IllyasArt

  Chapter 9: At least it is Better Than a Cell...

  *Celia’s POV*

  Waking up in annoyand pain, I surveyed my surroundings. There were fish swimming here and there. With that, I had a terrible realization… I had evolved into a goddamn fish!

  What’s more, I had lost that cool vision thing, and now I have just a normal field of vision. So I ’t see all around me anymore. At least, a normal field of vision for a fish. I guess that kind of vision that I had, was just a temporary cheat for me being a cell…

  Going through my barely hanging on knowledge from college, I recalled that fish actually taste things, sihey have taste buds. Which sucks for me. Look, I will clearly have to hunt for fish, at least until I evolve into something less stupid…

  Yeah, that’s right! Being a fish is pletely stupid! What’s worse, is that I have always hated seafood… I was super allergic to seafood, and I have never liked how seafood tastes anyway. Even without the allergic rea… Once again, I have fallen into a ype of hell.

  My fishy body was still in immense pain. I only assume that going from the size of a cell, to the size of a fish, is aremely painful process. A process that I am still reeling from at the moment.

  Testing out my new body, I could swim around quite easily. My range of movement was far better than when I was a cell. Speaking of that, what will I evolve into ? Please don’t be a different type of fish… Thinking that, I was curious about my current Status.______________________________________________________________________________

  :Status:

  Name: Celia.

  Race: Red Tailed Fish. (Infant.)

  HP: 125/125.

  AGI: 10.

  STR: 14.

  DEX: 9.

  INT: 38.

  Hunger: 0/85.

  True Level: 20.

  Race Level: 1/12.

  Current EXP: 0/100.

  Skills: I: Level: 2.

  Titles: Kier.

  Self Improvement Points: 0.

  Upgrades Avaible: None.______________________________________________________________________________

  Ah, that’s right! I am fug starving! Though, it is cool that my Stat’s got bumped up quite a bit. It is also cool that I ow see how many levels that I o get before I evolve again.

  Having a higher huat, means that I go far longer without needing to eat. Other than that, the only other notable thing, is that my race is sidered me being a baby fish…

  I’ll deal with that ter, for now, I o get some food into my fishy stomach! Ah, look! There is a still wriggling worm like thing just tangling ier! I don’t care if it will taste bad, I am hungry!

  Right as I was about to bite the worm, I stopped. Since I could see that it was impaled on a fishing hook. Wait… fishing hook!? That means that there are people alive in this world! Hooray! Which also means that when I get a human form, I won’t be alone!

  As I was thinking this, another fish fell for the fisherman's trap, and got yanked out of the water. Ah, poor fishy… That was almost me, but luckily, I haven’t bee pletely stupid just yet…

  Well, at least I have a reason to keep evolving for now. Though, I am curious on why this ehing even happened? Well, maybe the System ahat for me, but for now, I need food!

  *Much Hunting Later.*

  Even as a baby, I was still able to hunt the other fishes arouhey tasted horrible, but my huat was full for now. Though, an annoying thing occurred. I didn’t get a single DROP of Exp from killing aing around thirty fishes…

  Grahey were all infants like me, but even those very small cells gave me minuscule amounts of Exp… Wait… I just realized that I have eaten babies… Hopefully, I don’t get a Title for doing that…

  Iingly, all of the fish were species that I have never seen before. The differences weren’t small at all. Most of the fish, including me, look straight out a of a fantasy world. Which clues me in on this world being different than my inal one.

  Speaking of that… Hey, System? you answer my earlier question? Though, I didn’t direct it to you, surely, you know what I mean, right?

  System: “I do. And you’re uhe wrong impression.” She said.

  Celia: “How so?” I ask with a curious tone.

  System: “This is the same world that you have always known.” She replied.

  Celia: “What!? It ’t be! I have never seen fish like these ones in my world!” I excim.

  System: “When you died, the world was still in plete chaos. And that was a few thousand years ago. It goes without saying, but rest your soul took a long time.” She answered.

  Celia: “Huh? So, what happened after I died?” I ask.

  System: “Going into that, would take far too much time to expin. Instead, I will just summarize it.” She said.

  Celia: “Go on.” I say.

  System: “The beings that invaded your dimension, after fighting for many years, most of them settled down, and started making this world their own. The quickest way to expin this world, is to say that, it is simir to a fantasy RPG game. With various fantasy races inhabiting it.” She replied.

  Celia: “Is that why I have a System?” I ask with a fishy head tilt.

  System: “No. Only you have access to a System. It is a special privilege. As I have already expined.” She said.

  Celia: “I don’t recall you doing so… but, why was I given a System? Isn’t that a very unfair advantage?” I ask with an uone.

  System: “When you died, you did not gh the normal process that a soul experiences oh. Instead, you were trapped in ay void for a very long time.” She said.

  Celia: “I also don’t recall being trapped…” I say with a fused tone.

  System: “As you shouldn’t. Your memories of that time have been erased. What happeo you was the fault of many higher beings, as an apology, you were given a sed ce, and the privilege to use a System.” She answered.

  Fuck… this is getting even more fusing… Well, I should just put this off until I actually do something about it. For now, I am a fish. So I should do fish things, like, I don’t know, eating other fish?

  I ’t really deal with the realization that the higher beings that well and truly fucked me over, have actually helped me. And unfortunately, I am not stupid enough to believe such a ve oute. So, I should just focus on the here and now, rather than worry about plex things like that.

  That being, on learning how to hunt as a fish. Sure, I killed the some fish already, but those were far smaller than me. With a still pounding headache, I swam towards fish bigger tha is getting to be tiresome, but the hunt shall start once more!