Now, I look good.
That's what N thought as he straightens his black tie while standing in front of the mirror. Looking at his reflection in the crystal clear surface, he saw a young man in his late twenties with pale skin, sharp facial features and perfectly formed jaw line. His eyes were cerulean blue with long black hair that reached up to his waist. N looked at himself in the mirror wearing a black military ceremonial coat with white shirt underneath it as well as a military hat with an emblem of a double-headed eagle in golden color and a black trouser.
But he had to admit that he looked handsome and beautiful at the same time, but what made his appearance horrifying was his unnaturally pale white skin which made him look like a dead corpse with freshly white bandages wrapped around his neck. Yes, he does look like a corpse.
What he knew about his current situation from the memories of this man name Lucian Longman is that he is a future heir of Königsberg Duchy which is a part of Royen Empire a nation in the continent of Elderno which is a large landmass alongside other continent such as Serothy, Bragan, fiefhorn and Hyelfern etc. By searching through the memories of Lucian, he was able to pinpoint that he had been transmigrated into a game called "Nouvelle Adventure" which was a sci-fi, fantasy, adventure, action and apocalyptic MMORPG game made by "Tsubaki" a famous game company from Japan. In this game the main character is a commoner named Sasaki Yamamoto who becomes one of the "Commander". And what is a Commander?
A commander is a position given to a person who leads a group of "Legion" which are artificially made humans used to fight against "Drought's" a type of creature whose origin is still unknown even to him as the company refuses to give any information about it. Every Drought has its own disaster rank starting from rank 10 to rank 1 or above, the draught which are above rank 3 have never appeared in the game but it was hinted that they do exist.
Now, back to the main character. Yamamoto was a war orphan after his parents were killed by a flood of Droughts he swore to exterminate them. So, therefore he joined the Hightower, an international anti-draught organization who introduced the concept of Commander and legion to fight against Droughts. After he joined the organization he faced great hardship in his journey and rose to rank 3 commander.
The commanders and legions also have ranks starting from rank 10 to rank 1 and currently N rank is 8. At the end of the game the MC was able to unite all the commands of the Hightower against the Droughts and built a massive harem along the way. The harem part is what made N jealous of him or admire him a little. Maybe not.
N turns his head to look at the projection floating in the air emitting from a small flying ball like drone which is rather cute to say. Moving his eyes he saw that today's date was June 18, 1256. Which means that he has been transmigrated three years after the main character united the whole world against draughts. He then looked down and saw a white rope still lying on the white floor, and suddenly a scene of last night came flooding into his mind
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Before transmigrating he was just chatting with his friends online but then at that moment a ceiling fan dropped down upon his head knocking him unconscious , maybe lady luck wasn't on his side at that time. A few moments later as he gained consciousness he tried to open his eyes but was unable to do so as if someone had stitched his eyes shut. A strange sensation runs through his body making him unable to breath from the look of it. He is being choked by something moving his hands even if he can't see right now he grabs onto something around his neck.
A robe! Why is a rope around my neck? Wasn't I knocked out by a ceiling fan!
N thought so as he tried to free himself from being choked by the robe. It seems that he is hanging on to something with the robe. After much effort he was able to free himself from being hanged to death. But due to gravity N fell down on the ground which made a loud thud sound a few seconds later with enough effort he was able to open his eyes because of his strong determination. Getting up from his sitting position N like detective Sherlock from Shakespeare's story scanned his surroundings which was nothing like his room. The room he was in right now was futuristic. Its walls were painted in white which look like metal, without thinking N touch the wall near him. Feeling the wall's surface his expression turns into disbelief.
Impossible! This wall is made of some metal? I thought it was made with some kind of polish wood or cement colored to look like metal?
He then looked around the room once again, turning his head left and right as he examined it. The room was simple. It had one medium size bed, a table with a few books, two cupboards painted in white and a large mirror near a window. He then remembered something about reading a novel on the internet with a situation similar to his where the main character of the novel got transmigrated into a fantasy Victorian era world. But, it seems that he has transmigrated into a science fiction world instead of a fantasy one. He than turn towards the mirror.
