Chapter 6: Inner Energy = Ord

Chapter 6: Inner Energy = Ord

After classes, I went back to my dorm room and my heart was still beating as if I had run a marathon. Despite no longer being tired.

Sitting on the cold stone floor, I tried to sense my internal energy.

Ord, that was the inner energy of exorcists. Something everyone had, but most couldnt use. If I was to rate my talent, it would be around C+ at best. But that didnt matter too much. At least it wasnt as bad as some had it. Also, there wasnt anything I could do about it, so there was that too.

Okay, okay, I gotta clear my mind now. It will take some time, but I have to try and sense my energy. Doing it in a couple of days would be amazing! Otherwise, if I dont try hard enough and my inner energy isnt unlocked by the time the demon attack happens where most of my classmates will die. Then I would be a dead man.

It was strange. It felt like the reapers scythe was around my neck. But I was more excited than ever in my life. Had I possessed the body of some adrenaline junky?

Despite the danger, I couldnt wait to see all the fantastical special abilities. The closest thing I could compare such a feeling to was being surrounded by ten beautiful naked women who all wanted me. But at the same time, one of them was there to kill me.

Okay that was a bad analogy. But feelings like these were hard to put into words.

The mosquito bite wasnt only drinking blood but also a little of their victims Ord energy. That also helped someone sense their Ord. On average it took months to sense inner energy, even if they knew it existed.

But as soon as I concentrated, I sensed something bubbling and churning in my stomach. Did I eat something bad?

No, this wasnt a stomach ache. It was something I had never sensed in my previous world. Something unfamiliar, like having a sixth finger.

Then a sensation hit me and the world breathed in me. It was like every pore in my body was opened and they were breathing.Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

Cold! Was the first thought that went through my mind. I could feel everything, and by the time I noticed what had happened I had to try my best and close the pores in my body.

Ord aura? That was a bit too fast! I muttered under my breath, as my mind swirled and it felt like two mountains were dragging my eyelids down. Damn! My vital energy is leaking out! Close! Close! Close!

My words were almost like a hypnotic saying and my Ord energy settled down and now I could sense the strange but familiar energy inside my body.

Strangely, this should have taken me at least a couple of days to sense. Even if I spent hours trying to do so. But I had done it in minutes.

That was when it dawned on me: I was already used to a normal body. I lived a whole previous life with a normal body for decades, that didnt have sensations of any internal energy. Yet now, it was like having a tail and not sensing it. It would be strange if I couldnt sense the inner energy faster than others here.

An unforeseen advantage. At least that was the only thing that made sense.

I wasn't too worried about him crumbling under pressure. He was the shonen protagonist after all. How could he fall victim to something like depression? That was what normal people did. Not the happy-go-lucky protagonist.

Oh, right! In the story, the original Kon would have come and tried to bully him. But Agon beat him with one punch and was reminded of how he shouldn't waste his time doing useless things like mulling over situations he couldn't change. Instead of doing that, it would be more productive if he was training to surpass Sei instead.

Wait, that wont happen now. I didnt really want to bully Agon. Oh that could be bad. I might have been only a small side character in the Manga. But even small things could cause a tidal wave of change.

Should I act like the bully one last time? It was for the future of humanity. But I never really bullied anyone. Would I be able to be convincing enough?

Agon might be dumb as a rock, as is normal amongst shonen protagonists. But he was also quite good at noticing strange behaviors. Me acting fake and him noticing would change the whole balance of things.

But at the same time, acting as a friend would be weird. After all, I have memories of the original Kon. He called Agon commoner trash and all sorts of other horrible things.

You know what, fuck it! I had already learned in my first life that thinking things through too much, and planning everything sometimes takes so long that making doing that a bad decision. "Wasup! What're you sulking about?"

He looks at me confused for a couple of seconds, before realization dawns in his eyes. "Oh! I remember now. You're the guy I punched at the entrance ceremony!"

Thats how he remembers me?!

"Exactly!" I gave a thumbs up. It was the original Kon that got punched in the face, not me. So I shouldnt feel annoyed by this. "Now why are you all sulking? The last time we fought, you were ready to punch at the world. But now you're here dragging yourself around like a slug."

"You wouldn't understand," he sighed. His eyes looked down in shame. My days as an exorcist are over. I dont have what it takes.

Wow, hes surprisingly honest about what hes thinking. But thats how shounen protagonists are.

Okay, this is bad. How do you help a shounen protagonist who has fallen down?

Clenching my fist. I did the first thing that came to mind; I punched Agon in the face. He was taken by surprise and couldnt even react.

What I didnt expect was for my punch to be powerful enough to send him flying and slamming onto the vending machine. Crashing through the glass, and folding the machine as if it was made of cardboard.

...

A punch like that would have killed a normal person in my last world. Agon wasnt moving either.

Did I just kill the main protagonist?!