Chapter Index

    Sunday morning after finishing the first week of Siyoram.

    Today, as usual, I woke up early.

    I didn’t have the psychological leisure to just lie in bed and wander around in a daze.

    I had a nutrition bar for breakfast again today. Since I couldn’t taste anything, I had no appetite at all. Still, I need to get my nutrition, so I’m taking things like nutrition bars and vitamins regularly.

    I thought about changing into my casual clothes and getting some exercise, but I felt the need to check my plans for a moment and stopped.

    “Now, is it the start of the second week…”

    I sat at the desk in my room, lost in thought.

    I’m going to organize the results so far. Even though it’s just the first week, there were quite a few things I gained.

    I scribbled with a pen on the study pad provided by Siyoram.

    “Physical abilities.”

    It was only a few days, but my physical abilities noticeably improved.

    Becoming a rookie, the potential of growth, the additional multiplier from being a special admission student, Professor Atla’s tough classes.

    All of that has boosted my growth, and in just a few days, my physical growth was noticeable.

    “Mana.”

    Yesterday, I received help from Professor Riana to begin learning mana.

    Thanks to that, I was able to successfully enter the world of mana, and now I’ve officially joined the ranks of the superhumans.

    Of course, I’ve only just started with the basics.

    I don’t even know how to properly use basic magic, such as strengthening or solidifying mana, but just being able to handle mana changes a lot. It’s safe to say that another acceleration of growth has occurred.

    “Innate abilities.”

    Spatial perception, ambidexterity, mana affinity.

    I started using these three innate abilities simultaneously.

    I haven’t fully experienced it yet, but I feel like there’s some improvement in small ways. I plan to look into this in detail during the training with Professor Atla.

    Of course, even this is just the beginning.

    Not to mention building ‘innate’ abilities, I haven’t even properly grasped my own abilities…

    Innate abilities are usually innate from birth.

    Like how Geoph and Changhae inherited the innate abilities of their ancestors.

    They are passed down through bloodlines, or sometimes people awaken completely different innate abilities on their own.

    In the case of acquiring it postnatally? It’s not nonexistent.

    Even though one has awakened magical power, there are clearly cases where a superhuman without inherent abilities awakens unique abilities through their efforts.

    I don’t fit into either of these two cases.

    I didn’t inherit it through legitimate lineage like others, nor was I born with overwhelming talent.

    It’s also not something acquired through a lifetime of devoted effort.

    None of that. It’s just what I luckily obtained while tinkering with game character settings.

    Unique abilities and constraints… Thinking about it makes me feel bitter again.

    Unconsciously, I found myself frowning. I remembered the damn game that added twists to my life, which seemed to be going smoothly.

    When creating a character in 〈Savior〉, you can usually choose one ability to take with you.

    You could take a common ability commonly found in the world, or you could take an ability with a special effect.

    Or you could start completely without any ability.

    So, in the first round, I screwed up. In my desire to enjoy the vanilla experience, I chose to start without abilities. Thanks to that, I really messed things up.

    Paradoxically, the first round survived for the longest period among all the rounds…

    Anyway, this setting section is a bit messed up.

    There is one ability that can be chosen at the beginning.

    Through the setting called “constraint” here, you can add a special adjustment to the player for each constraint.

    When a player receives one constraint, the ability they take becomes the sum of the one received through the constraint and the one they originally had to take.

    But this crappy game isn’t like that.

    If you receive one constraint at the beginning, there is nothing to gain from it. If you receive one constraint, the total ability taken is only one.

    The first constraint received is essentially nothing but a stepping stone to receive the second constraint and ability.

    What kind of crap system is this? I sent an email to the developers, but all I got was a formal response saying, ‘That was considered and set.’

    In reality, the first constraint is nothing but a loss, with nothing to gain.

    I’d like to throw it away, but I had to use a trick to get the second and third abilities.

    In the end, I could start the game only after adjusting the ratio to Ability 3: Curse 3.

    “Tsk.”

    A formal email from the developer. I wonder about these too. What is the identity of the developer? What is the identity of those who made this crappy game?

    I don’t know. I want to know, but… I didn’t have the luxury to focus on that side due to circumstances. So for now, I’ll let it go. I’ll look into it carefully when I have the time later.

    The next question is.

    The original world and the game world.

    The realistic world without abilities, and the fantasy world with magic, unique abilities, dungeons, and towers.

    I am a substandard in the “original world.” I am convinced of this at the moment. Because there’s nothing else to judge by.

    I am the substandard who remembers the old shabby house, the substandard who ran away from the house after it burned down and ended up in an orphanage.

    After wandering around, even the orphanage burned down, and I settled down, I am the substandard who lived reasonably.

    Then what is this place? Who is the substandard of this world full of virtual elements?

    It was a question I had from the beginning.

    I think the substandard of the original world, me, came here. That’s what I think.

    But there is a question. The fact that my status existed before I came here.

    If it were a game, I could just pass it off as a setting, but at the point where I acknowledged this place as a real existing world, I couldn’t just let it go.

    So, today, when I had a little bit of free time, I checked my status.

    First, I checked if the framework of South Korea was still maintained, and many of the sites I knew existed.

    Thanks to that, it didn’t take long to pull up documents online.

    I carefully examined various documents displayed as holograms.

    [Yeonsung Orphanage]

    Records from age 0 to 7. After discovering me, a newborn baby, in front of the main gate, I went through the admission process. Missing and presumed dead due to a fire. Detailed records were lost due to the fire.

    [Ilbo Orphanage]

    Records from age 8 to 18. Disappeared and found after a year and a half. At that time, I was found blind with a serious burn on my right arm.

    After that, the procedure was to enter the orphanage. However, there were no special records due to living like a dead doll with physical disabilities as a disabled person.

