Chapter 1
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 1
Chapter Title: My Ability Description Doesn't Seem Normal
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My ability description doesn't seem normal.
Back when I lived at the orphanage, I once overheard the teachers and the director talking about me.
"Director, shouldn't we get Eunha to at least work part-time at the orphanage later on?"
"Eunha? Why her?"
"She tries hard at everything, but she's always so clumsy, causing accidents left and right. And she doesn't seem all that bright either..."
"Yeah, I get frustrated watching her sometimes too. We'll have to set her up with something so she can at least eat when she leaves the orphanage."
At the time, overhearing that made me bristle inside. Hey, I'm pretty smart, you know!
But now? I've come around to their way of thinking.
The teachers were always right.
Even at 26, I couldn't hold down a decent job and spent my days fretting away. They were spot on.
Maybe because of that, every night before bed, I'd think the same thing.
What am I gonna do to make a living from now on?
Everyone else was graduating college in their mid-twenties and building careers, but my best gig had been a convenience store part-time job.
It was a hopeless situation, plain and simple.
But lately, hope had sparked.
[One year since the Tower appeared, top hunter Woo Jin-seong has finally conquered the 15th floor...]
That hope? Awakening abilities.
About a year ago, Towers had suddenly popped up all over the world, and people started awakening powers because of them.
I saw it as my one shot at salvation.
I didn't have any real skills, but if I awakened, maybe I could make it work somehow.
Put simply, awakening meant money—no matter what.
Just joining a raiding party paid dozens of times more than a regular office job.
Healers could work in hospitals too, and telekinetics got snapped up by corporations.
That's why everyone wanted to awaken.
Hell, they even started the Awakener Aspirant Gallery to research awakening methods.
As one of those desperate wannabes, I checked the gallery obsessively.
Especially posts like these.
📰 Breaking News
[Eat dirt instead of meals for a month straight, and you'll awaken an earth-related ability]
— Great Mage Candidate
— Woo Jin-seong's Successor
Recent studies say extreme stress boosts awakening chances, right??
And get this—they announced that the type of stress determines the ability.
Like awakening on the brink of drowning gives you water powers or whatever...
So starve yourself and chow down on dirt to awaken earth powers.
I'm baking dirt cookies starting today.
— Woo Jin-seong's Successor : What if I drink water tho??
↳ Reply
— Great Mage Candidate : Yeah, you'd die without water
— Woo Jin-seong's Successor : Oh, I'm in starting today
↳ Reply
— Great Mage Candidate : Gotta keep your gut clean tho
📰 Breaking News
[Saw the news lately? Figured out how to awaken fire powers]
— Flowers in Both Hands
— Flowers in Both Hands
Yesterday's news had some guy awakening fire powers in a burning building. Looks like extreme stress is definitely the key.
So if your body's on fire, boom—fire powers.
Fire ability users have tons of job options. Worth burning yourself once, right?
— Woo Jin-seong's Successor : What if just a finger? What about toes
↳ Reply
— Flowers in Both Hands : Lol? Might awaken but weaker
— Woo Jin-seong's Successor : Guess I gotta try then
Stuff like writing daily posts for 100 days to awaken as a dragon, or sticking chopsticks in an outlet for electricity powers.
I tried every method, but all I got were hospital bills and endless disappointment. No awakening.
Still, I tested most of them on myself.
If I don't awaken, I'll starve to death for real someday.
Today was no different.
I saw a new post and stepped out onto my studio apartment's balcony, clasping my hands toward the sky.
📰 Breaking News
[Anyone know about that meteor shower coming up?]
— Crawling Guy
— Crawling Guy
Shrewsbury Meteor Shower. Discovered by Dr. Shrewsbury in 1935, first time in decades.
Records say mysterious phenomena were spotted after it rained down meteors...
Time it right with this shower and wish hard—might actually awaken???
— Woo Jin-seong's Successor : Fr??? Awakening for real this time????
↳ Reply
— Anon : This horndog's been like this all year. Can't you just live normally??
↳ Reply
— Woo Jin-seong's Successor : Trying to awaken properly here ;;;
↳ Reply
— Awakens Then Leaves Gallery : Leave him alone, horndog's experiments saved plenty on hospital bills
— Crawling Guy : Yes, 100% awakening guaranteed.
↳ Reply
— Woo Jin-seong's Successor : Fr?? Doing it now;;
Because of that post claiming this meteor shower was special and wishing during it might actually awaken you.
"Please..."
I clasped my hands to the sky, and soon the pale purple night sky streaked with red and blue meteors.
I pleaded desperately toward the cosmic shower.
