It all happened in an instant. My body went cold all of a sudden. Before I realized it, I got shot in the chest by a wandering bullet from across the road. Which a robbery was occurring.My body turned pale. My sensations became numb, while my skin slowly became cold. "Am I going to die?" were the words that subconsciously came out of my mouth.Hearing it in my situation sounded a bit cringeworthy since I was seriously going to die anyway.My entire life was always riddled with tragedy. When I was 5, my mother died in a car accident. Leaving only me and my father. But when I reached 10, my father remarried and disowned me by sending me to my mother's relative.Then my father left me behind and started anew with his new wife. Meanwhile, I was stuck with my cold-blooded uncle, who didn't have an ounce of remorse for me.Every day he'd beat me up if I woke up late. He'd send me to school with an empty stomach.It was all unrealistic to me, so I started questioning my luck. "What did I do

Though I expected something about my E-Rank skill being unique and special due to it being a growth-type skill, it has already been several months, and yet there were no guides or hints on how my skill could be developed."Growth type my ass! The skill description doesn't even give me hints about my skill! How can I let this useless E-rank skill grow!?""I guess an E-Rank skill would still be an E-Rank skill after all."After my father, Damian, had shown his skill status.*Skill: Moonlight Swordsmanship, Skill Rank: S*There was no skill type written on the skill status that was displayed in front of me.Therefore, I wondered and did some research. But after several months had passed, there was nothing I could find that mentioned growth-type skills in every book that I could find in our household.Meanwhile, I practiced using my skill whenever I got some spare time, and when I used my skill, string manipulator, I could summon and release strings from the palms of my hands.It reminded

His emerald hair brightened as he walked towards the border entrance of the forest. His dignified posture and calm demeanor were truly extravagant sights to behold. His silver-plate armor shone when struck by sunlight, while his golden, luxurious sword was beautifully placed on his waist inside a blemish-free scabbard.Every step he took was filled with utmost awareness and unwavering confidence as they entered the Forest of Eldia."Duke!" A messenger appeared while gasping for air."What is it, Halmuth?" Damian asked."The message you've ordered has finally been delivered. The duchess and the young master are waiting for your triumphant return."The seriousness in Damian's eyes, the composed demeanor he had, and his dignified posture instantly disappeared after hearing the messenger's delightful words."Really? Well, it can't be helped then~ all men! We shall finish this task quickly and return victorious!" Damian yelled out loud.The knights who saw their Duke's change of personality

A young boy was standing in front of me with an arrogant expression. While it got me thinking...Who is this blatantly ignorant side character?""What are you looking at?" The young boy spoke in an arrogant tone, gazing at Axel."Well, I just wanted to apologize for bumping into you. And I got quite intrigued by your hair color." Axel responded."What? My hair color? You also see me as a weirdo?" The young boy spoke with an angry demeanor."What? I didn't mean it in a bad way. I'll be taking my leave." Axel slowly turned around and took a few steps away from the weird young boy.Before Axel could get further away, the young boy suddenly grabbed Axel's shoulder and uttered in a demanding tone, "Wait."Axel immediately turned around and asked, "What is it?""Your hair is also weird. You know that, right?" He said with a disgusted look in his face.What the hell is wrong with this kid!?""Okay, thanks." Axel said and frowned in front of him.Ugh, this is why I don't like meeting other peo

It has already been several days since we returned from the ball we attended.I've been continuously doing some research about my skill's potential.Once thought to be an utterly useless skill, it is now starting to bloom in a more positive way..........I've done several experiments in the past few days, and I finally learned that I could not materialize living organisms. And the word "anything" only works on non-living things.But there's a new subskill I learned that lets me control living beings with less mana than me, based on my presumptions.It is the subskill I recently acquired called "String Marionette," which grants me control over living beings that have less mana than me.The string becomes invisible after the string marionette is successfully attached to the specific target.But it also consumes my mana rapidly; I can only manage to use it for less than ten minutes in my current state. And the control over the string marionette skill was totally tiring since it requires