Ingrit, in his school uniform, walking in the hallway of his school. He seemed to be lost in thought, not paying any attention to his surroundings.

As he was walking to get to his classroom, he slightly bumped into someone. That brought Ingrit back to the reality, then he looked at the girl he bumped into, and apologized, holding his neck with his right:

"I-I am sorry. I wasn't paying any attention to my surroundings."

The girl had short gray hair, blue eyes, amber skin, wearing a pair of triangle shaped earrings. She was shorter than Ingrit, and was wearing her school uniform.

The girl didn't mind Ingrit bumping into her at all. Instead, she blushed a little, and smiled, then said:

"Don't worry. It's fine."

Saying that she bowed a little, then turning around she left the place.

Ingrit widened his eyes, and stared at her leaving for a while. He then frowned, and thought:

That girl. Who was she again?

He struggled for a while to remember who she was. After thinking for a while, he remembered.

Oh. She is from class 9. One class below me. Her name was..Adni..I think.

Then he turned around, and opened the door of his classroom, then got into the classroom.

But, after entering into his classroom he saw an astonishing sight. It made him so stunned that he stood beside the door, widening his eyes.

He saw Givan talking to Saiya without getting nervous at all. Anyone would think that they were old friends or something by seeing the way they were talking to each other. But then again Givan was always the kind of guy who could start a conversation with anyone he met.

Ow, holy shit. I know that I told the guy to go get close to her. But, isn't he taking things too fast?

Ingrit thought, as he looked dumbfounded.

He then quietly went over to his seat, and sat there. After a while, as Givan was talking to her, he noticed Ingrit sitting on his seat.

Seeing him, Givan waved his right hand at him, and said:

"Ingrit, come here."

"No. I am fine over here."

He refused, and looked outside the window, putting his chin on his right hand.

Getting refused by Ingrit, Givan sighed, and told Saiya:

"He is like that. The dude is a bit shy type."

Hearing Givan say 'shy type' made Ingrit flinched. Also, to make things even worse he was saying that to a girl. So, he got irritated a little, and thought:

I am not shy. I just like to keep to myself, damn it.

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"Oh, I see."

Saiya said as she put on a dampened smile on her face.

Ingrit wasn't really the shy type. It just Givan's way to tease the poor guy.

It's just that Ingrit wasn't very expressive around others. But, he wasn't always so inexpressive. When he was 8--13 years old, he used to play with the others kids, talked more expressively, acted like extrovert etc. But, as he grew up he become somewhat introverted, and became someone who liked to talk less.

But, back in the first training quest he was beginning to show more of his inner self. For instance, he smiled or grinned a lot in there, which he doesn't do in public.

Despite that, he was a considerate boy. He developed the ability to be considerate from his age of fifteen. He acted kindly with kind people, a bit harsh with harsh people and coldly with the ones who annoyed him beyond his temper limit.

Anyway, Givan and Saiya's conversation got interrupted when the bell rang for the class to start. So, hearing the bell Givan went back to his seat. Then a teacher entered into the classroom.

Every students were a bit surprised not seeing their gorgeous teacher. Instead, there was a middled-aged male teacher.

After entering the room, the middle-aged teacher said:

"Your homeroom teacher Armia Neumi caught a fever. So, she took the day off."

Hearing that some students were a bit worried, and some felt disappointed. Ingrit was one of those who got disappointed hearing the news. Although, he also looked worried.

The teacher continued:

"So, today I will be your homeroom teacher."

****

After the end of the first period, Ingrit went up to the roof, and stood before the railing of the roof. He was deeply lost in thoughts, gazing at the azure sky full of giant clouds not too high up from the rooftop.

With his hands in his pant's pocket, and gazing at the beautiful sight of the sky, he was thinking:

Now that I have power what should my goal be? Though, the system told me that with my newly awakened power I have to get stronger so that I can be prepared when the time comes to face off against the Ultimate..But is that all? I always wanted to have superpower. And now I have what I desired for the longest period of my life. So, now what? What should I really do with the power that I have other than facing off against an enemy that I don't even know?..I don't know.

Just too much things happened with Ingrit within just 48 hours. First, he learned about the darkness that lurks in the shadows of the world he lives in.

Secondly, he had awaken his power which he never knew he had.

Thirdly, he had learned that he was Incarnation of Dracid, one of the 9 colossus' who fought against the Ultimate. Then, there was also the matter of colossus, which actually existed thousands of years ago. Until now, he only thought of them as myth. So, suddenly learning that they existed made him very perplexed.

Finally, there was Ultimate. By the sound of the system's explanation, it seemed to him that that Ultimate guy was so strong that 9 most powerful colossus' needed to join forces together to seal him away. Moreover, Ultimate was so strong that they couldn't even defeat him. Instead, sealing him away was the only thing they could manage to do. But, that seal would be broken soon in the distant future.

But, one fact was still perplexing Ingrit more than any of the above, and that was the extinction of Colossus. How could an entire race of Colossus have gone extinct ,was a question echoing in Ingrit's mind. Moreover, how come human didn't even know about their existence, was another question that was running around in circle in his mind.

Ingrit then sighed.

I wonder what kind of person the other power holders are. I definitely would love to meet them.

"So, you are up here."

Abruptly, Ingrit's thinking got interrupted by a familiar voice of girl. He turned this head, and saw that it was Saiya, who's ponytail hair danced a little due to the gentle flow of the wind.

"What are you doing up here, Ingrit?"

She asked with a smile on her face....