[[๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ.]]I went silent because of that.A few minutes later, I answered, "Me? I'll probably try and live similar from my previous life where I became a shut-in." [[...๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ต-๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ.]]"Was that sarcasm?" I asked.[[๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฎ, ๐๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต.]]I was about say something else when suddenly, I heard a loud sound coming from the top, just on the second floor building behind me....Isn't that Sophia's room?With that realization, I promptly stood up and used the bench to hop on."Hup!"Thankfully, the window seemed to be open. As soon as I was only a few meters away from her window, I folded my body sim
After I woke up, I immediately went straight to the bathroom and took a shower. When that's done, I went up to check on Sophia if she was now feeling okay after what happened yesterday."Sophia...?" I knocked on the door lightly, and then waited for a couple of seconds for her reply. But after awhile, I didn't get an answer, so I decided to use my dark magic to open the door on the other side.๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. I thought to myself. Looking around the room for a few minutes, I then went to the kitchen to grab something for her to eat after waking up.But..."This are all uncooked ingredients..." I took some vegetables from the cabinet and began examining them one by one."Is she perhaps a vegetarian?" I pondered. But after recalling about our first meeting and her eating steak, I dropped those thoughts.Cracking my fingers and preparing every ingredients to the table, I began cooking.๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ: ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข?
For the past few weeks, nothing noteworthy happened. So far, only the classes in the academy almost took up all of my remaining my time. If I didn't include my special training with Cossette that started three weeks ago.While walking alone at the dormitory' hallway, I've stumbled across Leo, who was also walking around alone.He probably had noticed my presence since he lifted up his head and stopped walking. "Oh... Is there anything you want, Young Master." He asked me casually."Oh, please. Stop with the 'Young Master' thingy and just call me Athan," I spoke. "Anyways, how was the plan coming along? The dungeon exploration should be happening tomorrow morning. If something happens while I'm out, just remember to protect those people on the pictures I gave you a week ago." I pointed my fingers on to his pocket with a small smile. Leo just shook his head, slightly raised his glasses properly before nodding."Athan, what you said is indeed correct," he said before yawning casually, "A
[A/N : I would like to apologize for the delay chapters. Since the only left to do right now is to finish my remaining projects and review for the exam that'll happen in just a few weeks, or probably month, I would probably have enough free time that I could use to focus on writing new chapters.]"A dream?" My eyes opened up wide open as I slowly raise my body up to take a sit on the bed. "It has truly been a long time since when I first dreamed of this." I muttered to myself.I then rubbed the back of my head while letting out a yawn. Soon, I stood up and went quickly to the bathroom to take a quick bath.When I got out, I heard a knocking sound coming from the door, as a feminine voice later called out my name."Sir Athan, Miss Cossette ordered me to pick you up to guide you back to the entrance," She said. "Also, everything else was already packed and you're the only person they're waiting for."Hearing this, I fastened my pace and put on my uniform before replying, "I'll be there
An hour later.Every group had decided to split up, while also trying to get to know each other. Like some people say, 'Communications and trust is the vital in team-fights'. Almost similar to what we're currently doing."I elected Athan to be the leader." The first one to speak up in our group was Reymond.That's right. Although we had already decided our group a couple of weeks ago, we still haven't yet decided who our leader will be."I also vote for Athan!" Xavier spoke, raising a flag with my face in it up.... Question, where did he got those from anyway?"I'll pass. I think Aries should do it." I spoke up, ignoring their comments from earlier.The trios just straight up looked at me as if they were speechless from my reply. Then, Aries just tilted her head to the side. "But... Is that really fine, Athan?" She asked innocently. Because of this, the idiots who was beside me clutched their heats tightly while saying, "I've seen enough."I just sighed when I saw them like this and
Research Vice-Leader POV-Thirty minutes earlier before the Operation start."Professor โฌ will soon announce us to start. Before this, everyone, prepare to start the project." I spoke, staring at the infamous Team Alpha 'that' boy created.Hearing this, the all the people in the Alpha that was just outside the Experimental Laboratory looked at the sign on the door, then turned their heads to look at each other before nodding in corresponding manner.[Project: New World : Version 6.0]Not long after this, I reached out and placed both of my hands on the hand scanner.-Clang!-Fuuuu....Slowly, the door opened up revealing a much more bigger circular-shaped machine that was placed inside the room.Right where I was about to order then to move, two people got out of the door. One of them was pushing the wheelchair, while the other one was holding onto... a person who was tied in that wheelchair. It looks to me that the man looked like he was out of control."Denise, just what happened to
