Chapter 4: Chapter 4: A Quest

‘Now that I know this space is under my control, I wonder what I can do with it.’ Mika wondered, with the first thing being the ability to see again.

She tried just thinking about having the ability to see again, and not long after, things started to become a bit clearer, but she was still in a dark room. The only difference was she could see the edges of the room.

Next, Mika imagined her previous self back in her prime and she could feel her body stretching, limbs forming, and she was finally able to gain the ability to move again.

“Wow! This is really something! Now that I can see again, where’s my kat-Ah! There you are!” Mika exclaimed when she saw her beautiful katana, Chigatana, floating near her.

She didn’t delay any further and ran over to her sword, embracing it, but when she touched it, a screen similar to her status panel popped up in her mind.

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[Weapon]

[Type: Sword(Katana)]

[Name: Chigatana]

[Grade: F++]

{Skills}

[Perfect Fit: The sword will adjust to the perfect size to fit the Host depending on the Host’s body size and strength.]

{Description}

[A katana forged by the Host's blood, sweat, and tears. With the System's help, it has formed a link with the Host. Although the quality of this weapon is low compared to higher-tiered weapons, it will be hard to find another weapon like this.]

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Information about Chigatana appeared in her mind, which surprised Mika, especially the part about it adjusting to her size and strength and how it’s become linked to her. 

She was a bit pissed off how it says the grade is only [F++], though.

“Chigatana is definitely the best katana I’ve ever seen! How can it be graded as an F?! System, what’s going on!?” Mika yelled.

[It may be true that your weapon was one of the best on your planet, Earth, but in places like the world you will soon be born in, it’s nothing more than a weapon slightly stronger than a common weapon.]

Although the system said this, Mika didn’t pay much attention. Even if she were given a chance to choose a higher-grade weapon, she wouldn’t. 

She’s sure that she’ll never be closer to a sword than she was to Chigatana.

After embracing and promising never to let Chigatana go, Mika started to wonder what else she can do in this Mind Space.

She pictured the scene of her forest training area when she was young, and the scene in front of her slowly started to morph from darkness to a small area in the forest. The whole area was around 20 x 20 meters long.

Mika immediately felt the urge to cut shit up, so she unsheathed ‘Chigatana’ and charged at the trees. 

She sliced the tree with the understanding that she wouldn't be able to cut through it, but to her surprise, her sword cut right through it.

‘What…? So this is what the System meant by my control over this space increases when the level increases. My only question now is how to increase the level of this skill.’ Mika thought as she watched the tree reform right after being sliced through.

Mika kept swinging her sword around for the next few hours until she felt satisfied, but she never got a notification saying her Mind Space increased in level.

‘How do I level up my Mind Space, System?’ Mika asked.

[For the most part, leveling up requires repetitive use of said skill, but sometimes you must clear a condition for leveling up a skill. For example, if you have a ‘fire resistance’ skill, you’ll need to take continuous fire damage to increase it.]

“I see.” Mika nodded her head in understanding. So basically, she just needs to keep using this skill.

With this new information, Mika continued swinging her katana around in her Mind Space since she had nothing better to do. 

After an unknown amount of time, she finally received a few messages from the system.

[You have received your first Quest from the system.]

Mika was surprised to hear this since she had no idea what a quest even was and even forgot to check due to how excited she got when she found out her sword traveled with her. She decided to check it out since she might finally have something to do.

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[Quest]

[Objective: Gain control over your new body(Your 5 senses)]

[Difficulty: Hard]

[Description: Your mind has entered your new body, but you have yet to gain control over it. Gain complete control over your body within the time limit.]

[Time Limit: 1 Month]

[Reward: A Skill and information]

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Mika scanned over the information and was excited that she would finally be able to do something! 

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“Haha! You’ll reward me with a skill just to gain control over my body? If you wanted to give away a free skill, you could’ve just told me!” Mika laughed and was ecstatic about having a new skill.

Since the first skill she received was so amazing, she couldn’t help but have high expectations for the next skill she’d receive from the system. 

Mika canceled the Mind Space skill and felt a pull at her mind until it entered another dark place again. It felt very similar to the first time she experienced going into her Mind Space. 

