Lucas made his way to the awakening center of the Oslon City Academy. He decided it was better to officially register his awakening before heading to the school clinic, even though he grimaced in pain from time to time.
After maneuvering through various buildings and enduring the disdainful glances of others from time to time, he managed to arrive at his destination. The front door of the ground floor of the magnificent skyscraper opened automatically for Lucas to enter the large hall. Many kids of around the age of ten chatted boisterously as they confidently headed to a counter where a woman sat to register themselves in the database of the World Hunters Alliance.
The awakening Centre of Oslon City Academy practically served as the awakening center of Oslon city, as everyone who received a notification from the AI program in their ID bracelet that they had awakened, visited the school's awakening center to officially register themselves in the database of the World Hunter's Alliance.
One glance at these kids and Lucas could grasp why they felt so lively after having awakened. ''In a world where strength reigns supreme, even kids are not in the dark about how easy it is for one's fate to change for the better for being an awakened. Who wants to remain at the bottom of the food chain for being a non awakened, where with just a flick of the finger of an awakened, the lights off their lives would flicker suddenly and die out?....It was my mistake for not realizing that my parents would not be always around to protect me, and as a non awakened, no matter how high I climb or what I accomplish, my life would always dance in the palms of others if I am powerless to defend myself with my own strength. The non awakened who are claimed influential, in that they have accomplished much in the sciences, arts and entertainment and other areas , will still die if for some reason , deranged beasts appear and there are no hunters at the scene to protect them....Even if they have so called influence, in this world, raw power really determines whether or not one lives or dies ''. Lucas sighed as he clenched his fists, his determination to be strong further fueled.
Lucas walked to the counter where a pretty woman sat behind a holographic computer screen. The woman was startled, as the only people she had ever seen come to her desk were kids not older than ten years. It was common knowledge to everyone that naturally, no one can awaken after crossing the age of ten... She knew that there was a 0.02 percent possibility in theory, but that was a negligible number which practically meant a zero percent possibility of awakening. So what was this tall and scrawny looking guy doing here?
Regaining her composure, she decided to act professional as she mused to herself ''Maybe he needs some help with directions somewhere...surely that would be absurd. Everyone in the city has a map in their ID bracelets for those kind of situations.....never mind, I can only find out after asking him why he is here...''
Making up her mind, the pretty lady questioned Lucas in a professional manner ''What can I do for you sir?''
Lucas was surprised at the woman's reaction. He was expecting her to get angry as, even though individuals who had crossed the age of ten appeared in the hall from time to time, it was mostly hunters who arrived here to use the elevator to the higher floors that contained gyms, gravity rooms, Training simulation rooms, and other facilities. The only reason why people proceeded to her desk was to officially register that they were awakened, and looking at the fact that he was a teenager , she could have acted a little bit out of line...coupled with his bruised face and scrawny body .
''It seems not everyone is uncivilized...She seems like a good person'' Lucas mused to himself then proceeded to respond the woman '' I am here to officially register myself as an awakened''
The woman facepalmed...''What a headache... I am experiencing a heartbreak and now a deranged person shows up to worsen my mood'' She sighed audibly... It seemed this guy was delusional...Not being awakened for a long time had finally made him obsessed so much that he probably thought if he came to the awakening center and declared he wanted to register himself as an awakened, something miraculous would happen for him to become an awakened person. She had heard on the news how there existed some other delusional people in other awakening centers of the other neighboring cities in Marion country who usually ventured awakening centers to mutter the nonsense this guy just muttered.. These people would utter vulgerities, and try to cause a scene after being told to excuse the awakening centers after it is confirmed that they are not awakened.
''Tsk, Just when I thought I had met a civilized person...I even had plans to ask you out on a date'' Lucas clicked his tongue, shook his head and sighed in a dramatic manner.
''You.....never mind...where's your Id bracelet...let's see you make a fool of yourself'' The woman withdrew her extended hand and tried to compose herself from grabbing and squeezing the shameless, tall, scrawny teenager into smithereens.
At this time, a large number of ten year old kids who obviously came to officially register themselves as awakened had gathered behind Lucas ,waiting for how the scene would finally play out....
''Do you really think he is telling the truth that he's here to register himself officially as an awakened?''
''Are you nuts?...we all know that's practically impossible''
''Yeah, he is just crazy, like those arrogant guys we have heard about from social media who visit awakened centers to make a fool of themselves''
''Quiet, he's gonna show the holographic screen of his ID bracelet to the AI in order to confirm his awakening and register it into the database of the World Hunters' Alliance...''
'' hmph... that's if his ID bracelet has even verified him personally as an awakened in the first place.. ''
Just as the chatters from the surroundings grew louder, Lucas walked to the side, and followed the woman into a small cubicle with various health measuring apparatuses and faced a humanoid looking AI..
He opened the blue holographic screen of his ID bracelet and just when the woman saw the details, she gasped, and looked at Lucas in shock. Her mouth hung open, as she struggled to regain her composure...as she watched the AI's eyes glow red, and scan Lucas' holographic screen.
The kids who had gathered around the scene could not see the details of Lucas projected as he was in the cubicle with the woman, but they heard the familiar beep of the Humanoid looking AI with it's usual monotonous AI voice...beep...beep...[ Awakening confirmation Process Successful...Congratulations to E rank hunter Lucas Grimstone for awakening the permanent mirroring Affinity...You are now officially an E rank hunter of the Marion Country and the World Hunters Alliance...You can now log into the website of the World Hunters Alliance by opening the now available website app on your ID bracelet .The website will automatically recognize your account name as Hunter Lucas Grimstone... We wish you a future with endless possibilities]
Lucas left the dumbfounded woman alone in the cubicle and walked out of the room.
Ignoring the face slapped looks of all the kids in the hall who cursed at him for being crazy a few minutes ago, all now staring at him like he was some monster, he audibly spoke as he dramatically widely stretched his arms sideways in his black windbreaker ''Finally an awakened officially....as expected of me the protagonist''.....