My name is Xian Jie.
I come from the countryside of the Sinae Empire, one of the eight empires.
I grew up in the small orphanage from a very young age.
The caretakers at the orphanage told me that they found me one night at their doors.
Growing up in the countryside as an orphan, I always had a challenging life.
My mana core formed when I was 11, a little earlier than normal, allowing me to access my personal sigil.
[Name: Xian Jie
Title: [Perceptor]
Skills:
Class: Seer]
[Perceptor: You can view things that are normally not visible to others.]
When I first looked at my personal sigil, I was confused to see that I already had a title and a class.
I was 11 at that time, so I didn't know better. I would have talked about it with anyone if they had asked.
Thankfully, the only people I talked to about it were the elders at my orphanage. They were caring people. They told me that this was a very rare kind of thing and I should keep this information confidential.
A person of no background like myself was sure to get killed or used if others found out about it.
So, that's how I've been surviving for four years now.
Upon suggestion from the elders, I took the entrance exam for this prestigious academy.
I totally expected to not pass the exam, but somehow I got in.
'…I mean, I slept in late on the entrance exam date, and the teachers seemed pissed off about it, so it was a surprise that I passed.' Xian Jie thought as she looked forward, listening to the hand-to-hand combat teacher.
I wasn't even interested in entering this academy, but since my name came out, I decided to go along with my elder's wish and attend it.
'Thank god the money I saved up from my adventuring gig was sufficient. If not for that money, I wouldn't be here at all.' She thought.
She started working as an adventurer since she was 12. It was easy to earn a low-ranking adventurer card and slowly work her way up by doing various missions and quests.
A young kid who is new isn't looked at favorably in the adventuring community, but all she had to do was lie about her age and do good enough in her job.
'...He got quite strict earlier.' She thought as she was no longer feeling asleep.
Earlier,
'…Haaaaa. Everyone here is mean.' Xian Jie thought from exhaustion as she walked away from the tall girl and her gang, who pushed her.
'Was coming here a bad decision?' She thought as she walked through the hallway.
'Everyone started to be mean to me since I got this card.' She thought as she looked at the blue card, which had a number written on it, floating in front of her.
The blue card stopped in front of a huge door as Xian also stopped there.
[Hand-to-hand combat]
'This is my next class.' She thought as she entered the class.
As soon as she did, she saw that many cadets were already present but not the teacher.
Walking towards the back side of the class where some seats were available, Xian sat on one that was at the corner.
'…The teacher hasn't arrived yet.' She thought as she looked around.
"Hahahaha."
'Hmm.'
As she was looking around the class, she noticed a group of three girls walking in as her attention went to them.
'…It's them again.' She thought in displeasure as she looked at the tall girl who had pushed her and her lackeys.
The three girls immediately noticed her as they grinned and straight up walked towards her direction.
"That is our seat. Get up." The tall girl said as Xian turned her head and looked at her.
"I-"
'No. Just leave it.' Xian immediately controlled herself as she stood up.
"Ok." She said as she walked to the other corner and sat there.
"Hahahahaha." As soon as the three girls sat in their seats, they started to chat and laugh obnoxiously.
'Sigh. This place is exhausting.' Xian thought as she ignored the mocking noises coming from her side and decided to take a nap.
'It shouldn't be a problem.' She thought as she lowered her head and closed her eyes.
Xian had a sleeping habit.
It was a habit that made her fall asleep anytime and anywhere as long as that place was comfortable to her.
It was also a habit that caused her many troubles.
Bam
Gasp
Suddenly hearing a loud sound in front of her, Xian's head shot up as she instantly woke up from her deep slumber.
"Sleeping when my class is in session. How dare you?"
As soon as she raised her head, she saw a giant man standing in front of her looking at her with his eyebrow raised.
'I've done it now.' Xian thought as she instantly realized that she messed up big this time.
"Stand up. Follow me." The giant teacher said as he started walking down to the small platform at the front.
"…"
Xian, feeling like she had no other choice, stood up as she followed him just like he ordered.
Walking down the stair-like floor, she eventually reached the small platform at the front and stood there.
As she stood there, she felt a lot of eyes on her from all the cadets.
Every cadet was sizing her up with their judgmental eyes as Xian regretted sleeping.
"What is your name?" The giant teacher asked as he crossed his hands and stood beside the small platform.
"My name is Xian Jie." She said as she straightened up her body to appear polite.
"Your card." The giant teacher said as he extended his hand.
Xian immediately took out the blue card from her pocket, and she tried to hand it to the teacher, but before she could do that, the card already took a flight towards him by itself.
Catching the blue card, the giant teacher took a look at it.
As he looked at the card, a smile formed on his face as Xian felt something bad.
"Rank 3000." He said it with his normal voice, which was still loud enough for everyone in the class to hear.
Tch keke keke Tch
Xian heard a lot of downgrading responses from the cadets in front of her as she lowered her head.
'I have to fix my sleeping habit.' She made a mental note as she raised her head and looked towards the teacher.
"I will make sure to never fall asleep again, sir." She said as the giant teacher nodded his head.
"You are not forgiven before your punishment." He said as Xian frowned inside.
'Just let me go,' she thought.
"Now that I've gone through the theory of hand-to-hand combat, it's time for a demonstration. This cadet will help in the demonstration. Is there anyone else who wants to volunteer?" He said as he looked through the cadets to see if anyone would volunteer.
"I volunteer."
The first cadet to volunteer was a tall girl with black bob hair.
'Will she ever leave me alone?' Xian thought as she wondered why she was constantly targeting her.
"Nice. What a brave cadet." The giant teacher said as the tall girl walked down to the small platform.
"Remember what I said in the theory class earlier. Everything is the same. You knock one out, you win. No skill, no magic, just pure physical strength." He said as Xian and the tall girl stood at the corner of the small platform opposite to each other.
"Also, no cheating." He warned as a last saying as he started the fight.
"Fight."
'If that is the case, then let's finish this quickly.'
Xian thought as she looked at the tall girl, who was cracking her fist as if she was getting ready to punch her.
'Take it as a payback.' She thought as she moved her body.
Whoosh
As soon as she made a move, her body disappeared from her position.
"Huh?" The tall girl exclaimed in surprise as it took her some time to know what happened.
Clack
BAM
WOAAHH
But before she could even comprehend what happened, she felt a strong punch in her stomach as she fell down.
"Agh."
"…And. That's it." The giant teacher appeared between them as he concluded the fight.
Looking at Xian in confusion, the giant teacher started lecturing her as he sent the tall girl to the nurse.
He started to nonstop lecture her as she started to feel troubled.
Scratching her head, she bowed her head a little and apologized as he finally let her go.
'Sigh.'
Xian sighed internally as she finally felt free.
'Huh?'
But as she walked through the stair-like floor, she realized that a cadet had sat on her seat.
'Two souls.' She thought as she remembered him.
Walking in front of him, she stopped as she stared at him and the two souls.
The guy also stared back at her as it turned into a small staring competition.