Chapter 3: Golden Goose

We are taught in our magical studies that during the magical awakening process, we’ll enter our subconscious or spiritual place or sometimes referred to as the core.

It is where the magic takes root. We can distinguish it by looking at its color. The magic root’s shape will be the same for everyone; it seems like a small ball. The only difference is the color.

Mine looked white, snow-white. I have an idea of what it is, but only when I touch it can, I clearly discern what it is.

When I tried to reach the crystal, it felt cold. The more I reduced the distance, the more coldly I felt, but with a bit of warmth in it. From the other one’s memories, his mother’s affinity is Ice. The feeling is the same as when his mother used to hug him.

It seems I got the magic affinity from my mother. Though the other one’s parents died even before I came here, their memories are the only ones I had for parents in both lives. So I accepted them as my parents.

Sadly, I didn’t get a rare affinity, but Ice is a powerful one. So there was nothing much to think about.

I think now I have to check the grade of my affinity. I closed the distance between me and the crystal, so I could touch it.

What the hell happened to my grade?

Why is my grade yellow?

Why God? Why are you doing this to me?

Shouldn’t I be given a golden goose when I transmigrated?

Right then, golden lines formed before his eyes.

Ding!

*Status

*Database

*Shop (Locked)

*(Locked)*

When I saw that, I instinctively knew that as what everyone referred to as SYSTEM, my golden goose.

I clicked on Status with a thought.

--

Name: Damon Oswyn

Age: 16

Race: Human

Level Alter points: 5; Cool down: 24 hours

Level: 0 <+/-> (Locked)

Affinity: Ice

Grade: Yellow < +/->

Innate skill: Ice Dragon Level-1 <+/->

Skills: None

Weapons: None

<Stats>

Health: 10 < +/->

Strength: 5 < +/->

Stamina: 5 < +/->

Speed: 2 < +/->

Intellect: 2 < +/->

Essence: 2 < +/->

--

Huh? Why are there + and – signs?

Before I could think, I was pulled out from the subconscious.

“Damon Oswyn…Ice, Yellow grade,” the homeroom teacher announced.

Damn it. Now I’m only yellow grade, me getting a spot in the best magic academy went up in fumes.

Every student started mumbling when they heard my grade.

“Nothing to wonder; a child of thrash is also a thrash.”

Hearing that, many laughed at me.

I could hear those comments and taunts, but they are but frogs in the well.

 “Silence all of you, or else I’ll write you off as hollows,” shouted the old man. Hollows are people who don’t have the ability to use magic affinity. It is the term used for the lowest of magic people inside the magic community. Instantly everyone was silenced with fear.

Hollows have magic, but they can’t manifest any magic. They can only live as ordinary people who have no magic affinity. They have a few advantages over ordinary citizens, such as magic resistance and the ability to use magic crystals in alchemy and smithing. So most of them settle in one of those professions.

Even though these are promising professions and one can earn a lot, they have to depend on other magicians to obtain those crystals without magic.

“Next…”

Dejectedly I left the platform and took back my seat. Though I lost a chance of gaining a great future is gone, I am not sad. For now, I have a golden goose.

I have to check it out. So instead of paying attention to class, I thought about my goose.

‘System’

*Status

*Database

*Shop (Locked)

*(Locked)*

Hmm, looks like there are four slots. I already checked the status tab once, though not thoroughly.

There is a Database and a Shop tab, and the fourth is grayed out, unlike other tabs, which are golden in color. The only known thing about the fourth tab is its locked Status.

Like the fourth, the third tab is also locked, but the word SHOP is written on it. From the novels I read back on earth, I most likely have to achieve something to unlock it, and probably the same goes for the fourth tab.

Now the database tab, let’s check it.

--

Database:-

Plants:

Beasts:

Materials:

--

Huh, it’s empty. Looks like I have to fill it.

Now let’s check my Status.

My Status is low. Every attribute is considered ordinary. The only notable thing is my innate skill, Ice Dragon. An innate skill is much more potent than the skill obtained through other means.

What’s this? What’s with + and – signs?

While I was pondering, I heard a mighty voice.

[Greetings, Young warrior.]

Anyone who hears something like this who be startled. They may even piss in their pants. I would have too, if not for reading those novels.

“Hello.”

[Young Warrior, you aren’t afraid when you hear my voice?], the voice was puzzled.

“No, why would I? I was expecting you, though not 100%.”

[You were expecting me?]. This time the voice has no idea what to think about.

“Yes, don’t think much about it. What should I call you?”

[You may address me as the Mighty Rod.]

Hmm, that somehow felt wrong.

“IS that your real name?”

[I’m Rodimus, the third. I’m the mightiest of all, Rodimus. So everyone calls me Mighty Rod.]

“How about I call you Rod?”

[I like Mighty Rod, but whatever, it’s not like forever.]

“What do you mean by that?”

[I’ll stay till midnight and will be gone. Unless something of great importance happens, I won’t appear again.]

“What?”

[Did you not understand what I just said to you?]

“I did, sorry. So you’ll tell me about anything that I ask?”

[Not everything. Not even I have access to everything, and some things are restricted to be spread.]

“Ok. Can you tell me who is behind all this?”

[Of course, who do you think it is? it’s the Almighty Lord.]