Episode 1: Have I Transmigrated?!

"Master, wake up."

"Who's talking?" He frowned and held his head.

"Master! Please wake up!"

He slowly opened his heavy eyes. There seemed to be a smell of blood in the air. Maybe he imagined it. The first thing he saw was a small cat sitting on his stomach and yelling at him.

'Ah, it's just a talking cat...'

He felt so exhausted that he just wanted to close his eyes, forget everything and just have a good sleep. But something felt seriously wrong.

'Wait...a talking cat?'

He opened his eyes in fright and realised it was not a dream. There really was a talking cat sitting on top of him. It has white fur and quite small for a normal cat. Only the size of a palm or maybe even smaller.

"Master, you're finally awake. You gotta run now, otherwise we will die!"

"Ah! It's a talking cat!"

He got up in fright but suddenly felt sharp pain from his right arm. He glanced at his hand and realised there was a deep slash wound on his arm and blood was continuously oozing out of the ghastly cut that now looked a little purple.

''What is this? What is going on?! Ugh!"

He yelled and groaned in pain but this does not seem to be a dream no matter how much he tried to wake up. He finally glanced at the most unbelievable thing in his present situation, which was the talking cat. The cat seemed to notice his confusion and explained.

"Master, I'm Autumn, your system. I would like to explain in detail but unfortunately, we do not have the luxury of time. We must run!"

He finally seemed to realised something and hurriedly asked, "Have I transmigrated?! Seriously? And in a situation like this? And why am I bleeding?! Ugh!"

He groaned again in pain and held his head too. His entire body felt like it was ripping apart. But he somehow endured and remained conscious. He was pretty used to getting beaten up as a child but this was still on another level.

"I will explain everything later but please leave now!"

"You keep insisting we run. But run from what?"

As if to answer him, voices came from outside the cabin. Right, a cabin. Only now did he notice that he was actually lying on the floor of a small wooden cabin, probably a storage shed. But why was he here? What is going on? These questions will only be answered later as the cat told him already.

Putting off his curiosity and questions, he slowly got up from the floor where he was sitting and came to the door of the cabin. He put his ear to the door to try and listen to the talking men outside. What he heard made his scalp go numb and a cold chill ran down his spine.

"Where did that troublesome brat go? We almost had him!"

A frustrated voice came from the other side of the door. Immediately afterwards, another calm voice responded, "Calm down. He's just a kid less than 15 years old, must be nearby. Look around and check every corner."

The voice was calmer than the first person's, but it felt more dangerous to him. He could already feel cold sweat drenching his back. Whoever these men were, they were obviously not good people, and especially dangerous for him. What should he do now? They would find him here sooner or later!

"I'll go check that cabin."

He held his breath. If someone checked the cabin, he would surely get caught. He hurriedly looked around to find a place to run or hide, but there was nothing of use here.

"Master, do this."

Creak.

The door opened with a sound. The burly man with bloating muscles looked around the cabin. There was a cupboard inside, the only place big enough to hide a person.

"Hm?"

The man made his way to the cupboard. He put his hand on the handle and pulled.

Creak.

The cupboard door creaked due to being old and pulled too hard. He ran his eyes around. There was nothing inside. Only some very old cutlery of poor quality and some broken shards, along with dust accompanying the whole place.

"Cough cough!"

The burly man coughed hard due to inhaling some dust. He hurriedly shut the cupboard door as fast as he had opened it and left the cabin. The men outside saw him coming out and inquired about the situation inside.

"There is just dust everywhere. Nothing else. Cough cough!"

"Maybe he ran towards the forest?"

"In the middle of the night? The kid must be brave. Haha!"

The men started yelling and laughing and made their way towards the forest. The sound of their footsteps slowly vanished towards the forest. After their shadows completely disappeared, the door of the cabin creaked open, and a little head poked out.

"Master, it is safe now."

"Hah... Thank God."

He exhaled slowly and lay down flat on the floor again. Just before the man opened the door, Autumn asked him to use his magic to hide himself. He was really confused because he just came to this world. How was he supposed to know how to use magic? Thankfully, unlike most novels where the system is pretty much useless in helping the main lead, his own system is pretty reliable.

"Master, the magic in this world works on imagination. Just imagine yourself being invisible or something."

"Imagination..." If there was anything he was confident in, it was his imaginations. As a novel reader, his thought process was pretty flexible. Without wasting any time he hurriedly started imagining himself being invisible. He felt some kind of warmth wrap around him and he slightly relaxed his tense shoulders. Then the door opened.

At first, he thought the burly man was looking at him, but he relaxed after realising that he was wrong. After the men left towards the forest, Autumn checked the surroundings and informed him that they were really gone.

"Master, this is not the time to relax. We must leave. Once they realise that you are not inside the forest, they will immediately come back here."

"I know, I know. But I'm exhausted. Did I use too much mana or whatever you call it here?"

Autumn ran its eyes across his body and he felt like every inch of him was scanned. It was pretty uncomfortable.

"No, Master. It is not about your mana. But it looks like someone gave you an anti-mana potion. Do you recall drinking it?"

"I don't recall anything! Also, what is an anti-mana potion?"

"An anti-mana potion is a low class potion, very common. It is used to temporarily block the use of mana. Therefore, even if you have mana, you are unable to fully utilise it."

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