"Please let me awaken! Ideally like Woo Jin-seong, national powerhouse level... no, universe powerhouse level!"
Was the sky answering my desperation?
As I cried out, the lights intensified rapidly—from pale purple to crimson, then to green.
And with it, a rumbling ku-gu-gu-gu-gu in my ears...
Rumbling? A roar?
"Huh?"
Something felt off. I stared straight at the meteor shower, and my eyes twitched.
It was way closer than I'd imagined. No, it was getting closer.
"Wh-why is that heading right at—"
The question barely left my lips.
The whole world went white.
A dull ku-gu-goong filled my ears as my consciousness faded.
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"H-huh? U-ugh?"
How much time had passed?
The colorful meteors were gone. Just me, sprawled on the balcony.
No pain, so maybe it was a hallucination.
Getting cold—better head inside...
I shivered to my feet, but something felt wrong.
Like the world was... lower than usual.
"Huh?"
My voice sounded off too.
Maybe shock cracked it? But no, it was too clear and bright.
"Wh-what the hell is this?"
I bolted to the bathroom to check.
Finally at the mirror... but my face wouldn't show.
Through the steamy haze, just purple hair, a slightly wide forehead, thin brows.
"What...?"
Standing on tiptoes, I glimpsed golden eyes and puffed cheeks.
Then it hit me.
"I turned into a girl? Me?"
Brain couldn't process it—I blinked nonstop.
Why the hell...?
Then I remembered that post.
[Records say mysterious phenomena were spotted after it rained down meteors...]
Yeah. Must be the wish during that shower.
So, awakening ability?
Post said it might really happen this time. Could be.
This body change might be part of it.
I hesitated, then whispered.
"St-status window...!"
⚔ STATUS ⚔
📛 Name:『 』
🎂 Age:12
⚥ Gender:Female
✨ Awakening Ability:[Outer Universe's Sovereign (G!)]
🌀 Derived Skills:
[Master of Taboos (S+)]
[Call of the Origin (E)]
[Incomprehensible Command (E)]
[Imperfect Existence (F)]
A real status window floated before me.
Just like awakeners described: a gray game-like interface with engraved text.
I stared in awe for ages, then tilted my head at the skills.
"As far as I know, S-rank is the top for awakening abilities. What's this?"
A strange letter: G. Not just G, but G!.
I'd researched awakeners endlessly, but this rank? Never seen it.
Instinctively, I tapped with my slender finger to check.
- Awakening Ability: [Outer Universe's Sovereign (G!)]
「Mother, blind one, do you lean upon aught so worthless to feel your existence? How foolish and pitiable.」
I frowned.
I knew "foolish" even without much schooling. Basically, "stupid," right?
Even so, getting insulted by a status window—not a person—pissed me off a bit.
Not that I could do anything about it.
"Why's the status window like this? Let's check the other abilities."
I tapped the others, but nothing made sense. All descriptions were bizarre.
[Master of Taboos (S+)]
「What an utter imbecile!」
[Call of the Origin (E)]
「Your intellect resides in me, so my will is yours.」
[Incomprehensible Command (E)]
「So profane and bizarre, even I cannot comprehend it.」
[Imperfect Existence (F)]
「Xada-Hgla! Xada-Hgla!」
"What the...?"
I was dumbfounded, speechless.
Normal skill descriptions were supposed to be straightforward and helpful, even for newbies. Why mine?
I'd awakened, but had no clue what my powers even were.
Frustrated, I puffed my cheeks and glared at the balcony.
"Fine. I'll just try using them and figure it out."
After a year of suffering, I wasn't giving up this power. I pursed my lips.
Awakeners said skills activate by calling their name in your mind.
Let's see... Start with Call of the Origin. Summoning skill, maybe?
I chanted it mentally over and over. Nothing.
House still empty, just faint breathing in my ears.
Irritation building, I yelled at the balcony.
"Enough already—come out, something! Anything!"
Suddenly, my heart raced.
Something drained from my body; strength fled, and I collapsed.
"Huh?"
That wasn't all. A sharp pazjit!, and every light in the house died.
Not just here—the buildings beyond, the whole world plunged into darkness.
To see what happened, I crawled to the balcony railing.
"What... is that...?"
Peering out, anomalies filled my view.
Darkness blanketing everything. A single beam leaking from the sky through it.
I traced the light upward.
A colossal face.
Eyes brimming green and purple, dwarfing the 63 Building.
Human-like? Or furry beast? Pitch-black features...
I gawked blankly, then realized instinctively and gaped.
"Did... did I summon that?"
Whoosh.
My way-too-big clothes slipped off, billowing in the wind.
