In a dark room, a boy who was 5'6 feet tall was in front of his desk. "Aiden, I promise to pay you back 10 fold, so wait for me" He said with a solemn and low voice with his sharp piercing red eyes.
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Name: Sara Kroft
Health: 100%
Rank: Bronze 3
Ability: Ice
Strength: 28
Speed: 31
Vitality: 21
Intelligence: 32
Endurance: 23
Right now at this moment, Aiden was currently testing the new skill he had, like it says, it gathers information about the subjected character or object, he also tested this at the morning when he woke up.
[A Normal Desk]
Right now, he was testing it at people around him, when he tried it on some other people, only question marks would show, and when he tested it, on some students a full information would show. This also didn't work on some people when he was checking it on the bypassers that would walk by their gate. After minutes of checking, he noticed that not a single Silver Ranked person was among the people he could check information of. He could only see people's information that's at the same rank of him, or lower, this didn't make him sad or anything, he was very grateful to this skill, he now knows if he should run away, or try fighting someone if he ever encountered a situation. Even someone like him knew the difference between a bronze or silver ranked person. And he was only able to win because of a skill he had, but he himself knows that he can't just use that skill forever, soon there will be people who could counter it, his goal right now was getting stronger, he didn't have an ambition or dream, but he wanted to be ready at any type of situation that he'll encounter, and also to know the reason he was chosen. Someone who could give him skills like this would either be a god, or someone who was powerful by bounds and bounds.
His system could be removed at any time, he doesn't know if the skills he had would still, if the stats he had would still be there, If anything, he would want to thank his benefactor. He was the reason that his current lifestyle can get better, him and other people who were abilityless knew that they were always at the bottom, they were weak and could only rely, or fear the strong. He remembered Jay, the guy who adopted him solely for the purpose of manipulating him, if he had the system before that, and got strong faster than anyone, he knew that the situation would be differently, and he might've even fell to his tricks, during the 2 years of him under Jay, Jay only treated him nice, he got anything he wanted, he was spoiled.
He just sighed at the situation since it was too early for him to think about it. Right now, he was currently in a boring class with a boring lesson, he knew he couldn't rely on the lessons, when he tried to do mana enhancement, he couldn't even do it no matter he tried, whenever he try to feel the mana inside his body, he could only see 2 unbalanced forces fighting for control, the divine and demonic force, he didn't know whether to be happy or not, he just went with the flow, he didn't even know if his skills relied on mana, although the one in his status said Mana, he was still unsure since he never had any flow of mana but he didn't need to pay mind to it any longer since as long as he can use his skills it'll be fine. Aiden was playing with a pen while listening to the discussion, the 1 hour for the first time was like 10 hours in his mind.
"Ok class, please be sure to review since we will be having a written test in the next 2 days"
This words ringed throughout Aiden's mind, although he could take some practical tests, a written test was something he couldn't beat, Throughout all his school life, he was only barely able to pass it with 60% of the score.
[New Task]
[Don't be lazy and pass the test with full marks]
[Rewards: +3 Intelligence Skill, 20exp]
Aiden was now in a daze longer, the rewards were very beneficial for him since it could also increase his mana, he was now thinking on what he should do, he thought calmly and calmly until he realized when reading one of the information of the stats.
[Intelligence - Increases your mana, increases your memory, abstract reasoning, mental representation, problem solving, and decision making and many more]
[Speed - This involves everything in you that has speeds, etc. your agility, reaction time, thought thinking and many more]
These 2 stats were something that improved his brain, speed might be able to increase his learning, and intelligence will increase his memory, with that in mind, he decided to try to do his best again, but the moment he arrived at the library, the sight and scent of the books we're already giving him pressure. He grabbed books with a disdainful expression on his face, he grabbed about 5 thick books that just made him sigh loudly with his eyes close.
When he opened his eyes he saw almost everyone looking at him, he looked at his back and saw the library adviser looking at him with an expression that says "If you do that one more time I'll personally get you and kick you out of this damn library" The pressure the library adviser emitted was so powerful that he thought he was gonna die because of one piercing gaze. He now opened his book he felt the words, the sentences he red enter his mind, it was the first time in his life he ever read something so fast, what's more is that he even enjoyed it, and what's more surprising is that he was enjoying reading school books.
