My name is Tanzawa Hayato, 17 years old.

I'm an ordinary highschool student and My hobby is playing baseball and tenis but because my childhood friend asked me, I became a member of a Literature Club.

My childhood friend is always popular since elementary school and I always got along with her and because of that I always constantly became the subject of jealousy from the boys around me.

I spent my highscool days just like any other boys around my age, except for the fact that I never got a girlfriend. Everytime I tried to get closer to a girl I like they always suddenly put a distance between us just when I think we got a nice atmosphere between the two of us, I wonder if it's something I do....

Anyway, I pent my days ordinarily without anything extraordinary happened, until autumn in my second years.

On that day, I was just on my way back from a concert. Because the usual road I take is in construction, I decided to take a shortcut through a quite empty road. When I walking down that road absent-mindedly, someone suddenly jump out in front of me and startled me.

Without any words, he jump at hacked me with a machette he hide behind his back previously. Because I was so surprised by the suddenness of the situation I couldn't avoid the machette coming down at me.

Amidst the all pain and screaming I heard the man muttered something along the lines of "If only you didn't exist, she would've been mine." 

At that moment I realized who he is, he probably one of my childhood friend's stalker.

After enduring for quite a long time, the pain is finally stopped and what I felt is only a floating sensation but I can't move any part of my body.

-Do you want another chance to live?

What?

Suddenly a voice that unclear belongs to a woman or a man resounded in my head.

-Do you want another chance to live?

The same question were being asked again. Although I didn't quite understand my situation I can somehow imagine what situation I'm in. The one who spoke directly to my mind are probably the so called God and he/she is offering me a second chance to live my life. Without hesitation I answered immediately.

Yes

-Good, I will impart the necessary knowledge about the world you will live in from now on.

Huh? 'The world I will live in from now on'? Does that mean I won't back to Earth again?

In the next moment I found myself standing inside a forest. While I surveying my surroundings in a daze suddenly a felt a dull pain inside my head.

"Aarrgghhk!"

Many unknown knowledge entered my brain. It's probably the knowledge about this world that mentioned before by the god.

The knowledge contained various stuff such as the common sense of the people from this world, various intelligent race that has dealing with humans, humans country and so on.

But the one intrigued me the most is the fact that this is a world where swords and magic and also skills exist.

Skills is a special ability that almost everyone in this world possess, but because the majority of those skill are so insignificant such as a skill that allowed you to not get hurt when you bump your little toe or a skill that make you can jump 10 cm higher, and because the fee to check your skill is quite high, most of ordinary people do not bother to check it to the church because they thought if they were to have a skill they can found out about it eventually in their everyday life,  that's why most of the people in this world didn't even notice they have a skill.

At that moment I can feel myself grinning in excitement. Not just because I'm now inside a world of swords and magic, but also because that apparently I have a skill called 'Appraisal: Persona'

From the knowledge I have, appraisal didn't have the ability to identify all kind of things but it's divided between different types, and each kind can only used for one categories such as for identifying minerals for example. In my case, my apraisal can only be used on people or any creature that has a certain level of intelligence.

Usually people need to go to the church or any related establishment to check their own skill, but with this Appraisal: Persona, I can check everyone's skill by myself.

Maybe I can make a living with this?

With such thoughts in my head I tried it on myself.

"Woah! I have more than 2 skills! Thank you God!"

A skill with significant ability like appraisal is already a big deal, but I have 5! Although one of them have a name that kinda insulting the other three is not some cheap ass skills from the looks of it! I need to check what kind of effects they have!

3 days later...

I sat under a large tree while pondering.

The result of this 3 days is that I only found out about the ability of only one of my skills apart from appraisal, and that is Survival and Moral.

It's ability is to create a food I have already eaten before.

It's useful but, I can't help but a bit dissapointed that it's not a skill with cool ability like a protagonist from light novel and manga possess.

As for the other 3 I don't have a single clue about what it is from the name so I keep pondering about it since yesterday.

"Aaaaahhhhhhh!!!!"

While I was pondering like that suddenly I heard a girl scream in the distance. I reflexively stood up and run at the source of the scream with anticipation.

This is it! This is probably a heroine encounter event! Maybe I will also found out more about my other skills!

After traversing the forest for quite a distance I arrived at a riverbanks and found a man dressed completely in black laying unconcious.

I'm sure I the scream from before was a girl's voice, but why did I found a man here? Am I started hallucinating because of loneliness?

I feel a bit dissapointed but there's no helping it.

"Sigh...too bad I didn't immediately meet my heroine after coming to this world."

I lament as such while dragging him toward the forest. 

Oh right, maybe I should use appraisal on him.

When I see the result I couldn't help but shocked.

"This...."

He's clearly not someone ordinary right? And why there's a skill with grey name and question marks?

