I lay in a small bed inside our paper tent, my little sister clinging to my side for warmth after haven ate some bread a few hours ago. It's probably about 1:30 AM by now but I've not been able to sleep for even a second. The reason? I've been unable to think about anything but being transmigrated. My entire life I asked to get transmigrated but now that it happened I don't know what I should do next.
I've ran countless scenarios and possible outcomes in my head, each loosely based on a different cultivation web novel I read in my first life, however I've still been left with thousands of questions.
What I need to do as soon as possible is find out as much as I can about this new world. The main thing I need to learn is if it's a fantasy world. And if it is then I will learn if it is possible to cultivate in this world. But until then all I can do is sleep.
I close my eyes and begin to slowly drift into sleep. In the morning I'm woken up by the sun pouring into our tent through its cracks. I yawn then sit up, causing my younger sister, Aurora, to also stir awake.
"Good morning…" Aurora mumbles out through her half awake state. I smile at her. "Good morning." I've just now realised I care about Aurora a lot more than I realistically should, as we are effectively strangers to each other. Perhaps it's Xavier's memories pouring into my personality and identity or perhaps it's just basic love for an adorable child.
I crawl out of our tent then stand up outside and stretch a little. Aurora soon follows me by also crawling out the tent. It's then I really see our height difference. I'm about 5'8 and Aurora seems to be 4 foot exactly.
I can't help but smile slightly, after all I was an only child and was never able to experience the joy of having a younger sibling.
"What are you smiling at?" Aurora looks up to me with a confused expression, turning her head to the side slightly like a curious dog. "It's nothing." I turn around then begin to walk. "Hey wait up!" Aurora runs up to my side, flustered from the effort.
"Where are we going?" Aurora looks up at me, awaiting an answer. "I thought we could just…wander around today." Aurora looks at me, confused. "Wander around? But shouldn't we do something important like get food or try to find money on the floor?" I smile bitterly, feeling sorry for a young child that has to live through such a depressing life.
"We should take a break every once in a while." Aurora looks at the ground with a dumbfounded expression, her mind trying to tackle with the idea of a break. "Why don't we find you a toy to play with?" I try to shift the conversation. "Can we?!" I smile at my little sister. "Yes. We can."
10 minutes later and we're walking through random streets as Aurora jumps around, having actual childlike fun for potentially the first time in her entire life.
I've spent these last 10 minutes searching through Xavier's memories in an attempt to find any information that might prove itself useful to me. Although Xavier had been alive for 18 years he was still poor, or a peasant, and knew very minimal things about this world.
I do however know of the basics such as there being five continents in this world, the northern continent, the eastern continent, the southern continent, the western continent, and the origination continent which used to be known as the main continent. Me and Aurora live in the northeast part of the eastern continent in a country called Hintain, the second largest country in the eastern continent. Hintain's national language is Muhin and has 32 characters for peasants and the lower classes while having 46 characters for the higher classes. The national currency of Hintain is §Doán. Also in this world there are no cities, only countries and continents. That's basically all I know however.
Why did you have to be poor Xavier?!
Xavier might have some more useful information stored in his memories however it's gonna take a while to go through all 18 years worth of them. Hopefully it doesn't take more than a few months, but all I can do until that point is try to-
…
I'm completely frozen as I stare down towards the ground. There's a puddle at my bare feet and although it is murky it's still reflective. As I stare into the waters of the puddle I see someone stare back at me, a stranger. No, not a stranger but rather a different person. A person I'm not used to seeing.
It's me.
Or rather it's my soul in Xavier's body. He looks kind of similar to me. Long, thick black hair with dandruff and dirt littered throughout it rests atop of my head. He has nearly identical features to me however his are younger, softer, more delicate. Unfortunately the eye bags are still there.
I'm suddenly snapped out of my trance like state by Aurora grabbing my wrist. "Are you okay big brother?" I blink a few times then shake my head before looking down at Aurora. "I-I'm fine…" I put on a pretty obviously forced smile however due to Aurora being young she doesn't notice and continues walking.
Whew! That's was a close one. If Aurora finds out I'm actually Alex and not Xavier then who knows what might happen. I hate being forced to do this but for now I'll just have to pretend to be Xavier Kalki.