I jolted awake sitting up, panting. I looked around, it was early morning. I was sitting in the middle of a field and to my left and right all I saw were fields.

"What the hell?!"

There was a ding and I looked up to see a notification panel.

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Welcome to the Summoner class change tutorial

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Then I saw a man with long hair tied neatly, dressed in fancy robes floating next to the message, massaging his temples. His ears were pointed like an elf’s but his eyes were similar to that of a dragon’s. His skin was spotted with what looked like dark blue scales. They lined the edge of his hairline and ran down the back of his neck into his clothes.

"What's with my limited access, setting this up as a tutorial? This weakling needs training before a single summon could possibly want him."

I jumped up landing on my feet confused.

What the hell was this?

I watched the man sit in the air as if in a chair and wave his hand.

There was another ding and a second banner appeared.

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A monarch of the tower sends a request for you to challenge the tower.

Due to your low level, they have awarded you a hidden class of Summoner.

You cannot refuse this change.

You must challenge the tower

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"Who the hell are you?"

I cringed at the shakiness of my own voice.

"Haven't you read the notification?"

"Just because I've read it doesn't mean it makes any sense. It doesn't say anything about you. And what the hell is a Monarch?"

A pig squealed and I turned to see a child perched atop a pig, beaming.

His hair was a long glistening white, his teeth a little frighteningly pointy, and his eyes were wide and round. The more I looked at him the only word I could think of was fluffy. Aside from his teeth.

"Ahhh welcome back you-"

The man coughed and then continued.

"You may call me Alcoroth, and this is Mezu. You were chosen as his food source thanks to your ability to grow your limbs back."

I looked down finally realizing, not only was I standing on both of my legs, but my arm was there.

"Wait, my limbs are back, what happened?"

I looked back up at Alcoroth to see him cleaning his glasses, then look at me confused.

"Are you unaware of the fact that you can grow your limbs back?"

"When would I have had the time to test if I had that ability?"

I watched him swipe his hand in the air as if reading through something.

"With how weak you are I assumed you had lost limbs before is all"

Then he tapped midair, and a blue panel in a style I’d never seen before, appeared in front of me. Off of it, I read,

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Rank: E

Class: Summoner

Race: Half High Elf

Unique Skills:           Blessing of Regeneration, Monarch's Avatar, Contract holder

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I fell to the ground in disbelief. Me, a high elf? And what was with that blank, a system error?

"Besides that, your parents should have told you, it appears you inherited this ability."

"It's not my fault I have no memories before I was at the orphanage. Also, I resent your comment. Losing a limb isn't such an easy thing to do."

Alcoroth sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Fine, I shall do my best to explain."

He waved his arm and a chalkboard appeared floating next to him. Some crude drawings appeared. He points to a drawing of the tower.

"As you know, the tower appeared and this world's inhabitants were tasked with clearing it. Along with the tower, across the world, various portals appeared called dungeons. There are some for growing or mining resources, and some that are meant to be conquered before they break, releasing their inhabitants into the world to wreak havoc. However, so many years have passed, and they have not gone past the 40th floor. These weak mortals either appear unwilling or unable to climb the last ten. Much to the annoyance of the monarchs.”

He then pointed to what I could only assume was either a very lazy drawing of me or a purposefully bad one. I would like to bet on the latter considering the tower was oddly detailed.

"You were chosen by Mezu, since you taste good and are a replenishable food source.”

Describing my healing ability as a replenishable food source was a bit harsh.

“Thus, you were granted the favor of one of the monarchs. To work the system and have Mezu assigned as your Summon you were given the class of Summoner. Though I would prefer to have it the other way, it seems a walking food source shouldn’t be the master in the relationship dynamic"

A walking food source? How about I’m the adult and this is an adorable fluffy, yet absolutely frightening child, who apparently likes the taste of my flesh, is obviously more of the summoned beast.

He aggressively closed the pointer stick and looked down his nose at me.

"This dungeon was created to train you so that you will grow from your pathetic Rank E state."

He straightened his glasses and grinned, an evil glint in his eyes.

"Let's get started shall we."

I couldn't take this, what did he expect me to do, just swallow all this new information so suddenly? I held my face in my hands staring at the ground trying to process this.

I lost both of my limbs, and maybe my party in a dungeon, thought I died in said dungeon (In hindsight it really did take a while for me to lose my consciousness. Maybe I was just really tired or they put me to sleep).

Now I woke up (surrounded by very pleasant scenery I might add) to learn that not only can I regrow my limbs, but I seem to have a future set out for me where I must cut my own limbs off to feed a fluffy child named Mezu. On top of me now being a replenishable food source, apparently, there are monarchs that are in charge of the tower and for some reason, they have decided to force me to climb the tower.

"You want me to just accept all of this information so easily? Even if you dumbed it down it's still a lot to take in!"

I had a feeling that if I said no, Alcoroth would simply carry me around and chop off my limbs to feed that fluff ball any way. It didn’t seem like they would just get rid of someone Fluffy found tasty.

Ughhhhh will I ever be mentally capable of cutting my own limbs off, let alone watch this fluff ball eat them?

I guess while he was eating me I shouldn’t call him a fluff ball.

Well, I also shouldn’t watch. But I mean I am kind of curious to see if he’s actually enjoying his meal.

…

…

What the hell? Was my brain just already accepting the fact that I’m a fluff ball’s food source?

I heard another ding and looked up to see a quest panel.

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A Beginners Training

Description:

You’re A bit too weak, let’s start training.

Completion Requirements:

Running 0/10km

sit-ups 0/100

Pushups 0/100

100 squats completion 0/100

Continuous striking of the test dummy 0/2hrs

Reward:

Dinner

Failure:

A sparring session with Alcoroth and feeding any lost limbs to Mezu

You are unable to refuse this quest.

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I leaned my face into the ground in defeat.

What the hell? What the hell? This is fucking ridiculous.

"You better get started"

I yelled into the ground before jumping up, only to hear a giggle come from the fluff ball sitting on the pig.

Ohh look at him, he’s so cute.

“Get your ass moving!”

I sighed and started running. How could such an adorable face come with that violent butler?