I have been staying as Isid for two days, and there are several things that I have learned over the past few days. First, Isid is really close with his mother, the goddess in the dining hall. That is why it is surprising to everyone that Isid does not usually spend time with his mother. Isid's relationship to the Marquess is (I guess) normal; the Marquess spoils Isid as much as he can but rarely spends his time with him due to his many duties as the lord of the house. Ashish, Isid's older brother is not bad as a sibling. Yesterday, he helped Isid practice his swordsmanship as a way of supporting him in entering the academy. Izhar, Isid's younger brother, is elusive to him at first. Izhar always observed from a distance, but soon he began to be curious about Isid's new behavior and followed him for the past two days. The servants respect Isid for some reason; despite not possessing any attributes, Isid was never mistreated in the Haahashtari house. He is someone who is loved by this house and who is my opposite. In my past life, I always lived alone. I have no recollection or any idea of who my parents are. I spent most of my childhood days in the orphanage; the nuns were kind to the kids. I was never adopted and grew up in the orphanage; the director was the one who paid for my schooling, and when I graduated high school, I moved out and started working. I owe them a great deal and have visited them on occasion. I also volunteer to teach kids in the orphanage every Saturday. The nun always says that I am mature despite my age, probably because reality really slapped me hard.
A spiral of running and chasing after things you will not get will only exhaust you in the end. Isid, despite being loved, is someone who is lonely. The reality of not having an attribute haunts him and mocks him, which results in his being violent. I must say that Isid is a coward. Hiding his incapabilities through harsh words and actions, however, his family and the people in his surroundings still treated him as someone with value and worth, which for me is really surprising. This got me thinking that indeed, this is fantasy. In my past life, a talentless person was deemed worthless—someone who had no value. As society is structured by social ranking, these kinds of people tend to be at the bottom of the said ranking. This made me laugh; perhaps that's why the servants were taken aback when I did not treat them harshly and violently.
"And I will not treat them like that. They are someone I should make an ally of." I murmured and kept on walking. I stopped when I saw Izhar. I smiled and waved at him, saying, "Izhar, do you want to walk with me?" He hesitated but still nodded. Izhar, Isid's younger brother, who also has white hair, and someone who possessed the earth attribute, which is the same as Mother, while Ashish and the Marquess possessed the water attribute.
"I want us to be alone; you may leave us." I said to Ehan, the servant. "I heed to your command, young master." He bowed and left us.
"Let us go to the garden." I held Izhar's hands and guided him towards the garden. This is one of the places here that I loved. Mother was personally the one who is taking care of the garden.
"How was your study?" Izhar looked at me and opened his mouth. "The teacher praised me for memorizing the history of Alka." I nodded. "You worked hard." He pursed his lips as if he was going to speak but decided not to. He briefly stared at me with a gaze full of affection and went ahead of me. In my past life, I was used to dealing with kids. My students are also humans with delicate emotions, and I am always careful when treating them. As someone who grew up without parents, I dedicated my life to being a second parent for my students.
"Are you really going to the academy?" Izhar said in his soft voice, as if he was holding back his emotions. "Yes, Izhar. Will you be proud of me if I pass the test?" I playfully said to him.
"I will. But are you not afraid?" He looked so lost. I nodded and crouched in front of him. "I am afraid. The moment I was born, I was labeled as talentless, someone who is not blessed. Despite this, I still want to try. I am afraid, but I do not want to regret that I did not try and do my best." I ruffled his hair and stood up. "You don't have to worry. You just have to focus on your study and training. Don't forget to eat as well. You have to grow and live a happy life." I smiled at him.
"Yes, brother." At that moment, little did I know Izhar looked determined.
After a brief walk in the garden, Izhar excused himself and wanted to train. I let go of him and went directly to the library. I spend most of my days here, filling myself with knowledge of this new world. I may not have been blessed with an attribute, but I was blessed with something else. The first time I went to the library, something happened. As I opened the book on the history of Alka, something popped up in front of me.
'History of Alka'
Would you like to absorb the knowledge of the 'History of Alka'?
> Yes >No
I wiped my eyes, thinking that this was just my imagination, but it was not. I clicked the yes button, and suddenly I was wrapped in a blue light. I gasped and fell to my knees.
"What the fuck?" information about Alka Kingdon flashes like a movie inside my brain. The book fell. The whole library was silent, and the only thing that you will hear is my breathing. Having no attribute, for me, knowledge is my weapon. Gaining information and knowledge with this kind of skill is indeed a blessing.
"Hahaha, this is incredible." I laughed and started to look for more books. As I was about to get up a blue flash popped up again in front of my eyes. 'Knowledge level 5' I smirked. Now this is more like a fantasy novel.
For the next few hours, I spent my day reading about the history and origin of the attributes. Based on what I read, attributes can be inherited and can be gained, which brings me to a question: can it also be learned? Having grasped the fundamentals of the attributes, it is more likely not impossible. I saw in one of the books, an author named "Hur" wrote a theory on this matter. Hur according to his biography, he is one of the professors in the Mageia Academy. The more reason I need to attend the said Academy.
I sighed and took a seat. Tower Level 1 is more on assessing your intelligence rather than your attribute. Now how will I pass this test?