Year 2030, December 1st.
"Haa...It's so cold tonight".
'I'm Haru, age 26. My parents abandoned me as a child when I was 5. They left me in the snow to freeze to death. Luckily, I survived. Because of that, I had to do odd jobs to keep myself alive'.
'Why?'.
'Because they want to have a girl, but I'm what they got—a boy'.
'You might be wondering why I live like this, in a messy apartment full of garbage and full of games'.
'Because...'.
'When I was in high school, a gas exploded. Luckily, I survived, but my left leg had to be amputated and replaced with mechanical parts'.
'I thought that was the end of it, but when I was in college, another explosion happened that left my lower body paralyzed. At that time, I was the representative of our school; I ranked 1 in every subject, but because of my disability, the school took away my role'.
'All my hardships, my honor'.
'Because of that, no job wants to hire me'.
'I lost all hope that if there's a god, I want to ask God, why me? '.
As I look at my door, I see my mailbox full of bills reminding me of how pathetic my life is.
*Flashback
"You are the future of our school". 'Disgusting'. "Stay right here; Mommy and Daddy will be back'. 'Disgusting'. "Don't worry, I'm here with you". 'Disgusting'. 'Disgusting'. 'Disgusting'.
"What am I even doing?".
"I'm just going to play a game [Create Your Character]".
"What the—".
"I have never seen this before."
[Race: ?? Unknown?? ] "What's this, an error? How is that supposed to happen?.
This stupid game".
[Choose Another Race] 'It's making me choose two races? Typically you can only choose one race at a time, but it's making me choose another one. That's weird.
[Race:*^Error€] "Ok, that's it. I've had enough".
'Huh?'.
'It's not an error; it is a name, but it has no information or description...did the game update? But it's an old game; it's impossible'.
[Class: Sorcerer] [Class: Fighter].
[Appearance: Randomized] [Status: Level 1/Health-12/12].
"And for my stats—".
[Roll Status].
[Strength 6/Dexterity 6/Intelligence 8/Wisdom 5/Defense 5/Charm 7/Arcana 4/Agility 8/Mental 5].
"Okay, that's better".
"Hmmm...For the name I think," [Name: Chrono] "yes, that's it, Chrono, a cool name".
"Okay, all done".
[Customization Complete...] [Playing...].
Suddenly I got pulled in my screen [What the he-].
*A chair falling down.
[Now Playing...].
As I wake up, I notice that I am in an unfamiliar place.
"WHAT THE HECK, WHERE AM I?".
'Confused as I am, I suddenly feel different when I look at my lower body".
'It's a miracle...they're not mechanical parts but real body parts'.
I cried just thinking of all the suffering I've been through.
'I checked the surroundings to see anything suspicious'.
'Am I dreaming? I mean, it's impossible to be suck in a game, right? '.
[Sword of light].
'A game that was popular in 2020, but as the year goes on, more games come out, and it's been left out'.
'This game lets you do anything you want, but with a consequence based on your decision'.
*Exhale.
"Ok, Haru, calm down".
[Welcome back].
"Huh, welcome back. That's weird. Is he welcoming me because I played this game before? Yeah, maybe it is".
As I look around, I see a pond.
'A pond—I'm going to wash my face and the dirt off me'.
'Huh?'.
"Ahhh...Who is that?".
"Black hair, red eyes, white skin."
"Is that me? What happened to me?"
'I look younger, about 17-19 years old'.
"Grrr".
"Huh!? What's that?".
As I slowly turn my head, I see two monsters creeping behind a tree; they are big as well. I look closely, trying to know what they are, and they are a direwolf and a tiger. Their eyes lock on me.
"Uhh...uh...uh".
I tried to slowly back away.
'Shit shit shit shit shit shit'.
'What the hell is happening? I remember being in my apartment when suddenly—'.
'Something clicked for me: if this is the game of Sword of Light, I should be in the beginners area'.
I trip as I was trying to get away, and as they see a chance, they rush at me, trying to bite me.
I stand up and try to run as far as I can go.
I look around to hide in.
The dire wolf tried to bite me, but I slid into the root of a tree. As I thought I was safe, the tiger lunged at me; luckily, I hid behind a tree.
*Bam.
The tiger used his claw to chop off the tree I was hiding in. I ran as fast as I could, fearing I might die, when suddenly a tree fell in front of me.
*tree falling.
The tree trapped one of my legs.
"Aaaahhh"
I tried lifting the tree.
"Please c'mon c'mon move move".
But it was too heavy when suddenly the dire wolf in front of me opened its mouth to kill me.
I closed my eyes by instinct for fear.
"..."
'Huh? I don't feel hurt'.
As I slowly open my eyes.
I see the two monsters trying to kill each other.
But that's not the least problem. I don't need to think twice; this is my chance to escape.
*Bam.
The tiger was thrown away.
I was frozen in fear thinking of death.
'Am I really going to die just like this? '.
When suddenly the tiger lunges at the dire wolf.
'Wait, this is my chance.'
As I stand, I look for a tree and try to get there, and even if my leg gets injured, I stagger to get behind the tree.
I look behind me, and they're still fighting.
"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, faster."
I hide behind the tree and check my status.
"Status window"
-Name: Chrono
-Level: 1
- Health: 12/12
-Race: Unavailable
-Class: Sorcerer/Fighter
- Strength 6, Dexterity 6, Intelligence 8
-Wisdom 5, Defense 5, Charm 7
-Arcana 4, Agility 8, Mental 5
-Plausibility 0
-Status Remaining: 0
Skill:
[Doom: Level 1] [Creation: Level 1] [Magic Missile: Level 1].
"Doom?".
"What the—what's that?".
[Doom: Level 1] [Information:].
"Haha…hahahaha".
I laugh at the ridiculous information.
"You have got to be kidding me, this is".