A few years have passed and I almost celebrate my eighth birthday. More precisely, it was half a year until my eighth birthday. I have been diligently learning and training myself. And I am able to dismantle the wild animals and monsters are much better than my disastrous first time.
That strange 'Iron body adventurer' really pushed my physical ability to the maximum of my body capable to. And he also keeps watching me with a strange gaze. But I'm able to endure it because he started to give some payment when I did a good job. He said that he will pay for the monster's carcasses that I clumsily dismantled.
I don't know what he was thinking about with that ambiguous smile but I think that he was still feeling guilty about the mistake that he did in our first meeting. I started to think that he was not as bad as the other teachers because he is more thoughtful than the others. Even though he is a good person, I still can't get used to his appearance.
And I also made some useful things in my alchemy class. I politely tell (threatens) my good (crazy) alchemy teacher to make a bad report about me to the Viscount Ruach. It makes him really angry because I have no talents except for running away from the monster.
I never thought I was able to deceive them and made them believe that I am talentless because I did not have any blessings. I also keep telling the teachers that I don't have any talents as a person without blessings.
It is almost time for me to actuate my plan. Just a little bit more I need to endure this unreasonable treatment. For more than five years I need to act like a fool in front of them.
I have told Brother Winslow and Sister Ancelina about my plan and asked both of them to move to the West with me. Of course, I tell them to move after they finished their apprenticeships in this hell-like place. I told them about my destination, the Labyrinth City and they might be heard of bad news after I leave this place and they didn't have to believe it.
In my plan, if the Viscount try to assassinate the two of us (me and my mother) after we leave this place, I want to fake our death. That's why I asked both of them for some unused clothes for me and my mother. I pay them with the money that I get from the monsters that I hunted. At first, they didn't want to accept it but after I told both of them to accept it if they want to go to the West, they finally accept it.
I also make a dye for hiding our black hair when we leave this place. And I learned a magic teardrop-like medicine that is able to change our eye colour.
These few days, I have been checking my preparation for leaving this hell-like place. I need to make sure that I won't make any mistakes later or I might have a hard time with some pursuer that trying to take our life. And I am still worried about the same person who was close to me.
Bang, Bang.
Loud sounds coming from my door. Someone seems to be knocking on the door (maybe with their legs). As I opened the door and saw the head maid with her usual arrogant gaze looking at me.
"Hello, head maid. Do you have something you want to say to me?" I asked while pretending to be scared of her.
"The Lord is looking for you. Follow me." The head maid answered with a displeased tone and started to walk away.
Looking at her quick pace, I quickly run after her. After walking for a while, both of us reached the Viscount study room.
Knock, knock, knock.
The head maid politely knocks on the door and waits until the Viscount answer.
"Come in." The Viscount said.
The head maid opens the door with a careful and polite movement that makes me wonder why she never does that when she comes to my room. But thinking about the crazy and unreasonable things that they did to me is the most useless thing in this world. So I decide to go into the study room while acting like a foolish and timid child.
"I-I greet the Lord of the Ruach family." I give my greeting to the Viscount who glares at me with a sharp gaze that is full of anger and disgust.
The greeting was something that he force me to remember before. Because I lower my head, I couldn't see his expression.
"I heard that you are too hopeless that all of your teachers seem to be unable to teach you anything. Well, I never hope about anything from a useless thrash like you. Did you want to say or report something else to me?" Viscount Ruach said with his prideful tone.
"I did not know what to say because I don't know what I should say right now. But may I ask about something that the teachers always said to me lately? I remember that my teachers also said something about what the Viscount should do to me." I act innocent while still lowering my head because of the Viscount hasn't allowed me to raise my head.
He will punish me if I did something without his permission in front of him. Not only him but every Ruach family member was acting like that. Well, as I always hide myself from them, I only met with the Viscount and Viscountess. And nothing good happens when I meet them.
"Hmm, they said about something that I need to do?! Can you repeat what they told you?" The Viscount said with an interest tone but there was some pressure as he told me to repeat it.
"I-I can still remember it because they were repeatedly told me in the class. Mmm, they said that I was too useless because I was weak, didn't have any magic, didn't have any blessings and I'm too stupid to learn anything. They also said that it will be much better to chase me and my mother from this territory and maybe to make sure that we won't be able to do anything to this family and turn both of us to the monster foods. If it possible, it's better to do it near the borders to prevent our dirty blood from polluting the Ruach territory. It was all of the things that I am able to remember." I give my full (fake) report to the Viscount.
"Hoo! That was a good idea. Alright, I don't want to talk to you anymore so you can leave this place and go back to your room." The Viscount order me to leave his study room quickly.
I listen to his order and leave that place as quickly as possible. When I arrived at my room, I can't hide my happiness.
'Finally, I will be able to leave this place with my mother!'
I continue to prepare for the things that I wanted to take with me. All of the notes about my past life and the (bromance) story that I write. Also, the information and things that I learned these five years.
'And of course, this precious thing.'
I took out a magic ring that I accidentally made it. It was what I know as a spatial ring in my previous life. It was made after I try to pour the seventh attribute into a magic ring that I create in the alchemy class. It was useful as I was able to put my belonging into it to prevent any suspicion of us later.
Like what happened in the story that I read in my past life, the items that were put inside the spatial ring will have their time stop. And the food I put inside will always be in the same condition as the condition of the time when I put it inside of the spatial ring. That's why I concluded that the seventh attribute might be related to space and time.
Everything that I need has been put inside the spatial ring. The ring looks like a normal iron ring. And the other person won't be able to sense the magic power of the ring. I could use it normally as something I create from my alchemy class. Most people in this mansion thought that it was a failed item that I made in class. Of course, I also made two rings for Brother Winslow and Sister Ancelina.
I also put some weapons that I secretly took from my practical class. I don't know what will happen when we are leaving this hell-like place. To protect my mother and to prevent her from losing her life like what happened in the game. I also need to find a way for the epidemic if possible. I have to change my fate.
When I think about what happened in the game, I am still worried about the possibility of changing my fate. The beginning of my misfortunes was when I almost celebrate my tenth birthday. I need to make sure that nothing will happen to my mother. That's why I decided to leave this hell-like place before my eighth birthday.
I need to get a place to live with my mother and a way to earn money for our living expenses. There are so many things that are still uncertain. I don't know if everything will move smoothly as what I have planned before.
'If only half of it will be able to come true.'