Rome, December 19, 2021

'Huhh, the weather is so cold today, what should I eat so that my body can warms up? ' said Chara while walking along the beautiful snowy landscape around the church. This is the third day Chara arrives at the Roman state church to celebrate Christmas with a group of Nuns.

"Char, are you okay? Are you not used to the weather here?" asked Rina, Chara's friend. "Oh it's okay Rin, I'm just a little cold but it's not bad, hehehe". "Hmm indeed, today it feels colder, huh, then let's just hurry back to the hostel and then we can try some hot Roman food, it must be delicious", "okay Rin" replied Chara while speeding up her footsteps. When Chara walked fast, she accidentally stepped over a hole and fell as a result, but who would have thought that the hole was not an ordinary hole, but a hole that would lead Chara to a completely different world and destiny.

Lingxiao Florest.

'Ouch! My head hurts so bad.' said Chara when she woke up. "Ha? Where is this, wasn't it just now Rina and i were walking in the church garden?how come I'm in the forest now?!" Chara said as she looked around her. She slowly got up and took a serious look at her surroundings. 'as far as I can see everything feels so foreign, even though this place looks like a forest, but I feel a difference from the usual forest,I don't know what it is either' thought Chara in her heart. Chara kept walking from time to time but the scenery was still the same and the place was so quiet that even the sound of insects could not be heard. 'Oh God, what exactly happened to me? Why did I get here and where is this, it doesn't make sense if I can suddenly be in this place, I remember walking with Rina then... Oh yes I fell into a hole, but why did I end up here, no way right if the contents of the hole is a big place like this forest? But if it's not like that, then what's the point?' thought Chara. After walking tens of kilometers, Chara finally stopped. "Really, after walking this far I still can't get out of the forest and haven't met any humans or animals, this is very strange. I don't think this is a dream, but if it's not a dream it means this place is real then, does it mean I fell into the legendary black hole? If so, Can I go back to where I came from? Then if I can't, what am I going to do here?" said Chara desperately.

When Chara was pensive in her mind, suddenly a loud thunder sounded, Chara was surprised. "Good grief! Why is there thunder when it's not cloudy?", Out of curiosity Chara approached the place where the thunder came from, but what Chara found was something that was very amazing to her. In the middle of a beautiful lotus pond, there was a hermit who was meditating, a bright light shone on his body and lightning struck his body. 'Geez what's this story again, what was that guy doing, lightning hit his body but he's alright?! And again what light is that coming from his body, why does this all look like a novel? '. Chara wanted to approach the hermit, but was afraid to interfere with his business and again the place and people here were very foreign to her, so she had to stay alert.

Finally Chara decided to go quietly, just one step Chara turned to intend to leave, the hermit's voice was heard, "Hi child, come here, I have something I want to convey to you." Chara stopped, she turned around again and asked pointing to herself "hmm sorry, did you mean me?" Chara asked. The hermit replied "you are right, child of destiny.", 'child of destiny? What does it mean? ' thought Chara as she walked towards the hermit.When Chara was right in front of the hermit, she looked up and down at the hermit's appearance, and it can be concluded that Chara felt this hermit was not an ordinary person, he was very strong but didn't know why, there was a feeling of nostalgia that didn't know where it came from. . Then the hermit's voice was heard, "It's been a long time since I've been waiting for you to come to this place." 'Waiting? Why is he waiting for me? And from what he said sounded like he knew I would come here one day? What exactly happened, why is everything I experienced today so strange?'. Curious, Chara asked the hermit, "I'm sorry but I wanted to ask, what do you mean? Did you know I would be here today?", "True and false because I knew you would come but I couldn't make sure when exactly you will get here", replied the hermit.

"Then may I ask, who are you? And how do you know I will come here one day?" asked Chara unsurely, "For my identity it is not important but I can say I will not harm you, and for the question of how I can know you will come, it will be answered someday, all things will happen on time" replied the hermit. 'So basically there's nothing I can know right now? ' said Chara in her heart. Not waiting for Chara to think further, the Hermit continued "You don't need to panic about why you came here, because it's not a coincidence but your destiny is this world, because you are different from other individuals. You have a mission that you must carry out. Because of that, it wouldn't be strange if you could be here and even somewhere else later" said the hermit." Another place? What do you mean someday I will go to another place again? Does it mean that the other place you said is where I come from? And what mission should I do and why should I, I don't think I have any special identity.” Chara asked clearly.

