"Hey sir, first time using memory journal... I hoped one day you get to hear this... I miss you guys, you sir and all my classmates... especially Stella... I mean she is my childhood friend after all. I wanted to come to you the day I got back my memories of you guys... but when I asked someone at the kingdom, they told me that all of you were dead."
In complete darkness, I heard a voice, Rex's voice but his voice now was much deeper and roughed up like Garret's. Images started to appear, the ones I saw of Rex's past life. It was instant when I first witness these memories but now it moved at a steady pace like if I'm watching a movie. Rex's voice mentioned 'memory journal' which was something I never heard of before...
"Sir, you wouldn't believe it. I met this girl and she's the vice captain of the silver hawks, you know the ones we saw at the training grounds when we first got here? Her name is Rona."
Oh my, Rona? It must have been destiny for them then. To meet in the past life and now this life.
"Sir! Guess what! I'm going to be a father!"
Rex looked so happy when Rona told him the news that he created this memory journal entry in a hurry.
"Sir! I wished you and our class were here to witness the birth of our first child, Adrien."
I watched him pick up Adrien in his arms and cradled him for the first time. I would've cried if I was there watching this. I know I will...
"Sir! Our wedding was wonderful... we were married at a beautiful Pavilion near Silkin forest."
I felt myself gulped, as smile blossomed on my face, as I watched Rex in his suit standing at the alter as Rona walked down the aisle in her wedding dress.
"Sir! Our second child has been born. Her name 's Ava."
She's so cute. She held onto Rex's finger as Rona held her. Adrien watched his little sister in his father's arm. I wished we could have been there to see his children.
"Sir... I.. don't know what to do.... Rona has a heart disease known as Dryaonia. The only way to cure it was to travel half way across the world to find a snow flower high up in the mountains! I'm scared... sir."
Wait what? Oh no...
"She died... I couldn't save her... why am I so useless... I got back with the flower but by time I arrived back home... she was already gone."
As the last words came out from the memory journal , his voice was so low and soft, I could barely hear it.
What! I watched as Rex cried on Rona's grave as he held both of his children tightly in his arms.
The next few images had no voice but I felt the feelings emitting from the scene that played out before me. Rex found out what happened to us at the top of the tower and wanted vengeance or so I got the impression off when watching these scenes. The next ones became a blur as Rex's scream resounded and then darkness engulfed the imagery.
Ting!
[Congratulations! You have passed the test. You are now qualified to become ???? ???'s champion.]
[System update: 2/2 students saved. Final time left: 38:34:27.]
[Mastermind ultimate skill is now activatable.]
[Information network skill is now activatable.]
I woke up to the sound of a 'ting' which was the first time I heard a sound when a notification or a message popped up.
I pushed myself up as I looked around and then I looked down at myself... I was naked again... this scene felt familiar yet I was in a room filled with beds. This place looked likes a hospital. I am in the hospital. From the looks of it, its the royal hospital as some of the beds had bandaged up soldiers in them. I felt droplets of water fell down onto the bed sheets as my eyes felt sticky and glossy. A stingy sensation itched my eyes as I recalled 'Rex's memory Journal' I just woke up from. I must've been crying in my sleep all this time... I was happy yet sad once I knew what had happened to Rex in his previous life. I looked down at my hands as they laid on the bedsheets, they tensed or twitched now and again as I felt an ache in my heart.
A better future... I will give my students a future that they deserved. No matter what the outcome my life will be in this life but I promise that on this day I will give it my all.
With a resolute feeling in my heart, I was about to get out of this bed when I felt pressure on my legs. It's as if there was a heavy object on them. I looked down my sheet and saw what looked like a glowing blue thing... but as I squinted a bit, the blue thing resembled a little girl.
{Hey}
I was shocked as the words popped out in front me as the little girl's mouth moved.
{Oh!}
"I'm sorry, forgot about that." The message didn't pop up but instead a voice did and it came from the little girl.
Wait... so the braces brackets was this little girl talking? I'm so confused...
"Yes. Those were my words as I communicated with you. The Box brackets are from my mastermind system."
"I see..."
The little girl's head turned suddenly as if she heard something over her shoulder.
"Sorry I can't talk for very long." Her voice became soft and quiet almost as if she was whispering.
I felt my heart raced as I wondered why? Even though I've only met this girl, her tone change concerned me. As if she sensed what I was wondering, she told me the reason.
" I'm supposed to be in solitary confinement."
"Solitary confinement?" I asked feeling more concerned. "What? like what prison does? why?"
"Prison? I suppose it is kind of like a prison." Her voice was steady and calm with no hint of remorse for what she had done. "Its punishment for helping my chosen in the test to be my champion. In your world that is what you would call 'cheating'."
She continued to talk before I said another word.
"I need to close this link before they catch me and try to threaten to revoke you as my champion. So this is what I will tell you before I leave. I was the one that created the 'Mastermind System' and now you're the new owner of it. Treat it well. Go to your Skill set and Press the 'Mastermind skill' first. I'll talk to you again soon. I got to go now. Bye."
"Wait!" I called out to her. "Tell me your name before you leave!"
