Another two weeks have passed after I decided to improve myself and a significant amount of new changes have taken place at both the 'Academy' and my body.
After coming up with that new routine schedule I haven't changed it much but continuous upgrades have been made to it.
At the beginning of the new routine, my initial feats weren't paying me off the results I expected.
But with my unwavering attitude and continuous effort, my body and senses soon started showing the desired results by end of the first week.
All the daily afternoon exercise and swimming have improved my stamina and the regular intake of good mana-rich fruits and meditation improved my mind.
Both my body and my senses have gradually begun to change and now have improved to the point where there is no longer any resemblance between me and my past self before the awakening ceremony.
I have certainly transformed the previous weak and malnutrition-poor state of my physique into a strong athletic physique, which could be in comparison to the scale of world-class athletes back on earth.
Not even the other people from our group of 'chosen' otherworlders can keep up with my progress and reach this level except for a few exceptions among them.
But most of the changes may look like they have happened due to my continuous effort but I know that with just 4 weeks of exercise and concentration no one can bring their body and mind to a level that is on par with the world-class athletes and genius.
The real reason for all these changes must be due to the presence of mana in this world, it seems like our absorption of mana not only gives us the ability to use magic but also enhances us on a physical level as well as improves us on a mental level.
Because after arriving in this world my thoughts are getting more clear and more fluid, this may also be the reason for the environment here to be more vibrant than that of the earth.
Even the progress or changes of other members of the group are comparatively lesser than or trivial only when you compare them to mine.
But I know it is only a matter of time before they start showing their advantages a 'chosen' and leave me in the dust.
If that happens all hell will break loose and losing my lead on them now means death to me, so in order for that to not happen, I should always have the lead and try to position myself always a few steps ahead of the others.
And With my life on the line not just my physique, during the last 2 weeks, my personality and mentality have gradually improved a lot, my timid and cautious mentality has long been replaced by a strong and competitive mentality.
Due to my near-death experience at the ritual and arriving at this new world and facing the unknown, my old self has long since left me, and with no one to protect I have already stopped holding myself back.
These changes inside me hadn't happened rapidly as they are just the consequences of what I have gone through during the past months.
Thus my personality has started to shape into a more suitable form to face such ordeals.
And as for the term 'stopped holding back' does not mean that I have decided to start hurting others just for the sake of expressing my hatred or justice and anything thing like that.
I'm my mother's son and she had raised me better than that and even though I could do it I still don't want to do it. Pulling pranks was ok but bullying and suppressing others is a no-no for me.
I don't want to become someone who would bully others, especially those who are weaker than me just for the sake of expressing my dominance.
Even though it may be the easiest and fastest path if take the same path as those who had wronged me then what is the difference between me and them.
That's a path only individuals with a weak mentality would take, what do you think is the difference between a hero and a villain?
If you read a story, you could easily find both the villain and the hero most like, must have gone through the same kind of a painful ordeal or experienced a betrayal,
or must likely have some sort of a tragic backstory,
If both have been through the same, then what makes them different between them?
It's their mentality, and the way they responded to the problem that differentiates them.
The mentality of a villain will be like,
"The World has hurt me so I have to hurt back",
But a hero's mentality will be like,
"The World has hurt me and I can't let this happen to anyone else."
So, It all depends on the mentality and choice of that person which describes whether the person is a villain or a hero.
As for me I don't want to be a hero but I don't want to be a villain either so I just decided to be a human.
If you want to be a hero you have to change them, if you want to be a villain you must have to hurt them but to be a human all you have to do is just ignore them.
Since I don't have the hero's patients nor the villain's time, I decided to remain human.
But being a human and just ignoring them won't solve my problems so in order to face them I have to deploy one of the most ancient and secret tactics of our ancestors the legendary "Bluff".
It's not an easy task but I have and for that I have now started to express my retaliation powerfully like glaring at others, taunting them to race me, and all kinds of bluffs, just to ward off any potential threats and to maintain a healthy distance from possible dangers.
I know it may look childish but I have no other means to defend myself, my development may be faster for now but I won't be able to remain at the top for long.
Don't forget the big hands have not joined the group and they are still undergoing special training at different places.
So during this time I have created a strong image for myself and have to maintain the mystery of my strength.
Since humans fear the unknown, I have to make use of their fear and always try to remain an unknown factor and never expose my real strength.
Even though it was not an easy fleet to avoid all these potential land mines I was only able to pull this off due to my past 'daily breakout' experience and my honed instincts and with my new physique and mental advancements that were very much visible.
And as for the 'academy' higher-ups, all they need to know is progress and not my actual strength. But even after these two weeks of continuous improvement, I have still not received any reply from them.
Just as I was puzzled about how to get their attention, a new change happen in our afternoon classes. The instructor told us from tomorrow onwards we will start our combat training.
The moment I heard the word combat training I immediately understood what the higher-ups want from me. And at the end of the class, the instructor personally told me that if I could defeat all the students.
And fight a warrior and fake an act of victory at the end of this training and if can accomplish that they promised to provide me with a personal tutor for the fantasian language and peaceful life in a faraway kingdom with a different identity.
After hearing the request from the higher-ups I am really starting to doubt the intentions of these higher-ups.
Are the higher-ups actually trying to help me or are they just trying to turn me into a public enemy?
Here I was telling you guys how much I hate suppressing others and now these guys want me to especially do that, Maybe I just jinxed myself by saying it out loud.
To be honest, I'm really starting to freak out here first, they gave me the title of a 'cursed one' and now they want me to demonstrate overwhelming strength with a fake act.
And if that was really their plan, as they can easily control me and just use me as means to achieve their own goals, I need to plan a way to defeat the others without hurting them and find a way to get myself out of this mess.
But for now, since I'm not in a position to do anything, all I can do is only pray, that the situation remains peaceful until I find a way out and I could only hope that whatever these guys are up to doesn't fall on me and later comebacks to bite me in the ass.