The wrinkled face player arrived at the city administration office. Today was the day the newly awakened young adults will be sent to the capital.
He had the choice to sit out but he decided not to do so. That kid with an unknown attribute and a variant type Paladin class, which was originally very rare to begin with, wanted to make a good impression on him.
Who knows maybe he will remember his favors after he becomes a big shot in the future?
With that he arrived even earlier than the mentioned time for the newbies to gather here. He planned to personally go to his house and give him a reassuring speech for any nervousness he might feel before going to the academy.
He already knew about the address he lived on so he made his way there. Surprisingly, he bumped into him and the young girl, who was apparently his sister, on the way to their destination.
That guy's name was Blue, he was sure of it since it was such a unique name on a looker's face which was hard to forget.
That kid, Blue, greeted him with a pleasant smile and thanked him for his help. He also mentioned something about helping his sister before for which he was very grateful.
The wrinkled face player didn't understand at first when he helped them so much to have earned such gratitude but he quickly thought back to the day they awakened when he allowed the stubborn girl to accompany him.
He thought that must be it and nodded his head in acknowledgement as he stated his purpose. He gave them an encouraging speech and told them not to worry about their attributes. The capital would surely figure it out. If by chance they couldn't then three days later when they go to the academy then they would surely receive assistance there.
As they both had an extraordinary attribute they would surely receive much favor.
They both thanked him again as he led them towards the city administration office building. After some time, other awakened newbies arrived one after another.
When they all arrived he instructed them to get on the bus and added some more instructions of what to do or not to do when they arrived at the capital.
With that he took one final look at the only guy who he thought had a bright future among this batch and gave him a thumbs up to carry on to the path of a player. He noticed his gesture and nodded his head to show his determination.
Thus the bus left for the road to the capital.
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Blue watched as Karla explained her innate ability to her mother who seemed to have been struck by lightning.
After she explained there was a very long silence.
Seeing that both of the mother and daughter seemed unwilling to talk further at this stage, he waited for the perfect timing before heaving sigh aloud as he looked at Karla and then said to Laura with a tone of sincerity,
"Since Miss Laura is already aware of our relationship I won't apologize since I truly love Karla and am serious about her. I know that we ended up going behind your back and progressed to this point but I will still ask you to give both of us a chance to earn your trust again. I promise you that I will always cherish your daughter."
He had a serious look on his face yet there was a tinge of guilt that could be noticed.
Laura stared at his eyes as if she wanted to see into his very soul to gauge the truth behind those words. The panic and embarrassment she was feeling a moment ago now subsided because of the seriousness he radiated to her.
To be fair, she was aware that she didn't have much choice in this. Both of them were adults and even though he was a family, there wasn't any blood connection. Both of them were willing parties so her reluctance on this matter would only divide her relationship with these two.
There's still one point she needed to confirm though.
"Blue said his piece but what about you? You won't say anything to me at this stage?"
She asked her daughter plainly while hiding her true emotions from showing in her voice.
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Karla, who was in a daze at Blue's words, snapped back and also looked at her mother with a solemn face.
"I also love Blue and am serious about him. Mom, please give us a chance. I promise that both of us won't break your trust again."
Laura smiled slightly at her sincere words. With this her decision had been made.
"Well, since both of you are so serious about each other then I wouldn't act like an obstacle to your relationship. As long as both of you promise to be fair to each other I don't see any problem."
"Thank you, Miss Laura. You would not regret this decision."
He said with a sincere tone again as he watched Karla run to her and embrace her tightly.
"Ouch! Easy there, young girl."
She said in feigned anger as she caressed her silver hair with a gentle smile on her face.
He let their emotions marinate for some moment as he appraised Laura to see the progress.
[Existence Level: 0.009]
[Vitality: 0.05
Aether: 0
Threat Level: 0]
[Behavioral Trait: Gentle
Current Emotion: Peaceful
Favorability Point: 64 (Interested)]
Her favorability point went from 59 to 64. He already appraised her last night before she ran off after watching the "good show". At that time it successfully entered the 60 mark completing a part of the mission. At breakfast it increased again to 61. He mused that she might have had some naughty thoughts about him throughout the night. Now after he showed his "sincerity" it jumped three more points and reached 64 now. It seemed that she liked his sincerity towards her daughter so much that it even increased her interest in him.
Now he could get onto the final part.
"Karla, do you remember when I said I experienced some strange stuff after awakening?"
Karla who was happily embracing her mother stopped and looked back at him curiously as she nodded.
"I remember. You said it was because of the attribute you awakened. Even Time Remote skill's forward option didn't work, how could I forget?"
Blue smiled at her and then looked at Laura as he said to her,
"Miss Laura, both of us will be away from home for at most five years and Miss Clara might graduate in three years so I wonder if you will still remain in Carnova city all that time?"
Laura looked at him with a baffled expression and asked,
"Then where else will I go?"
"If I tell you that you could also go with us to the academy then will you believe me?"
"..."
Laura wanted to instantly refute him but seeing his eyes, that held the same intensity of seriousness as earlier, she swallowed back her words and gazed at him as if asking to continue.
"I also got a skill that was unrelated to my class. As you know my class is called Blight Paladin but this skill I awakened, just like Karla, I had no information about it. However it allows me enough means to take you to the academy with me. So I wonder if you're willing?"
"This…"
Laura felt like she fell into a predicament. Who didn't want to go to the fabled academy? It was her dream to become an awakened and go to the academy to learn about the path of a player. Yet she couldn't awaken thus fated to never step foot there. But now she was being told that one of her long lost dreams could be fulfilled. There still remain a bunch of issues though.
"But I am unawakened. If I go there—"
"Please rest assured that you won't be discovered. This skill of mine is very peculiar. If you agree then I will show this skill to you. That way you could confirm it with your own eyes and wouldn't need to worry about any uncertainty."
"Blue, why don't you show it to her now? That way she wouldn't have much doubt about it."
Karla suddenly suggested. She was very happy that there was a way to take her mother with her to the academy. She seriously couldn't stand being away from her for five years. Now that he was revealed to have such a skill then she was more than happy to let her mother see it and get her consent quickly so she could accompany them.
Blue naturally expected such a situation so he casually replied,
"I would have also liked to do just that but unfortunately this skill came with many restrictions. One of them being that it could be activated only at night time, another was that if I am not alone while performing this skill then those present needed to consent to it before they could see this skill. Without the consent it fails to activate."
"It sure sounds troublesome."
Karla commented with an intrigued look and shook her mother's hand to urge her to quickly agree. Laura felt a bit helpless at her daughter's urging. She also would have liked to see first just what means he had to be so sure to bring her to the academy.
The lingering fear of being caught later was suppressed by the thought that she just had to consent to take a look first and if she wasn't convinced then she could just say no. Anyways, if it was really as safe as he told her then she would be happy instead as she might just get to fulfill that dream of hers, albeit half of it. So she finally said,
"Alright, I agree then."
Blue smiled and then told her that he will show the skill at night as he heard the familiar notification sound from the system.