42. The Hidden World (3)
Lex said his goodbye with Mio, when the tour ended
(there's not many place to visit anyway, it's like a guild from video game… there's a place where you can sell things for merit, Mio said it will be needed after the preparation class but we don't need to mind it for now)
(and then there's a place to buy things with merit, money any kind of currency is unusable here, but you can exchange Merit with money, most like for 'Numbers' to send back money to their orphanage)
(and the rest is Lecture hall, dormitory, cafeteria, etcetera, prerequisite for living than the prohibit place to enter while the other were wilderness on the island)
(When we get back to our dormitory, I thought he would try to tease me but Max somehow silent and his face red till his ears, what happened to him? Maa who cares!)
***
The next day
Lex and the other freshmen composed of 'Numbers' and 'Guest' gathered in the Lecture hall, it was like a Lecture hall on collage where back seat higher than front seat, there's about fifty to sixty children gathered and there's a clear distinction between ' Numbers' and 'Guest' in where they sit
Only Lex 'Guest' who sits with 'Numbers'
(spoiled brat… no) Lex thought the 'Guest' will be a spoiled brat like the one he knows from elementary school, but he got it wrong they behave themselves, they had pride in themselves, (high pride… that's troublesome too… well me too have something I can't give up for not like I can commend them)
Before long a woman in her twenties enter the Lecture hall, the 'Guest' shocked when they saw that woman, while the 'Numbers' almost numbed by that
Venti in her usual mismatched getup enter the Lecture hall
(I know, you're an eccentric but… why cheerleader!?)
That's right this time Venti Crimson wear a cheerleader uniform, it's grateful that she did not have the pom-pom in her hands
Venti didn't mind the stare she stood in the platform behind the podium and white board behind her
"for today class, 'Guest' allowed to leave early as today class purely for 'Numbers'" she declared
With that the class started buzzing for a moment, before some 'Guest' started leaving the room, but still there's some left in the class
"well then, for today class It's better for you all to throw away what you learned before coming here… nah I WANT you to throw it away"
"!!??" the Numbers shocked by that, it's the same as she saying that what they did on the past year was useless, but they are Numbers they already grateful to be here there's no way they can complain anything with her, they can swallow their own anger toward her
"what? you don't want to? You don't believe me it's useless?" she purposely released up the Numbers, but still they can't say anything
"hehehe" she laughed like a small girl "why don't we started it with destroying all of your common sense since now" she smiled evilly gleefully
(I had a hunch before…, that her cold demeanor was a fake, that it's different from her real self, looks like I got it right… she's a f**king sadist! Damn it!)
"You know what is this?" Venti took out a handgun then he pointed it to the front desk
*Bamm
She shot it leaving a hole on the desk without any warning, the numbers stricken in fear because of that, but Venti her lips become even higher than before
"!?" the numbers surprised when they saw Venti pointed the handgun to her own head, they all saw that the gun is real
*bamm
She shot it without any warning once again
The numbers closed their eyes instantly to avoid seeing a gore scene "whoa" the boys screamed "kyaa!" the girls screamed
Before she shot the gun Lex saw how the other 'Guest' looking indifferent with what Venti did, before they left the room so Lex expected it there's must be something
(Venti wouldn't suicide) so Lex did not close his eyes, he the first to see Venti safe and sound.
