Astroepilogy

My name is Jack Troin and I'm the luckiest person alive, well not exactly the luckiest but I have never lost a bet and I have never lost to a rock paper scissors match

In a test where the 50% of the grade were multiple answer questions I have a guaranteed 50 mark on my test, that kind of lucky

So why was I so unlucky to be chosen to go to Ace high? The most prestigious and demanding school in the whole world? Great leaders historical figures and great fighters have come from this school and the way to get in is by getting hand picked by the principal which in order to be chosen you have to be either very talented, rich, good at sports, or very charismatic or all the above...

So why did I was chosen? I who has none of these traits?

My parents had died because they got caught up in the crossfire of gang activities so I was raised in a orphanage and my life there was quite nice because of my good luck

I graduated middle school with a decent A but I wasn't a standout or something, I was simply lucky

Now I stand across the giant school which was build elevated from the ground and I was afraid of stepping in, I was one week late because I had to deal with some paperwork, this school has dorms and I'm underage with no guardian so the process took some time to get done but now

I'm here...

I took a big step and entered the school, the halls were twice as big as my room back at the orphanage and they looked fancy

I simply followed the signs that said principal's office and in no time I was there

I slightly knocked at the door and after I heard the principal's voice telling me to come in I entered

"You must be Jack right? Nice to meet you young man I'm Scott Ace it's a pleasure seeing you, don't worry about you missing some classes, most of them were adjustment classes and also here we work like a university were you are not obligated to come to class if you know what are you doing but will be in heavy disadvantage if you aren't familiar with the subject, after all this school is home to the best talents in the world!"

After I was told my class, I was given a key to my room and a bag with four different school uniforms for the four different seasons

But that was not anything compare to what my eyes saw

Behind the school there was a whole city, a city dedicated to us

With every step I took I felt like I didn't belong here but my gut was telling me to stay, maybe my luck would allow me to graduate, or maybe not, I was willing to find that out

…

Not long after I entered the class I was supposed to be and the teacher introduced me to the the class

"Good morning everyone! Today we have the 20th and final student of this class his name is Jack Troin! Make sure to treat him with care!"

Our teacher was a kind-looking woman with brown hair and a small body, petite even

I awkwardly stood in front of the class and then decided I had to speak

"Hello everyone I'm looking forward to have an amazing time here with you and I hope we all can get along since we are not that many"

Just by looking at them I could tell they were special I can't describe how but they felt like pillars while I was a pebble

I quickly sat near a guy which had a cool looking white hair

"Nice to meet you! What's your name?" I whispered to his ear

He gave a terrible glare and I never opened my mouth in class until the lesson was over

Our first subject was math but the math we did was way over the league of what we have done

n middle school, I didn't understand a thing, and it was an introduction lesson...

After that we were given a test which luckily for me a 100% multiple questions test

I started completing it and the guy next to me started to grin, I asked him why

"Are you THAT stupid? I guess sometimes the principal can't help but bring marrons here!"

I guess he doesn't like me...

I was the first to give the test and surprisingly I didn't got 100 but 93

"I'm putting you 93 because some were 100% based on luck, I can't believe you got it all correct this fast! If that happens again I will assume you did it all based on luck so I will cut 50 points off rather than 7" Our kind teacher told me with a smile

I guess I got spotted

"But isn't life and school based on luck? If I was lucky why do I get punished for it?" I asked the teacher

"Luck can only take you so far Jack! If you want to survive in this school you are going to need more than just luck"

…

The bell rang and everybody headed out, some went to the cafeteria others at the park but I...

I was dragged by some people behind an isolated space

"You stupid idiot! Who do you think you are?"

