1 Chapter 1
A sea of flowers and tall grass stretches out before me, an expansive carpet of greenery bathed in the warm glow of sunlight. The air is filled with the delicate scent of wildflowers, carried by a gentle breeze that caresses my skin. I blink, trying to process the sudden change, and a confused look forms on my face as I surrender to the strangeness of it all.
As I slowly regain my awareness, I realize that I have somehow zoned out and find myself standing in the midst of a breathtaking meadow.
The transition from my previous state to this idyllic scene takes me by surprise, and for a moment, I'm caught between disbelief and sheer awe.
-.....?! Wh-where am I?..I-I can't remember anything...wait!(???)
While I was thinking, I saw some kind of light or sunlight on top of my hand and then glanced around to see an open space full of greenery...it was mesmerizing.
A meadow...I think...that's what it was called.
-So beautiful... (The meadow is full of life. The noise of birds chirping and the wind blowing, this is so pleasing-no I?! R-Right... I remember now!!!) (???)
My name is... No. Was Henry Hancock... how I hated that name. I was bullied to no end. All the way through high school. Most people just laughed and moved on... but a few... persistent guys... made my life a living hell.
I had to act tough and train Chinese Kenpo. Well, it was more like the basics; to stop the bullying.
Sadly, it didn't stop them from bullying me. It just stopped the physical bullying part, since most bullies are cowards and prey on others' weaknesses. So knowing that I could potentially kick their teeth in, stopped any hope of physical confrontation. But I became more or less an outcast.
However, due to that, I never actually fought anyone and only have a superficial knowledge of fighting. Was something I was deeply ashamed of... all that hard work for nothing.
Most of what I know even comes from anime and manga... wait. Why am I thinking that now?
-I need to think deeper...oh! That's right!! (Henry)
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*A few hours earlier*
-... Where am I?... The last thing... I remember was home...? Home? Where is home?... Something feels wrong. Not just with me, but I think something is wrong in general....
... I was in a white space...As far as I could see, there was nothing. No, that's not true. At least not any longer. Because as soon as finished thinking that I was alone, a panel came out of thin air asking me to design a character.
Instead of immediately touching it, I waited and could not grasp what was happening right in front of me.
Maybe it was hours, or maybe it was just less than 20 minutes...?
I remember being startled and confused... at the moment the panel appeared, it was as if I just had come into existence.
It felt wrong.
Do panels appear out of thin air?
And why did it ask me to create a character?
What is a character?
Those questions and several more were all I could think about.
However, very soon the panel became all I could think about. It was so weird! I just couldn't stop myself from interacting with it. Like I was possessed or something of that nature.
The panel first requested me to design a character.
Even though I could barely draw from what I remembered, I was able to do it extremely well.
It surprised me greatly. I then designed a character that I loved from a Saint Seiya game, I used to play.
He was called Kanon but with Cain's haircut. Kanon and Cain were both Gemini gold saints and so, so cool! I even added some features to Siegrain? Sieg-Sieghart! From Rave master to add to my coolness... But my heart was also leaning towards Satoru Gojo. The main teacher from JJK. A fairly good show. It wasn't among the best for me due to my specific preferences but it was nonetheless good.
However, JJK was a very difficult series to comprehend. I still have no idea about how anything worked. Reversed cursed technique? Domain expansion? Infinity?... I am just not that smart or at least not that kind of smart.
Then after completing my character design and clothes, which by the way I decided to not go with the golden armor because it was a bit tacky for my tastes. I get that armor is pretty cool but it was simply too much gold. That is something one can pull off as part of a group. Wearing gold armor on your own is a douchebag move. Instead, I went for clothes similar to Acnologia's poncho(?) and all...or is it a cloak/cape?... Well, whatever. At the end of the day, it didn't matter. So after I was done with that, I did add shoes with metal-like protectors and gauntlets. The entire color scheme of the whole attire was black and white.
Which by my own admission looked pretty good.
After completing that part, I was asked about abilities.... immediately went with my Uchiha boys' sharing... no wait! I could go blind so... cosmos maybe...?
Nah...! R-Right! Dragon slayer magic!... So cool!... Magic to slay dragons is any man's dream! To hunt dragons! All boys at some point either to wanted to be a hero by slaying a dragon or be a dragon themselves. That type of magic did both, which was awesome in my book.
Then, when I selected it; it asked me what type. (What type? Oh right there were several types like fire dragon, but that one is too generic.)
Ooh, I know! God Serena had like a wind or gale type one, but Wendy had that one too... no, I want something more unique... Dragon magic... Dragon!? What kind of dragons do I know? Hmm... Shenlong? So, was he a wish dragon?... No... Oh, wait! Yugioh! Yugioh, had a lot of them. Like the blue eyes white dragon!
Hmm... but I don't know what kind of dragon that one is?... Also, it is kind of boring...Red-eyes?...Pass! Galaxy eyes dragons? Yeah, those ones are good but... wait! Shootingstar quasar dragon...Hmm? Yeah! that one was pretty amazing! It was an amazing boss monster dragon!
That Yusei Fudo b*stard was so cool!!! No! Got to calm my inner nerd and see which one is better...Wait a minute! Stars can probably make photons and all because of light, right?
- So that means shooting star-type dragons beat galaxy eyes types of dragons!?... I am pretty good at physics/ygo and that does sound like it is true. And for some weird reason, I do feel that I am right.
-So, I think will go with stardust dragon slayer magic!
When I made up my mind; the panel shows the words "stardust dragon slayer magic" and then it disappeared.
-No, wait! I wasn't sure! Redo! Redo! (Henry)
But no matter how much I tried to go back, it didn't work. A new panel had opened instead.
But thinking things through, I realized that I liked it! I really liked the idea of it. I liked it a lot, but I also felt that I could have gone for something more incredible, powerful, or more majestic... like cosmic dragon slayer magic or god dragon slayer magic...
Wait! Aren't god slayers stronger than dragon slayers!... I mean... maybe? But I haven't finished reading the series. I stopped caring after that nonsense with Laxus and only fully read till the Edolas arc at a later time. Because of all the buzz surrounding the alternate versions of Natsu and Erza.
Though, I did watch several online video debates about the strongest characters in the series, and so on... none of the god slayers were ever in the top 10... also so many babes.
Which allowed me to catch a glimpse of Brandish, and damn she was hot! Like, really hot! Hotter than Mirajane which is like mind-blowing!
Hiro Mashima pissed me off with all that friendship nonsense but... but even I had to admit that he is a master on how to draw women, especially the curves... wait what was I doing again?
Oh! The god slayer nonsense!... I almost forgot.
So let's just put something like cosmic god slayer on the next open case, and be done... but it didn't work.
The panel seemed to have refused the entry about the God slayer part. Weird...
I don't know why, but somehow to me, it seems that this case is for a support type based abilities that are only allowed in.
Why is that? It's like I just know, somehow... I don't know why but that is what I feel, or how it should be... Oh! I know a computer-like mind!
Yeah! Like inside my head. So that it can analyze all the stuff that I don't know or care about.
Then suddenly the empty case got filled with the phrase "supercomputer mind".
-... Did it work?(Henry)
-Yes, it did.(???)
