Author's note:

Well~ I’m happy that you guys are somewhat interested in my story but…

Please don’t expect something overly complicated from me… I’m scared.

Also, I do read all of the comments and reviews I see, and take them all to heart.

As for the slow pace of the story... well~ I would want to avoid what I did the last time as I just wrote everything...

Anyway… I think I’m starting to have a writer’s block, so I’m gonna do a special chapter earlier than expected~

I’m going to do a Question and Answer~ you can ask me or any of the characters a question!

Anyone can participate with this~ and it will help me out a lot!

Spoiler :

Format:

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Ask: [Name]

[Question]

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Just PM me this or comment it down below with a spoiler tag!

You can either ask me(Author), nero, feru, or lina. Anything you have in mind.

Be it their thoughts or something else, I’ll answer everything (if I can)

If this is done right, I can reduce the time required to release a chapter by 1 day.

Hehehe~ I hope you’ll like this special chapter~

This message again:

I'm just a newbie author writing for fun~

Help me by pointing out mistakes you see in the chapter as it will help me improve~

Thank you and enjoy the chapter~ I made this for you guys~ I needed the practice anyway~

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Volume 1 Chapter 8: Mental Changes?

[World: Veran]

[Location: Central Continent, Mistel]

[Point of view: Nero]

I lie down on my soft bed thinking about my previous actions…

My actions were heavily influenced by my darkened thoughts.

Although that was my first time killing someone… I feel nothing… not a thing… not even a shred of remorse for what I’ve done.

This is really worrying me. The change in my mentality is quite severe if I do say so myself… but everything felt natural to me…

Well, me and the people around me will consider me as an 'Odd Ball' because of my behavior but this is…

Me: “Nnooooooo~ don’t want!”

I began squirming on the bed… My childish side is showing again but I don’t care!

It was an old habit of mine of becoming a bit childish as I try to avoid or ran away from something.

After squirming on the bed, I stared straight up at the ceiling and began recalling what happened last night.

=== Recalling the events last night ===

Although I was feeling a little bit weird, it was somehow came to me as natural…

My body kept spewing dark smoke as I headed towards Maltis…

I’ve killed two people with the most painful method I could think off…

Both of their pale faces were full of fear as they kept crying…

I’ve placed both of their bodies in my inventory and gaining some loot…

I continued killing everyone as I go around, gaining a few levels as well…

I distributed some skill points to some of my skills as I thought it was needed…

I used 1 stat point to create a skull mask to block my face just in case someone saw my face…

I broke into a medium sized building and saw 10 men ganging up on a girl…

I had a feeling that something swelled up inside me as I saw the girl crying. I unintentionally gave them all a “death stare”…

The 10 men began crying pitifully while the girl gave off an aura of being rescued…

I quickly left after I finished all 10 of them and put them in my inventory…

I continued going around, doing my “Quest/Task”…

I began breaking down doors as soon as I realized that some buildings were imprisoning people inside it…

I stopped when I no longer see or sense anymore invaders…

The sun was beginning to rise as I felt a bit tired and went back to the base of the mountain…

The spirits of the dead greeted me with their semi-transparent bodies; all of them have a smile on their faces…

They were hundreds of them, young and old or rich or poor…

I gave them the corpses of the invaders…

They looked satisfied…

The quest was completed and I was rewarded…

The spirits became friendly with me…

They gave their thanks and passed on…

Some ghost children ran towards me and gave me a somewhat transparent white flower…

And I gained some titles…

The Silent God of Calamity

Liberator

After all that, I went back home…

Feru greeted me as she wore a worried expression on her face…

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Maybe I’m just over thinking things as I still think I did something I shouldn’t have…

If I think using my gamers’ knowledge, I’ve gained a lot of good stuff.

But at what cost? My mentality? Or something else?

