Chapter 1 (1/2)

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As he slowly opened his eyes, he could only see a di back and forth, as if it was busy closing theand cleaning up the roo flashed outside, brightly illu the roo moaned as he tried to raise his hand to rub the back of his head, but his body wouldn’t , and numbness had left it paralyzed It was as if his liround beside him like four wooden sticks

”Am I dead?” Hisa shower, he had accidentally touched the power outlet with his wet hands, electrocuting himself in the process With his own eyes, he watched as a burst of blue electric current eer and the sockets, and after which caent smell of burnt flesh as he lost consciousness

His head was in a daze; it see opened his eyes ason around hi, his head hit the headboard of the bed, filling him with yet another outburst of unbearable pain as he passed out soon after

nobody kne long it had been, perhaps one day or perhaps several days, when he finally regained consciousness and could feel his body once

”Has irl’s voice asked

”Yes, she ate breakfast before us and went out to get so to leave to visit your auntie soon as well” The familiar voice of afound hi desk He was holding a black pen, writing soht shone froht rain showers fell outside, and the roof of the residence building across the street was soaked through

Suddenly, like a flood breaking out of a daed into his ripped his forehead with his hands Countless new memories swarmed into his brain

”Garen? My my name is Garen? Have I traveled to an alternate reality?”

He couldn’t think about anything else; still bearing a headache, he started exploring the memories that had just flowed into his brain

This world was sie There were cars, planes, and firearuns and cannons, but weapons of mass destruction had not been developed yet

His new identity was a boy named Garen from a middle-class family He was 16 years old and his parents were employees of a rubber co Er The lifestyle was like that of the 20th century Europe, but the memories of his family and his own appearance made it clear that this place was definitely not on Earth Both Garen and his sister were born with dark purple hair and eyes the color of wine Their hair color was passed down from their father and eye color from their mother He’d never heard of anyone born with these hair and eye colors on Earth Furthermore, in Garen’s memories of history, the most powerful countries in the world were not China, the United States, or Russia Instead, they were the Yalu Confederation, Weisman Empire, and the Republic of the Tulip Just like Earth, there were a few hundred other countries of varying sizes and governments

Asides fros were very similar to Earth People who lived here received education as well, starting froe Right now, Garen was attending the third best high school in the province, Shengying nobles Acade the school break, Garen was sick in bed with a fever and actually died, just as Luo Jing died in his world and ended up here

Still collecting his e clothes When he snapped out of his trance, he found hi a soft cherry cake on the dining table The palm-sized cake had a crea ’s h they were attending a nobles’ acade frugally and working overtihter attend this academy, all expenses at home were cut to the bare minimum: their parents didn’t buy new clothes or jewelry, the handsome bonuses and the salary from the rubber company were all used to pay for their tuition