I woke up and saw old and dilapidated walls around me.
I was not surprised like the transmigrators. It was because I didn't transmigrate. I reincarnated in this new world long ago.
Let me go back a little.
My name was James, a loner on Earth. My parents died when I was young. It was just my sister and me for a while, but she died of cancer. If I had money, we would have found out about it long before, and could have saved her, but we didn't.
It was late when the cancer was discovered. She left me alone for a while.
I died too, but not as heroically as it was seen in those webnovels. Yes, when I was alone and had free time, I would read webnovels, although they were often pirated, not officially licensed. I receive a meagre salary, which is just enough to pay rent, buy food, and cover bills every month.
So, I had no proper entertainment, only a pirated version.
Anyway, my death was not heroic. No, with a meagre salary, the area I live in was a dangerous one. There are gangs in the area.
When I was returning home from work one night, a fight broke out between rival gangs, and a stray bullet hit me, perfectly in my heart, rupturing it. It was painful for a while, but I died.
After that, I didn't know what happened.
I had a new life, a new family- Parents and a sister, the whole package.
I started to remember everything a few hours ago.
In this world, once one crosses their 15th birthday, they would awaken their Profession and, in some cases, a talent.
It starts exactly at midnight, the day when one turns 15. There are no awakening devices or similar devices. Many believe that the world itself awakens one's profession. Some believe that gods do that. No one knows for sure.
Anyway, when I awakened my profession, I recovered those memories.
I believe that I reincarnated, not transmigrated, because I recovered my memories from Earth, not the memories from this world.
Oh, yeah, this world is called as Xavia, and my new name is Ray.
Before diving into the story of this world, let me introduce the profession I've awakened and explain how things in this world work.
"Status"
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Name: Ray
Race: Human
Age: 15
Rank: None
Primary Profession: Heavenly Farmer
Secondary Profession: None
Talent: Chef's Choice (SSS)
Strength(STR): 5
Endurance(END): 5 (+7.5)
Agility(AGI): 4
Perception(PER): 6 (+9)
Vitality(VIT): 5
Charisma(CHA): 4
Intelligence(INT): 9
Dexterity(DEX): 4
Wisdom(WIS): 9
Luck: 5
Mana: 0
Class Skills: Heavenly Farm (F); Heavenly Rain (F);
Skills: None
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Heavenly Farmer: +150% Perception and Endurance.
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Chef's Choice(SSS): No matter the ingredients, you can create heavenly food, which can boost attributes, add buffs, temporarily or permanently, depending solely on you and the ingredients used. The probability of gaining skills is rare but possible.
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Heavenly Farm: A separate dimension for farming, only accessible by the host. Currently, only plants can be planted. No other life can be brought inside.
Current Rank: F
Current Plots: 5
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Heavenly Rain (F): When used on a farm, the growth rate of plants is increased by 10%.
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Yep, that is my status after the awakening.
Everyone can have ṭwo professions, and each one would give some boosts in attributes. It was said that there are other boosts, but that can only happen later in ranks. When that would be, I have no idea.
There are some restrictions, though.
First Profession, which happens in the world at the age of 15, is for everyone, but the second profession has some issues with that one. Also, even if professions carry the same name, the boost might not be the same if it changes from Primary to Secondary profession.
The Primary Profession would be the best slot to gain a high boost.
Forget about those things. First, let's dissect my status.
I have never seen or heard such a profession, Heavenly Farmer. In this life, my father is a Farmer and Hunter, both considered normal. Never heard mine in the village. Perhaps one can find such professions there.
Anyway, the main point is that the boost I am getting from this is very high.
A +150% boost in both Perception and Endurance, that's a lot. It means that for every 1 in PER/END, there would be a 1.5 increase, reaching a total of 2.5.
It's a lot. Although I now possess the actual values, they may seem low, but as time passes and I acquire higher values in those attributes, the exact value will become apparent. However, such a profession may also cause significant harm to me if people become aware of it.
This would be especially true with the Talent that I awakened.
I can utilise my talent to create food that grants attributes, buffs, or even skills. Both attributes and buffs can be either temporary or permanent. Although there was no mention of the status of skills, whether temporary or permanent, it is still a great deal..
Attributes can be gained by consuming certain potions or treasures. The common way was to work or advance in rank.
Buffs can also be gained from potions, but mainly from Priest Professionals.
Skills only appear through Skill Books or when one ranks up, a major rank, which would give a class skill.
So, if anyone finds that I can create food that offers the same value for a cheaper price, then there could be a war to get their hands on me. Potions and Skill Books cost a lot. So, having me prepare food for their soldiers would significantly reduce costs, allowing them to invest elsewhere.
So, my talent and true name of my profession have to be kept a secret.
My attributes are not that abnormal. Only the Mental Attributes are a bit high, probably because of my reincarnation. Physical attributes are what others in this world would have at this age, if they exercised or worked on a farm like I do.
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"Brother, you awake?" A knock came.
That's my sister. They must be waiting to see what profession I have awakened. Let's speak with them first, and I can check the skills while I relay to them my status.