Intelligence?

Entering my room, I felt sudden exhaustion run through my entire body.

I took a long shower while several thoughts ran through my head.

When my training ended, I was broke. Dreyden wasn't very athletic, at least not at the level I'm training at now.

It was time to test my new skill. The biggest problem for me is the side effects.

In the novel, it was said that you couldn't measure how much IQ someone with super intelligence has.

But the minimum that was said in the novel is 220.

Getting out of the shower, and drying myself, I lay down on the bed to rest.

There was still some time before the next class started.

"Ability"

I muttered as an interface opened up in front of me.

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[Absolute Intelligence: Super Intelligence {9}]

It is a direct offshoot of the Original Absolute Intelligence skill. Possessors of this ability are abnormally more intelligent than other individuals, having reasoning abilities beyond the natural level, which makes them immensely intelligent, and can surpass other members of their species who have received years of study and training.

Warning: May extract harmful amounts of energy/calories/sustenance of the body, causing various physical problems.

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"Haaaa..."

The description was short. It hid limitations such as the difficulty of interacting with less mentally capable people with someone like the user.

Or the sudden God syndrome that many users of this ability have.

Some people in the Star family were killed precisely because of this syndrome. Finding that because they are smarter than normal people, they are superior in everything, and becoming a 'superior existence'.

(N/A: It should be known that superintelligence is superior to enhanced intelligence or peak human. Remember that.)

Waving my hands over the floating screen, I got out of bed and headed to class.

What better place than the class to test this skill?

I couldn't think of a better one.

******

The class started a little late because the teacher was troubleshooting the machine for the future point test. But now, the professor was more energetic than usual.

"Today we're going to talk about magic energy noons. The tiny particles that only those with special eye abilities can see, and also the main reason for the abnormal difference from one ability to another."

Most of the students were paying attention to the lecture, including me. Unlike the other days when I was circling my magic control, now I was silently activating my new ability.

Professor Leon's class today was about magical theory, the subject I had the most trouble with, so he always finds a way to ask me questions, which was a real nuisance.

"Magical energy noons are responsible for the materialization of metaphysical energy. When you transform the noons in varying amounts and make them merge, they become something that researchers call 'new energy.'

While he explained, I began to feel a sudden headache. It was a light pain that didn't seem severe, but I could tell the world was different.

Or rather, my perspective on the world was different.

Did it all see simpler?

"New energy is simply transforming your high-quality magical energy into pure, clean energy without the noons and pollution that consists of magical energy. However, this new energy is mysterious and different, it needs what we call ' language of Gaia' to use."

The professor stretched his hand forward and several tiny glowing dots began to appear in the air.

I suddenly felt an urge to activate the eyes of truth, and I did so almost as if on automatic.

Almost as if my body wanted it, it was thirsty for knowledge.

The glowing dots were joined together, forming a kind of magic thread.

Unlike the blue energy, the magic thread was white and straight, it was floating over the teacher's hand, but no matter what he did with the magic energy around it, the thread didn't move.

"The problem is that thanks to the new partnership with the Green Alliance, the goblin tribe has revealed one of the words of Gaia's language, and that is the only one we know."

The professor lowered his hand, withdrawing his magical energy.

I clasped my hands on my legs so hard they were hurting me. The problem was, that I didn't care about the pain.

The magic theory was unprecedented for me. Just by looking at the quantity equation about creating magic energy, I was able to solve it with this skill.

The problem was that the superintelligence was screaming at something new.

She wasn't trying to settle for the new magical energy that even the withdrawn professor was still motionless in midair.

'Shit...'

I couldn't think straight. My brain was thinking at a speed I couldn't keep up. The memories of math classes, history, science, and everything else they had were being studied in my head.

The superintelligence was working along with my mild curiosity about magic.

She turned my mild curiosity into obsession and was trying to explain how noons of magical energy formed in the air.

"As you can see, this new energy is unknown, it is not affected by anything in the material world except sound waves."

The teacher pointed to the small white thread hanging in the air as he looked at the students, I felt his eyes stop on me and his expression get confused.

"Dreyden, are you okay?"

He asked, as most students' heads turned towards me.

"Aaaaaargh!"

The headache started to increase. It felt like my head was being burned. I got up from my chair as everything around me started to spin.

Memories of my old life, of romance, were running through my mind as I kept asking myself again:

'Why am I here?'

'Who is doing this to me?'

I was scared of it. The superintelligence had no consciousness, but it greatly magnified the unknown to the user.

Like when Alice first came into contact with creating artificial intelligence.