The guy that asked me that was the same as the one that I sat next to, his friends were standing next to him and looked like they looked at their prey

"You must be a nobody if you don't know how to act in this class, don't tell me you are one of those luck based picks? There were rumors saying there is a kid that was picked based on luck but there was no sight of him until now"

When the guy told me that the others started hitting me

They were kicking me and punching me

It hurts

It hurts so much buτ I can handle it, I used to get more brutal beat downs when I was younger

"Let me tell you two things about this school kid! Things are all planned, everyone is under this system were people older than us set, the nerds do our homework and we provide protection, of course we are not the only group to do this, many groups exist just like this and all fight off each other for more power more influence and having the chance to become the Star of the school the one that will stand on top and you know what the top student becomes right?" The guy asked me while grabbing my grey hair

I knew the answer so I answered his question

"He can become the leader of the world we know"

Back then most countries had their own leader but one time in history everyone agreed to decide a person to become a leader of all, one that would guide humanity to its peak

That's why this school is so prestigious, this school is founded by the whole world it's a utopia to whoever is living here, students from here come from every place on earth and the ways to graduate are countless, you can graduate as a top tier artist or a boxer or even a slightly low rank like an manager to a clothing shop

But the star has to be perfect, the perfect human being, that's why there's has only been one in history, his name is Aristo Hyper, he is the current world leader

"Precisely fucker so you nobody have no place here, you have no use other than being the toy of all the groups around the school!" The guy told me as he started stepping on my neck

It was hard to breathe, I was suffocating...

Can the top student kill people here and make it out of here harmless? I assume yeah so it won't be a big deal if I die, I'm a nobody anyway

[Astroepilogy completed]

USER: Jack Troin

BEGINNING INSTALLATION...

"GET OFF HIM ASSHOLES!!!"

It was a buff black-haired guy, he defeated everyone...

"Are you okay Jack?" He asked me

How does he know my name?

Wait is he...

…

"Who are you? Where am I?"

For some reason I was floating in space with a boy made our of stars across me

"Calm down Jack! I don't have much time to explain but I'm Astroboy, I'm kind of like your guardian angel or something, anyway what I wanted to say is do you play videogames?"

"Y-Yeah..."

"Okay so you were the unlucky person that was chosen to be the guinea pig for me, I have waited so long for you humans to take a step toward progress but you take forever to do! I mean I left you when you were cavemen and when I came back after 6000 years you still fight about land and stuff so I decided I was going to bless one person with the power to exceed themselves and go past his human limits!" Astro-whatever told me

"I'm lost what do you mean by that? Are you an alien or god? I mean what are you?"

"I'm both to you, anyway what I was about to say is that you are chosen to become the next world's leader, to achieve that the incredible team created by me, founded by me, and leaded by me which is basically me decided to create a game-like system for you which will help you become the Star of the school! How does that sound?"

"People are willing to kill me for just existing I don't plan on becoming the star I will simply become a university teacher or something"

When I told Astroboy this he laughed

"Well you don't have an option because if you don't do that you will simply let you die from your injuries, no respawn for you"

"WHAT? No no wait I will work with you I'm too young to die dude I haven't even kissed a girl yet don't make me go like that!"

"Okay then we agree! Alright tell me your name for legal reasons!" He said with a smile

"What legal.. Whatever. My name is Jack Troin!"

And just like that I woke up with a screen facing me

Telling me the following:

[Introduction quest: Recognize your savior]

REWARD: 1x Card(s)

The guy that saved me was sitting on a chair across of me peeling oranges, he looked at me and didn't seem to notice the screen, I guess I can only see it, it only makes sense because why would you ignore that?

"Hey are you feeling alright? I was peeling oranges for you, these guys were a real mess to deal with, I'm surprised you were alive!" The guy told me with a smile of relief

"Wait so you mean people die here?"

"Basically" he told me casually

That's scary

"Wait did you by any chance grew up on an orphanage?"

Based on the quest I had and his features this guy resembled a friend I had

He simply nodded

"Do you happen to be Joya?"

The guy simply smilled and went in for a hug

I hugged the long lost friend

Joya and I used to be very close, he is basically my big brother there, he is three years older than me and he was very talented, he helped every kid and taught us many things, it doesn't really surprise me that he ended up in a such school

"I missed you!" He told me as left out a laughter

[Mission complete!]

