Reincarnated Into Atelier Tanaka As Artoria Pendragon

Chapter 2

I wake up to a stream of sunlight on my face, the first thing I see is a tree branch, so I really am reincarnated huh? still. I can't believe that damned goddess gave me a curse that I can only fall in love with a man, I'm not gay! though, It is my fault in the first place. But there's no way I deserve this, I'll look for a cure so I can spend my whole second life without worrying I would fall for a man.

After that declaration, I stood up and... the first thing I noticed is that.. I'm wearing a ridiculous outfit, a blue dress combined with an armor, this looked familiar for some reason, second is.. there's something bulging on the chest area of my armor... And I just noticed I'm a lot more shorter now, my hair also got longer and golden blonde, I could see them thanks to the two side bangs that reached my shoulders.

The most importantly is my lower part, I don't feel any weight down there, I put my hand there to see if my "son" is still there but I couldn't feel anything, which means...

I'm a girl now.

Ah, so that was the curse for, now that I'm a girl I'll be forced to fall in love with a man which would seems normal on the outside, but, It won't be for me since I am still a guy inside, I'll never trust a goddess ever again.

Then, a strong headache hit me.

I fell to my knees and hold my head as strong as I could in hope to reduce the pain.

"rgh... ugh.." It hurts, really hurts, I feel like I could pass out any moment, what is this, it feels like my head is hit by an iron baseball bat in repeat.

An image flashes before me... no, it's more like someone's memories and I'm somehow feel like I'm inside it, I'm in the perspective of the person who owns the memory and it feels like I'm the one who experience it...

"Excalibur"

"Camelot"

"Artoria Pendragon"

"Knights of the Round Table"

"The Knight of Treachery"

"Battle of Camlann"

"Britain"

"The Holy Grail"

The pain finally started to subside.

"..hah..hah..hah.."

What the hell was that? Artoria Pendragon... that name sounds familiar, was that the memories of this body..? the headache is gone now and I can finally try to remember...

...I remember now. Artoria Pendragon is the female counterpart of King Arthur from a series called Fate, I may be an otaku but I'm pretty much was just obsessed with videogames instead of manga and anime, though I do watch and read some of them, so that's why I didn't recognize the new body that goddess gave me, It would've been better If she gave me Musashi miyamoto or Arthur Pendragon's body instead.

My knowledge of Fate series isn't much, I've only watched fate/stay night unlimited blade works and knew that the original vn was going to be a shoujo game instead of an eroge, and I'm more interested with Arthur Pendragon from Fate/prototype, so I read about him in the wiki, Artoria is cute sure, but I prefer the original male Arthur.

I stood up again and look around my surroundings, I can only see trees everywhere, I'm inside a forest it seems, alright. I better not dwell too much on my change and start to see if I have the holy sword Excalibur with me.

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I don't see the Excalibur around, until I remember the headache before was a knowledge transferred to my brain, it was a massive amounts of information so I guess that's why it hurts, and that pain makes me forgotten it for a few minutes.

That damn goddess should also give me a warning, okay. From the knowledge that transferred to my brain, if I want to use the Excalibur, I need to summon it first, It seems that Goddess reincarnated me as a half heroic spirit, I still have the servant trait, but since I'm only half that means I'll also need to eat and sleep.

I decide to try summon the Excalibur, I close my eyes and focus on my magical energy, even though I've never done something like this before, my body does it on instinct, the branches and leaves around me rustle as the sword concealed in wind start to form in my hands.

I can feel it through my gauntlets, my hands gripping on the handle, it feels pretty heavy but I can pretty much lift and swing it around, I open my eyes to see the Invisible sword. The Excalibur isn't actually invisible though, the wind that conceals it refract light so it makes the Excalibur Invisible.

I try a few swings and moves, surprisingly. From Saber's memories transferred to my brain, It also transferred muscle memory, so even though I've never trained using a sword, saber memories of her experience with a sword can help me, though I'll need to get used to this.

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I stopped and dissipate Excalibur, I've made sure I can defend myself from dangers, Now I need to find a civilization.

I walk in hope to find a civilization, whatever kind of things that gets in my way, I'll be ready to face it.

End of Chapter 2

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