Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Memories
As soon as the pain shot through his head, memories began flooding back—fragments of the life of the body's former owner.
The first thing he learned was that he was on a continent called Aria, a land inhabited by humans. Other species existed, but they lived on separate continents, and relations between humans and these species were strained at best and nonexistent at worst.
The second memory was of the Awakening Ceremony. In larger cities, the ceremony was held every three months due to the population size. However, in small villages like this one, it occurs only once a year. All 18-year-olds would gather to determine whether they had the potential to wield magic.
Not everyone with Mana could use magic—it required an innate talent. For females, those who awakened with S, A, or B-ranked magic potential were required by law to join the kingdom's academy, where they would be trained as mages.
Others could apply, but they had to pass an entrance test that many failed. Males, however, were a different case. Due to their rarity, no male, regardless of talent, could be forced to attend the academy, though they could choose to enroll if they wished.
The kingdom of Aria desperately needed mages to fend off the beasts that constantly threatened its borders; magic beasts were one of the problems here.
Magic users were vital to humanity's survival in this endless war.
And then came the best for last.
The social norms of this world were drastically different from anything he knew back on earth.
Sex was treated as a form of barter, a commonplace transaction. The concept of incest or even nakedness at home didn't exist here—it was entirely normal for families to share intimate relationships it was even the most common thing.
The birth of a male child was seen as a blessing, almost akin to winning a lottery.
A woman who gave birth to a son was celebrated, for males were considered treasures, often exempt from hard labor or responsibilities due to their rarity and value.
In some villages, the situation was even bleaker; entire communities existed without a single male. Sometimes, males would be sent down to those communities from cities, but only those who had something to offer would be satisfied.
The rush of information left him reeling. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself.
Everything here was strange, but as someone from Earth who had only ever had sex once, it was a freaking blessing; through the memories he got, he found out that the previous owner of the body didn't like the idea of being used like that.
Luckily, he was the new owner of the body, and being used as a commodity for sex isn't something to say no to instead he was going to use the girls.
His mother's name was Amelia, and his sister was Anya, both good names, while he was named Roman.
Now, the only thing left was his golden finger; in transmigration and reincarnation, a golden finger is always there in the form of a system or something else.
"Is everything okay?" Amelia asked.
"Yes, I think I'm recovering my memories a little; we are in the continent Aria, in a village called Elmstead. Your name is Amelia, and she's Anya. Your sister's name is Alice, and she has two girls," Ray spoke.
"It's still not complete" Ray added.
"It's still better than nothing, praise the divine being," Amelia said with a smile on her face.
The divine being was a goddess worshiped in this world; her origins are unknown, but everyone just believes, and the goddess has Prophets and all.
Ray had no idea why he was in this world, or what purpose it served for him to wake up here but for now, he didn't really care, a world like this was something straight out of a fairy tale and he was going to live the best of it, starting from the two ladies that sat beside him.
Ray had a mum and a dad back on earth, but he was the only son; even though these two were this family in this world, he didn't mind banging the both of them since they weren't really his family.
"I have a question, why did you climb the roof?" Amelia asked.
He already had the memory of how Roman died; the previous owner of the body climbed the roof to relax and mistakenly fell asleep and fell to his death.
That was like a stupid way to die; why would you climb a roof and fall asleep? It wasn't even a flat roof. It was slant, but if the owner of the body hadn't died, he wouldn't be here, so he couldn't complain.
"I have no idea" Ray answered.
"Please don't do that again"
"I won't, I promise," Ray said with a smile.
"Do you want to take a bath now? You were bedridden for a day, though Anya cleaned your body, but you should take a proper bath," Amelia spoke.
"Okay"
"I know you like bathing by yourself, but I can bathe you if you are still weak," Amelia spoke, and a smirk formed on Ray's face, which he quickly wiped off.
"Sure, I'll like that," Ray answered with a small smile on his face; this was going to be the beginning of great things.