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[Language Mastery LV.15 Achieved.]

[All requirements to evolve the skill are met.]

[Language Mastery LV.15 becomes Polyglot LV.MAX]

[The Polyglot skill allows you to communicate accurately with all human languages.]

Shinka, who was exercising while listening to a movie in German, came to a sudden stop.

'Human languages... Does that mean there are more vocabularies besides humans, or could I use animal vocabularies?'

Shinka pondered for a few moments.

'I don't think it refers to that. Animal intelligence is limited, and calling that vocabulary doesn't seem like an accurate way to describe it.'

[Rationality has leveled up.]

[Rationality Lv.14]

'The system is probably hinting at the existence of extraterrestrial beings. That sounds problematic.'

After a few moments, Shinka noticed something else, which made the system a bit more random.

[Status]

[Name: Shinka Kusaka]

[Species: Human]

[Nicknames: None]

[Health: 50/50]

[Mana: 1/1]

[Attack: Medium (Human)]

[Defense: Low (Human)]

[Speed: Medium (Human)]

[Skills: Mathematician Lv.16, Rationality Lv.14, Speed Reading Lv.20, Accelerated Thinking Lv.2, Sleep Resistance Lv.10, Polyglot Lv.MAX, Meditation Lv.4, Double Concentration Lv.5, Strength Lv.14, Running Lv.8, Training Lv.5]

'Not all skills have the same limit. Language Mastery reaches its peak at level 15 while Mathematician is at level 16 and hasn't evolved. Even Speed Reading is level 20 and hasn't evolved.'

'Each skill will have a different cap, I suppose. A bit strange, but oh well.'

Leaving that for another time, he looked at his calendar.

"The holidays start next week... And I have a strange feeling in my chest," Shinka thought to himself as he pressed his hand against his chest.

'I need to be prepared in case there is someone else with a system like mine. If that person or those people are crazy, then I can't imagine the possible catastrophes.'

With that in mind, the young man approached his computer and opened a page.

{Most Popular Martial Arts}

"It's no use having a lot of strength if you don't know how to use it."

Without wasting any more time, Shinka began to search for well-known martial arts styles that weren't fake martial arts like aikido or impractical ones like sports Taekwondo.

...

Time flew by, and now Shinka was with his two close relatives.

"Are you sure you're ready for a solo trip?" asked a woman to a young man.

The boy just nodded repeatedly.

"Well, your sister and your grandmother will pick you up when you arrive in Kuoh City. Take care of yourself, don't accept candies from strangers!"

The young man just scoffed at his aunt's words, saying something so absurd considering the situation they were in.

"Is it weird that you're telling that to a 14-year-old, you know?" Shinka said as he slung his backpack over his shoulder.

He, along with his family, were at the bus terminal. The young man was getting ready to leave while his aunt, and uncle gave him a warm farewell.

Shinka would be alone for a week in Kuoh, so he thought it was an exaggeration to a certain extent, but once it was taken into account that he was only 14 years old, then it made a bit more sense.

The world was a dangerous place. Although not so much for Shinka, having a system that basically made him a perfect being.

"Next 'Havens Travel' bus to Kuoh City is about to depart."

"That's my cue," said Shinka to his uncles. The three of them hugged tightly, and Shinka slowly walked towards the boarding gate.

"Now that I look at him, Shinka has grown a bit, hasn't he?" asked the uncle.

Shinka was a short and skinny young man. Until recently, he was about 1.48 meters tall, and now he had reached a height of 1.54 meters.

He was still short, but gradually he would enter Japan's national standard for height.

"He even developed a bit of muscles," said the aunt, as she watched Shinka board the bus and waved goodbye.

"Really? He looks pretty much the same to me," the uncle whispered.

"Well..." The aunt recalled something while counting to her husband.

Flashback -

"Kusaka Shinka!" A woman's voice resonated in the house. She was standing in front of her nephew's door.

"Why aren't you answering!?" A vein popped on her head.

"..." Her patience finally ran out, and with force, she burst into her nephew's room.

She always had respect for others' privacy, especially her beloved family's, but for the first time, she barged into Shinka's room without permission.

Upon entering, she was stunned to see the scene.

Shinka was lying on his bed, with nothing covering his torso, he wasn't even wrapped up, he was just lying on the bed, drooling slowly onto his pillow.

A smell of sweat began to enter her nostrils, causing her to furrow her brow.

'He must have tired himself out after so much exercise. This fool is overexerting himself.' she thought as she left a plate of food on her nephew's desk.

'He's been pushing himself too hard, even at school. For a while now, he's been bringing all his exams with top scores.' The woman approached her nephew lying down and observed his body.

'I don't think he realizes that to have many muscles, you need to eat.' Her nephew's body was still extremely discreet.

Of course, his muscles could be discerned, but he didn't have much mass, so with even slightly tight clothing, it would seem like he had never done a pull-up in his life.

"Anyway..." The woman whispered and left the room, promising that as soon as she saw Shinka wake up, she would scold him for not cleaning his room properly.

A few days later, the situation happened again, but now Shinka had something more than just his bones, although they were still discreet, and he didn't seem to want them to be.

He continued to wear loose clothing, or oversized as he had always done. Either to avoid people noticing him or to not change his aesthetic.

Flashback End -

"I see, I guess he's reached the age where he cares about his appearance," the uncle whispered as he walked to the car with his wife.