Chapter 4: My New Identity

Austin Lionheart, a name that every player who has played Arizinonssincee will know. A person for whom I even felt pity in the game. He was the younger brother of one of the captured targets. He was a wimp and a crybaby who admired the protagonist and called him "big brother". Having looks that made even the protagonist jealous, and someone who hid and behaved like a girl. He was said to have talents in combat, but due to suffering a trauma at a young age, he became afraid of fights. Well, if that was all, then it was no problem, but he was then used by the game producers as a sacrifice to boost the protagonist. It was revealed that the Simp-like kid was having an affair with his uncle's wife, that is, the Azraeil Empire's empress. Also, the empress was so excessively attached to him that she burned herself along with him so that they could be together in death!! Plus, it was later discovered that the empress had forced him and had blackmailed him to keep him for herself while hiding it from everyone's eyes. Remembering the scene of how Austin was screaming in despair at how he was being burned with the empress makes my body go cold. Taking a deep breath to control my body, I take a walk towards the mirror placed in my room and take a look. I gazed upon an eight-year-old boy with silver hair, deep and penetrating purple eyes, chubby cheeks, along a cute nose, giving a very cute appearance. Yup, it's him alright, although young could still tell the characteristics of his handsome face in the future. 'th-then she must be real too, so aren't I already dead?!' 'Wait, wait, take a deep breath, the other things are only going to take place, so the attraction of the empress must not have happened till now' 'Yeah, that's right, I don't have to get afraid, I still have time' Forcefully stopping my panic, I slowly began to calm down. Hosts, is your inner monologue over?] "Yeah, what's up?" it'ss just that I have yet to transfer your current body's memories to you, so could you prepare yourself?] "memories?' It's only then did I realized that I didn't have any of the memories of this body. "Sure, tell me what I have to do." Nothing much, the host just has to lie down on the bed while I transfer the memories to you, there might be a slight headache, that's all. Giving a nod, I walk towards my bed and lie down. [starting procedure in 3..2..1] Suddenly, a mild pain comes to my mind, and I start to see some images, like a movie, they pass through mmindin..close my eyes and start to integrate with the memories. After 10 minutes, I woke up, the mature aura around me disappears, my movements start to change, and each of my actions started to resemble opening my eyes, strong determination started to flow through me, today onward, I am Austin. Austin Lionheart. Suddenly the door to my room opens and a woman walks in, seeing her for a moment, I fall into to daze. Blonde hair that falls to her shoulder, green eyes that shone like gems, alump lips, along with a motherly aura. Grace Lionhear, my mother, er walks in, although I had seen her in my memory, seeing her or real is another experience. Grace looked towards her child, and for a moment, she felt that her child felt different, like a stranger. What am I thinking? It looks like the stress is getting to me.' Shrugging off her thoughts, she walked towards her child. Seeing my so-called mom stop for a moment, and frowning, my heart starts beating faster, and cold sweat appears on my back. 'Does she know?, N, n,o, maybe she felt something was different? I need to get my act together.' Finishing my monologue, I look towards my mother and begin my act. Little Austy, are you alright? I got scared when you suddenly fainted." Saying so, my mother approaches me and pulls me into her embrace, and I directly fall into her pillow-like breast, and a sweet scent enters my nose. Ummm, smells like roses. Wait, that's not important; did she say faint? I started to sift through my memory and realized that I had fainted during breakfast, accidentally placing my hands on my mother's breast to pull myself up. I looked towards my mother and, smiling, said, "It's nothing, Momom, it's just that I have a headache, but I am fine now." Seeing that her son was alright, Grace beamed with relief. "Then it's all good! I had a healer check up on you, and she said that you are alright." Her smile was infectious, and I couldn’t help but feel a warm sense of comfort wash over me. But as I sat up, a nagging thought lingered in the back of my mind—what had caused me to faint in the first place? I brushed it off for now; after all, I was back in the safety of home, and that was what truly mattered. "Humph….how can he not be okay, he is the one who always survives after all" After the loud shout, two girls walked into my room, one 10-year-old and the other a 6-year-old. And I know the one who had spoken now, Nora Lionheart. My big sister and one of the capture targets.