Chapter 2: Chapter 2
Ok, these powers might be useful, but not in the "I can fly zone", more in the "with these powers, I can become rich" zone, because if skills are represented by abilities at doing specific things or remembering facts, and stats improved my physical and mental aspects, then I can improve myself much faster then others, becoming smarter doesn't have any bad sides, and if in the meantime I can become healthy enough to live a long life then I will welcome it with open arms.
I was thinking this after 4 periods had passed and I had received a quest for each one, followed by a skill gain for each subject.
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History Lv.2=>3
New Skills: Biology Lv.1(Int) (Improves the easiness of remembering biology-related facts and understanding the meaning), Mathematics Lv.1(Int)(Improves calculation speed), Literature Lv.1(Int) (Improves the easiness of remembering literature-related facts and understanding the meaning)
Mathematics Lv.1=>2
Int 2=>4
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Sure, I wasn't at the level of geniuses like Reed Richards and his infinite numbers of PhD, or even remotely around Tony Stark's level, but my intelligence was improving, without a doubt, and with it also was my wish for more knowledge, my brain felt like a dry mouth in search for water, said water being new things I needed to know, the same can also be said about my body though, it felt more active, more responsive like it had to move, to be used for something useful, something that can improve it, but using my brain is more important for now.
Putting my things inside my locker, I headed to lunch, but unlike usual, I was heading to lunch with a book for the next lesson, reviewing the next period in hopes of getting the skill for it.
Remember kids, never read and walk, it can get you in trouble, in my case, said trouble is pushing shoulders against an asshole of the football team that didn't seem too happy to be touched by something that wasn't a woman.
" Sorry, I didn't see you, are you okay?" I asked while closing the book, taking it just to get out of the reach of his hands.
" Are you blind or something? Were where you looking, idiot?" The jock asked while snapping his towards me, he had even raised his hands, probably to grab my collar, but his reach fell short just by a few inches, so he retracted them, his face even angrier now.
" Listen I am sorry, I wasn't looking, but no one got hurt, and I don't think either of us wants to be late for lunch, it's pizza Friday," I said while smiling and making myself smaller than him, soothing his Alpha instincts or some bullshit like that.
He seemed ready to retort, but at the mention of pizza, he scratched his cheek and seemed to be thinking for the first time in his life.
" Just get out of my face." He said and then looked back at his locker, reading my existence from his memory.
' Oh my god, I got out without getting a black eye.' I thought while smiling and quickly rushing to lunch.
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New Skill: Persuasion Lv.1 (Cha) (Improves your ability to persuade others)
Persuasion Lv.1=>2
+1 Cha
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' Just for this one, I will stop insulting my powers... at least for today.'
The lunch was chaos like usual, everyone wanted their food, and everyone wanted to be faster than the others to get their share of pizza, not that I can call something like that mass of raw dough and uncooked pepperoni a good slice of pizza, but anyway, free food is good no matter what.
The wait line moved fast, maybe because people wanted just the pizza and nothing else, or maybe because most of the girls in line stayed away from the pizza like an Italian from pineapple, thinking about the image I cackled a little.
After getting my lunch and sitting down on one of the empty tables, I began eating, the thing that had the best taste was the water.
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You have eaten a bad school lunch
Effects: +10% HP/MP regen, 10 HP/MP restored
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' At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if killing someone makes him spawn items.' I thought I had finished my lunch and I had taken out my book to continue my review for the next subject.
But someone up there seriously hated me for some reason.
" Hey dude, is this seat occupied?" A feminine voice asked me while I was reading.
Staring up from my book, I see a girl with brown hair and Hazel eyes, I had seen her around, but because I have no classes with her I don't know her name, though I saw her speak with Jean Grey, so she wasn't exactly someone that should be at the table with someone like me, I wasn't a loser but I surely wasn't a popular guy, I am just a guy.
" The table isn't mine, so go ahead," I said while pointing at the empty seat, wondering why she would even ask.
She smiled and sat down with her food, a few seconds later the exact copy of stereotypical German arrived and sat down next to her and started a conversation with her, but I ignored it and instead continued reading until I finally got what I wanted.
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New Skill: Physics Lv.1(Int) (Improves the easiness of remembering physics-related facts and understanding the meaning)
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I finally closed the book and left it on the table, taking out my phone to kill some time.
" Big exam coming up?" The guy that had sat down after she asked me, his words came out with a heavy accent, but considering his looks I am quite sure it's German.
" Nah, today my luck feels like shit, 4 periods and 4 teachers decided to call me up to ask questions, and talk about a shitty day." Good job Aiden, making people laugh is easier than making them think you are cool.
" Damn, what did you even do to them?" The girls asked while looking with pity.
" Oh come on, don't look at me like that, for your information I answered right to two of those questions," I said with a lot of seriousness on my face.
" All hail the next coming of Tony Stark."
" Ja, he will make Reed Richard feel stupid."
" Hey, this isn't a 2vs1, you can't just gang up on me."
" Well maybe next time get the pizza, give it to me, and I might switch to your side."
" I prefer eating paper, at least it is thicker than the pizza they serve here."
We snickered, having all in common the hate for the food here.
" I didn't quite catch you name." The girl said while extending her hand, prompting for a handshake.
" Kitty Pride" She pointed at herself, "Kurt Wagner." she pointed at the guy next to her.
" Aiden Rivera," I said while grabbing her hand and smiling.
" Kitty, Kurt, we have to hurry, lunch is almost finished."
Ah, my weakness, hot titty booty goth girls, but thank you my new powers for not making me just crawl to her feet for a titty pick.
" Well Aiden, see you later then," Kitty said and then followed the goth girl, the same goes for Kurt.
Well... this didn't go so bad.
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3rd POV
" So? What did you get out of him." Anna Marie, also called Rogue, asked Kitty after they had gotten far enough from him.
" He hates the pizza here as much as I do," Kitty said while laughing.
" This is serious Kitty, Cerebro never reacted like that. it nearly exploded and fried the professor's brain."
" If he has powers, they don't change him physically, and he seemed calm enough to have them under control, maybe he doesn't even know he has them," Kurt said a smirk on his face because of Kitty's joke.
" The professor had the area around his house checked and there were no reports of strange activities, anything slipped while you spoke?" Rogue asked Kurt.
" Nope, he seems to be having a bad day though," Kitty answered before Kurt could.
" Let's all hope he doesn't have reality-bending powers, the last one was more than enough, the professor will talk with him after school."
Then they all continued chatting, switching topics after they saw some other students going near them.
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I blew my nose with a tissue after I had just sneezed.
' Is someone talking about me? Nah.'