Next, it would be the pillar thing.
Fumu, I have a bad feeling.
Lifting her hand from the orb with a satisfied smile, she turned her head to the pillar next to the table with steady breathing, as if she was not fazed at all.
Walking over, I was the one worrying, for some strange reason.
Not only me, the surrounding nobles were also looking on with abated breaths.
Thankfully, the commoners were refrained from entering the noble testing area with a wall, they could not see what was going on.
If they could, they would probably scream, "Kya kya " at Nathan and Naomi.
Not that the nobles didn't do that.
Tch, good looks aren't everything!
As I thought absentmindedly, a bright light quickly disrupted my thoughts.
Where did the light come from?
Looking up, there was a bean of light shining from the tip of the pillar.
!
It's the legendary cheat!
I-I can't! The radiance of the main character is blinding.....!
My, my eyes!
.......I'm sorry.
In a daze, I couldn't even properly hear the excited squeals of the surrounding nobles.
Fumu, how un-noblelike of them.
But to think that Naomi is the true main character.......as her familiar, I have a secured purpose of existence!
I am the sidekick of the story!
But if it's like that, haven't I reincarnated into the wrong character?
Shouldn't I be huge, furry and capable of flight?
"Good job. " Nathan's voice appeared from next to me as he waved to his sister.
Now, it was my turn.
Even as a side character, next to such a promising main character, I should have some cheatlike abilities, right?
Right?
Running up to the desk, I gleefully placed my hand to the pillar.
In an instant, the light shot up to the top of the pillar, but did not break through.
Ohohohohoho. I may not have a beam of light, but I'm violet ranked.
Hohohohoho, bow down.
Next, it would be the orb.
What would be good, my attribute? Ohohohohoho.
Just give me the best!
Throwing my hand to the orb, I expectantly looked at the lady seated at the table.
Closing my eyes, I prayed for a cheatlike ability.
"How disappointing," the lady at the table sighed.
What was that?
Did I hear wrongly?
"Spiritual and light attributes." she announced, matter-of-factly.
Hmm? What's that?
...Light?
Will I be able to shoot down these demons? Have I become a threat to their lives?
Should I run?
Turning around, I met the squinted eyes of Naomi and the nonchalant Nathan.
What did this mean?
Looking around, it was all gazes of pity.
What?
In my confusion, I could only walk over to Naomi with upturned eyes.
Tell me what's going on!
As I walked off, brother walked up and took the test easily without much hesitation.
He was fire attributed and blue ranked. An anticlimatic revelation.
After that, we left on the carriage. And then that was my chance to ask.
"Naomi, what does my attributes do?" I asked hesitantly with slight expectation.
I mean, it sounds cool, right?
Right?
As a reincarnated (?) person (?), it's a granted that I'm cheatlike, right?
"You use spiritual magic to communicate with the dead, lingering spirits."
Hii-
G-ghosts!?
"And they get to use your mana to use their own attributed magic."
Apparently, it was not your body that was attributed, but your soul.
This means, I can use ghosts to rule the world?! I can gather thousands of ghosts to use!?
"But, "
Ah, here it came. The, 'but'.
"Lingering spirits usually have unresolved issues, so most of them are vengeful and evil, and will try to take over your body. "
Say that first!
"And even if you find a kind spirit, they usually leave to the netherworld very quickly. But in general, spirits are hard to find."
Okay, where's the camera? Such a useless attribute can't exist! This must be a prank!
"The-then, the light attribute?" I asked hesitantly.
"Completely useless."
!
H-harsh!
As I thought, it's holy magic thats good against demons.....!
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But, couldn't you have put it in a gentler way?!
"What are you going to do by manipulating light? Blind your enemies? Even so, the light you throw at them can blind your eyes as well, idiot."
Alright, where's the sword for me to end myself? Where is it!?!?
"Even if you end yourself, your attributes are unchangeable."
...
I'll just go live at some farm as a watch dog.
I'm unfit as a side character!
Suddenly, a big hand landed on my head.
"Don't be too sad, with your mana capacity you can still do other things."
Glancing up at Nathan with shiny eyes, I asked, "Like?"
"Pill making, or magic circles."
Ah, Im ultimately just a background character.
Looking down again, I pulled my legs up to the seat and hugged them, my body leaning at the side of the carriage.
This is my corner now.
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After that, a month passed and we successfuly joined a magic academy.
In total, there were two magic academies, four knight academies and two merchant academies.
The one we enrolled in was an independent academy who's students are not affiliated with the kingdom.
The other magic academy was strictly for residents of the kingdom, and the magicians nurtured there are obligated to serve the kingdom in exchange for free education.
It would be logical for the royalty of the kingdom to enroll into the kingdom's academy but compared to the independent academy, it was lacking.
In terms of instructors, the teachers at the kingdom's academy were all affiliated with the kingdom itself, and were limited in variety. Compared to that, the instructors of the independent academy came from all parts of the world.
It was no doubt that the independent academy would be more popular.
Furthermore, as royals of the kingdom, it was their obligation to serve the kingdom.
