Chapter 20: The Loki System

Deciding to check in for the night, he went to his room, about to lay in his own bed as he sat on it, but his gaze was caught by his closet. In comparison to his creaky, twin-sized bed, he knew there was luxurious furniture awaiting in the subspace within his closet. 

Still, after an eventful day, there was something about ‘ol reliable’ in his own bed that made him prefer it as he tucked himself in. 

Just as he closed his eyes–BZZZ. BZZZ. BZZZ. 

His phone vibrated against the nightstand, causing him to tiredly reach over as he was greeted by a host of responses from his friends and more importantly, to him: girls. 

[EMILY: I just finished my homework. Ugh…Why do I feel like my teachers hate me?] 

As he responded, all he sent in return was something simple as his mind urged him to rest: 

[ME: I know, right? Anyway, I’m off to bed, night.] 

Without wasting another moment, he set off into the land of dreams, passing out within moments of allowing his eyelids to rest at last. 

Amidst his dreams, there was darkness; pitfalls of malevolence that he bathed in, indulging in dreams that could be passed as nightmares to others, and such that could easily be mended into reality by his will. 

[....Destroy them…That’s the gift you were trusted with: unequivocal, unprejudiced chaos. Remember where you came from; treated as less than trash, discarded, and stepped on. Less than human, you were nothing to them. In your hands, you hold the power to override such a world. Destroy it, bathe it in chaos, and perhaps rebuild it. It is up to you, Noah…] 

As his eyes suddenly shot open, hearing the morning alarm sounding off from his phone, he saw the bright-and-early sunlight seeping through his curtains. 

‘Destroy…Was my System telling me all of that? What’s the fun in destroying everything? I want to control it, not wipe it all out,’ he thought. 

Still tired from the previous day, the true effect of a tiresome, begrudged ‘Monday’ was felt as he lazily got himself ready with full reliance on his system–dressing himself, cleaning himself, and preparing breakfast at the behest of spells. 

‘I’m still not fully recovered. It’s not just mana; my body itself is sore. I really pushed myself yesterday creating all of that,’ he thought. 

As was his new weekday ritual for skipping out on a monotonous morning walk, he clapped his hands together to activate [“Spatial Warp”], vanishing from the interior of his house and popping into the boy’s restroom at Blossom View State in an instant. 

“That never gets old,” he mumbled to himself. 

Properly buttoning the collar to his blazer he wore as it cooled down in the autumn season, he left the bathroom stall, washing his hands before entering the premises of the school. 

Arriving so early, there was hardly anybody in the halls yet, which left it nice and quiet; preferable for the early morning while his brain was still adjusting. 

Actually, it was surprisingly empty. Checking his phone, it showed him that it was eight-o’-clock on the dot, which was just a few minutes short of when the first bell should ring. 

‘I knew I slept in…what’s the deal? Is it a holiday I don’t know about?’ He questioned. 

Sliding his phone back into his pocket, he brought his gaze back up to find a figure now occupying the hall, leaning against the wall casually. 

It was somebody he recognized, though it took him a moment to figure out who it was. The youthful figure with spiky, light-blue hair, dressed like a student attending the school. 

‘He’s the one from that day–the one who saved Victor!’ He recalled. 

Naturally, he activated [“Assess”], though it didn’t provide the sort of answer he was looking for: 

[Yukio | Loki System]

[Level: 50]

[Strength: 1]

[Constitution: 1]

[Mana: ???] 

“Yo,” Yukio greeted him with a cheeky smile and a wave of his hand. 

Without responding in kind, Noah rushed over with aggressive speed, grabbing the eccentric fellow by his neck and squeezing, not wasting any time handling the system wielder. 

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“Woah there…” Yukio still smiled, struggling to push his words past his clenched throat. 

“Tell me who the ‘Sentinels’ are and what they want with me,” he demanded. 

Yukio looked at him, “...Are you sure you want to be doing this? It’s not a good look, Noah…” 

As he was told such by the mysterious fellow, he raised an eyebrow before suddenly finding the quietness of the school hallway now filled with chatter, looking around to find it occupied by students. 

“What…?” Noah breathed out in disbelief. 

There was no doubt about it: it was empty just a moment prior, but now it was lively, and eyes were on him amidst the scene he was causing. 

‘An illusion? No…it’s more likely I was already in an illusion before, and this is reality,’ he deduced. 

“Mind letting go now?” Yukio said, holding his hands up in peace, “I’m not here for a fight–promise.” 

A moment was taken to weigh his options before Noah finally released Yukio’s throat, causing the youthful, azure-haired man to cough out before caressing his neck. 

Though it was smoothly played off by the sly system wielder as he slung his arm around Noah’s shoulder, “Such a prankster, man! Ha-ha!”

“Yeah…” Noah went along with it. 

As such an impromptu excuse managed to work, the two walked towards an isolated, empty section of the school building as right when they turned the corner, bloodlust oozed from Noah’s pores. 

Yukio was quick to assure he was there in good faith, “Hey! Hey! I told you–not here for a fight, man! We both know I’d lose, anyway.” 

“Then what’re you here for? It better be to give me some answers,” Noah said, squinting at him. 

“Sure thing, but I’ll need to let you know a thing or two before we get down to business,” Yukio told him. 

“Yeah? What’s that?”

“I’ve got a ‘Dead Man’s Hand’ of my own in case you do try to kill me. That is, I’ll make everybody in this city immune to your hypnosis–there will be no twisting everybody into your friends or hiding your misdeeds,” Yukio told him, “I have authority of illusions and deception, ya know? Would be an easy task.”

Such a threat was something that had weight against Noah, though it only served to anger him as he felt as though he was being blackmailed, which Yukio seemed to sense as he wore a bubbly smile quickly. 

“But, hey! That’s just a ‘what-if’ if you decide you want to off me! I’m planning on us getting along nicely, actually,” Yukio told him. 

Noah watched him carefully, “Why’re you trying to act all ‘buddy-buddy’ with me now? Aren’t you with the enemy? Those soldiers that attacked me yesterday–I’m certain they’re affiliated with you and that other guy.” 

“Ah, that?...I’ll tell you,” Yukio grew serious. 

Right before the blue-haired, youthful man could divulge such information, the morning bell rang, echoing through the halls as Yukio looked up, wearing a changed smile. 

“Well, that can wait until later!” Yukio beamed. 

“Hey, wait a second…this is important!” He insisted. 

Yukio stuck his tongue out, waving at him as he began to take his leave, “I’ll contact you later after you get out of class, alright? Just have some faith in me.” 

“--” He looked at the enigmatic man. 

After Yukio turned a single corner, he glanced down the hall to see the mysterious man had already vanished from the premises. 

Though he didn’t hold an ounce of trust in the stranger affiliated with the enemy, it was the only potential source of information he had. 

‘I’ll go along with it for now. If he ends up trying to play me, I’ll crush him,’ he thought. 

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