I remember never having many things in my past life; I only remember a few things before I came to this world, but something I'll always remember are those adventure stories featuring a group of heroes, stories like the Argonauts, The Trojan Horse, or the adventures of Thor and Loki in Norse mythology. But that wasn't all. There were also stories from anime and video games, such as Dragon Ball (Little Goku), Vinland Saga, Final Fantasy, Monster Hunter, Castlevania, and finally, One Piece. Now, why do I mention this last one? Well, it's because I was reborn in that world specifically, the world of pirates.
When I was reborn, I didn't fully understand what was happening at first, but as time went by, I realized that I had become a tenryuubito, the greatest noblewoman in this world. And to add to the story, my father is a holy knight.
For most of my life, I never lacked anything. At first, I was worried because, being the third son in the family, I thought there would be a competition for the inheritance or something, but that wasn't the case. The eldest son would inherit the position of family head, while the others would be trained to obtain the position of holy knight of the family, if necessary. Speaking of family, mine is the Manmayer family.
But back to the point, at first, I let myself be carried away by the noble life; I didn't become arrogant—after all, I've watched One Piece, and I know these guys are scum—because I tried not to become that and just sneak around, being trained by my father and that sort of thing.
As time went on, I realized I felt empty. I was in this fantasy world where a nobody could become a legend with enough effort and luck; it was necessary to be in this bubble where I felt like I had everything and at the same time nothing. I felt this way because this wasn't what I wanted, and then I remembered the epic stories of legend, where a hero and a group of adventurers travel through dungeons, hunting dragons and defeating demon kings. At that moment, I remembered what I wanted; if I was reincarnated in that world, why not take advantage of it and go on an adventure and leave a name for myself as the greatest hero of this world infested with seas and pirates?
And it was at that moment that [System Startup] sounded in my head; that's when I realized that maybe that dream I had wasn't as far off as I thought.
???: "Dante, are you listening???" someone next to me said. I looked where the voice was coming from and replied, "No, why?"
The boy next to me looked at me with a blank expression. This boy is the fourth child of the Alexander family, being 4 years old, two years younger than me, so you could say I'm physically 6 years old; Now, with the mental ones, it's best not to mention them.
It's worth mentioning that my name here is Dante, Dante Manmayer, the second baron son of the family and third among all the sons, making a total of five, but that's not very important.
Alexander: "I was telling you that today we will have fencing lessons with Father, and I'm excited to learn and become a great holy knight in the future who will protect the gods of this world, which are us."
As I listened to all this, I remembered why I didn't pay attention when he spoke: everyone here has a screw loose here or there.
Walking toward the training hall, I remembered that I was going there more than anything to have at least a fairly stable strength for when I get out of this crazy place and embark on my own adventure. That's what I've been training for since last year, since these workouts, at least for now, are quite superficial and are mostly just laying the groundwork for something more elaborate. But I didn't have time, so I've exercised and prepared my body so that when I have to return from here, I'll be ready.
And you might be wondering when I'll set out into the blue sea and forge my legend. Well, that will be when Gol D. Roger dies, since he hasn't died yet, nor has he become the pirate king. However, the Rocks Pirates have been completely disbanded, so I just have to wait and become as strong as possible until that happens.
After the day was over and it was already getting dark, I retired to my room. I told the servants/slaves to leave me alone. And when everyone else was gone, I whispered, "System." I heard in my head: [Starting System: Welcome to the achievement system.]
Dante: "System, tell me the functions and your objective for me," I said that since the system may have a mind of its own, and I want to know how it can help me.
System: [My goal is to help the system owner achieve their goals. My functions are fourfold: One: To award achievement points (AP) based on the achievements the owner has accomplished in the world; the points vary depending on the difficulty of the achievement. Two: Access to a shop where they can redeem the points (AP) they've earned, whether these are items from this world or another. Three: A storage space where they can only store items redeemed through the shop; and Four: A portal where they can travel from one world/universe to another.]
When I heard that, my mind exploded; I didn't know what to think. After a while, I realized that in a way, this system wouldn't help me become stronger but rather reward me for becoming stronger. I was a little disappointed, but not that much, so I decided to go to the shop.
What the shop offered most were tools and some extra functions the system could perform, which I won't mention for now since they're not relevant. Looking at the redemption options, I saw several weapons, including Zanpakutos from the world of Bleach, dragon armor that must be from some medieval game, firearms that reminded me of Call of Duty, and many things I knew and didn't. I finally found one specific weapon, Ea from the Fate series, the first sword King Gilgamesh possessed. I was excited until I saw the price; it had a lot of zeros, and looking at the other weapons or tools, it was the same, leaving me to see that I only had a meager 0 LP.
It's deflated on my bed; I had the weapons and tools to be the greatest hero possible, but I couldn't get it. But at that moment, it occurred to me to ask the system, "System, is there a gift pack?" and I heard the system answer me.
At that time I said to him, "Open the gift pack," and I heard [opening the hero's gift pack], and in front of me, a light appeared, and then a large sword of a peculiar shape appeared, and I heard the system again [Gift Pack: Final Fantasy VII Mortal Sword].