Climbing down the mountain was easy but scary at the same time.
The wind kept on blowing on my naked body.
Climbing down while also preparing if someone was near because I'm naked was a long, long journey.
Every now and then I thought a person was there, but it was only an animal.
So my journey of climbing the mountain finished just like that.
But just before the Arial station, I'm standing behind a tree. Why? Because I'm still naked.
I don't have spatial rings to store equipment, so I don't have extra clothes.
So how am I going to go ride naked?
Oh, right, there's a village nearby. Why don't I steal clothes there?
As I thought, I sneakily went to the village.
…
Ok, this is good enough.
Looking at the white hoodie I stole, I quickly wore it and went back to the aerial station.
As I went, I found the ticket lady and asked for a ticket back to Durtia.
Durtia is where my small apartment is, so I still have to go back there to get some clothes before going to the academy.
Having the X card really is awesome free ride is the best.
So I sat at the empty train again, and I went to sleep as it was comfy and quiet.
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Arriving back home, I went to the closet, and all I found were 3 black clothes, 2 black hoodies, and some pants.
Is this guy for real? I know that I didn't have many clothes before, but this guy is just a bit close to having no clothes, like me before.
Well, I wouldn't wear this anyway, as we will get an academy uniform that is an artifact.
So I just took all of them and put them in a bag, as I would be going to the academy tomorrow.
Lying on the bed, I can't believe that I'm only here for a day. Well, I wasn't awake in the cocoon, so it's still counted as 1 day, as I was sleeping in the cocoon.
I closed my eyes and went to sleep as I'm tired.
I'm happy that I'm given another life and grateful that this place isn't all about money but power.
…
Arriving at the Arial station, I went and asked for a ticket to X.
A large academy with 3 headmasters, each one being one of the legendary heroes
It's so big that the staff are all heroes for their efficient work.
With the symbol X on top of the giant X-like building, I know that I have arrived.
As it looks cool and iconic
Arriving at the entrance, I noticed guards guarding and that's probably where I have to give my ID.
As I thought that, I went to them and gave my X. I'd
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Two guards noticed a handsome boy went to them and gave his X identification.
When the guards look at the card, they can't believe this guy is the same person.
But having both red eyes and black hair is unique, so they know it's him, but his glow-up is what they found strange.
Well, they didn't dwell on it for too long.
Maybe he awakened a gift or whatever, so they just gave the student his key for his dorm.
And they went back to sitting as most students were already at X.
...
Arriving at my dorm befitting my rank of 199
It's a big dorm, bigger than my small dorm, and this dormitory is Lion, and those ranked 99-11 are in the dragon dormitory, while those ranked 1-10 are in a 10-floor big dormitory with each floor being one room for each, and the highest is for the rank 1.
I want to try one of those rooms, so I want to at least be in the top 10 before the 2nd year.
And the protagonist is still probably a nobody before his awakening.
In this world, the protagonist was just an ordinary student before awakening his gift of devouring anything he defeats; he can copy their abilities, and why it made him the strongest hero later on was because if he devoured the enemy, he would get their stats and gifts—hence, a broken gift.
My gift borrow looks like a weaker version of his, but mine doesn't need to fight someone; I just need to know their abilities.
But my gift, mana eyes, is probably as strong as his. If I'm correct, gifts don't have ranks, so I don't know.
And he also has pretty good abilities, while I don't have any abilities.
So I better be careful of him and of the rank 1 too.
The rank 1 Jinn Blacksun is the young heir of the Blacksun family, a family birthing powerful heroes, and his grandfather is one of the strongest people on earth today.
While his father is well known for his sword god gift—the ability to cut anything—
Being born in this family, he's pretty arrogant, plus with his gift of royalty, he can control people and use their abilities if they become his subordinates.
And his other gift, royal light a light that literally burns anything in his way, like the gift hellfire, which burns anything.
Well, he's darn overpowered, plus his countless abilities, which he bought.
And even if he's just the rival/friend of the protagonist, he also got his own power-up moments.
So I probably should be careful around those two.
Oh, Lucy Starheart, I should probably ignore her, as she became an emotionless, power-hungry woman later on, wanting anything that benefits her family.
So I'll avoid 3 of them and just ignore the rest of the main cast. I don't need to be popular to succeed, so just graduating while maintaining a good performance and having a well-paid job will probably make me succeed.
Well, that's enough thinking for the night, but I'm still curious how this mana eye works.
As I activated my mana eyes, I began to see light and blue energies surrounding the environment.
It's like a never-ending water
It feels like I'm seeing the world within the boundaries. How do these even work? What's Mana's eyes on this?
While I was still looking at the blue and light energies, I didn't notice my eyes bleeding.
…
"What the… Why are my eyes bleeding?" I muttered as I touched my eyes.
It doesn't hurt, so I didn't overreact, but it's still bleeding.
What's happening?
I didn't know, but my vision started fading.
"Wait, am I going... blind???" I fearfully thought, I don't even get to enjoy spending money, and now I'm getting blind.
Wait, I shouldn't jump to conclusions; maybe it's just a side effect.
"Right, right, it should just be a side effect. Let's just sleep this off."
I sleep well. I tried to sleep, as having no vision feels uncomfortable, but I can't sleep.