In this world, there are those that are fortunate and those who are not. Ethan Bellrose is neither; he is cursed. At nineteen, he has lived his entire life sheltered in his home as his fragile body blisters under sunlight, breaks under the slightest impact, and falls to any sickness. However, the arrival of a world-changing digital service catches the hopeless young man’s eye: “Reincarnation Online”--a virtual reality experience that gives a new fantastical life to those who are unfulfilled with their current path. For Ethan Bellrose, the choice is simple. Without hesitation, he orders the virtual reality headgear, choosing to abandon his current life and live forevermore in the world of fantasy, magic, and endless adventure–”Arcadius.” Though what he finds is a world not full of leisure and trivial triumph, but a world just as alive and full of darkness, glory, and grandeur as Earth–if not greater. Starting from square one as an infant, given a new name and family, this is the eventful life, full of dreadful lows and exhilarating highs, of “Emilio Dragonheart.” [...Booting System…] [Welcome to Reincarnation Online.] [You will henceforth by the recipient of the Dragonheart System.] [Please, enjoy your stay.]
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Though it didn’t seem to be enough as an unorthodox maneuver came from the man; as he managed to leap out of reach from the spinning slash, he looked up to see the sword being flung towards him like …
He looked at the steel sword that was now half-dyed in fresh blood, only looking up once one of the doors in the hall was kicked open.
“Marlo! What happ–”
It was the man with the scarred, bald head. Th…
“Hey…what’s your name?” He asked quietly.
The girl was hugging her knees, leaning against the right wall, while he was chained up to the back.
“…Irene…”
He felt terrible. The fact was, she stood up for …
“…Stop…please…”
The timid, trembling words came from the pale girl who was in the chamber with him. This caught the attention of the cruel man, but it hardly felt like a respite to him.
Left drooling b…
“Welcome home,” the smiling man told him, sounding out the words twistedly.
Before he could react, he was grabbed from behind, yanked off of the horse’s back as he heard the heinous laughter of a man.
…
It was a situation like this that he thanked the gods for the elbow grease he put into studying magic as he was placed with a perfect environment: the rocky walls that made up the grimy prison were p…
As he walked around the town that smelled of freshly baked dough and manure at the same time, he stopped as something caught the corner of his way.
In the alleyway to his left, he saw what looked to b…
“Please! C’mon!”
“I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: the price is steel.”
While moving through the bustling marker section of the town, he found a boy that looked to be around his age haggling do…
For some reason, it was almost more breathtaking than the sight of magic itself; the atmosphere that was boisterous, loud, and filled with laughter; stinking of booze and the smell of sweat and steel…
Going on his way, he carried the heavy, blood-stained sack with him across the dirt road that sat in the luscious fields.
Still, he didn’t mind the opportunity to finally walk the trail alone; the liv…
I did it! He thought.
It was much more anticlimactic than he had imagined; Veldalla didn’t even budge from the strike, but she did come to a full-stop.
Well, can’t expect much from the body of an eleve…
“Pick up your sword. Let’s try this again,” Veldalla instructed.
Though the last thing he wanted to do was go for another round with the woman who certainly didn’t treat him as though he were a child,…
“Your mother and I discussed it, and if you want to take your training in the art of magic to the next level, you’re going to have to also become a half-decent swordsman!”
“I don’t understand…why?” He…
With the complete embodiment of the spell interlaced with his thoughts, he kept his hand forward with his intentions clear: to part the fallen leaves.
Come…Wind Sphere, he thought.
His eyes were still …
It was easy to tell why magic was so difficult for people to grasp: there were hardly any real, tangible instructions given.
The very first entry in the grimoire was the pre-information needed to unde…
[Three Years Later | Age 10]
Thwack. Thwack. Thwack.
“C’mon, Emilio! Swing back!”
Julius called out, swinging the wooden sword rapidly as he held his own training blade up like a shield, being pushed ba…
There wasn’t much to do at his young age; his parents were still overly protective of every little action he took, though he didn’t blame them nor did he really mind it.
While sitting and reading a bo…
Over the past few months, he adamantly tried to conquer his status as an “infant”, though it was more difficult than he gave it credit for.
He was mostly left to the whims of his parents, only able to…
It was entirely black.
There was no body he possessed, as if solely inhabiting a consciousness amidst a void bearing nothing but total darkness.
For a moment, it was nothing but complete silence in thi…
“Reincarnation Online: The Second Life of Fantasy, Excitement, and Wonder.”
Seeing the title of the “VR” product–a “Virtual Reality” game–he felt it resonate with something within him as he stared at …