Well folks, it's time for another chapter of Gamer of Fate.

Quick shout out to the Anonymous guest who told me the EXP Values for when the Player is on the Same level as the enemy with 'Hit' and 'Kill' gains, thank you, but this is information I could find, what I can't find is the EXP gains for defeating enemies higher level than you, as that usually results in more EXP than the ones at your level.

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'I think I know which story to tell.' I confirmed as the six of us reached the Northern Fortress, not a guard in sight oddly enough although Lilith, still in her human form at this point of the story, came around to take Xander and Leo's horses to the stables.

Walking inside we made our way to what I assume is Corrin's room, considering Jakob, Felicia, and Flora were all there waiting.

"Welcome home Lady Corrin." Flora said bowing toward Corrin, "I'm glad to see that you and your siblings are unharmed."

"I am too Flora." Corrin said, "Especially considering we had a slight encounter with a group of bandits."

"Bandits!?" Jakob shouted alarmed.

"We're fine Jakob." Elise said, "Especially Corrin thanks to Irwin over here."

"Hi." I said giving a small wave.

"Irwin..." Jakob said thoughtfully, "You don't seem to dress like a Nohrian Lancer, even though you appear to be equipped as on."

"He claims he is from a land known as Tellius." Leo said, "Specifically from a Kingdom there known as Crimea, frankly I find that hard to believe."

"Well like I said, I am willing to tell you more about Tellius if when we were somewhere safer than the open road." I reminded.

"I'm interested in hearing what you have to say." Camilla said as she took a seat on Corrin's bed.

"Very well." I said, "But you all might want to find some chair or something, this is gonna be a while."

At that moment everyone had gotten up to look for someplace to sit, Corrin had sat on an open end of her bed, with Elise jumping onto her lap, of course the others didn't have to look for seats for very long and Jakob, Flora, and Felicia had brought chairs themselves for them and us.

"Whoa!" I heard Felicia shout, I turned around just in time to see a chair sliding toward me as Felicia had tripped on... something and caused her accidentally throw the chair across the ground.

I did managed to catch the chair though, so at least I didn't get hurt.

"I-I'm sorry Irwin." Felicia said nervously, "I'm a little clumsy and-"

"That's alright." I said sitting down, "I mean if you're still here then that means you're at least still good at your job."

Felicia blinked before she gave a small smile and got a seat of her own.

"So, tell us about Tellius." Corrin said.

"Well, the Continent of Tellius is split into seven different kingdoms, not counting the Dessert of Death." I started, "These Kingdoms are Crimea, Daein, Begnion, Gallia, Phoenicis, Kilvas, and Goldoa."

"That's a lot of kingdoms for one continent." Camilla noted, "I'm certain they had a few wars start."

"There are two notable wars, but that's a story for another time." I said, "Anyway, the Kingdoms of Crimea, Daein, and Begnion were ruled by the Beorc, or Humans as that is the more common term."

"Why are Humans called Beorc?" Elise asked a little confused.

"I'm getting to that." I said.

"Oh, sorry." Elise said.

"Anyway," I continued, "The other continents, Gallia, Phoenicis, Kilvas, and Goldoa were ruled by the Laguz, the shape shifting races of Tellius."

"Like the Wolfskins and Kitsune." Leo said.

"Don't know what those are, but probably the same general thing." I said despite knowing full well what those two races were, "Anyway Gallia was ruled by the Best Laguz tribe, which consisted of Cat's the size of tigers, Tigers, and Lion type Laguz. Phoenicis was ruled by the Hawk Laguz. Kilvas by the Raven Laguz, and Goldoa by the Dragon Laguz."

"Dragons!?" Xander asked in surprise.

"Yes, Dragon Laguz." I said, "There are two other types of Laguz, The Wolf Laguz of the desert Kingdom of Hatari, which was within the Desert of Death, and Heron Laguz, which originally lived in the Serenes Forest, but after a mass burning of the forest by the citizens of Begnion the Heron's were pushed to extinction, I'm not sure if they repopulated."

"Why would the people of Begnion burn a forest to kill an entire branch of the Laguz!?" Corrin cried out appalled, the others having similar looks of anger/horror on their faces.

"The Laguz... Most Beorc don't take too kindly to them." I said sadly, "Most civilians are either scared or in hatred of them, calling them Sub-Humans. Begnion was a big aggressor of this, as Laguz were often the victims of Slavery, often in the homes of the corrupt senators of the Empire of Begnion."

