Jade's eyes fluttered open, as he stretched lazily, feeling a strange sense of clarity.
Three hours had passed since Niamh put him to bed, and it was already getting dark outside.
Looking to the corner of the room ,he found Niamh sitting at the table with the table laiden with still steaming food. His stomach rumbled in response to the aroma in the air.
Niamh smiled at him , beckoning him over with her hand when she heard the rumble .
Settling down In front of her , as Jade prepared to stuff himself, he caught Niamh throwing him weird glances from his peripheral view, especially the way her gaze lingered on his eyes.
Curiosity got the better of him, driven by Niamh's odd gazes. With a flick of his wrist, a shimmering ice mirror materialized before him.
Jade's breath caught as he beheld his reflection. His silvery blue hair cascaded down his back like a river of moonlight, and his skin shone with the luminous quality of the fairest jade. But it was his eyes that left him stunned – dual irises, silvery grey and golden purple, gazed back at him, radiating an ethereal beauty. Jade's face was a work of art, so exquisite that even an angel couldn't compare.
He stared, transfixed, having never seen his own reflection before. The unfamiliarity and striking beauty of his appearance left him breathless.
Niamh's voice carried a hint of amusement as she leaned against the table, watching Jade's reaction.
"Well, well, well. Look who fell in love with himself at first sight ." Jade's gaze snapped to hers, his cheeks flushing furiously. Niamh chuckled, her eyes sparkling with mirth.
"You were staring at yourself like you've never seen anything as beautiful before." Jade's eyes narrowed, a hint of embarrassment creeping into his expression. Niamh's grin widened.
She walked closer, her voice taking on a teasing tone. "You were so captivated by your own reflection, I thought you'd forgotten I was here."
"Hahaha ". Niamh bursted out into laughter seeing the blush on Jade's face deepen.And dinner passed with Niamh constantly teasing Jade and him blushing In return
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QUEST COMPLETE!
Quest: Awaken Dormant Talent
Rewards: Talent unique skill
Status: Completed
Accept reward?
TALENT: Divine soul Dual pupil [EX] Awakened successfully
+5 all stats
+30 INT stat
+ 1 Talent unique skill
Jade sat on his makeshift bed looking at the system notifications of his rewards.
"Accept" he muttered
DING!
REWARD: unique skill Clairvoyance
Clairvoyance:
-Analyze: gain valuable information on people, objects and environment about their composition, history or potential use ( wouldn't work if the target is 20 levels higher than the user)
-Unveil: see beyond illusions , revealing the truth behind a disguise
-Aura: predict emotions or mood with color of aura
- insight: see hidden details or patterns ( wouldn't be seen clearly if target is 20 levels higher than user)
.....
Looking at his new skill, Jade almost pumped his hands in the hair in happiness.
His new skill was revolutionary!, the pain was damn worth it !, Jade thought.
"Status" , he muttered.
Name: Jade
- Level: 50
- EXP: 100/2500
- STR: 70
- AGI: 70
- INT: 192
- STA: 90
- HP: 10,000
- MP: 10,000
- STAT POINTS: 0
- SKILL POINTS: 0
Talents
- Divine Soul Dual Pupils [EX]
- Ice and Snow Manipulation [SS]
Bloodlines
- Yin Phoenix Bloodline [Unique]
- Void Belgusari [God Tier]
Skills
- Glossomancy [B]
- Cryokinesis
- Basic Weapon Mastery
- Intermediate Healing
- Belgusari's Hunger (awakening)
- Advanced Ice Manipulation
- Teleportation [S]
- Frozen Aura
- Seed of Darkness
- Void Sense
- Darkness Sense
- Clairvoyance [B]
ARTIFACTS:
- None
Quests:
1. Defeat a D ranked monster
- Rewards: Records of ???( Fragment)
- Status : Completed
2. Relocate to the city
- Duration: 3 months
- Rewards: Resource pack [C]
-Status : Incomplete
3. Defeat a C rank monster
-Duration 1 year
- Rewards: Spectra's band [SS]
- Status:Incomplete
4. Win the Tenday Tournament
- Duration: 10 years
- Rewards: Nyx's Kiss
- Status : Incomplete
His stats had increased by 5 points more, especially his intelligence stat which had increased by a whole 30 points!.
His quest list had been refreshed, except for the one he hadn't accepted the reward for. Jade contemplated silently whether it was safe to accept the reward as the system didn't give him the full details of it.
