Called Out

"People change okay!" Clay spoke out in a flustered tone as he realized his poor excuse was called out.

"Alright, you do you, just make sure you come back" Belle giggled.

"Will do" Clay gave her his word.

"So how did you get a chance to enroll, Clay?" Mrs. Mapa asked out of curiosity as she knew that her son only had an F grade system.

"Ah, about that, I just got lucky really, hehe" Clay answered as he remembered what had happened inside the village hall, it was quite funny now that he was looking back at it.

"Would you mind explaining in more detail?" Mrs. Mapa rested her chin on her hand as she questioned Clay.

"Sure, so it went like this..."

Clay then explained from the start when his mother called him to tell him that Josh was going to the village hall, and then Clay continued on from there, not missing any details, especially about the part where they had to test him 3 times just because the results were just too staggering. Moreover, he told them that he had to do another final test on school grounds just to confirm the results.

"Really?! That's so funny!" Belle laughed as she heard the part of Clay needing to get tested more than once.

"But it's really confusing how you got that score if you only had a grade F system, so I can understand why they had to test you three times" Mrs. Mapa tuned in.

"I'm telling you it's just luck" Clay tried coming up with an excuse that was kind of true since he had actually gotten chosen by that mysterious being by luck, or he believes that it was by luck, it could be for another reason for all he knew, but he didn't care as it had only benefitted him and that's the only thing that matters, if the being wanted to kill him, what could he even do to prevent it? He could at least try to help his family before he randomly bites the dust due to some unknown reason. And that's why he also wanted to go to the academy as they would compensate his family for handing him over to the school.

*Sigh*

"Clay, you know it's okay to tell us, we are your family, and families are there to support one another" Mrs. Mapa didn't relent.

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that I also don't even know it myself, I can't explain something that I don't know myself, right?" Clay wanted to hide his system secret for as long as possible, even taking it down to the grave with him. He didn't want to explain that there was this being that could fiddle with systems willy-nilly as that would just cause a global uproar. And he didn't want that, it's better for him to be the only one knowing this information as to not spread panic everywhere.

With a sigh, Mrs. Mapa finally stopped pursuing the subject any further, as she realized that she couldn't get any answers from Clay.

"It's too bad your father couldn't come to see you off, he should return after one month, but you can't really delay your trip for one month, right? Why don't you come back here next month so that your father could see you okay? It's already tough not being able to see each other for a long time, and with the addition of you having to go to the academy, it would be even harder to find days all of us could be together"

"Understood, I'll do my best to sneak out of the academy" Clay saluted.

*Thump*

"Ow!" Clay exclaimed out of habit as he rubbed his head.

"Don't sneak out and make sure to behave well" Mrs. Mapa said as she retracted her swelling fist, rubbing it while muttering under her breath "When did this child's skull get so hard"

"But then how will I get here if I don't sneak out?" Clay whispered, feeling wronged.

"What was that?" Mrs. Mapa said with a threatening aura exuding from her body.

"Nothing, anyway, I gotta go pack my stuff, so uhh bye!" Clay fleed from the scene.

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"Man, I'm really excited for tomorrow, what would the academy look like? Would the food taste good?" Suddenly, Clay had a bad feeling.

'Oh no, that means there's gonna be people there, wouldn't that mean I would have to talk to other people?' Clay facepalmed himself as he had forgotten about that. Even if his stats got an increase his social skills didn't change.

'I really had to run my mouth and say that I wanted to talk to other people, huh?'

'Why can't I stay quiet for once, ugh'

'Well, saying those words won't really change anything as I'm still gonna have to talk to other people on a personal level as we would be basically living together'

'Talking to random strangers promoting my map was already my limit and now I have to do this? Ugh. Welp, can't do anything about it, so better do something productive now to distract myself. Oh yeah, I nearly forgot to pack'

Clay got up from the bed and started looking for clothes he would need.

'Hmm, how long would I stay at the academy? I need to at least bring clothes that can last for seven days, I can buy the other clothes I need at the academy, so I'll bring this, this, this...'

Clay then began picking out the clothes that he would need. Most of them were clothes to change for sleeping so it didn't really take long.

"And done! Now where do I put my clothes, do I also need to buy a bag? No, a bag can't fit this much and if it did it would look stupid... hmm... Aha!"

'System, open shop and search for magical bag'

*Ding!*

<743 results containing 'magical' and 'bag>

<Showing purchasable items>

[Bag of Magical Items]

[Magical Treasure Bag]

[Magical Loot Bag]

[Magical Bag]

[Magical Void Bag]

[Magical Storage Bag]

[Cursed Magical Bag]

[Magical Bag of Curses]

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