It was a late at night when I woke up from my sleep I was tired and hungry. I took a deep breath and lifted myself from the bed. The mattress was harder than usual. It was too dark to see anything.
I patted my bed Expecting the regular spring mattress. Instead I heard a muffled thud as if I was knocking on a carpet. Last night was bit crazy and I drank more than usual but still I never blacked out. I reached out my hands towards the light switch but knocked some things that was in the way. jolted by the sound I looked around once again to see what it is. Soon I discovered that I am sleeping on the floor and the thing that I knocked over was a candle holder made out of wood. I picked it up." Strange I never had a candle holder". I examined it closely but couldn't make much out of it as it was too dark.
I had a strange feeling that I am not at my house or any house that I remember.
Ray!!! How are you feeling. Are you hungry? Are you still in pain?
I heard a worried voice calling out, approaching me quickly. The voice feels familiar. It was a woman's voice she hugged me firmly but carefully I could hear her sobbing faintly.
I am ok. I replied, my throat was dry and I needed water. so my voice was cracking.
The lady released me and poured me some water and handed me the cup. I drank it in one go as she poured another glass for me, handing it back. I drank it feeling satisfied. She lit the candle near me illuminating the place.
Ray looked at the woman who looks strangely familiar but he is sure he has seen her for the first time. Slowly strange memories started to flow into his mind about where he is, who she is. Ray stared at her in amazement and nervousness. Soon his head started to feel heavy and he starts to loose his balance but he was caught by the woman and she gently dropped him to the bed.
Take rest ray I will get you something to eat. She left the room . Ray stared at the wooden ceiling wondering how this happened. Everything seems blizzard to him. A night ago he was drinking with his friends for his birthday party and now he is in a different world. Yes, He is occupying a young man's body in a different world.
He transmigrated!!!.
The real name of the boy in this world is Raymond coincidentally that's his name too. The woman is the biological mother of this boy Emma. It was his 20th birthday yesterday and he is about to finish his apprentice only his final exam is left but since he was sick for the last week it was put on a hold.
He was woken up from his thoughts by the footsteps of Emma as she brought food for him. she brought a boul full of pottage and 2 lof of bread. I got some meat in there too, eat up you will recover soon. She smiled.
Ray looked down at his dinner to see boul full of white soup which had vegetables and meat, it was pork and There was 2 hard bread on a plate. Ray picked up the bread feeling it's texture. It was hard as rock. He dipped it in the stew and scooping few pieces of meat and vegetables along with it. It was still hot but he was way too hungry to care about it. He was unsure if it was the hunger or if it was the food itself it was delicious. He looked at the woman next to her. She looks tired with dark circles around her eyes and her hair was bit unkept but with a gentle smile on her lips. Ray could see a tiny drop of tear in her eyes but she was happy and smiling gently at him. Something shook in his heart the way she looked at him, he was not sure if it was from his predecessors memory. The mear sight of her shedding tears makes ray sad. Ma did you had food? She nodded .yes I had.
He knew she was lying. Especially with meat in his dinner she must have skipped her portion so his sister can also have some. Ray tore a piece of bread and scooped a good amount of soup with meat and vegetables. Bringing it near her mouth. Ahhh. She looked at her son strangely but touched. I am full Honey you should have it. She said while pushing the food back to me Suddenly her stomach made a small rumble which both of them heard. She was startled and her cheeks started to blush from embarrassment.
you should eat maa you are as hungry as I am. Her looked away quickly but she still refused to give in. Even tho we are poor she doesn't want to show that in front of her son. Especially in a situation like this.
seeing this ray said. I won't eat it if you don't eat with me. Ray looked straight at her eyes. Finally she admitted defeat and ate the food her son offered. Soon they both had their full. I loved it. I think I never had such a tasty dinner. Your food is the best. Thanks she giggled you should thank Grandpa for the meat he got it specially for you so you can heal quickly, she said as she was cleaning up the surroundings and clearing the plates. Where is he? is he resting. Yes he went to bed. Mmm ok. I said.
Wish we had food like this everyday.
Yes... but it's too expensive for us ray. If you pass the apprentice exam soon and get a job we will be able to afford dinner like this more often. She walked off as she said
The apprentice exam is a practical exam his master conducts for all his students. He has to demonstrate his skills as a Smith by forging a masterpiece. Then his master will assess his work based on the quality of his work. It was supposed to be held before he was 20 as that marks his 7 years of apprenticeship under master John the Smith of Canterbury but since Ray was sick for last few days he was sent home to his parents. Now he is getting better so it would be time to prepare for his final exam.
Don't worry maa I will pass it soon and get a job quick.
Emma looks at her son with relief. She felt her child had matured and is more responsible. Maybe the illness has changed him for better. She left the room with the utensils. Good night. she said. Good night maa.
Raymond moved the blanket aside and got up. He almost tumbled standing up his legs were numb almost loosing sensation. He limped to the nearest window opening it . The cold night winds blowing on his face he broke out a small smile on his face but quickly it turned into a froun. He started to miss his home already. Back in his world he was a product designer and he had a good life. He had a girlfriend, few good friends and a good career. He was just starting out his life. He was celebrating his 24th birthday. Now he is in another world, a different era.
