In the chairman's office of switch academy.
"...and when I came out of the dungeon, I found the association and media cornering us, so I destroyed their cameras and spoke to the people who investigated the students, as well as mage's representative Stuart Pelletier from the Hell Fury Guild. And after a while, the Hell Fury Guild's master arrived, and I questioned him about why he called the emergency meeting, as I previously stated..." I detailed everything to Quinn.
"..... I believe there are spies in the academy, which we are aware of... But I'd appreciate it if you could find out who they are working for or which organization they belong to..." Quinn stated after hearing my report on the events of today.
".... then, I want you to find out.... If you can, about the system changes." I said.
"Something is going on.... We can change and adapt ourselves but everything is going on too fast for the people to adapt to it....." I continued.
"Keep an eye on every student in the academy because we don't want them to kill each other..... Because of the system." I said looking at Quinn dead in the eye.
"...I" Quinn tried to say something only to be stopped by me.
"Don't say you can't .... I know you can easily keep everyone in academy under your watch if you tried..." I said after cutting him off.
'Damn geezer, who are you trying to fool? Huh? I know how strong you are... for a supporter class.'
"Anyway..... Suspend me until it's over..... I think it's better if I stop being a teacher.....' I said while walking out of office.
"I will suspend you but.... You are going to be a teacher..." Quinn said in a serious tone.
*
In the academy's room assigned to Eshwar.
"It's your first time in this room isn't it?" Isha asked.
I had been staying in the office room or the previous hotel room before and Henry went back to home without waiting for me.
Isha was waiting for me near the room that had been assigned to me. I invited her inside for dinner because I didn't think it was polite to send off someone who was waiting for me in that manner.
"Yes, but it is the same as the one I was staying before." I responded.
The room measured 50 square metres and included a hall and a bathroom. It was a nicely furnished room with a couch, a beanbag, two chairs, a table, and a luxurious king-sized bed.
"Yea, because it is technically a hotel too." Isha answered.
"Right..." I nodded and walked towards the bed.
"I'll order the food." Isha said and ordered from her smartwatch.
"Hmm.. " I sat on the bed.
'Let's check the system.. Status.'
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STATUS:
MAX [ESHWAR FROST]
Level: 5 (early access)
CLASS: MAGE
RANK: S
==
STRENGTH: 3/10 (+11) [RANK- S] (NEW)
CONSTITUTION: 4/10 (+11) [RANK- S] (NEW)
AGILITY: 5/10 (+11) [RANK- S] (NEW)
PERCEPTION: 6/10 (+11) [RANK- S] (NEW)
ENDURANCE: 5/10 (+11) [RANK- AA] (NEW)
INTELLIGENCE: 4/10 (+11) [RANK- SSS] (NEW)
MAGIC POINTS: 9/10 (+11) [RANK- S] (NEW)
WILL POWER: 9/10 (+11) [RANK- SS]
DEXTERITY: 5/10 (+11) [RANK- AA] (NEW)
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SPECIALIZED TRAITS:
->Frost [RANK- ???]: User can control Frost [Mastered] [Skill: negative mana temperature control]
->Creator's Domain [RANK- SSS]: User's Domain can be altered [Mastered] [Skill: Space manipulation]
->Machine Parasite [RANK- ???]: [Skill: Link.] [Skills locked.]
->Specialized Trait: ??? (Cursed) [Skill: Party, can locate party members (added party member can not be removed.)] (NEW)
==
TRAITS:
->Good with hands [RANK- D] (NEW) : User's skills which uses hands is enhanced [Mastered] [Dexterity increases by 12 percent]
->Hand to Hand combat [RANK- C]: increases combat sense [Mastered] [Good with hands has enhanced this trait by 10 percent]
->Human Hunter [RANK- ???] (NEW) : increases all stats by 10 percent when fighting humans or human-type monsters [Mastered] [Increases all stats by one when condition is met (condition: 113/120 to next stat increase)]
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SKILLS:
->Taboo (?)
->Pause (D)
->Release (B)
==
Private Skills:
->Control (?)
->Break (2 uses) [user can break anything user wishes to.]
->Author?? (?)
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DING
[User's contribution in the recent dungeon is 94 percent, rewards will be given.]
[You have cleared the first 'Rift', rewards will be given.]
[You have hoarded 100x 'Black' tokens.]
I clicked on the [Level: 5 (early access)] and a new window popped up.
[22,000/24,000 exp.] [2,000 exp required for the next level up.]
"What use does this [Level] have?" I mumbled out.
"Holy sh*t! What's with the changes of the stats?" I jumped out of the bed and exclaimed out in shock, involuntarily.
"What? What happened?" Isha closed in on me with worried look on her face.
"Huh?" She was in front of my face before I realized it, looking down at my status window.
"Huh?" She looked up and met my eyes, only then did she notice how close our face was.
At that moment the temperature in the room rose by degrees.
'I think if I lean a forward bit, I'll kiss her.' I thought and shook my head inwardly, dismissing that thought.
"Um...." I turned my head to my left and covered my lips with my left wrist.
"Eh? Huh?" Isha snapped out of her daze, pushed me away and jumped back with a flushed face.
"S-sorry....." She said while looking down and covering her lips with her fingers before rushing out of the room.
CLUNK
BAM
"Haaa..." I leaned back on my bed and took a deep breath.
BAM
"She seems to have entered her room next door...." I mumbled out involuntarily.
*
When the food arrived, I went to personally deliver it to her. I thought I could keep my emotions under control, but when our eyes met, my ears became hot and her face flushed red before she slammed her door and I ran back to my room without looking back.
CLUNK
BAM
"Damn....." I mumbled out.
"I seriously thought of... No, no..." I shook my head dismissing all thoughts on my mind.
"Haaa.." I sighed and walked to the bathroom to take a cold shower to cool myself down both physically and mentally.
*
KNOCK, KNOCK (4x)
"Hmm?" I woke up at the knocks on my room door.
KNOCK, KNOCK.
"Who is... It's middle of the night..." I groaned and got out of the bed with my right eye open, scratching my stomach.
KNOCK, KNOCK.
"Coming, coming..."
CLANK
"Who in god's..." I snapped out of my trance when I noticed the figure in front of me, who was drenched in cold sweat and had tears in the corners of their eyes.
"Isha?"