"That's awful." Felicia said appalled.

"It was." I said, "However at one point in time an Apostle of Begnion, who is also known as the Empress of Begnion, was assassinated by the Senate because she planned to reveal something to the public, something that would be disastrous to their teachings."

"And what is that?" Leo asked.

"Her heritage." I said, getting some looks of confusion, "You see, all the Apostles of Begnion were of the same bloodline, a bloodline that was mixed of Beorc and Laguz Blood. We're called the Branded."

"Hang on, 'We'?" Xander asked.

I nodded, "I'm a Branded myself, we Branded look human in every way, save for a single Brand that appears on our bodies to show our heritage. This brand doesn't show up in every generation, but it definitely appears in the direct children of a Human and Laguz. We Branded... don't really have many special powers, save for a small few, usually we do gain something from our blood, some are naturally more proficient with a sword, others grow up to be great tacticians."

"What about the 'small few'?" Flora asked.

"Well, only one comes to mind at the moment, but she had the unique ability to heal the wounds of others without a Staff or medicine." I said, "The price of this ability however, was that she would take the burden of the injures she healed."

"A power like that comes with a cost." Leo said.

"Yeah, nothing that powerful comes without a price." I said, "Anyway, when the Senate of Begnion assassinated the Apostle this threw the citizens into a panic and despair, and naturally the Senate had the perfect scapegoats. The Serenes Heron's that lived within Begnions borders, and with the people blind with despair and the thirst for vengeance they forgot one important detail about the herons, the fact that no Heron has ever learned how to fight or harbored malignant feelings."

Corrin gave a choking sound as she held back her tears, Elise almost doing the same, Camilla quickly pulled those two into a hug, "Perhaps it's best if we changed the subject." Camilla said looking at me.

I nodded, I do not like thinking about what happened to the Heron Laguz.

"Can you tell us more about the Branded?" Leo said.

"I can but it's not exactly happy." I said.

"It can not be much less happy than the massacre that happened to the Herons." Jakob said.

"Just remember you asked for this." I warned pointing at Leo, "The Branded... we usually have it worse than the Laguz back in Tellius. While Beorc that discover our heritage treat us no better than the Laguz, the Laguz often treat us as if we don't exist."

"What!?" Corrin cried out, "Why?"

"Not sure." I said, "It's been a long time since I was in Tellius and when I left every Kingdom was trying it's best to cut off these racial hatreds. Of course, being Branded we had several ways to hide from normal Beorc."

"How so?" Xander asked.

"The easiest is simply to hide our Brand." I said, "Of course this can be easy or hard depending on where our Brand is. However anyone who practices the magical arts can pass off their Brand as a Mark of Spirits and pose as a Spirit Charmer, who had invited a spirit into their bodies to become more adept in magical practices."

"Sounds simple enough." Leo said, "But it sounds like there's more to know."

"Yeah, thing is that we Branded age slower than a Beorc." I said, "We live longer than the average normal humans, but not nearly as long as Laguz."

"That has to be difficult to live with." Xander said.

"It really can be unless you live the life of a hermit." I said, looking out the window, "Anyway that's really all I have to say on the matter of Tellius at the moment, plus I think it might be turning to night right about now."

This caused everyone to look out the open window, "You're right Irwin, that story must have been longer than we thought."

"So Leo, your verdict?" I asked the magic wielding prince.

Leo was silent as he thought, "I'll need to contemplate this over night." Leo said before he got up and left.

"I'll go see if I can find a room for you for the night Irwin." Xander said as he left.

"Felicia, Flora, could you go help Xander with the room?" Corrin asked.

"Of course Milady." Flora said as she and her twin got up and left the room, the sound of a crash being heard soon after Felicia was out of sight.

"Goodnight Corrin." Camilla said giving the young Princess a kiss on the cheek.

"Sister!" Corrin cried out, most likely out of embarrassment for being babied like this in front of a guest.

"Night Corrin!" Elise called as she left the room with Camilla.

"I shall go get you some sheets for the night." Jakob said as he left as well, resulting in me just being in the room with Corrin.

"Are you feeling alright?" I asked the Princess, "I'm sorry if what I said about what happened to the Herons caused you some discomfort."

"It's alright." Corrin said taking a moderately deep breath, "Still, you probably had a rough childhood growing up didn't you?"

"No." I said, "I kept my Brand well hidden, and my dad loved me enough to fill the gap my mother had left in the family. I never knew her, dad told me she died soon after I was born, he told me she was a Laguz but he never told me what kind of Laguz she was."

