10 Backstory...
Inventory:
[1. Attack Enhancement Card (Advanced)]
[2. Memory Card (Advanced)]
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'At least I got an advanced memory card from the lottery, now I can finally learn everything about Jareth's life and his interpersonal relationships… moreover, I can at least recover his academic talent for myself…' (Jareth)
Jareth stared at the card with determination in his eyes.
'The only problem is that using this thing will cause immense pain… sigh~' (Jareth)
As mentioned before, the 'Advanced Memory Card' card can help the user remember every single detail about the user; the user will remember his whole life, like what he did on a random day several years ago, everything!
Moreover, the advanced card can increase the 'Int' stat of the user quite a bit too.
But the only problem with this advanced card was that it caused great mental distress to the user.
It forces a huge amount of memories into the brain of the user, and if you can't withstand it, you will lose your mind and fall into a coma right after.
But just when Jareth was hesitating his body acted up again.
[Personality trait Fearless triggered! You fear no pain!]
In an instant, Jareth's mind cooled down and he felt like he had become fearless all of a sudden. He felt like even if he had to fight a dragon at this moment, he could still do it. (It's a bluff, he can't fight a dragon…)
In that fearless state, Jareth immediately used the 'Advanced Memory Card'.
[Are you sure you want to use the 'Memory Card (Advanced)'?]
[Yes or No]
[Severe warning! Using this card may cause extreme mental pain to the user!]
Jareth ignored that warning, as he felt fearless right now.
Jareth Blaze didn't fear pain and he was arrogant enough to not step back once he decided to do something.
'Yes' (Jareth)
At Jareth's approval, a huge amount of memories started to pour into his head.
The forceful entry of so much knowledge into his head caused great pain. But Jareth was already ready to face anything at the moment.
He sat down on the ground in the lotus pose and gritted his teeth. Sweat covered his forehead, but he didn't let out a single shout out of his mouth.
He focused on understanding the memories and ignored the pain as much as possible.
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(Memories of Jareth Blaze)
Born to a maid, who was working in the Blaze mansion, Jareth was an illegitimate child.
His mother was a beautiful woman, the family head took a liking to her and thus Jareth came to be.
When the maid got pregnant, the family head threw her out of the mansion and fired her from her job to avoid any complications, as he was about to get married to a wealthy household woman around that time.
The legitimate wife of Jareth's father found out about the existence of Jareth after his birth in the hospital.
Unfortunately, the hospital was one of the property of the Blaze family and thus the vassal families found out about Jareth's existence easily.
The family had tried to get rid of Jareth various times to avoid the mockery from the vassal families.
He even got Jareth's mother assassinated in an attempt to silence her voice.
But one of the vassal family took pity on Jareth and adopted him as their own child.
That one vassal family had no children of their own, thus they poured all of their love on Jareth during his younger days.
Jareth grew up and turned out to be a theory genius, he got excellent marks in all exams.
But the vassal family and everyone else knew that Jareth didn't have much talent for magic, as his mana purity was extremely low for a Blaze family's child.
Everyone mocked him for his weak strength, but the vassal family loved him a lot.
Jareth grew to the age of twelve and went to a prestigious school in a different city.
Thus he escaped the calamity that happened back at his home.
The legitimate wife of Jareth's father had it enough when she heard that Jareth was making great progress, she immediately used her connections and got the whole vassal family killed overnight by an assassination organization.
She wanted to kill Jareth too, but Jareth had already entered the premises of the prestigious school and she couldn't attack him there.
Thus she changed the plan and asked the family head to disown Jareth and erase all his inheritance rights.
The family head agreed and erased Jareth's existence from the family's records, Now Jareth had no family to return to at home.
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The young Jareth despaired at the death of his family and worked hard to become strong, he wanted to take revenge on the Blaze family for what they did to him.
(Jareth was not a protagonist though, he had no plot armor or heavenly luck to help him through…)
Jareth tried his best but he soon found out his limits. He was simply not built for magic. He tried his best, but he was not able to increase his mana control or mana purity at all.
This made him despair, his gentle nature turned cold and ruthless as time went on, and he started to use arrogance and fearlessness to hide his weakness.
He stopped taking part in combat-related classes and focused more on theories and problems.
His genius mind made him recognized by the school staff and he easily graduated without even having to prove his magical capabilities.
Jareth got an invitation from Ivan's university and then he went there to study.
He completed his education.
More than ten years flew by since the day his adoptive family had been assassinated and since he was not strong enough to go against the Blaze family at all, his desire for revenge slowly cooled down.
He stopped thinking about taking revenge as it seemed impossible as time went on.
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More memories poured in but most of them were useless everyday occurrences like what he ate on that day and what he ate on another day.
The amount of memories was so huge that Jareth's whole body was now covered in sweat due to the insane amount of pain he was feeling.
But he still didn't scream one bit.
The various theoretical and magical knowledge that the original Jareth had slowly entered his mind and he finally understood why everyone was praising Jareth for his amazing mind.
Jareth has written many theories that proved that 'mana can even affect the atoms itself'. This may seem like nothing but in the scientific community, this is a new and bold idea.
If this theory gets proven then it means in the future humans can create weapons that would use mana in creating things like a mana-powered 'Nuclear Bomb'. This would be a huge progress for the whole of mankind.
Jareth donated this theory to the principal of Ivan's university and got to become a professor easily.
Jareth himself could not have proved and worked on that theory anyway, after all, his own mana control was extremely low, thus he gave the theory to the principal who is a grade-1 mage and has extreme mana control.
Nowadays the principal is working on researching that theory further.
Using mana to control such small things as atoms needs extreme mana control and precision, the original Jareth couldn't have done that in any way possible
… so he decided to use the theory to land himself a job that would pay him a good salary.
Moreover, Jareth gets to live in this safe place without any worry about his own life.
As long as Jareth stays a professor at the university, the Blaze family can't do anything to him, as it would be considered an attack on the university itself, and the principal will get angry.
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Believe it or not, this was a very smart move that was pulled off by the original Jareth.
His only mistake was that he dared to be jealous of the protagonist and thus he ended up dying miserably in the original setting.
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Author's Note.
Yo! It's your beloved author here! Finally, Jareth has his whole memories, now this can be considered a proper start to this novel… phew~
The details and explanations in this chapter may seem random and weird to read because Jareth's memories are entering in an unstable and chaotic fashion. I have tried to depict it from his perspective.
Question of the day.
Are you also interested in theories and science like Jareth?
1. Yes (To the space we go!!!)
2. No (I am not that good at studies, so I will pass…)
3. Others (Tell me in the comments.)
By the way, don't forget to use those power stones and also leave a review if you like the story. Comment your opinion about the chapter. Your support is my motivation.