After a few minutes of being carried by the bald man in his shoulder, he finally let go of me lightly after reaching the medical facility.Opening the door, I saw three people; the nurses and the doctor, holding a man that was tied, lying on a medical bed....๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ? I looked at them in silent, then turned my head to the side to face one of the staff who was staring at the tied person with slight sympathetic expression.The woman probably have noticed my gaze as she promptly turned her attention towards me. "Is there something wrong, Sir โฌ?" She asked.I nodded. "Isn't he your little brother, Rachel? So... what happened to him? Also, almost forgot to ask, did something else happened while I was on my short break? And did the machine malfunctioned making him like this, or something?"Which she gave me a smile slightly and shook her head before turning her attention back to the man. "No... Actually, it's more like we're not sure," She spoke. "After my brother's finger touched t
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ? With this question in mind, I dropped my sword to the ground. ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ '๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต' ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ?After the man that looked like an half-dragon appeared from the portal, the other researcher team who was once my subordinate made a decision to tell about what happened in our experiment to the government.Every country's Leader, in other words, Presidents, decided to create an artificial monster in fear of what happened that day will once again happen in the future.They also asked me to help them build an ultimate protector for humanity, which I decided to partake until my last project finish so that I can finally sign my resignation.We used animal, plants and even human as this experiment.Although I was against this idea, I had no choice but to do as I was told because I could somehow feel that if that dragon-like person went back to this world af
As we were entering the school, I accidentally heard some rumours spreading about what happened yesterday.According to the rumour, a student from this school had helped on preventing two accidents... Hmm.. Fortunately, thanks to my sweater, none of them seem to have recognized me last night.I can probably rest easy for now...Kim's sudden pause drew our attention, his gaze fixed on my face with an inexplicable expression...What's with him anyway? He's been acting weird since this morning.... Wait, isn't he and Kiyona already weird since the very beginning?With a silent nod to myself, we continued toward the classroom, Kim still recovering from his apparent shock."....?"As we approached, a group of students gathered by the door caught my eye. Curiosity piqued, I approached them to inquire about the commotion."Hey, what's going on?" I asked one of the students.-Ah... Well, do you remember the Arto
Entering the apartment building, I was immediately greeted by Miss Olivia, her warm demeanor a stark contrast to the unsettling events of the day.Earlier, I had borrowed Aerial's phone to make a call, seeking refuge in their home. Jack, the owner of the apartment, agreed almost immediately upon hearing my situation.Aerial's surprise was palpable when she learned that I was practically homeless after running away from home. By the time I hung up and said my thanks, she immediately asked about what happened.Since I have nothing to lose anyway, I decided to tell her the truth.... Not the regression part, of course.Her reactions were somehow expected; she sympathize with me, and thus, diverted the topic back to our work.Anywaysโ"Vallen is finally here," Olivia informed Jack, who nonchalantly continued watching a horror movie, the flickering images casting an eerie glow across the room."You're here already?" he said, h
"This..."Staring at the intricate equations sprawled across the fifteen papers and the detailed drawing of the portal along with its required components that I was holding, I sighed in frustration and let my head drop to the table....I never expected it to be this perplexing. I mean, it was genuinely confusing, with the numbers outnumbering the alphabets!I was on the verge of placing the papers back on the table when something caught my attention."...This thing requires someone as a test subject, right?"Turning toward Aerial's direction, I stood up from my seat."Can I be the one to do that?"Thanks to my looping ability, if something goes wrong, I can just regress back to the first day and make the necessary adjustments to the machine until it works....Playing scientist again this round... Why does it feels weird?"...Why?" She asked, pulling me back to reality. Her face showed a confused express
