Training Start

The next day.

After I woke up the next day, I had a daily mission. I didn't know they were a thing but it's good I guess.

[Daily Mission-

Preparation to become a powerful magus. A healthy mind only resides in a healthy body.

Objectives:

1) Do 10 push-ups

2) Do 10 sit-ups

3) Do 10 squats

4) Run 1 km.

Rewards: 100 SP]

Oh well. Gotta get ready for school. Yeah it's sad that I have to go to such a place. But it's good in a way to get away from this house with all its boundary fields. I can't make my preparations here in this house that's the stronghold of my enemy. Who knows what Zouken will do if he notices my peculiarity, after all he doesn't care much about his "family". He might have cared at one point in history but not now. Currently he has gone mad and degenerated in his search for immortality.

I can personally understand the desire for immortality, I don't hate Zouken for such a thing. I hate him for his methods, though I might be a bit hypocritical in saying that. Who knows what I would have done if I was in his situation.

Anyway I find his methods disgusting, so he is my enemy and that's all that matters. Oh yeah gotta act prideful, like the universe revolves around me to increase my power. But that's quite hard thing to do.

I go towards the mirror and look at my reflection to psyche myself for this.

"You are Almighty. You will be above all."

I murmur to my reflection and keep repeating it to myself for a few minutes.

"Nah this isn't working, I suppose I have to believe in it and currently I have no basis for it."

Oh well I tried, gotta get ready now.

***

After breakfast, I am now on my way to school with Sakura. Since she is going to the same elementary school as me.

It's nearby so we don't have to walk much for it.

When I look at Sakura's face, all I see is lifeless eyes. And it pains my heart to see a look like that on the face of a 9 year old girl. It's currently the month of October in the year 1996.

So it's currently a little over 7 years left until the next Holy Grail War. I know this because I just asked the system about what sort of timeline this is. And according to it, except for some minor differences it's mostly the same timeline as Fate/stay Night.

While I am thinking this, I unconsciously start patting Sakura's head with a smile on my face, I notice this fact because of Sakura stopping in place and looking with confusion at me with her lifeless eyes. And I see my smiling expression in her eyes.

"Nii-san?"

I take back my hand with an awkward expression probably.

'Where the heck did that come from?' I say inwardly. I am not that personally attached to Sakura nor is Shinji with his superiority complex. Oh well I should probably say something good.

"I saw what happened yesterday. But don't worry, you won't have to train like that for long because I am going to succeed the family! Anyway let's go to school."

What the fuck did I just say? I am stupid. I just see a dumbfounded expression on Sakura's face. Yeah I definitely need work in people skills in addition to pride. Even Shinji was better at this than the current me, as loathe as I am to admit it.

I just take Sakura's hand and run towards the school with her to hide my embarrassment over myself.

***

The day at school ends, and I remain in the classroom even after every other student has left it. Sakura and I don't go back together conveniently since Shinji likes to play around after school. And Sakura goes to home alone. It's good since this way I have some alone time to do my things.

I already finished my daily mission in the lunch break, so I suppose it's time to awaken my circuits by a trigger. I look around to see if anyone is here and see no one nearby.

So then I start trying by different mental triggers that I know about from the different magi in Nasuverse. But nothing happens. And now I am confused.

Around 15 minutes pass like this. And then it clicks to me that I am being stupid by just imitating what others are doing. I am not like them so why should I just imitate them. I remember my attribute associated with the Magic Circuits. And then imagine myself to be an almighty being who can do everything with a snap of my fingers, and then snap my fingers.

And then my Magic Circuits open with a flash and something mysterious happens to my body. I feel a lot pain but that is accompanied with a sense of omnipotence that I could drown myself in. But I barely keep my composure and stabilize myself.

After that I consciously power down my circuits and calm down. I notice a sheet of perspiration on my body but I finally have taken my first step on my road to power.

'Status'

[STATUS:

Incarnation Name- Matou Shinji

Age- 10 years

Sex- Male

Race- Human, Magus

Origin- Gamer

Attribute- Absorption, Almighty

Element- Wind

Parameters-

Strength: G

Endurance: G

Agility: G

Magical Energy: D

Luck: A+

Noble Phantasm: None

Skills- Presence Concealment (D), Instant Dungeon Creation (E), Reinforcement (E).]

I activate my E ranked skill Instant Dungeon Creation and it gives me two options to choose from.

[Empty ID]

[Slime ID (E Rank)]

I choose [Empty ID] because I am not currently fit to fight anything.

My surroundings change and I enter a white room the size of a football stadium. But it's completely empty but that's okay, it fits my requirements perfectly for a secret hideout.

I then start using Reinforcement magecraft on my whole body, and a whole another wave of pain shoots through it. But with it, all the functions of my body improve qualitatively. My body feels stronger and all my senses have become sharper.

I then test my body movements for a few minutes and then I take out the Reinforced Steel Spear and start practicing basic movements on it.

After some time, I release my Reinforcement magecraft on my body and suddenly the spear drops down from my hand since it's too heavy for my normal strength. Anyway I am exhausted now.

So I get out of ID and then discreetly go home without alerting anyone for now.

***

The next day. After school.

Well I have finished my daily mission for today. And the training will start in earnest from now on.

After all my classmates leave the room along with the teacher.

I brought extra clothes with me in my inventory. I first use [ID Creation (E)] to enter [Empty ID] to change my clothes.

I then use [ID Creation (E)] to enter [Slime ID (E Rank)] from there.

It leads to a wide natural habitat that reminds of a certain place but I can't seem to remember it. There is a lake nearby. And there seem to be blue colored slimes near it.

I take out the steel spear of mine and reinforce it along with my body and go to battle with the blue slimes after saying a few words.

"Rimuru forgive me for slaying your brethren."

There are 3 slimes in front of me. One of them suddenly attack me with a blade of water which I dodge, another one attacks me with a bullet which hits and will probably cause a bruise. And the last douses me in water after that setback.

I run towards them, and they attack me and try to keep me at a distance. It sure looks easy in games but man this is hard.

I somehow close up to them by dodging there attacks that would cause harm but don't dodge the ones dousing me in water.

When I close up with one of them I attack it with the shaft of my spear, when it retreats back due to force I poke it with the pointy end of my spear. The slime seems to take a lot of damage but is not destroyed. So I make a sweep with my spear and attack but this opens to an attack on my back from another slime who uses that blade of water which results in my shirt being cut along with a small amount of skin on my back.

But through this sacrifice, I am able to kill the slime in front of me. And it results in a system notification.

[You have killed a Hydro Slime. You gain 100 SP]

This motivates me more, and I go back to my battle with the 2 remaining Rimuru's brethren.