3 Quiz

'Should I help you then?'

Unlike last time when I had no idea what is going on inside my head, this time I am aware of who is the one doing this to me. The ghost old man is communicating through my head.

Did he just say help me? What could he possibly do to help me in this situation?

'Lief, you must have forgotten what I have told you earlier. You must remember your true identity.'

True Identity? Do you mean the Reincarnation of your King nonsense?

'Your real identity is not nonsense. In fact, if you really want to succeed in this examination of yours, the gift from my liege that you have received earlier is the key to your success.'

The gifts that I received? I did not get any of those! If I ever received these 'gifts' from your king, how are those supposed to help me in a quiz?

'*sigh* You are seriously hard to deal with. If I did not know your birthday, I would have never expected the King would be reincarnated to be like you.'

Now you are complaining even though you are the one bothering me? You have seriously brought nothing but unlucky events ever since I met and it was just a few hours ago!

Gosh, this old man is such a bad influence.

'Close your eyes and take a deep breath.'

Wh… What the heck are you talking about?!

'Just do what I am going to tell you and I am going to show you a glimpse of the new powers that you were destined to have.'

Fine, now that I know my quiz is screwed up, I might as well join your gimmick. What do I do next, creepy old man?

'Focus all of your energy in your mind. Do not let it slip past your head.'

I have no idea what is he talking about but I might as well do it. I guess I just need to loosen up the rest of my body parts but not my brain. Am I doing it right, old man?

'Not bad for a first try, Lief. Although the King did it way better on his first try though.'

Oh shut up! Why are you comparing me to your imaginary King of yours? I am doing this for myself. Now tell me what to do next!

'Next, strengthen your grip on the energy inside of your head. Make sure that you have control over it and you have the ability to harness your energy.'

Dammnit Old man! I have no idea what you are talking about! Explain it a little bit better!

'No need. What you are doing right now is the correct way. All you need to do is to maintain that feeling and sensation. That will be your key to accessing your gifts.'

The heck? All I have been doing is just holding my breathe and making my head feel like it is about to explode. Am I really doing it right?

'Just keep up what you are doing right now. And if you feel like you are ready, transfer all of the energy that you have built up on your mind towards your eyes. That will be the final step.'

If I feel like I am ready? Hey old man! I have no idea what you are talking about? How am I supposed to know when I am ready?

'That is all up to you. Consider this as your first training for your goal which is of course to be the ruler of this world.'

I told you I have no plans on becoming the King of the world or whatever! Just give me a damn clue!

'This is all up to you.'

Shit! The old man really abandoned me! Whatever! Let me just do this by myself. It is not like I believe something would happen anyways. I was just getting desperate because of the quiz.

Let see…

Harness the power that you have built up on your mind. Control them.

Do not let any of the energy that you have slipped out.

Wooh…...

Wait for the right moment.

The right moment…

Wait for it…

Now!!!

What the frick?!?!

My eyes… My eyes feel a lot different! What the heck is this?!? Why am I seeing things a lot clearer than ever before?!

'Looks like you figured it out all by yourself, Lief. Congratulations.'

Oh shut up old man! What the heck did you do to me?!

'I have not done anything to you at all. You simply unlocked the gifts that were given to you. I guided you on how are you going to control it. Now that you are able to do what I have told you, you can use your improved eyes so that you can look at the answers of your classmates. If you can do it then you have officially unlocked your Harness.'

Harness? What the heck is that?!

Did he also just said that I can use these eyes in order to cheat?!?

Sweet!

I immediately attempted to use it but as soon as I was about to try…

"TIMES UP!!! Submit all of your papers!"

"WHAT?!?!?!!?!"

…

"What was that, Mr. Lief Tris?"

Shit! I screwed up! I was so focused on the words that the old man is telling me that I forgot that I am still answering my quiz! The reason why I followed his instruction is that he said he would help me in my test but it was all for nothing now that I could not even fill up my answer sheet with anything.

"Uhm… No, ma'am… I was just surprised."

The teacher looked at me with doubt in her eyes.

"Is that so? Then give me your answer sheet. You are the only student left in this classroom."

"Oh… Yes… Of course, ma'am."

Damn, I was really distracted that I did not even notice that there are no other classmates left in the classroom.

I stood up from my desk and submitted my paper to the teacher. I then immediately left the classroom.

'It seems like you are not only socially awkward towards me.'

This damn voice of an old man. How could you ever say that when you barely know anything about me?

'I noticed that you did not even greet or bid farewell to your teacher. Simple actions like that say a lot to your character. Don't worry though, that won't stop your destiny on becoming the Ruler of this world.'

Oh shut up old man! This is all your fault! If you were not distracting me earlier I would have at least filled up my paper with answers.

Wait… Now that I think about it, what happened to my eyes?! It feels like it went back to normal.

'You simply deactivated your harness, Lief.'

Here you go again with that Harness! Why don't you explain to me what the heck is that?!

-STAY TUNED-

P.S. Do not cheat!!!!