C003 – Daily Life of Shirayama Family

C003 – Daily Life of Shirayama Family

[Kyoto - Shirayama Residence]

The next day at another place, Shirayama Kazuya, aka Kazu, got up from his bed at 6am with a yawn.

After opening the window curtain, he went to the bathroom to wash his face. His dull face was revealed in the mirror in front of him, clearly showing that he was still affected by his exhaustion.

"There are three classes at morning, and three at night today. I still have about 6 hours in between to play..."

Since he was a Point-Seeker student at the academy, his study schedule was rather hectic. He had to go to class every day with no day off except Sunday, and on top of that, he also had to maintain his game account.

Sometimes, he envied the Efficiencists like Rena and Ruri.

"I envy those two, they really have it easy... Haah~"

Kazu could only sigh.

But after a few moments of self-loathing, he slapped his own cheek and straighten himself.

"Stay cool, Kazuya! Stop thinking about useless things! Don't show such depressing face in front of the girls!"

Thinking about it, it was very unbecoming for him to have such negative thoughts. Having a lot of courses to learn wasn't really so bad. There are some interesting one from among the courses he took, like Music and Drama.

And also, he felt it was lucky to be able to encounter a certain person more often.

"Thankfully Emily is with me..."

Emily, or Nayaka Emi, his childhood friend and crush. She also the person behind Emilia, the Elf Ranger in the game.

Because of the proximity of their residences, Kazu's relationship with Emi and Rena was inseparable from childhood. Naturally, they attended the same academy. Although, due to their individual circumstances, they took different paths in the High School division.

Emi was just one of the Regular students.

Rena wanted to become a doctor so she took the Efficiencists path.

Meanwhile, Kazu himself...

The academic system in Kyoto Academy is basically like this...

During the Elementary and Middle School division, each student equally takes compulsory curriculum courses.

Compulsory subjects are Japanese language & literature, maths, social studies, science, arts, and physical education. Later on in the Middle School division, a foreign language elective (which almost always English) were added.

Only when they advanced to the High School division they can freely take any course they want. They attend classes based on those picked courses. Later, in each exam of their respective courses, they will be given Academic Points (AP), depending on the scores they get.

Academic Points, is an indicator used by the academy to measure the value of a student.

The more AP a student had, the more valuable their existence was in the eyes of the academy. This AP is nontransferable and only the related student themselves could use it. Students could spend their AP to use some of the academy's facilities, reduce tuition fees, or access information from the academy's archive servers.

Then, about the type of students in the High School division, there are some local terms circulating in the academy.

Regulars, refers to students who choose to continue their previous curriculum courses.

Either they don't find any extraordinary talent within themselves or they don't yet have a career goal in mind. So, they just take mainly the same route that they have to learn before.

About ~60% of the students in the academy are this type.

Efficiencists, refers to students who focusing their efforts on only a few courses related to their talents.

Other unrelated courses are discarded. Because of that, naturally their schedule is a bit loose. However in exchange, their academic requirements are quite harsh.

Usually they don't take too many courses, but when they do take one, they must get a B or above.

Point-Seekers, refers to students who took a lot of easy courses as many as possible to earn AP.

Students of this kind are more focused on collecting as many AP as possible, rather than learning knowledge from their courses.

Then, the last type of the students, Slackers.

As the name suggests, Slackers refers to students who just play around and don't take their classes seriously. To them, the academy was not a place to study, but just another place to gather and have fun.

From those types, Kazu belonged to the third type.

Due to his family's economic circumstances, Kazu had to collect AP to keep his tuition fees as low as possible. He was currently borrowing student loans to study at the academy, and the amount was not low.

In the Student Guidebook it was written that student loan payments can be made by spending a certain amount of AP.

And that was what Kazu was aiming for.

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Kazu went to the dining room after he washed his face and got rid of his sleepiness.

In there, his family was already present, with lots of dishes in the dining table. There are tempura, sushi, pasta, and many more. It doesn't seem to be their usual menu.

Looking at those luxurious dishes, Kazu couldn't help but frown.

"Good morning, Kazu-nii."

"Morning, Shizu..."

His younger sister greeted him as she noticed Kazu entered the dining room.

Shirayama Shizuku, 14 years old, about 4 years younger than Kazu.

She is just an average 2nd grade middle school girl, only with a troublesome disease. She may look healthy now, but she has a radiation allergy that occurs when she goes out. This can be seen from her skin which has many blister scars. Even though her skins already healed, but the scars remained, ruining her appearance.

