Fortune State

Ding~ Dong~ Dang~ Dang~

As the sound of the school bell rang, students rushed into their respective class in a hurry.

Inside the classroom of class 12-B, Alex scribbles on his notebook as they wait for the class teacher.

After a while, the science teacher entered the classroom with stacks of paper in her hands.

The students stood up and greeted the teacher before they sat back down.

The science teacher, Ms.Gonzales, looked at everyone with serious eyes and said,

"Okay, class, today we will be having a surprise quiz to see just how much everyone learned so far."

Hearing that, the students voiced their complaints.

"Ehhh, a quiz? How am I going to answer that!"

"Bro, did you study?"

"No, bro, I just played games the whole week."

"Ugh, a quiz again…"

…

Even though they said all kinds of things, everyone still took out their paper and pens obediently.

Alex, who was sitting at the back of the class was also in a dilemma at this time.

With a frown, he muttered, "Damn, I just used my time to go to the garbage dump these past few weeks, I can't even remember the topic of discussion last time!"

As if noticing his problem, Kris, his seatmate, looked at him and said, "What's the matter, Alex? You did not study again?"

Sighing, Alex replied, "Yeah, I was busy trying to earn money this past week that's why I didn't really get time to study."

Kris is the closest friend that Alex has.

Although it's not on the level of bestfriends, they still hang out sometimes when Alex is free so they have quite some friendship.

Since Alex is poor and doesn't have parents, most of the other kids stay away from him for some reason.

Maybe it's because of his white uniform that has long since turned yellow because of age.

Or maybe that's just how people are, unfriendly to the poor.

But still, there are a few exceptions and that is Kris.

When Kris heard his answer, she sighed and said, "This is why I keep telling you to go work for my dad's company."

Kris is from a well-off family.

Although it's not the super rich type, it's still much better than 90 percent of the people in Pearl city.

That's why her being so approachable is very surprising.

When Kris brought up the topic of working for her dad, Alex stopped talking and acted as if he didn't hear anything.

Seeing that, Kris could only sigh.

This is always how Alex reacts when she talks about this topic and she's already used to it.

When every student finally got a questionnaire for the quiz, Ms. Gonzales told them to start answering.

Alex stared at his paper with confused eyes as he scratched his head.

"Ugh, Even the the first question is something that I can't answer, how am I supposed to finish this whole set?!" He murmured.

At this time, Alex caught sight of a dice in the hands of his classmate at the corner of his eyes and suddenly got an idea.

"I will leave it up to luck!"

Alex immediately opened the talent page on his character panel.

[Fortune's Embodiment]

[Rank: S (Growth)]

[Introduction: You are not lucky, you're fortune itself. You bring luck to those you like and misfortune to those you hate. Fortune is under your control.]

[Details: Use Luck Points to enter 'Fortune' state and things will always be in your favor.]

[Luck Points: 100]

…

Seeing the 100 luck points that he has, Alex smiled.

"This will do."

Without hesitation, Alex used his luck points and entered the Fortune state.

Immediately, Alex felt refreshed as if everything in the world was within his grasp.

Alex looked at himself and at his surroundings. He saw that there doesn't seem to be anything that changed.

But only he knows that right now, he has embodied the fortune itself!

At this time, Alex's luck points also started decreasing.

From the way it looks, every second consumes 1 luck point so right now, Alex can only last in this state for 100 seconds.

Knowing that, Alex didn't want to waste anymore time and turned his attention to his test questionnaire.

Without bothering to read the questions, Alex started answering.

Since the quiz is composed of 50 multiple choice questions, all he has to do is randomly pick an answer and move on to the next.

Not long after, Alex put down his pen and turned off his Fortune state.

Then he looked at his paper and smiled.

"Done, as easy as that!"

Meanwhile, Kris on the side has been watching him the whole time.

Seeing the satisfied smile on Alex's face, Kris felt speechless.

She was about to open her mouth and say something but in the end, she shook her head and just focused on her own paper.

After he finished looking at his paper in satisfaction, he turned his own eyes to his remaining luck points.

[Luck Points: 27]

"Sigh, even though I tried to finish it as fast as I can, 73 luck points were still consumed." Alex said in distress.

Currently, the number of luck points is limited and Alex still has no clue as to where he can get more points.

That's why seeing it decrease by this much, he felt a little pain in his heart.

Shaking his head, he said, "Forget it, at least I got through this quiz. I just don't know how much score I will get."

With nothing else to do, Alex lay his head down on his table and closed his eyes.

Soon, an hour has passed in a blink of an eye.

Ms. Gonzales stood in front of the class and said, "Okay, class, put down your pen and pass your papers."

Finishing the quiz, everyone felt relieved and obediently handed their papers.

After getting all the papers, Ms. Gonzales grabbed her things and said, 

"I will check your papers later and give them back tomorrow. Now, see you tomorrow."

""Goodbye, Ms. Gonzales.""

After she left, the next teacher entered and class proceeded as usual.

…

The day passed normally and soon the last for today has finished.

After packing his things, Alex hung his bag on his shoulder and headed to the door.

"Alex, wait!"

But before he left, Kris hurried towards him.

"Hmm? Is there something?"

"Let's leave together."

Alex agreed and they went out while chatting about some random topics.