In this world, there existed the concept of "skills" and "magic." All living creatures have one the capability to use skills and the affinity to use magic.
"Skills" were unique to every individual, they are special gifts from gods awarded at the time of one's birth. Everybody had at least one to help them in everyday life by the use of it's power. Thus, those with strong skills have been chosen by the gods.
Inside the expansive network of underground tunnels and caverns also known as Dungeon, there are Monsters that are capable of running rampant through the whole city. This monsters can get out of the dungeon caused by an unknown catastrophic phenomenon called "Dungeon outbreaks." However these monsters were extremely dangerous, and not just anyone could defeat them.
People capable of taking down monsters were called "adventurers" men and women who wielded powerful attacks and skills who strive in the dungeon to reduce the monsters that might run rampage during Dungeon outbreaks , they also made earnings out of it since monster materials like drops and corpses are rare in the outside world, so they fetch a lot of money and they can make a decent job out of it. I was also one of them.
I'm a student in this academy where they thought science and technology to create students who can contribute in the World Developing Project or (WDP), the project that have been rolling around the globe for hundreds or thousands of years. But I'm not attending school just to listen to that crap. I have my own goal and that is to bring back the legacy of magical weapons...
"By becoming the strongest in the world!"
I shouted raising both my fist up and stood up as if trying to make a victory pose.
"..."
The whole class stared at me in silence with a dumbfounded expression. I was sitting on the back corner of the room near the window. So it's not a hassle for them to just tilt their head sideways to look at me.
"Mr. Fenri Hounds, are you perhaps sleeping during my class session?"
The teacher inquired at me in a rather angrily pace.
Crap how Should I respond? I indeed am sleeping during this Literary class. It's boring by the way so I ended up knocking myself out after listening for a few minutes. All the talk about is crap like how science started and how technology is invented but, I couldn't care less about that.
"Umm yes...maybe?"
I respond nervously.
"explain a good reason why did you do that?"
Now the teacher is furious.
"umm..."
Scratching my head, I thought there for a second what should I use as alibi to escape his carnage.
"well speak, before I kick you out of class."
Welp, better say the truth rather than lying about something which doesn't make sense either.
"Sorry teacher, actually I fell asleep because of sudden boredom in listening to your class."
"what!? Are you out of your mind?"
The teacher frowned out of displeasure.
"..."
I just stared in an awkward silence.
"did you know that school isn't a place to sleep?"
Should I argue back? Either way, I should really respond to the teacher because it's rather disrespectful to just leave him stared at me furiously without saying anything in response.
"Well teach, did you know that home isn't a place to study either? So why do you always leave us with random assignments?"
Shit, I suddenly said the joke I saw at the internet last night. Oh crap... I'm dead.
The teacher shouted at me with an intense displeasure saying.
"GET THE HELL OUT OF MY CLASS NOW!"
"Looks like I picked the wrong teacher to mess with." I sighed while muttering to myself as I started walking outside of the room looking down staring at the tile floor. However, the students just stared at me in silence. Some have disgusted look on their faces while looking at me, some felt amused, and there are also people who seem to don't care.
I ended up roaming, walking around the campus since I got kicked out from the class I was attending into. So really don't have somewhere to head to.
"man this sucks..."
I said while kicking a small piece of rock on the ground irritatingly.
My name is Fenri Hounds, I work as an adventurer to earn money and sustain my needs by killing and selling monster drops and corpses from the dungeon. And I'm a High School student in this academy called "Hords Academy of Science Institution" a school where science and technology that's all that matters. I ended up being stuck in this damn school since this is the only High School Institution around here the mortal realm that is capable of teaching high school students science and technology subjects. It is a mixed school where everyone can attend to, humans, demi-humans, and other races that are considered as mortal.
I really wanted to attend in a Magic Academy or something like that to improve my capabilities and affinities in my skill and magic. But man...I can't find one...even around the mortal realm, it has been covered by some random Sci-Tech schools or whatever. That is the reason why blacksmithing legacy has been long forgotten, because it's the modern era. No one really care about stuff like that anymore. Specially when they already had smartphones, guns, and robots that are capable of doing their task much easier.
But not me! I will definitely bring back the golden age of swords and magic! That's my dream...or rather that's what my father want me to become. He died during a Dungeon Outbreak. A giant monster boss from the dungeon had appeared at the city and it shattered half of the country before it got killed by the gathered army force of all Four continents in the world. Dad saved me that day. So I will not let his dying wish to be in vane.
After my mother died out of his sickness, my sister and I are the only ones left. She was a lucky girl because our grandparents, my mothers parents took her and raised her after mother died. As for me? They abandoned me because I'm useless since I was born bearing two skills "Adaptability" and "Blacksmithing." they find it really useless because of how it works.
The adaptability skill wasn't that good at all. It is a skill that lets the user to be able to adjust in new conditions like adapt or learn others magic or skills, at first you can find it quite intriguing but...the thing is I can only learn attacks that I can deflect. Which is quite a hassle since I don't know how to use barrier magic.
