7 Orientation Updated-Full (1/2)
A slight movement chased the darkness away from my vision, allowing me to look up at an unfamiliar ceiling, one that was much higher than even the church's. I was also greeted by the sounds of many high-pitched voices, and as I started to sit-up, I realized the voices belonged to a large group of kids. I had been laying in the middle of a very large room, probably meant to fit up to 1,000 people, although there were only about 400 people, some the height of teenagers, and others just barely above the height of the average toddler. About 7 or 8 meters ahead of me is a decently sized platform, which is about 1 meter up from the floor I'm currently sitting on. Most of the platform was kept from view by a large white curtain, which would probably be hiding a few props or people if there was a play going on.
'Am I in a school auditorium now? I thought my body moved to that other world, but I guess it was something like my soul or mind that moved...' I tried to make sense of how I had gotten here, and the best I could come up with is that I was carried here while unconscious.
As if someone knew I was confused about where I was, a familiar high-pitched voice called out to me as it moved closer, and the voices waving tail soon came into view, ”Ruto, your finally awake! We got scared after you suddenly collapsed like that... so we took you to the school! I was so worried about you...”
'Aw, Asuna~' I swooned over her cuteness in my head as she fell into my arms, crying out her worry and relief laced tears.
”Eh, the teacher's said you'd be fine,” Erin said calmly, as he came up from behind where Asuna was previously standing before she had given in to her cute and childish tendencies...
”Wait, did we miss the orientation?” As I was still patting Asuna's head, and rubbing her soft cat ears, I got worried, as we may have been late because of me...
”Hm? Oh, nah, the Principal is late, so we haven't really missed anything. Apparently they saw a child using spatial-magic, and wanted to scout them for the school, but lost track of them...” Erin, though a little nervous that the Principal had seen me, assured me that we haven't missed anything, which took a big weight off of my shoulders.
'Hehe, that just means I can spend more time cuddling with this little cutie,' I thought to myself, as I looked at Asuna with mischief in my eyes.
[10 Minutes Later]
'I feel like I'm forgetting something...' I thought to myself as Asuna slipped out of my arms, and we both got on our feet to stand next to Erin.
[10 More Minutes Later]
As authority filled foot-steps sounded out from the stage, the room began to become quiet, mainly due to the hard work of the taller kids that shushed the shorter, younger kids. Suddenly, the lights cut out, making Asuna let out an adorable yelp. The only thing that we could see in the Auditorium was a mesmerizing white glow coming from the stage. If you looked closely enough, the glowing was coming from a floating crystal-like shard, about the size of an adult hand, in the middle of the stage. The glow from the crystal grew, as it allowed us the see the person standing on the stage.
”Hello! My name is Tyr Breigner, a retired adventurer, as well as the head-principal and advanced magic theory instructor of this school.” A feminine voice sounded from the stage, as a small line of text appeared above her head, [Tyr Breigner (Nickname: Tear Bringer) Lv. ???].
[Observed A Legend! Level Up! +2]
'She is the real deal...' I thought to myself, FINALLY making use of \u003cObserve\u003e's ability to see a bit of information on other people.
[???'s POV]
”The woman on the stage, Tyr, exudes the calm and overwhelming aura of the sea, as if to match with her azure hair. She is calling a few other people up to the stage, introducing a few more teachers, all with distinct auras coming from them, but none of their auras can withstand the overwhelming pressure of the sea. Well... I say none, but one of their aura's are struggling against the Tyr woman's aura,” the gentle woman observed the ”aura's” of the people on stage.
[Margaret Bastia (Nickname : Margarita) Lv. 69]
”Indeed, the person who's aura was contending with Tyr's was conceived due to one too many margaritas. It's in her character description, but I've decided I shouldn't peek too much at person's character description. Not after what happened with the late Hero of this world, a Hero being an adventurer who has reached Hero-Class strength without the help of a sponsor, and has vowed to protect their home world... that damned lolicon. Of course he'd receive ample judgement after I discovered such a thing, after all, I've reached God-Class. His strongest attack as a Hero-Class would barely reach an ordinary punch from a God-Class,” the gentle woman stated matter-of-factly, as if we- as if I was supposed to know what the words ”God-Class” meant.
”Ah, I'm sorry... this must be very confusing, as you've only just awakened a little over a year ago, and haven't been able to go far from that pitiful boy, Ruto. I'm sorry, the boy still hasn't noticed your existence even after I gave him information on the soul... the experience of his first summons must be interfering. Here, I'll provide you with the information on souls directly, maybe it'll awaken the knowledge I gave on souls to Ruto too,” the woman formed a small orb on her finger, which eventually floated into what I think is my ”forehead.”
