Author notes:
I love Overlord and MKNR. but i wonder how a character from overlord universe behave in a world where magic is a common sense. this story i created to train myself in english. so i would love to hear critics and suggestion how my plot gonna be.
Chapter 1
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Forest was the first thing Takahashi Tsuzaki saw after he logged out from Yggdrasil. Never in his life had he seen so many trees except old movies in early 21st centuries. So he walked trying to find the exit from the forest.
"aaaah." 'What is going on? Why am i in my game avatar?' he thought
Tsuzaki was frantic seeing his game avatar reflected on the lake surface. Seeing his game avatar in the form of an angel on the water, he became panic and tried to contact GM via [Call GM] and [Shout] but it wasn't connected.
He tried another method by calling his console, alas it didn't show. His vision also didn't contain any HUDs like when he played Yggdrasil, so he made an assumption that he was trapped in the game world or abducted by alien though the probability was small.
Dismissing his current thought, tsuzaki tried to test himself if he was capable using his abilities.
"[Wind Slash]" Tsuzaki used 3rd tier wind based magic to cut a tree, but the result was more than he was expecting. Normally [Wind Slash] only formed semi-circle with 1 meter width, now it formed with 3 meters width.
The trees hit by [Wind Slash] fallen with large noise but not noisy enough to attract any unwanted attention except nearby animals.
Satisfied that he was able to execute his magic, Tsuzaki changed his form into his previous face before he was teleported/transported? into this world.
"Thank god." Relieved he was able to see his old face. In his original world Tsuzaki was considered handsome but not too handsome. His facial features were green eyes and brown hair attracted 5 out of 10 opposite gender.
Looking down at his gears, he concluded that he must change them. Right now he was looked like a knight in medieval times. White full plate mail from head to toes with many decorated gems embedded into it. Although he was using gears for fighter type he was able to use magic because he was a hybrid. Players or NPCs focused as both fighter and magic caster furthermore his angel classes provide both and which made him suitable as Hybrid.
Light engulfed Tsuzaki's body and few seconds later revealing Tsuzaki wearing red t-shirt, jeans and a pair of shoes. The problem with his new found attire and clothes, it made him looked like a teenager instead of an adult.
Ignoring how his youth body looks, he explored the trees to find the exit out of the forest. Minutes became hours until he heard the sound of people chatting and laughing. The people wore very conservative clothing which weird him out and the buildings were better than his world, quite futuristic he would say.
'Is it me or this world is strange? What kind of reality i am in?' he thought. 'At least they are human, not a monster killer' he sighed.
Seeing they were just human though he himself was a human turned angel, he tried his best to not become the center of attention because right now people were watching him. Their eyes were following his movement as if he was a criminal.
'Maybe it because my clothes?' he wondered.
He forgot to watch his surrounding until people screaming their throats 'Rocket' over and over again. The rocket exploded when it hit Tsuzaki. Realized he was just taking hit from a rocket without doing any damage made nearby people who just screaming stared dumbly at him for few seconds and resumed fleeing for their life.
'Oh boy, I'll be in trouble'
Tanks, Infantries or whatever they were called in this world flooding the street and start killing the civilian. They rounded the civilians by forming a circle where the civilians trapped in the middle.
'They are good' praised tsuzaki.
Well, it was all good for tsuzaki who didn't realize that 'civilians' including him had tanks and infantries ready kill them in the spot.
The moment 'the enemies' shooting their weapons into the 'civilians' tsuzaki used one of his Power abilities [Shield Wall] to blocked incoming cannons and bullets.
The enemies assumed the civilians were dead by their weapons. But they became furious when the smoke blown up by wind and revealing not a single person was dead also one person was standing with an angry face instead cowering and sobbing.
"Can you guys not to do that! I am not in the mood for killing people; trust me when I said that. I mean you are gonna be so dead." Unable to hold his anger, tsuzaki moved in a speed of lightning chopping the infantries head off and flipped the tanks bare hands resulting street covered by exploding tanks and bodies without head.
