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58. Where to use marbles (2)

That you have completed the first character growth.

that the achievement was accomplished.

And, of course, the reward you received for completing the first achievement.

‘Becoming an Awakener.’

I feel like I’ve been caught in a bad prank.

Even before I found out about my previous life at 14, I wanted to be an Awakener.

When he remembered his past life after the age of 14 and acquired this ability, he had expectations that he had already become an awakened person.

I came into the game, but I thought I had to do enough to become an Awakener.

14 years old.

I was a bit late compared to others, but I was more excited because I was at an age that was not too late to give up at all.

However, when I was actually tested, it was finally concluded that I was not an awakened person.

I couldn’t use any power, and the ability I had was only good for others.

After several denials, I finally decided to admit it.

That I can’t be the chosen one.

“I did, but what if I throw something like this after I retire?”

I am thirty.

I’ve never heard of an awakening at this age.

Furthermore, entering the academy is absurd.

I won’t even accept it.

‘In addition, now and get proof that you are an Awakener? Then I have to enlist in the military for 10 years?’

10 years at the age of 20 and 10 years at the age of 30 are inevitably different in value.

10 years at the age of 20 is an age at which one can do anything, but 10 years at the age of 30 is an important time to decide what kind of life to lead after retirement.

Now is the time to enlist in the military and throw it away.

“If that’s the case, it’ll get even worse.”

It’s nice to be able to use powerful powers when you become an Awakener.

But the cons far outweigh the pros.

When the monster wave breaks out and pollution begins to threaten humanity again, you become an Awakener… .

‘Even if the timing is bad, it’s too bad.’

In the worst case, you could get a warrant to enlist in the army without any training.

‘It’s a skill that I didn’t even show off when I needed it… .’

Did you know that there was such a thing as an achievement?

It is regrettable that he should have gone to the academy and summoned at least an R-class instead of starting a mercenary job at the age of 14.

Even when I was actively working as a mercenary, I also think that I should have come near the academy and left the summoning function open.

“not now. You don’t need a reward like this, so take it back!”

An ability that has never allowed two-way communication.

After gearco made me an awakener, the system disappeared again.

Now, I needed to put aside my resentment towards the system for a while and check what was thrown as a reward.

“So you said you woke up, but what has changed?”

Since I had awakened, my body must have had a new ability.

I need to check that… .

“What?”

I don’t know anything.

Like a person who has a scythe and doesn’t know how to remember.

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If you ask how they recognize their awakened abilities, they will only answer that they have been using them since they were able to breathe.

I mean, why don’t you know this?

So, rather than asking others for know-how, I needed to learn my own abilities.

“f*ck, I don’t know.”

However, when it became a situation where they could not find out anything for more than two days, they had no choice but to seek help.

“So I’d like some help.”

“Awakening??? Did you really wake up?”

“It’s hard to believe, but it’s real.”

“Believe me because there is no reason for you to lie.”

The person I turned to for help was Sasha.

Rebecca was hard to see because she was teaching students on weekdays, and she didn’t want to make the busy kid even busier.

That’s why I asked for help from Sasha, who had a relatively loose schedule.

“I don’t know if I should congratulate you.”

“Awakening at this age isn’t something to celebrate. Moreover, the situation is not good these days. I can’t even report it right now.”

“If you get caught then, it will be a big deal!”

Illegal awakeners are caught right away the moment they are caught and have to live in labor for the rest of their lives.

“I lived my whole life until I was over 30 without ever using my strength, but now that I have awakened, isn’t it too much to ask you to be taken to the battlefield?”

“… That’s right.”

Sasha couldn’t refute my words and became sullen.

“What should I do? Or, why don’t you say that you can’t do it because you lack skills like me?”

“It won’t work now. As you know, because of the monster wave, even one more soldier is needed.”

enlistment conditions?

As long as your limbs are intact and awakened, you will accept everything.

Once you receive it, wouldn’t it be useful everywhere?

“Maybe you will be called too, so be careful. So I can find out if there is a warrant out in advance and be prepared.”

Even if you can’t prevent a warrant from coming out, can’t you prepare in advance?

Sasha was taken aback by the word warrant.

“You are calling me?”

“Students were conscripted. Reservists are already being called in. When reserves run low, who’s next? The limbs are fine, but those who were fired due to lack of skills will be the next targets.”