For example:
The enemy decided to throw a flaming fist at me. If I block it with bare hands I can learn it and I can modify its capacity for a new use or purpose such as creating new attacks of my own. Like adding more fire power and force to it so it can become extremely explosive when I use it. Or adding force and throw it at the enemy like a fire ball, of course I will still feel and get damage out of it if I got hit.
So, I resort on using a shield at some point inside the dungeon. But the shield always breaks after a few attacks since my blacksmithing skill can only help me create weapons imbued with magical powers, it's sturdiness is limited only and it depends on how rare the material is used in creating that weapon. Since I'm broke I can only afford and get materials in upper level dungeon such as insect and common dungeon ores.
"Hayst" I sighed deeply.
"Uhh...?" I suddenly paused after witnessing a weird signing on a random room in the school. Standing in front of the room's entrance. I squinted my eyes and focused it on the nameplate of the room.
"What...is that?" when I looked at it up close the nameplate read.
"Those who seek shall found what it is that resides."
What's this? Is someone playing hide and seek? Or are they looking for something? Welp...it doesn't matter.
I was about to walk away out of that shady looking classroom when.
"Uh----a hand?"
Suddenly someone from inside grabbed me by the hand.
"What the hell!?"
My eyes widened after seeing that. The door is still closed yet the hand went through as if making the wooden school door look like a hologram. I can feel the person's warmth from it's hand indicating that this person is still alive and not a ghost.
But what had amaze me more is how does this person doing this? Even so I already know the answer that this person is using magic I still couldn't figure out what spell is it? Or how to use it. The arm suddenly dragged me inside. However, what I saw inside was even more surprising.
"A...research club?"
I opened my mouth as I gasped the situation.
I saw some students chanting magic magic in each corner of the room. Some of them are practicing it, some of them already created magic of the center of their palm, some had floating objects around them, some reading magical books and writing magical circles on a piece of paper. Also, their was a beautiful teacher observing them from the front.
She had blond hair and a pair of round glasses covering her charismatic azure-blue eyes. She is a petite young lady with perfect features, she is a teacher yet she's very young. If I had to guess...maybe she's still around her twenty's? Maybe? But despite all that...she is really beautiful.
"umm..."
Everyone fell in silence as their eyes gazed upon me, the guy who suddenly entered the room.
The hand still holding me though when I looked who is it that grabbed me inside, it turns out to be a girl, with the same age as me. She was kneeling to the floor while grabbing me by the hand looking up at me with a puzzled face. Then said.
"Who are you?"
"Uhh..."
I don't really know what should I respond to that question since I just got caught up in this situation. So, I just fell in silent for the time being.
The teacher looked at us with a rather delight face. She cracked a smile and said.
"Oh, how unusual...Eliza look's like you're magic worked somehow. But, next time please avoid grabbing other people please? If you don't mind."
"oh- I'm so...sorry about that."
Saying that she then let go her grip from my hand, standing while bowing her head in a way of apologizing.
"Nah, don't sweat it. just avoid dragging other people into your little experiments next time."
"uhhh- yes of course, I'll take that advice hehe..."
She said with an awkward smile.
Moving on, I looked around a bit and started reviewing the classroom which really amaze me a lot. I never thought a facility could exist inside this Sci-Tech school.
I tilt my head towards the girl and she has been awkwardly staring at me for some reason. Well this is kinda awkward all of the sudden.
The girl infront of me had beautiful features to begin with. She has white hair and blue eyes which is very rare among humans to have. Her blue eyes glimmers like a magical stone and it's charisma is overwhelming.
One might even fall in love with her at first glance. Along with her petite and slim body she make a perfect model in a fashion show if I do say so myself. Well not that it matters to me. Though I find myself... somewhat attracted by her glance?
We stared at each other for quite sometime until the teacher cut off the awkward moment by clapping her hands.
"okay that's enough, let me talk to the boy for a sec."
With a small squeak the girl stiffed her body and moved her gaze toward the teacher. With an awkward smile she said.
"Yes, of course Teacher Rose."
Then the teacher signal at me using her fingers as if he wants me to follow her.
"come here a sec. Kid."
And so I followed.
"so, what is it that you want to talk about teach?"
We began walking at the hallway away from the classroom as I spoke the preferred question in a situation like this. Though I might sound there a bit casual for some reason but, that's just how I communicate as all.
"To be frank, I just wanted to ask how did you stumbled upon my classroom in the first place?"
Oh boy, I should have known. She is a teacher after all I get it that she's concern about a student wondering off class. Well unfortunately I can't tell her what happened back in my class...maybe I should just make up things? Yeah that's it..
The teacher had this cool and soft voice that really reflects on her character. She had this intimidating aura that gave a glimpse of sexiness on her figure.
Noticing that I'm not able to answer her questions right away. She distracted my thinking there to see if I was spacing out.
"Is something that matter?"
"Oh nothing at all, You see I'm a transfer student and I'm currently looking for a magic class to attend."
"Now I see..."
"I was walking around and couldn't find one. But then I found this strange writing on the nameplate of your room, it read Those who seek shall found what it is that resides. And suddenly-"
But before I could finish up my sentence the teacher halted me with a loud.
"Wait! You can read ancient writing!?"