She had no sense, so no sight, touch, smell, sound, or taste, only emptiness. Also, she felt disconnected, almost like her mind knew she had a body but couldn’t find it. Her mind couldn’t seem to figure out whether it was dead or alive.

This extremely disturbing sensation might make her go insane if things stayed like this. 

Mika then realized that this quest might be anything but easy, especially with the 1-month time limit. She didn’t have any of her senses, and at the same time, her mind felt disconnected from her body.

‘Okay, okay, let’s calm down and try to analyze the situation. First and foremost, I need to connect my mind to my body. Everything else can be handled after that, but if I want to be able to do anything, then this needs to be done.’ Mika tried to calm down as her mind started to race due to how uncomfortable and terrifying this feeling was.

She started using her mind to prod her body, hoping she’d be able to gain a semblance of a feeling of connection, but it turned out to be harder than she thought.

Because Mika was born in a much more primitive world, her knowledge about fetuses’, human anatomy, and the brain was limited. 

She didn’t know that a human fetus doesn’t gain consciousness until at least 5 months after it’s born, nor did she know that her body had only started the process of creating a brain and wasn’t even done. 

It’s no wonder she felt a sense of emptiness and disconnection. She was trying to cram her nearly 50-year-old consciousness into the body of a fetus that was barely 8 weeks old.

She kept trying to feel her body, but every attempt she made was useless. Worst of all, she didn’t even know how much time she spent on her efforts.

Mika didn’t give up, though, and kept trying but to no avail. She couldn’t even see a way of her mind fully connecting with her body, much less controlling it.

‘Fuck fuck fuck! I’m sorry, System! I didn’t think it’d be this difficult! Can I get some assistance, please?! I’m about to go crazy!’ Mika started to panic and was slowly going insane due to the emptiness and half-dead state she was in.

Unfortunately, she got no reply from the system, which only made her curse more.

‘Stupid system! Useless System! What did I do to you for you to do this to me?! Answer me!’ Mika yelled in her mind but still received no answer.

She decided to stop trying for now and enter her Mind Space, but that’s when she got an epiphany.

‘Mind Space’

She felt a tug at her mind and was soon dragged back into her Mind Space from her body, but she didn’t do anything when she entered her Mind Space and just focused on that sensation, the sensation of having her mind tugged at and entering this imaginary body.

Once she understood all she could, she left her mind space and tried connecting to her body, but it still didn’t work. 

Mika wasn’t upset and instead entered her mind space again to reflect on what she did wrong. She kept doing this until she was able to feel a difference.

It felt like her mind was slipping into a container, and although this container was mostly empty, Mika understood that this was her body. She finally felt her mind connecting to her body, and the sense of emptiness and dread was replaced with a sense of fulfillment like this was where she was supposed to be.

‘Success!’ Mika celebrated in her mind that she was able to complete the first phase.

‘Now all I need to do is gain control over my body!’ Mika became excited and immediately jumped into her next task.

She understood that it wasn’t going to be easy, but it would most likely be easier than trying to connect her mind to her body.

She tried moving her body since that seemed like the easiest rather than sight, sound, taste, and smell.

This was much harder than she initially thought it would be. What she didn’t know was that she was currently speeding up the growth of her brain. 

Her brain needed to prioritize the connections she was trying to make while also keeping the same pace for her body’s development. 

All of these things needed energy, and Mika didn’t yet understand that she was placing a burden on her new mother.

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[10 minutes left until you fail the quest!]

Mika received a notification but didn’t freak out since she was about to complete the quest. Her hearing was the last of the 5 senses she needed to gain control over. This took up most of her time since there wasn’t much to hear while in her mother’s stomach. Also, her hearing ability is extremely weak because she hasn’t yet left the womb.

After 5 minutes, she could finally turn her hearing on and off at will, albeit she could barely hear anything due to her undeveloped ears. 

That was what Mika noticed when completing this Quest. When the system said she needed to gain control over her body (5 senses), it meant she needed to be able to turn her senses on and off at will. 

If she were to try and do this with a fully grown body, it might take her years or decades without any proper guidance, but because she was manually and forcefully creating these links to her senses, it was much easier since she became conscious of these links.

[Congratulations, Host, for completing your first quest! You will now receive your rewards!]

[Received Skill: Meditation Lv. 1]

[Inserting information directly into your mind!]

[New Quest has been created. Please check it!]

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