I’m Lith, Red Lith

Red woke up to the sound of some intense chirping competition outside. He stared at it and decided that he wanted to die, like an epic gamer moment.

He turned his sleeping position to take a good look at his mother who was still asleep and holding him gently. She had high cheekbones that gives her an aura of youth, she has long eyelashes that makes her gaze look like an ever-forgiving mother who would love their child unconditionally, she also had thin eyebrows which looks good when matched with her long eyelashes. She also has black, curly hair, waving slowly downwards to her back.

He turned his head to take a good look at his father, who was already awake and already smiling at him. His father grabbed him by the armpits and carried him softly out of his mother's reach. He placed Red into his arms and slowly got out of the room, and headed towards the door.

When they got outside, his father sat down on a chair and placed Red on his lap while enjoying the fresh air from outside, the smell of bread baking can be smelled not far, and random kids running around without care through the streets.

Red finally took a good look at the area where his family resides. It was most likely the slums looking at some several shady alleyways and the homeless people. He felt pity for them but he couldn't easily empathize with them, because they might have deserved it, or maybe not.

Anyways, he turned to his father and reached out, and his father played with him with his finger. He was giggling but in reality, he was listening intently to people taking while passing their house.

"-Gods those shavists actually decided to steal my game yesterday?! I'll kill them with my sword and I'll make sure that their families would be forgotten after three generations!-"

"-Hey have you heard about Tjifanny? Yeah she recently got pregnant with the king again! That slut! She's lucky she bears the King's bastards, if she didn't, she would most likely be here with us!-"

"-Hey Gheremy, wanna hang out some time? We can catch some game later and spar!-"

"-Sure thing Zsackary! I'll just grab my sword and we can start later!-"

"-The sun is rising from the west and sets on the east. This man is starving and is seeking shelter from the cold, may you kind sires grant me my wish?-"

He was listening but he could barely understand anything, so he decided to make an attempt to talk.

"Waa waa!" He said as he raised his hands up to his dad.

"-Waterfall? What?-" someone replied from another house, looking somewhat anxious as she looked around through her window, before banging it shut.

"-Baby, it's Daaa Daaa!-" his father told him, while gesturing to himself and repeating what looked to be a "daddy".

"Daaaa!" He replied unsurely, but his father happily laughed and patted his head, taking him back inside. He was placed on a chair and watched his dad while he prepared breakfast for them.

Red sat there in contemplation and tried to think out of the box like most MCs would. He tried reaching into the depths of his mind and tried to find any connection about his identity, maybe like a system or an Earth's Blessing thing.

After a few minutes of searching and shouting in his mind "System Activate!", a sudden click resounded in his mind and a hologram appeared in front of him.

[GREETINGS USER! WELCOME TO THE CURYLAN UNIVERSE! A UNIVERSE WAITING TO BE CONQUERED BY YOU, A FUTURISTIC WEEB IN THIS ANCIENT WORLD! THE SYSTEM WILL HELP YOU KEEP TRACK OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HELP YOU BUILD YOUR KINGDOM FROM SCRATCH. (and we won't give you OP boosts, so zip it)]

Red stared at the screen absent-mindedly and shook his head in dismay.

'I thought that all systems give Op boosts, what's with my system?' He wailed internally.

[THE SYSTEM LACKS COMPLETE DIVINITY AND HAS NOT YET RECEIVED SUFFICIENT HEAVENLY TRIBULATIONS, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THE SYSTEM IS A BABY (uwu) SO THE SYSTEM CANNOT GIVE YOU YOUR DESIRED OP BOOSTS]

He was shocked at the uwu reference but just shook his head and continued looking at the screen, and thought that he would need to grow up with the system so that he can make others grow strong, but he wouldn't give the system to anyone anyways.

[THE SYSTEM IS SPREADED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MULTIVERSE. I AM CURRENTLY GAINING MUCH MORE DIVERSE TECHNIQUES, ABILITIES, SKILLS, AND MANY MORE AS WE SPEAK. SO DON'T WORRY THAT MUCH, YOU'D GET YOUR OP STUFF ONCE SOMEONE FROM A RANDOM UNIVERSE REACHES ETHEREAL DIVINITY. ALSO I CHOOSE WHO I GIVE MYSELF TO, NOT YOU OKAY]

'wait so I'm basically begging for others to carry me?! Like some noob who doesn't know how to play?! AND I'M BEING CARRIED BY SOMEONE WHO HAS REACHED SOME ETERNAL DIVINE STUFF-'

[*ETHEREAL DIVINITY]

'-shut up. I CANNOT ACCEPT THIS TREATMENT! GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY!'

[YOU'RE BROKE]

'MONEY!'

