Instructor keal

{Celestial Star Bow:The Star Bow was crafted long ago, at the dawn of the world, when the skies were still a canvas of possibility and the stars themselves were thought to be the gods' whispers. The bow was said to have been forged by the Celestial Archers, an ancient order of hunters who believed that the stars weren't just points of light, but the eyes of the gods, watching over the world.

The bow itself was made from the metal of a fallen star, its core infused with the very essence of celestial magic, by a warrior known only as Aurelia Starheart. She was a protector of the realms, a guardian of the delicate balance between the land and the heavens. With the Star Bow in her hands, she was able to strike down enemies with arrows that soared with the force of meteor showers, each shot carrying with it the fury of a thousand stars. Her arrows would pierce through darkness, bringing light where there was none.

But with time, the Celestial Archers vanished. Some say they left for the stars, their work complete, while others believe they were hunted by those who feared their power.

However, the bow never truly vanished,until it ended up at an academy that never knew its worth, hidden and broken a former shadow of what it once was.

There was no skill attached to it, only its description—which didn't make sense. How could a bow like this not have any skills? Or were they hidden? I scratched the back of my head.

"I feel more headaches from this system than I have felt about anything," I said to myself.

Until something happened that shocked me.

Celestial Star Bow Assimilation completed.

"No... no, I didn't want to take it, you stupid system! You're going to get me kicked out of the academy for stealing!" I shouted at the system. I was allowed to take one weapon from this room, and no more than that. Just as I was in the middle of shouting at the system, I heard the sound of the door cracking open behind me. I turned immediately toward the door of the room, where the instructor was just walking in.

"Have you picked a weapon yet?" he asked me. I nodded with a smile, trying to hide that I didn't just steal a weapon from one of the most prestigious schools ever built. I summoned the Obsidian Blade Fang Daggers. The daggers manifested in my hands immediately, without much hesitation.

The instructor just nodded at me. "Wise choice, picking a dagger," he said. "Daggers are mostly used by users who rely on speed and momentum. Most awakened don't use them due to their short length, but it's a nice choice."

I nodded at him before dismissing the daggers back into my system.

"Here, put this on," he threw a wristwatch toward me, which I caught mid-air. I took a look at the watch—it didn't look like anything special. It looked like just a regular brand of watch, but I knew anything given by the academy was anything but normal.

I put the watch on my wrist. Immediately, its screen turned on.

"This is your academy wristwatch. It marks you as a candidate of the academy. With this watch, most places you didn't have access to are now open to you." He took a pause to let his words sink in before continuing.

"You will receive any notification or information on the academy—or anything you need to know—through this wristwatch. If you check, your schedules are already set up for you and you might begin tomorrow. It also has your dorm room number in it, where you will meet your roommate. It also has the academy map and other functions you will discover as you use it," he said. "I think that's all for now."

"Sir," I called out to him.

He nodded at me to continue with whatever I wanted to ask.

"Sir, there is a dungeon activity listed in my schedule at the end of every week."

"The academy expects you to be of use for it. And yes, you are to attend and clear a dungeon every weekend. The academy won't just provide you with free resources without you making an effort to help the academy." I just nodded as I understood what he was saying. The academy expected its students to be of use—not only to the academy, but to humanity in solving the dungeon outbreaks humanity was currently facing.

"You don't need to worry. The academy will try to ensure you don't die in any of these dungeon activities," he said. But I caught what he meant by "try to ensure you don't die." He was saying there could be cases where the academy wouldn't be able to save you.

"You are very smart for a late Awaken," he said with a smile. "Most people take these words as assurance to slack off, but you understood what I meant so quickly," he said, nodding his head as he now had a new impression of me.

"Any other things?"

"Yes, I would like to add a Stealth class to my schedule, if that's possible."

He looked surprised that I was asking to add extra classes to my schedule. After all, most students don't even follow up with their schedule, saying it was too much work.

"You keep surprising me, boy." He stood still for a minute, as if pondering something.

"Fine. I will see what I can do about it. In the meantime, the academy will take your belongings from the unawakened dorm of the academy to the awakened dorm." I just nodded.

"You can head out. That's all for now."

I gave him a short bow before heading out, but I came to a halt in front of the door and turned back toward the instructor.

"What is it now?" he asked me.

"Your name, sir?" I asked. If I wanted to make connections and be known in this academy, I had to start somewhere, right? I thought.

He raised an eyebrow, the corner of his mouth twitching into something between amusement and disbelief, curious, as if weighing the question before deciding whether it deserved an answer.

"Kael," he finally answered after thinking about it for a while.

I nodded and left the room.

Time to check out my room.