Chapter 3: Testing Current Abilities

"Oh! For goddamn sake! Shut the fuck up already, could you!?"

"Oops, sorry dude!" look like my excitement made me forgot that there're others living nearby too.

Well…who cares? This will be my biggest proclamation in this life. The least I need to do is shout with all my might, right? You know when you decide on New Year's resolution and want everybody to know even though you just forgot about them a week after? The same, right? Well… in my case, there's no way I can abandon and just walk away from now on.

My waifus are waiting after all. Besides, even if I can live comfortably for some time, when shit hit the pan later, everybody needs some amount of strength just to survive. Nobody will save anybody out of goodwill anymore.

While thinking of my various soulmates (self-proclaim; limited to game only) and possible future, I went back inside my room to get some instantly brew instant coffee.

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"Fuh fuh…slurp…hah~," 'instant coffee, what a genius invention…' putting my cup on my study table, I focus back on the situation at hand.

Now that I decide to enjoy this life to the fullest, I need to begin organizing and putting effort for future and truth to be told; the situation is just so-so right now. Besides Vincent's history of tragic life series, which seems to have become mine now too, the overall situation is not that bad, but it can't be considered the best either. 

The last time before father went out, he already completed every procedure needed to ensure all his assets will be passed down to me from the moment I'm turned 16, which make about a month ago. Apparently, my birthday in this world is in early February and father truly not let me down with his effort. Even though it is not to the amount that will make eyes pop-up from your head, the amount alone will make it capable of living comfortably till graduation. 

Looking through quite a large amount inside the document father left behind that clearly shows how much he sacrifices for me, a tint of sadness growing in my heart. Yes, maybe he was not the father that I know from my life on earth. You could even say that he's not my father at all since I'm just a foreigner in this world. 

But does that matter? Right now, I had become Vincent Zander. His memory is also a part of me at this moment. That's why if I'm going to truly live as Vincent from now on, I need to accept everything about this boy. I don't know I became Vincent or where the hell that boy is now but at the very least, till I can give them back to you…

"Let me carry your burden with me."

Now then, with no parents or any guardians in sight, my freedom in movements is basically secured. Well…at least until academy start and luckily there's over a month from now before that time comes. I need to ensure that I make use of this time in the most effective way possible. 

When admission ended, student movement will inadvertently become restricted outside of academy since new student safety will become top priority to academy. Academy might be some of the greatest institution in Amara, but that doesn't mean no one will target them. 

Contrarily, many kinds of force are eager to, they just waiting in dark while bidding their time like a tiger stalking their supposed prey. 'supposed' I said since in this case the prey are more like sleeping dragon that will bring your demise if provoked, literally too.

Besides, most new student also prefer to go to dormitory since various perks that are usually unattainable for normal high school students will readily become accessible there. 

Even high rank individual rarely choose to live outside academy and if they did, there must be something wrong with their head. Hell, in the game, some of already graduated student still living inside dormitory like the most natural thing in the world. 

My combination of memories makes me realize once again how blessed it is actually to live inside that place. 

Aside from some personal necessity, you can say that you're staying for free. Even for the lowest level dormitory comfy level is much better than some budget hotel on Earth. There's a cafeteria with delicious and cheap food that is also mindful of nutrient intake nearby. 

To top it all off, the dormitory also included separate training room which are full of all kind of academy latest equipment. And with how vast academy grounds are, students had plenty of opportunity to live there. What else did you want? This's already a winning lottery level already.

"But if I want to gain more benefit, at the very least medium rank dormitory is a must." 

Then, first of all I need to carefully check my current ability or in plain terms my basic stats.

"Oh! I just remember," in this type of situation in stories, shouldn't I have something like that?

"System!" 

 .…

"Maybe something else? Status! Mission! Interface! Contract!… golden finger?"

 ….

 …

I collapse my head on the table

"Sigh… nothing huh," well, it's worth trying. At least I don't need to follow some sort of fucked up rule or something. But…

"I want system waifu too! What an unfair world!" walking towards the window, 

"My disappointment is immeasurable. If only there's some goddess that will take pity on this poor soul and sent system that can whisper sweet word inside my head; better if she can have a humanoid form that looks like loli but totally legal…" while wiping my fake tears, I look toward the sky with a despairing expression worthy of Oscar awards (self-opinion)

….

…

"Sigh, forget it."

Finishing my coffee that was already cold, I rummaged through some belonging to find something I need. Though I want to send N-bomb to the goddess that ignore prayer of this poor lamb, there's something else I need to do first.

'Found it,' in my hand, there's a ring with an intricate pattern carved onto it. Maybe it will look like some fancy ring on Earth, but it's quite different here.

"Enchantment…and that too with spatial enhancement, strengthen and auto-repair," though I can't read all of them, with Vincent's memory of ancient knowledge, I can somewhat understand what their purpose is. This ring is a form of inventory that everyone use in the game. And I think it is the same here too. Then, to use them…

'Arcane huh…let's see,' if I remember correctly, in this world everything contained arcane in them, which were also present in atmosphere; be it living creatures or inanimate objects from ever so slightly to abundant monster-like amount. 

This arcane basically the universal fuel that brought forth all kind of wonders in many forms. That's why they are the most important energy in this world. The primary difference between each average individual and explorers is the amount of arcane they can utilized.

"Hmm? Is this it? I tried to copy back what I remember, but somehow I have this weird feeling all of a sudden."

How should I say… much like how human eyes instinctively sense light and send a signal to the brain to project an image from it, it's like my body senses something else and transforms into another sensory organ for that said something on its own.

This said something must be arcane. I can feel some sort of energy flowing steadily inside my feature and at the same time there are similar things that exist outside me that only brushing softly against my skin, which I believe to be the atmospheric arcane. These two, which at first glance, seem similar, but somehow I feel like they are not the same at all.

"…this is interesting. How did I just feeling them now? And how did these two differentiate?"

I couldn't come up with an explanation. My best bet would be like when we get injured, but the pain only came after we realized such injury. Then, I should try this energy on the ring. If it work, then I should be able to say for sure that this thing is undeniably arcane. 

Holding the spatial ring, I willing some of this energy from inside me to scan into the ring.

Instantly, various information enters my head. From miscellaneous thing to generous amount of weapon from all kinds of type contained inside this tiny ring. And all this thing are organized neatly like normal computer desktop. 

Choosing a one of many object among these things, I wish to bring it out. Tiny bit more of my arcane got suck, and almost instantaneously a long western sword appear in my hand. Its handle deftly landed in my hand.

"No way…is this for real?" I know I should expect it, but looking at something appearing out of nowhere for the first time will definitely make anyone dumbstruck. Feeling the weight of the sword in my hand and the momentum it brought even with the light swing made it obvious this's not an illusion or something. 

"Dang…this's sick!"