The reflection showed a man with pale skin, long black hair, and cerulean blue eyes along with sharp jawline wearing a white set of pajamas. But what caught his attention was the rope around his neck and its mark on his neck. Boldly he removed the rope with his hand and threw it down on the floor.
Damn, did this man tried commit suicide?
N thought with serious expression but then suddenly the memories of this person started to ravage his mind, along with weird wailing, murmurs and sounds of human and animal alike. His thoughts were hazy as the voices grew louder and louder. Clutching his head, the first thing that came to his mind was the name of this person. Lucian. Lucian Longman. Yes, this is the name of the person whom he had transmigrated into.
Lucian was the future heir of the Longman family, one of prestige's noble families in the Royen Empire which had equal power to that of the Emperor himself. He had become a commander at the age of 19 and was granted rank 8 due to his performance. But, then a calamity struck him one day when a woman filed a case against him on the account of physical assault.
N stumbles as he tries to compose himself due to headache; he can't see anything in the memories of Lucian assaulting a woman. Later, the court ruled that due to lack of evidence Lucian wouldn't be sent to jail but he did get punished and was sent to a base near the border aligned to a small draught hive and was to stay there until further notice. It's rather fishy N thought to himself knowing that the real owner of this body never assaults a woman but he will think about it later. Looking back at the mirror his only worry right was how to hide his neck injury, with purpose N or Lucian as he would call himself from now on, walking slowly towards one of the cupboards on the right, after reaching there he opened one section of the cupboard. Inside the cupboard were some clothes, a bag and a first aid kit. Moving his hand he grabbed the first aid kit and opened it immediately, inside it were some bandages, an ointment and some medicinal tablets.
Without any further delay Lucian took out the ointment and applied it on his neck after that he wrapped the white bandages around his neck to prevent infection as the wound around his neck looked quite scary if he had to admit at least his neck doesn't hurt which is strange. Lucian then said with a confused tone as he lay on the bed looking at the white ceiling with his headache subdued.
"Sigh.... Now my real worry is about how I did got transmigrated? I thought all those transmigration things were only fiction, nothing more."
His mind was now racing with multiple questions. One of the questions was about tomorrow according to L1 memories as he would call the original Lucian from now. He had to attend a meeting on the topic of base budget tomorrow at 9:30 AM. Lucian then said with a tired voice even though he hadn't done any hard labor.
"What will I do tomorrow? I know nothing about managing base! I am just a normal student."
Closing his eyes shut he thought deeply.
Even if I had the memories of L1 I don't have the experience he had as a commander.
With that Lucian curled inside the blanket like a child. This world was unknown to him and he was afraid. Why wouldn't he be afraid? He was just a student a moment ago and now he is a commander. Why isn't lady luck on his? Whatever he will think about the meeting tomorrow morning. With that he drifted into slumber but before he lost his consciousness a low voice escaped from his lips.
"Damn, it's cold. Why is there no heater in this room?"
And so with that Lucian consciousness drifted into the world of dreams.
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And that's how Lucian came to this world, and he was not prepared for the meeting but at least L1 did leave behind a document for the base budget and for that he was thankful to him.
"Don't worry Master L1!! I will carry on your will."
As those words escaped from his mouth, the small ball-like floating thing spoke up in androgynous voice which didn't surprise Lucian.
"Lord commander, you are getting late for the budget meeting. It's already 9:02 AM."
"Okay, okay, Seino...."
This floating thing right here is Seino, an assistant AI bot which helps commanders in their work. Seino came to wake him up early in the morning which scared him a little.
"Come, let's go for the meeting..... Seino."
"Yes, Lord Commander."
As that bot replied both Lucian and Seino walked out of the room and closed the door behind him. To Lucian this place was strange; there was no one in the hall except him and Seino, which seems more strange. With curiosity he turned to Seino who was floating on his right side.
