NOVEL NEXT Chapter 12 - Chapter 12: Beginning of the Second Loop
2nd Lap
Chapter 12: Beginning of the Second Loop
In the morning, when I woke up, I found myself in the school dormitory. It was October 1st, and today marked the beginning of my second year in the senior division.
I sighed. I had forgotten, but I knew. After all, this was the second time. I couldn’t determine the exact number of loops, but this was my second time consciously rewinding, so let’s count it as the second loop.
I prepared myself and had breakfast in the cafeteria. Today was the entrance ceremony. The new students from the junior division nervously passed through the gate, and we, who had advanced, had assigned positions to guide them to the auditorium. My responsibility was to attach ribbons to their chests after they completed the reception.
“Congratulations on your enrollment. Class B is in the middle…”
I knew him. He was going to trip.
“You seem nervous. Be careful not to look around too much.”
Crash.
Even though I warned him, he still failed to avoid people and stumbled, hitting a chair. Well, it’s better than both of us falling like last time. Plan B failed. Don’t worry. I’ll think of a solution in the next loop.
Immediately, I compiled the things I remembered into my notebook. From this year onwards, I took a class in spear technique instead of swordsmanship, joined the agriculture research club, and, above all, had to groom myself. Until now, I had temporarily put off matters of love and paid little attention to my appearance. However, with a new understanding that adventurers were also businessmen, I aimed to become an attractive guy from this loop onwards. My experience working as a salaryman in Japan would be useful here. I once read on the internet that “men who dress well are fewer, so dressing well has a greater impact.” It doesn’t have to be anything special. Spend money on hairstyling, skincare, tidy up your eyebrows, invest in shoes and accessories. While facial features can’t be helped, just doing this can significantly change impressions.
Furthermore, when it comes to a man’s charm, it’s about ability, strength, and money. This could be sufficiently compensated for in the adventurer profession. I won’t struggle in dungeons with poor earnings anymore. During long vacations, I might even consider going on expeditions to the nests of those flying monsters.
On the other hand, what was unfortunate was the status. It seemed that levels, skills, inventory functions, and their contents were reset. It would have been great if these were inherited.
Name: Alexi Appel
Race: Human
Title: Heir of the Appel Trading Company
Level: 1
HP: 20
MP: 30
POW: 2
INT: 3
AGI: 2
DEX: 3
Attribute: Earth
Skills:
None
(Stone Bullet)
(Landscape)
(Rock Wall)
(Spear Technique)
(Body Enhancement)
Equipment: School Uniform (E)
Status Points: 0 remaining
Skill Points: 10 remaining
However, the skills that I had acquired were still displayed in gray. When I tapped on Stone Bullet as an experiment, a command appeared, “Acquire? Yes / No.” Without hesitation, I chose Yes and successfully learned Stone Bullet.
Returning to level 1, it was clear that my body lacked sharpness in movements. In the previous loop, even after leveling up, it was difficult to gain muscle, and although I was slim, I had such a unreliable body around my second year of high school. However, considering my experience of intensely leveling up in the previous loop, these numerical stats weren’t very reliable. Of course, as the level increases, difficult skills can be performed effortlessly, and physical abilities also increase surprisingly. However, for example, when going from level 1 to 2, the total of each number simply doubles, and from 1 to 10, it becomes ten times, but that doesn’t mean you acquire superhuman abilities like quitting being human. It’s more like you become a bit more “intuitive” or gain “stamina” and “increased concentration.” Perhaps, if you have a high level, you might get away with minor burns if you’re scorched by a dragon’s breath, but that’s a maybe.
Anyway, this time, let’s efficiently move forward smoothly. There are plenty of things to do. As for the future path after graduation, that’s for later.