1 New Role
It hurts.
It hurts like hell.
The faint sound of siren and the noise coming from the curious strangers around me are the only things that I could hear.
I wanted to quickly get up but I can't even move a finger. In addition to that, even breathing became so difficult, it's exhausting. Ah… I just want to rest right now.
Crap.
Did I just got hit by a car? How cliché is that?
Upon realizing what had happened, my consciousness faded like a fog disappearing came morning light.
…
"Fuwaaah!" waking up from a nightmare, the guy gasped loudly and quickly sat up, catching his breath.
He panted heavily. Trickles of sweat could be seen all over his sun-kissed skin, and a frown is shown on his forehead as he could still faintly feel the pain from his dream.
'Ugh... the hell was that?' he thought to himself as he rubbed the sweat off of his face, and upon touching his skin, he suddenly had this vague feeling that something was amiss. It just doesn't feel right.
With creased eyebrows, he blinked a few times and rubbed his sleepy eyes before focusing his attention on his surroundings.
Sure enough, it definitely was not his house.
Well, calling it a house wouldn't really suit his standard as the room was too small.
Besides that, when he looked down, he saw that his carpeted floor had turned into a wooden one, having some holes here and there—which made him quite baffled.
Not believing what was in front of him, he rubbed his eyes some more before he glanced around to scrutinize this unfamiliar room.
Adjacent to his bed was a small fireplace which was more than enough to light up the whole area. On his right, he could see a small kitchen. Of course, it doesn't have an electric stove, oven, or microwave. All he had were large pieces of stones with a sack of charcoal and dry wooden planks to use. His lovely kitchen where he liked to spend his time in baking and cooking, was nowhere to be found. There's nothing in this kitchen now but a ladle, a deformed tin bowl, and a slightly bent spoon!
"Oh my god. No." he muttered in a low voice when he found out that his large condo unit had become the size of his bathroom and all the high-end appliances, gadgets, furniture, and home decors that he had produced through his blood and sweat were now all gone.
He was shocked. Not because he suddenly became poor, but because his voice sounded different.
"I-Is that me?" he stuttered.
Hearing the low, coarse, bedroom voice, he confirmed that it was coming from him.
His eyes went round as panic arose within him. He abruptly placed both his hands on his chest.
"I-I-IT'S FLAT!" he yelled as he kept on touching his upper body. "My boobies couldn't possibly shrink overnight, right? The fuck is happening?"
Not being satisfied with touching, he removed his sweat-soaked shirt, revealing a perfectly shaped six-pack abs.
"Oh. Shit!" he cursed as it finally hit him but still refused to believe.
"It can't be... no. It's not possible…" he whispered in confusion. "This is illogical!"
Wanting to confirm it for the last time, he gulped as he glanced at his crotch.
"Oh... please..." With a shaky finger, he lifted the blanket.
There was something bulky under his pants.
"This isn't supposed to be real... right?"
Mustering all of the courage on his every fiber, he peaked.
"..." staring at the thing inside, he gaped his mouth, rolled his eyes in disbelief… and fainted.
...
Her name was Gale Sanderson. 24 years of age and was currently at the peak of her career.
She is an outstanding actress who gained multiple awards from Emmy's and Oscar's.
Although she sometimes plays a role in rom-com's, she's more active in historical, forensics series and action movies. She particularly liked the historical ones like King Arthur and Cleopatra. She even had 4 movies, her playing as the leading female, with a certain Mr. Chan.
Moreover, Gale never used a double in all of her stunts and her ability to act and memorize her lines with a single glance truly amazes her directors.
Although she has all the fame and glamour of a Hollywood star, that didn't stop her secret boyfriend for half a year from cheating on her.
Until that one fateful night, she caught him doing the deed with someone else on her own condo!
He even reasoned out that he needed to do it with someone else because she wouldn't want to do it with him.
It wasn't like she didn't want to. Oh, god knows how much she wanted to do it. She even turned into a pervy virgin, thinking about naughty things she wanted to try. She was just too busy to be in the mood. That's why, that night, she had forcefully cleared her appointments and was supposed to give him herself. Yet, that was what she saw.
Depressed with the fact that she was still ready to forgive him, she drank until she couldn't drink anymore.
The next moment, she was already dying.
...
Huge.
This thing on her is huge.
If Gale was still Gale, she would probably be salivating by now. However, that wasn't the case anymore.
When she—he, passed out, memories belonging to this body began to flood her brain.