Was it called ancient writing? It was common in the city where I came from. After all, it was used to apply magic on the sword.
She had this shocked expression you can see in a person that had just have seen a ghost. I wonder why?
"well, yeah? I guess...if that's what it's called then I guess I can read it."
I said with a bit of hesitation in my tone.
"Fascinating..." she paused while stroking her chin as if thinking about something. "Say, where did you came from?"
"My mo-" I paused.
Shoot! I was about to say "In my mother's belly." when I realized if I keep joking around my head will really roll to the floor in no time.
"I came from Eashten teach."
"Eashten? You mean the city near the dwarven kingdom's border?"
"Umm, yes the Infamous Eashten Land of the Blacksmiths"
"But that country..."
Even though the teacher didn't finished her sentence I already know what is it that she was about to say. I was there after all.
"Yes, the city already fall into ruins. I witnessed it after all, I was there when it happened. The Goliath incident 6 years ago."
"I'm sorry to hear that." she said in a low tone.
"it's okay teach, it's already in the past so Let's just move on."
"Of course."
With a smile I finally cleared the gloomy atmosphere around us.
"So, why did you choose to enroll here in Hords Academy?"
"Like I said earlier, I'm traveling around the mortal realm hoping to find a magic school to attend to. I heard some rumours that they teach magic here and then here we are."
"Now I see. On that note, Mind if I transfer you to my class?"
"Uhh...Is that really okay?"
"Yeah, since people who can read Ancient writings are very rare among the people on this country. In return, I could really appreciate on lending me a hand on my research for magic."
Sounds very interesting.
"Count me in teach! I'd be happy to oblige."
I'm a bit hesitant to do this at first. But when I thought about it thoroughly, I decided to take her offer. It will help me achieve my goal after all.
"Thanks. Anyway, sorry for the late introduction, my name is Malycia Rose Malford. You can just call me teacher Rose just like everyone in the class."
"Fenri Hounds, a pleasure to meet you teacher Rose."
And with that, I have found myself a magic school to attend to.
"Huh? The sun is about to set."
I muttered to myself as I watched the sky above as it's color is slowly becoming more orange as the sun was slowly hiding beyond the horizon.
Many hours have passed since teacher Rose and I have parted our ways. After that meeting I took a nap inside the storage room so that teachers won't freak out if they see me goofing around in an open. And when I woke up I decided to take it easy and head home to prepare for tomorrow.
I live in a cheap, crappy apartment near the campus for easy school access. Since, I can't afford to live on dorms. I can't pay up the expenses there because I'm broke, I can't hang out with the people there since I'm a commoner, and status is what makes a person above the others.
People like the King,the Queen, the Prince, and Princess are the people who have the highest status below them was the Marquess and Marchioness, next is the Earl and Countess, Followed by the Viscount and Viscountess, lastly is the Baron and Baroness. Those where the order of nobility titles and the people whom we call the nobles.
But that is not the end of it all. The ranking was continued with the Nobles on top, the Church, the Knights, the Merchants, the Adventurers, the Commoners, and the slaves. Yes slavery is legal in this corrupted country. Even though it's highly and socially advance they still resort to that kind of stuffs to satisfy their twisted desires.
As I was walking on the asphalt road I saw the tall buildings, the lightings illuminating the almost dark streets, the cars passing by, some students that is about to go shopping to the mall, some other civilians and bystanders. This is just an example of how the city have grown in the past centuries of developing technology.
I also noticed something...or rather someone forcing Demi-human slaves to put boxes inside a delivery truck. They where crying and you can really feel every ounces of tears that sweeps through their faces. But, they couldn't afford to stop even if it's against their will. Since the Human owner will whip them to shape is they do.
Of course I'm not fond in that kind of stuff. As a fellow scumbag I would really punch that guy in the face to show him what it feels to be discriminated. But as fate would not allow it because I'm powerless and useless. Even if I don't agree with that idea. I can't really do anything to stop it. And that's reality.... that's just how hard the world is right now.
I continued my stroll to home with a gloomy face in tact thinking again dreaming.
"How should I bring back the world it was back then if I'm this powerless? How should I bring back the peace that once had take over in this curse world?"
I wonder why god gave such powerless skills to me in the first place... If gods do exist then I hope they heed my call.
After a few minutes I arrived home safely.
I unlocked the door using the key. Then I take off my shoes and put them aside for now, I sat of the floor near the door for about some time, before rushing, running and flew up, jumping onto my cramped bed as if diving in the ocean.
"Hayst...." I then release a sigh of exhaustion. "this is really draining me out."
It was a really tiring day for me. Even though I never did anything exhausting back then. It's not that I'm tired physically... I'm just mentally exhausted that's all. Looking back to what happened earlier. I found myself grinning while burying my face on my pillow.
"hehehe... tomorrow huh..."
I'm a bit excited on transferring to that magic classroom. Now that I've secure my magic lessons I feel like I've taken the first step in my goal.
"I will return this world one day...to it's original state!"
Dad, mom... please watch over me...
My vision is starting to become blurry. It's already dark outside anyway. I'm not hungry either so I may just sleep for the time. Then my consciousness faded away and fell asleep in an instant.