’Gosh, this place is so huge.’
As Shaan walked into the main kitchen area, a long queue of children his age stood in line to get the food that had been provided in a special rack containing various foods. He soon got into the queue before it got any longer.
’Wow, I have no idea there are so many kinds of food with such big portions. This is much better than the canteen at my old school.’
Shaan immediately picked up the tray, utensils, and began to select the food in front of him. His hands quickly picked up a bowl of warm rice and other side dishes, such as some cuts of meat and vegetables. He also took a box of milk and vegetable soup that was placed in a brown plastic bowl at the end of the rack.
"Alright, I think this is everything. I’d better start looking for a place before I get in the way of the line behind me."
Shaan’s eyes moved and scanned the surroundings, but there seemed to be absolutely no empty tables. He tried to walk a little further from his original position until he finally found an empty table at the far end, near the toilet door in the main kitchen area. Without lingering, Shaan accelerated his steps towards the table before anyone else saw it.
"It’s a good thing no one has noticed," Shaan smiled happily. "Okay, now it’s time to eat," he said, and tried the vegetable soup first. "Hmm... not bad. The vegetable soup is pretty good, although grandma’s vegetable soup is far -"
"Argh! Hey, watch your step, you idiot!" Shouted a yellow-haired woman, staring at the purple-haired woman who was in front of her. " It’s good, I’m okay. Or maybe you hit me on purpose, huh?!" shouted a yellow-haired woman, staring at the purple-haired woman who was in front of her.
"N-no. I’m sorry," said the purple-haired woman, lowering her head. "I-I don’t mean to hit you at all. I’m so sorry."
"What? What do you say?" The yellow-haired woman laughed mockingly, then lifted the woman’s chin roughly. "Hey, hey. Your voice is too small, like a mouse, and I can’t hear you at all."
"Ah, just stay away from me." The yellow-haired woman directly pushed the woman to the ground. "One more time you push me, I won’t hesitate to hit you. Understand."
The yellow-haired woman then walked away, leaving the purple-haired woman who had fallen on the floor. Shaan quickly stopped eating and ran over to the woman to help her stand up.
"No, thank you. I’m fine," the woman quickly ran away from Shaan and into the restroom.
’Strange, what’s wrong with that woman? I just wanted to help her," Shaan said, scratching his head. "Never mind, instead of thinking about it, I’d better go back to my desk and eat."
While Shaan was eating, he tried once again to open his status windows using the method that Mr. Dion had taught him. However, when he opened his status windows, it turned out that he had not noticed at all before that there was a very small i in the insanity level and bond columns.
"Hmm...I am just curious what this symbol means. I’ll try to check it out."
[Insanity level: Daemonist’s insanity status. This status insanity level is closely related to the Daemonist’s mentality. Insanity level consists of several levels, namely: Companion (0-33%), Chaotic (34-66%), and Madness (67-99%). The more often a Daemonist is attacked both physically and mentally by creatures of darkness, the insanity level will increase and can affect the relationship between Daemon and Daemonist.]
[Bond: The bond between Daemonist and Daemon. The higher the bond with the Daemon, it will increase the Daemon’s fighting ability and can activate the Daemon’s and Daemonist’s skills.]
"Hmm... interesting. So in other words, I need to be able to build a strong bond with my Daemon so that I can activate my skills and also my Daemon’s Daemon," he said while chewing his food. "Quite a unique system. However, there’s something I’m curious about. Why does the insanity level only reach 99%? I’m just wondering what will happen if it reaches 100%?"
Just a few minutes later, the speaker in the main kitchen suddenly rang, causing an immediate silence. There was a woman’s voice on the speaker saying that there were 10 minutes left to eat before the officer came to direct all the participants to the training room to start the first training session. Therefore, she told them to finish eating before the time ended.
"I’d better finish this meal as quickly as possible."
Shaan quickly devoured all the food he took, and 10 minutes later, several officers in gray uniforms with the Prometheus company logo printed on them appeared in the main kitchen area. One by one, the officers led all the amateur Daemonists to form a long line and directed them all towards the location of the training room, which had been mentioned earlier.
When they got there, Shaan could only be dumbfounded when he saw the size of the training room, which was quite large compared to the main kitchen. Not only that, there were seven doors in the room, and each of them had the same picture as the ones Shaan had seen on his palm. Damn, it turned out that this place was much larger than, he had imagined.
After all the Daemonists were gathered in the room, suddenly there was another siren sound from the speakers in the room. Everyone in the room immediately went silent, and the atmosphere in the room became quiet.
The sound of someone’s footsteps was heard walking from behind them. Everyone, including Shaan, immediately turned their eyes to the source of the sound, and the man they had seen on the screen earlier showed up. He was seen walking confidently forward towards one of the seven doors in the room.
"First of all, I want to congratulate you all for being selected as Daemonists." Mr. Luis smiled. "Before we begin our training, I will explain the symbols of the seven doors," he said, walking over to each door. "If you notice, each door has a different symbol that represents the power of the seven virtues.
The seven virtues themselves come from the power of a divine entity called the entity of light. That is why the serum infused into your bodies is called the seven virtues serum."
’The power of the entity of light composed of the seven virtues?’ Shaan was silent for a moment. ’I have heard of it from one of the articles I read about Daemonists, but there was no article that explained it in detail at all. Strange, what are those powers?’