Chapter 1: 01 - New Life

    When I looked around and saw a completely unfamiliar room, I couldn''t even think before a flood of memories flooded my mind.

    Unlike what I had imagined, this huge influx of memories didn''t hurt at all, it was more like remembering things I had forgotten.

    So now I''m Noah Black...

    As I slowly got up from the bed I was lying on, I could already see the reflection of the new body I would have from now on.

    In my past life I was also called Noah Black, but unlike this Noah, who lived in a house, had food on the table every day and could go to school with peace of mind, I wasn''t so lucky.

    I lived with my "father," but the man was just a drunken sailor who brought me the bare minimum so I wouldn''t die.

    Because of problems at home, I had problems at school, and because of problems at school, I had problems at home, and so on in an endless cycle.

    The last thing I remember about my last life is that one day, on my way home from school, an old man asked me if I liked my life.

    Honestly, I don''t even know why I answered him then, because if it had been any other day, I would have told him to fuck off.

    But I said I didn''t like it.

    To my surprise, the old man snapped his fingers and showed me that there had been a boating accident and that only one man had died that day, my "father".

    The shock that my "father" had died was so great that I didn''t even realize that the old man had performed magic in front of me by showing me my father''s accident.

    I was sure that I would be happy if I knew that my "father" had died one day, but I wasn''t... I wanted to be happy, but my chest hurt a little knowing that the only person who cared about me at all had died that day.

    Seeing how sad I was, the old man snapped his fingers again, this time showing me the life of a boy my age who looked just like me.

    This boy had a passion for singing, so much so that when this boy performed in the bar next to his house, he had the biggest smile on his face.

    I followed the most important parts of this boy''s life, even though he wasn''t famous, he made a few dollars as a singer, but he still had to keep his day job as an assistant on a ship, which made me raise my eyebrows suspiciously.

    I even watched as he met a woman in the bar he ran, they went out together, started dating, and she even got pregnant.

    Being with this woman was the happiest time of this boy''s life, standing next to him when he performed in the bar.

    The problem was that when the baby was born, the woman didn''t resist and died, leaving the boy alone with the newborn.

    As soon as the woman died, the man''s life, which had been very colorful, became grayer and grayer until he became addicted to drinking and began to take out his anger on the child.

    Surprisingly, when he hit the child and heard the child crying on the other side of the door, he would also start crying, and several times he even wanted to open the door to apologize, but he never had the courage.

    At that point I understood, this was my father''s life!

    Now I understood why the only time my father didn''t swear at me was when he found out I was learning to play the guitar.

    I expected him to beat me when he saw me doing it, but surprisingly he just looked at me with the guitar in my room and walked away as if he hadn''t seen anything.

    For someone who treated me so badly, his indifference was a great moment for me.

    Seeing my surprise, the old man smiled and asked me.

    "Do you feel sorry for your father?"

    Hearing his question, I thought for a moment and answered, "No, even though he went through a lot of shit, he was still an asshole to me who wasn''t to blame for anything.

    The old man continued to smile and nodded.

    "Before he died, your father only asked me for one thing." The old man said, making me look at him curiously.

    With all the things this old man had done, I should have been crazy with surprise, but it was as if there was a calming aura about him that kept me calm and relaxed, making me just look at him, curious, waiting for the answer.

    "The only thing he asked me was if I could give his son the life he deserved." The old man said.

    Hearing that, I felt my eyes water a little.

    For someone who hardly ever heard words of affection, knowing that my father''s only request before he died was for me to have a better life moved me a little.

    I didn''t forgive him, but the hatred I felt was a little less.

    I don''t think I can ride a bike at this weight, but I think I can walk. I thought, I am going to start my routine for a healthier life today.

    As I was making my decision, a blue window appeared floating in front of me.

    [Mission: Walk 3 km (1.8 miles) in 1 hour.

    Rewards:

    +1 CON, Mysterious Title

    Accept?]

    Looking at the floating blue screen in front of me, the first thing I remembered was what God had said.

    "Of course, I will give you a gift that will help you in the afterlife..."

    So that was the gift?" I thought as I began to get excited.

    I knew exactly what it was, as I had read novels where the MC had a system just like this, so I was really excited.

    Accept it,'' I thought, making the window disappear from my view.

    When I thought of opening a window where I could see the missions, this window opened immediately, allowing me to see the mission I currently had.

    Status? I thought uncertainly, wanting the famous Status window to open in front of me, and to my surprise, it did!

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    | Character Status

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    | Name: Noah Black

    | Level: 01

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    | HP: 30/30

    | MP: 90/90

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    | Strength (STR): 4

    | Dexterity (DEX): 2

    | Constitution (CON): 3

    | Intelligence (INT): 9

    | Wisdom (WIS): 9

    | Charisma (CHA): 3

    | Agility (AGL): 2

    | Luck (LUK): ??

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    | Skills:

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    When I looked at my status screen, despite seeing so many low scores, I started to get extremely excited because I knew that with a system like this, as long as I was dedicated, I could improve my skills much faster, as well as be able to track in real time whether I was improving or not, which would give me a huge incentive.

    With an excited smile, I opened my closet, put on a football shirt, and silently left the house to go for a walk.