Chapter 4 Evan Del Eris

Eris Main Residence, Gerfast

Great Western Empire

August 5th

Year 1050

Waking up in an unfamiliar room for the second time today, Evan sighed in exasperation. He looked around to see a luxurious room adorned with furniture that looked more expensive than the ones he usually saw on TV.

He was seated on a chair with a desk placed in front of him, he also saw a woman, dressed in a maid outfit standing beside the door.

'Maids? The world of Aidos in the game was still in the Middle Ages. Seems to be the same here, huh? And this is probably my bedroom.'

He remembered that the goddess told him that the social status of his new body would be one of the best he could find, so he guessed he was probably some sort of noble.

'Speaking of which, I never asked her name, huh? The goddess in the game was called Artemisia, but I'm not sure if that's the same for the real person. And how am I supposed to use the system of this world?'

As he thought that, a floating board appeared in front of him, startling him slightly.

|Reincarnated Hero System Updates Installing...|

|Installation Complete. |

|Welcome to Aidos, Evan Del Eris. |

'Evan Del Eris? Is that this body's name?'

He asked, however, he received no reply from the system. Instead, it just kept on displaying more information.

|Information about the Seven Heroes and Incoming Demon Invasion can be accessed with the Archive. |

|Memories of the host's current body can be accessed with the Archive. |

|Displaying Status...|

|Name- Evan Del Eris

Race - ###e# ###s###e#

Gender - Male

Age - 9

Level- 20

Existence Level - Bronze

Titles- The Second of Seven Heroes, Leader of the Seven Heroes, Reincarnated Hero, Wielder of Mystic Eyes, Loved by Nature, Heir of Eris Dukedom, #####c ########.

Class- Magic Swordsman

Health – E

Energy – E

Strength – E

Agility – E

Durability –E

Intelligence- E

Condition- Normal

Magic Tiers- All Attributes Tier 0

Skills- Full Appraisal, Magic Control, Weapon Control, Paladin, Concealment, Language Comprehension.

Unique Skills- Mystic Eyes of Mimicry, Adaptive Evolution. |

Looking at his status, he was surprised, a Level 20 with E-rank stats all across was not something that would have been possible in the game.

He'd have to be at least level 30 for that. Most level 20's still had a stat or two in the F rank.

'I see, she said I'd get a boost huh?'

It was then he finally realized an important fact he had overlooked earlier, his race was censored.

'That's clearly not human! The visible letters are e, s, and e.

Last time I checked, the word 'human' didn't have those letters in them.'

The reality he was not human anymore was a little bit too much to accept even for someone as open-minded as Evan.

All his inner excitement at entering into the world of the game he had enjoyed playing for over six months vanished from his body the moment he saw that.

He ended up spending a few minutes trying to wrap his head around that fact to no avail.

He looked at the maid standing behind the door and thought inwardly.

'Appraisal'

A similar status board appeared in front of him. However, unlike his, it was a partial status, this was because he did not activate the 'full' appraisal.

|Name- Rei (Rosa)

Race- Human

Level- 100

Titles- Bodyguard of Duke Del Eris

Class – Combat Maid

Health – D+

Energy - D-

Strength – D+

Agility – C-

Durability – D+

Intelligence- D-

Condition- Normal

Magic Tiers - All Attributes Tier 0.

Skills- Presence Concealment, Dagger (Extreme)

Unique Skills- None. |

'Wtf? She's a bodyguard, and she's human too! Then am I the only one who's not human?'

He sighed once again and rested his back on the chair, deciding to completely ignore the matter of his race.

'I don't think I can do anything about it even if I wanted to. Let's just consider it one of the goddess' perks.'

He wondered how his body looked so he stood up and walked over to the mirror placed beside the bed.

His appearance was that of an average heighted nine-year-old boy with short black hair and dark gray eyes. He was wearing a grey noble coat with golden outlines, grey pants, and a black pair of gloves with golden braces at his elbows.

'The default noble's kid huh?'

He sighed once again, loudly at that. At this point, the maid at the door could no longer ignore his continuous sighing,

"Young master, is there a problem?"

"Huh? No nothing really, Rosa was it? Can you get me a glass of water, juice, or anything cold and drinkable?

Preferably strawberry flavoured, I need to cool my head."

As he spoke, the maid showed a surprised expression, he thought it might be due to him being overly polite so he spoke up more arrogantly, like how he felt a noble's son would.

"Well? What are you waiting for, go get it already!"

She then recovered herself and left the room immediately, not after giving him a few weird looks.

'Didn't I sound arrogant enough?'

He thought to himself as he walked up to one of the room's windows and gazed at the mid-day sun. A complicated glint flashed in his eyes as he silently stood there for close to a minute.

'I'm actually in Aidos, huh?

There were quite a few things in the game that I fantasized about getting and a few places I wanted to go to.

Since I'm here, I might as well fulfill my fantasies.'

Turning around and walking towards the chair he stood up from, he continued his thoughts.

'Before all of that, I guess I need to get a grip on this 'Reincarnated Hero' thingy and the identity of the body I'm in.

As for where my real body is, let's just the goddess would help me keep it safe.'

He sat back down and decided to access the memories of the body he was possessing. After navigating to the archive, he chose to download the memories of the original owner of this body into his mind.

The original owner of the body was an example of the typical authoritative noble, being the son of a duke, he was educated to take the position of the duke from a young age instead of his older brother who the Duke judged to be 'unsuited.

He excelled in almost every area of study, and even in his magic and swordsmanship lessons. He was very quick to grasp whatever he had been thought after just a single explanation or demonstration, especially when it came to combat.

Various instructors had quit teaching him due to having their pride broken by him.

He was a typical genius.

There were even rumours that he was a deviant; one who awakened their skills before the age of ten when skills were supposed to be normally awakened.

'I'm guessing his so-called 'genius' was because of 'that' thing's passive effect. No doubt about it!'

The Eris Dukedom was one of the Four Dukedoms of the Great Western Empire, located on the Alpha Continent, and was subservient to the Hayes Imperial Family that ruled the Empire.

There were talks between the Duke and the Emperor about an engagement between the Second Princess and Evan. She like Evan, was also rumoured to be another deviant, one that possessed a skill that let her tell lies from truth.

'Sounds like the passive of a very familiar support character skill. I think it was the fourth one...'

He was informed about this potential engagement earlier in the morning by the duke, after going back to his room, he pondered on the skill the princess was said to have.

The young noble felt like he knew the name of the skill and the moment he recalled it, something happened.

His eyes felt like they were on fire and memories that weren't his poured into his mind, he lost consciousness in the process and his body was almost possessed by someone else.

Fortunately, Evan's appearance and the intervention of the goddess prevented this. Unfortunately, the soul of the original Evan was lost forever.

That was where the memories cut off.

Before Evan could begin thinking about it, another piece of information was extracted from the Archive, the identity of the one who almost possessed him earlier.

'The 'Second' of the Previous seven heroes from a thousand years ago huh?'