Chapter 3

Kojiro calmly looked at his status window before nodding in acknowledgement. Innate Abilities were strange, he had three, Sense of Subtle Elegance, Vitrify and Mind's Eye. He could already guess what they were without opening the descriptions.

He overheard another person mentioning Innate Abilities, the look in the guide's face was curiosity. From what he had heard it was normal to have no Innate Abilities in turn it was abnormal for someone to have Innate Abilities, especially three.

Han smiled brightly as he spoke.

"Well, then. Let's stop being surprised, shall we? This time, please reveal the grades of your Marks. Just like before, just think about it or speak it out loud, and it will be done. Don't worry, I won't be able to see anything besides what's been revealed."

"Let's see…. Since we don't have a lot of time remaining, I shall just directly move to the next step in the procedure. Miss Yi Seol-Ah, Mister Yi Sungjin, Mister Yi Hyungsik, Mister Jeong Minwoo, and Mister Hyun Sangmin? You all have the Bronze Marks, yes? Oh, indeed you do."

Five people out of the left side's eight nodded their heads before staring at the Guide with somewhat befuddled eyes. Kojiro memorised their faces to their names as he might find anything useful later.

"Hoh. We have two silver Marks. I'm genuinely looking forward to guiding all of you. Mister Kang Seok? Miss Yun Seora?"

"Yes!"

Kang Seok shouted out energetically. The hoodie-wearing girl, Yun Seora, simply nodded her head once.

"For the Silver Marks, two regular Random Boxes, and special bonus items unique to the Invited, will be provided. Mister Kang Seok won't receive the special bonus item, but there is one for Miss Yun Seora."

This time too, the Invitation letters turned into bags as they fell down to the floor. If there was one thing different, it was that these bags were silver-coloured rather than bronze.

"Please reveal the grade of your Mark."

Han's voice was low, but it contained an undeniable power. Kojiro was staring at the man who the guide was staring at.

"R-Reveal my Mark's grade?" The man responded stuttering.

"Yes. Oh, it's fine now, so…. Hmm!?"

The Guide suddenly stopped his words and stared hard.

"What…."

His eyes widened as he stared at the man, or to be more specific, his revealed Mark's grade.

"G-Gold!?"

The blonde maid, who finished distributing the bags, lightly trotted to the stage and used her elbow to gently poke the waist of the dumbstruck Guide.

"Ah!"

Finally regaining his senses, Han lightly coughed and cleared his throat while lowering his gaze.

With the remaining piece of paper in his hand, he became overtly cautious as he slowly unfolded the Invitation letter. He read the contents from top to bottom without leaving anything out. Then, he breathed out a long sigh.

"We have a…. very important guest this time."

His voice was quiet. But, still, the noisy clamour came to a dead stop, and dozens and dozens of eyes focused on one person. Kojiro could instinctively see his anxiousness through his body language.

"I'd like to apologise. It is my first time guiding a Gold Mark, after all…. No, even in history, there has been only one prior event like today's. I've only heard about it until now."

Seol wondered if this Gold Mark thing was such a shocking matter. Han's words didn't even sound like an excuse, just some babblings of a stunned man.

When the blonde maid giggled softly, Han cleared his throat again.

"Alright, let's carry on, shall we?"

He lightly threw the man's Invitation letter. The paper exploded into a brilliant shower of light before transforming into a single bag.

Finally the guide stared straight at Kojiro who simply remained standing with his arms crossed. Han's eyes widened once again. "Oh a special case this time, nothing to help you except for a single random item."

Kojiro was fine with it but what he really wanted was something small or useful.

He threw the invitation letter as it burst into a single item. A small orb, the blonde maid quickly moved over and placed the item into Kojiro's hand.

[Repair Spell Ball]

Kojiro mused as he placed it away into his pocket before returning his attention to the guide. After a few of the contracted people complained and a few screamed after leaving Kojiro was convinced, everything here was a trial. Nothing would be left out.

The Guide smiled brightly after destroying and ripping the contracted people apart with words and tapped an icon on his smartphone.

[You have received a new message from the Guide.]

[The Tutorial's first mission, 'Escape from the Assembly Hall', will now commence!]

"I pray for an enjoyable school life for all of you."

Han placed his right hand across his chest and politely bowed. Then….

"Everyone, I wish you all a good fortune."

….He vanished into thin air, just like when he made his first appearance. Not just him, but the blonde maid as well.

Kojiro had secretly looked at the description of the three innate abilities, he realised that they were all his skills honed through practising swordsmanship. They were a good combination. All of a sudden a large smacking sound resounded through the room as the door creaked and groaned under the pressure from something outside smacking at it. Kojiro felt his phone ring for a bit before looking at the message.

[Sender: The Guide]

[1. Escape from the assembly hall and arrive at the second floor waiting area of the main school building before the time runs out.]

[2. Remaining time: 03:59:38]