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Chapter 5 - First Step (2.2)

|Name: Himura Tanaka|

HP: 220/220|

MP: 2220/2220|

Age: 16|

Level: 1| |475/1000|

Class: Archer| |Level: 3 (175/300)|

STR: 26|

VIT: 22|

DEX: 34|

INT: 122|

WIS: 222|

LCK: 10|

SP: 5|

I smile a little at my stats. I have grown since the time I got transported here. There is one thing I'm sure after exploring the dungeon for two days is that my stats grow faster in the dungeon. That is why I decide to do some exercise in the dungeon while waiting for the ghoul to respawn.

After doing an exercise, I eat the food I cooked myself. There is a reason why I do that. Each food I cook has a temporary buff for me, from attack boost to stamina boost. I will not get a buff from store-bought food, sadly.

Lucky for me, the shop let me buy a lot of food ingredients I can use. The buff also increased the higher my cooking skill is. Meaning that the more I cooked, the bigger buff I will get in the future.

Speaking of skill, I also get a new Archer skill after leveling up my class. I get an active skill called Piercing Shot when I reach level two.

Piercing Shot| |Active| |Level 3| |35 MP| |5s Cooldown|

Fires a quick arrow that penetrates enemies' armors.|

{Damage: Arrow Base Attack + (50% user STR) + (100% user DEX)}

This one is really good. This skill became my main burst skill. It can deal more than one hundred damage if I do a critical hit. With my current self, I will deal 57 damage when I use this skill. However, when I do critical damage, I will do 114 damage in a single shot.

That is an outstanding number for me.

Anyway, into the next skills!

Moon Kick| |Passive| |Level MAX| |0 MP| |5s Cooldown|

Kick the air after jumping the first time to create another jump|

{Damage: N/A}

This one is basically a double jump skill from the game—a nerfed version of it. I cannot use it every time I land on the ground like in the game. There is a cooldown after all. When I have some trick that can make me float in the air for a few seconds, I can fly. Well, I use the term flying rather loosely.

With Moon Kick skill, I get more mobility.

I also want to buy an observation skill, but the price is too high for me right now. Maybe after a few more dungeon runs, I will be able to buy it, but I need to keep hunting and leveling up for now.

There is also a problem with going to school. A high school. I couldn't help but groan at my misfortune. A year in High School filled with bullies and teenagers. Arghhhh. I don't really want to go to school. Sadly, Japan did not permit homeschooling. While high school is not mandated, I will get a social backlash if I did not graduate from high school.

To become a teen once again… I don't know if it was a curse or a blessing. On the bright side, I can re-select my degree when I graduate from high school. On the other hand, I became a teenager once again. I will experience puberty once again. Goddammit.

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Akagawa Yuka POV|

I give the girls in front of me a polite smile. Currently, I'm in Ishiyama High. The most prestigious school in Tokyo. My name is Akagawa Yuka, the only daughter of Akagawa Yuuto, the head of the Akagawa Family.

Why did I tell you this? Well, the Akagawa family is one of the richest families in Japan. We have not yet reached the big five, but we are rich enough to be ranked in sixth place. It is my first day in Ishiyama High, and I must say that I'm not impressed.

The people studying here know about my status, and when they see me, they begin to swarm me like an ant to sugar. While I'm still a teenager, I know how to see individual real intentions. I have a bloodline power that can do that.

Oh right, I forgot to tell you that this world is not like many people think it is. There are two sides to the world. One is the mundane world, while the other is called the moonlight world.

The Mundane world is the world where humans lived, while the moonlight world is the world where many fantasy creatures in the book lived. From a dragon to a slime, there are many fantastic creatures.

While it sounds great, the moonlight world is considered more dangerous than the mundane world, from a mind-controlling criminal to a flesh-eating monster. The moonlight world has it all.

However, while the moonlight world is dangerous, it is also the land of wonder. It has a cure for an incurable disease like cancer. You can use your magic to create miracles. Create a fire out of thin air, summon a creature from Makai or hell to do our bidding. A cute creature that we can take as our pet and partner, and many more.

Anyway, I got transferred to Tokyo from Kyoto because my father sent me here to investigate a rumor of Youkai eating humans in the area. My father sent my team and me to investigate the rumor, and if it was a low-level to medium-level youkai, we have permission to kill it.

If it was a high-level youkai, we need to report back and wait for reinforcement to come.

For that reason, my father decided to transfer me to this school.

I know once I get transferred here, I will be swarmed by people that try to get close to my family. This is why I don't want to go to the prestigious school. I prefer a school in the middle of nowhere where people did not know me.

The place where people see me as Akagawa Yuka, not the daughter of Akagawa head.

I sigh a little before looking at the door open up, and coming from the door is a young man wearing the school uniform. This young man has black hair that flows to his shoulder and brown eyes that shine a little. He is rather tall, taller than me. Maybe around 183 cm? Or 180 cm.

I then see him walk inside the classroom before sitting down on the chair on the back.

"That is Homura Tanaka. Akagawa-sama, I recommend you did not befriend him. He is good for nothing person. He is a NEET, and I hear he is an addict."

I look at the girls next to me as if she is an idiot. The boy in front of me is not a good-for-nothing individual! He has a bigger mana reserve than me! By a lot! While he did not yet surpass my father's mana reserve, he almost reached it.

However, he does surpass my father in terms of mana purity. If my father's mana is like milk, Homura-san's mana is like clean water. The difference is really far. Homura-san's mana is also thicker as well. My father's mana is like water, while his mana is like mud or thick honey.

Does the Homura family come from the Moonlight world? If so, I never hear about them. I know they are a rich family, but they are not as rich as the Akagawa family. If they come from the Moonlight world, they will be a famous family if they have the same amount of mana Homura-san.

I need to follow him for now. While I don't want to accuse someone, at first sight, I need to make sure that he is not a serial killer who kills mundane people to sacrifice them to get some boost in their mana reserves.

However, by the look of how pure his mana is, I doubt he is the culprit behind the missing people.

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I ignore the stalker that follows me since school is over. I continue to ignore her as I walk toward my house. She is the school celebrity that transferred into Ishiyama High a few days ago. When she appears, she already becomes the center of attention. I guess I can see the reason why. She is beautiful, smart, and rich. She comes from the Akigawa family, one of the richest families in Japan.

What I don't know is the reason why she decided to follow me home. I really need to buy that observation skill so I can see her stats and class.

Anyway, after I arrive in front of my house, I open up the door and walk inside. As I walk inside, I can see her decide to walk toward the gate and look around before nodding her head for some reason.

After a few more checking around, she walked away, and I couldn't feel her a minute later.

I shrug my shoulder and walk to the kitchen. I need to cook a large amount of food for today's hunt. I want to try to explore the dungeon rather than do another camping.