The civilian was stunned at tsuzaki's action. They knew that magic was powerful but this boy in front of them able to kill people and flipped the tanks without magic.
"Anyone knows where military installation is or shelter?"
People were snapped out of their trance at the boy's question and shaking their heads.
"Okay. At least I'll tag along with you for a while and searched for it together. [Mass Fly]"
All of the civilians' bodies including tsuzaki were starting to float up to sky. People became frantic and scared their body floating into the sky but they didn't have any choice except to trust the young boy(tsuzaki).
Tsuzaki and the civilians(they have no idea how they are moving) flew searching shelter or military installation. After a while tsuzaki spotted many civilians and armed people motioned the civilians to gather into the building.
The armed people seeing civilians flying approaching where they were standing started pointing their weapons to new arrival. They were worried if the people flying approaching were their enemies. Soon their fear(the army) replaced with joy the new arrival people(flying people) screaming they were saved.
One of the officers interrogated the civilians, when he learned that the people was saved by a young boy killed the enemies bare handed and using magic to fly them here, he asked which boy was doing that. The people pointed at tsuzaki that was standing on the outside of the building.
The officer tapped tsuzaki's shoulder gently as not to startle him but what he got was slammed into the ground and groaning in pain.
"I'm sorry officer, I don't mean to slam you down." Tsuzaki was lying, in fact he knew that the officer was approaching him.
"What the hell! It hurts boy." The officer cursed at his pain and the boy.
"I'm so sorry officer, I didn't notice you were behind me."
Putting up a brave front, the officer got up and asked his comrade to shouldering him up. "Get me to medic tent; also escort the boy to Captain Kazama."
"Come along boy, you have so many to explain." One of the officer's comrade motioned tsuzaki to follow him. tsuzaki nodded and followed the other officer.
Tsuzaki arrived inside a large room with so many people. The officer that escorted tsuzaki whispering something into a man's ear which tsuzaki assumed as 'Captain Kazama'. Captain Kazama's eyes bulged for a moment and reverted back as if nothing happened and approached tsuzaki with a stern face.
"So, I hear you are doing something amazing today. You saved people on your own and at such a young age too." Captain Kazama complimented.
"Thank you. ?"
"Harunobu Kazama." Kazama added.
"Thank you, harunobu-san. After all it is a duty every citizen of the country."
"Oho, talk like a soldier too. I like you young boy. "
"Takahashi Tsuzaki. You can call me tsuzaki if you like."
"Tsuzaki, can i ask you about your magic?" 'they have magic?' tsuzaki thought.
"Sure. What is it you want to know?"
"Is there by any chance you are from ancient magic lineage?"
"No?" tsuzaki hesitated. 'Ancient Magic?' "What is Ancient Magic? I've never heard about it."
All people inside the room were gasping at tsuzaki's answer. But for some reason tsuzaki detecting some malicious aura albeit almost undetectable to him, it came from a lady in chair looking weak with her personal assistant? and daughter?.
"You never heard about it." Captain Kazama said the word like he didn't believe any single word from tsuzaki. "So what kind of magician are you?"
"I'm not magician; i preferred to be called as magic caster. It's cooler, for me magician is a type of person or people trying to learn to use magic while magic caster is a person or people that used magic."
"I see." Captain Kazama's face still showing that he didn't accept any of tsuzaki's word. "Quite interesting word 'Magic Caster'"
"See. It's cooler than 'magician'" tsuzaki using his fingers making air quotes. "By the way Captain harunobu, what is the boy holding in his hands? They looked like a pistol by not a pistol."
For some reason tsuzaki noticed the daughter? was glaring at tsuzaki's head. It made tsuzaki's involuntary shivered not because of fear but because the daughter seemed idolized? or fond of the boy in the screen. Aside from whole the daughter issue, tsuzaku noticed captain Kazama was at lost hearing the question from him.
