Chapter 3: Golden Finger.
A dark and gloomy environment could felt inside the room of Rodin, who was munching on his fingernails while rarely, his eyes would dart around the room with a small amount of paranoia and dread, at every creak and screech from the floor boards he would instantly turn his head.
The light's ever reaching presence couldnt be felt inside the room, thanks to Rodin covering the window with his huge dresser, only the smallest amount of light could reach within, trying to vanquish the darkness and bring clarity into the gloomy and dark room.
"This is just a dream, ill wake up, i will definitely wake up and beat up Void_noob98." Whenever he finished his monologue he would show some will under the dead gaze of his two dreadful purple eyes.
"Deep breaths, i can do this, i just have to accept it, i must acc- No, do not succumb to fear Daniel Morn, youre better than this, ill just wake up from a hangover like usual, yes, yes thats it." Still refusing to believe his circumstances Rodin or Daniel, slowly fell into a perpetual cycle of never ending refusal, increasing will, increasing hope and refusal once again.
As the day went by he has been finally defeated by Sleepiness and slowly fell into a deep sleep.
Somehow, after three days of always falling asleep in the same spot, he would always appear under the small and tiny ray of light which managed to dodge every obstacle so that it could meet his skin, this would always trigger a certain feeling of hope within the darkest depths of his mind, only for it to be shredded and spit back out after his skepticism, paranoia, dread and lastly, fear joined hands.
Then one day within this cycle of neverending suffering something has changed his perception by 180 degrees.
"Shhhh. my child, they will no longer harm you, im here, i will always be here." when his mind couldnt tolerate the torture it was receiving he would breakdown and start screaming, in the middle of one such breakdown his doors have been burst open and with it came light and also warmth, not from the light, but warmth which could even heal the harshest of scars, mental scars.
Being embraced by said warmth and hearing those words, Rodin couldnt help but cry for the first time in years, tear of sorrow, tears of oppressed pain, and finally, tears of joy escaped his eyes.
After 3 days of mental scars growing and spreading, the young master could finally get some peaceful shuteye.
"Duke Lorkan, ill definitely make them suffer." Roland muttered under his breath with a pained and angry expression after seeing the state his son has gotten to, examining his room he looked towards Johan and left with Rodin to take him to another room until the cleaning was done.
"Pity, the Duke could make some tasty tea." johan mumbled and started cleaning up the mess within Rodin's room.
(In the morning of the next day.)
[Status condition 'Insanity' Has been suppressed.]
[System functionality has been granted.]
[Player can now access some functions of The System.]
[Options is now open for Player.]
These four lines had Greeted Rodin upon waking up, weirdly enough his reaction was just a simple ohh before the lines disappeared.
"So im not crazy.... anymore." Rodin got up and checked his body, a new addition was the weird bracelet on his arm, whenever he thought of taking it down he felt like he would fall back into an abyss.
"Yeah, i better not mess with that." Even though the carvings and runes on it were quite mystical he didnt dare mess with it until he fully understood what it did.
'So, im in another world, ehh, cant say i feel any special, no in fact i feel like im quite unlucky, not only did i get isekaid, it was in that fucking world which was getting devoured by Corruption, i mean literal corruption.' Thinking about it still didnt help, as he felt like he would suffocate at any moment.
"Good morning Young Master Rodin, your father is waiting for you in the eating hall, breakfast is ready." Johan appeared through the door this time without knocking, instantly making Rodin forget about his predicament and focus on his "Father" Roland Pirkos the Frozen Wasteland, after his feats in the last war he was awarded the title.
The feat that gave him the title, it wasnt mentioned in the academy, yet he knew well why he was given that Title, it was because he managed to freeze over 50 thousand enemy troops over a grand scale of 5 Km Radius.
The Mana and efficiency needed to freeze over such a huge amount of land and people is monstrous.
Falling into another deep and analytical thought he almost forgot to go and eat breakfast. rushing over to the door he quickly ran towards the dinning hall, After 2 minutes of continuous running he managed to arrive and open the door slowly, he peeked through and saw his dad also stretch his head upwards and peek over in a comical manner.
It made Rodin smirk a little bit and almost giggle, shaking his head he entered and closed the door behind him before joining his father at the dinning table, before he could cut up the steak in front of him he got dumbfounded.
[Quest: Reach the Dinning Hall. (Success)
Reach the Dinning hall. [x] (Complete)
Bonus objective: Reach the dinning area in under 5 minutes. [x] (Complete)
Rewards:
Increased reputation with Roland Pirkos ++
Increased reputation with Johan Tunhem +
Access to [Menu] has been Granted.
Bonus:
Skill [Basic Running] has been Granted.
Ability [Quick Feet] has been Granted.]
Shaking his head the notifications went away, he couldnt help bust smile towards his Father who also looked at him with a bit of concern.
"Do you not like the food, son, would you like the chef to make another dish ?" His father asked him while putting down his fork and knife.
"N-no, im fine, just lost in thoughts." he told him while cutting up his steak, and thats when the delicious smell hit him, being dumbfounded by the quest he almost forgot that his belly was awaiting food.
"This is delicious, can i have another one when i finished this one ?" He couldnt help but shyly ask for seconds while still eating his first serving.
His father just gave a small chuckle and nodded while patting Rodin's back with a gentle smile on his face.
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