After attending a rather long meeting there, Rover is currently enjoying his last hot shower in the school's shower room.
Although he feels a bit of pain as the water touches his wounds that are still in the healing process, he pushes through because this is his last opportunity to warm up and clean himself from the smell of blood that still lingers on him.
Besides that, he also wants to momentarily forget the endless problems that keep arising in his life.
After a while, he is still reluctant to turn off the tap and wants to stay there. "Alright, since there's nothing else to do now, I will try to see the benefits gained from the last fight."
At the same time, a screen appears with information and numbers displayed.
{Status}
[Name: Rover Averway]
[ Age: 17 ] [ Sex: Male ]
[ Race: Human ] [ Level: 20 (+7) ]
[ Job: None ] [ Title: None ]
[ Fatigue: 08 % ]
[ Condition: Minor injury ]
[ Mana Point: 226/226] (+33)
(Attribute)
[ Strength: 66 (+10) Vitality: 54 (+9) ]
Agility: 68 (+9) Sense: 50 (+14)
[ Stamina: 66 (+11) Magic: 43 (+9) ]
[ Attribute point: 14 ]
[ Skill ]
[Blink Haste] (Sequence 1) ]
[Enchanted Mind] (Sequence 1)(New!!)]
After staring at the screen for a moment, he became confused about the new skill he had never seen before. He didn't remember acquiring any skills lately, except for the Orb of Skill he received after his battle with the zombie leader.
W-Wait, the Orb of Skill? Is it what he thinks it is?
Curious, he immediately checked the description of the skill.
[Enchanted Mind (Classification: Skill) (Sequence 1) Grade 7: A skill acquired and activated accidentally before ultimately losing consciousness after the battle. This skill provides the user with a drastic enhancement in mental capabilities such as memory, reasoning speed, and increases understanding quickly. This skill is passive, so it does not require activation to take effect.]
He was somewhat surprised by the description as it matched his predictions. Could this also be due to the effect of his new ability? The only way to know his capability was to test it out directly. He quickly prepared his bathing session and started getting ready to go to the library for a hands-on test.
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As is known, Forbidden Avorm is a school with the best education in the world, and it has various facilities that students can use to meet their needs, one of which is the library.
Currently, in a corner of the library, there is a man who appears to be intensely focused on the book in front of him. Additionally, there are many books stacked around the table, which, if counted, could reach into the hundreds.
"Ugh, this is crazy; sitting for six hours has made my body ache all over. Especially with the cold weather outside, the situation is getting worse," he says while looking out the window beside him.
A cold storm that has not subsided for the past eight hours makes the situation difficult to predict.
As Rover is lost in thought, a sound of footsteps is suddenly heard from behind him, prompting him to turn around to see.
A beautiful woman is seen wearing a long black trench coat that covers her body down to the bottom. She is also wearing black jeans that cover her legs and lower body area.
Even though she is wearing such clothes, it does not lessen her beauty. In fact, she looks elegant and has her own charm when wearing them.
Who else but Dai Yu.
"Hey, what are you doing at this hour?" Dai Yu said as she saw the stack of books scattered around Rover's table.
Rover, hearing her words, only glanced at her briefly before returning to his book and sighing.
"You know I'm just looking for something, since my phone is unusable right now. So we can only rely on the old method, which is searching through books."
Dai Yu, slightly intrigued by what he was looking for, decided to join him and sat down next to Rover.
Rover, seeing that Dai Yu was now beside him, could only be confused and curious about the reason for her presence here. However, within 5 seconds, he dismissed that thought and allowed himself to be beside her.
At this moment, he didn't have time to figure out why Dai Yu came here and needed to search for information as well as conduct an experiment on his new skill.
"So what do you want to do? Who knows I might be able to help you look. Since I can't sleep now," he said in a flat tone but showing a hint of interest inside.
Rover's eyebrows immediately furrowed at her words.
Wait, the person who is said to be a prime woman and rarely talks, let alone gets close to others, is now offering to help him.
Doesn't that seem suspicious?
Despite that, it does not mean he doesn't want help.
"No, thank you. But can you help me with something else? I won't force you if you don't want to."
Dai Yu, hearing Rover's request, became curious about what he wanted.
"Huh, okay. As long as it's not too burdensome for me, it won't be a problem. And also this is as a thank you for helping me back then."
Rover immediately remembered when they were gathered and planning on that day. Remembering that, he could only shake his head, not expecting that Dai Yu had such an attitude.
"Alright, wait a moment. I'll be back soon."
Quickly, Rover took what was needed and returned shortly after.
Upon his return, Dai Yu could see Rover bringing a pale human body that looked familiar along with some materials whose functions and purposes she did not know.
"This is the body you carried back then, right?"
This referred to the time they were at the gym, where Dai Yu had accidentally seen Rover carrying a girl in his arms.
She had thought that the girl was simply sick or injured and needed help from Rover.
However, seeing Rover return with the body in such a pale state, she immediately concluded that the body he carried had been dead for quite some time.
"Yes, her name was Lily. I had to kill her because at that time she had already been bitten by a zombie. So, as her request before she died, she wanted to be buried at the edge of the cliff facing the sea."
"And have you thought about where she will be buried?"
"My thoughts are solely focused on one place, and that is Big Sur in California."
"That's a good choice, but the distance is very far. Not to mention the conditions we are currently facing, it's highly unlikely that we could go there."
"I know, we won't be able to do it any time soon. Therefore, to keep Lily's body intact until the designated time, I need your help with this."
After hearing Rover's request, Dai Yu had no choice but to cast her gaze at Rover and then at the body for quite a while.
After staring at the corpse, Dai Yu could only shake her head and then look at Rover with a gaze like a fool.
"It seems you don't need to do that."