Status WindowName:NeroborjClass:Lesser GodLevel:9Race:HumanGenderMaleHealth1,800/1,800 (3.4/s)Mana1,800/1,800 (3.4/s)Strength:90(+90)Vitality:90(+90)Agility:90(+90)Intelligence:90(+90)Endurance:90(+90)Luck:6.53318e+177Remaining Stat Point:79

Social StatusEquipped Title:Random Wanderer [3]Faction:NoneAlignment:NeutralFollowers:0

AffinityFire:20.00%Water:20.00%Earth:20.00%Wind:20.00%Light:100.00%Dark:100.00%

Skills: Passive Skills:Skill lvl Acrobatics

Acute Senses

Artistic

Mind Mastery

Resistance

Vigor

Weapon Masterylvl.10

lvl.10

lvl.10

lvl.10

lvl.10

lvl.10

lvl.10 Active skills: Skill lvl Blink

Conjuring

Haste

Manipulation

Quick Move

Wing Blade

Fire Magic Manipulation

Water Magic Manipulation

Earth Magic Manipulation

Wind Magic Manipulation

Light Magic Manipulation

Dark Magic Manipulationlvl.1

lvl.2

lvl.10

lvl.10

lvl.10

lvl.1

lvl.1

lvl.1

lvl.1

lvl.1

lvl.2

lvl.2 Special Abilities: Skill lvl Calm Mind

Childish Nature [4]

Cold Hearted [3]

Kind Hearted [3]

Natural Talent

Self-Sacrificelvl.6

lvl.7

lvl.5

lvl.5

lvl.5

lvl.3 Professions: Skill lvl God Abilities: Skill lvl Creation [1]lvl.3 Remaining Skill Points: 30

Nope~ I’m not going to comment on my status anymore.

Anyway, how can a large Kingdom, such as [Maltis], be occupied or captured by some individual?

Isn’t there any kind of protection? Such as the police, guards, or adventurers (if there are any)?

Me: *Sigh* “Over thinking stuff is not me…”

Although I would sometimes over think things… but I rather go with the flow and do the things that mostly interest me, sometimes, I do it without thinking too much.

Doing stuff like this that is out of the ordinary is awesome but…

This is somewhat overwhelming for me if stuff like this continues…

I want to watch anime…

I want to read some manga…

I want to read some novels…

I want to play online games with my friends…

I want to do something fun…

Although what I’ve done and been doing right now was very interesting but it somehow felt… weird.

I’m ok playing around with all of this power but if my actions affect the larger majority of life…

L-Let’s just say that I don’t want to play S*ms with real people…

Every time I play with those kinds of games, someone dying was unavoidable…

While I was thinking those kinds of things, the door to my bed room opened and a beautiful girl with long black hair entered.

Feru: “Master, I’ve prepared breakfast downstairs”

M-Master? When did you begin addressing me as such?

Although my classmates call me by that nickname as some sort of joke, but Feru calling me like that is… how you would say it… has a different effect.

I think I need to fix this… it feels REALLY awkward for me to be called ‘master’ by Feru.

I got up from bed and walked towards Feru.

Me: “uh… Feru, can you change that way of addressing me?”

Feru: “…Then what would you like to be called?”

Me: “How about just calling me ‘Nero’?”

Feru: “…T-Then… N-N-Nero… sama”

What’s with that reaction? It’s just calling me by my name… and how do you know the word ‘sama’?

Somehow… all of this feels quite cliché as I tried persuading Feru to remove the ‘sama’

I’m not Japanese, so being address with ‘sama’ feels… *ahem*

But as expected, Feru refuse to call me without any kind of honorific and I was force to stay with ‘sama’ as being called master was a bit overwhelming for me…

Both of us headed towards the dining room to eat breakfast but…

I sensed another presence inside the dining room…

Peeking through the door, I saw a girl with white hair sitting on the table…

I guess that girl(Lina) wasn’t able to leave this place as she doesn’t know the exit?

I looked back at Feru…

Me: “Did you tell her ‘who or what I am’?”

Feru avoids eye contact…

Feru: “…O-Only a l-little bit… S-Sorry”

Feru looks down while apologizing… It seems she realized that she wasn’t supposed to tell anyone who I am…

Well… It seems that the quest is still applicable… and I didn’t really tell Feru to keep my identity a secret… So it’s fine~

The fail conditions about my nature quest seems kinda lax, maybe I'm not causing any kind of trouble?

Me: “Nah~ it’s fine, but don’t tell anyone else about my identity”

Feru: “…Y-yes!”

Since I decided to stop over thinking too much, I casually opened the door and entered.

Seeing me and Feru enter the door, the girl stood up and bows while greeting us.

We returned her greeting with a simple “good morning” and sat down on the table.