[You will receive your reward shortly!(Do you want to erase this confirmation message from ever appearing?)]

Yes/No

I accidentally pressed yes so I guess bye bye to this useless message

…

After that Joya took me to many places to see as he told me about his life here, he told me he is some of the few that remained outside a group, the school calls these students "Soloists" where those that lead those groups are called "Maestros"

Cool names for something so cruel, cartel boss would be more fitting for those people

"So most people here are willing to do anything to become the star or rather a candidate to become a star right?"

"I mean you saw it right? People will do anything for power here so I suggest you become independent but in order to do that you have to get very strong mentally and physically! I'm not kidding if you don't it can even cost you your life and I can't protect you every time, just so you know if I didn't know you I would have left you to die, I can't afford to become a target of a maestro or I will be done for, thankfully I was fast so they probably didn't saw my face"

Joya looked like his has gotten colder after he left the orphanage... I guess the environment can change even the sweetest people

"Anyway I have class in a bit and probably you too, just so you know I won't be able to talk to you in person anymore because people will suspect we are a group and will target you for ransom or the opposite, you really can't be caught slipping here so quickly give me your number" Joya told me as he walked a bit further from me

I quickly told him my number and he wrote it down and the walked the opposite way of where I was going

I guess I have to be careful now

…

I had two classes left and after attending them I literally sprinted to my room and locked the Incredibly thick and heavy door

It surprised me that our math teacher was the same for both physics and chemistry...

But that doesn't matter!!!

This system told me I had a reward and I never got to check it out

But how do I do that?

Astroboy told me he created a videogame-like system for me so I should have an inventory right?

And to my surprise just by thinking of that it appeared

I saw my body and some inventory slots near it with my clothes occupying them, I pressed remove at my shirt and to my surprise it magically was took off my body and it was inside my massive inventory space, I pressed equip and I was wearing it again

Cool!

I stopped messing with it and went to another space near the bar that said "inventory" and said "rewards/skills" which had a red dot on it

When I pressed on it a card appeared in front of me with the top of it saying the following:

THEORETICAL: Ethereal

Normal type

The next question you will answer will be correct even if you don't know the answer

I have no idea how to use it so I simply went to sleep

…

"Easy to use system right? Rate it five star if you like it! It's my first time doing this so most of your powers are one-time use so don't be so mad! I also find it vital to explain how this works with the powers work!" Astroboy told me

"This system has three kind of cards with three kind of rankings! There are Theoretical, Tactical, and Physical cards! And their rankings can differ from normal, legendary, and god-like! As I told most powers you will receive are based on stats and one time use but this doesn't mean you will not get permanent useable cards, so first of all are you aware of your stats?" He asked me

"I didn't have the courage to see them..." I answered honestly

"Do now and let's review them"

So that's what I did, I opened the inventory and then navigated to the stats page

Strength 3/10

Defense 6/10

Speed 4/10

Intelligence 3/10

Charisma 2/10

Luck 10/10

They weren't as bad as I thought...

"Wow you suck! Well your luck is good so whatever!" Astroboy told me

"Hey is not my fault you didn't pick someone like Joya!"

"No reason to get mad Jack! After all this whole thing was created to heavily improve someone so we can test its effectiveness best with you!"

I guess he does have a point

"Anyway since you are a bit dumb I will try to help you as much as I can!"

"Wait don't you create those quests?"

"I mean I can create a side quest once a day but the main missions are random plus the rewards from side missions aren't very good so don't get your hopes up! I can not help you so much, anyway get some sleep, I assume you are going to need it!"

"Hey before you leave can I ask you something?" I told him

"Yeah?"

"Can I simply call you Astro? It's faster and catchier!"

"Call me whatever Jack, we are friends after this talk!" Astro said with a smile

"Night then!"

"Night"