Arifureta Shokugyou De Sekai Saikyou: Irregularity

In this world named "Tortus" exist what is called "magic power", an energy that flows through it, changing it's form and the laws that rule it. A world referred to as a "Fantasy world", different to the "Modern world" of "Earth". There are three main races in Tortus:

The Human race, the most populated and civilized of the three with many kingdoms and empires taking over most of the world.

The Beastmen race, conformed by many diferent sub races that live mainly in the "Sea of Trees", a place too dangerous for Humans to even try to explore it.

The Demon race, the most "powerful" reace of the three, but in exchange the one with the most scarce population.

There's "animosity" (To say the least) between the three races, especially Humans and Demons as each of them (Supposedly) follow a diferent God, those being "Ehit" the Human God, and "Alv" the demon God... And they believe they are superior than the other races... And they don't like each other (Mostly that). Demons are individually stronger and better at magic than Humans. An average Demon can fight a group of five to ten somewhat strong Human warriors with no problem... But still the Humans are the most populated race of Tortus and of course have the numbers they need, so it wasn't a one-sided massacre, but after noticing a strange rise in the strength of the Demon forces (Freid-kun's fault) they saw themselves in the need to use the sumoning ritual to call for the aid of a warrior strong enough to fight back the Demons... What answered their call was the Hero from another world, with the strongest class "Yuusha(勇者/Hero)" that posses the best status correction, Amanogawa Kouki- BUT let's put him aside for now (FOR NOW!). A sad coincidence is that Kouki's whole classroom including the teacher (Ai-chan sensei) got summoned together with him in one go- BUT like Kouki, let's put most of those guys aside for now (FOR NOW!). One of the summoned was a smart, rich, good looking, and kind hearted bullied kid by the name of Nagumo Hajime (Too many questions and no answers...), with the class "Synergist" (Non-combat class) and the weakest of them all (Supposedly) that after falling into a hole and anticlimactically getting out alive, he becomes a eye-patched, black-clothed, metal-armed, gun-wielding badass...

Yuuki [And his hair became white too...]

That's important so I shouldn't forget it...

From that point on, the otherworlders divided in three diferent groups:

Kouki's party, at the care of Heiligh Kingdom. Training in one of the greath labyrinths, the "Orcus labyrinth", to fight the Demon race for the sake of the Human nations. More than worrying for this world, they just follow Kouki as the leader figure of the class.

Yuuki [They are becoming strong but are not trying to see reality at all... In kouki's case it's more like he CAN'T see reality. There's also Nakamura Eri's problem too... and Hiyama-kun more or less...]

Aiko's party, taking a more "passive" approach they move arround the Human cities to help them out with Aiko's never seen before class, "Farmer", and her magic. Made up of Sonobe Yuka, that have Aiko as her highest priority, and mostly the peaceful, more ground leveled bunch of the class accompanied by a knight squad from the Holy church.

Yuuki [I'll probably met them soon... Or something like that... The main problem is, well, Shimizu's "F.u.c.k.i.n.g-kill-them-all" plan... Not really... Hajime is going to deal with that literally as a side quest... I'm more worried about the collateral damage and Shimizu himself after that. Next with the last and most important group-]

Hajime's party, unlike kouki's party, they are actually clearing the labyrinths and becoming stupidly strong. Colecting the "Ancient" magic from the labyrinths, also known by "Age of Gods" magic. with a path to Hajime's world, "Earth", as their goal. With The "Vampire pricess" Yue and the allways growing group of Hajime's wifes as the members.

Yuuki [..."Age of Goods" magic...]

As the name implies, magic worthy of bein used by Gods, magic that can change the order of the world as it is now, and if properly used, can fulfill any wish...

Yuuki [...They'll be fine...]

By now, they already have Shea Haulia from the Haulia Rabbit tribe with them, and are on their way to Miledi-san's place, if not, they are already clearing it...

Yuuki [Fight on Miledi-san...]

...

To me, right now, the main worry is not Nagumo Hajime or the labyrinths or finding a way to "Earth"... The problem is something less... "important"...

