NOVEL SIMPLE Waking Up
[James Pov]
I felt myself waking up after what seemed to be a very prolonged period of sleep. I could feel my body was extremely tired and weary. I tried to remember what happened the night before, but I couldn’t think of anything. My mind felt hazy, and I found it difficult to even recall anything I did after l left work.
‘Maybe I bought a really strong drink on the way home’
There would be some Fridays where I would spoil myself and I would buy a bottle of alcohol just to enjoy myself and drink my loneliness away.
‘The hangover has never been this bad though... lemme go make a cup of coffee and maybe I’ll feel alright’
As I tried to get out of bed though, I was assailed by an sudden and agonizing pain that started ravaging my body.
“Argh! Fuck!”
It was excruciating. I can’t remember having to experience such pain ever in my life and I can’t even think of something that I could compare it to. I could feel it in almost every part of my body. From my head, my limbs, my lungs and my stomach, even my heart. It felt as if my whole body was about to shut down on me as something was eating me up on the inside but I can’t even pinpoint any part of my body where it seems to be hurting a little less, as if it was making sure it was not discriminating and wanted to thoroughly tear me down without leaving even a single stone unturned.
“Aaah, it, it hurts”
I jolt up and toss and turn around the bed for what I think is a couple of minutes and just when I feel as if I can’t bear it anymore and I am about to pass out, the pain finally subsides. Even though I might feel a little better now, I can still feel as if something is moving and crawling along my skin, even down to the very marrow of my bones.
“Haa Haa, what, what was that?”
That was a bit scary and bit too painful for a hangover, and I can’t help but wonder what the hell happened last night. I choose not to dwell on it too much though, maybe I’ll head to the hospital, hopefully they will know exactly what is wrong with me.
“Wait... W-Where am I?”
When I open my eyes and look around the room and I am greeted by unfamiliar surroundings. The ceiling, the bed, the wardrobes, the study desk, everything that I had gotten accustomed to seeing when I woke up was completely different from what I remember and looked to be much better and much more extravagant.
Thinking that my eyes are deceiving me, I look around the room again and realise it truly is way too big and opulent to be mine.
Everything is much grander and luxurious, the bed sheets are much silkier and softer, the bed was also way too big, much bigger than even a king sized one for sure.
“What the hell is going on?”
After taking a much closer look at my body, I find that it is also much different from what I remember. I mean, my body was always feminine but no matter how much I despised it at times, I never truly hated it. It was more of a nuisance, but I would never really want to change it, well I would but not by this much, I am a practically a completely different person right now.
‘I need a mirror’
I quickly rushed out of bed but as I stood on my feet, my body was quickly assailed by a strong rush of vertigo. I also felt another mild pain all over my body, making it hard to stand but after a few seconds, it was much more manageable, but I feel exceedingly weak and that feeling of something crawling all over my body appears again but it subsides, only slightly enough for it to feel as if it’s nothing but a minor itch, I really need to get it checked out later though but there’s much more pressing issues right now.
I walk up to a full-length mirror adjacent to the wardrobe and take a good look at myself.
‘Yeah, it’s completely different alright’
I was now a woman through and through.
The silky smooth curly brown hair I had grown to love was now a sleek dark violet color that would be easy to be mistaken for black and it fell over my shoulders, with small fringe bangs over my forehead. I now had an oval shaped face with sharp facial features, big round velvet-colored eyes, a high bridged nose and full cherry pink lips.
I now stood at a height of about 1.75 meters or 5 feet 7 inches, a slight but not that significant of an increase in regard to my old height. I can’t really tell how old I am by my looks due to the proportions of my body, but my face does seem to have a hint of immaturity, so this body is probably around the ages of 16 to 19.
I now had decently sized breasts, about C or D cup, I’m not really sure, never been that much of a boob person. They were large enough for a man with big hands to sink into though.
‘Why am I thinking about that as if it matters’
Anyway... I also had a small, narrow waist that went down to delicate yet very curvy hips giving way to a nice round ass on my slender build.
All in all, I looked like a hot and sexy young woman with an hourglass-like figure with lightly tanned white skin, wearing a loose nightdress that fell midway to my silky-smooth thighs.
If there was any doubt in my mind before, now there’s no denying it, I am in a completely different world.
‘There’s really no way right, well let’s see if this will work and respond to me’
I take a deep breath and say out loud
“System”
[Yes Host]
A gentle, soothing yet androgynous sounding voice rang out in my head.
“...”
I was stunned.
I mean, I thought I was taking it quite well but hearing this voice in my brain really hit it home. I was no longer on Earth; I truly died and woke up in a completely different world in a completely different body.
It all felt surreal and even after a few minutes, I was still processing it.
[Is the situation proving to be difficult for you Host?]
“...”
*Sigh*
“No, I... I’m fine. Just had to clear my head a bit”
When I truly think about it, there’s not really a downside to this. I had nothing to really live for. My parents are both long gone, and nobody will truly miss me, apart from all the people who used to ogle at me and had some designs about me but never truly went through with them, (not that I actually care about them but yeah), apart from that, there’s really nothing for me to be all emotional about.
I’m in a new world and in a new body even if it’s a woman’s one, I’ve practically been treated like one all my life already so maybe this is my chance to really be one.
It seems like my family is well off judging by the opulence of the room and just by looking at myself in that mirror, I could practically see the inborn arrogance and pride this body of mine sort of naturally exudes, so I think I will be pretty fine, I might even be some sort of princess or young miss or something.
‘That makes me much happier than it should though, maybe this body is influencing me without me noticing’
All in all, this is quite a good situation I have found myself in.
Even better I was transmigrated instead of starting out as a baby with adult memories, that would’ve been a bit weird for me to get used to.
“Haah”
After taking a deep breath, calming myself, I finally felt ready to ask some much-needed questions and figure out how this happened, I still can’t remember exactly how I died after all, in fact, I can’t remember much at all, all I can recall is that it was Friday and work finished a bit late, nothing unusual for weekends.
“System, you can answer some of my questions, right?”
[I will try to answer to the best of my abilities Host but as a disclaimer, I can’t answer questions that I do not have the knowledge to.]
