Start in DxD as Motohama: Leveling Up in Another World-Chapter 1: Awaken the memories. Secret room? Door to another world!
Chapter 1 - Awaken the memories. Secret room? Door to another world!
When he opened his eyes, the boy felt dazed and confused.
Scanning the room, he noticed a simple-looking desk next to the bed with a nightlight, thick-lensed glasses, and a box of tissues.
Suddenly, he was struck by an intense headache. Countless memories that weren't his own flooded into his brain, and for a second, he thought he was going to die.
"This is... No. It shouldn't be like this..."
He got out of bed, feeling the languor of his body as he headed to the bathroom. There, he would find the answers to his questions.
In front of the mirror, he saw the image of a thin boy with somewhat disheveled dark hair. His face was quite handsome. If anything stood out, it was those strange, honey-colored eyes that seemed dead and gave him a razor-sharp gaze that somehow made him look terrifying.
His clothing consisted of a white T-shirt with a black spiral in the center, underneath which he wore a black long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans.
"Damn. Of all the reincarnations, why did I have to be reincarnated into this guy's body?"
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He said contemptuously as he organized everything he knew about this guy.
Shinji Motohama is a boy known for being extremely perverted. In fact, among his friends, he is acclaimed as second only to Issei, due to his ability to identify girls' measurements.
His job is to be a background character, a friend of the protagonist, for the plot of the High School DxD project. An extremely perverted project where the only thing that can be salvaged is the backstory, which at the time was somewhat troubling for him.
His head felt less heavy, and the information in his brain had begun to take shape.
"The original work never delves into this character's life. However, I can say with certainty that my life has been shit up until now."
Recalling how his mother pushed him aside after his father's death to start a new family.
After the birth of his twin brothers, his mother's affection was something he had completely lost.
While the twins ate good, fresh food, he had to make do with leftovers from the day before. Truly, leftovers were the best he had, and most of them were just leftovers from things that had expired or gone sour.
He wasn't allowed to wash his clothes with the twins' because it was said that the twins' clothes would get dirty if they were washed together. Then his clothes would go unwashed, as it would be a waste on the water bill.
So, he learned from elementary school to wash his clothes on his own in the park's drinking fountain.
While the twins wore new clothes, he only wore tattered ones. From elementary school to middle school, his backpacks were threadbare and tattered.
Even when he thought he might be sick, he wasn't allowed to see a doctor. He thought it was a blessing to be able to eat the minimal amount of food, although the reason was that he still worried about his reputation.
Motohama shook his head at the bad memories.
"It wasn't all that bad."
He murmured, staring wistfully at the amulet on the mantelpiece.
He remembered his grandfather, who had already passed away. He was one of the few people who had been kind to him. He was always traveling and returning with peculiar memories, and was rarely home. But when he returned, he showered him with the attention he was lacking.
His grandfather was considered a phenomenon for flying around the world for so long and collecting only rare things, and his mother was prejudiced against him.
Although his grandfather was outraged by the treatment he received and appealed to the people around him, he got nowhere.
"Shinji, never give up. Look, it's okay. Even if it's difficult, if you smile, happiness will surely come. You still have a long life ahead of you. Don't be impatient. Move slowly and steadily in the right direction. I know you can do it."
Those were his grandfather's last words. In his will, he left him the house where he lived and all his possessions. Of course, his mother tried to take them away from him but failed miserably because his grandfather had taken measures. The result was his mother's complete abandonment.
After that, he began living off the money he inherited from his grandfather along with what he earned from his part-time job.
The type of reincarnation he had experienced was one in which his memories were sealed for many years and only now awakened, so he couldn't do much to change his fate.
"But now's not the time to stop. I must prepare for what this world has in store."
Leaving the bathroom, he felt more comfortable with himself.
"Luckily, it's Saturday afternoon. That way, I won't have to go to school until Monday."
Upon reaching his room, he noticed it was a mess.
"Let the cleaning arc begin."
He rolled up the sleeves of his sweater and began cleaning the place.
He had to find a way to get rid of the ton of porn on his shelf.
"I'll sell most of it. I'll only keep the ones that appeal to me, and I'll give the rest to Matsuda."
He muttered as he categorized them, separating them into boxes.
Finishing, he wiped away the sweat.
He went to the bathroom and ran the bathtub.
While he waited, he leaned his back against a wall.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, the wall spun around, like a secret door in a ninja room, revealing a room he knew nothing about.
"Ouch..."
He groaned in pain as his butt hit the floor.
"What is this place...?"
He had lived in his grandfather's house for a long time, but it was the first time he had encountered this mysterious hidden room. Curious, he ventured inside.
