Author's Note: Hello, my faithful readers! Yesterday, I have released a chapter detailing Alex's experiences while Shu was having the vision that happened a few chapters ago. Also, that ending doesn't imply anything that could be detrimental or anything, right? Anyways, these sorts of chapters will be about the various exploits of the person code named Artemis, as referenced in the name of the chapters. Enjoy!
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To whoever who may be reading this book, nice to meet you.
I am a person named...
Eh.
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Sorry about the weird introduction to this. I, personally, have no experience when it comes to writing something so, I tried to make an interesting start and ended up with sort of trash beginning. Even the fairy tales I read as a young kid were so much better than what I have just written and I think you can all agree.
If you have the question as to why you have picked up this book then, ask yourself. I mean, you are the nosy one here. However, you may then try to ask why I am even writing in this book even though I have just said that I am horrible at doing it.
Well, the answer would be pretty simple. Just a disclaimer first to anyone who may be reading this. The contents of this book may vary wildly as topics change and there may be a larger amount of violence that will be mentioned in this book. Alright, if you are still brave enough to read on then, don't blame me if you get traumatized or something.
Firstly, onto the reason as to why I am writing this. Well, my superior handed all of the newest recruits here a notebook with at least 1000 pages and that in of itself was bizarre as an informative book with that many pages wouldn't be that uncommon but, a notebook to have that many pages is just downright weird.
Anyway, my superior said that we should try to record all of the events of the day related to our work should be written down so that we can keep track of our own progress. So, here I am talking to myself and, hopefully, someone else about my progress in my work. I'm not that imaginative a person and would prefer to follow exact orders so, this is a first for me.
So, let's begin.
- 1st Day -
• I was able to find the secret area where recruitment happens. It was actually pretty hard to find a job that fit all of my standards and, even though I am usually a regular person, I had to have high standards for the job I will have to take or else I might not have the resolve to do anything.
• After finding that place, I just went back home and took all of the files regarding my birth and my personal information. Even though I was told that our family was poor, the only thing I can remember was our giant house. That was the furthest I can remember so, I guess we struck gold when I was still young.
• I brought all of those files to the area I found and, because of my moral integrity and for security reasons, I won't specify where that secret area was. After getting in, I was almost instantly found by some pretty tall and muscular guards who immediately surrounded me. I did train earlier but, I wasn't expecting such conspicuous people to be guarding a place that is supposed to be secret.
• I was then taken into a small room and then tied to the chair. Well, I made sure to comply with them. After all, they are only just doing the jobs they are supposed to do. And, a random child who found them could have been a spy from another nation, for all they know so, I don't blame them at all.
• A man who looked important then came after a few minutes of waiting. He started asking questions such as how I was able to find them and why I came. I answered truthfully and said that I had connections with a family of great importance, but I'm not saying who that family is here. Several minutes passed as I was interrogated and I guess they had some sort of magic that detected lies and they let me go.
• I told them that I wanted to join them and well, that information also came from an incident where I eavesdropped on some interesting things. They, obviously, were concerned for me but, I made sure to be as annoying and persistent as possible so that they will allow me to join them.
• A pain-inducing hour later of talking and they finally cracked. They got green stone which I remember is an Analysis Stone from our schoolbooks and they used it on me. I saw my name, age, and MEP Capacity on it. When they asked what my ability is, I told them that it let me make things I hold heavier. Their lie detector didn't go off so, I was able to successfully join them.
- 2nd Day -> 55th Day -
• I was then brought to the place where all recruits train and, amazingly enough, I was the only one there who didn't get in because of a recommendation, probably because of my unusual method of getting in. And so, hellish training proceeded and, I was definitely the worst in my class at Mana manipulation.
• Despite my slightly higher than average amount of Mana, I can't use it as skillfully as the others who were already basically adults. However, I am able to imbue anything I touch with either my Flame or Earth attribute. This, paired with my ability to make things heavier, let me have a striking strength that was equal to others despite my younger age.
• We then learned to be able to escape detection from enemy sense and, it was pretty hard for me, unsurprisingly. However, I couldn't hide my Mana due to my manipulation skill at it being too low so, instead, they let me go ahead to the next training regime, which was testing which weapons I was best with.
• It turns out that I am best with a bow and a spear at the same time. So, because of that, they assigned me the Hunter classification and gave me my code name which is Artemis. On the final day of training, they made me weapons which were perfectly suited for me.
• The bow was completely red with flame patterns on it. I named it plus the quiver the Crimson Lotus Bow. My spear, on the other hand, was more of a blue color which was probably a kind of misdirection as the enemy will assume my bow is of the Flame attribute while my spear is of the Ocean attribute. I can imagine the enemy's surprise once my azure blue spear starts burning or crystalizing.
• To do it justice, I named it the Azure Blazing Lily. Yeah, I like flowers so, I named both of them after flowers. Anyway, it is almost time for me to go home so, until next time, I guess.