“Sorry but not all questions have the exact answer at least not for now, because you have to find out all these things by yourself, but take it easy, no matter who you are and why it has to be you of all people, because one thing you need to know is that you are the hope for everyone In this world, you must not take the wrong path because your arrival here indicates that this world needs your help, so remember clearly in your heart that you must remain who you are, help everyone who needs your help, but also remember the things that you have to help must be the right thing so consider everything carefully before you make a decision. Besides that, I will also briefly explain about this world, so it will not be too difficult for you to adapt to the big changes.”

Before the hermit explained further, Chara asked a question. "Wait a minute, sir! There's something I want to ask again before that, the mission you said was I have helped this world? so does it mean that after the mission is finished then I will be able to return to where I came from? After all I'm not from this world so there's no way I'll be here forever?", "child I have told you, your mission, you have to figure it out yourself but to help those who need help is a different matter, you don't need to be too burdened with a mission because everything will go by itself naturally and for your situation related to another world, I say actually you can return to your original world but after your bond with this world is finished. Because not only in another world there you come from ,but here too is a part of the origin of your existence." "Ha? What do you mean a part of me comes from here?" Chara asked confusedly.

Not waiting for Chara to ask more, the hermit immediately cut off her words "Be patient to know all these mysteries, but rest assured one day you will get the right answer. Ok now, enough the question about your doubt, now I will explain the details of this world and so you can decide for yourself what kind of life you will live later in this world, suppose you are living a new life", said the hermit and then he continued, "so this world is one of the worlds of many dimensions, the focus of this world is the path of cultivation. All people and even spiritual beast or plants can cultivate but in different levels, starting from the lowest according to the human level is the stage of qi intake, qi purification, spiritualist, master, grandmaster, yellow world, orange world, red world, blue world, purple world, golden core, nascent soul, prodound immortal, celestial immortal, godly immortal, and many more, but above the godly immortal is still unknown because too few have reached that level. Each cultivation level has 9 stages of refinement ranging from 1-9 stages and the higher the cultivation level, the higher the life span. While the cultivation level of spiritual beast and plants are different from that of humans, it can be said that their cultivation's time take much longer than humans, but even humans with the higher cultivation cannot underestimate the beast with lower cultivation levels because their physiques are far superior to human physiques, so in the battle, often some haughty cultivators would taste the bitter fruit at the end of the match cause by their arrogant attitude. Apart from cultivation, this world also has many types of skills that can be developed such as alchemy, medicine, inscription , weapon refining, beast taming, and many others. So you are free to decide which way to go." Chara listened seriously, to be honest she herself also didn't know what she would do next. Even her arrival in this world was still a bit of a shock for her, but how else could everything have happened, so go ahead. Then Chara took the initiative to ask the hermit's advice, about the field that is the most suitable for her while explaining in detail about her life motto.

After listening to Chara's statement, the hermit thought for a moment then replied "all fields have their own suitability for each person but from what you explain, I can suggest you to try to explore knowledge about medicine and alchemy and even beast tamer also match your character who tries her best not to fight or hurt others. However pelase remember, in this life we also cannot always to maintain a calm and happy life, often there are many trials that come to make us exhausted and even lead us astray and end up in eternal regret, therefore I also add one mandatory option that you must choose, that is cultivation. By cultivating you can gain the strength to protect yourself and those around you, because you don't know when and how things go out of your control, especially in this world where the strength comes first, if you are too meek then you will end up being the one always getting hurt. That's why sometimes you have to be ready to be firm even though it's different from the principles you hold." The hermit explained patiently. When Chara listened to the hermit's words she began to weigh between wisdom and kindness, in the end she chose to obey the hermit's words, because According to her it was indeed, wisdom is more needed than blind kindness, sometimes what is meant for good can end up misleading, so it's better for everything to be judged from right and wrong not good or evil, so that even though what we do is considered cruel in the eyes of others at least it's not wrong and harm other people.

With such a conclusion, Chara finally decided to pursue alchemy, medicine and cultivation, maybe if she could also try to train beast taming, but Chara also knew that everything could not be obtained instantly and easily, because of that she had started to prepare herself mentally anti-tired so that everything goes smoothly even though it takes quite a long time and hard work, anyway she has time so don't need to be in a hurry. When Chara was mentally strengthening, the hermit also paid attention to Chara's attitude and reaction, what the hermit saw from Chara was very satisfying for him, because in Chara's view there was not the slightest sense of greed for something big on the contrary she could always be patient and calm, willing took a long time to get all of them and most importantly, all of it not only for herself but also with the consideration that she can help others more without hurting. 'Hm I'm very happy to see you remain a heart of gold like the first time you changed my life...' mused the hermit in his mind. He was always feel sorry about what happened back then, so when he knows that, this time she will come back to this world he has a patient and persistent heart for waiting her even though it took 200 years. "Well since you have decided your life path ahead, I hope you can do your best, and for our meeting today I will give you some things that have been prepared for you." The hermit explained as he stretched out his sleeve, instantly a ring and book appears out of thin air. Seeing this miracle Chara was not too surprised, because she had also read fantasy novels about martial arts 'Hmm so what is written in the novel is actually real? What the right imagination' thought Chara, Chara felt she had to believe some things from fiction novels sometimes, because whatever happened to her today is real even though it looks like a novel.

