Chapter 3 - Chapter 3 - Now a student

Before he knew, the door opened on its own, showing what was behind, « Oh! If it isn't Sylph, I never expected someone like you to come here on your own haha! » Said the old man with missing white hairs on the top. He was in the middle of a sea of papers, so many papers that it would maybe give peoples a sort of uncomfortable feeling.



As we walked up to his desk, he looked at me, surprise in his eyes and asked, « Who could this young lad be? I've never seen your face in this academy, hmm, and you got brought here by Sylph to-. » Before he could continue, the white haired girl named Sylph cut him off, « I just found him half dead in the forest while hunting, he was just lying there. I brought him here because he seems to suffer from memory loss. »


The old man just looked at me, observing my face, I felt like a lamb before a T-rex.. After a while he opened his palm as he muttered something and pale green light enveloped me. I didn't feel anything, « Hmm, he isn't under any curse, and doesn't suffer from amnesia. Well can't release this poor lad in the wild, even tho this is the capital of the kingdom, the streets are very harsh. Well for now I'm gonna make you attend class like every student, freely. You may recover your memory after some time, let's hope you find your path again. »


He stood up and walked toward a shelf and took a small multicolored device made of crystal, and looked at me, « Well let's see what your talent is then.. » as he placed the device before me. I looked at him with a confused look, not that I didn't know what to do, but more to confirm them that I had truly no memories. I can't just do something like that or it would be suspicious. « Ah! I forgot you had no memories.. Well let me explain it to you, everyone has a thing they have a natural affinity with, be it magic, the way of the sword or even paranormal superpowers. This device here lets us know somewhat your potential in those fields. You can easily use the magic you have a natural affinity with, however it doesn't mean you can't use anything other magic elements, it's that you re gonna be less proficient.


Let's say you have a duel, you are both water magic users, if you were to use the same attack at the same time then someone with affinity will win. It's somewhat different for martial arts tho. »


I looked at him, already knowing all this, but I still gave him my undivided attention. He pushed the device toward me, asking me to put my hand on it. As I did, the crystal which was multi-colored just became dull gray. A look of confusion appeared on the old man's face. He took the device back and took another one, however it was the same result.


« This is weird, how can someone have no affinity, it's impossible. Even if humans were to have almost no affinity, they would still have a thin one. Hmm, this won't do.

For now you're gonna attend the same classes as Sylph. With time, your affinity will show itself, she's gonna answer your questions, if you don't mind? » as he looked at Sylph who didn't show any reactions. She just stared at him while doing nothing. The vice-principal then looked at me and asked, « So what's your name, i can't have you wander the academy without a student identity like a ghost haha. » He laughed at his nonexistent joke.


« My name is Dante, I don't remember my surname nor my name thus I renamed my self.. » As I finished speaking, the old man finished engraving sort of runes on a thin metal plate. I could read those runes, like I did for the system. He gave it to me and then asked Sylph to accompany me to the dorms. After biding my farewell we got there, it was huge, if I were to estimate the number of students then it would be around ten thousands.


As we arrived before a room with the same number as on my student plate, the door magically opened on its own. I looked at the white haired girl who stood there emotionlessly. I could finally scrutinize her up close, I was so busy and drowning in my thoughts that I didn't take a proper look. Her face looked strange, it was so beautiful that it made me feel weird. I didn't find this uncomfortable, quite the opposite. Her eyes were gray, they were hazy, as if a mist was clouding her gaze. It gave me an eerie feeling.


« I'm going to bring you somewhere tomorrow at 6am, be awake. Also, I didn't bring you to the medical facility because it was full.» As she finished speaking, she walked away without a care in the world.


I just blankly stared at her figure, slowly walking away, only when she disappeared did I snap out and walk in my room. It was big, one room, a bathroom, a lobby and a sort of training ground similar to Sylph's. I was too tired to do anything so I just found the bed and laid there, unable to sleep even in my extremely exhausted stat. I stared at the ceiling, I wanted to just end it here, I was too lazy to live this life, there is no internet so how can I laze around while reading. In my previous life, I had hit a jackpot online, I had created a small company with what my parents left after they passed away. I didn't have to do anything, I would just stay home, purchase fast food all day long, read all day long. I wasn't rich, but I wasn't poor either. Police used to visit me sometimes, making sure I was alive.


Now I can't live that life anymore, why did I stab myself in the first place? That cat God said that I had lost to my Daemon, what did that mean. Were they the intrusive thoughts that made and enticed to do illogical things? I didn't have time to think about it when I stabbed myself, I only knew I had done it before even the thought of pain left my head. Maybe I should end my life, maybe this is just one of those dreams. Come to think of it, I haven't felt the slightest pain since I stabbed myself, even when I was lying there in the rain after my transmigration, I didn't feel pain, only numbness.


As I was wondering in my thoughts, I heard a slight and gentle bell sound. I looked around and didn't find anything, maybe the exhaustion was taking over. Then I thought back of my last moment before I fainted, I saw runes mid-air. As I thought about that, red runes appeared before me:


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{System congrats its host for completing his first mission!


Mission details:


[Main target: Survive] (completed)
[Reward: 5 Exp]
[Penalty: Death]



Status:


[Name: Dante (self-proclaimed)


Race: -


Talent: N/A


Attributes:


Strength: G-
Agility: G-
Mana Pool: F
Mana quality: ?
Dexterity: G
Intelligence: B-
Magic: F
Stamina: G-


System appraisal: {You're so weak that you could die at the hands of a young goblin. You're a subhuman at this point. Please be careful!}


Skill: [???], [System], [Appraisal]


Per Bond: 1/1, [???]


Current status: exhausted


{Only the host can see the system. System normally can't interfere in any way with this ´plane' and with mortals, Systems purpose is to @&€#%: Authority too low. Access denied}}
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As the runes floated before his eyes, he could help but be even more encouraged to commit suicide when he saw that he was considered « a subhuman ». Just as he thought about dying, he felt his head throb in so much pain that he almost teared his skin off. For minutes, he just laid there, in so much pain that he couldn't even scream. He couldn't faint, as if something was grabbing his consciousness and not letting it go, after a few more minutes, the pain stopped as red runes appeared mid-air:


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{System has detected change in host's status:


[Small shadow] has been added.
[Small shadow]: ''Once upon a time, he who was bored, took a liking to a mortal and decided to gift him a small gift.''}


{%System error%, system has been tempered illegally.}
{Preparing report for higher plane beings in 3..2}
{Canceling report}
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As the runes stopped appearing, Dante fainted..