"Hey! Seino, what was the name of this base again?"
"Why are you asking about it? Lord commander...."
"Ah... no it's just that I forgot the name of this base."
Lucian replies without a hint of doubt as he knows that L1 has amnesia so sometimes he forgot about important things.
"Not again, that's why I advise the Lord Commander to take treatment."
"Okay I will, just tell me the name of this base and where it is located."
"The name of this place is Fort Castille also known as fortress. It is located in the northern part of Royen Empire near the border aligned to Drought hive and the Northern Union through Priscilla mountain. Fort Castille comes under the territory of your family, Lord commander. Before, it was part of Duchy of North but due to some circumstance's, the Northern Duchy fell due to draught outbreak which killed more than 1.5 million people at that time it was 1/3 of the population of north along the people who died in this outbreak the Ducal family were one of them."
"Then, how did the Castille area come under the Longman family?"
"Lord commander, according to the historical archives. The then Duke of Königsberg, Lord Argus Longman subdued the draught and brought the northern territory under the duchy of west which ultimately dissolved the northern duchy. And the Northern duchy became the territory of the west duchy forever."
I see, so that's how it is. But seriously I only told him to tell me about the base name and where it is located.
"But, didn't the Ducal family of the north try to take it back from the Longman family."
Lucian asked Seino like a child asking for candy from his uncle.
"As I had said Lord commander, during the outbreak the whole Ducal family of north had been wiped out, Only some of the of the branch family survive the outbreak but due to some circumstances the Emperor of that time denied to hand over the north to them due their poor handling of the territory during the outbreak instead hand it over to Longman family."
"So, Seino, who was the last duke of the north?"
"The last duke of North was..... Lord Anastasios Meridius of Duncan."
Hearing the name of the last duke of north Lucian nodded firmly, he felt a little pity for them. After walking for a few minutes they reach the door at the end of the hallway which is the door to outside. Slowly Lucian typed the password on the cipher lock which was attached to the door as he finished typing the password which he got it from L1 memory the door slid it. As it opens the outside light enters the hallway.
Moving his legs Lucian stepped outside the door and the scene in front of him was beautiful. It was a green plain with various colors of flowers and snow covered mountains in the background with jungle beneath the mountain were the draught hive was located according to Lucian memory. But then Seino snapped him out of his thoughts.
"Lord commander, we are going to be late for the meeting."
Lucian nodded as he followed behind Seino who was leading him towards a tower made of metal with its top part facing the great plain made of glass. From the look of it, that is where the meeting will take place and that place was also the commander's office. To be frank these whole place was like a medieval fort but made of metal. Along the way he also saw weapons which look like defense system, as he and Seino were walking suddenly someone tackled into him looking at the person who have tackled him.
It was a girl with small stature, short brown hair and common brown eyes wearing a black military uniform and a military helmet with the symbol of a gear and a rifle. Looking at the symbol Lucian instantly recognized it. She was a "Proletariat", an artificial being made by humans that are used for infantry and construction. But the girl looked at him in fear and he knows why because humans in this world treated them as tool and they aren't even considered as living beings. He then heard some footsteps turning his gaze he saw a group of five proletariat running towards him. They had the same eye and hair color as the first girl and were wearing the same dress as her.
"Ella! Are you okay."
The girl with the most mature look asks the girl named Ella. She then turned towards the man in front of them who was taller than them.
"Sir, please forgive her because she is new to this place."
As she tried to bow Lucian stopped her.
"Ah... please you don't have to bow. I will not punish her but still don't run around like that."
"Thank you, sir."
The matured girl said as she along with her friend walked away. Seeing them walking away Lucian turns his heels and walks towards the looming tower with Seino in tow. After few steps they reach the sliding glass door of the tower, without any delay the glass door slide open automatically. Lucian then tap the brim of his hat as he stepped inside the tower with the glass door closed behind him.