...

...

I lay on my back as I think about this world and where is it heading right now...

Yuuki [I guess I'll meet them soon]

I'm about to sleep in the middle of nowhere after a day of travelling by myself...the night sky in this world is beautifully adorned by stars tonight too... But somehow I'm not really enjoying it...

Yuuki [I guess I'm too nervous...]

Soon I'll reach the "Lake City of Ul", I'm certainly looking forward to it, but right now, the "Heroes from another world" are in that city too. It's not supposition or a possibility, is certain that Hatayama Aiko and her followers will be there.

Yuuki [I know, because I remember...]

I remember something that I never experienced...

Yuuki [More important is that, Nagumo Hajime will be there too...]

I remember about him too, about someone I've NEVER meet before...

Yuuki [Not only about people, I remember what will happen...]

This world is not fair...

There are those that selflessly follow the "right" path but end up laveled as "wrong" doers. Those that selfishly follow their d.e.s.i.r.es and end up laveled as "Heroes". Those that want to be recognized but end up forgoten. And those that wish to attain something but end up losing everything...

Yuuki ["Rightness" and "Justice" are... Too childish for this "fantasy world"...]

I rise my left hand to the night sky and look at the ring in my middle finger. I had seven like this one, but "gave back" the other six after I used them for the purpose they were created, exept for this one...

'Please keep it in case you need it...' is what I was told...

Yuuki [(I hope she don't talk to Hajime about me, if he becames cautious about someone else that also cleared a Labyrinth... that would be scary...)]

Even if I I'm told that "Rightness" and "Justice" are no good, when I see this, I somehow can't get rid of the feeling that I shouldn't give up on kindness no matter what...

That is one of the few memories that are my own, the rest is full of people I haven't meet, places I haven't been in, and things I haven't lived... no matter how much I look in Those memories, I'm not in there... No matter how much I remember, there is nothing mine...

But... Even if those memories are fake, I can't just let them go... Those memories are of the few things I can treasure after all...

Yuuki [If I go on, I'll probably become his enemy...]

*poke*

?

I fell a soft touch on my cheek in a way that I'm somehow used to...

Yuuki [What is it Izana-chan?]

A spherical black body of light a size that comfortably can be hold in a hand, with perfectly circular wide open eyes, touching my left cheek with a short triangular shapped arm.

A "Spirit", a sentient being created by magic obtained from one of the greath labyrinths: "Spirit magic".

The black colored expressionless spirit, "Izanami(伊弉冉)", just look at me without answering (not like she ever had), so I poke her cheek that is pretty much her head in revenge.

Four spirits just like her have been accompanying me for the last years since I cleared the "Barn Labyrinth", I'm the one that supposedly created them but somehow, they just appeared one after another without me noticing. The orher tree are "sleeping" right now, but for some reason, she is still awake...

Yuuki [Are you nervous too?]

Again no answer, she just tilt her head looking at me, then she just rub herself against my left hand without a care in the world...

Yuuki [I guess that's a "no"...]

I dive into my thoughts again...

I want to change the future... at least the bad things that will happen.

Yuuki [That's good and all but... The problem is mostly me...]

No matter how much I want to change the future, or how much I want to help them, I'm a foreigner existence, not related to their lives...

Yuuki [If I take in count my role in this world-]

The only social status I have is my Rank as an adventurer (black), no normal person would complain about that (I have pretty much enough money to live my life with no worries), but if I wanted to aproach the heroes, it's not even close to enough...

Yuuki [Maybe, to become a knight would have been a better move...]

...No, becoming a knight is diferent than becoming an adventurer... three years are deffinitely not enough, much less to be part of the escort of the heroes... Even if miraculously I'm put in that kind of position after that short of a time, there is a... "fundamental" problem.

Yuiki [You know, Izana-chan...]

I start a conversation with the exprecionless spirit that now floats casually besides me.

Yuuki [Let's say that someone try to aproach you, not because he wants to meet you, but because he already knows you even when you have NEVER meet him before, and over all is trying to influence your decitions and the way you think and shape it to his liking. wouldn't that be somewhat... Creepy? Like, You know... something like a stallker?...]

