After putting on the school uniform for Hope Academy which is just a normal white shirt with some buttons and a tie along with black pants which I find quite fashionable with my lack of fashion sense and got down to the dining room.
"Good morning!" I said towards my family as they were already eating.
"You woke up quite late today, did you sleep late last night?" asked my father who was munching on some rice.
"Yeah, I was too worried for school I slept late," I said as I lied with a straight face.
"Don't worry about it nii-chan, I'm also going to school" said Shiro from the side.
"Hey, I'm going to a new school without knowing anybody okay," I said while ruffling Shiro's head.
"It's going to be fine, you just need to act yourself and you will meet the right people," said my mother as I nodded and put some rice in my bowl, and grabbed some food to eat.
A few minutes later, we finished eating our breakfast and while my mom washed the dishes, my father went to take a shower as Shiro was already finished with his while I went back to my room and meditated for a bit.
Calm down Aki, you're not chronically weak anymore, your problem is cured, all will be fine.
As I slapped my face to calm down, I watched some Metube for a few minutes waiting for my parents to finish showering so we could all get out of the house.
(A Few Minutes Later)
"Let's go!" shouted Shiro as we were all outside the house standing in front of our car.
As my father entered the car and started it on, we all got inside while I sat beside Shiro and we took off out of the gate and towards the city.
We first stopped by the middle school where Shiro studies and after that, we went towards Hope Academy, and with each passing moment, I felt my heart thumping harder and harder as we got nearer and nearer to Hope Academy.
"Haha! You're sweating right now Aki" said my father who looked at me from the mirror.
"Really?" I said while wiping off the sweat from my forehead.
"Don't be so worried, it will be fine" said my mother as father finally parked the car near Hope Academy and saw tons of students walking by.
"Goodbye!" I said with a wry smile while I got off the car and onto the open street.
"Take care!" said my parents inside the car as they drove off towards the hospital where they work and remembered where my room is located inside the school.
I'm currently inside Class 1A due to how good my healing actually is, I thought that it was bad enough I could enter Class 1B but nope, it's actually even considered too good in some parts.
With a sigh, I walked towards Hope Academy's entrance and saw tons of interesting-looking students, some were literal giants while others have extra limbs or just straight out strange.
As my act of nervousness started to mellow away, I thought about my plans on how I would proceed with Hope Academy.
With my healing I would be able to infect tons of students that will potentially be the best in the future and just like a farmer who sows what he reaps, I would get tons of Gifts at their death, and tons of heroes die every day fighting against evil, so my plan should be to help as much as I could… until I remembered the incident this morning and there might be a change to my powers that I haven't tested today due to the thoughts of school occupying my mind.
As that thought filled my mind, I hurriedly made a centipede crawl up inside my legs and onto my palm that I am hiding from view and hastily healed it, and that's when I knew my plans are quite literally fuck in the ass as I watch the centipede gain a flame-like wisp on its arms that literally burned my flesh off and looked at it with a blank stare.
Fuck!
I thought while crushing the centipede on my hand and felt the power to make my body lit ablaze appear from the absorbed soul of the centipede and chuckled.
The power was too weak I can only set my finger on fire but hey, resistance to flames is nice.
With this newfound power that came out of nowhere, I made a new plan on how to proceed with my next plans and it is a bit out there in terms of how ridiculous it is, it involves a bit of mental manipulation of thousands perhaps hundreds of thousands in the future but if this power could be trained to bestow god-like Gifts, well I'm no different than one if that is true.
After realizing the severity of this random power I just gained out of nowhere, I took a deep breath and walked towards the entrance of Hope Academy as we already had our Entrance Ceremony a few days ago.
After entering the large open gates of Hope Academy, I looked at the wide-open field filled with attractions that feel so surreal with how big the campus was, it was a few kilometers square big and as large as a city.
With a twinkle in my eye, I went towards the building where Class 1A is located and looked around the campus along the way.
As I walked on the open path, I saw students flying around in the air playing catch, or two students fighting each other with hardened skin, and some were dueling with swords and more that just adds more to the fantasy-like aesthetic of Hope Academy and once I neared the buildings where the classes are located, I saw a giant Hope statue on top of a fountain that is like a guardian to the place, and perhaps my arch enemy if he realizes I could steal Gifts and now even give Gifts that came out of nowhere.
With a chuckle, I entered the building and was greeted with tons of students walking around but its quite barren if you compare it to my previous middle school as only a couple thousand students study at Hope Academy, and each of those students are all born talented and powerful, and it's the perfect ground where I could gather Gifts… until more unknown data presented itself to me, what if I gave another person a second Gift? Or will it make their previous Gift stronger?
As I sighed inside my mind, I went towards the second floor and looked at the large door that said Class 1A, and took a deep breath.
With a blank face, I opened the door and was greeted by the sight of my classmates already talking to each other and they already made their friend group, but I didn't care and just looked around to see a vacant seat and found one that was perfect for me.
Near the window, so a great view outside and the fresh air could hit my face, near the back so the teacher shouldn't focus on me, and just overall a pleasant place to stay at.
So with a smile inside my mind, I went towards the seat and sat down on the chair while ignoring my classmates.
What they all didn't notice was the small minuscule bugs with potent poisons flying through the air as a wide grin formed inside my mind.
HAHAHA!
As I laughed like a maniac in my mind, each of my bugs got inside their ears or nose, or any hole near the brain and just like that, everyone inside this room could die to the potent poison bugs inside them but some may live with their Gifts.
As I was enjoying the feeling of having everyone's life in the palm of my hands, I noticed a person also entering the room with a meek appearance but I could feel it… he has that special aura to him that I can't describe with words.
And coincidentally, the boy seems to be a bit shy and after noticing that I look friendly enough with my Charisma already being strong without actively utilizing it, the boy walked towards me and sat down on the seat beside me.
"Hello," I said towards the boy who looked at me with an amicable smile.
"Hello," said the boy with a shy smile.
"So, I guess we're seatmates now. The name's Tanaka Akihiko, family name is Tanaka" I said while going for a handshake.
"Hello, my name is Kamiya Sora, family name is Kamiya," said Sora as we shook hands and the moment we did, I felt a spark going off that went through my whole body that shook me to my core and hurriedly let go of the hand.
W- what was that? I quickly regained back my bearings and looked at him with a kind smile.
"It's nice to meet you, I hope we could become the best of friends," I said while I didn't even send a bug to his ear as it felt like something ominous might happen.
And as he was about to talk, we heard the door being opened as our last classmate finally arrive and he was also on the short side, with medium length black hair, a pretty average face, he appears to be a normal person who studies at Hope Academy so he probably has a pretty strong Gift.
And as he was the last one to arrive and we were the only ones to have a vacant seat left, he sat down beside Sora and started to speak with a smile.
AN: This is 1631 words, you're welcome. Also wrote this on the same day as TGOH ch 22 and IR ch 64 and 65, that's four fucking chapters in one day!
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(March 24, 2022 – 120th day of writing)