"Un..." I slowly opened my eyes only to see a semi-transparent blue screen floating in front of me.
"...Goddess of luck fell in love with me, I guess" I muttered as I looked at the screen.
I stood up and looked at my surroundings only to see that the room was a mess.
"It must be due to mana fluctuations made during the awakening," I concluded and again focused on the screen.
It was a damn 'System' screen. I couldn't believe that I also awakened a system. It means the seed of awakening that I consumed was either the same as the original one or it was the original one. After all protagonist of the novel also got his System through the awakening seed.
"Status" I muttered, and the screen changed.
[Status:
Name - Raizel Askanor
Rank - F (0/100)
Affinity - Ice
Passive Skills - Imperator
Active Skills - N/A]
(A/N - Skills from affinity elements are not included. Our mc can do whatever he can with his affinity elements. It all depends on his understanding and control over his elements.)
"Wow! Despite being a transmigrator like a protagonist, my status is quite short. As far as I can remember, William awakened a few OP abilities when he consumed the awakening seed. Well, whatever." I said and then focused on my passive skill.
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Imperator: Grants passive immunity from the negative effects of an enemy or an artifact of the same rank or below as the user. passively calms your mind and heals your body.
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"Well...this is something new. I don't think I ever saw any mention of this skill in the novel up until now. But who knows, after all, the novel was incomplete." I muttered and went to the bathroom for a good bath. After I was done, I cleaned my body and put on my clothes.
Academy will be opening three days from now on, so I have two days for traveling. So, I decided that I will leave the Night City today to reach Archane City in the next two days.
I picked up all of my belongings and called for a taxi and just within a few minutes, a flying transport came.
I put my bags at the back of the taxi and told the driver to head for the central station.
***
30 minutes later,
I was looking at the crowd of people with confused expressions. I didn't know where to go. it was at this moment when suddenly a fatty kid appeared in front of me out of nowhere.
"Little brother, are you by any chance on your way to the Archane Academy?" he asked.
"Huh?" I looked at the fatty and answered,
"Y-Yeah."
"Great! I was also on my way to the academy. Let's go together. If you come with this fatty daddy, I will let eat some good business of Arcane City."
"Huh? No....." I tried to reject it but before I could say anything, fatty was already dragging me along with my bags.
'What the fuck!' I thought as I tried to free myself from his grass but failed miserably.
'Arhhhh! Not this cliche fatty friend!!! Hell no!!!'
I screamed internally.
***
Me and fatty were sitting on our seats in the Academy transporter.
"Huff...Huff..." I was huffing heavily.
"What happened, little brother? Are not feeling well?" fatty asked with a worried expression.
I looked at fatty with bloodshot eyes. I mean seriously! How dare he ask me if I am feeling well or not when he practically squashed me to death with his arms?
I forcefully smiled and answered, "No brother, you don't need to worry. I am fine. See, totally fine. Instead, I never felt so well in my entire life."
"Well, if you say so," he said.
Although fatty was a bit weird, he wasn't bad from the heart. He shared his snacks with me.
Soon the flying transport filled with a bunch of students. Some of them were already official students while most of them looked like they were also on their way to joining the Academy as fresher.
Suddenly fatty hit me with his elbow lightly.
"What happened, bro?" I asked when I saw his worried expression.
"You see those two punks?" he said and directed his finger toward two kids and continued, "Remember to stay away from them as far as you can. They are spoiled rich brats. They will rough you up and will get away with their money and status. They are bad guys."
I shifted my gaze at the kids and tried to remember their appearance in the novel but...no luck.
'Just some extras. If they bug around me, I will rough them up once I become powerful enough.' I thought but to the worried fatty, I said, "Don't worry, brother. I will keep that in mind."
'I wish, I also had the Observe skill like the protagonist. He can see others' information through that skill.' I thought as I recalled some things about the novel and its events.
"Oh, by the way, brother, I am Cyril Zen. I am also fresher just like you."
