1 Chapter 001

Blinking his eyes open, a man, looking to have been in his late twenties gazed around the empty vast expanse of nothingness.

His black long, unkempt hair swayed in an unknown wind. His pale white, sickly skin looked vulnerable to the touch. His cheeks, and eyes sunken in due to malnutrition, and his eyes bloodshot from sleep deprevation showed he had suffered in his final days.

His name was Hiroto Tokigawa. He had died, suffering to an unknown disease. In his time of living, he had read a lot of books, and when he had finished those, he had read fanfiction. But it didn't matter in the end.

His rotting sickly corpse on earth remained, to be burned to be sure the illness wouldn't spread. All on the day he had turned eighteen.

Indeed, he was so sickly, he looked nearly ten years older than he actually was. But now, he was in the empty space. Now, he wasn't feeling pain anymore...

"Arise, young Hiroto.", he heard out of nowhere, causing him to jump. Looking up, he saw a pinkish floating helix, or rather, what looked like a Ghost from that one game, Destiny he thought, which he played a bit of when he was ten, when he was still living half of his life at home.

"W..o.. .re.. y..u..?", he attempted to say, but his throat hurt too much to say anything properly. The eye in the Ghost looked at him with sadness.

"I am Ghost. I am now 'your' Ghost, actually. Both a culmination of companionship, and a system that you need to begin your path down a new life. I'll be your sense of reason, and a friend, no matter what. I will also be able to cure you of your illness. So hello, Hiroto. Nice to meet you.", his Ghost companion said with a more cheerful voice.

Hiroto smiled, which he hasn't done for the last eight years. He wanted to cry, and hug the little thing, reminding him much of an eyebot from Fallout, even with it being of smaller size.

"Alright. From now on, I'll be in your care, Hiroto. Stay still.", she spoke, before expanding in bright light, which engulfed Hiroto's body. Hiroto wanted to cry out in pain, but then, the pain subsided to nothingness. He felt healthier than ever. Taller even. And a lot fitter. He still has his long hair, but he liked it that way.

"Ghost... Thank you. Thank you so much!", he cried, smiling with tears of joy, as he actually pulled his new friend in.

"Anything to give you a good life, Hiroto. You deserve much more than that, but this will be good to start off with. As your system, I am authorized to give you three wishes before we go on to the new world!", he heard her say, before a new holographic screen occupied his peripheral vision.

Stats:

Name: Hiroto Tokigawa

Age: 18

Level: 1

HP: 30

MP: 80

Strength: 2

Perception: 3

Endurance: 1

Charisma: 10

Intelligence: 8

Agility: 2

Luck: 1

Available Stat Points: 0

Skills: (1)

Charming: You are more likely to gain trust from the opposite sex with a 30% chance, 10% chance to the same sex

Wishes: (3 Remaining)

Tokigawa wasn't surprised with his physical stats, since he was still weak due to his illness, but that could be fixed later.

What he was surprised about was his Charisma and Intelligence. Sure, he read a lot, so that might explain Intelligence a bit, but Charisma? He barely got to talk with his parents before they passed, and his doctor, that's about it.

"As your Ghost, it might be unbecoming of me to say so, but I think the reason your charisma stat is so high is cause you're actually really cute...", his Ghost said. His expression blanched, never having been called cute before, he blushed hard.

"T... Thank you, G... Ghost.. C... could I call you something else? Sounds repetitive to refer to you as a ghost, and still call you Ghost. How about... Nyx?", he asked, trying to change the subject.

"Nyx... I like it! Nyx and Hiroto against the world!", she said sounding pretty adorable as she hovered to and fro.

"Hehehe... Hey wait, I have a question. If you're my Ghost... Where's the Traveler?", he asked, remembering more details.

"You're inside of her, Guardian. She's the one who permitted me to bring you here.", Nyx said, looking around at things Hiroto couldn't see.

"I... I see.. Uhmm... So what now? Where do we go from here?" He asked, blushing a little at the thought. But he shook his head, looking down at Nyx.

"Now, you make those wishes, and then we head off to our new home. And whatever you want to do, I'll always support you, okay?", she asked, which Hiroto could tell she smiled.

"O... Okay. I guess... I'll begin thinking of my wishes!", he announced, trying to convince himself he had what it takes to be a Guardian, as he had loved that game back when he was younger. He was sad he missed out on the second game.