Mostly, it was the children of the loyal residents of the kingdom, the insufficiently talented and the poor that enrolled into the free academy.
Sighing, I stared at the overly large and extravagant entrance of the Teril academy.
After learning about my shit attributes, I fought tooth and nail to avoid coming to this academy.
It's full of talented, demonic children, why would I want to come as a tag-along?
I was ready to become Naomi's faithful housewife, no, watch dog for her house.
I don't want to awaken my magic capabilities at all!
Why? Because undoubtedly, I would be able to see ghosts.
Those, bloody, malicious beings!
I'm sorry, but my little fragile heart cannot handle that!
Just the very first lesson, the instructors would be welcoming the new batch of students by awakening their mana pools.
Ohohohohoho, I will have to say good bye!
Even though I've been dragged to the academy, I will undoubtedly run before the ceremony happens!
Running is my forte!
Ah, who grabbed the collar of my robe.
Turning around, I saw the disgusting face of my brother.
You traitor.
Didn't anyone teach you that blood is thicker than water? Thicker than that stupid familiar bond?
I'll never forget this, you handsome bastard.
Despite my struggles, I could only be dragged towards the doors of the buildings and up to one of the classrooms on the second floor.
This building was purely classrooms, other buildings included the dorms, the library, the leisure building, and so on.
It was unusually luxurious, thanks to its high tuition fees.
There's no need for me to be here, you know? I am but a commoner at heart, so I am completely willing to help the servants carry your luggages to the dorms, you know?
Entering the classroom, we went to the side if the classroom and took four tables.
It was right next to the window.
Is this a customary seat for all main characters!?
Huh?!
As we sat in the empty classroom, more students trickled in before the classroom was filled with a total of fourty people.
Strangely, despite being pets, brother and I were enrolled as students.
But it's okay, you can give my spot to those other children who want to join.
I really do not mind.
Finally, the teacher came and introduced himself.
"I am Urian, and I will be guiding all of you for the first two lessons of your Teril Academy Life. Today, I will simply be awakening your mana pools to allow the usage of magic, the next lesson will be how to control your power. After this lesson, please return to your respective dorm rooms to rest as your bodies get used to magic, in the meantime, any usage of magic is strictly prohibited, and if caught using magic, one will be expelled and have their mana pool locked."
And just as he finished speaking, he rose his hands and chanted something with his mouth, but not his voice.
In an instant, a blueish light enveloped the entire classroom.
!
When the light was gone, I could feel a subtle change in my body.
How strange.
Looking around, everyone looked perplexed as well.
But other than the fourty people in the classroom, excluding myself and including the teacher, there were two other individuals here.
Floating in the air.
Hiiiii—
!
I fainted.
I'm sorry, my weak heart will not accept such a thing as ghosts.
So, when I wake up, please let this be a dream.
I want to wake up as a male main character.
A handsome, tall and over powered one.
Thank you very much.
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......When I came to, I was on a bed. I wonder who carried me here. But! That's not the problem now!
I can feel it, a cold air above me!
I don't want to open my eyes!
"Is she awake?"
"Oi, you're awake, aren't you!"
I'm not, please go away.
...the cold air got closer.
I want to run.......! I seriously want to run!
After a long time, it seemed that the cold air was gone, and only then did I open my eyes slightly.
.......only to close them seconds after.
There were two floating things at the far corner of the room, I seeeeee youuuu!
What's the number for a priest?! Where can I hire a priest!?
"Can she really see us, like you said?" a cute voice called out.
This voice.... I wasn't listening to it properly before, but now that I hear it, it undoubtedly belongs to a cute little girl, it's the voice of an angel!
But! I'm in a land of demons, and that 'girl' is floating above me, radiating a cold air!
I'm sorry, but you can't fool me!
Where's Naomi? Brother? Nathan?
Someoneeeee! Where did everyone go!
After fighting another cold war with the lingering ghosts, I asked hesitantly, "You won't kill me, will you?" while slowly opening one of my eyes.
Hii—
The other ghost was right above me!
"Why would I?" He laughed.
"Because, you're a ghost?"
"It's mean to stereotype!" the girl pouted, floating next to the guy.
Ah, that was a word you don't hear in this place.
Looking carefully, the girl was a ghostly pale child with white hair, pink eyes, small wings, a short tail and little horns, no doubt, it was a demon ghost. But the guy next to her, looked very strange.
He had dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. He wasn't a demon. He looked like a low leveled demon, but his eyes didn't even carry the faintest of red.
The low leveled demon that reared me had at least pink hued eyes, while this guy not only didn't have horns, tails or a wing, he had blue eyes!
Shocking!
So, why was he here?
Looking back and forth, the girl's skin was unnaturally pale even for a ghost, since the young man next to her had a normal skin tone.
"It's my life dream to meet a fox ear character!" He spoke with sparking eyes.
Ah, they're not scary at all.
As I was about to ask them something, the door to the dorm opened to reveal Naomi, who was bringing in a tray of food.
Seeing me sit up and leaning against the wall on my bed, she spoke, "You're awake? What happened?"
You came too late!