Tale of Discovery

Chapter 17: Systemization ; Slice of Life(?)

Name: Yu Otosaka (Victor -)

True Name: ????

Title: -SEALED-

Age: 8,953 Years

Code: Exousia {Berserk | Destruction (-) | Holy}

Race: Human - 72%

Energy Left: 17%

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Str: 46 (10) - {Strength}

Agi: 40 (10) - {Agility}

Dex: 42 (10) - {Dexterity}

Int: 49 (10) - {Intelligence}

Def: 47 (10) - {Defence}

Vit: 48 (10) - {Vitality}

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Essence:-

Berserk: Hunter | ???? | ????

Destruction (-): N/A

Holy:

-Holy Slash II [V]

A slash that utilizes divine energy as an armament. 10 meters. Low energy consumption.

-Paragon's Eyes I [III]

Grants vision to judge one's soul. Low energy consumption.

-Godspeed II [V]

The ability to travel at a great speed. The user can perform air-jumps. Low energy consumption.

-Blink I [III]

The ability to blink to any area within 5 meters. Medium energy consumption.

-Light Manipulation I [VI]

The ability to influence light by their will. 10 meters. Low energy consumption.

-Healing Factor I [III]

Basic healing. Very low energy consumption.

-Transmutation (-)

The ability to temporarily transform matter into light. Very high energy consumption.

-Divine Retribution I [V]

Judgment from the souls. 30 meters. High energy consumption.

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Power:-

-????

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Incredible. It displays every ability I've used so far. There are also parameters for my physical body as well. I assume the parenthesis shows the average value in the Platform. Less than a quarter of my energy is left. The consumption rates are accurate.

"The System takes on a different form based on the user as well as the Platform they are in. In other words, expect it to adjust once you travel to another Platform.", Juno informs me.

"You should be able to get the gist of what the numbers and everything else represent, but I'll give you a small overview. Starting with your parameters, DEX represents dexterity. The higher it is, the easier it is for you to get familiar with certain weaponry."

"INT represents intelligence. The higher its value, the higher is your comprehension rate, making it easier for you to learn new skills and promote current ones."

"After that, there is the Code section and in it are all your Essences and their factors. It gives you a general description of what a certain Effect is capable of, then the range if available, after that the rate of energy consumption. Effects are also divided into tiers, with the number of tiers depending on the Effect itself. The higher the tier, the better the Effect."

Once she's done with her explanation I take another look at the System. It seems to be easier to understand than before. Now that that's out of the way WHAT. THE. HECK.

Why is my age almost nine thousand years old?! Also, what's with the small dash beside Destruction? I forward the two questions to Juno, to which she replies,

"For your first question, you have to find that out yourself. As for the symbol beside your Destruction Essence, it means that the Essence is a part of a greater whole, with the one currently being displayed is the most dominant power."

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I step out of the bath and head towards the kitchen. There, I find Ayumi placing our dinner on the table. We both sit down and begin eating.

"Brother Yu," Ayumi calls out to me.

"What is it?" I inquire.

"Can I go to school tomorrow?", she asks me.

Ah. she misunderstood my intentions when I said we should avoid "outside". I explain to her,

"When I said we should avoid outside for a few days, I meant that we shouldn't speak of this incident with others. You can go to school as usual."

My words brought a smile to her troubled face. She nods and responds in her normal cheerful attitude,

"Um! I will do as Brother Yu says."

I spend the rest of the evening hugging Ayumi and listen to her talk about her experiences at school for the past few days. It seems like everyone is friends with her, as she is an energetic ball of cuteness that is easy to get along with.

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The next day, I send Ayumi to school normally. On the way there, we see the police and some crowd gathering at the spot one of the men was killed at. As one would expect, everyone was speaking of the incidence.

I drop Ayumi off at her school building, give her one last hug, then head to my classroom.

I take a look around and find Nao sitting in her seat, listening to music. I approach her and then lightly poke her cheek. My action seems to startle her a bit, making her jump in her seat slightly. She looks at me with a slight glare, her eyes asking me "What do you want?"

I let chuckle lightly, and ask her,

"What's the plan for Sunday's baseball match?"

She takes a few seconds to think before answering,

"We will be playing."

Wait. Am I misunderstanding what she just said or did she really say it?

"Come again?" I make sure

"We are going to be playing. We have to be in the game and win it, or else it would've been for nothing."

No, I don't get it. Why do WE have to play? We can just get our school's baseball team to do it and be done with it. Nao seems to be irritated a little as she says,

"Just play and win. What's so hard about that?"

The fact that I've never played baseball before? Before I could retort at her, I hear a sweet voice behind me saying,

"Good morning Otosaka-san. I hope you've been doing well."

I turn around and my eyes meet with hers. Yusa - our school idol. I reply to her in a gentle tone,

"Good morning."

Now that I think about it, I haven't interacted that much with Yusa ever since we got to know her. I don't even recall having a proper conversation with her. Maybe I should try to get to know her better. As such, I ask her,

"Hey, Yusa. Would you like to hang out together after school?"

Her smile widens at my proposal as she replies,

"Sure!"

I suddenly hear the sound of a pencil tip breaking, but don't pay much attention to it.

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The last bell rings and all students start heading home. Yusa and I walk side by side and head to the nearest train station. I spend the rest of the day spending time with Yusa. I'm sad about the fact that Misa didn't make an appearance during our little date, but there isn't much I can do about it.

Once the sky had turned dark, I escorted Yusa back to her apartment, and bid her farewell. Then, I returned home to find a cheerful Ayumi waiting for me with her special curry The rest of the night was sweet in various ways.