Since it said it was a record , it should be information? . 'Maybe it would give me an idea of what the system was and why it chose him', he thought.
"Accept reward". He said softly
Suddenly, Jade felt an overwhelming influx of information being stuffed in his head, strange symbols, arcane terminology, and complex processes suddenly seemed intuitive, like he'd been working with them his whole life.
He could almost smell the pungent aroma of simmering potions and feel the weight of a crucible in his hand. The Record fragment had somehow bypassed his conscious understanding, implanting a deep-seated knowledge that resonated within him even though it wasn't originally his. Jade's fingers seemed to twitch with the memory of measuring out precise amounts of herbs and minerals, and his mind effortlessly recalled the properties of herbs and plants .
Though he'd never heard of alchemy until now, he felt like a journeyman returning to his craft, his mind moving with a practiced ease that belied his complete lack of experience.
The Record had gifted him a strange, almost muscle-memory understanding of alchemy, leaving him both amazed and disoriented by the sudden shift in his perspective.
After the influx of information finally ended , Jade opened his eyes wide , his lips stretching into an eery grin- in the darkness of the shadows coupled with his four pupils, he almost looked like a vengeful demon- almost.
Jade felt the urge to leap in Joy!. Looking at the rest of his quests, he had been wondering how he and Niamh would go about surviving in the City of they left. He had thought of selling the dungeon loots he got from the Ogre dungeon, that would at least sustain 2 people right since Niamh said it was a small fortune , and if push came to shove , he would register as an awakener when he came of age and make money through dungeon raids
But it seemed like fate had another plan in store for him. A good plan. The Record seemed like a pie that fell from the sky onto his lap . Just when he needed it.
Finally, he was finally enjoying all his luck from his past life -muhahahahah, hahaha-
Jade cackled In his mind .
Looking at his fourth quest , Jade couldn't help but wonder what a Tenday tournament was . He would ask Niamh in the morning.
The reward looked tempting even though he didn't know what it was yet , the name looked grand enough.
Closing his attribute panel, Jade began contemplating how he was going to convince Niamh to move to the city.
He knew she must have had her reasons for coming to live in this part of the slums . But if she didn't want to leave, then he would leave by himself and come to see her every now and then
Although he loved Niamh like a mother, he wouldn't spend his rest of his life In the junkyard just for her sake . There was an entire world out there waiting for him to explore and he still needed to get stronger.
Thinking to this point, Jade slowly relaxed his mind and closed his eyes to sleep. Then he froze.
He opened his eyes, closed them, opened them , closed them again. Then he hurriedly sat up. There was no difference !.
Jade sat on his makeshift bed, gazing outside the roof opening in mild horror. There was no difference between opening his eyes and closing his eyes!. Then he closed his eyes again and gasped loudly.. what in the world was this ?. It was the same thing!, the view was the same !. The darkness that shrouded the eyes when it was closed was absent. He could see clearly even with his eyes closed !. It was like his eyelids had become a completely transparent glass. He hurriedly touched his lids to confirm they were still there and indeed they were . But what was this situation?.
Jade sat still as panic slowly started to set in. Does this mean he would no longer be able to sleep?, Jade thought, his thought racing in his mind .
Although he was powerful and would no longer need to sleep as often but Jade still loved his sleep!. It was one of the rare things he enjoyed doing !. Sleep was his safe space!. It was his -escape reality - button and now it was taken away from him !
He wanted to curse ! . It must be his newly awakened talent!. First the stupid talent had almost burst his head apart and now it had taken away his most precious thing after Niamh!
But he soon calmed down. As an old soul he wouldn't loose his composure over something like that , what he needed to do was find a solution. His sleep was something he must get back! , at all costs!.
Focusing his gaze , Jade found out he could see through almost anything and he could increase and decrease the intensity at will. So Jade tried decreasing the intensity by drawing mana away from his eyes. His closed eyes slowly began to darken as he regained the feeling of closing his eyes.
Breathing a sigh of relief, he settled back on his bed and soon drifted off to Dreamland even though he had spent almost an entire day sleeping before nightfall....
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Author San here
Please if there's anything you think isn't right or any ability you think I didn't write well .
Well read it like that , you can't correct my imagination ... It's mine after all..
It's my first time writing anything at all .. the last time I wrote an essay or anything remotely close to a composition was high school..
I really am new to all this so keep your expectations to a minimum. Even I am surprising myself every chapter
Cus I have no idea where all this is coming from in my brain
Anyways,
Thank you for reading 😊