1 Arrival (1/2)

Inside a forest, a gentle breeze blew as a young man lay unconsious on the ground.

A groan escaped his lips as he slowly woke up. The young man gasped for a breath of air before he whispered, ”W-where am I?”

Suddenly, the young man collapsed to the ground again as he clutched his head in pain. The young man felt memories, old and new, flood into him. Sweat dropped from his brows as he lay on the ground.

The young man, exhausted and confused, slowly said, ”I remember… I was at home before a man came inside and killed me…”

The young man froze as his face slowly turned into a frown. He said, ”Then whose memories are these? A third prince, exiled for being a useless disgrace… killed by an assassin, hired by his… no, my father…”

The young man slowly sat up as he began to realize, he was the young prince. Gritting through the pain, the young man slowly made his way towards the sound of water. After 10 minutes, he came across a lake with streams pointing in every direction. The young man walked to the edge of the pool and looked at his own reflection.

The lake's surface showed a handsome young man, about 15 years old. The young man had jetblack hair and dark blue eyes. He appeared rather scrawny and weak while his skin was a pale white. He was wearing a tattered shirt that had a bloody hole where his heart was.

The young man felt his face before he said, ”Is that… me?”

The young man smiled. He closed his eyes and put a hand over his heart before he said, ”Nice, I get to live again. I must have taken over this guys body when we died. Don't worry bro. Because I got your memories, I can feel what you wanted. We will have our revenge, so rest easy and reincarnate.”

The young man slightly glowed as a spirit in the shape of the young man flowed out from him. The spirit smiled and bowed before it began to fade and disappered.

Suddenly, a transparent screen appeared before the young man. The screen read, [The Adapting system would like to bind to host, Accept?]

The young man stared at the screen as he thought, 'This must be my cliche power but… Adapting system?'

He stared for a second before he said, ”Accept.”

The screen changed as it displayed a loading screen, [Binding: 1%… 13%… 37%… 76%… 100%… Congratulations host for successfully binding. Host has been awarded: 1x Starter Package.]

Even though he expected it, he was still surprised when the system binded with him. He felt a weird, tingling feeling course through out his body before it settled down and went back to normal.

The young man sat down as he said, ”System?”

[Yes host? Also, a quick reminder. Please use your thoughts to talk to the system or else you risk looking like a crazy person.] Instead of a screen, the young man heard a robotic voice with no distinguishing trait.

”System, what exactly can you do?” The young man asked. The sun was up high in the sky so the forest floor felt extreme warm and cozy, making the young man yawn.

[I can grant you anything from the realms in which you've been to.]

The young man froze as he thought, 'This is actually… more than expected.'

The young man suddenly yawned as his eyes slowly closed and he fell asleep. After a couple hours, he woke up and said, ”System, what happened while I was asleep?”