Chapter 12 - The City(1/4)

(A / N: Someone told me that [''] and [""] are confusing, so I have adopted a new way of writing the dialogues between Ethan and Light. [""] It will be simply when Ethan speaks and [] when Light talks, if there are other things that confuse you, please say it by commenting here so that I can easily read your comments)

Ethan, after officially entering the city, simply couldn't contain his happiness, he had seen the city only from a monitor, so it was just a common reaction for someone like him to simply enjoy what he saw.

People were talking amongst themselves, someone laughing happily with their comrades, others talking about affairs with a lightly teasing manner, they wanted discounts but at the same time they seemed happy and didn't argue when the other party refused in the same teasing manner.

Ethan, seeing this, was happily passing his eyes from left to right in order to see more things possible. He entered the city from the East gate, so he was heading directly to the Guild for register an ID.

He wasn't ever aware that some people present were whispering about the "new guy". They immediately understood he was new here because he had that Aura around him, happy expression stamped on his face, and heading directly to the guild. Other people simply minded their own business and never spare him even a glance.

Ethan, like most people couldn't see, wasn't happy only because of the city itself, it was amusing to see something that he only saw in a monitor but that wasn't that impossible for him to understand now.

He was thinking about all the protagonists of the actual series and what they were doing right now…but that wasn't all. Because in his half-meditative-mana control state, he had a conversation with Light that really found just too OP to be true.

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["So, what will you do with the Falna when I join a familia, Light?"]

[It isn't that simple to explain, but I found in your memory something critic about the Falna itself, even if I can't say anything because it was just speculation, but I actually could fuse the Falna's XP system with the System itself so you can kill monsters, get XP and that will be added in parameters, I couldn't do anything more to the XP but from what I can see, you should already be aware of what that means.]

Ethan, in his half-meditative state, was actually more proficient to even understand Laws, so it wasn't that hard to understand what Light intended to say, but he felt like he needed to be secure of his own speculation.

["That means, I can just level up when I want, without actual restriction from the Falna?"]

[Yes. You could just reach 1300SSS(It's an example) in all stats and then level up because you want to]

["That would truly be an amazing thing to have, can't I just speed up all the way to level 10 at this point?"]

[Yes, but that couldn't be the best because I think you need time to understand your power and not just jump from 1 to 10, it's like the System-provided skills that can really just start from SSS-Rank if you have enough points but…if you compare them in the long run with your hard trained skills, you could see the difference at a glance. My recommended path, is to "slowly" getting used to your strength and skills day by day and then level up when you think you can master up your max. It would take several days to balance your stats at this rate because your Mag just gone mad and jumped from 0I to 999S.]

["Oh…so I need to first break the limit of the current System and reach SSS in all parameters. This will be my goal for now."]

["Oh?...yes Light, you can ask me whatever you want"]

[When you will end up to obtain the power and authority you wanted from the start…what will you do later than that?]

Ethan, was shocked for two reasons. The first is that Light never asked him something about him and simply responded to whatever he wanted an answer to. The second was that he never truly thought about what will he do…after he obtained what he sought, after he thought for around 5 minutes, he couldn't come up with an answer so, for the third time this day, he was surprised for the third time as Light talked on her own with a hint of concern clearly showed in front of him for the first time.

[Ethan…you will break yourself sooner than i thought. You knew that i can make probabilities about things i know enough? The probability your personality would break in the long run is…99%]

Ethan was scared by what Light was saying, from this chaotic state of mind, even his meditation-state broke like a glass, and he started to shake a little from her words, something the person behind him, a girl with straight golden hair, black irises, noticed as she pointed her eyes on him and whispered

"... Are you okay?"

From hearing these words, he turned directly towards her, light moist clearly on his eyes as he simply said

"… I'm okay"

The woman felt weirded to care about other people's affairs, so she decided to just ignore him outright.

Ethan, facing the person in front of him now, decided to ask more to Light because he wanted to know what he lacked for his personality to simply "break" given enough time…

["... Light. Why would i "break"? i don't understand…i'm simply following the path that i want to follow…it seems like even if i change world, i can't change my "fate"...can't I?"]