"....""...."Tapping my index finger on the table, my eyes shifted between Aerial and the mysterious numbers sprawled across the paper she was holding. How in the world could she decipher this cryptic language?"....Mmm." I closed my eyes, pondering. If it were just ordinary numbers, she wouldn't bother, unless these papers concealed a hidden messageโa Morse code of sorts.".....""....ugh."Finally, after what felt like an eternity, she placed the folders down, meticulously arranging them on the table. Glancing my way, she closed her eyes and inquired, "...what do you want?""....!!"Clearing my throat, I put on a smile and replied, "Ah... Well, I want to join this club." She abruptly halted, processing my unexpected announcement.Turning her head slightly, she contemplated before asking, "Why do you want to join?" Her scrutinizing gaze moved from top to bottom."It's because... ah?""You know what, zip it." Before I could elaborate, she handed me a paperโan application for the club
"You're Vallen, aren't you?"I turned my head in Alicia's direction, casting her a weary glance before refocusing on the front of the classroom."Don't ignore me!"Alicia slammed her hands on my table, causing me to shrink back into my chair... I'm getting annoyed."Hey, I'm asking youโ?!"Kiyona's hands intervened, cutting off Alicia's words. She looked at me with a frown. "You know this girl?" she inquired, squinting."...Nope. Never seen her before," I responded sarcastically, rolling my eyes towards the window.Although I didn't admit it outright, the lie was evident from my expression and tone. Strangely, Kiyona appeared to buy into it....Is she an idiot?"Pfft!" Kim couldn't contain a sound, swiftly covering his mouth. Our eyes met, his expression stiffening before he looked away.Alicia, seemingly unfazed by our silent exchange, voiced her annoyance."How are you able to see...?" she asked curiously, crossing her arms."How do you think? It's because I have eyes." I pointed tw
At the auditorium.The three of us took our seats together. Kiyona, the vibrant and talkative girl, claimed the center. Kim sat on the left, and I occupied the right."There are so many people here!" Kiyona exclaimed, rising suddenly and letting out a loud "woo hoo!" This drew surprised glances from the students in front of us."Stop it... You're only embarrassing us," Kim chided her, shaking his head slightly before turning to me."I hope you're not uncomfortable with this girl... She's a bit eccentric, to say the least."Well, I can see that... I thought, glancing up at Kiyona, who was smiling wholeheartedly. Despite her eccentricities, there was something likable about her that I couldn't quite pinpoint."Hey, Kim! The principal is making her appearance!" Kiyona pointed excitedly to the center of the stadium.She added, "She looks young and beautiful! How old is she again?" Her eyes sparkled at the sight of the principal. I rolled my eyes and snorted.Indeed, appearances could be d
As soon as I woke up back inside my room on the mansion, confusion engulfed me as I checked the calendar that was on the shelf before checking through my phone.'First Day of School!'It was the same.Panic gripped me; this regression wasn't exactly as I anticipated. Cursing my predicament, I held my head in frustration. "Why had I been thrust back to the beginning?" There were no answers, and the disorienting return only fueled my anxiety.Contemplating various possibilities, I considered the absurd idea of being poisoned. However, logic swiftly dismissed it โ Miss Olivia, who shared the meal, wouldn't endanger herself nor her boyfriend. She wasn't that reckless or suicidal.Desperation led my mind to entertain wild theories. Had my father sent assassins? A notion swiftly dismissed, recognizing the improbability... Although there is still a possibility, I knew his personality. The mind raced, concocting and discarding scenarios, each more implausible than the last.Tok Tokโ!The ca
"...That was boring."As I said that, I carefully removed the bloody gloves on my hand and took out a plastic bag, then placed it inside."None of them even lasted a minute... I guess they never had any proper training." I kept the plastic bag inside my bag before turning away. It's not that I know much about what kind of group the Resistance were, but I did encounter one of them back when I was still sixteen.It was around that age I started my hunt."...Clean."Unlike last time, I made sure that there would be no witnesses during the whole act. As for the three corpses behind me, I laid their backs on the wall and made sure to throw some substances to make it rot faster. Even though I knew for sure that it would smell, as long as there aren't any evidence pointing that I did it, it should be fine.Plus, I already made sure that the CCTVs around the area are destroyed earlier before I did the deed. And also, there are only few people who pass by this area. Meaning, the possibility of
"Yo! William!"Startled, William tensed up, his tail wiggling cutely as he eagerly turned around. Upon spotting me, his expression lit up, his chin raised with enthusiasm."Vallen! Long time no see!" he greeted, the corners of his lips curling upward.Amused, I closed my eyes for a brief second, shook my shoulders, and settled into the chair across from him. I signaled the waitress to take my order."So, what have you been up to lately?" I turned my attention back to William. He leaned back comfortably and responded with a soft hum."Mostly family business, and the rest of my time is spent hanging out with my girlfriend," he said, a hint of smugness in his tone.I rolled my eyes at his response and sighed. "Yeah, right. I'm getting jealous.""Liar," he retorted, pursing his lips. "Your expression clearly says the opposite. Anyway, how's your eyes? I thought you wouldn't be able to see.""Ah... Well, let's save that question and enjoy the snack first!"As my order arrived, he let the m