"how…" "that's not possible…" when the Numbers found out Venti safe and sound, they started to buzz around in disbelief
But Venti wouldn't stop, Next, she took out a small thing from her pocket
"Grenades!!" the Numbers cried at the same time
*Click
Venti pulled the trigger, while the Numbers horrified, the one who sits on the front desk quickly run towards the back, the others too, they tried to get away as far as possible from Venti
But Venti only stood there on place, while still holding the grenade in her hand
This time Lex too can't remain indifferent (that's a f**king Grenade!!) he followed the others stood as far as he can
*booom
The grenade exploded
A light blinding the whole Lecture hall for a moment, when the numbers opened their eyes, they saw nothing different from before
Only Venti who's laughing on the middle of the platform "haha, as you see, that's what you all going to learn from now, that's why I said throw away all your common sense"
The numbers can only stain in relieved that's nothing happened
***
Venti gave the others a few minutes for them to calm themselves before she started the Lectour
"do you know why humanity developed a firearm?" she asked, but the Numbers became timid from before so there's no one who tried to answer that
"easy" Venti answered it herself "it's for war, to kill their enemies, and what is humanity enemies? Is the same humanity, war between country war of interest, humanity is weak, our skin is so soft that a bullet can penetrated it easily, a small fatal wound is enough to kill a humanity, they don't need a big wound to kill a small one is enough"
"but it doesn't affect us on the hidden society… do you know why?"
"because of this" Venti opened her palm then five small fireballs on the size of ping pong ball started to circulate on her palm
"Wowwww!!!" the Numbers surprised by them while Lex
"magic!!?" he blurted it out
"aa, right Zero, you're a 'Guest', that's right we in the hidden society the Hidden world, knew this what they called Mana… a particle that can achieve this Magic" then fireballs started to circulate her body before vanishing without a trace
(magic… elves… beast men… isn't this a Fantasy world!!)
(ahahah that's right this is what I wanted when I reincarnated to this world, YEAHH!! HALELUJAH FANTASY WORLDD!!!)
But of course Lex masked his excitement and remained poker face on the outside
"why do you think you all chosen being here… it's because you all can sense the Mana too" she stated, the numbers quickly look at themselves
""""we…can do it as well?""""
"do you remember the last paper Exam" Venti said "didn't you think it strange the last question which is in greenish blue color so simple and different than other?"
The Numbers gasped they remembered it, """that's right, it's strange""" the Numbers agreed with Venti
"it's written on Magic Text with Mana" she said "only the one can feel Mana can saw that question, there's five numbers from 1 to 5, the more you can see the more you can sense the mana, and as long as you can see {1+2} you invited to this class"
(so that's the secret behind that's special Exam she told us before…) at that time Lex felt Max gaze at him for a moment (why?) he thought before he quickly remembered he told him (I can see all the five numbers, is he become jealous? Nah I don't think he would think that way, it must be something else)
Lex did not know what Max thinking at that time ('as expected of Lex, you're the best!!') Max admired him, he acts like a believer of God…
***
Venti gave a few minutes for Numbers to calm down again
"now that you all know what is 'Mana' let's start with 'Mana' class" she started with the lesson
"there's Mana anywhere in this world but we human can't use it"
""""eeh?"""" the numbers dumbfounded ""'"but just now…"""" what they meant is Venti fireballs
Venti ignored the Numbers reaction "have you heard about Psionic Powers? Well I'm sure only a few of them know about it, anyway it's explained that it came from brain a mind power but that's wrong"
"eh??" Lex blurted out in confusion, there's no way Lex did not know psionic power
Venti still ignored it "the reality is, it come from the power of soul, I knew you think I'm bullshitting here…. but it's the reality accept it"
(that's too much to accept!!)
"psionic power is when their soul is so strong that it's overflow, the user just did not know what they used is Mana, while the scientist can only explain it as mind power"
"Human cannot use Mana in the air, but our soul is a reservoir of Mana, Human soul gathered Mana in the air, and Human use that Mana in their soul, just like what I did just now, any question?"
"then then how do we use it? Can we use it too?" the excited number quickly put his hand up and asked
"yes you can as long as you can feel your soul"
"But how...?" the excited number become dejected when he did not know what to do with feeling his soul
"why do you think you all meditating every night on the last year for? We can't force you to feel the soul, meditate is the best way to awaken your soul, I'm sure recently you did not fell asleep when meditating, you even feel more energetic after meditating isn't it?"