The exprecionless spirit Izanami looks at me with her circular eyes for a moment and then-

Izanami [...]

-She looks away...

Yuuki [Izana-chan!?]

I through as much but, when someone puts it so clear it actually hurts a little...

Yuuki [...Will I have to fight them after all? That would be a problem...]

While clearing the seven labyrinths, little by little I understood- or more like I became conscious of myself as an sentient being. After my first meeting with Miledi-san, I became conscious of myself as a human being. then finaly, after becoming an adventurer, I understood myself as an individual...

Yuuki [After all, I'm pretty weak if you compare me to them. Even in a "hand to hand" combat, I'll probably lose against Suzu in raw strength...]

That's right... If it is as an adventurer, or even a knight, to call me a rising star, or an outstanding talent... That's mostly thanks to "mana manipulation" and the few skills I got thanks to it... Thanks to that I could rise my rank to "Purple" in a few months... But compared to them... That's not enough... I'm still weak.

Yuuki [If it's against Hiyama-kun I'll totally win, but he doesn't count because beating him is not about strength...]

Of course that won't be the case if I end up in a fight against Hajime... No way, I'll die, he is way too strong, so strong is not funny...

Yuuki [If I meet him I'll totally die, so dead even my soul is going to die...]

...Is not that I mind to die, but...

Yuuki [There is something that I can't die without taking care of...]

After I confirmed my own strength- or more like my weakness, I tried to compensate it by any means possible the best option to take was-

Yuuki [The reward of clearing the seven labyrinths, "Ancient" magic...]

Even so it wasn't easy even with magic that a God would use... In first place to use Ancient magic, one needs the right compatibility... and in my case-

Yuuki [Passable at "Spirit", "Creation", and "Evolution" magic. Bad at "Space", "Gravity", and "Metamorphosis" magic. Pitifully bad at "Restoration" magic, from best to worst in order.]

I don't know why, but I suck at Healing magic in general... So more than to depend in real time decitions and actions, I focused all my effort in pereparations with what I could use... In short , I made as many Artifacts as I could with all I got..

Yuuki [Even if I use Ancient magic to fight, Izana-chan and kirin have better of a chance to win against them, so even if not in the way I was expecting, it worked out at the end...]

When the strength problem was covered, yet again, I came face to face with reality... this time, one as absurd as this world could be...

Yuuki [There are too many things I can't do...]

At that time in the Labyrinth of Orcus, I could not do anything... Is not that I was weak, is not that I was too slow, I just could not do anything... Just like that...

Yuuki [I could just watch Hajime's back as he went to "Orcus Greath Labyrinth"]

Without he himself knowing the Hell that awaited him... I could not stop that, as if I was not allowed to no matter how much I wanted, I could not change Hajime's future...

That was reality...

Yuuki [If I again try to change something, if I try to save someone, but what happened in Orcus happen once again, if i can't do anything again... I-... Just what am I'm supposed to-]

*poke*

Izanami [...]

Yuuki [What is it now Izana-chan...?]

Izana-chan again touch my cheek softly with her short triangular shapped arm, and then rub herself against me... Maybe she wants attention...?

Yuuki [No... Maybe I'm the one that needs attention...]

My hearth calms down with Izana-chan's help, and again, I confront the dilemma in my hands...

I couldn't change the future, to save Hajime was something I couldn't do-

Yuuki [But it's not impossible...]

There was a time, years ago. I can remember someone beautifull, smiling to me with so much dearness... I don't know who it was, nor what is that person doing right now, but I'm sure at that time-

Yuuki [-I changed the future...]

There is a method... Even If I don't know it, there exist a way to change the future even for me... If it can't be done directly, at least I want to find someone that can change the future in my place, someone stronger than me... I'm sure someone can do it even if I can't...

Yuuki [Because right now, in this world there are heroes that can change fate itself...]

As I say those words, I "remember" the face of not just the "Strongest in the world" but of that group full of people that can deffinitely change the world, then I fall sleep...