"Nice to meet you brother. I am Raizel."
"By the way, brother Raizel, stay away from problems in the academy. Staff will only help you if you have a serious threat to your life. Otherwise, most of the time they will just treat any nonlethal fights as some minor squeamish among the young ones."
'Hmm...hmm...like every cliche academy in the novels.' I thought.
"Don't worry brother. I maybe look like this but not easy to bully." I spoke.
We talked about many things, and I learned a lot from the fatty about this world and society.
After all, my memories already showed me a big NO. I don't know why but aside from my previous life memories and a few basic information about this guy, I have no memory to recall. Every time I tried to look at through my memories, all I saw is just darkness.
We were talking with each other when suddenly someone smacked the fatty on his back.
"Hey yo fatty! How are Ya doing man?" that person asked fatty with a cheerful voice.
"Hey, brother Scarlet. I am fine. What happened brother you look quite happy today."
"Huh? What are you talking about? I am always happy."
"Oh, is that so? Then it is someone impersonating you who's always angry and ready to roast everyone at any moment with your fire. Hahaha"
The Scarlet guy looked at fatty with a switching face.
"You wanna die fatty!"
"Oh, sorry brother scarlet. By the way look, he is our new brother, Raizel. Raizel, this person here is Julius Scarlet."
I nodded in agreement and answered, "Nice to meet you brother."
I looked at him carefully. A handsome, brown-skinned young man with a fiery yet attractive look. Scarlet red hair with a pair of red eyes.
'Indeed! This guy is Julius Scarlet. No doubt. I can't believe I am meeting with the future Federation Council head. Yes, this guy right here is the son of the current Federation Council head but only a few important figures know about this. Publicly he is just from a super-rich family with a great background.
He is one of the most important side characters and he will become one of the pillars of humanity in the war against Demons.
Julius looked at me for a few seconds and asked, "Are you...weak kid. Such a shame."
'This bastard and his personality.' I thought.
After that, all three of us talked to each other.
***
2 days later,
I heard a mechanical voice. Within seconds, all the students started to queue in front of the exit.
Thankfully no cliche tragedy happened until now. After all, I wasn't a protagonist who carries all the misfortunes of the entire universe itself.
Again, a mechanical voice rang through the transporter and the doors opened.
I left the transport along with fatty and Julius.
"WOW! So magnificent." I was amused by the city with its Highrise buildings and flying cars. I always saw this kind of city in Si-Fi movies back on earth. I behaved like a five-year-old kid who got to taste the candy for the first time in his life.
"Hahaha, looks like it's your first time here brother Raizel." fatty said as he looked at my sparkling face.
"Tch, what's so special about this city? It's just full of weirdos" Julius said with an indifferent expression.
"I don't know, I never left my little town before, so this is my first ever experience in a city," I said.
"Don't worry, little brother. Let this fatty daddy treat you to the best cuisines of Arcane Cit... Fuck!"
"What happened, brother?" I asked as I looked at his worried expression.
"What the heck are they doing here?" fatty said as he pointed toward a group of specific transporters.
I looked at the transporter with the sigil of an Imperial Phoenix with two swords crossing each other.
"Xander Family!" Scarlet said.
"Uh... that Xander family?" I asked.
Scarlet looked at me with a neutral face and said, "Are you an Idiot? There's only one Xander family on Archania. So yeah, 'that' Xander Family."
'Calm down Raizel, calm down. He is a friend.' I reminded myself.
"Hahaha, sorry brother. I told you that I am a country bumpkin. So, I don't know much about the nobles and their families." I said and made an innocent face.
'By the way, seriously? Why hell do they need to... Wait! Chris Xander! Don't tell me that he will be joining Arcane too. No this is bad. This wasn't supposed to happen at all. At least in the novel, he was never a part of any Academy at all. I hope it's not what I am thinking. If Chris is joining, then this novel is deviating from its intended path too much.' I thought.