Chapter 3

"…Wait, is this a dream? The plot is way too convenient. I should be waking up in the hospital soon, right?"

This thought didn't differ much from his honest feelings. While he was excited about being transported to another world, the part about bonus points seemed too convenient.

"Think about whether this is a dream after you allocate the bonus points. Do you remember the types of skills?"

"Hmm... well..."

'Sure... I might as well allocate them all. If I really have reincarnated, I need to take this seriously...'

The goddess seemed to be in a good mood despite his selfish thoughts... It was surprising that she liked him this much.

However, while he was told he could allocate them freely... even though he would receive more points when he leveled up, from his knowledge of Eternal Magia, misallocating bonus points could lead to wasting everything.

What he needed to live as himself... what he needed to be Siegrid.

The first one was obvious.

"...L-Like this..."

'Negotiation. I'll put all 100 points into that.'

He couldn't say it well out loud, but his inner voice exuded an overly confident tone, similar to a "double push."

"Of course, that's what I expected... What about the remaining 155 points?"

"...Like this."

He said it briefly and thought the rest in his head. Then, his inner voice started explaining on its own... It was convenient but embarrassing.

'There are many powerful skills, but many can be obtained later without allocating points. So, I'll save the bonus points for when I need them... I don't seem to be very lucky, so I'll put points into luck. About 30 should be enough.'

Bonus points can be reallocated to acquired skills later, so he decided to save 125 points for the future. He liked saving, so he might not use them for a while.

"Putting 30 points into the luck skill will activate 'Great Luck'... right?"

"Yeah. The best way to earn money early on is to activate 'Great Luck' and gamble in the capital. 'Great Luck' has other good effects too, so it's a pretty useful passive skill."

In Eternal Magia, acquiring skills allows you to use special moves, magic, and action skills, and you can also get passive skills that provide constant effects, like 'Great Luck.'

While he had taken some inefficient skills in the game, negotiation and luck were undoubtedly useful. He believed the benefits increased the earlier you had them.

The skills you took would depend on the job you chose... Wait, can you choose your job?

"Jobs are randomly assigned after reincarnation. You'll most likely become a villager."

"What? Let me choose, at least that much."

'Villager... I couldn't change jobs for a long time and ended up being a super villager when I was a beginner. Well, it's not a problem. Noble play is nice, but it's complicated with many restrictions.'

In Eternal Magia, where villagers can acquire all skills, there are benefits to certain jobs, like unique skills, but there's not much difference in character strength between a villager, a sword saint, or a bard. Your stats change based on the skills you acquire. You get 3 skill points per level, and you can create a wide variety of character builds by allocating them to different skills.

There are over 300 skills, and incredibly, not all have been discovered even six years after the game's launch. This is partly due to the vast world of Eternal Magia and the fact that only the first three of the ten planned scenarios have been released.

"...Why did it end up like this? I don't get it."

'I knew Eternal Magia was on a different scale, but if it was to choose people to reincarnate, that makes some sense... No, it still doesn't feel real.'

"There is a connection between this world and your world. Consider it a quest to solve the mystery after reincarnation. If you can return to me, I want to hear the answer."

Living in the real version of the game world and meeting the goddess again is a quest.

Well, that's not bad... but for now, I'll try my best to live. As a resident of this world.

I've always longed for this. So, I no longer regret dying.

"...Well, there's no choice."

'I don't regret dying. I don't regret dying for Hina. But I wanted to say, it wasn't for you, I just decided to die on my own.'

He said it jokingly, but the goddess didn't laugh at first. Then, she looked at him with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

"Yes... I didn't just take an interest in you because of your unfortunate life. It was because you were so kind, to the point of being laughable. That was the main reason."

"...Where?"

'That's the one thing I want to correct. I'm just a good-for-nothing.'

He glanced at the goddess, who was a super beautiful woman, even for someone with his social anxiety. She was so beautiful that even the cute girls in the game, whom he had been fond of, paled in comparison.

"Seeing how you will change as Siegrid... I'm looking forward to it."

The goddess held out her hand in front of him, and the window display changed.

"Do you want to reincarnate in another world? YES / NO"

He hesitated for a moment, but more than anything, he wanted to live in the world of Eternal Magia.

Even if it meant losing his connection to his parents who had raised him.

---Ah, I wish I had made some money before my account was hacked. Even if they said it was a hassle, I wanted to repay my parents a little.

But even that...

I didn't want to regret betting my life on the game.

After a long conversation with the goddess...

His consciousness drifted away from the goddess's temple... and when he woke up next...

"Congratulations! It's a healthy baby boy!"

"Wow... it's born! Good job, Remilia..."

"Huff, huff... Let me see the baby's face..."

After being bathed and dried, he was held by his father and looked at his mother. He was a baby, so he could only cry, and he cried a lot.

He had heard that babies cry when they are born, cursing their existence... but...

He couldn't help but be happy that he had truly reincarnated and retained his memories from his previous life.

The upcoming challenge in the other world. He knew the scenarios up to the third part... he had no idea what would happen after that. But he could easily progress up to the third part, and the remaining seven parts were untouched.

He could play through Eternal Magia again. Could there be anything more exciting?

"Your... this child's name is..."

"Right, I asked a priest to get it from the gods. This child's name is..."

His father, a handsome man with chestnut hair and sharp eyes, proudly showed the name written on a piece of paper.

Hiroto Siegrid

Of course! The last name is Siegrid! He glared at his father in this world with his still blurry eyes, silently screaming.

Incidentally, the official language of Eternal Magia is called 'Elgia,' which is mostly written in the alphabet, so it's readable if you know English. Seeing his name written in cursive reminded him of his English class when he still went to school, giving him a strange feeling.

In any case, the reincarnation was complete. On the third day after his birth, he finally managed to be alone for a moment and, taking advantage of his mother and the midwife's (?) distraction, he called up the window and checked his status.

◆Reincarnation Status◆

Name: Hiroto Siegrid

Human, Male, 0 years old, Level 1

Job: Villager

HP: 40/40

MP: 24/24

Skills:

Negotiation 100

Luck 30

Action Skills:

Bargain (Negotiation 10)

Flirt (Negotiation 30)

Request (Negotiation 40)

Trade (Negotiation 60)

Enslave (Negotiation 95)

Passive Skills:

Charisma (Negotiation 50)

[Against Opposite Sex] Charm (Negotiation 80)

[Against Same Sex] Charm (Negotiation 85)

[Against Monsters] Charm (Negotiation 90)

Choice (Negotiation 100)

Pick Gold (Luck 10)

Pick Item (Luck 20)

Great Luck (Luck 30)

Remaining Bonus Points: 125

The next update will be around Sunday evening.

I'll cover the childhood and, if possible, the teenage years at a fast pace.

If necessary, I'll fill in skipped events through flashbacks.

First, tomorrow, the first heroine will appear.