[Due to making a Chaos Companion, the Egg??? hatch rate increased to...]
[By eting an unknown condition, the Egg??? hatch rate increased to 1%.]
[With the blessings of the Egg???, your Nihility Trait has been strengthened.]
[You will no longer appear in the World of the Past.]
The second day of the 40th Ergence celebration has quickly co to an end like the fleeting mories of old. Russell — who was sitting on a couch where a al was placed atop the rectangular glass table — repeatedly browsed the System ssages he received as various questions surfaced in his mind.
Even though he granted his younger sister the Chaos Trait through his Unique Skill: Chaos Buff, the hatch rate of the mysterious Egg didn't even go up by half a percent, but after he granted Ary, the Egg's hatch rate increased to exactly 1%. That's considered a great leap!
What is the unknown condition that made the hatch rate increase to 1%?
By using the Chaos Buff to Ary, thus giving her the Chaos Trait, or was it sothing else?
He recalled what the Goddess said before... To keep an eye on her when he t her during the Disciplinary Trial Exam that his younger sister took. Since then, the Goddess didn't say anything about Ary anymore...
'As if 'She' left the judgnt to ...'
After pondering for so ti, he decided to just let it go, for now, although the Goddess helped him anyti, it doesn't an that 'She' will answer everything.
'Tsk...'
He recalled when he asked the Goddess if the Ti Difference in the Chaos Training Grounds can be increased, but he received a response asking him to stop asking stupid questions.
After a minute or two, he read the last System ssage.
'World of the Past, huh...'
As an author of the unpublished novel in his previous life, he knew very well what the World of the Past ant.
It is the Illusory world that can be accessed and traversed by players with authorities related to ti, and one of the best examples is Emmanuel Lyncoster that has the Authority of Backward Clairvoyance thanks to his Constellation [One Who Oversees the Past].
'It ans he won't be able to see in the World of the Past... I wonder what it'd looked like... It would appear like a 3D video but with a missing character.'
A self-deprecating laugh escaped from Russell's lips as he thought of such scenes. He thought that it would be better to have the strengthened Nihility trait, in the long run, to avoid getting suspected or caught of whatever might happen in the future.
'But it would be troubleso if I don't appear in the World of the Future.'
He was grateful that his strengthened Nihility only makes him disappear from the World of the Past because if he cannot be seen in the World of the Future, that would be extrely troubleso.
The difference between the ability to peek into the past and the future is that peeking into the past needed a valid reason to do so, but peeking into the future might cause him to be collateral of such ability... This ans that whenever a person with the ability to peek into the future even for seconds saw a particular future without his presence and then contrary to that what that person have visioned, he appeared in that future, shattering the eye that peek through ti, twisting the other's authority... intentionally or not wouldn't matter. He would then be questioned with more than a hundred percent certainty.
'How's that woman by the way?'
He thought as he stretched out his right hand, grabbing the favorite bacon sandwich he made before biting a portion of it. Russell was thinking about the woman who's being eyed by the Constellation [One Who Peeks On Clock Movent] — Victoria Angelica Rasputin.
'Crossroads...'
Russell muttered inwardly as he rembered the basis for Victoria's last na. She will have the ability to peek into the future... Many paths of fate at that... But that ability will be abused by the Student Council President even after he graduates.
'I wonder if there are changes that will happen... Well, it doesn't matter.'
He and Alie plan on getting rid of the Student Council President before he becos more annoying in the future, and he was grateful that Alie was soone who don't ask too many questions, only the necessary ones. A kind of trust that's like a diamond in the vast desert, especially in this world where power matters the most.
...
After an unknown period of ti, finishing his al, Russell stood up, walked to the kitchen then he noticed a letter atop another table. There are two tables in every dorm room; One in the kitchen, a circular table; and one in the combination of living and bedroom, a rectangular table.
Russell reined in his thoughts as he picked up the letter with girlish calligraphy.
It was from Alie Rose.
Then, without putting the plate he used on the sink, he opened the letter and read through it.
"Russell, sorry for leaving a letter and not consulting you personally because I don't like appearing in other rooms alone as I feel like I'm intruding. Heh heh. I also don't want to make any unintentional jump-scare pranks.
"By the way, I need your advice because soone from the A-2 class asked for a Challenge of Exchange against which is scheduled for tomorrow.
"Should I use the skills I gained openly or just fight using my weapon without using any skills?
...
'I don't know whether to laugh or cry because it's also one of my problems right now.'
Although he has the Cull and Cut... another version of Weapon Mastery, and exclusive to him as the diator of Chaos, he will appear suspicious if he doesn't use any active skills. He also doesn't plan on reverting his Status Window to its original state at any mont but instead decided to let it stay in the edited version where his rank is F, and his skills are only the basics with a few exceptions.
"Co out."
He said as if he was talking in the air, but after a few seconds, Alie appeared out of nowhere in her Shade Form where her pink hair beca deep black, as well as her red-colored eyes, but as soon as she appeared, she canceled her Unique Skill, reverting into her corporeal form.
...
"Heh heh, sorry..."
Alie scratched one of her cheeks while avoiding looking at Russell, feeling embarrassed with the sohow weird action she just did.
"It's alright, I appreciate you respecting my privacy.