The hermit also handed the ring and the book to Chara, "Receive this ring and book. " Chara received the ring and the book curiously, after the hermit handed the two items to Chara, he began to explain about the function of those items "this ring is a space ring, and you only need to drip your blood on the ring to determine ownership, after a contract is formed between you and the ring, the ring will merge with your subconscious by it self and you can already access the space in it by imagining the ring. What's unique about this ring is that not only can you put things in that space, but you can also enter the space inside the ring. because the space is quite spacious and the spirituality inside is much higher than outside so you can also practice cultivation there, other than that, other living beings cannot access the space unless they have a contractual bond with your soul such as a beast contract. As for this book , this is a book that covers almost everything in this world from information about cultivation methods, medicine lists, etc., that way you don't have to worry if you encounter new things out there, this book is very valuable so you should always keep it from falling into the wrong hands but for safety, I will change the book ,so that only you can see it so you can rest asure this book will not be stolen." Because of the hermit's explanation, Chara felt a little calm and happy because she didn't have to face the problems out there empty-handed.

Chara's character has always been a person who wants to be ready before facing problems, so if she doesn't understand anything when she out there, she feels uneasy, fortunately fate is not too cruel to her, bringing herself to the hermit at the beginning of her arrival here so that she will not feel too foreign while living life out there. With such thoughts, Chara also felt more and more indebted to the hermit, but when she thought about it carefully, Chara felt a little strange about why the hermit was so kind to her even though this was their first meeting? 'Helping strangers this detail on the first meeting? But I don't think that's the case, it's too odd, and the feeling of nostalgia I felt from the very first meeting made me feel as if I had been in contact with this hermit before but obviously this is the first time we've met isn't it? and again what is my relationship with this world why do I have to do a mystery mission? and from what the hermit said, some of my fragment souls is also from this world? does it mean that I've lived a life in this world before? but why I don't know about it at all, or was it me in my past life that caused me to have ties to this world? If that's true, I wonder what happened to me in the past to involve the current life of me now. But whatever it is I'm sure one day I will know all the truth behind this mystery, besides I also can't ask the hermit, and I think he is also keeping it all a secret for my goodness. So it's useless to think too far' Chara thought complicatedly.

After Chara cleared her mind, she sucked some blood from her hand to make a contract with the space ring as the hermit said. After she finished dripping blood on the ring, she felt a bond with the ring and tried to imagine the book in her hand to put in the ring, a moment later the book in her hand disappeared. Even though Chara knows that this ring is really amazing, but when she did it herself, Chara was still amazed. Chara wanted to try to enter the space ring, but before she tried to enter, the hermit's voice sounded "Okay, since I've done what I had to do, now I'll say one last thing I want to say. You came to this world, because of the bond of fate, so if possible don't interpret your existence in this world as just completing a mission, but try to understand the situation as real as you really live here, because this world is real and everything in it is also real because of that, treat everything as a real experience, if you feel lonely or miss the memories in your world, try to stay patient and also try to make your social environment in this world as well as you do in your own world,so you can feel better. But please strengthen your heart when you feel weak and helpless, never give up because what you face in the future may be difficult, but rest assured everything will be fine if you stay strong and walk on the right path, and yes we haven't gotten to know each other properly, I don't even know your name yet. Okay let me introduce my self first,my name is Luo Xinglan, you can call me Uncle Luo, how about you?", "Greetings uncle Luo, my name is Chara Natasya, and I am very grateful for all your kindness even with a stranger like me, you can be so sincere and it makes me really admire you." Chara answered sincerely. When he heard Chara's words, Uncle Luo felt touched, even though Chara didn't know her true identity now, Uncle Luo was patiently waiting for the day when the truth was revealed, when he would proudly stand beside her again like he did before.

After hearing Uncle Luo's name, Chara actually felt a little familiar but for now she just ignored that feeling. Then Chara asked a question that she almost forgot "uncle Luo because this world is different from mine, then should I change my appearance?you see the color of my hair and eyes is a little different from most people here and yes, my name too looks strange if used in this world, right?" Chara asked while pointing at her hair. “You're right, but I remember I never told you about the characteristic of the appearances or names of the average person in this world? Then how did you know that?” Uncle Luo asked confusedly.