In the current era, there are so many radiation that causes various negative effects on the human body. Although there are Purifier Towers that reduces air pollution and radiation, but there are also people who have very sensitive health.

Due to her health condition, Shizuku could only be safe in a room that had air conditioning installed. But, if she had to go out, she would have to stay near the Purifier Towers. Not only that, she had to take medication regularly to suppress allergies that can occur at any time.

Spoiler ; ; Topic: Regarding the Secret of Black Phantom's Strength < Genesis Guild Lounge Hecate | Human | Archwitch (Lv): Hecate | Human | Archwitch (Lv):

Then, let's analyze this skill further.

This skill is indeed very powerful, but also has a disadvantage, namely its short duration and also the after penalty. Nevertheless, Black Phantom seems able to maintain the duration of this skill very long.

It can be assumed that he has another skill that can extend the duration of this skill.

However, the fact that this skill is a buff type didn't change.

Which means, skills like Dispel and Clearance should work against him. After removing the buff, he would definitely receive the after penalty at that very instant.

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<< This post has been deleted by the moderator. Reason: Please don't spam - by Astrid. >> << This post has been deleted by the moderator. Reason: Please don't spam - by Astrid. >> << This post has been deleted by the moderator. Reason: Please don't spam - by Astrid. >> Emilia | Elf | Ranger (Lv)

I see, so that's the trick behind his strength.

Thank you for the analysis, @Hecate;

Pururun | Werefox | Scholar (Lv57)

What?! ()

It turns out that there is something like that?

Do I also have this kind of skill?

(-').*

Bubbles | Human | Fencer (Lv)

LOL! Dream on, those skills is tier 3 skills!

With our level, we are still far from that.

Leon | Human | Templar (Lv)

You did a very good job, Hecate!

Thanks to you, we've come one step closer to destroying that bastard.

I think Astrid will give you a reward later, but before that, I'll also reward you 10m GCP, separately from my own pocket.

@Pururun; @Bubbles;

Look, now Hecate has pointed a goal in front of you.

Work hard and join our raid party often so you can rebirth to your 3rd-tier Jobclass faster.

<< This post has been deleted by the author >> Rena-cchi | Human | High Priestess (Lv)

Hecate-chwaaan!! When will you be back?

I missed you very much! ( )

Hecate | Human | Archwitch (Lv):

@Leon; Thank you very much, Leon-sama.

@Rena; ...kimoi1 [Disgusting.]

Rena-cchi | Human | High Priestess (Lv)

Wait, don't tell me you read that? I've deleted the post, right?

Hecate | Human | Archwitch (Lv):

Yes, you had deleted the post before I could read it.

But I'm the topic starter, so I can see the post history. (-').*

Garlander | Human | Lord Knight (Lv)

Hahaha, Rena-cchi-sama is too honest with her words.

Rena-cchi | Human | High Priestess (Lv)

NOOOO!! ()

Gisela | Human | High Priestess (Lv)

Salute to Hecate-chan!

Thank you for the information. (`)

Also, please come back fast ASAP!

Without you here, Rena-cchi-sama is going crazy with her dark food!! ( )

Astrid | Draconid | Paladin (Lv)

Thank you for the precious information, @Hecate.

For this information, I reward you with 5m GCP. On top of that, Leon also told me to compensate for the Reset Stones you used to reset your skills.

You can get it later after you came back from your quest.

Kazu couldn't help but notice about the reward that Leon and Astrid gave to Hecate.

A total of 15 m GCP, which also means

15 m. If converted to yen by the current exchange rate, it's about 7.5 m. And then, Reset Stones that costs

300 or 15000 each, and it takes ten to reset at their current level. Which means, 150000 for one time reset.

The money that Kenji earned today was nothing if compared to that!

'As expected of those rich people.'

The matter of Hecate went out for a while was something Kazu already knew. But he didn't expect that she was also gathering information about Black Phantom.

'Come to think of it, Hecate-chan seems to have a sense of rivalry with Black Phantom.'

Maybe because Hecate and Black Phantom were the same spellcaster type-class, so her desire to compete with him(?) is the strongest. Either way, the information that she gave is very important.

It can be assumed that the Genesis Guild's skill research department will be busy for a while. However, players can only purchase a Reset Stone from the cash shop once per day, which means that the price of the Reset Stone will increase.

This would be a good chance for Kazu, and his family to earn more money.

"I have to thank Hecate-chan for this opportunity."

Thinking about it, Kazu couldn't help but smile.