Lee Manor
It was late at night, and there was a light breeze and light rain. Despite this, there were several lights shining throughout the Manor like a sea of fireflies.
Min-ho sat by the window looking outside.
He glanced out the window with a cloudy gaze. His heart full of complex feelings.
Min-ho sighed quietly and thought to himself, "I have already become 17 years old and I have not even won once against him. If things carry on going like these I wouldn't even be the official heir even in a million years and not to say about the fact of inheriting the family."
Then Min-ho heard a knocking sound from behind him, he turned around and said aloud
"Enter"
A man entered the room with a face so attractive that many people would feel good just by looking at him, but instead of welcoming the other person, Min-ho completely ignored him and quickly closed the distance and aimed a punch at the man's face.
But shockingly the punch was easily blocked by the man.
The man suddenly spoke there was an icy chill to his voice contrary to his appearance.
The man said with a sneering grin, "So the first thing you do when you see me is throw a punch what happened to your manners heh you have become quite bold but radiating so much blood lust after just meeting someone wouldn't really work, honestly even an idiot would be able to notice and not to mention me."
This man was none other than Min-joon(The brother of Min-ho).
Min-ho firmly withdrew his hand and questioned him.
"What in the world are you even doing here?"
Min-joon responded with a sarcastic smile, "Well clearly to congratulate my stupid little brother on a job well done you received second place."
He was barely able to restrain himself from hitting him with his power after noticing the smirk on his face. He could feel he was obviously mocking him.
"Then leave, you've congratulated me, I suppose."
'Bastard is obviously here to make fun of me for not being first.'
"Seriously brother what happened to your manners Our oh so dear father would be so disappointed." Replied Min-joon with a very fake pained expression
" And a little birdie told me something quite interesting I heard you were training your ability."
"So what if I was." said Min-ho panicking a bit 'That little shit I told him to keep his mouth shut.'
Putting on a fake sad expression, Min-Joon added, "You more than anyone else should know how dangerous it is to train your abilities before reaching adulthood, but I am more wounded by the fact that you didn't tell me your own brother."
(Abilities are hard to master if you are not yet an adult if you wish to train your ability you have to be prepared for deadly consequences the more powerful an ability is and how much it is trained in a young age it can be just as dangerous to the user.)
Min-ho clenched his fists tightly and muttered, "Damn bastard always needs to make me feel like an outsider by always using words like "our family" and "own brother."
"We all know how much of a brother you really are, so why even bother acting when it's just the two of us", Min-ho remarked, calming himself. "Can you quit acting like you give a fuck about me?"
"I have no idea what you are trying to say, brother. I am simply a good, kind and caring older brother who just wants what is the best for his younger brother. Well, I should get going now, bye-bye, brother. Oh, I forgot to tell you father called us to be in the main hall by five. Make sure to come or there will be punishment."
Min-ho settled down and relaxed.
When Min-ho said, "I truly don't know why when I am with him I can't act like my usual self," Min-ho laughed to himself. "If I didn't know much about history, I would have concluded he had a third ability which was pissing people off."
But suddenly, he heard a clink sound, and before he could respond, his left eye began to hurt terribly. Min-ho could barely control his screams as he was turning deathly pale from the pain, which was beyond any physical or mental suffering he had ever experienced. Then, however, something began to come out of his left eye.
After he stood up he looked up at the projection in front of him
[Status]
Name: Lee Min-ho
Ability:
1. Fire Manipulation
2. Shapeshifting
3. System
Intelligence: Exceptionally high IQ
Physical Aptitude: High physical aptitude
Condition: Perfectly healthy, Anxiety, Shock and Denial
10 skill points
After viewing that, Min-ho almost fell to the ground and asked, "What am I even seeing?"
After calming down a little, he continued, "Ok, have I gone crazy or is this really happening? It says System is my third ability, which would explain things I guess? but how the heck is this even possible and what even are skill points?"
Min-ho attempted to select the skill points category, but he was more anticipating to see the status bar disappear like a hologram.
[Status]
Your condition, abilities power output, and physical capabilities can all be improved with skill points. The better, the more skill points you have. Right now, you have 10 skill points. You must finish system-assigned missions or search for uncommon items in order to earn additional skill points. If you want to start a quest, say "System Missions" aloud or in your head. If you want to use your points, say so out loud or in your thoughts, along with where you want to improve.
Without further hesitance, Min-ho said the word "USE" outloud and continued, "Physical Aptitude."
[Status]
Name: Lee Min-ho
Ability:
1. Fire Manipulation
2. Shapeshifting
3. System
Intelligence: Exceptionally high IQ
Physical Aptitude: High physical aptitude
Condition: Perfectly healthy, Ecstatic, and Terrified
No skill points
Min-ho internally tried to convince himself that he wasn't crazy, saying, "I don't feel any different though and nothing also changed in the status bar maybe the change wasn't that huge or I am genuinely nuts."
After some time he decided to test his strength to see if there was any change or not
Then Min-ho struck the wall hard, causing a loud thud as his hand cleanly passed through the wall as if it was made of plastic. Min-ho enthusiastically retracted his hand. Even though he could break walls back then, he was clearly much stronger than he is now. Back then, he would still experience some discomfort, but not anymore.
The ability of the human race to harness power/ability has led to an adaptation of stronger bodies. But even among them, Min-ho stood out plainly.
Min-ho let out a loud laugh after being unable to conceal his happiness. However, he quickly halted and declared, "With this, no one would be able to stop me, and eventually, I shall exceed even The Government."
After that, Min-ho sat on his sofa and said, "You were laughing a lot back then right dear brother? Let's see who has the last laugh right now, my beloved 'brother', Min-ho says with a grin that gradually creeps up on his face.
"This is just the beginning of my persuit to surpass you brother don't die too quickly now or else it won't just be as interesting." Min-ho laughed like a crazy maniac.