The King's Mandate: Anomalous System

I got a message from Elena. She said that she can't play LWO today because her sister is coming, and she is going out for dinner with her family.

I am alone in my room, with a cutter knife in my hand.

"I can do it"

What happened last night is questionable.

If my wound really healed fast, then it should be healed again if I cut my hand with this cutter knife.

"I can do it"

I made a slight cut on my palm, it was no more than a scratch, but I saw it!

"It healed!"

It healed! I will cut deeper now.

I cut my palm again, but this time slightly deeper.

"It's bleeding"

I should do something about blood.

I stood up to take the tissue box and when I tried to wipe off the blood, the wound was already healed.

"It didn't even take 5 seconds"

I wiped off the blood and made a deeper cut this time.

I didn't wipe the blood this time.

"....."

I just saw it get healed!

The cells regenerated and connected with each other in a matter of seconds.

"The deeper the wound, the more time it takes to heal"

After wiping the blood, I made a deeper cut--

"Hey Das, dinner is ready" 

Stab~~

"Dad!"

I got surprised and stabbed the cutter in my palm!

"What's wrong? Why are you covering your crotch...Ah! Could it be that you are doing that...you know...what I mean?"

"Yes! Yes! I am doing that! Can you go and lock the door? I will be there in a second"

"Got it. Take your time. I will tell your mom you are studying"

"Yeah, thanks"

He gave me the thumbs-up sign and locked the door.

I just lost something important in my father's eyes.

"Dammit"

The wound has not healed yet.

"The cut was deep after all"

The wound healed 5 minutes later.

If I lose my hand, it might never recover.

"Or maybe it will?"

I won't know unless I try it.

"Nevermind"

I don't want to lose my hand in some stupid experiment.

When I went downstairs, my father was telling my mom not to go into my room without knocking, mom got angry and yelled at him.

Sorry dad!

After eating dinner, I went to my room. I didn't play LWO. Ricky and Rikka are also not playing today.

"I already miss Lily"

I will apologize to her tomorrow.

I waited till 2 AM, but the light orb didn't appear.

I fell asleep after that, woke up in the morning, went to school, and came back from school.

We are going to play LWO at night, which means I have nothing to do till night.

"What should I do?"

I will just study until night.

"Studying is boring!"

I am tired of it!

Elena says the same thing.

"I am becoming like her"

My girlfriend is awesome.

So my body can heal faster now.

It wasn't like this before. Strange things have been happening to me since I started playing LWO.

"Does it have anything to do with LWO?"

There is also that thing with Rias.

"She is supposed to be dead in the real world, but she is there...in the VR game"

The thing I learned after programming is that...wait. Lily is a program, but she is like a real person in the game.

"Could it be that it's the same with Rias?"

Like Rias is also a program, and it is based on the real Rias who died 8 years ago.

"Something like that is just..."

I don't know what should I do, and it has nothing to do with me.

It's not like I care about Rias...she is my friend.

"How can I be so heartless?"

Maybe she hasn't realized that she is dead? Or maybe she doesn't know that there was someone like her in the real world?

"But she knows something about me"

I haven't seen her in a while now.

'Your emotions react to the game' what did she mean by that?

If...I can affect the game data, then it is possible for a game to affect me too.

"Like it happened with the first VR game"

I am interested in doing something...it's worth a try.

I went outside. After walking for an hour, I reached a run-down place. 

The entire area is run-down. This place was once a rich spot.

After the religious war that happened 25 years ago, this place is like this.

No one comes here. I can do what I came here for.

There are several buildings here, apartments, and a playground.

I ran into the playground for a few minutes.

"I will try to run faster"

I know this is a lame guess, but if the game is affecting me in any way, then it might also let me run faster?

There is no way the game-skills will work here, but if I can somehow...figure out what's happening to me.

I will give my strength to my legs and run as fast as I can.

I began running.

"Fast"

Fast, faster, more faster.

"Wha..wait! This is too fast!"

I can't stop myself!

I couldn't stop and ended up slamming into the large wall.

"I am bleeding"

My head is bleeding because of the hit just now. 

The sole of my shoe is burned out.

"My feet are bleeding too"

My speed increased suddenly.

"I can't feel my legs"

After some minutes, the wounds healed up.

"I wasn't as fast as I am when I use my sprinter skill, but I was fast enough that I couldn't stop myself"

I checked my phone.

Sigh~

"No cracks"

I tried to run faster, and I ran faster. 

I don't know the reason behind it, but it is working. 

"Should I try breaking this wall?"

The wall is large. Really, really huge.

It's a 50-meter wall which was built during the war.

"Nothing will happen even if I punch it"

Should I take the risk?

My wounds will heal anyway.

I punched the wall, I regret it.

"I will break it down!"

Even if it takes me a month.

I punched again and again and again.

My fist is bleeding. The skin is completely shredded, and the wall is marked red with my blood.

The second my wound heals up, it gets wounded again.

"Come on. Come on"

I know it's impossible for a human to break a large wall. I know I am being stupid, but I just can't stop myself.

It just hurts at this point.

I should stop and go home...huh? 

"That punch felt different somehow"

I punched again.

It hurts to the bones, but somehow I feel like I can do this.

I punched again with both hands.

Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left.

"Yeah. I can do it"

There is a small crack"

Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left.

The crack is bigger now.

"I should increase my force and give my all"

Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left.

"More! More!"

"More!"

More!

Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left.

There is an enormous crack in the wall.

"Still not enough" 

Need more strength.

I can't feel my hands anymore.

They are so light that it feels like I have no hands.

"I need more"

"Break!"

Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left.

I have been punching for half an hour.

"I need more strength"

Right. Left. Right. Left.

Right. Left. Right. Left.

Right. Left. Right. Left.

Right. Left. Right. Left.

"Break!"

Right. Left. Right. Left.

"Break!"

Right. Left. Right. Left.

Right. Left. Right. Left. Right---

The entire wall...the entire 50-meter wall crumbled down into both small and large pieces. 

"Huh?"

My right hand...I can feel that the bones are shattered.

"It doesn't hurt though" 

I should go home now. Mom will be worried--

Ring~~ Ring~~

I took out my phone to see who it was...it's mom.

"Yes mom"

[Don't 'yes mom' me! Where are you?!]

"What's wrong?"

[Do you know what time it is?!] 

"It's only 7:03 PM"

[What do you mean 'only'?!]

"..."

[Come back now or you are not getting any dinner tonight]

"Coming!"

[Take care on your way home]

"Hmm.Bye"

It's hard to put your phone in your right pocket with your left hand.

Sigh~

Mom gets worried for nothing.

"I will be 18 soon"

I will be the king in 2 months.

"There is no need to worry about"