"What's that... Huff... Huff... Bitch looking at?" Panting, I mumbled as my gaze met Ethan's, who was standing in front of the window.
For a fleeting moment, both of our gazes locked, and I saw him parting his lips as if to say something, but I didn't catch what it was.
"What... Huff... Ever," I muttered, trying to control my breathing as I resumed running.
My sore muscles ached, and I felt itching all over my body.
[Continue.]
'Where was I?' I asked as El's words resonated in my mind.
[You were saying something about how you can turn the main heroine into a villainess.]
'Yeah, as I was saying, the easiest to turn into a villainess is Christina, then it's Arianell, and lastly, it's Ashlyn,' I replied as I took a turn, completing the sixth round of the academy.
[...How does this even work?]
'Well, in the game, it was a simple mechanism; the least interaction the protagonist has with someone, the higher the chance they have to become a villainess,' I explained as I continued to run.
[...And why are you choosing the girl who has the least chance?]
"Huff...Huff..."
I didn't reply as I slowly made my way back towards the training ground.
[...Anyway, what's with this protagonist guy? Ethan?]
'...A fucker with OP abilities, that sums him up perfectly,' I replied.
'He already awakened his bloodline when he was nine, has a blessing, will get a fucking crown at the six-month mark from now, and has a god watching over him.'
[...And he will go against you.]
'He will try to take everything away from me,' I said as I slowed down. 'Starting from the ones who love me.'
[...And you aren't going to do anything?]
'What do you want me to do?' I asked as I glanced at my engagement ring. 'Let them love me and then watch them die?'
I... I can't, I can't risk their lives for my own happiness.
I... I can't throw them into the pits of hell just so I can live happily for a while.
[You can always protect them—.]
'Look at me, El,' I grumbled, interjecting him. 'What can I do? With a broken mind, a broken body, a broken soul, and a broken life source, how can I protect them?'
I am nothing but a curse, a curse that takes the life of anyone who loves me.
[...Yeah, I forgot how broken you are.]
'....Is that sarcasm?' I asked as I arrived at the training ground. 'And mind your language, motherfucker.'
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Name: Azariah Noah Aljanah [85], Inder Sephtis [15]
Age: 15
Rank: 2nd Primeval (94%)
Strength: 16
Reflex: 20
Intelligence: 38
Mental Strength: 23[45]
Charm: 15
(Average limit for 2nd Primeval is 20, while the maximum one could reach with the help of blessings or bloodline is 40)
Bloodline: Unawakened.
Blessing: Amun-Ra's Blessing.
???????: Niflh, Muspelh.
Passive Status: Runic body/Weakened/Stressed.
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'I'm just glad I don't have an existential crisis or split personality,'I thought as I looked at my names.
[....Do you remember memories from your past life?]
'Not much; most of my memories are game-related. But I have a feeling other memories will come back eventually, but right now Azariah's feelings are the dominant ones.'
[And what will happen when both your memories will merge?]
'Nothing much. Both of us are bat shit crazy,' I replied. 'Remember, I killed my own family... And that girl as well.'
[And you never told me who that girl was to you.]
"..."
"Huff... Huff..."
As I walked through the open training ground, my eyes instinctively fell on the woman sitting in the spectators' area with a cigarette in her hand.
With her mahogany-colored hair tied in a ponytail, she sat wearing a black tracksuit, smoking carelessly.
Changing my direction, I walked towards her as her gaze landed on me.
"Two hours and thirty minutes," she mumbled, her gaze on her wristwatch.
"Huff.... Huff... Argh..."
Instead of replying, I sat down on the ground, trying to take deep breaths as a groan left my mouth.
"Your stamina is pathetic," she commented, looking down at me while throwing a water bottle towards me.
Gulp... Gulp...
Catching the water bottle, I gulped down the whole thing, quenching my thirst.
She stood up from her seat and walked towards a training table with loads of weapons.
"What type of weapons can you use?" she asked as she lined up all the weapons.
"....I know the basics for most weapons," I replied as she halted her work before glancing back at me.
"....You used your blessing yesterday. When did you awaken that?" she asked as she arranged the weapons like swords, spears, knives, and blades neatly.
"....Since the day I was born," I replied as I gulped the water.
Baam!
"Would you stop saying bullshit!" she slammed her hand on the desk, making me flinch as she growled at me.
"Even the best genius in all humanity awakened when he was five! FIVE! What are you going to say next, that you can use more than one energy?"
"....I can though," I replied as her glare intensified.
Extending my hand, I closed my eyes as I willed for the source of my life to course through my hand.
As I felt a tingling sensation on my hand, I opened my eyes only to notice a murky and viscous green energy covering it.
"Ruach," Lauryn mumbled, her gaze fixed on my hand.
"See?" I shook my hand to disperse the energy, looking at her.
"...We will train with that as well then," she replied, shaking her head with a sigh.
"No," I replied firmly.
"Why?"
"I don't want to."
"What are you afraid of?" She asked, frowning. "It only consumes a little life energy, and even that can be replenished with enough time."
"How much time?"
"For one month's loss, it will take two years to refill," she explained, tilting her head in confusion. "You can fight for fifteen minutes with someone of same level as you."
"Yeah, no," I replied, shrugging my shoulders.
"Is your life that important to you?" She asked, glaring at me. "That you can't even spare a little of it?"
"Think what you want," I replied, choosing not to explain further.
I mean, if I started to use Ruach, my already short life would only become shorter.
"Fine, save your life all you want, I don't care." She mocked as she picked up something from the table throwing at me.
"...What's this?" I asked as I catch the object that looked like a wrist band.
"Something that will make sure I don't kill you unintentionally." She replied urging me to wear it.
I did as she told me as I wore it before I flicked the switch at the centre of it.
Zzmmmmmm
And just as I did I felt a crinkling sensation on my upper body as a blue colour forcefield covered my body from my forehead and down my back.
"Pick up your weapon." She said and it didn't take me long to take out my hammer.
"....What?" I asked as she looked at me wierdly.
"From the table."
"Ah, ok." I replied as I walked towards the table and picking up a elvish long blade.
"Ready?" She asked as she stood there carelessly.
"Yeah." I replied as I clenched the long blade and the hammer tightly.
"Then come at me."