"You never see a cad before?" tsuzaki nodded at Captain kazama's word. "Well CAD is short for Casting Assistant Device, a tool that makes magic invoked faster than traditional way."
"Woah, is there such thing?" Tsuzaki had to fake his expression in order to fool the person in front of him. He was making face as if he was impressed with such invention called CAD while the truth he was curious how this 'CAD' works.
"I would love to demonstrate how CAD works alas we are under attack, so forgive me not to able shown you."
"Maybe later." Tsuzaki shrugged. "Right now, i need to help the boy in the screen first. Bye [Teleportation]"
Xxx
"Ho how did he do that? he didn't use any CAD. He just saying [Teleportation] and instantly he was right there." One of the soldiers under Captain Kazama said the word in disbelief.
Everybody was shocked seeing the boy recently chatting with Captain Kazama disappeared and appeared beside the boy inside the monitor called Shiba Tatsuya.
"Fujibayashi, do you able to find any information about him." Captain Kazama said to a long black haired woman. The woman was using sort of terminal in her hands.
Fujibayashi shaking her head "There is nothing about Takahashi Tsuzaki in everywhere. I've checked every database available in every country. I do found about Takahashi Family, but they never produced any magician correction magic caster in two generations much less as powerful as him."
Captain Kazama became more confused than he ever confused in his life. First with 'Shiba's Family' and now a young boy with such strange talent of magic, he watched tsuzaki intercept any cannons thrown at him bare handed thus made everyone inside the base but 'The Shiba's' who watched his performance gasped. They watched tsuzaki with great interest.
'Such a poor boy, he would become an experiment in the hands of them.' Captain Kazama thought with sympathy for tsuzaki.
Captain Kazama approached The Shiba's. "Can i ask you shiba-dono, are related with the boy earlier?"
"No. but from what i gather from your conversation, I do find him an interesting individual."
On the screen everyone could see that Tsuzaki was flying very fast toward his enemies. He seemed very relax and have a huge physical power. Capable flipped any tanks upside down bare handed was considered impossible unless one using magic as supplement but not tsuzaki. He just flipped the tanks easily as breathing and not even once using magic.
Captain Kazama peered at Shiba Miya who watched his son and tsuzaki's duet exterminating the enemies with smile on her face. On the other side, her daughter shiba miyuki only staring at his brother with expression a child shouldn't have.
The enemy's battleships became visible on the screen and launched several rockets targeting the resistance. Tsuzaki was pulling a shield out of nothing and hit it. Instantly a visible layer formed covering the resistance and blocked the rockets. The strange thing was, the camera didn't detect any psion usage from tsuzaki. Even for ancient magic there would be trace of psion unlike tatsuya and others they were showing traces of psions everytime they pulled the trigger or activating their cad.
"hohoho, who would thing the person who called himself 'Magic Caster' able to do such thing. Truly remarkable skills, I wonder if i can talk to him privately." Shiba miya or Mistress of Lethe laughed. It's not a kind laughed but a cruel one.
"Oka-sama. Oni-sama also doing such a wonderful execution in magic, just take a look at him." shiba miyuki seemed angered his brother's spotlight stolen by some unknown person.
"Don't call him oni-sama, miyuki. He is just a guardian to you not oni-sama." Shiba miya expression turned sour at her daughter words.
"But oka-sama." Miyuki whined.
"No buts miyuki." Miya stopped miyuki thus ended the conversation.
Everyone's attention turned at the screen once again. They could see tatsuya firing a single bullet toward the enemy ships, afterward he readied his magic and something amazing was happening. A blast resembling nuclear detonation happening above the ships and annihilate them instantly. The blast seemed controlled by spherical shield to maintain the blast so it couldn't reach where tatsuya and others were located.
The drones on the location were burned because of the blast leaving static video feed.
The room was silent except feverish 'Oni-sama' out of the littlest girl's mouth.
"What's the status?" Captain Kazama inquired.
