Chương 11: Beginning

{A/N:I apologize to my readers for the long absence I've been going through a lot and didn't want my emotions to effect my writing I cant guarantee I can upload consistently like before at least not right now due to my problems I hope you my readers will understand that'll be all i say for now i hope you enjoy this chapter take care and god bless you all}

I have finally become 15 years old, and have matriculated into the Midgar Magic Swordsman Academy. It is known as one of the leading magic swordsman academies in the continent, gathering talents from both inside and outside of our country. A few things have happened to me since the girls left 1st during my 14th birthday a screen appeared in front of my eye with a message [Eminence Of The Shadows Template 100% congratulations host for fully becoming an eminence in the shadows due to the host having completed the system objective there is no need to remain with the host system will depart from the host]

"huh"

'when the hell did I get a system' I wondered 'Seriously I despise people who use borrowed strength wouldn't this mean I'm one of them?'

that really pissed me off 'if that is really true wouldn't this mean I'm also using borrowed strength' [ding host You are wrong the strength you acquired is not strength given to you by the system but the strength cultivated by yourself by the system just act like a hidden progress bar to achieving your goal the system has been with you since your life as Minoru Kageno]

'what the fuck!' hearing such a thing like it being with me since my life in Japan creeped me the fuck out. 'Doesnt that mean it has basically been stalking me'

[ding how rude host I am not a stalker I was told by Kami not to reveal my existence to you]

'that's even weirder! wait did you just say kami! kami exist!'

[ding yes host how do you think you reincarnated anyways I can't tell you anything else about it so don't even think about asking about it as for the system objective it is to copy all your powers and return to kami so if anyone who dies and is given wishes and they wish to have power similar to you they would receive me The Eminence In The Shadows Template]

'so you're basically cloning me'

[ding yes basically anyway my job here is done congratulations host for filling the progress bar Here is your one-time reward and don't worry it won't be anything that makes you stronger I know how you feel about such a thing]

'good' Hopefully it's money I could use for my eminence in the shadows activities hehe just thinking about it makes me salavate.

[ding host your drooling are you that exited about your reward]

'shut it hurry and show me the money'

[ding congrats! you have received portable anywhere door unrestricted!]

'huh?' I was speechless a glowing ring appeared out of thin air and landed right on my hand.

[ding, unfortunately, the host can't use the AD ring until you meet certain requirements to activate it]

'so it's useless for now at least I'll be able to travel to other universes once I get tired of this world hahaha now my shadow will be able to become the eminence of the shadows in all the universes that sounds magnificent'

[ding that's why I like you host you think on the positive side anyway I must be going now farewell we may become enemies in the future depending on my future host goodbye shadow]

suddenly an orb shot out of my body disappearing in the blink of an eye almost as if teleporting

I started examining my body looking for any irregularities in me on the off chance that the system lied to me but I did not find anything wrong my strength still remained but a certain question arose why was a god interested in my power it made no sense meh ill leave those thoughts to my future self

when my 15th birthday came around something else happened and memories that I knew nothing of started surfacing they were fragmented only one memory was complete it was a memory of a boy reading a manga called The Eminence in Shadow It was a story about me

shadow fighting the cult of diablos it was shocking to see something like that. Since seeing that I decided to launch an investigation of my own to see if this cult does exist and to my surprise it does!

that would mean this whole time I along with Shadow Garden have been fighting them I have to say they are pathetically weak the only cool achievement they had was alternating this world history as well as creating diablos the rest was nothing but their desire to obtain power by taking shortcuts it's pathetic since these events happened I started taking my role more seriously I've destroyed over 250 bases of there

and taken in more hero descendants to join Shadow Garden you could imagine Alpha and the others surprised by me being more active

now that I have another enemy apart from bandits it makes me excited how can I reach the status of eminence in the shadows without an opponent now all that is needed is for the protagonist to appear. And that brings me back to the present In the two months that I've been here I have purposely maintained my grades somewhere slightly below average the most optimum position for a mob character. due to those memories I already know who the protagonists in this world of mine are Princess Alexia Midgar Princess Rose Oriana Princess Iris Midgar even my own sister Clair Kagenou is a protagonist I don't know all the protagonists apart from them those memories have gotten hazy and I can't seem to recall them but I fill in the future I'll be able to till then ill just follow my motto of leaving it to my future self.

