Chapitre 2: Task
When Amon woke up again, he saw a pair of unfamiliar eyes looking at him.
"He looks like the guy who saved the kid yesterday.", Amon thought. He had already recovered most of the body's memory. He was currently in the Tang Empire, one of the three major empires alongside the Han and Yu. The three empires had always been at each other's throat but an all-out war hadn't broken out in a long time.
"How are you feeling?" Amon was dragged back to reality when he heard the boy's savior speaking.
'He's my savior now, I guess.' Amon thought. He had decided to stop referring himself and Li as different people as it would only hurt his head. While he hadn't completely come into terms with his situation, he had at least come to accept that he wasn't going back home anytime soon.
"I feel fine. Thank you for saving me yesterday." He saw the man make a funny face before speaking,
"It's already been three days since then. The servant said they heard a noise come from your room two days ago but when they checked you had already passed out again."
Amon was really surprised to hear that he had been unconscious for three days. Maybe it had something to do with his arrival into this world. He remembered a voice telling him about completing a task if he wanted answers.
"So, what are you going to do next? Would you like to work inside the palace?" The man asked him.
Amon really did not have any idea on what he was going to do next so he nodded when he heard the man's words. His current objective was to get familiar with the world. He would then focus on the task the voice had mentioned although he had no clue what it was.
"Then, follow that maid. She will get you something to eat and afterwards you can get cleaned and change clothes. Then, you can rest until I come back"
The man looked back and signaled the maid who was standing behind him. The maid walked out of the room and with Amon following close behind.
'Everything else can wait. I haven't eaten anything in three days.'
...
It had been three months since Amon had arrived into the new world. The man who had saved him was named Meng. He was the emperor's personal servant and had followed him since the emperor was a prince. Later, he was given the title 'Respectable' after the prince ascended the throne. Amon looked completely different from the malnourished appearance he had when he had just gained the body. He had also been taught reading, palace etiquette and how to serve his master. He only occasionally saw the old man Meng and he really had no problems with it. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize that the old man had already walked up to him and spoke,
"Today, you don't have to go to learn with the maids. Just stay here and wait for them to come." Amon could see that Meng had been looking at him weirdly since he arrived.
'Now that I look at him, he seems to shave his face clean everyday. Now, that I remember it, all men working in the palace don't seem to have any facial hair. Are the blades so advanced here?' Amon continued with his thoughts, 'Wait, weren't only eunuchs allowed to work in the palace so that they don't harm the princesses.'
This trail of thought caused Amon's face to change into one of pure horror as he realized the meaning of the look of pity that Meng was giving him.
"Wai-" Amon couldn't finish what he was going to say when he felt pain on the back of his neck and passed out.
...
It had already been a week since Amon had been turned into an eunuch. He had woke up a day after the procedure was completed and passed out again after realizing the fate of his family jewels.
'If that Bastard Meng had told me about this earlier, I would have never agreed to work inside the palace.'
Amon could only curse at Meng and the one who put him in this situation inside his heart. Right now, he had been transferred to work in the inner palace as a general servant. He hadn't heard the voice again and didn't get any task. Although he managed to realize a few things after familiarizing with the body.
His body was a lot stronger than the average body of the people of this world. His thoughts were also clearer and his mind now had a memory palace with information he had long forgotten or only glanced at.
'These things must be related to how I traveled here and the mysterious voice.' Amon tried to remember if he had already been told about the task before but he couldn't recall anything.
He remembered it was time for his break after he saw his replacement walking towards him. He was about to go the servant's hall for lunch when he heard a 'ding' sound and a panel appeared in front of him.
Amon Fresnel
Clan: Grey
Points: 0
Task: Destroy the Tang Empire.
"Fuck!"
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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