"Not knowing your mother..." Corrin said, "I wish I could remember my mother."

"What do you mean?" I asked tilting my head, I already knew, but I have appearances to keep up, I can't act like I know things I shouldn't after all.

"I can't remember much from my childhood." Corrin said, "My father, King Garon, brought me here for my protection after it happened and I've lived here ever since."

"Well..." I said looking around the fortress, "At least he cares for you enough to keep you safe, based on those mountains from around the fortress I'd say no one would plan on coming here any time soon."

"That's true." Corrin said with a smile on her face, said smile dying down soon after, "Still, not having my memories is a little depressing."

"Hey now, don't worry to much about that." I said giving Corrin a pat on the back, "They'll come back soon enough, you just have to keep an open mind... and try not to force them back, that just gives you a massive headache."

"Yeah." Corrin said with a chuckle, "I learned that one the hard way."

"Look at the bright side, you have four siblings that will stand by your side no matter what happens." I said, 'Even if they do need to pull their heads out of their asses before that happens in the Revelations route.'

"That's true." Corrin said, "And Jakob couldn't even dream of abandoning me even if he tried."

"Somehow I doubt he'd try to dream something like that." I said jokingly.

At that moment, Felicia walked through the door, "Your room is prepared mister Irwin." Felicia said.

"Could you show him the way to it Felicia?" Corrin asked, "He is new here after all."

"Certainly Lady Corrin." Felicia said, "Irwin could you follow me please?"

"Certainly miss." I said standing, "I'll see you in the morning Corrin." I said before leaving the room and standing next to Felicia.

"Goodnight Lady Corrin, Jakob will be by with your tea shortly, I saw him run past me toward the kitchen as I made my way back." Felicia said.

"Goodnight Felicia!" Corrin called just before Felicia closed the door, then turned to me, "Shall we?"

"Lead the way." I said stepping aside and letting Felicia lead the way... only for her to suddenly slip.

Reacting quickly I reached out to grab her just as she fell, "I'm sorry." Felicia said, "I just keep on messing up everyday, I drop the plates, I keep ruining meals, I trip and scatter clothes all the time... The only thing I seem to be good at is fighting, and that's not even something a maid should do."

I put my hand in the maids shoulder as she escorted me to my room, for supportive reason's, and I don't mean by holding her up, "You know, that kind of outlook isn't gonna help." I said.

"Huh?" Felicia asked looking at me with surprise.

"If you keep having this negative outlook on your actions it's going to subtly effect your actions, and in turn that won't help you at all." I said.

"What do you mean?" Felicia asked.

"Well, you know how people try to keep telling themselves over and over again that they're going to do something?" I asked, "It's kinda like that, just keep giving yourself positive reinforcement and before you know it you'll be a lot less clumsy."

"I'll try that." Felicia said as we reached a door, "This is your room here, if there's anything you need feel free to ask." Felicia added opening the door.

It was pretty empty, just a bed, some curtains, a fire place, and a table. It's a temporary place to stay so it'll be fine, but I would like one thing.

"May I get a map of this place?" I asked, "I'm probably going to get lost in this place tomorrow."

"I don't know if we have one, but I'll try to find one for you by tomorrow morning." Felicia said.

"Thank you, goodnight Felicia." I said, "And remember, positive reinforcement."

"Right." Felicia said nodding as she left and I closed the door.

I turned back to my room and took off my armor, and laid my armor, shield and Lance on the table then went to my bed.

'Tomorrow I'll need to get some training in.' I thought, 'Maybe even get myself some skills... I wonder which ones I can learn though? And which ones I probably should work on learning'

At that moment I started thinking up a list, if I can learn skills using Skill Scrolls that's make things easier.

Locktouch is always a good to have so I don't have to worry about keys... at least for opening chests, doors can be broken down.

Aptitude would make increasing my stats much easier by increasing their growth rates.

Pavise and Aegis would be nice to have for that lucky chance to reduce damage.

Luna to get past that pesky thing called Defense, at least by half.

Sol so I can heal myself, although Renewal is also nice to have for the steady healing thing.

Any of the 'Breaker' Skills are always a good thing to have.

'I'll think of more later, I'm just gonna sleep.' I thought before closing my eyes and heading to sleep.

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Alright folks, that's the chapter for today.

It may be short and I'm not sure if I got everyone's personalities right, but I'm going to try to work on that as this story continues.

Anyway I'll see you all in the next chapter.