"These are..."
He was able to identify some of the objects in the room. They were treasures his grandfather collected on his travels. He never knew where he kept them to this day.
A strange feeling came over his body, guiding his steps through the room. It was as if something was calling to him.
Walking through the room, he noticed many things his grandfather had shown him in the past, as well as others he had never seen before.
He soon stopped in front of a particular item placed at the back of the room. It was a door that existed as if it had been torn out of the wall. There was a large owl in the middle of the wooden door, and it was adorned with carved trees on both sides. The moment he saw the door, the feeling inside him grew stronger.
"Did Grandpa bring this too?"
He couldn't recognize anything about the door in front of him, but he felt it calling him again and again. The only thing behind the door was the wall of his house, of that he was sure, but there was something telling him to open the door.
When he reached for the knob and opened it, the surprise was immediate.
"...Huh?"
On the other side of the door was an unfamiliar room.
The room was decorated like a log house, with a large wooden table and chair. Weapons like swords and axes were piled up like mountains.
As he peered around, he was surprised when a translucent window appeared before his eyes.
Flopping onto his backside, the window moved and remained in the same place before his vision.
[The skill {Appraisal} has been acquired]
[The skill {Pain Resistance} has been acquired]
[The title {One Who Has Crossed Between Worlds} has been acquired]
[The title {Master of the Gate} has been acquired]
[The title {Visitor from Other Worlds} has been acquired]
[The title {Master of the House} has been acquired]
[Abilities detected within the user. Beginning identification...]
[Identification completed]
[The skill {Dexterity} has been identified]
[The skill {Cold Resistance} has been identified]
[The skill {Heat Resistance} has been identified]
[The two previous skills have been combined into one. Skill {Thermal Fluctuation Resistance Ex} acquired]
[Skill {Presence Detection} has been identified]
[Skill {Physical Attack Resistance} has been identified]
[Resistance-related skills have been combined into one. Skill {Absolute Resistance} acquired]
Several notifications appeared there, as if in a game.
His eyes lit up at that moment. He had grasped the situation in an instant.
Somehow, he had obtained the golden finger of reincarnators. An ability or power that allowed him to grow rapidly without being completely affected by the backstory of the world he arrived in.
Although his trap had come in an unusual way, he would gladly accept it.
"I don't recall the existence of a Sacred Gear that allows you to travel between worlds in the original work. Although I haven't finished reading the novel either..."
He decided to avoid complicated thoughts. There was no point in thinking about something he wasn't sure about.
"I'll just take it as something that appeared due to my reincarnation. Now, let's check the skills."
When he muttered that final line, the translucent window immediately appeared. Detailed information about his skills appeared.
The information didn't differ too much from what he had assumed from seeing the name of each skill.
The next step was to review the titles.
[One Who Has Crossed Between Worlds: As a rebellious soul who opposes being sent into the cycle of reincarnation as normal and chooses to live by their own judgment, you have been rewarded with the skill {Perseverance}]
[Gate Master: The master of the gate that leads to another world. You can use the menu function]
[House Master: The new master of the house where the sage is said to have lived. You have obtained ownership of the house]
[Visitor from Other Worlds: A person who has been to other worlds.
• The growth process will continue in an ideal direction.
• Increase in the amount of experience gained.
• Facilitation of skill learning.
• Creation of magic and skills.
• Joint skill [Element Box] acquired.
• Level cap removed.]
He nodded in understanding.
"According to the description, I have access to a menu function. Let's see it."
I was planning to review everything before drawing any conclusions.
[Gate to Another World]
[Owner: Shinji Motohama]
[Functions: ]
Reviewing the information with the {Appraisal} skill, he nodded in satisfaction.
He soon thought of what he had been avoiding until now.
"If this works as a system, then there must be a status screen."
Excitedly, he watched as a new translucent window appeared in front of him.
[Name: Shinji Motohama]
[Age: 17]
[Race: Human (100%)]
Title: [One Who Has Crossed Between Worlds] [Master of the Gate] [Master of the House] [Inhabitant of Another World]
Occupation: [None]
Level: 1
Magic: 1
Strength: 1
Constitution: 1
Agility: 1
Intelligence: 1
Luck: 1
BP: 1000
[Skills:
]
His lips trembled at how weak he was.
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Clarifications:
The [Absolute Resistance] ability grants Motohama great resistance to status effects, mental, magical, or physical attacks, but it does not make him immune to them. He is just more difficult to be affected by them.
Money Conversion: Converts any item into money at the user's will.
Transfer: The gate can be summoned to the owner's current location at any time.
Entry Restriction: Only those chosen by the owner may pass through the gate.
