Shadow and The Jester
Chapter 02's

Chapter 02: Job Class & Skills.

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(POV Souji)

"You all don't have to worry about it. Because, every summoned Hero must have gained a powerful Skill and Job Class. Archbishop Charles, please explain more about the details."

"Okay, Your Majesty."

After saying that, the bald man named Charles, who really surprised me a little about his position, started to walk forward a little.

Even so, I immediately turned a little bit in a random direction, just because I didn't want to see the ugly om-om bald, and by accident, just because I didn't want to see it, my view crossed with that of a girl sitting next to King Denis.

By the time the two of us were staring at each other, I subconsciously started to squint my eyes at her, which made the girl turn her gaze towards the side with a little fear. But, to be honest, it was like I had met this girl before, but where? Shit, I really can't remember it.

So, because I can't remember it at all. Moreover, this bald Bishop was also seen wanting to start his explanation. Therefore, I decided to think about it later and preferred to focus on the thing that was in front of me first.

"Alright, first of all, you can all say 'Status', and after that, a screen will appear in front of you. Inside the screen, listed the Strength, Skill and Job Class Parameters that you all have. Usually Heroes will have at least one Unique Skill. So, please try."

After saying that, with a smile that would definitely make someone want to punch him, it might just be me, it seemed like this bald fellow wanted to wait for us to check on him, before he continued his explanation.

I then glanced slightly at Kyouya, Nagisa and the others, where it seemed that they had already tried that. So I also decided to try it. But still, just to say 'Status' doang, right?

"Status."

After I muttered that slowly, suddenly a screen appeared in front of me that looked semi-transparent, with a white base and had a gold accent around it.

A little surprised, but I was able to recover quickly, and I then started reading all the things that were inside this mysterious screen.

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[Status]

[Name : Shimotsuki Souji]

[Job Class: None/No Job]

[Level: 1]

[Race: Human?]

[Age: 17]

[Gender : Male]

[HP: 830 (208 Per Minute) (Green)]

[MP: 1870 (468 Per Minute) (Blue)]

[SP :840 (209 Per Minute) (Yellow)/840 (209 Per Minute) (Red)]

[ASR :191]

[DOGS: 197]

[INT: 187]

[VIT :83]

[DEF: 173]

[DEX :178]

[CHARM :1082]

[LUCK :153]

[Ultimate Skill: Gender Bender, ???]

[Unique Skill: Appraisal Complete, Lazy Efficiency, Samurai, Sweets Lover, Ultimate Cooking]

[Extra Skill : - ]

[Skill : Archery LV.19, Swordmanship LV.26, Spearmanship LV.11, Martial Arts LV.23, Language Comprehension]

[Resistance: Poison Resistance]

[Tittle : People From Another World, Master Samurai, ????]

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Waw! It really looks like an RPG game!

To be honest, I can already guess most of these things anyway. But still, what the hell with these question marks? Is this some kind of bug or something? And again, what the fuck? How can there be a question mark behind the writing of Man? Does he want to say that I'm not a human being?

Honestly speaking, at the moment when those questions started to pop into my mind, I unconsciously started wanting to punch someone in the face. But, I decided to immediately calm myself down, because this bald guy seemed to start wanting to continue the explanation he had.

Then, in short, these are the things that I think are important from his words – First, this bald guy started explaining about the Skill.

This skill is a special ability that every individual will definitely have. Therefore, there was hardly anyone who did not have it, at least, at least one would have a single skill, and it was rare for there to be someone who did not have this at all.

Then, he also explained about the five levels of this skill. The five levels are as follows;

First, there was a Skill or Common Skill; this Common Skill referred to a skill that was very common and could be possessed by almost anyone. Skills in this level usually have very low uses, because this level of skill can be said to be very easy to get.

Second, there was Extra Skill; this Extra Skill usually referred to a skill that had higher strength and efficiency than a Common Skill. Skills in this level could be said to be quite useful, and had a slightly lower level of ownership than Common Skills.

Thirdly, there is Unique Skill; Unique Skill usually refers to a skill that, as the name suggests, is unique and there is only one Unique Skill per person. Rarely, or perhaps almost never, there is someone who at the same time has the same Unique Skill as everyone else. And this bald fellow also said, if no one knows how to obtain this Unique Skill.

Fourth, there was the Ultimate Skill; the explanation of this Ultimate Skill was not very clear, because from the words of this bald fellow, there was almost never someone who possessed a Skill of this level, and so to speak, as well, if the holder of a Skill of this level only appeared in once a thousand years.