"By the way, based on your concern, I suggest you buy normal grade skillbooks in the Black Thorn of Rose or maybe use whatever is the Intrinsic Effect of the Staff you usually use or the new staff you receive from the mysterious Egg earlier."
Russell replied casually as he put the plate where the bacon sandwich was a mont ago in the sink before he and Alie walked to the couch and comfortably sat.
"Normal skillbooks should cost about 300,000 at the minimum in the Black Market...
"And the staff I received has an eerie Intrinsic Effect, so it's out of the question...
"But about the Black Staff with an Eye on its tip, it's a normal-grade weapon with no intrinsic effect. I think this will do it, I'll just edit my Status Window and change my profession to a Battle Mage.
'I'd say one of the effects of the Nihility trait sure is convenient...'
Alie thought, silently admiring the bizarre trait she receive from Russell.
Russell didn't think much about what Alie said because he believed in her judgnt that wouldn't be detrintal to them, exposing the uniqueness of their professions, although it's still sotis necessary to seek advice from others, especially from the people she trusts.
...
After so ti, the two of them keep talking about various things, it was mostly Alie asking questions. And under the witness of the bluish moon in the starry night sky where countless stars, seemingly looking down on every possible direction of the seemingly endless Great Universe, Alie asked an unexpected question.
"Russell, why there are many skills that have the word 'Eye'?"
"You know I used one of the skills I received which is the Eye of the Darkest Spade to other students randomly and saw their Status Windows. I avoided peeking at their weaknesses though.
"Anyway, notable people like the Student Council President, and Ms. Azalea of the Disciplinary Committee possesses skills related to 'Eye'. Haha, I'm just curious."
'Ain't you stalking too much? Should I say to you that I wrote it that way?'
Russell laughed self-deprecatingly in his mind as he thought of the ridiculousness but sohow the smart question of Alie, who has her lips slightly curled up right now.
From this world's point of view, coincidences were sothing that beca sparse, thus giving birth to countless theories about the Origins of the System or the reason why the Ergence happened.
"Sigh... To be honest with you, I don't know either, but I think it's about the word itself that relates to vision and where the skill ca from just like yours which is the Eye of the Darkest Spade that allows you to peek at one's Status Window, but depending on where it ca from or who gave it to you, various effects will be added."
Aside from the fact that he wrote it that way in his unpublished considered-failed novel, finding a different reason for the naming of skills especially the ones with similarities would be difficult and might not even have significance in researching it.
'This is a simple yet f*cking-hard-to-answer type of question.'
For so reason, he started to view Alie's intelligence and curious personality in a new light.
Alie pondered for a mont before nodding at Russell's words before she bid her goodbye, transforming into her Shade Form — which turned her pink hair and red eyes into deep black like the Spade itself — before passing through the wall, vanishing from Russell's dorm room.
...
"Eyes huh..."
Russell mumbled, left alone in his dorm room while his gaze was cast outside the window, looking at other dorm room windows from afar where so lights were on, so were dim, and so were off before looking above the starry night sky, seeing the beautiful bluish moon that is the embodint of serenity.
After an unknown period of ti, he took a notebook from his Dinsional Inventory and wrote down what he rembered about the kinds of 'Eyes' he wrote in his unpublished novel that the notable characters possessed, at least inside the Obelisk Academy.
Azalea Vermillion – Eye of the Lost Thorn.
Victoria Angelica Rasputin – Eye of the Clock's First Movent Witness.
Arthur Wolfson – Eye of the Gray Puppeteer.
Ayleen Mayfield – Eye of the Drear.
Leon von Obreyon – Eye of the Black Calamity.
Rumia Flora – Eye of the Cosmos Wanderer.
Elizabeth von Etherion – Eye of the Vacuum.
Anya Amasawa – Eye of Depravity.
Han Jiho – Eye of the Glorious One.
And lastly... Russell paused for a second, thinking if he should write the na and the skill related to the Eye of the last student he rembers at this mont...
Samantha Hall –
But after a few seconds or so, he retracted his right hand in the notebook, not writing the Eye-related skill that Samantha possesses or will possess.
'That Constellation will surely detect it.'
Although he doesn't know where Samantha's supposed-to-be Constellation is right now, he's certain that 'She' is still alive, tricking the prying eyes of everyone even the Gods and Demons aside from the Goddess of Night or even maybe 'Her' subordinates.
'But the Goddess doesn't care though. Each of them has their own business.'
After heaving a sigh of resignation, changing his mind at this very mont, he wrote the last words in the notebook he brought out.
"Eye of the Self."
The mont he finished writing the Eye-related skill that will be acquired by Samantha, a sound of notification entered his ears, then he gaze at the System ssage, reading its contents.
[An unknown existence is reacting to what you wrote.]
[Your Nihility Trait has blocked the possible intrusion of the unknown existence.]
'I see... 'She' is weakened for so reason because if She is not, my Nihility trait won't be able to block 'Her'.'
Russell knew very well the power of the Constellation that will make a contract with Samantha... at least in the original story of his unpublished novel.
...
Room 01, Rigel Building.
"Sothing happened..."
Samantha – who was lying on her bed, hugging a pinkish pillow – felt sothing in her chest as she mumbled, her soft voice reverberating in her room.
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