His name is Cedar Nightingale. Third son of the well-renowned General Wolfe Nightingale of Yv Empire.
He had two elder brothers from two different mothers. Cedar, on the other hand, only had his father. Even if he was the last born, he was doted on by his father since young because his mother, although a commoner, was the only one loved by Wolfe.
Unfortunately, his father died in battle when he was eighth, leaving him inside the jealous and scheming household.
Only a month after Wolfe's death, Cedar was assassinated and was thrown into the forest.
Fortunately, the young Crown Prince Alexander Yv was on a hunting spree and found the tattered body of Cedar.
Being saved from the gates of death, Cedar made a resolve in his heart to loyally serve His Highness after severing ties with the Nightingale household.
Since then and now at 20, Cedar is serving the Crown Prince as his personal knight.
Gale sighed as she glanced outside the windows. At first, she was a little bit uncomfortable with such an unfamiliar yet familiar feeling, but because of her experiences as an actress and the memories of this body, she can easily adapt to her surroundings.
"So I had crossed over to a different world, I see." she mumbled and gave a dry laugh.
According to her new memories, in this world, magic, runes and spells aren't that rare. Although only 4 out of 10 people are capable of using mana, low-leveled magic scrolls can be found in almost every household.
For example, a rank G fire magic scroll can be used a couple of times to ignite firewood, the same as what a matchstick does. There's also a scroll for food preserving and for chilling the meat, but the prices of those are higher compared to the fire-igniting scroll.
Apart from mages and witches, there were also hunters, beast tamers, and a lot of occupations that would usually only exist in RPG games.
"Although it's a shame that my death is too sudden, I think this world isn't that bad." she smiled as she gets excited from her new-found information.
"Oh! Right! Based on those novels that I read, I was supposed to have a cheat or game-like elements. Right?"
Yep. Aside from acting, she also loves to read. From paperback to online novels, she reads them all every time she can.
"Eherm... let's see..." she cleared her voice and braced herself.
"Status!" she said with anticipation.
However, she was only answered by the crickets' chirping.
"Huh? That's weird?" she frowned. Was she wrong? "Then... Inventory!"
Again, there was only silence.
"Ah! What the hell am I doing?!" she covered her red face as she scolded herself, "Stupid!"
In the end, she didn't get any cheat or a badass system.
Thankfully, her new body is a genius magic swordsman in this world.
"Well, that in itself is already a cheat, right?" she nodded before standing up.
Having the memories of being Cedar, she felt quite at ease on moving about inside the small house.
In his tiny bathroom, he faced the mirror to check out his new body.
His looks, even though it exudes a manly aura, it resembles her own face as Gale. Long eyelashes, neatly arranged eyebrows—a bit thick than she has as a woman, a pointed nose, perfect white teeth, and luscious lips.
"Whoah... So handsome. I think I'm already in love with myself..." she couldn't help but to compliment his appearance.
Unlike Gale who has black hair and green eyes, Cedar has short, silvery-white hair with dark violet optics. It was a trait he got from his father.
Cedar's skin is a natural tan and stands about six feet. Long-legged and has a not so lean yet not bulky built.
She ran her hands on her new body's shoulders, chest, and down to his (Cedar) perfect abs.*
"It's nice to the touch..." Gale felt her face turn hot as she felt the lines of his abdomen through her fingers and palm.
"It's ok... right?" she gulped. "This was just a male version of myself..."
Then she lowered her hands to grasp the head of that standing member of his being.
"Ah..." she let out a sigh as her touch sent a shiver to her body. "Omg... to think it was this sensitive."
In her 24 years of being a woman, she had never seen the real thing in person. However, she was curious enough to do her so-called 'research', so she at least knew how it looked from the computer screen.
She was about to stroke his hardness when she flinched, suddenly realizing how perverted her mind was, she couldn't help but be embarrassed by herself.
"Seriously, what am I doing just right after reincarnating? Am I insane?!" she berated. "Others would start to explore the new world and some would immediately kick ass. But here I am trying to jack... ugh... collect yourself Ga—" remembering that it wasn't her name anymore, she gave a bitter smile.
"Right. I'm no longer Gale. My name's Cedar. Prince Alexander Yv's knight. A male." she mumbled with all seriousness, slapping her face as if trying to wake herself up from a deep slumber—it was her habit whenever she's about to read the new script given to her.
After reminding herself of her new identity, she inhaled deeply and slowly released it while her eyes were closed, calming her mind.
Now, she's getting ready to play her new role.