Ethan simply didn't understand why she would have been so sure of that kind of thing happen, he didn't really know what to say, because he felt that "break" on his personality would be the thing that could potentially bring himself down before even be aware of it, a thought that scared him a lot.

Light, decided to be direct this time because she simply felt the way Ethan was blaming himself was rather sad, she didn't want to see him like this.

She felt that he was really unfortunate in his previous life, even if she didn't have the same thing that defines the existence of Humans, her Host simply was the person she cared the most, but this wasn't the only thing that determines her affection for him.

Even she wasn't aware of it, but she was deeply taking the path of an Onee-san that should guide him on the right and most happy path, alongside him, for all the time he will live, so, in the gentlest tone she could manage, she said

[Ethan…even if this is the actual probability, that shouldn't last long now that you know about it. You know, there is more in life, not just fame, power and honor…you can simply enjoy your life while at the same time hard-working like always, you need a balance between happiness and hard-working, because if you only train, train and train you will break in the fastest period of time(100%), instead, focusing on training and, enjoy your life to the fullest(-100%) you could live a balanced, happy and right path. Fame, power, honor, all of these will come to you as you level up and train with the [Mana Control Manual] and other [Manuals]. So Ethan, all that i could say to you now is…enjoy your life, because you have your opportunity to truly be happy right now, for real.]

Ethan...felt her words hit directly his critical point. Previously, the only thing he cared about was achieved something in his life and intended to do the same in this next new life but, now that he had Light to feel sad for him, he actually wants to live the life she wanted to, Although she said this words for him, Ethan decided to twist his point of view because like these things were more acceptable for him.

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Even if he tried to convince himself that it was the best path he could follow, Ethan was still uttering about 'living' a happy life instead of directly achieving his goals, this because he truly thought that with power, something like girls and other privileges came with Power and Authority.

His thoughts however, were always heard by Light, the latter was worrying about him even more right now because she felt that he wasn't going to listen her advice completely, so, for the 2nd time in the day, Light spoke by herself.

[Ethan… Trust me, you need to live a normal life for even be able to achieve what you wanted even if you make mistakes…know that i will never leave your side and, i will immediately help you to fix your issue with everything you might have. I will help you have a happy life, that is my promise ~]

Ethan, felt immediately warmth in her words somehow and, decided to believe her, he resumed his meditative state, repositioning himself in the crowd.

So, after calming down a bit, he decided to act a little more confidently, though he had his doubts about most of the things that decided to keep for himself, so, he said in a calm tone to Light

["Light, i can't really find the words to express the gratitude i feel for you, every gentle words you say can enter my heart and keep it calm and warmth. I don't care what you are, as you are the only one that i can rely upon."]

Feeling even more warm as his own words left his synapses, he finally felt happy to continue his step forward. His path may not be the best you could wish for, but now he was a bit more secure of what to do now. Enjoy a happy life and train to the extreme, slowly raising to power and then…

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(I have a discord server. discord.gg/cpVr5X8 If you enter it, you can choose one of Ethan's future powers from the pool I created, but that's not all! On the server, you can see the reference on some things that will be present in the story! Right now you can freely see some things but I advise you to read the story further before seeing them otherwise you'll get spoilers!)

(A/N: I'm truly sorry for the retard of the chap...i am sick, so i really couldn't find the time to write all the day so i decided to rush it in the end. For helping you forgive me, i decided to make this chapter more long than usual ;D tomorrow will likely be the same as today but at least tomorrow will know why)

(Another A/N: I just modified all the conversations between Light and Ethan so now it should be OK, i think to that now it's all more clear so thank you kind soul who pointed that out)

(The third A/N: I modified this chapter. It's shorter now but basically, i'm growing tired of people pointing him out he is a baby for cry at this level, so i removed it, he felt sad, and Light helped him reorganize his thoughts, it was the idea i came up at first, so i adopted it but now the chap is shorter.)

(Alternate Titles: "Yes, now that woman is even more useless","He is still 'broken', nothing can change that, cries or not." "The title of this chapter is fake")