Chapter 3: Ch 2: First Quest
I could hardly contain the grin spreading across my face, my entire body buzzing with an electric energy that made the world feel new and full of possibility. The hope that my future could be full of happiness was ignited for the first time in my life- second life.
The blue panel showing the vessel shimmered, like a thin veil of glass, its edges flickering with an almost otherworldly light. As I reached out, hesitant at first, my fingers brushed against its surface, sending a chill creeping up on my arm.
An icy sensation spread across my whole-body form as it got assimilated into me. A soft voice, cool and distant, echoed in my mind as a strange mark appeared on the centre of my chest, resembling the one Esdeath had.
[ New ability has been added! ]
The words sent a jolt of recognition through me as my pulse quickened. It was as if something had unlocked within me, a deep, primal force waiting to be awakened any moment, was it because of the beast's blood?
A tendril of ice began to form at my fingertips, a delicate frost spreading outward in intricate patterns that slowly thickened into a glowing, crystalline shard. My eyes widened in disbelief as I lifted my hand, the shard floating effortlessly before me. I could feel the power humming beneath my skin, cold and yet exhilarating.
In the next instant, the shard dissolved, melting into the air, leaving only a thin trail of frost lingering in the air. I stood breathless with a mixture of wonder and uncertainty. Could it be true? Had I really just unlocked this incredible ability? I glanced down at my hands, feeling the cool touch of frost clinging to the skin, and for the first time, I realized some extent of what I was now capable of.
So what now? With the help of spin to win… this sounds lame to be honest but I am not going to be bitching about it. Can't curse the one who feed you for free but that leaves me the question what I am going to do with new life of mine.
As far I know, this world is filled with gods, angels, devils, dragons and maybe some creatures which I ain't aware of. The more I get myself into the supernatural side of this world, more I will get trouble in my hand and in the worse case I land into tits of death for the second time and god knows if I ever get this chance once again.
With this newly acquired power, I am already stamped with a target mark to the fallen angels or any supernatural beings that I piss off either knowingly or unknowingly. So with that, I can only count on joining hands with someone powerful enough to go toe to toe with other ones as long as I am under their wing.
And that leaves me with three known options, Devils, fallen angels and angels or maybe I should go to Kyoto and rizz Yasaka. I got almost carried away there but I can't put away that possibility but it's not like I can just say "Hey! I want to join you, can you take me under you?" Nah, that would be too reckless and I don't even remember important details of key events to get into her good graces. As for angel faction, that's worse and so Fallen angel faction seems the most logical one choice.
So it's decided! I join Fallen angels faction and I am no more in someone's hit list. Now who said that? Well it's just an instinct and it's better to act on instinct instead of just staying still and getting rag dolled by fate and then complaining about it. Stretching my arms in the air, I reached out for the clock and immediately my mind went blank for a second and foreign memories begin to flood in succession.
After 15 minutes of mind fuck, I finally came to senses and a new light emerged inside me withholding a new information of who I was now. A third-year student at Kuoh Academy, with academic record of straight A's student which was like a mountain to my valley. My new name was Kazuya Kirihara and it's a good one to be honest, better than Bob or Alexander.
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[ New task!
You've been skipping school for three days straight, it's time to make a comeback!
Quest: Reach at school before the bell rings
Reward: 1 spin ]
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Without wasting a breath, I rushed to my wardrobe and got dressed in less than 15 minutes before taking a nice shower after so long. The uniform was pretty cool, a black blazer with white accents over a white, long-sleeved, button-down shirt with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, matching black pants, and brown dress shoes. Not bad.
I dashed to the Kuoh Academy and finally I was standing outside the gates while other students made their way inside, chatting among themselves and a breath of fresh air which I missed for so long despite being content with the life in darkness. In the end, too realize the importance of light you must go through the darkness. As I was drifting away in my thoughts, the blue screen popped once again showing me I completed the task.
I'm killing it.
"So you finally realized that" A familiar female voice rang in my ears, as I turned to side to get a good look and met with the sight of bespectacled girl with a slim figure, dressed in Kuoh uniform with black hair styled in a short bob cut, and violet eyes, "You are supposed to make a presence here. Kazuya Kirihara"
"Good Morning, Shittori-san" I replied with a smile which only made her eye twitch for some reason "How you doing?"