"Enemy ships are obliterated also we received a message from our agent in the field they are safe and now in the process heading back to HQ." The woman called fujibayashi answered.
"Good and send them a message that I want to talk with Shiba Tatsuya and Takahashi Tsuzaki."
"Roger"
xxx
"Stupid, stupid shiba-kun. What are you thinking using that kind of magic while i was in the enemy ship." Tsuzaki said in a voice laced with irritation intended toward a particular a young boy behind him. The young boy just shrugging hearing tsuzaki's complaining.
Everyone in the room just able to gasp in awe hearing the other boy 'Tsuzaki' was aboard enemy ship while the blast was happening. It sure impossible surviving a magic with the strength of Strategic Class User(Tatsuya).
"Look at my clothes it tore apart in everywhere. I don't have any spare clothes replacing them." complaining continued. "Are you listening to me?" tsuzaki's complaining didn't elicit any responses from the young shiba tatsuya.
Everyone became more bewildered once again hearing tsuzaki's complaining. Never once they ever heard something miraculous like this. In their mind no one should able to escape much less contain the blast from within.
"Good work Officers, shiba-kun, tsuzaki-kun." Captain Kazama applauded them followed by others doing the same.
"Thank you sir." The officers saluted.
"I just doing my duty to my sister." it made tsuzaki frowned at tatsuya's choice of word.
"It's nothing just a simple trick on my end."
In tsuzaki's heart, he was wary of shiba tatsuya capable using magic to that degree. Even Super Tier magic couldn't do something like that also if it not because his high ends nullification ability which would nullify damage caused by magic lower than 7th tier(will damage 0 or 1 if it 7th tier) and level lower than lvl 70, he would be obliterated along with the enemy ships. But the magic had a very glaring flaw, while it had very huge radius and high damage it categorized as 7th magic which surprised him at that time.
"By the way tsuzaki-kun, how did you able survive such magic if you don't mind?" tsuzaki turned facing a pretty lady standing beside the sickly lady? "Apologize, my name is sakurai honami."
"It's alright sakurai-san. I don't mind, the reason i survived from the blast because it won't able to scratch me in the slightest. Shiba-kun can you shoot me with your disappearing magic"
Tatsuya shook his head. "You don't have any eidos for me to target with. Even with my elemental sight i couldn't detect you also your magic power doesn't any structure in my eyes."
Everyone let an audible gasps hearing tatsuya saying such thing.
"So you are saying he doesn't have any information body." Tatsuya nodded at the lady in chair question. "Interesting little fella you are, tsuzaki-kun. Never once in my life i ever heard someone able to elude tatsuya's eyes like you." The lady said with sarcasm laced with a hint of irritation.
"I'll take it as compliment shiba-dono." Tsuzaki winked at her.
"Hmm, quite brave for a little boy." Miya tsuzaki's eyes, elder shiba was touching his smartphone? "So, how about this magic?"
"? What magic?" tsuzaku wondered. "Oh, just now magic isn't it. Sorry not gonna work on me lady." Tsuzaki's body morphed into the little girl. "Ne, Oni-chan do you miss me." Tsuzaki said in a voice belonged to the girl while pouting adorably. As the highest racial angel(seraphim) he has an ability to morphed into anyone as long as they ever see their target.
Seeing the stranger in front of him(tatsuya at most) transforming into shiba miyuki stared in awe. They really really surprised by the turn of event.
"Oh my, you are really something tsuzaki-kun i'm impressed."
Changing into his youth body once again, he said thank you for the compliment to miya. "But for some reason i couldn't change into my adult form. It is quite frustrating."
Quizzical mark formed inside everyone's head at tsuzaki declaration.
"Who are you? and how did you able to use magic without assistance of ritual or cad?"
"I told you right. I'm Takahashi Tsuzaki and I'm a magic caster." Tsuzaki didn't tell them he was a hybrid in respect for capable using combat abilities and magic.
