-SPLASH!
"Sigh, well, I am really back, huh," I muttered as I looked at my reflection on the bathroom mirror for the past 15 minutes.
Can't help it, ok? Already tried pinching myself, but can't seem to accept all of this Discovery Channel. But despite all this happening to me, I am pretty calm.
Well, don't get me wrong, I am surprised. But it's not like some world-ending surprise, like, when you catch your girlfriend getting pounded in your own bedroom, on your own bed, and in front of your deceased family photo at that.
Yeah, yeah I am speaking from experience. Sigh, past life didn't end up for me so well, huh.
Well, as I mentioned in the previous info dump, after the dungeon break, all the shit went down to the depths of hell. So, time traveling is nothing compared to countless colossal real-life monsters appearing out of thin air on just someone's command.
I mean, at least time traveling is science-related, unlike a real-life magical monster summoner.
Sigh, about my girlfriend... I don't blame her actually. It was my fault for being poor, weak, and pathetic.
After all, I was just a C rank hunter and that motherf*cker was an A rank. If I were a girl, I too would be throwing myself like a female character in a xianxia garbage on that Peng clan's young master's arms.
As far as I despise that f*cker, it won't change the facts that he got the big three, Power, Fame, and Money. And I got the bottom three, Job, Humiliation, and Debts.
Sigh, let's stop this, I am just being a sore loser at this point...
Goddammit! After seeing that sh*t, all I did was silently close the door and sit on a nearby chair! While listening to their disgusting noises! What could have I done?! I can't hit him, he will delete me from the planet, he was an A rank! I could do nothing!
... Sigh, after their fun, they came out of my room. That bast*rd was holding her hand. He said it was fun, and sent me 1000$ to my bank account. She was shedding crocodile tears, looking sorrowful and apologetic.
Seriously? I mean, why? Why cry now?... Me? My face was blank. How do I suppose to react? Like I was hurt? Hell no. She can go to hell, she was from the streets anyway... She was from the... She was...
... She was my childhood friend...
... Dammit...
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I can't end up like that again. No, I will not end up like that again no matter what!! I got another chance at life! Nobody does!
I will change my destiny! I will f*ck Fate up! Timelines can go f*ck themselves!! I will destroy all of them who made my life miserable! I will destroy whoever comes in my way!! I will destroy the f*cking Xernea out of them!!!...
-TIP... TIP... TIP...
"Fhoooohhh...
And the preparations, start now...
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After getting freshened up I went downstairs, to the dining table. My all the time serious father is back from work.
He's sitting on the end of the table, on the big boss family head's chair... The table is round, by the way. But anyone could tell that he was the big boss of the familiya. He got that aura and sh*t.
Mom was serving him... Is that chicken curry?! Oh my God, it's my favorite!!
"Stop drooling like a dummy, take your seat," Dad said with a Kratos-like deep voice, a small smile on his face. What? You thought because I said he was an all-the-time serious type, he can't smile? Haha, can't be more wrong.
He is a sucker for his family. He just knows when to show love and adoration, and when to teach discipline. He is pretty disciplined, not gonna lie.
After all, he was a Captain in the US Army. But sometimes, I feel a little intimidated because of that.
Like, the time when he disowned me for being a drug addict Otaku despite completing my graduation...
Well, as he said, I sat down in my seat next to Grandma. Beckie is already asleep probably because of all day running through the house.
Sigh, about the disownment, I got addicted to games including Xernea and old-aged anime like, AOT, Demon Slayer, JJK, and many hentais. My little sister, whom I adored most in this world, slapped me for making my parents' lives miserable.
I don't even know how I ended up at that point... I guess it all started when I got bullied for the first time in high school. At that time, I didn't even know that I was getting bullied. They called me names, and I let it go thinking they were just messing around. Someone slapped me on the back? Thought it was just the norm between classmates...
But... Now that I think about it, it all started like that. I went into depression. I stopped talking about anything to my loved ones, so as not to make them worried. I silently kept all the frustration inside me, and slowly by slowly, it turned into poison.
And at my lowest point, I turned to drugs and alcohol, to forget my miserable life, even if for a few minutes. Only to get to a path of no return. I became a disgusting stain on Earth.
And I kept being a stain on Earth until the Dungeon Break catastrophe. A man, wearing a black suit came knocking at my apartment door.
He said my whole family was dead because they got caught up in a battle between some players and monsters because of the dungeon break.
He said that according to my father's will, the property was supposed to be divided in half between me and my sister. But since my little sister is also dead, I get the whole ownership of the property...
I was fu*ked up at that point. I didn't know what to feel. Sadness? Shame? Anger? Grief? All I felt was empty. I didn't know what's the point of living on.
But not gonna lie, I tried to change, really tried. I met my childhood friend, got into a relationship, and became a C rank hunter. But seems like even that was not enough, since she back-stabbed me on my ass...
I keep bringing her up don't I? Sigh, let's f*cking move on already...
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"Beckie said you'll give her a chocolate world?" Grandma asked with a teasing smile as I took my seat.
"Huh? Not world! I said thiiiiiiss... many." I exclaimed showing exactly what I said. After all, it's always important to break any misunderstanding before it escalates, even for a childish reason. Can't make my sister sad no matter what! She's the family's cute little guardian angel!!
"Haha, well, you said it." She said with a wink and a pointed finger. I just gave her a defeated look with a tiny smile.
Grandma. I can't remember her very well, because I did not get to be with her for very long. When I was little, she passed away in her sleep because of some unknown illness I don't know of. I was pretty young at that time just like I am now. The only difference is that now, I have the memories of my 42-year-old self.
But even these memories feel flawed. I know, I got time-traveled to the past. I know, I can't be considered a normal 5-year-old now, but I still feel like this is my original body, like nothing changed at all. I still feel childish.
The future memories in my head are just like a film biography, nothing more. Yes, I have full access to those memories, but it still didn't feel like my own. But I know for a fact that these are mine.
Sigh, yeah, I know, I'm pretty confused right now. But in the end, my conclusion is that because I only got these memories, not the experience, I still feel like I am a 5-year-old boy, not an adult.
'Yup let's go with that.'
We started eating with a little bit of conversation here and there. I quickly finished my own as I waited for others to finish theirs before I dropped the nuclear bombshell on their heads...
...Yeah, I am about to do it. I am starting my new life with a bang. String of Fate or some sh*t can go f*ck itself, I don't care.
What other choices do I have? B*tch I am five years old, nobody would even take me seriously even if I grew up a few more years! If I wait until I prove my maturity to my parents, it will already be too late. I have only 14 years to become rich!! And I have to save my family!!
"I have something to talk about, guys," I said out loud, my voice as solemn as I could make it.
Everyone turned to me. Mom and Grandma, surprised, and Dad squinting his eyes, his face slowly turning serious.
"...Are you being bullied?" Dad asked with a serious tone.
"No," I said instantly.
Seriously? I am five years old for God's sake, it's too soon to know what bullying even is.
"Then what is it? You can tell us." Mom said with a gentle nudge.
Sigh, here goes nothing.
"Well...