And it is this Princess Alexia that I am going to have participated in a super important mob event. To be more specific it is a penalty game.

Yep, you guessed it. It's that one where the loser has to confess to a girl.

Thus I am now on the school roof standing a certain distance away from Princess Alexia and facing off against her.

She has shoulder-length silvery white hair and her red eyes are enchantingly... arg anyways she has pretty eyes too and... her brows are um... screw this I give up. In short, she is really beautiful in the well-featured cool beauty kind. Unfortunately thanks to Alpha and the others I've gotten used to seeing pretty faces. I think it would be better if you let some of that tension out of your face you know? Showing a bit more emotion would make you look a bit more human.

Well, let's set that aside for now. Naturally, I am not the first to attempt this foolhardy challenge. After entering the school for 2 months already more than a hundred retards have approached her and gotten shot down with the same emotionless phrase.

"Not interested."

It's not like I don't understand. She's probably already got a political marriage lined up for after graduation and she simply isn't interested in this kind of child's play. But the large majority of the nobles who tried to confess to her should also be in the same boat. After graduation, it'll be straight off to arranged marriages for most of them. That's why they are hoping to have a love affair or two while still in the academy.

Well, whatever their motivations in the end it is all but the mere frolicking of those who know nothing of the world of shadows.

However, as a mob character, I am also fated to take part in this frolicking. Forced through a punishment game to confess to the school idol and get turned down in the harshest and most heart-crushing manner – it is truly a mob-like event is it not? By completing this event in the most mob-like method possible I would get one step closer to the most ideal image of a mob character inside my head. And that in turn would bring me that much further down the path towards becoming a power in the shadows.

For the sake of this moment today I stayed up all night deep in thought. What can I do... How can I confess to make this into the most mob-like confession ever?

Word choice is of course important but there is also articulation pitch change and vibrato to list only a few. After the whole night of research, I have attained the ultimate mob-like confession and am now standing at the decisive battle.

Battle.

Exactly. For a mob character, this is nothing short of a great battle.

Power in shadows have power in shadows battles to fight while mob characters have mob battles to fight.

And thus I at this moment as a mob character must give it my very best.

With resolve in my chest forward I face.

Princess Alexia... you might be standing there looking composed and all but if I really wanted to cut you down your head would leave your body before you even know what happened. In the end that is your limit as a person.

Therefore watch closely.

This is the world's most mob-like confession!

"P, P, P... Princess Alexia..."

I reveal the 'Stutter' attack card and then display my nervousness through the (in)articulation of 'princess," followed by a pitch change when saying her name.

"... I, I like you...!"

My eyes leap away from Princess Alexia to swim all over the ground while my whole body trembles at a barely perceptible degree.

"P-, please go out with me...?"

My word choice is kept to the basics with no fancy additions while my pronunciation pitch and articulation are flying off to god knows where. Then I ended it all with a rising inflection to exhibit my lack of confidence.

It was perfect...!

Now this, this was the perfect mob-ness that I have been aiming for!

Satisfaction. I feel pure satisfaction.

"Very well. Please take care of me."

"Nn?"

Feeling satisfied I was preparing to go back when I heard an auditory hallucination.

"You what did you just say?"

"Please take care of me."

"Ah ok."

Something doesn't seem right here.

"F- for starters let's go back together after school."

Still not fully wrapping my head around this development I meet up with Princess Alexia after school we walk back to the dorms together and part smilingly with a promise to see each other again tomorrow. Then I go back to my own room dive into my bed bury my face in my pillow then scream.

"HOW THE FUCK DID I ENTER THE MC ROUTE OF A GODDAMN LOVE COMEDY?!?!?!?!"