"I don't believe you. Apparently you didn't exist in any record in the world."
"I don't exist?" now it confirmed tsuzaki's suspicion that he never exist in this world. "Well, technically i came here by accident. So I'd like to ask you a favor if you don't mind."
"What is it tsuzaki-kun?" Captain Kazama asked earnestly.
"I want to you to put information about me into the system as this nation's citizen. Can't live without identity am i."
"I'm glad to hear you request, i'll do my best."
Miya interjected before Captain Kazama asked his subordinate to do what tsuzaki's request. "Before you do that captain, Tsuzaki-kun Can i speak with you privately?"
Tsuzaki nodded at miya's request and followed her to a corner. "Before we talk i suggest you to put this ring on." Tsuzaki produced a ring out of nowhere in miya's eyes.
Miya reluctantly put the ring on and [Delay Magic : Time Stop] tsuzaki's casted earlier activated. The world surrounding them became black and white.
"Are we suspended in time?"
"Yes and no magic able to harm us in this state for the next 5 minutes even i can't harm you even if i want it. So what do you want?"
Miya composed herself hearing straight question from tsuzaki's. "I wanted you to join my clan's member highly respected and feared organization."
"Huh that's it. I'm pleased someone wants me to join with their organization. But do tell me why?"
"I think you are suitable to become one of us in term of magic. Your magic is unique, strange and highly efficient as far as I see. I'm interested with such magic and i would like you to teach my family's children with such magic. Of course we will adopt you as one of our own."
"Interesting offer, but I think your family won't be able to learn it in the slightest." Miya glared at tsuzaki. "Don't look at me like that. I don't mean to offend you, you see my magic only works to someone who has blood the same as me(because he is another entity). If you want to assimilate my magic into yours some bond has to formed between the other participant and I(marriage) which I don't know if it's going to work. Also I quite curious with your magic, it is so alien to me. So the answer is yes."
"Good answer."
"5 minutes almost passed. It's better to head back to other. Before that can i have my ring back, it would cause uproar if it falls into someone's hand." Tsuzaki reminded miya.
She gave the ring back and motioned tsuzaki to follow her. "Of course, shall we?"
"That was fast tsuzaki-kun, shiba-dono." Captain Kazama probed both tsuzaki and miya with slight curiosity. For him 5 seconds was too short for conversation much less able to make 'Shiba' Miya smiled voluntarily. The mere thought of tsuzaki able to make miya smiled was something that must be wary off.
"It's okay, Captain. I merely ask tsuzaki to go home with me." It made her guardian, sakurai honami gasped and her daughter glaring furiously at tsuzaki. "and he said yes. So we pretty much don't have anything to talk at all as for his identity i believe you capable to handle it, yes? Come on Miyuki, let's go home."
xxx
The shibas, sakurai honami, and tsuzaki left JSDF's military installation and drove heading to airport. On their way to the airport miya asked tatsuya to lend tsuzaki one of his shirt and pants. Tsuzaki changed his clothes and put his clothes back into his inventory.
As they arrived in the airport, honami made her way to buy tickets for all of them. They waited for 3 hours long because so many passengers arrived before them. The increase load of passengers was caused by the invasion that happened earlier. As their turn to boarding the plane, they split their group into two. Miya, Miyuki and honami were boarding in first class while tsuzaki and tatsuya were in economic class. Miya was offering tsuzaki to boarding first class which he declined politely by saying he wanted to chat with tatsuya a little.
Their flight into japan mainland was safe without any slight problem happening. Arrived on japan mainland, they made their way out of the airport to the escort provided by yotsuba maya. Their journey continued into yotsuba residence in Old Yamanashi Prefecture.
Once they arrived at yotsuba residence, they were welcomed by the residents that reside in the main house. Maids, butlers were the one who received them personally. The oldest butler hayama tadonori was bowing followed by other butlers and maids.
