Ch 13

Chapter 13

Mark was still full of

adrenalin.  The exhilaration that he felt

was still making him feel high and again he was very thankful for the fact that

he was chosen by the System even though the looming transmigration would

probably bring  inconceivable danger.  But this was what he longed for.  This was the reason why he was addicted to

anime, web novels and game.  Deep in his

heart, he was longing to be part of something magical.  He thought of this ever since he discovered

the world of magic when he read his first fantasy book.  He wanted to be part of it all.  To be a team mate with wizard warrior Ingold

Inglorion battling the dark ones.  To be

a student in Hogwarts having adventure with Harry Potter and his gang.  To be a part of the group of hobbits

travelling to Mount Doom to destroy the one ring.  Now he was here,  battling monster in a dungeon and earning the

power and experience to grow and become more powerful.  Mark knew that there was still a long way on

this journey but at this moment, he was content.  All of those mockeries that he received, and

yes even from his mother when she was alive, went away.  He felt vindicated and knew that all the

knowledge that he had on being an otaku will assist him in making sure that he would

survive and even thrive on this transmigration voyage.

Mark went to the corpses and saw,

after waiting for a bit, that there were five glowing blue orbs.  He picked all of them up and when he examined

the loot, he received two iron knife, one leather pants, one crude rod and one

skill point.  He chucked out all the

items from his inventory that he thought he would not need anymore and put all

of the drops that he deemed may be important.

He thought that the items may have additional stats in them and he would

have to check them out later one by one.

The crude rod did give him plus one to Intelligence when he was holding

it so Mark thought it would be worthwhile to check all of them out.  So now he had three iron knives, one iron spear,  one leather sandal, one leather pants, one

crude rod and two skill points from drops.

Mark checked the time and he saw

that he had been going at this adventure for three hours and he was getting

hungry.  Earlier, he was planning to

finish the Second Floor of the dungeon before going up but his stomach said

otherwise.    It was about five pm so he decided to go out

to get something to eat.  He looked at

himself in the mirror to check if he was presentable and he did look okay.  He did wore his favorite shirt and pants and

the monsters were not able to get near him before they died which made him a

little proud.  When he was outside, he

viewed his surrounding differently from how he used to view it.  Before, he looked at the city of Ventura with

excitement since coming from the Philippines, Ventura was a new city in the

states, home of Hollywood, or at least near Hollywood compared to out of state,

and then he looked at the city with indifference.  It was a good city, a beach city hospitable to

those with money as most cities in the world.

But to him,  it was just a place

where his family went to, to get a better life but instead they died and left

him alone.  Now it was just a place that

he was leaving, to go to a different world after a year.  He was living at a dingy apartment since that

was all he can afford after he sold his house when his parents died.  At least he still had a home and he was much

better off compared to the homeless people he saw out and about.  While walking, he saw his beautiful neighbor

locking her door preparing to go out to work.

“Hi, Mark! Where you off to hon?’

her neighbor said to him when she saw him passed.  “Hi, Jenny.

I’m gonna go to McDonalds  for

some burgers.”  Mark said.  His neighbor Jenny was an exotic dancer who

moonlights as a prostitute downtown.  Well

that was what she said when he asked her. Her boyfriend was a good for nothing

drug addict and Mark often heard them either having sex or arguing with each

other and he actually did not know which was which.  At least she was friendly to him and he never

felt any sort of racism from her and her boyfriend.  Mark had an inkling that maybe Jenny and her

boyfriend thought he was gay since her boyfriend never got jealous whenever he

saw her talking to Mark.  “Or maybe

because you look like a short pudgy Asian that’s why he never got jealous,”

Mark muttered,  or maybe a combination of

both, he laughed to himself.  Mark was

half Filipino but since his father was half Mexican, he actually looked full

Asian.  Some said he looked Korean and

some, Japanese.

Mark waived

goodbye to Jenny and continued walking to the fast food chain, thankful that

there was one near him.  When he got to

the place, he sat down near a family with little kids after he ordered his big

Mac, fries and drink.  The kids whispered

to each other, giggling while looking at him and Mark could imagine what they

were saying.  Before it could have

affected him, but now, with everything that happened to him, he was

unconcerned.  He looked at the kids who were

looking at him and Mark moved the burger with his mind and brought it to his

mouth.  After he took a mouthful, he

placed the burger back to the table still using his Telekinesis.  The boy’s jaw dropped and the girls shrieked

and said “A Wizard! He’s casted Wingardium Leviosa!”  The boy refuted “No!  He’s a mutant like Jean Grey or Professor X!”  When their parents heard them, they just

smiled indulgently and went back to talking to each other.  Mark finished his meal, ordered a take out to

eat later and then smiled and waived at the kids.  The children waived back at him with their

eyes opened wide.

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