Chapter 2:

Rebirth

The Existential Life of a Mage


My name is Mikado Haikaido. I was a Digital Artist for an Anime Studio before I reached my death after being hit by a truck. 

You wake up. 

You're in a small field. The grass is a deep shade of green, the sun is horribly bright and borderline blinds you.

You see birds flying through the sky, however they seem bigger than you remember. You blink your eyes, and make sure you're seeing everything around you correctly. You stretch your fingers, and most of your body. You seem to be like any other normal person. You have motor control, you and hear, see, and feel like you remember. Then you realize.

"Where the hell am I? Am I alive?" You think in a screaming manner.

You see trees surrounding the field. This place doesn't look like the Japan you knew. You look at yourself. You have ragged clothes on, like you escaped from something, or somewhere.

You feel your face. It's not as rough nor grizzly as you remember, it's smooth and clean, with some hints of acne.

".....AM I A TEENAGER?????" You Yell.

"There's no way I could have lived, ended up in the middle of nowhere, and became younger all at the same time....right?"  You think.

You stand up.

You have no idea of what in the world is happening, but you have no clue what to do, and the only thing you can think of doing is to find a trail or path to put you in a right direction, but the only problem is you don't even know if there's any sort of civilization around you anyway. 

"Lost, I see?" says a voice coming from next to you.
"What?"  you say, as you look around, trying to find the voice you just heard.
"Mikado, welcome to Rokadou. Land of Adventurers, with a bias towards Mages!" says the voice.
"Rokadou, Mages.....was I seriously reborn?" you ask.
"That you were Mikado! You'll learn of your power eventually, but for now head Northeast! You'll find your way to find that power in a certain city in that direction." says the voice.

"Wait....BIAS?!" You remark.

You ask a few more questions, but the voice stops replying. "On my own again I guess."  You think.

"Northeast. wait. How am I supposed to find that out? I don't have a compass. At least I don't think so."  You think to yourself.

You start walking, and find a trail. One of the directional signs you come across says:

North: Cestia City
South: Tai Village

"Well, I THINK I'm going the right way now. I hope."  You Mutter.

As you walk down the trail, people on horseback, by carriage, or even by flying, pass by you, glancing at you for a moment, then looking away. It's probably because you look like an escapee with the clothes you have on currently. 

Your first order of business once you reach this city is to hopefully get normal clothes, truly figure out who you are currently, and if you really do have some sort of power in this new world of mages, swordsman, war, and everything else you could think a world like this would have.

As you walk, you begin to see a tower in the distance, high above huge, white, city walls. 
"That must be the city that voice was talking about."  You say.

You walk up to the gate, and see heavily armored guards. Behind the gate looks like a massive city with long roads, well built buildings, and thousands of people.

"Uhhh..Hello, My name is Mikado." You say.