Miya then asked hayama to tell her sister that she wanted personally talk with her along with possible the newest member in yotsuba clan. Everyone who heard miya turned their faces toward tsuzaki. In their mind, what could possibly made miya who had strained relationship with current clan head wanted to talk. For them the boy that miya brought with her was a normal boy(normal magician) in their eyes. Knowing miya, they doubted the boy she brought with her was normal, there must be something special about him and yet they couldn't voice their thought as their role in this clan was a servant.
Hayama then left toward his mistress to give her miya's message. After given permission from maya, hayama reenacting miya's message. Maya was intrigued by miya's message about new member; she sipped her tea calmly and told hayama to bring miya into her study.
Xxx
Miy entered maya's study and sat comfortably on the sofa facing maya.
"Ne one-san, hayama told me that you bring someone other than yotsuba bloodline into our residence and he is going to be the newest member in yotsuba. Do tell why?" maya said after sipping her tea. Curiosity planted on her face as she tried to guess what was different with tsuzaki that made miya personally wanted to talk with her.
"Before I tell you why, hear my story how I met him today." Maya nodded. "I met tsuzaki-kun here -" miya pointing at tsuzaki on the yard. "While the invasion on Okinawa occurred I don't know how he got into jsdf military base but I heard he saved few citizen(or not) of Okinawa single handed. Based on the report i heard from the official in the charge of the base saying he flipped tank bare handed and later I witness it myself also he flew them alongside the citizen straight into the base. I met him personally when one of the officers took initiative to bring him into the official and interrogated personally. He managed into helping tatsuya by teleporting using his weird magic into tatsuya's location instantly. He also able to contain tatsuya's [Material Burst] by shielding a radius so the explosion wasn't goes anywhere but inside his shield and survived the explosion without having damaged in the slightest except his clothes was tore apart. He also demonstrated the capability to stopping time or suspending the time without any cad involved and shape shifting magic. Clearly based on the fact that I witness myself, I proposed him to join our clan of course with you permission as the head of the clan. I want him to give us the knowledge of his magic which outside our modern magic."
"So you are saying he is an ancient magic user?"
"No. he preferred himself to be called as a magic caster not a magician. For him magic caster is a person or people who used magic while magician is a person or people trying to learn use magic."
"Ho, what an interesting philosophy! Made me all tingling inside hearing your story, one-san" Maya cheeks tinted with red because she over stimulated by mysterious and strong boy? Maya turned her head to hayama. "Hayama, call this wonderful boy to face me."
Hayama left to do what his mistress order. With tsuzaki in tow, hayama knocked outside maya's room waiting his permission to enter. After given permission by maya, hayama and tsuzaki entered maya's room.
"Hmm, one-san he looked bland compared than most magician." Maya said.
Irritation formed on tsuzaki's face. "Excuse me"
"And brave too." Currently maya was giggling after hearing tsuzaki's word. "Compared to the generation of our child(current young generation) his looks doesn't show any strong magical pointer. But I trust one-san's judgement." The room became pitch black and stars shone. The light traveled toward tsuzaki but he didn't make any attempt to run or evade the attack. Maya's magic [Meteor Stream] hit tsuzaki but nothing happened, hayama on the other hand made a surprised face albeit just a moment. "hooh, interesting he blocked all of them. No one able to face my [Meteor Stream] directly even for my little nephew. What an interesting boy!"
"Nu uh, I'm an adult. After all I'm 34, just in a body of 12 years old." Tsuzaki's current body was equal to his long playing Yggdrasil. He created his game avatar when Yggdrasil was launched for the first time. But his emotion filter made him emotionally as 12 years old too.
"You are 34?" tsuzaki nodded. "But you act like teenager, no offense."
"None taken"
"So basically you are saying someone made you to regress into a child?"
"Yes?"
"Well, since you able to take my magic without any injury, I think you are suitable to become our clan member. Hayama-kun here will teach you how our clan works, since it is already night time, I suggest you get some sleep."
"Thank, Maya-san."
