Who Are You? Why Me?

"Round One. Luke Lewis won!"

He could still feel his body shivering due to the tremor force unleashed by Raigor. Nevertheless, he could still bow slightly to show respect, "Thank you for the guidance."

After saying that, Luke began descending the arena and having a stride toward the lounge. After disappearing from everyone's eyes, the spectator burst out in excitement. They finally managed to see clearly the might of Alex's replica. Though they've seen Luke's performance before, that was the unclear one. And presently, they finally able to catch a sight of his skill more vividly.

"Your friend is quite strong." Whispered the blonde woman as she elbowed Aisyl.

"Of course, if I'm this strong, you should expect my friend more!" Aisyl said with a proud smile.

"Heh, never I've discovered this side of yours."

"S-Shut up, Caitlyn!"

...

Upon reaching the participants' lounge, Luke didn't exchange pleasantries with the rest of the participants and directly went to the washroom. As he entered the private cubicle, Luke covered his mouth and began coughing harshly.

A loud exhale suddenly sounded within his ears.

Luke's nape hair immediately perked up like a startled cat as he was glancing at his surrounding cautiously, "Who is that!"

"You should refrain yourself from using Time Manipulation repeatedly." A somewhat familiar yet unfamiliar voice entered his ears.

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Luke was alarmed immediately upon realizing the voice owner knew his ability. No one ever took notice of his ability, and this is the first time that happened. Because of it, Luke got frightened, and his heart starts thumping nervously. Suppressing his anxiousness, Luke, with a heavy heart slowly took a deep breath before asked politely, "May I know who is this esteemed one who is currently speaking to me?"

"I'm the thing that reside in your head."

"What???" Luke quickly dashed out from the cubicle and frantically searching for a mirror, trying to inspect his head.

As he arrived in front of the mirror, Luke began checking his head repeatedly and concluded nothing was wrong. Even so, the fear still lingers, and he decides to use the "Self-Check" skill to settled his unsettled feeling.

<Self-Check activated>

<Scanning User "Luke Lewis" body>

<Scanning complete>

<No external extremely injuries detected>

<A few bruises are spotted on whole body>

<Internal injuries detected>

<Estimated body condition: 40%>

...

Since the system didn't detect any anomaly inside his body, that voice must be only his imagination. With that thought, Luke about to heaved a sigh of relief when the voice sounded on his ears once more.

"I'm not your imagination" Luke jumped in shock and scanned the area around him, but couldn't find a single person. Gulping hardly, Luke spoke warily, "Where are you? And who are you?"

"Don't jump to a conclusion first and hear my explanation." The voice started in which Luke nodded his head.

"I'm the system. I'm the one who gave you this power."

"W-What?" Luke said stammeringly due to the shock given by the statement the voice owner spoke just now.

"I'm the system that resides within your body. That's why I knew the consequences each of your abilities had. Thus, the reason I told you not to use Time Manipulation because every time you use that forbidden ability, your body would get burdened by something you wouldn't understand at the moment."

Luke couldn't understand what the system was trying to say since he is still in a stupor state. Only after receiving experiencing a "buzz" sound reverberated across his ears that Luke managed to awake.

"Do you understand?" The system asked.

Luke could only nod his head blankly and inquired, "Then, who are you? And why do you give me this power?"

This was the question that has been weighing his heart ever since he got transferred into Aine. Is his transmigration also caused by the system? Luke couldn't help but shudder at how mighty that person is due to him being able to translocate him into a world that had probably countless light of years distance from Earth.

"There's no need to know at the moment. Your current priority was to get stronger. I'll tell you my identity later if I deduce your strength is sufficient." The system stated firmly with no intention of giving the slightest hint to Luke.

Left with no other choice, Luke swallowed his curiosity and decided to ask the present problem, "Then, I can't use Time Manipulation any longer?"

"You can, but no so often. Otherwise, your body would deteriorate and age like an old man. Do you want to become an old man in your teenage?"

Luke rapidly shook his head at the system question, "No,No! Certainly not! I'll do my utmost on refraining myself using Time Manipulation."

"Great, at least for now, you'll not be able to exert Time Manipulation mighty at its finest. Later on, I'll give you a detailed guide regarding each ability you'd learn."

Luke nodded his head at the system explanation,

"That's it. I couldn't speak to you for a long time due to certain circumstances. For now, all you can do is rely on yourself. I'll online again when you reached at a certain height. Till that time, farewell." The system didn't speak any longer.

Luke heaved a long sigh before walking to the faucet. Pouring out the water, Luke uses it to wipe his face and stares at the reflection of faces that belonged to Aine Luke. Gazing at it, Luke silently wondered, 'Who are you exactly? And why me?'