The superintelligence amplifies her curiosity so much that she's gone crazy for a few days just thinking about it.

The problem was that I was very curious. I had several questions and no answers.

"Shit!!!"

I felt my brain burn.

And the moment it started to burn, my vision darkened, and I lost consciousness.

*******

Darkness again.

But even in the darkness of my closed eyes, something was happening.

Because there was something in the dark.

An interface, unlike before, glowed red.

[Danger!]

[User does not have the requirements for activating the 'Super Intelligence' skill]

[User is breaking rule number 6.32 of Gaia's rules!]

[A judgment will be held to see the progression of Boundary Break Case #2!]

[The trial is in progress.]

This was... something new.

My senses were periodically returning to me. But even though I couldn't open my eyes, those red interfaces were still glowing.

[Heads up!]

[An anomaly has been found!]

[The 'Celestial Library' skill is not under orders from Gaia!]

[The trial was stopped!]

And the darkness, too.

I opened my eyes when I could see again. Looking around, I identified the location.

I was in the infirmary.

The headache was still in effect. My head felt like it was throbbing.

"Fucking skill!"

I grumbled when, even to speak, I felt pain.

Circulating my magical energy, an interface opened. I was already at a level enough to open my status without having to say anything.

=====Status=======

[Name: Dreyden Stella]

[Race: Human]

[Strength: 19]

[Toughness: 23]

[Agility: 22]

[Intelligence: 30]

[Perception: 30]

[Magic Energy: 483]

=====Skills=======

[Celestial Library {0}]

The large library stores books.

Stored books:

Eyes Of Truth {1}.

Fire Fists {7}.

Action And Reaction {0}.

Super Intelligence{Sealed.}

New version: Improved Intelligence {7}.

=====Status=======

Huh? That's a novelty.

Even if i was the creator of the Celestial library, it was an as-yet-unknown ability. I only created it superficially, the other abilities that this book awakens are still unknown to me, and the limitations and abilities are as well.

My attention was caught when I circled my magic energy to open the skill interface.

And just as I wanted, it was done. I focused my will on one skill specifically.

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[Improved Intelligence {7}]

Enhanced Intelligence is the power to possess a level of intelligence above common in your species. It is a minor form of Super Intelligence.

The user possesses above-average intellectual capacity among members of his species, having reasoning and learning abilities beyond the natural level.

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"That..."

The existence of this new ability was probably due to my inability to withstand super intelligence.

I didn't know if this concept was from my Celestial library or from the superintelligence itself.

"More unanswered questions..."

I sighed as someone quickly pulled back the curtain around the bed I was in.

"You woke up!"

The redhead with the red eyes quickly opened the infirmary's curtain. She stared into my eyes for a few seconds and then hugged me tightly.

"Do you know the scare you gave me? You... what happened!?"

Quickly, Maya squeezed me and her tearful expression faded when she asked, turning serious.

If it was back in the day, I would have revealed the problem, but...

I could not.

Something was keeping me from revealing my plans, like advice telling me it's best to keep some things to myself.

"I just had a headache." I smiled when I felt his grip loosen. "I'm sorry to worry you."

Maya silently studied my face for a few seconds before nodding. She got up and wiped her eyes.

I felt a little disappointed in myself.

In fact, I knew I was being naive about the way I was treating Maya. I was just trying to trust someone as much as I could and share my burden.

For various reasons, I felt that Maya would be a good partner for my plans, I didn't really want to hide anything from her.

But even though I felt like I was being hasty, I still exposed everything.

"Maya. I trust you." I said, getting her attention.

She smiled and replied, "Me too."

"No, you don't understand." I grabbed her hand tightly. "I just want you to know that in this whole world, you are the person I trust the most."

I wasn't lying. Surviving by myself alone was difficult.

I was quite relieved to know that I had a person there with me, with the same goal as me and that I could trust completely.

But inevitably, I had to hide things from her, I was just being picky about what to hide.

I didn't tell you that this world originates from a novel, because I knew it wasn't worth it.

Her voice snapped me out of my thoughts as she cracked a smile.

"You're the only person I have right now. I feel the same way too."

We both smiled at each other until another voice snapped us out of our friend trance.

"How cute. But now is not the time."

A woman appeared behind Maya taking her arm that was squeezing my hand and pulling her out of the room.

"Your friend is not well. As long as you don't want to be distrusting someone, please leave."

Maya reluctantly waved when I told her to leave.

With this woman present, I would be healed anyway.

A level 7 healing skill is greatly underestimated in this world.

If I could, I would try to bring her into my organization.