The World of Tactics

Chapter One: The Impression Of A Dream

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'Am I dead?' An entity thought to itself. Then continues, 'What is this darkness?' As if uncomfortable with the tight space, the entity continues its thought, 'Huh, what is this tightness.' However, there is no answer. Suddenly, the space around the entity squeezed even tighter. 'Whoa! Ugh... Why am I being squeezed?'

Unfortunately or not, a force like none other slowly glides the entity forward. 'Ugh, why am I being pushed?' It was only now that the entity realized that something was wrong. 'Push!? Wait, shouldn't I have been dead?' The first thing the entity heard was a joyful spout, "It's a boy! Milord and milady." The voice was from the midwife.

Turns out, the entity was a baby and is a boy. Looking to the right side was Sir Roylis Smith [1] whom the midwife mentioned, a middle-aged fat man. On the other hand, lying on the bed, was Mistress Lily [2].

Mistress Lily was currently exhausted from giving birth before she weakly said, "Roylis, let me see our baby boy."

"Here, be careful now." Sir Roylis Smith said to the midwife before the midwife carefully gave the baby entity away from her grasp. The baby entity could feel the tight clutch of the midwife leaving his body uncovered to Sir Roylis Smith. Sir Roylis Smith was fat, yet his hand gave such a gentle and soft feel.

Right after, he could feel that Sir Roylis Smith slowly walked to the nearest side of the bed. Sir Roylis Smith gently tried to lay him beside Mistress Lily. Likewise, Mistress Lily also turned to face her baby with a smile and a small tint of a spark of excitement in her eyes. The first thing that he, the baby entity, noticed was the freckles on her face lined in such a pattern that gave off such an overwhelming sense of beauty.

"Roylis, what should we name our baby?" Mistress Lily said afterward. Sir Roylis Smith happily smiled and said, "We shall name him, John, John Smith [4]."

"John Smith, it's a good name," Said Mistress Lily.

The baby entity, now called John Smith, is no longer focusing on the three. His focus is on the notification right before him. It was so familiar, just like a game notification that was used to be popular way back in his old grandpa's [3] time. It became popular because of the novels written back then, which included the popular genres such as game elements, reincarnation, wuxia, systems, and other genres that became popular over time. Only his old grandpa was boring enough for those. The mainstream of the genres had completely changed over time as technology developed.

However, that is not important right now. What's important is that something that only his grandpa's imagination has happened to him right now. The notification reads:

[Name has been assigned: John Smith!]

[Character has been created!]

[Status]

[Name: John Smith][Class: None][Level: 0/10][Rank: 0][HP: 1/1]

[STR: 0(5) / [][][][][] ]

[MAG: 0(5) / [][][][][] ]

[SKL: 0(5) / [][][][][] ]

[SPD: 0(5) / [][][][][] ]

[LCK: 0(5) / [][][][][] ]

[DEF: 0(5) / [][][][][] ]

[RES: 0(5) / [][][][][]]

[Hidden: [CON][MOV][SKILL][EXP]]

Before John could process more information, he could vaguely hear the panicking voices of the three around him and suddenly: *Slapped!* His back was slapped so hard that tears came flowing through his eyes unconsciously and the first thing that happened afterward was history. His baby crying voice was so loud that it stunned the three adults. The pain was unbearable, but it had stopped his thinking process and allowed his small body to breathe better.

When all babies are born they would usually cry, but John Smith didn't cry for the last few moments after birth. The midwife had forgotten because of the three, lord and lady, along with the midwife's excitement. It only afterward did the midwife pick up John Smith before giving him a solid smack on his back. Along with the smack, little John was now babbling out loud.

*And that is his first impression of his new family and the imagination of his old grandpa*

[1: Sir Roylis Smith - Sir Roylis was from a commoner's lineage, but had contributed many meritorious deeds during the previous war and was granted a noble status (Baronet) along with a small governing land. Now, he is at the age of twenty-nine and is married to another low-born noble named Lady Lily. He is famously known as the father of the main character.]

[2: Mistress Lily - Mistress Lily was a low-born from a noble family. Low born was used as a metaphor and to give her a background, which was an illegitimate child and arranged for a marriage with Sir Roylis Smith at the age of sixteen. She gave birth at the age of seventeen and is famously known as the mother of the main character.]

[3: Old grandpa: Old grandpa is the grandpa of the main character's past self, where his grandpa at that time, was a fanatic of fantasy, virtual reality, gaming, games, and element novels fan. To the point where the old grandpa eventually becomes obsessive about having the thoughts of getting a system/game screen in real life.]

[4: John Smith: John Smith is an avid average gamer who had no dream to follow and this fellow tried to follow an unrealistic dream of an old man. He is famously known as the main character of the story.]