Red kept squabbling with the system while trying to calm his heart down. HE HAS A SYSTEM! AND HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE BLESSING THIS UNIVERSE WITH ANIME! HOW COOL IS THAT?! So the first thing Red did was squeal, which caused his father to pinch his cheeks and initiating cheek torture 101

After quite some time, he was finallt let go and was brought to his mom's chest, who was already awake, to drink some tiddy milk.

[WHY]

because.

When Red was finished, his mom placed him on some weird baby carrier and was brought outside once more. He felt safe in the weird contraption, plus he can eavesdrop on people even though he can't understand them.

"-Look, at this amalgamation of Fire and Wood magic I learned! Burning Passion: Wood Verse! TRAPPING EMBER!-"

"-Holy Shavist dude! What level is that?!-"

"-A Level 1 Rank 1 Spell! Drool on that!-"

Red watched intently on the magic some random dude casted, fascinated by seeing both green and red lights merging into one magic circle and forming an unbreakable spell. He so desperately wanted to try it but he has no idea how to, so he only sulked in his mother's cradle.

He closed his eyes and continued feeling for anything in the air, or maybe a sliver of magic he can grab and call his own. But sadly, it wouldn't happen no matter how hard he tried, so he stopped what he was doing and continued trying to piece together what everyone was saying around him.

....

10 months has passed after Red was born.

Red could be seen crawling around the house while his mom was preparing a meal. Red crawled under the table and sat down, sighed, and opened the system.

'Open Demon Slayer Episode 1'

[TO OPEN ONE EPISODE OF "Demon Slayer" USER MUST FULFILL REQUIREMENTS:

•Learn a Level 1 Rank 0 Skill

•Learn Sword Wielding]

He sighed again and closed the window

'Goddamit, if only I could watch any anime I wanted. What's the purpose of having a futuristic system if I can't even watch anime.'

"Red? Come to mama~ Food is ready!" Lilith shouted from the kitchen. After 9 months of listening and grinding his brain, he can finally understand some words his mom and dad were saying.

He also impressed them by learning to stand at 8 months, which also almost brought them a heart attack with how many times he fell trying to walk. He also started speaking "Daddy" and "Mommy" in the foreign language which made both his parents proud.

He crawled over to the kitchen and when he was next to his mother, he stood up and pulled at her skirt. She looked down to see her sunshine and she smiled widely, picking the boy up and started breastfeeding him.

'Although this seems immoral for me, I still need the calcium so I can start practicing magic. Talking about magic, I wonder if I can bring novels from my past life here?'

[RESPONSE TO USER'S QUERY, ALL FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT CAN BE CARRIED OVER TO THIS UNIVERSE, ALTHOUGH THE SYSTEM MORE OR LESS ACTIVATED BECAUSE OF ANIME, IT IS NOT TABOO TO START BUILDING YOUR EMPIRE WITH NOVELS FROM THE TECHNO-PLAIN UNIVERSE (A.K.A. Your Past Universe)]

'Well that's one down I guess'

As he was drinking milk, he waved his tiny hands around and tried controlling the small wisp he sees in his mind space. Ever since he can understand speech, he desperately listened to Mages explaining to their Disciples how to manipulate magic. Apparently, it was common knowledge, but only a few people can manipulate the Earth's elements and Heaven's will so the information was basically free real estate.

As he held the image of a small spark in his mind stronger, a small spark manifested in front of his mother, who almost dropped him in shock. She stared at the small spark in front of her and looked at the boy in her arms, who was now detached from her breast and happily clapping.

Flored walked in to witness his son exhibiting magic and his wife's face dripping with joyful tears. He stared at the two and hugged them together, happy that he actually had such a child, a potential genius, who can manipulate magic.

After the small hug, Red fell asleep almost immediately which made the couple smile and kiss each other due to extreme happiness.

"Who knew Truyle was correct? Our son indeed can manipulate magic! Do you think we must entrust him to the Council and let him become an Advanced Apprentice there?" Flored asked his wife while taking the babe from her arms and taking it into his.

"No, I think we should earn a lot of money first to let him enter the Culv Academy, so he can have a better future than some street magician. You know what they do to Mages in the Council, they usually get scammed and end up performing street tricks to get by" Lilith replied and kissed Red with affection. They both nodded their heads and grabbed a jar and started putting their money in it, just to save up for their child.

What they didn't know though, was Red was actually listening to their conversation. He teared up inside and promised that he'll do his best at magic to repay them.

'I'll definitely repay this. I'll become a successful mage and I'll get them out of the slums, even if it takes eternities!'

[ADDED MISSION:

MAGE CHAMPION (SSS)

:WITH YOUR DETERMINATION, YOU SET YOUR EYES ON THE VERY PEAK OF MAGUS AND TO ELEVATE YOUR FAMILY'S LIFE, EVEN IF IT TAKES YOUR LIFE. BECAUSE YOU ARE LITH, RED LITH (get it?)

DURATION: none

FAILURE: Lose your hard-worked magic and start from scratch again

SUCCESS: Free Race creation]