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Name:Alan Peccator(16).
Species: Ice Chaos Draconian Hybrid
Strength: E+
Endurance: E+
Agility: E
Mana:D
Control:D
Charm: E
Affinities:Ice(Supreme), Chaos(Supreme), Space(High)
Skills*:Dragon eyes, Mana Master, Draconic Scales.
Weapon Art:?
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Space? That wasn't there before.
'How the hell did I get Space as an affinity? Am I see-'
[Excuse me, are you still there?]
Interrupting me from my thoughts was the female assistant. I hurriedly replied to her.
"Ah yes, my attributes are…"
I told her my stats as stated but left out my species and skills. I also reduced the rank of my stats by one, just as a precaution. My stats were already higher than those of the protagonist at this point in time.
And I also can't have her find out I am not human anymore.
Suddenly a disappointed voice sounded out from the phone.
[Ah, Can you come to the Union for further testing? Bye]
The call ended.
"..."
Are you for real?
I stood there absently, still processing the disappointed tone of voice and complete lack of honorifics at the end.
Ah.
She must have thought I was lying…Even though I had reduced the rank of the stats…it seems that it was still unbelievable to the woman…
"Sigh…"
Well, I guess I really need to go to the Union Building to get information about my training I guess. Since this didn't work.
I opened my door and walked out. As I was reaching the end of the hallway and down the stairs, Multiple little kids went past me, All of them looking malnourished. Seeing this I had a frown on my face.
'The woman isn't feeding them right…How does the government ignore this?'
As I saw them…I suddenly looked at myself, and grimaced.
I looked at myself, my arms were skinny, I pulled up my shirt and looked at my chest,
To my shock, my ribs were showing.
"..."
'At least feed the children well you ugly bitch.'
I cursed at the damn director of this accursed place, even I had mercy on children…wait what am I talking about? Anyways.
It could also be that the orphanage is not getting enough funding.
Well, my awakened status should get the government to support it more so maybe the children's condition would improve,
But then, as I was making my way towards the exit…I came face to face with another, financial issue.
"...I don't have money."
…I had forgotten that the damn woman had taken my money.
I need to get some of it back…
I decided to go to Miss Penny to ask her for some money out of the 50 Thousand studs she took from me yesterday.
I decided to ask one of the many kids about her location.
"Hey, you know where Miss Penny is?"
The kid looked up at me and said.
"She should be in her office, Al."
Al? Was that my nickname around here? Well, My name is Alan so it fits, I guess.
"Where is that?"
"Umm at the top floor where it is usually at Al."
"Okay, thanks."
I went through the stairs and arrived at the top floor. The top floor was quite barren, it was just…a long hallway with nothing on the walls that just led to a single room at the end.
The room had a door with the sign 'Manager' On it.
I knocked on it.
"Come in."
I went in and was immediately repulsed by the smell of smoked weed in the office. It was so much it almost made me puke!
'Holy shit! This woman smokes!'
I struggled to open my mouth, The woman, Penny, asked me.
"What do you want?"
Trying my best to ignore the smoke, I demanded.
"I want some Studs out of the 50000 I received as a reward for me becoming an awakened".
"No. "
As expected, she refused me outright. But I didn't give up just yet.
"Why? "
"Because I don't want to."
This woman! Now I realized that the reason the kids were malnourished wasn't because of funding.
It was because this hog was like this! Not only was she ugly as a worm, but apparently as greedy and fat as a pig. And selfish as well.
"That is the money I received as a reward for becoming awakened, I want it, or else I'll report it to the authorities."
Seeing that talking won't work, I resorted to threatening her.
Penny smirked and said.
"You won't dare to."
I laughed inwardly and went ahead.
"What gives you the confidence to say that?"
Bingo.
She didn't respond immediately, that was enough for me. If I want to, I can report this woman anytime, the sorry state of this orphanage, as well as the children…I can get her fired, most probably.
She can't even get out of it because I don't think any supervisor will be lured by her ugly face, enough to fuck her at least for it.
"Fine.... you can take only three thousand."
As expected, she agreed when the threat was brought to the table, and she relented…
But that did not mean I would relent on that meager amount.
"Five thousand now."
"What?! Why?! "
She exclaimed, surprised by the amount. I snickered.
"Because I said so, you can take the remaining 45 thousand. I don't care about that. "
I remembered in the novel that the main characters had a lot of money, of course, that came from their families but I also had an ace up my sleeves.
I have a rough idea about what happened, the events that happened after the start of the novel in 2065, So I had plenty of time to make more money if my plans went well. Whilst they have generational wealth from the past, I know about the future…with it, I can make some money
Far more than just fifty thousand.
".. fine. "
"Hmm, sorry I didn't hear you well enough."
"I said fine!"
"Then give it to me."
She, obviously being in a bad mood, reached under her desk, opened a drawer, took out a black card, and gave it to me.
"Use only five thousand from there. Got it?!"
Hmmm? I believe I had been given it in cash.
Well, whatever, as long as I have some money for transport, it will work.
Nevertheless, I took the card and left.
I stepped out of the orphanage after walking down those damned stairs again.
'It's 2063 women. Just install a damn elevator, your fat ass will need it more than the damn children here!'
I went outside and saw snow covering the entire area.
Oddly I wasn't cold even though I just had an ordinary T-shirt on me and jeans.
'Is this because of my ice affinity? '
It was quite amazing that I wasn't feeling cold despite it snowing outside, even more so when I was just bones, with no fat to insulate my sorry figure.
I shrugged it off and walked outside. Walking in the snow was hard as I only had slippers on me. I went out of the road and took the path we took yesterday to the orphanage and quickly reached the train station.
I went inside and walked to one of the stands where there was a line and waited for my turn to buy a ticket.
A lot of people were looking at me with surprise and pity because I was wearing nearly nothing for this type of weather and my skinny arms and my slightly sunken cheeks.
I ignored their stares, and when it was my turn, said.
"I want a single ticket, and can you please tell me the station closest to the Union please?"
"That would be A Train Station, You should get off the train when the conductor announces it."
I thanked him and took back my card.
I entered the train and took the seat assigned to me on my ticket. Each seat here was private, which made sense considering the hulking size of the train.
I went to a compartment on the train, After scanning my ticket I entered the compartment and took my seat. I then heard my stomach rumbling.
"..."
Checking the time on my phone I found it to be 11:36 Am, Quite early and it was reasonable I was hungry because the only thing I had since I came to this world was a single cupcake.
I looked around the compartment and found what looked like an attached phone.
Picking it up it automatically dialed itself and I was soon talking to a man.
I asked him about the breakfast options and after he told me I ordered option two which was Fried eggs, Orange juice, and Along with two pieces of bread with jam.
I then sat with my eyes wide open, staring aimlessly at the city from the window, waiting for my food to arrive.
The train soon started and I was off to the Union, where I needed to get stronger quickly if I had any chance of surviving the next few years.
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