“So... I’m still allowed to come back here?”Felix Arden, who had been pretending to admire the view outside the window, finally turned around.Ryan had already gotten out of bed and made sure his body had fully recovered. Aside from his clothes feeling uncomfortable after sleeping in them for two days, there was no pain or weakness left.If anything, the opposite was true.His Vitality was now five, and Basic Fitness had risen to Lv.2.Considering what he had gone through, Ryan should have wanted nothing to do with anything that came out of Felix’s experimental enclosures ever again. Unfortunately, the results were far too tempting.Felix smiled. “Wa

“Felix Arden... used to be Gold Rank?”Ryan read the sentence twice to make sure he hadn’t seen it wrong.After leaving the Logistics Department, he had finally returned to the dormitory. There was still plenty of time before his next class, so Ryan ate alone in the buffet hall before heading into the common room on the same floor.He had slept for almost two full days, which meant he wasn’t even slightly tired.One corner of the common room held a long rack filled with several editions of the academy newspaper. Blackthorn had its Network, of course, but freshman access was still limited. There were no games, old-world entertainment services, or websites outside the academy network.For students who di

“The cooldown is over.”Ryan stared at the Universal Prodigy panel with a faint smile.Today was his first free day since entering Blackthorn. The training halls and several classrooms were still open, but first-year students weren’t required to attend any lessons.For most people, that meant a chance to explore the parts of campus they were allowed to visit, relax in the common room, or simply sleep longer. For Ryan, however, today meant something else entirely.[Universal Prodigy - SS][Replication available.]Seven days had passed since he last used the ability on the Goblin Warlord.And for the past few days, Ryan