The food on the table was… it is all fruits… Well… I can’t really be choosy here…

We began eating, even though it’s just fruits, it’s very tasty!

Lina: “Um… Feru-sama… is it this person?”

Feru: “Yup~”

I wonder what they are talking about… but I’m more curious about how this ‘sama’ kept appearing.

Me: “What’s with the sama?”

When I said that, Feru began panicking… Her face was red…Is she embarrassed?

Feru: “Eh- Um- I wanted Lina to change the way she address me, so instead of calling me [Goddess], I asked her to call me Feru… but she refused to address me just by my name as she thought it was disrespectful… so I told her about using honorifics as a sign of respect”

Why does this seem familiar? Oh yeah, we just did stuff earlier… but still… this situation… somehow, I want to mess with Feru…

Me: “Heeh~ So~ Feru-sama, what were you two talking about?”

Feru: “…can you remove the ‘sama’?”

Me: “Hm? Don’t want to~ It’s a sign of respect~”

Feru: “…I…It’s…Um…No…”

Feru avoids looking at me, her gaze shifts to the floor, the ceiling, to the side… Her face was so red it reached her ears.

It’s super effective! Even Lina, who is on the other side of the table, has a flustered red face…

Hahaha~ Crap… I blame luck…

I apologize for my actions but this kind of things make me feel at ease~

I began looking at Feru and,

Status WindowName:FeruniruClass:???Level:3Race:Human?GenderFemaleHealth480/480 (1.8/s)Mana420/420 (2.0/s)Strength:19Vitality:28Agility:21Intelligence:32Endurance:27Luck:15

Social StatusEquipped Title:Bearer of the Zodiac: VirgoFaction:NoneAlignment:Neutral

It’s been a while since I saw Feru’s status window… it somehow different…

Her class is still ‘???’ and her race has some sort of complications?

I can’t see her affinities and skills anymore. She even gained 2 levels. Her title is already understandable.

Me: “Since when did you leveled up?”

Feru was able to regain her composure before answering.

Feru: “I was able to gain two levels last night, I don’t know how or why thought”

Me: “….”

Is it because of… me? No… Let’s not go back there…I want to avoid having that weird feeling lingering inside me again…

Somehow, I was able to forcefully change the atmosphere back to normal…

We continued to talk a bit as we eat…

Since Lina already knew who I am so I asked her to keep it a secret for now as it might cause problems in the future if others know about it.

Though she still believes Feru as a [Goddess]…. Which gives me an idea…

Me: “Let’s go to Maltis?”

Feru & Lina: “…Eh?”

The two of them gave a look of confusion as they heard me.

Me: “I’m just going to gather information. Lina, is there a library in [Maltis]?”

Lina: “Hmm… There is one located near the market district”

Though I can just question Lina for information but it seemed like it will bother her, so I’ll go with the books.

Feru: “Are you really just going to gather information? It looks like you’re planning something else”

Me: “Just how sharp are you… well~ I am planning something else but my main reason is gather info”

Feru: “…”

Feru gives off a vibe that she knows me quite well, I wonder why.

. . . . . . . .

Before leaving, I change my clothes to match those people in [Maltis].

Going to the Kingdom with my previous clothes would just grab attention, especially towards those who saw me.

A white sleeveless hooded coat, Darkish brown leather shirt and shorts, brown leather wrist guards and boots strapped on with multiple small belts, a large brown belt with multiple pockets and a red silk underneath, long black socks...

I got the design from an image I saw in the internet, it suppose to be an anime version of a popular game about assassins.

I also used the skill Concealment to change my visible stats.

Status Window [Fake]Name:NeroborjClass:AssassinLevel:15Race:HumanGenderMaleHealth200/200 (1.8/s)Mana180/180 (2.0/s)Strength:25Vitality:20Agility:26Intelligence:18Endurance:13Luck:15

Social StatusEquipped Title:Random WandererFaction:NoneAlignment:Neutral

There are some things that can be changed but there are also some that changes automatically such as Heath and Mana or those that cannot be changed such as natural regeneration.

Me: “I feel like I’m cosplaying~ hahaha”

Well, I never had a chance to cosplay back on earth, so I’m kinda happy right now.

After finished preparing, we gathered near the secret path that leads towards Maltis.

When we reached the Kingdom… The Kingdom was in a state of pandemonium.