With such question in my head popping up one after another I keep dragging the man into the forest.

~~~

"My name is Tanzawa Hayato."

Hayato introduced himself with a bright smile at the man in front of him. But he didn't give him any response which make Hayato a bit nervous.

"Umm... Can I know what's yours?"

"...Hart. Hart Ravenhair."

"Ohh so you're name is Hart huh. By the way Hart-san were you an adventurer by any chance?"

"No, I'm just a traveller."

"I-is that so."

Hayato became a bit disapointed hearing Hart's answer.

He was hoping to get introduced to a guild and became an adventurer, because from the knowledge he had, the Adventurers Guild are the best place to get a job for nobody like him. And also if he became an adventurer, the chance of meeting someone who knows about his skills is high.

Of course he can search such people by asking around but without someone backing him, he afraid he would be taken advantage of by some organization or the country if by some chance his skills has powerful destructive ability.

Although he knew this is a world where the weak is trampled, he didn't want to do such things.

"Do you have any goal for being a traveller?"

Hart didn't give him any answer again, but after a few minutes he answered with a single word.

"...Home."

"I...see..."

As I thought, maybe he's someone amazing with a dark past. I wonder what he's thinking while staring at the fire since earlier?

Meanwhile this 'someone amazing with a dark past', is thinking...

Gosh, why did this guy keep trying to make conversation? I know it feels awkward being together with a stranger but just bear with it will you.

...such meaningless things.

Suddenly Hart heard someone's stomach rumbling.

He raise his head to see Hayato holding his stomach in embarassment.

"Ahahahah... I guess I'm a bit hungry because I forgot to eat."

Hart reach out to his bag to take some food from inside.

Well, I guess sharing some food with someone who save me is no problem.

But just as he was rummaging through his bag, he noticed Hayato is holding something in his hand from the corner of his vision, and when he looked up his jaw dropped open after seeing a figure of the ever familiar yet nostalgic food in his memory, A Hamburger.

Noticing the look on his face as a look of shock and confusion, Hayato who was just about to bit into the burger decided to explain.

"Ohh this? This is called a Hamburger, it's a common food from where I came from."

"Wh-where did you get that?"

"It's from my skill, I can make any food that I have eaten before."

"I-is that so."

And their conversation come to a halt again.

Noticing Hart glancing at his burger from time to time, Hayato decided to make another one and offered it to him.

"Umm...do you want one?"

Hart show a slight hesitation but eventually took the burger from Hayato.

As he bit into it, Hart couldn't help but feel emotional.

Ahh, this nostalgic taste from the juicy patty, the freshness of the lettuce and the slight sourness from the tomatoes...this is really a burger. How nostalgic, I'm gonna tear up....or not.

Looking at Hart eating his burger with an expressionless look on his face, Hayato became a bit more worried that his burger didn't suit the taste of the people from this world.

"Umm was it not to your liking?"

Hart didn't answer him immediately until he finish eating the whole thing.

"No, it's really delicious."

"Is that so, I'm glad."

"By the way, you ask me before if I'm an adventurer or not, were you planning to become an adventurer?"

"Yes I am"

"Why?"

"I think being an adventurer is cool. Defeating powerful monsters and saving people from danger, exploring unknown ruins and such is a man's dream!"

And then he started fidgeting and speaking in an embarassed tone of voice.

"Also...I hope to met a cute and kind girl as my party member and then we will gradually get closer with each of our adventures...and then...you know..."

After hearing his reason Hart couldn't help but looking at him pitifully. He stood up, walks towards him and slap him in the face really hard he stumbled to the side.

*Slap*

"Ouch! Why are you suddenly slap me? E-even my father never laid a hand on me!"

"Does it hurt?"

"Of course it does!"

"Good."

"What's so good about it?"

Hart grab him by the collar and started speaking rapidly.

"Now listen here you little shit, this is reality and not some kind of fantasy generated by your dick brain. Do you think being an adventurer is a 'fluffy-merry-go-happy' kind of occupation? Adventurer is an ocupation where most of them are killed before they could even make a name for themselves, and there are only less than 10% who survived and actually make a name for themselves because it's an occupation where you could even be killed just by going to collect some herbs if you let your guard down. And what you said again? Find a cute girl for you to adventure with? If she's really cute, there's no way she would become an adventurer unless she's someone very ambitious or have a strong backing or a weirdo, because such girl could use her face to become a singer, dancer, or maybe an actress in a theater and it will be more stable and have higher income than being an adventurer. Now get this into your head. GET REAL."

"I-I'm sorry..."

Hayato can only respond with those words after Hart finish speaking.

Hart put him down and go back to his spot whereas Hayato fell into a dazed after hearing Hart spoke.

Hart peek at Hayato's dazed expression for one last time before going to sleep.

Ahhh...venting your stress at other people is really refreshing! Not to mention I did it in a way where you can see it as a life advice so that if he somehow became OP in the future he won't try to get back at me for this incident. Not bad, Me!