"It's Roha Cha." Her voice became a breeze as it disappeared and her glowing blue self too.
When the little girl named Roha Cha left, I opened my skill set and saw that both Information Network and Mastermind skills are not greyed out anymore but are now blinking with a blue light. Roha Cha said to press on Mastermind skill first so I did. I pressed it and 6 mini skills circled the main skill, four of them I've seen before but the last two had question marks in them. Okay? what do I do now? The main skill was still blinking... maybe I should press it again? I noticed a small icon next to the skill that says 'connect' and pressed on it.
"Welcome to the Mastermind System." Roha Cha's voice but computerized greeted me.
A Hub like thing, like what you would expect if you were playing a RPG game in VR would look like appeared in front of me.
The first impression I got from this was that it looked like a computer settings page... but had a futuristic look to it. There were eight tabs on the side and 'profile' tab was highlighted and when I clicked it, that was when I noticed my name... my profile.
{Name: Ryan Huang}
Level: 5
Age: 22
Occupation: Teacher
Role: Support
Class: Mastermind
[Number of Conversion: 28/100]
Title: Roha Cha's Champion, Savior Of Two, Will Of Sacrifice, Mind Bender
HP: 1500
Energy: 100%
Fatigue: 0%
It looks exactly like a character profile in a RPG game... I'm level 5? I felt saliva dry up in my mouth as I saw what my class is... mastermind? that's a class? number of conversions? Oh... that must be what the chain means... and four titles? I was shocked beyond belief, this was not what I imagined...
I pressed the Stats tab next.
{Ryan Huang's Stats}
Power: 17 (10+7)
Ability's Power: 120% (100+20)
Defense: 20 (10+10)
Intelligence: 10
Preservation: 10
Agility: 12 (10+2)
Control: 110% (100+10)
Will: 16 (10+6)
Heart: 15 (10+5)
[Passive stats]
None
(Available points to distribute: 5)
Ability's power? Preservation? Control? Will and Heart? I played so many RPG's and I've never once seen these stats before and from the looks of it, there are added bonus stats on some of these, from another source like from titles or equipment. This is making my Otaku side very excited now. I have also have 5 points to allocate... hmm I think I'll do it later.
I moved on to the Skills tab.
{Ryan Huang's Skills}
Core Set:
Skill 1: Helping Hand Lvl 2
Skill 2: Master's Eyes Lvl 2
Skill 3: Information Network
Ultimate: Mastermind - Skill 1: Converter
Skill 2: Mass Converter
Skill 3: Absolute Converter
Skill 4: A Helping Skill
Skill 5: ???
Skill 6: ???
[Passive skills]
None
[Exchangeable Skill's list]
None
Wait, both helping hand and Master's eyes skills are level 2? and there's passive skills as well? I have to remember to check on what level 2 entails later. I quirked my eyebrows as I pressed the third tab to see my equipment.
{Ryan Huang's Equipment}
No equipment currently equipped.
I pressed on the fourth tab that was labeled 'Activity log'.
{Activity Log}
You have [Leveled up]
You have [Leveled up]
You have [Leveled up]
You have [Leveled up]
You have [Leveled up]
Your class has now changed to 'Mastermind'
Mastermind skill is now activatable
Information Network skill is now activatable
You have received [Beginner's package]
You are now qualified to become Roha Cha's champion
You have received [Roha Cha's Welcoming Gift]
You have received [Title: Roha Cha's Champion]
You have received [Title: Savior Of Two]
You have received [Title: Will Of Sacrifice]
You have received [Title: Mind Bender]
You have completed quest 'Teacher's heart' - save two students [Rewards has been sent to your inbox]
You have completed quest 'Teacher's heart' with 38:34:27 remaining. [Special Reward has been sent to your inbox]
I quickly went to the next tab which was the inbox tab.
{Inbox}
[Beginner's package]
[Roha Cha's Welcoming Gift]
[Rewards for 'Teacher's heart' quest completion]
[Special Reward for 'Teacher's heart' time completion]
I felt the urge to open them right now but I knew I have to wait until I returned to my own room to open them... I felt my heart beat faster in anticipation.
To put my mind of what the things in my inbox were, I moved on to the achievement tab.
{Achievements}
[Titles]
Roha Cha's Champion
Savior Of Two
Will Of Sacrifice
Mind Bender
I pressed on each one for a quick look and in there was a description and stat bonuses. I'll read them more carefully after I opened my rewards...
The last two tabs named 'Story' and 'Shop' was greyed out for some reason... I have to unlocked these two don't I? just like both my information network and mastermind skill. Maybe once I reached a certain level they will unlock? Usually in all games, 'shop' was the first thing available to a player and Story was something that came with the character's page but this was new... I was impressed with this system, it felt like I was looking at a hub interface from WOW or Jade Dynasty. I closed the 'Mastermind system' as that was she called it. Roha Cha is a smart little cookie isn't she.
I sighed as I took in all of this... I still have the Information Network skill that was blinking in front of me to still try but as I was about to press the blinking label, I heard a voice.
"Good Morning."
It was Dayana and she was staring at me with a confused look. My eyes opened wide as I saw Dayana standing next to my bed. I hadn't even noticed that she was there...