I opened the door of the moving van I had driven all the way here from the orphanage. The woodland villa in front of me was now my property, my home. My grandfather had left me much more originally, but my new “relatives” had seen to it that i only got this property and a few other relatively minor assets.

I was born to a historically rich family. Well born into it is pretty much as far as it goes. I was put in an orphanage the night I was born to my 16 year old rich boy father and servant girl mother. Illegitimate births don't look good on the family record, you see. I grew up as an orphan, no idea who my family was or anything. but then, my grandfather died. It was he who made all the arrangements, made me go away as if I were nothing but a bad dream. i don't know if it was guilt, or simply goodwill, but he inserted me as the primary inheritor of his estate.

His children didn't like that. Now, mind you they were already rich in their own rights, all of them. Grandfather had given them plenty of money, property, and most importantly, connections while he was still alive. What he gave me basically amounted to leftovers in the face of their wealth. But still, they wanted everything. Even my own “father” sent his team of lawyers to pursue what he could. In the end, I lose again. I’ve lost again, but I WILL NOT be a LOSER. Not anymore

I have enough money to live comfortably for 3 years. 3 years. That's how long I have to put my plan into action. I move my meager belongings into the house in under an hour, then go into the room next to my own. It seems that my game room has been installed as per my order. I’ve decided to start playing the new VRMMO Blank Legends. It’s not the first of its kind, but it’s the only one offering a prize if you satisfy certain criteria, namely taking over the game world.

Basically, I have 3 years to start making money off the game, because if I can't, it’s going to become a whole lot harder to play with no income. By then I hope to have made significant progress towards conquering the world, Lord of a city would be acceptable. I imagine the prize for becoming the world ruler is extremely lucrative. Two other games have offered such a prize in the past. For one, the reward was 7.5% shares in the company. The other got a board member position at the company. I imagine the reward would be comparable to those.

I HAVE to get that prize. I want to prove myself to the family, prove that I’m equal to them, but more so, I want to prove to myself that I can come out on top. This last incident with my relatives stripping me of my inheritance was the last straw, but a lot has been leading up to this moment. Always getting in the top 20% of scores at school, but always at the bottom of that number. I would get picked for sports teams in P.E, but always picked 4th or 5th. In short, I've been average my whole life. But that probably won't change.

One of the few skills that I have is intrapersonal understanding. I've always understood myself, and to a lesser extent, others. I know that I’ll never be what you might call a hero. Hell, I can't even be a villain. I don't have the charisma, the strength, or the ingenuity. But I know what I do have. Patience and determination. I’ll show everyone that slow and steady can win the race, that nice guys don't have to finish last, that a man can defeat a giant. I’ll show the whole world. I rush into the capsule in the corner of the room, and boot it up.

Welcome to Blank Legends. Are you ready to write your legend?

“Yes!”