what?´´ Hayate took her hand and pulled himself upwards. It's soft. A sudden bell sound caught his attention and shifted his head to see what had made it, only to see that the blue panel had changed to black.
[System online]
[Welcome to the Omniversal System Host]