Andrew couldn't believe what he was seeing right now.
Well, he could believe it but he was inclined to not want to.
"Bro, where the fuck is my girl at?! This protagonist's charm doesn't even make sense…!"
Andrew grimaced, this definitely hit his self-esteem.
"Well whatever, my time will come, it'll just be with side characters and not main protagonists. There are plenty of beauties around…"
Andrew shook his head with a sigh, approaching Zachary.
"Yo man, what's up bro?" Andrew asked with a sly expression on his face.
"Nothing much… why do you got that look on your face though?"
"Nah it's nothing bro… who's that girl though?"
"Huh, what girl?"
"That girl who just eyed you up bruh, don't play stupid with me!" Andrew said pointing in the direction she just walked.
"Look bro, I really don't know what you're talking about. I have no idea who that girl is… I've never met her in my life I swear!" Zachary quickly mumbled in attempts to defend himself.
"You definitely got something special within you Zach, that shit was insane. She didn't even turn her gaze to anyone else upon entering the school, but not only did she stop in front of you, she smiled at you AND made direct eye contact."
"I'm not busting your balls, that's good shit. She hot as a mfer bro." Andrew with an evil cackle, slapping Zachary's back with force.
"Regardless, let's just get into the school… What's your schedule looking like Andrew?"
Zachary shivered as he felt the eyes of many students looking at him with envy and wonder.
"I got 8:30 AM basic breathing technique class for first period until 11, and then I got lunch from 11:10-11:45, Intermediate combat class from 12-1:30 PM, Academic Literature from 1:40-2:50, and then to finish off the day Intermediate body tempering class from 3:00-4:30…"
Andrew showed Zachary his piece of paper, in which Zachary held up his as well.
Andrew became star-struck upon seeing what classes Zachary was taking.
"You got genius tier classes for every single one?! Not only that you got a full schedule of martial arts!"
"The faculty must've seen your potential, this is kind of nuts for a low grade talent." Andrew said, scanning the piece of paper multiple times.
"Yea I was kind of shocked too…" Zachary said, "However this is the first step towards supremacy, no way am I gonna back down from this!"
Zachary had a resolute expression on his face, Andrew smiled seeing this.
'That was kind of corny...'
But this was also just what he wanted out of this young treasure chest... No, disciple in training.
"Alright, let's actually get inside now before we're late."
….
Andrew and Zachary quickly separated, as their classes were on opposite sides of the building.
Thankfully, everyone had the same lunch period, which Andrew considered a blessing.
How else was he too inquiry about this young protagonists progress?
Andrew quickly found his classroom, went inside and sat in the far corner of the back, closest to the window.
Students quickly filed in, filling in the remaining seats.
Andrew did a cursory scan, checking their talents in case of a hidden gem.
"Hmm, doesn't seem to be anything too worthwhile in here… maybe I was too hopeful of the basic class." he thought, refocusing his attention to the front of the room.
No more than 5 minutes passed before the teacher walked into the class.
Andrew was quickly dumbfounded.
This teacher was simply too beautiful in his eyes!
In reality she didn't look that good, but she gave off a youthful yet experienced demeanor.
Her eyes contained much deeper maturity than any of the students, and her body… well, it certainly met the standards of this world.
"This might be a bit of a rough class for my teenaged body…"
"Good morning everyone! This is the basic breathing control class. I'll keep it short and sweet as to not waste time, this class is specifically designed to help all of you ready your minds for the path of cultivation, to center yourselves in the face of potential imposing dangers…"
"I don't have too high of expectations for this course, all I ask is that you pay attention and learn the material thoroughly. Unfortunately I do have to test you on some fundamental ideas."
"Well, I look forward to working with all of you. If there's any problems that occur you can feel free to meet me in my office at any point. I'm here until 8 PM most days. My name is Julia Smith, but you may refer to me as Ms. Smith…"
"Okay, let's get started then— the first lesson is exploring subjective experience and philosophy through the mind's eye…"
The teacher's voice carried a slightly cold, yet comforting tone.
Anyone could tell she was a capable person, so Andrew decided to peek at her talent.
"Oh! This is quite interesting indeed…"his eyes narrowed seriously.
[Status - Julia Smith
Stats - unknown
Talent - Level 5 Mid Rank Agility Talent (5X Agility)
]
"This will probably be my next talent to copy!"
Andrew steadied his gaze, leaning back in his seat.
It was the perfect talent for him, and it covered the relative strangeness in his strength if he ever got retested.
The lecture continued on from here, and Andrew made sure to take note of everything that was being said.
He knew from his past experiences learning there was surface level information, and then there was the invisible layer of information being the actual structure.
This is how Andrew defaulted to viewing everything that he wanted to understand.
Arguably, it was the most efficient way of learning, being a core part of the method used by the ASI in his past life to discover the truth.
Andrew did feel a few menial things he could add as scaffolding to his understanding, however they weren't truly necessary.
"There's always something new to learn…"
This was his core philosophy of life, there was always something new to add to his toolbox, nothing was useless.
Soon after, the bell rang, and it was already time for him to get some fuel in his body.
Andrew navigated to the large open cafeteria, hopping in line at the buffet-style counter.
He scanned the food options, soon realizing quantity was definitely the focus point.
"Damn, I could cook something better than this with a blindfold…" he thought, shimmying his way down gradually to the unseasoned boiled chicken breast and mac and cheese.
Taking a generous serving of each, he grabbed a fork and looked through the sea of people.
He quickly landed on an individual towards the middle, completely alone at a table for 12.
He made his way over to the table, sneaking up on the figure, a malicious smile spread across his face.
"Yo!"
…..