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Chapter 4 - Ch. 4

The day finally came.

The day every child in the village waited for… feared… dreamed about.

Spirit Awakening Day.

🌄 The Ceremony

The hall was small, old, and silent.

Children stood in a line, one by one stepping forward as the Spirit Master activated the formation. A faint light filled the room—soft, almost sacred.

For a moment…

Yes, I saw it again.

That "animation" layer.

Golden particles floating. Slow motion. A sense of destiny.

Then a child cried.

"No spirit power…"

Reality snapped back.

One by one, hopes rose… and fell.

A sickle.

A broom.

A weak beast spirit.

Nothing special.

Nothing that could change fate.

⚡ My Turn

"Next."

I stepped forward.

Calm.

No excitement.

No fear.

Just… awareness.

The formation activated beneath my feet.

Light rose around me.

This time—it didn't feel like animation.

It felt… different.

Still.

Silent.

Heavy.

Then—

Something appeared.

Not a weapon.

Not a beast.

Not anything I had ever seen in this village.

A door.

🚪 The Spirit

It floated behind me.

Simple in shape… but wrong in presence.

Old… yet modern.

Ancient carvings mixed with something that looked almost mechanical—like designs from a world far beyond this one.

The room fell silent.

Even the Spirit Master frowned.

"A… door?"

Confusion.

Disappointment.

Murmurs started.

"No attack power…"

"Useless spirit…"

"What can a door even do?"

📉 Innate Power

The Spirit Master checked again.

"Innate spirit power… level 6."

The room reacted instantly.

"Level 6?!"

"That's actually high…"

"But with that spirit?"

Hope… mixed with ridicule.

Because in this world—

Power without use is still weakness.

🧠 Then It Happened

As I looked at the door…

The world froze.

Completely.

Sound vanished.

Movement stopped.

Even dust in the air stood still.

And the "animation" returned—

No.

It wasn't animation anymore.

It was something else.

A system-like presence.

Cold.

Precise.

Absolute.

🔹 The Ability

A voice—not heard, but understood:

Spirit Ability: Dimensional Door

Function:

Connect to random worlds (modern / historical / unknown)

One opportunity every 6 months

Stay duration: 2 months per travel

Time in this world remains frozen during travel

For the first time in my life…

I felt something close to shock.

🌌 Visions

Images flashed in my mind:

Tall buildings touching the sky

Cities filled with lights brighter than stars

Battlefields with swords, armies, kings

Worlds where power wasn't spirit-based… but something else entirely

Different rules.

Different knowledge.

Different paths to strength.

💭 Reality vs Opportunity

In the hall—

I was still just a villager kid.

A "useless" spirit.

A door.

No attack power.

But inside?

Everything had changed.

Because I understood something no one else did.

⚖️ The Truth

They saw a door.

I saw escape.

They saw uselessness.

I saw infinite possibility.

🌙 Final Thought

When time resumed—

Voices came back.

Disappointment. Indifference.

Nothing new.

But I didn't react.

Didn't argue.

Didn't explain.

Because explaining would be meaningless.

Instead, I looked at my spirit one last time.

That silent door floating behind me.

And for the first time…

I almost smiled.

"If this world won't give me a path…"

"I'll walk through another one."

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