My name is Rymur Kaito.
Im24years old and I soemehow manged to die by tripping over my own shoelace.
I was standing on Platform 3 of Shinjuku Station at 11:47 PM already tired from a job interview that had I definitely already gone absolutely nowhere, and I looked down at my left shoe, noticed the lace was undone thought hm, I should probably fix that and then completely ate shit.
I remember the wind from the incoming express train.
I remember the sound it made.
I remember thinking "Wow so is great" in what turned out to be my final conscious thought as a living human being.
I know what you're probably thinking.
"Wow whata loser."
I just sat in darkness.
The darkness after death is not dramatic.
I was expecting some super hot mommy waifu in a white robe with a clipboard.
What I actually got instead was a specific kind of silence that exists when absolutely everything has been switched off, like the silence of an empty apartment at 3 AM times infinity.
I floated in it.
I thought about my life.
I thought about the interview.
I thought about the fact that I had skipped breakfast and therefore died on an empty stomach.
And then a voice spoke to me.
It was like a voice of something vast and old, like a deity who had read a customer service manual once and was doing their best.
"Rymur Kaito," the voice said. "Your life has ended."
"I noticed thanks for remindingme ," I told it.
"You are being offered the opportunity for reincarnation into an alternate world. The terms of this offer are as follows."
"Sure," I said. "Why not. Its not like I had any other plans."
A pause.
"Your attitude suggests you are taking this less seriously than intended."
"I just died by tripping over my shoelace."I think I've used up my capacity for caring for at least the next several months."
Another pause.
Icould have sworn something in the void sighed
"The reincarnation parameters have been set. Due to the... unusual circumstances of your death, the system has encountered a minor error in processing your souls data. As a result, you will not be reincarnated as a human. You will be reincarnated as a homeless person."
I took a moment to process this.
"Hang on??"
"Homeless isnt a species!
"The system does not make editorial distinctions," the voice said. "Your new form has been registered under the classification: Vagrant, Wandering, Status: No Fixed Abode. Your starting location will be an alley in the city of Caldenmere, Kingdom of Velthas. Your starting equipment will be one cardboard box, partially intact. Your starting stats are..."
It paused.
Like it was genuinely sorry about what it was about to say. "...minimal."
"Well shi.... i mean wow thats Great," I said.
"However,"
The voice continued.
"Due to the processing error, several abilities have been incorrectly flagged as your base skills. These abilities would normally be distributed across multiple high-ranking entities. As a result, you will begin your new life with access to them all. The system apologizes for the inconvenience and assures you this is not standard procedure."
I stared into the void.
The void stared back.
"So....."
I said slowly.
"I'm going to be a homeless person? In a fantasy world with a cardboard box. But Il have powers that were accidentally given to me."
"So this is what I deserve!!."
I thought about it for a moment.
"Alright," I said. "Fine. Lets do it."
"Very well. One additional note."
"What NOW??"
"The world you are entering is currently in a state of an escalating crisis. The Demon Lord Valgrax has begun the second stage of his thousand year plan to unmake the boundary between the mortal and divine planes. Seers across the kingdom have prophesied that a Celestial Hero will arise to stand against him. The stars magical detection arrays of seven different nations all point to this hero emerging from the city of Caldenmere, in the alley behind the fish market, approximately thirty seconds from now."
There was a very long silence.
"Thats the alley you're putting me in,"
"Yes."
"Bet."
I said sarcastically.
"Good luck, Rymur Kaito."
And then I was falling through darkness, that had suddenly developed texture and temperature and the very specific smell of fish guts and rain.
Then
I landed on something soft.
I then opened my eyes to see for the first time, the fantasy world that was apparently my problem now.
My name is Rymur Kaito and I was reincarnated as a homeless person in a another world, and somehow, now its my problem to save it..