Ray stared at the pulsing blue lines beneath Gerald's skin, the system interface shimmering like a ghostly overlay. 'History Walker... Path Seeker... What does any of that MEAN?'
"Detention. Starting now," Gerald growled, leaning across the desk. The veins in his neck throbbed brighter. "And wipe that vacant look off your face, Velmont. Daydreaming in class isn't gonna get you anywhere, trust me, I've been there."
"You should pay attention more in class, you're still young, you've got a future ahead of you...."
"Blah...blah....blah...here we go again" Ray thougth in annoyance as the teacher blabbered nonstop.
"The awakening ceremony coming up next week is a turning point for most of you, it's an important aspect of your lives that'll determine your status in the society."
Since the great war, after some rifts closed, the devastation remained and monster's roam free till today, only human settlement guarded by powerful Awakener's survived
the destruction.
"Should I tell him about what's going on with me?" He thought
" Forget it, I still don't understand whatever this is, it's better to avoid trouble"
"Weird, but I've never heard of someone without exposure to Awakener's energy suddenly getting powers, was it triggered when he was disscusing the history of 'the Great War', no there's something else involved. Wait, I was feeling drowsy during his class lecture, like I was being hypnotized" just he thought of this, he felt a chill down his spine, he shivered and turned to look towards the teacher's seat only to see him seated in a reading posture.
He calmed his tense nerves a little and looked straight at the history teacher asking
" What about you teacher, what was your awakening like? Were you nervous?" he potrayed his question naturally to avoid suspicion.
"Oh? Ohh...well, it was uhmm....now that I think of it, yeah, I was pretty nervous back then, but I learned to calm my mind and empty my thought's, don't worry about it, do the same and you'll be fine.
"As if it were that easy" Ray smirked evilly, not bothering to expose his bragging, everybody get's nervous about their awakening, it's a determinant of their future status in this survival of the fittest world, some student's will even pee their pants that day before getting to touch the mild energy from the awakening stone
"So what powers did you get? If you don't mind me asking, that is" Ray asked trying to verify his suspicion about whether the history teacher's lecture and powers somehow triggered his awakening, and also to confirm his deduction on the runic tattoo he was seeing on the teacher's neck that stretches close to his head.
"Ray Velmont, don't you forget that you're still on detention, I understand your curiosity but keep in mind that not everyone feels convenient when asked about their Path's rank and relevant Skills. Well it's not difficult to tell you tho" he smiled, feeling smug.
"Back then I awakened the rare mind path, but the rank was too low, D-rank, and a little of it's relevant skills, you could say that's why am the history teacher and also the library head, I've got lot's of books stored in that bald head of mine. I think highly of you kid, you're not the type to sleep in class, so get your sh*t together, and make sure it doesn't happen again. Got it?!"
"Yes Sir"
"Good, you can leave, Close the door behind you"
"Thank you Mr Gerald, Goodbye"
Click..
"Yes" Ray hurrayed in his mind with a clenched fist after leaving detention, because part of his deductions were solved.