*ring* *ring* *ring*

“Ugh!”

The loud ringing of the alarm ringtone woke me up right away. As with every morning, I struggle to switch it off in my groggy state.

“Haa…”

With a heavy and defeated sigh, I just put my head under the pillow and screamed like a maniac. The alarm snoozed a few minutes later and I could finally close my eyes again.

“Wake up!”

A certain something hit my head, causing me to jump right up.

“Eugh…”

I rubbed the bump that came out from the spot where I was hit. The pretty woman glaring at me folded her arms and screamed at me. She was wearing a pant suit with her hair done into a ponytail.

“Move your butt! You need to make money to pay your rent!”

My ex girlfriend. The two of us have been together for two years in the past. We shared many beautiful moments together. Well, that’s what I’d like to say since reality isn’t always good.

I was dumped in my second year of college.

After that, I became a loser that started getting lazy and after a while, I quit my course in my math degree. My parents kicked me out for wasting their money and time. I was treated as an eyesore and lost contact with them.

The one I turned to was my ex.

Doesn’t get more degrading than that, does it?

“I ironed your suit so get your butt up.”

She threw my suit on the couch I was laying on. Despite her feisty personality, she’s a good person.

‘That’s why I’ll diligently go to work.’

With renewed vigour, I got up from the couch ready to start the day.

I opened the window to smell the fresh air. Well, mostly because I farted after getting up.

“What a beautiful morni–“

I quietly closed the window after seeing the downpour of rain.

‘Right. It’s still winter.’

I walked to the bathroom and looked into the bathroom mirror.

“Hey there, handsome~”

Despite what I said, the face staring back at me was a face resembling a pig. I still had acne even though I’m already 25. My hairline was badly receding.

“Sniff…”

And my body odour was so smelly that it was suffocating.

‘Go figures why she dumped me.’

After brushing my teeth and combing my hair, I exited the bathroom and put on my clothes.

“She already left?”

The apartment was quiet as I finished up. My breakfast was on the table when I went into the kitchen.

After finishing my breakfast, I put on my coat, locked the apartment and then went off to work.

It was so cold that I shivered when the wind blew into my neck. I knew I should’ve bought a scarf when I went to shop for clothes last week.

As I waited for the bus to come by, I saw three boys pushing around a high school girl from across the street. They grabbed her bag and tossed it to each other, cackling as she struggles to get it back.

“What the hell man.”

I decided to ignore their childishness. The honking od the bus came from down the street as I smoked my cigarette.

“Kyaaa!”

The girl then slipped on the street when she chased after the boy that ran with her schoolbag.

“Shit!”

I spat out the cigarette and hurriedly ran to get the girl away from the oncoming traffic.

‘These damn chubby legs!’

I had no choice but to push her from the momentum of my slide across the street. She looked back at me with widened eyes when she got out of harm’s way.

The people around me began screaming followed by the honking of vehicles. Some tried stopping but that was futile considering the slippery road.

“Ah.”

All noise was blocked out even as the giant truck neared me. I saw my reflection when I gazed down at the ground.

I wore a smile.

The truck’s front part hit me so hard that I was sent flying through the air.

‘Clementine?’

As my consciousness wavered, I caught sight of my girlfriend with her hands on her mouth with a shocked expression on her face.

That was all I could see as I crashed into a construction building’s wall and saw pillars drop on me through my hazy state.

‘This is where I die huh…?’

◇◇◇

In a remote village with fewer than 2000 residents, a miracle is about to happen. The miracle of life.

“Push, madam!”

The maid screamed as she held the pregnant woman’s hand. The physician and doctor carefully looked under the blanket as a certain something was squeezed outwards from the woman’s privates.

----!!!

Her roar shook the entire village as she screamed in pain.

“It’s a boy! Congratulations madam!”

They quickly washed the baby and wrapped him in a blanket. The residents of the village all entered the house to see their new neighbour.

He had light brown hair just like his beautiful mother, green eyes resembling jade and a mole under his lip. He’s sure to be a handsome boy in the future.

They then heard the galloping and neighing of a horse followed by the clanking of boots. The front door burst open, revealing a handsome young man wearing knight attire. He threw down his sword and armour and went into the room his wife was located.

He stopped in his tracks when he saw the baby in her arms. The baby was looking at him too as if to identify who all these people are.

The handsome knight then broke out into tears. The people including the doctor left after congratulating them. They wouldn’t want to disturb such a warm scene.

“Thank you for giving me such a cute boy, Eleanor.”

The man, George hugged his wife and his baby.

Eleanor had a warm smile on her face. She stroked her baby’s head with gently.

“What should we call him?” Her husband then gazed seriously at her.

This was the most important after all.

“Hm… since he is a boy then..” She then decided. “Clyde.”

“Clyde huh? That’s a wonderful name.”

They were actually expecting a girl and never considered a boy would be coming out.

“Yes. It was grandfather’s name after all.”

Both parents looked at the baby with warm smile while–

‘Where am I!?’

The baby Clyde, is a reincarnated individual from another world. His journey begins now.

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A/N: I tend to make prologues shorter as I do with side stories as well. Please note that this is the original story of SR. i have about 34 chapters at the moment and will mass release for you guys. I hope you like Clyde-kun's journey😁

In the future, I'm planning on making a revised version of this story to add more depth into the world(I have a lot of ideas, plotholes to fix and explanations to add). I also want to publish that one once I'm confident enough and have an editor to approve of my work.

That will likely only happen once I come a certain point in this version. I'm done with two chapters of the revised so far. And trust me, it's going to be far longer than this one. Clyde's first years will be explained of how he trained his magic and such. Many details are left out of this version because I want to publish the revised one after adding the necessary details.( I sound like a parrot I know)

I hope you all enjoy the story. Become a fan and support me, Nanashi_17.

DL & ETD are just stepping stones for me to make better stories.(Although they are still important to me) This will be my first ever BIG story so wish me luck.