“Everyone must have rusted.”

“At least not you.”

Sasha has a past in which she was greatly hurt by not being able to enlist due to lack of skills.

In order to escape from that past, he set up a private training center, and not only operated the training center, but also used the facility to hone his skills.

Other people’s skills must have rusted, but at least that wasn’t the case for Sasha.

“It doesn’t look scary.”

“Something feels strange. Can I do well?”

“Other people will not want to go back to the military, but you are positive.”

“huh. It’s been my lifelong wish. Going back to the past and successfully passing the exam.”

“There is no need to go back to the past.”

Compared to me, who was not happy to even wake up to the idea that I could enlist at this age, Sasha welcomed enlistment.

“Could you help me out with that? My current situation is worse than that of rusty nobles. I don’t even know what my abilities are right now.”

Even if their skills were rusty, the nobles who would have used their abilities like another hand all their lives would be in a better situation than me.

“Are you thinking of filing a report?”

“What if I said no?”

“I will respect your choice. You are in the same situation as a newborn baby. Enlisting you is too harsh.”

Sasha shook her head, saying she didn’t want to see her taken to the battlefield and died in vain.

Just imagining it was terrifying.

“Thank you for saying that. And enlisting isn’t the only way to work for the country.”

I was working for this world in a different way.

Summoning and raising SSR characters.

It was an ability that no one else could, but only me.

* * *

Meditation was the first thing I had to do to find out what my abilities were.

In fact, Sasha had been thinking for a long time about how to make her realize the ability to know like breathing.

Then, the recommended method was meditation.

“Among the training methods, there is something called imagery training. While meditating, I think of my ability in my head, and I train by imagining it.”

It is said that imagery training is helpful when you think about training while recalling a sparring with someone you once did, and when you feel that you really want to use your abilities in this way, although it is impossible in reality.

“So, if you meditate and do imagery training, I think you will be able to find a new sense of movement within your body. It’s good to think about what kind of ability you want to use and what kind of ability you want to have.”

“The ability I wished I had.”

The ability I wanted to have… ?

I knew the fraudulent skills of Tier 1 characters, and at one time thought that I might be able to become an Awakener, so there was no reason not to give Sasha’s training advice.

“It’s meditation… .”

I’ve never done this before, but during my mercenary life, I’ve tried to close my eyes and pretend to sleep to avoid being bothered.

Among the mercenaries, there were often cases where just one or two wanted to get my attention because they were looking at me or, conversely, admiring me.

When ignoring them, it was best to close your eyes and pretend to be asleep.

At least if I pretended to be asleep, there were many cases where he couldn’t come close to me.

‘Even if I wanted to argue, there were times when I couldn’t because I kept sleeping.’

In that respect, imagery training has become one of the easiest training methods for me.

Close your eyes, sit idly by, and kill time without thinking about anything.

Then, as Sasha said, I thought about the ability I wanted to have.

‘The ability I wanted to have.’

It is not suitable for handling special weapons like Rebecca or attacking a deadly weakness using stealth and poison like Ariando.

That being said, having support ability doesn’t suit his temper either.

Speaking of abilities, the first thing that comes to mind is the sword that saved my life countless times during my mercenary life.

‘It would be nice if I could handle the sword a little better.’

I’ve been handling swords for a long time, but since I don’t know much about technology, I used to push through ignorance with force.

At least he picked up a few words from Rebecca and clumsily learned the art of handling a sword, but if that was satisfactory, he had no choice but to answer.

I hoped that if I became an awakened person and had skills, I would be able to use proper swordsmanship.

When it comes to swords, I’m a greedy guy too.

Along with that, I always wanted to be hunting monsters… .

‘It’s a physical ability. I was able to briefly taste a body that could barely deal with monsters by applying the scroll… .’

I once thought that the taste of the mulberry was so great that if I made a mistake, I would become addicted to the buff scroll.

There was a time when Awoken people were jealous because they thought they would always stay like this.

‘If you awaken, you will be able to grow your physical abilities to SSS… .’

Since no one would be able to attach SSS stats, it seemed like it would be nice to have a buff-type skill that can increase physical abilities.

‘Lastly, which skill would be good?’

You won’t be able to get the Awakening ability as I thought.

Nevertheless, it was fun just imagining it.