    There was a fire at the orphanage just before discharge. It was recorded that there were no special injuries at that time.

    “Hmm…”

    I frowned. As I wiped my arms in discomfort, a chill ran down my spine.

    Yeonseong Orphanage. I don’t know what it is. It’s the first time I’ve heard of an orphanage. How many people remember the name of the orphanage in the first place?

    But…

    “Ilbo Orphanage.”

    It’s a familiar name. How could I forget? It’s the name of the orphanage I was in.

    It’s beyond uncomfortable. To be precise, it’s terrifying. Even when the name is the same, I wondered if it could be Ha Yool, but there are really similar parts that give me goosebumps.

    The other part is the Yeonseong Orphanage part.

    Originally, it was a time when I was supposed to be at my parents’ house. The commonality is that both places had a fire.

    My parents’ house also went up in flames, and the orphanage in this world also went up in flames.

    There is also a commonality that I wandered around for almost a year.

    At the time, I naturally thought I would die. I thought I would die with my right arm on fire and consciousness flying away.

    But I woke up. For some reason, only my right arm was left with a terrible burn.

    Before grasping the reason, at that time, I lived wandering around clutching my hungry stomach here and there.

    Eventually, I ended up entering another orphanage, which is Ilbo Orphanage.

    At that time, I was an unregistered ghost child. I heard that when I went to Ilbo Orphanage, the birth registration was done in the form of a family establishment.

    “Haah…”

    It’s a frustrating feeling. I leaned back in my chair and let out a deep sigh.

    My head was complicated. Just dealing with this situation alone gives me a headache. Upon investigation, I found that there were debts in my name.

    It seems that I touched the financial sector for living expenses. The amount is only tens of millions of won. At that time, I probably didn’t have much credit, so it’s questionable how I got the loan.

    Fortunately, thanks to Siyolam, I was able to avoid immediate financial trouble by receiving regular maintenance payments.

    However, considering the interest, it would be best to pay it off as quickly as possible. Even if you surpass the lowest level hero, a hunter level, you should be able to repay tens of millions of won in no time.

    “My head hurts…”

    There was a lot to think about, and my head throbbed.

    Yesterday, I fell deeply asleep next to Professor Liana, which helped a bit, but from today onwards, my sleep time will decrease again, so my head will start to hurt.

    It was called a sleep class. It was more difficult than I thought. I didn’t expect to fall lightly asleep and wake up exactly in an hour.

    I didn’t know I could fall deeply asleep for several hours. I was amazed that I had fallen fast asleep under Professor Liana’s coat.

    At first, Professor Liana laughed and said everyone does that, but honestly, it’s a bit embarrassing.

    “Was it the third week?”

    Pressing down on the desk with frustration, a sudden thought came to mind, and I tapped my smartwatch. I brought up the academic schedule file I had downloaded last time.

    Today is the weekend of the first week.

    On Monday and Tuesday of the third week, there is a mandatory participation schedule for dungeon strategy for first-year students.

    Students from each first-year class are grouped into 4-5 people and sent into a Grade 4 dungeon to perform missions.

    The schedule is for 1 night and 2 days.

    Dungeon strategy and monster subjugation are essential parts of being a hero.

    Thanks to this, the dungeon strategy and monster subjugation schedule are regularly included in the academic schedule.

    After the dungeon strategy, in the fourth week, there is an entrance to the Tower of Growth.

    The Tower of Growth, like the existence of Siyolam.

    There are two main benefits: one is the growth blessing applied to students belonging to Siyolam, and the other is the entrance ticket to the Tower of Growth.

    In the Tower of Growth, the already enhanced growth rate is further amplified, and you can experience special trials provided by the tower.

    Moreover, even if your body is damaged or you lose your life during the trial, it all remains a fantasy.

    All negative traces such as wounds disappear, and all positive aspects such as growth are expelled in any way when the trial ends.

    The risk of actual combat is not enough to make your ears burn. Inside the tower, you can experience real combat without the risk of life and injury, with an even greater amplification of growth than usual.

    It’s one of the important events where you can achieve the most rapid growth in Siyolam, a long-term schedule that allows entry into the Tower of Growth for as long as four days.

    I shook my head.

    The dungeon conquest is two weeks away, and entry into the Tower of Growth is three weeks away.

    Almost a month. By the time I enter the Tower of Growth, I should have grown enough.

    At this rate of growth, I might start using the original knowledge to wander around the dungeons from about a month onwards.

    I’ve already planned the first dungeon to conquer.

    A dungeon found near a small city in England. The goal is the Confession Necklace.

    An artifact that expresses the thoughts of the wearer out loud. Even if you try to use it as a confession, the conditions are quite strict, and its purpose was not appropriate, but my situation is different now.

    One way to bypass the curse of silence.

    With just that, avoiding the absurd curse of silence is practically no different.

    “Okay.”

    I’ve set a nearby goal. As soon as a realistic goal was set, my enthusiasm surged even more.

    After making that determination, I got up from my seat. Since the goal adjustment was over, I was thinking of stretching my body.

    So, the second week of Siyolam began. It was a week of smooth growth.

    I rolled my head during the public lecture, and during the major lecture, I rolled both my head and body.

    I was rolling forward, and although it was slow, I could clearly feel that I was progressing little by little.

    It was a fulfilling day.

    “I challenge Lee Hayul to a duel.”

    The change occurred on Wednesday.

    During the public lecture “Basic Practical Swordsmanship,” a student looked at me and spoke.

    He was a sharp-looking male student. He disguised his expressionless face, but inside, I could sense his disapproval of me.

    “…It’s not like I was attacked by a monster or felt my life was in danger. This seems like an ordinary day.”

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