He felt like tearing up cause he finally had a chance to shine in his studies, he red all 5 books in a span of 6 hours, the library was almost closing so he packed up his things and returned the books to their rightful places, he felt very happy because after leaving the place, he could remember most of it very clearly. The time for school to end for the next day was only up to 12:30 p.m this meant he could spend time at the library for few more hours. It was kinda unbelievable since ever since school started he could never step foot on that land.
During class, he actually paid full attention to the teacher, every word she spoke, Aiden understood and remembered it, he was now excited for the next test, although he wasn't confident on getting full marks, he could at least maybe get 95% on it, but that won't work, Aiden shook his head, the current quest said full marks, this means that even a mistake was unacceptable. "Is this what it feels like to have a mother" Aiden inwardly thought with a confused expression, he again remembered the priest and his helper that nagged him over and over whenever he would do something dangerous or dumb. He gently smiled over this thought, no matter what he did, he could never forget those pure memories years ago.
-Ringggggg-
Aiden went back from his daydreaming and was now ready for the long day ahead of him, he grabbed 5 different books from the library, 3 books for his exam tomorrow, and 2 books that wasn't related to the exam, one of the two books was a monster encyclopedia, while another one is purely about the different places he could find all around the world, he also decided that he would take this books home with him this time, although the atmosphere of the library was quiet and comfy, Aiden was never used to such atmosphere. He notfied the librarian that he will return 3 books tomorrow evening and would return the other 2 books in 2 weeks.
He now headed to his dorm and and took a bath, he was now feeling more fresh as he decided to jump to the bed and read a book while laying down, he was more comfortable this way but he was having a hard time reading, it was like the book could fall to him at any time, he grabbed a nearby chair and put a pillow on it to server as his cushion, he used the comfy bed to rest his feet on to, he red the 3 books for 4 hours and also made some exercise tests for himself, he asks questions with his eyes closed but that didn't work because he would always peek at the book, so he decided to write it on paper. After 5 hours he was now confident on getting full marks on the test. He now decided to prepare his dinner. After eating he decided to read the monster encyclopedia book, he decided to read this so he could know more about the monsters he may encounter as he gets older, the weaknesses, strengths, and looks. He had fun reading this because when a description of how to beat this monster appears, it felt like he could clearly see a tv on his head playing what moves he needs to do. It was already night time and he hadn't even finished reading the book, he decided to continue it on the next few days, plus his graduation is still far from the current day so he wouldn't need it for now until he starts adventuring.
He immediately fell asleep the moment he wanted to and the next day came fast.
Right now, in front of him was a paper that could wreck a person's career if this world had no abilities and whatsoever, the only thing that's encouraging Aiden was his current quest.
[Finish your test and get full marks]
He stretched his hands and arms and slapped his face lightly as he grabbed his pen, he was now checking every question on the test, the first 10 questions we're multiple choices, another 10 questions was identification, and last 10 questions we're enumeration. He red every question before answering and yep! He was very confident that he could pass this test full marks. He answered the test enthusiastically and passed it to his adviser in a span of 40 minutes. He grabbed water and wiped over the imaginary sweat on his forehead and made it look like he just survived a war.
he went back after 50 minutes in the room and they we're now distributing the tests, they would check the tests themselves but of course, they wouldn't get their own papers.
"No. 1 is a as in apple, No.2 is B as in banana....." They we're now checking the tests themselves, Aiden noticed that there was one person without a paper to check and the teacher was holding a test paper on her hand. This meant that the paper she was holding was someone who got full marks or only a small amount of mistakes. "That's my paper and I know it" Aiden confidently muttered under her breath. The checking finished and.... "Aiden, please come here" A female teacher's voice resounded throughout the classroom, 'Congratulations for getting the highest marks on the test with a score of 49/50, I didn't believe that you'll someday be able to pass a test with marks like this" The teacher said smugly.
"Excuse me, um, is it really 49? There's no mistake right?" Aiden asked with a nervous expression on his face. "Are you not satisfied with your score?" The teacher replied. "Oh no no no,ehehe, I was just making sure, I'm actually also surprised" Aiden worked hard to hide his thoughts as he went and get his paper, he went to his desk as he looked at the board and his paper, after rechecking multiple times, he noticed his mistake..... It was at the second part of the test under Identification, he noticed and the his answer was actually correct, the only problem was his spelling.
[Quest Failed]
[Punishment occur after school]
"Pu-punish-ment?" Aiden thought in his mind, he slammed his face on the ground with disbelief lightly and just exhaled and inhaled deeply as there will be a war of thoughts later.