”#%%^#@$@,” strange symbols flashed into my vision, which is barely above the vision of Ruto's, sending a blinding stinging sensation into my ”eyes.”
And then...
[Opening Prompt...]
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[Soul + Status Menu Info]
(See Auxiliary Chapter for Full-Explanation)
(General Definition)
The consolidation of a person's knowledge, experiences, skills, and abilities, given an ethereal form. The class of their soul commonly acts as the persons title, like King or Queen (see soul-class).
(Soul-Class)
System-Class :
It is thought that the system, which aids and limits development, has a soul....
God-Class :
Peoples/Beings at this class have become very specialized. They have pioneered their own paths to dominance, destruction, and/or creation, usually forfeiting control to their Soul Guide.
Emperor/Apostle/Imp-Class :
People/Beings with souls at this class possess strength and/or knowledge that ranges from the ability to threaten planets, to threatening galaxies...
High King/Hero/Trickster-Class :
People/Beings with souls at this class possess strength and/or knowledge that ranges from the ability to threaten continents, to threatening entire planets...
King/Legend/Venerable-Class :
People/Beings with souls at this class possess strength and/or knowledge that ranges from the ability to destroy cities, to toppling entire countries. Most nobles would now claim the title of King, Adventurer's of Legend, and Scholar's of Venerable...
Noble/Adventurer/Scholar-Class :
People/Beings with souls at this class have a skewed balance, and have abilities that range from destroying a boulder to a town. Noble's have a balanced, but inexperienced, soul. Adventurer's have an unbalanced, but experienced, soul. A Scholar's experience and balance varies greatly.
Peasant-Class :
Everyday people, who don't seek out strength or knowledge, possess soul's at this class. They possess very weak magical and physical prowess due to their lack of observation and/or training.
Morphing-Class :
The Morphing-Class, sometimes called a pseudo Enlightened-State, holds no definite shape or strength. Due to its loose form, it reaches out for anything it can get, making the person an extremely fast learner...
(Soul Guide's)
A separate personality, only developed by King-Class and above. Occasionally, soul's with mutant progression, which are soul's that have strange shapes and growth, develop soul guides without reaching King-Class...
(Status Menu)
The status menu is...
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”Oh... So, maybe I'd be Ruto's soul guide,” I eventually reached that conclusion after going over the information on the soul.
”Perhaps... ”
[Ruto's POV]
”Would anyone like to be first-,” Tyr was asking all of us something when I suddenly remembered everything about my encounter with my ”sponsor”, and the information she gave me on the soul.
”I KNEW I WAS FORGETTING SOMETHING!!!” I screamed out.
All the eyes in the auditorium looked back at me, well, of course they were. I'm the idiot who just yelled out in the middle of Tyr's question.
'Fuck, she isn't mad is she,' I prayed that Tyr wouldn't be upset as I slowly looked towards her on the stage.
”Ah, I'll take it you want to try first? Alright, come on up kid,” Tyr's tone sounded a bit annoyed, but I avoided a disaster... I hope, because I fail to remember what I was about to do.
”Pssst, Erin! What does she want me to do? I kinda spaced out...” I whispered to Erin as I shuffled around to make it seem like I was getting ready to go up.
”Hm? O-oh, uh, you are just going up there to see your status,” Erin replied to my question.
'Oh... that weird information bomb had pretty good timing, because I know what that is! It was oddly tucked in with all the stuff about the soul. Convenient! I must have a Soul Guide, a separate personality inside of my soul... I've been getting excited very easily, and it has been a bit difficult to act serious,' I continued to think over the information as I walked up to the stage.
The closer I got to Tyr, and the teacher's standing off to the side, the tighter my chest felt. It kind of felt like my head was under water.
'What do I do now?' I thought, looking up to the woman, Tyr, while tilting my head.
After noticing me look up at her without doing anything, just standing around, she instructed me, ”Just touch that modified Magic Crystal. Oh, er, the floating glowy thing.”
”Oh! What does it do?” I asked.
”Oh, yeah, you seem like quite the curious kid, so uh, let me think of something simple... Okay, this one lets you see things like your name, but others usually help you use magic!” Tyr explained to me, but it was obvious her excitement was forced.
[Ruto]
As my hand got closer to the Magic Crystal, the light from it began to shine with a greater intensity. I could feel something stir up inside me, followed by a pale blue light coming from my hand and being absorbed into the crystal. It was mana. I could tell this much because it matches the description in the story books Nana read. With most people, when they first interact with mana, it'll be a gentle sky blue.
[Accessing Summarized Status Menu...]
'This notification or system thing really is involved with everything...'
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