Everything is old and and medieval he doesn't even have a phone to pass his time. Thinking about that maybe he got some gift while he got transmigrated like a system or a guiding soul that's all powerful , or maybe a god like ability. Ray called out. System.... Hey system..... . Nothing answered him. Hey god... Hey system... System where the hell are you. Out of frustration he even called out . Hey Google. Suddenly he heard a notification sound and an artificial female voice rang out in his ears. " Yes?". Ray was shocked and he called out excitedly. system?. He asked fast. " A system is a collection of interconnected components that work together to achieve a common purpose or goal. Do you need further explanation for system" the voice rang out. Ray was confused at first but soon he fell this voice was way too familiar to him.
System what are you? " I am a large language model trained by Google" it spoke back. What do you mean are you not some kind of leveling system or some kind of artificial intelligence designed to reward me when I finish a mission.
"That's correct. I am not a leveling system or a game AI designed to give you rewards, points, or achievements for completing "missions."
My purpose is to be a helpful and informative conversational AI. You can ask me questions, have me help you write or summarize things, brainstorm ideas, or translate languages, but our interaction doesn't involve any kind of game mechanics, levels, or rewards. I'm here simply to assist you with your requests."
Request my ass I want a better system!!!
"I understand your frustration. It sounds like you're looking for a system with different capabilities or a more engaging type of interaction than what I can offer right now.
As an AI, my primary function is to process information and respond to the prompts I'm given. I don't have the ability to be a game, a reward system, or something else entirely. My current design is based on this conversational, request-and-response model.
To help me understand what you're looking for, could you describe what a "better system" would do? What kind of features or abilities would you find more useful or satisfying?
Your feedback is valuable because it helps the developers who work on me understand what users are truly looking for in an AI system." Ray was speechless. He thought he might have got something useful when he was transmigrated but he was stuck with Google Ai.
Raymond put all the thought on Ai and system aside to calm down. He had much bigger things to worry about. He looked out the window it was peaceful outside a small canal ran near his house and there was couple of houses near him too. The air was pure and he could hear the voice of water flowing. He took a deep breath calming himself. First I have to figure things out. My apprentice test is approaching fast, and a month from now I have to start paying taxes too. Here a person starts paying taxes when he is 20 years old. If he fails to pay he would loose his rights and be enslaved and sold as commodity. According to his predecessor memory it is gonna be 1 silver coin, his mother was saving up the money for him but him falling sick must have used up the savings. I should probably talk to her tomorrow.
After a day or two my health will most likely regain and I will be able complete the apprentice exam. Ray was confident in passing the apprentice exam because of his predissers memory, skills and his trump card modern knowledge but not sure if he can collect 1 silver coin by the end of month.
Looking out the window ray saw a young girl around his age tugging a small goat back to the house . The little goat was tugging and playing, he doesn't look tired at all. The girl was was doing her best to get the lamb inside home. He smiled soon the girl was able to pull the lamb inside she quickly turned to look towards him before going in. He went back to his bed.
Laying there he started to go through the general knowledge of this world. Right now everything previous to him was saved in his mind as chapters when every he thinks something the relevant chapters just open up for him.
He started flipping through the book going past his childhood he just turned over them briefly. He reaches the last page there he saw a familiar page. It looks like the home page for Gemini app.
Gemini 2 .5 pro on top center. Hello, Ray in bold Google blue with a beautiful radial gradient color. Ask Gemini at the bottom left and on the right end a voice and speech icone.
He obsessed it for some time and started asking generic questions like what can you do, what all do you know, are you connected to the Internet, does it belive God, will it conquer the world, wlis transmigration possible But too bad it was not connected to Internet and he got generic answers that sounded like the regular AI modern person know. It looks like a regular AI nothing special. He thought.
He was able to find out he was in a state under an empire called Diagon. His nearest city was called old keep. This was an industrial city if I to be classified. The most common buildings are workshops here and all kind of goods are produced. He lives in a village near it. Mostly consist of farmers, few merchant, and some people working in the city. We have lots of gracing fields facing forward the city and lots of Paddies behind. Our income mostly comes from the agriculture sector and trading.
Raymond's mother is a trader she always travel to the city to make a living. She has her usual buyer's and seller. And mostly it is milk, cheese, eggs, pond caught fish and so. Emma might sometimes trade with blacksmith for some knife, pickaxe, Hammer but those are rare now. Mostly its regular house hold items.
As recently trade for iron items and tools has be declining as some of the smiths started living here so they would directly sell it here.
Raymond browsed through the history and geography of this place and interesting enough he observed that the town next to his city is a mining city. But he was puzzled over the fact that this region is near to the sea . Why doesn't it have a port and why is the mine near the shore ? Raymond wondered.
Raymond soon fell asleep thinking about everything. He has a rough few hours he soon entered deep sleep.