(now that she mentioned it… she's right) Lex and the others too quickly recognized what she's mean
"I'm sure all of you eager to try it, so should we try it now"
"close your eyes" she instructed "feel the warm in your body…"
(…this is!!)
"now try to flow that warm to your hand slowly…"
(… flow… it's hard it become smaller whenever it moved…)
"imagine a fire, fireball or lighter up to you and… said it "fire" don't underestimated the power of 'Word'"
""""
"now open your eyes"
"Whooaaaa!!" the one who succeeds saw the fire on his arm, shouted like a child given a new toy
While the failed one become disappointed while looking the succeeded one in envy
"failed..." Lex muttered
"Ah!" the fire on the numbers hand vanished, some of them become tired because of that
"that's what happened if you lose your concentration, while the tired feeling is the burden when using Mana when using Magic, it's like when you who normally didn't exercise suddenly ran at full speed, it becomes better with practice"
"while the failed one, don't be discouraged as long as you can feel the warm it succeeded, you can try it later, but for now I'm going to continue the Lecture"
Lex did not realize that Venti eccentricity is no longer shown up, she's teaching them seriously
***
Venti waited a for another few minutes again for the excitement to cool down
"you heard me when I said Human cannot use the Mana on the air, no? and I'm sure you all saw it from the 'Guest' just now, there are other races too in this world"
The Numbers nodded
"the other Race can use the Mana in the air…" she explained
"there are three main races in this world, Human Race, Spirit Race, and Angel/Devil race"
"huh?" Lex surprised in confusion
(what about elves and beast men we saw just now? and I've never seen those race she spook about what happened?)
As always Venti ignored it all, when she explained things like this
"there are a long story behind these Race, but the main point is, Angel/Devil Race has their Wings, Spirit Race has their Ethereal Body, and Human Race has their Souls"
"I don't think I need to explain what wings or ethereal body, you can look for it yourselves later, but unlike what you heard from books and others, Human, Spirit, and Angel/Devil Race, has the same figure as us Human Race, Angel/Devil Race don't have horn, halo or tail, while Spirit Race isn't a ghost either, in other words they all looks like a human on the outside"
"and you saw elves and beast men before, no? they all hybrid of these three main race"
"when Angel and Human have a child, their child is an Elf or light Elf they got those pointed long ears, while Dark Elves came when Devil and Human had a child"
"and when Human Race and Spirit Race have a child, beast man is the result, so far any question?"
The numbers quickly raised their hands to ask question while Lex (what is this history… it's very much different than I expected!)
"teacher!" called one of the Numbers "you said Angel/Devil Race, but then you said about Light Elves and Dark Elves why are they not divided into two?"
"like Human Race, we have a Caucasian and an Asian, Angel and Devil was similar to that, technically they are the same Race, but we just don't have the word to grouped them up"
"""oooohhh!!""" they exclaimed
(I don't know if the others understand or not, but it's a bit hard for me to accept that…this is getting even crazier!!)
After answering that question Venti pointed her hand to the other who raised his hand
"what about the Hybrid can they the Mana in the air?"
"yes they can, for example a Light Elves can use the Mana in their soul and the Mana in their eyes"
"but then aren't they become the strongest one like that?"
"nah, for any more detail it's better if you find the specialist or look for it yourself but I still explain to you in the simplest way, even if Light Elves can use both, they inferior… no it's better to say they are not as strong as the Main Race, for example their Soul is weaker then Human Race and at the same time they don't have Angel Race Wings so it's like jack of all trades master of none"
Then Venti went to the Next one
"you told us about Human Race and Angel/Devil Race or Human Race and Spirit Race, what about Angel Race and Devil Race?"
"it's either Angel or Devil, nothing else"
"Then what about Angel/Devil Race and Spirit Race?"
"impossible"
"""eehh?"""" the rest shocked by the unexpected answer
"I don't know if there's a research like that in the past, but it's a common sense in this society, Angel/Devil Race and Spirit Race can't have a child"