38 Walking Straight
Seth folded away the painting and stored it inside its container.
"The items are amazing, but three of them for Temporal Pearl show that the Pearl is still above them!"
Seth believed he would get his second chance of acquiring the pearl, so he tried to push his loss to a distant memory.
He activated Aura Sight and saw an ever-ending colour of Green in his vision—three seconds later they deactivated themselves.
Body Traits are permanent traits that a body obtained—one has to constantly use them to be able to grasp them. The advantage was they have no limits caps and their use was limited to users' understanding and creativity.
Seth called his status for the last time and checked other things. Apart from the three Personal Arms, there were things he bought from the village last time and other things that he already has.
But, none of them seemed useful except for a shield. It was made with good materials but in his predicament it was useless.
He closed the window with a sigh and glanced at the Womb that was floating on its halo when he moved it followed him everywhere he went.
The more the charging percentage increases the more Seth felt his connection with the Womb was increasing.
After he checked the charging progress, it was at 58%. That was fast, but he still hoped that before he logged out, the charging should be at 100%.
A noticeable change was the Womb was 100cm away from him as opposed to before which was 50cm.
He understood another thing about it, when the charging was below 50%, the distance between him and the Womb was 50cm but after it passed 50% the distance was 100cm. And he assumed that in the future the distance will exceed that.
***
Sling!
The VR Cabin opened as Seth's serene expression was revealed. He found Sarah and Joseph staring at him.
Seth felt some headache as he might have to explain how the game was and what he felt after he resumed.
But remembering he has school today and his first lecture at Green Field University where he was going to study Crop Science, he felt at ease since he can avoid them.
The duo helped him out of the VR Cabin and he hurriedly escaped by giving his school preparation as an excuse. With realization the duo allowed him to leave.
Seth walked to his room and took a good bath. For some reason, he felt sad for being the last person on that continent but at the same time, he felt extremely good.
"This damn game is playing with people's emotions!" He whispered as he was wearing his clothes.
He decided to look presentable to the school, so he wore a light blue suit and black cover shoes.
Two months ago, he was a Lower-class Citizen, then after a twist and turn, he is now a Middle-class Citizen.
The University was going to allow him to mingle with the High-class Citizens, at least, appearing classic will be the way to go, right? He hated suits but in his good mood, he thought it was good.
"18-year-old newly Class C citizen is going to university, that is a dream come true!" He laughed. All in all, he spent 30 minutes preparing before he went to eat something.
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An eighteen-year-old lean young man sat at the dinner table, his face was bright with deep black eyes, slightly thick eyebrows and black hair.
He was having a thoughtful expression;
maybe I should have eaten before wearing the suits. Well, what was done was done.
He went to the parking lot and entered his car. A gift from the game after he managed to be in two of the rankings.
One needed to know every person on the Ranking list received something as a gift. And the gift usually suits the rankers as if they knew what everyone wants.
The car was automated with M5 AI.
In a conservative estimate, it is far more expensive than the house they were in excluding the items inside, of course.
[Destination Please]
Seth wanted to drive by himself but he needed to check something else so he said! "Green Field University. Faculty of Agriculture!"
The car drove forward while Seth brought out the school brochure and began reading.
Seth, as a new university student wanted to look presentable at the very least so knowing all the rules and regulations of the University was a must. And he has been reading the school brochure since before he got admission.
He arrived at school 15 mins later and using GPS Seth found his Department in the seemingly large university. Even their faculty is as large as some high-Class Cities.
When he reached the parking lot, Seth couldn't come out… he was too classy!
He had driven for more than 20 mins in the school from one place to another but he had not seen anyone dressed like him. Most people wore stylish clothes, he even saw someone with a singlet and boxers though the school security refused to allow them to pass a certain section of the school.
He was sure that the moment he came out, he would be the centre of attention. So, Seth removed the top suit and removed the tuck-in. He also removed the cover shoes and wore normal sandals that he had in the car.
He messed up his hair a bit. As he looked through the mirror he found himself okay.
The 1.70m tall but lean teenage boy walked out of the car. He looked around with his black eyes and thick eyebrows to see if people had noticed him. Some did glance at him, they were but their attention was mostly on his car.
Seth walked to the classroom, he found himself a seat at the back and sat down. He sighed with a smile, this was a dream come true.
The lectures went well but one thing was, there was a lot of reference from Asteroids Online. And Seth recognized one thing, the distribution of people in the Game might seem random, but it was not.
From what he learned was that lecturers that play the game found themselves in a place where they could expand their expertise. Even though what they might learn was a fantasy.
One Doctor said he spawn as a farmer in a village that specializes in Floating Tomatoes. Fascinated by it, he began to research them deeply because of that he was able to improve the floating tomato, and end up contributing to the village!
What shocked everyone was that he said, he was learning from the game and he has made breakthroughs in his real-life research due to the game. The lecturer did not elaborate but Seth knew it was very much possible.
After school, Seth drove back to his workshop. Surprisingly, he met his mother there with food.
"You look good today!" She said.
Seth smiled with happiness. And the fact, for the whole day, he felt at ease!
Then he remembered his game lessons, and that started to give him a headache, now that he was in his Art Workshop!
"I… everything I know about painting has been destroyed!" He said with a frown.
"How so?"
"G- and G+ are ranked just to show accuracy in the display of visible elements. That means some G- might even be G+ if one looked at it from a different angle… it's confusing even for me!"
He said with a sigh.
"We are still going to continue with what we started. But I was thinking, maybe G Ranking should include the quality and rarity of the materials for now. Before we master that, we should not delve into any profoundness of painting… which means l... you should stop doing whatever that makes you confused with your Elementary Level Painting." Sarah said and then she added.
"You shouldn't run when you couldn't even crawl properly… and" She was going to continue lecturing him when...
*snore*
Seth, her son, was fast asleep! She smiled tenderly as she caressed his black hair.
She has been in the workshop ever since he left for school. Her heart was beating fast, hoping for good news.
The reason was, he left without taking his cane and pills. And they did not remind him because he was walking straight without any sign of fatigue or falling down.
Later they became worried he would fall at school and because the school was a restricted place and without the relevant ID, they would not be allowed to enter.
But they did make a call to someone who told them Seth was fine.
When Sarah watched him drive into the workshop garage and he walked out, she was joyous to see him fine.
He sat and ate with no complaint or excessive suffering and all that made her mind calm down.
"Did he get healed by the game?" She asked out loud as she observed him fast asleep.
