Awakening I

Cyril woke up after hearing the alarm… It's three o'clock in the morning.

Today is his Awakening and he can still recall that it would happen around four, so he still has time to prepare.

He decided to set his alarm earlier since he doesn't want to just wake up and be surprised that he's undergoing his Awakening like what happened before.

He turned on the room's light and took a glass of water in the living room. After doing all of this, he returned to his room and sat on his bed. He will just have to wait now until his Awakening.

"Xagan, are you there?" He whispered.

"Contractor… Just let me know your request. I'm always here."

The Demon replied almost instantly.

Cyril finally found Xagan's projection looking outside through the window of his room.

"I just recalled now, will I get the same Awakening process just like before? I'm not sure whether that assimilating thing would affect it…"

"No, but you don't have to worry… It's just an Awakening, Contractor."

"I-Is that so? Then I guess I'll just wait here." Cyril said as he shut his eyes and waited for the time.

Whom~

After about half an hour had passed, he finally felt something.

'It's starting…'

He could no longer hear the outside world as he felt a familiar and warm aura slithering on his body, it started from his back until he was fully covered.

This is the Aura of the Awakened…

He then felt like he was floating in the water until he felt a bit of pressure on his body. It was like he was being sunk in the water but he could still perfectly breathe…

His rank will be determined in this process.

He's unsure how much time had passed but he can still feel that he was sinking. He's unsure how deep he was already if he's really in the water.

Then, after some time, it finally came to the point that the pressure he was feeling was getting too much. He could hardly breathe at this point.

In his previous life, this is similar to the time that he woke up from being asleep.

Depending on how long he persevered through the pressure of the Awakening, his rank would be determined.

However, he felt that the pressure this time was on a different scale!

Bam!

'AAaargh! What's going on?!'

Cyril suddenly felt like he was struck by a lightning bolt! This has never happened before!

It was painful and he felt like he was body was charred by that strike!

'This Demon!' The young man couldn't help but hate the contracted demon.

He already confirmed from Xagan that the Awakening would be different. However, he didn't think that there would be an additional painful experience in this!

Bam!

Another lightning bolt or perhaps electricity struck his body… He gritted his teeth to endure the pain but it was too much!

"Ahh!"

Finally, after enduring it for a while, the feeling of the Aura returned to his senses…

At last, his Awakening Process was finally over!

'Ugh… Why is that so painful?' Cyril complained as he looked at himself.

His body is sweating profusely but he still felt a little satisfied after realizing the improvement in his physical condition.

Anyway, there has never been an instance where someone would get struck by a lightning during the awakening… Cyril has never heard of anything like that during his past life so he was caught off guard.

He then took off his clothes to feel a bit comfortable.

'How about my aura…'

It's now time to check his uncontrolled Aura.

Seeing this would also let him know what rank he achieved this time.

The Aura itself is invisible to people. However, the owner of the Aura would have a subtle vision of blue energy leaking on his body.

'This… S-Rank!'

As soon as he focused, he realized that his aura is reaching more than 12 inches!

It is such a thick aura and it is considered as S-Rank!

"I… I didn't think I would get Awakened on this level…"

Cyril was prepared to be awakened at C or B Rank… He's not even thinking that he'll get lucky and be Awakened at A-Rank for real.

"Congratulations, Contractor… Finally, we can start working with your wishes…" Xagan's eyes were no longer looking bored.

He was filled with excitement.

Cyril smiled wryly after seeing him like this... He knows what this Demon is after.

Anyway, he ignored him for now as he decided to get his mobile phone on the table. He noticed that about forty minutes had passed just like that.

Nevertheless, he took the phone as he wanted to time his attempt to control his Aura.

In truth, after the Awakening process, the people are encouraged to visit the nearest Awakened Association to ensure that there would be no normal people harmed while someone is trying to control their Aura.

There is even an option to call the Association and have himself transported to their safe place. This is what he did before in his past life.

However, he didn't want to bother doing that as he plans to take care of this on his own.

It is not recommended but it is still fine as long as he would register his awakening to the Association after.

'Let's start…'

Cyril, who is currently not wearing anything on his bed, closed his eyes and started controlling his Aura…

This process would normally take a very long time but because of his memories, he's expecting that it wouldn't take a while.

On the other hand, her Aunt Bonnie has already felt his Awakening and was just outside his room worriedly looking at his door.