"By the blessings of the earth, goddess of wisdom, grant this child another chance at life.
Light: spell 54, god of healing, Ruthak!"
World would deny me if I claimed I saw death and an angel saved me. However, I did not know any other way to put it.
My first memoriy was that of angel. Waking me up from darkness. The radiance of her pierced my heart. And I would be glad if that moment lasted forever.
'who... Who is she?'
"Thank God, you survived. I didn't know what to do if you didn't open your eyes."
She was a red haired woman with a beautiful smile with a face that could make even q god, envious.
She had a worried face, like she just stopped from crying. Her cheeks are red, with clothes black and white that could probably seen in my world as, old fashion. Is that what you'd call a maid uniform? Perhaps.
'well, she looks good in that so I probably didn't care at the time.'
However, reality started to hit me when I saw myself in a strange place. There was nothing but stones and sand around me. This could probably be described as a dream sequence is that made sense.
I am inside a cave with a rugged old suit with a maid at my side.
Yes, nothing but a dream will make it reasonable situation. It's probably the result of too much gaming on my side.
Wait, what is this? My is my internal thoughts reflected like a monologue of an old fictional book. Did I always think like this? Why can't I think like i usually do? What is happening? Ah, my head is spinning.
"Master, are you alright?"
"Yes, luna. Do not worry, I'm fine." I said dusting off my coat and sit up vertically support by stone walls.
I have to know what's going here.
"Selena, tell me about our current situation."
'...!? What? How did I know her name.' my internal turmoil continues. 'why is this happening?'
It's like even my thoughts are not my own. As if I'm in a different body.
"...?"
"Master..." She was worried if he's alright in the head. Going through so much in a day must be traumatic to him. Not mention how close to the death he was.
Later, she began to explain the situation he was in. About the world they live now and what led them to where they are.
His name is Raynard Wilbert. The second son of Count Wilbert, Stonean Empire. Now the Khun County, where he lives, is under attack by unknown assailants. And Ray is supposedly on the run for safety.
The fate of his home is unknown. In the last attempt to save his life the Count, his father, sent him in the secret passage that connects to the river, leaving Khun.
On the way when they reached out of town and in the deep forest, they were attacked by a wild boar, almost killing Ray.
But then, the maid who was, for plausible reasons, with him the whole time, protected him on his journey.
'So, my father counts on her to keep me safe, not the other way around...?
Am I really that weak?'
"And where are we right now?"
"Near the forest of Alanar, master. Your father told me to take you to Alanar. We were currently resting here, until the bear in the cave attacked us and you lost consciousness."
"What? I was attacked by a bear?" Ray checked around his body. There were certainly tear marks in his fine clothes but no blood and pain.
'she said magic? Maybe that healed me. This certainly is a strange situation but I need to know more.'
"Where is that bear?" He asked.
"There," she says, pointing to a large carcass next to him, covered in fur and stained in blood.
'..!!! That seriously scared the life out of me. What happened to it, why is it in such a horrid state? It must be at least fifteen feet tall.'
The. He saw the smiling face of Luna, who was glad her master woke up.
"Uh... Luna, I hate to ask you this..."
"Hmm?" The smiling face was actually quite dreadful.
"Who defeated this monster?"
"Me, of course. I'm the only person protecting you."
"Yeah... Haha... Silly me."
'Okay... It's not that I'm weak or anything. The lord put me in her care because she's too damn strong or something. But that still did not answer the most important question:
Why am I not waking up yet? For a dream, it's too long and too detailed. This must be a nightmare.
***
[6 hours later.]
'Alright, then. By some strange sound of logic that I have no choice but to accept, I have come to understand my current predicament.
I have been, for whatever reason, reincarnated as Raynard Wilbert in a fantasy world.
These last six hours have instilled that brutal realisation into me. The question is: what should I do next?
Finding a way back home is somewhere i could start but that is a problem, too.
I look... Totally different.
I have long black hair, young and handsome face, a good and healthy body with, even through torn, quite graceful clothes. To be honest, i don't hate this body I'm possessing. In fact, it might even be a perfect fit to me.
But this is not the world for me. Transmigration or reincarnation, I don't want have a risky life. The plot behind this 'Raynard' person is already on catastrophic level in my riskometer.
Easy corporate life is what I dream about. Sword and magic hold no allure to me, what should I do?'
"Master, I've prepared a change of clothes to you?"
'and this woman...'