Fifth, and lastly, there is Resistance; Resistance usually refers to a type of skill that is generally passive and allows the user to withstand a certain phenomenon, be it magical or physical. Among these types of skills, there were 'Resistances' and 'Nullifiers', the latter being a much more powerful version of the former.

After the explanation in this skill section is complete, the baldy then starts to continue the explanation to the Parameters section.

If I'm honest, all my guesses in this section of Parameters are correct. After all, all the things that are in this part of the parameters are really very similar to the statistics screen of the RPG game. Therefore, it is very easy for me to understand this.

Kyouya, Nagisa, and Sanada seem to understand this easily. While Shinomiya-san and Ayano-sensei still seem to have enough trouble understanding this. But, they seemed to have been quite able to understand it, after hearing some explanations from this bald Pope.

So, in short it's like this – First, there's HP aka Healthy Points, and if we run out of this, then we'll die. Then, there are MP aka Mana Points, this refers to a person's ability to use skills, especially magic-related things, and if we run out of this, then we will just faint.

Then, there are also SP, aka Stamina Points, where SP itself is divided into two types on this status screen, the first is SP in yellow, and the first is SP in yellow, the yellow bar in this SP section refers to immediate stamina, and it will usually recover quickly, then the red bar in this SP section refers to overall stamina, so if someone runs out of this, it will usually be bad, and the bad thing is still unclear, according to this bald guy.

Then, there is STR aka Strength, in short, this refers to the raw strength of a person. AGI aka Agility, in short, this refers to the speed of a person. INT alias Intelligence, in short, refers to the intelligence of a person. VIT aka Vitality, in short it refers to the endurance of a person. DEF aka Defense, in short it refers to the defense of a person. DEX aka Dexterity, in short, refers to the agility and accuracy of a person. CHARM aka Charm, or arguably also as Charisma and the like. And the last one is LUCK aka Luck.

To be honest, I was actually very doubtful about my CHARM parameters. Because, this parameter of mine is my only statistical parameter that is above a thousand.

Not to mention, my confusion was increasing, by the time I saw this INT part of my statistics, because in this part it was clearly visible that the parameters did not reach a hundred. So, this really made my head hurt a little.

To be honest, I was thinking, about whether this thing is broken or what? But, my thinking soon disappeared, after this bald Pope began to continue his explanation.

Finished with the explanation in the Parameters section, the baldy then began to explain the last part on the status screen, namely; Job Class.

Job Class; Job Class is in short a term of one's natural talents. This Job Class is usually directly related to the skill, and determine what type of skill can be known or learned by someone, and, although people who do not have a Job Class can also still obtain a skill from the Job Class, but usually will not be as effective as the owner of the Job Class itself.

However, it should be remembered, if this Job Class does not really determine the level of Unique type skills that can be owned by someone.

Hence, there were many people who had high-level Job Classes, but he did not possess a single Unique Skill, and vice versa.

In addition, this Job Class is also divided into two types and four levels. Then, let's start from these two types of Job Classes first.

So, there are two types of Job Classes that are said by this baldy, namely; Job Class that is oriented in battle or commonly referred to as Job Class type 'Combat', namely', and the Job Class is not oriented in combat or in short as the NC-type Job Class, aka 'Non-Combat'.

Someone should have guessed so easily, right? The difference between these two Job Classes?

Then, let's go to the next explanation, which is; about the four levels of this Job Class.

So, there are four levels owned by this Job Class. The levels are as follows;

Second, there is Medium Job Class; Medium Job Class usually refers to a Job Class that is more useful and quite rarely owned by someone. This type of Job Class is also usually a battle-oriented Job Class, and people who have this type of Job Class usually work as an adventurer. Then, examples of this Medium Job Class are; Warrior, White Mage and Merchant.

Third, there is the Unique Job Class; Unique Job Class usually refers to a Job Class that, as the name suggests, is unique and there is only one Unique Job Class per person. The holder of this type of Job Class will usually be very easy to become a royal knight, can even become a knight head, and sometimes can also become a low-ranking noble. Then, an example of this type of Job Class is; Dark Knight and Holy Knight.

Fourth, and last, there is the Highest Job Class; this Highest Job Class usually refers to a Job Class that is really very rarely owned by someone, and it is said, too, if the only way to get this Job Class is to be given directly by Goddess Aurora herself. Therefore, this bald man could not explain it in more detail than ever. And, an example of this Highest Job Class is; Hero and Great Sage.

Hm... More or less I've been able to understand most of this. But, why didn't this bald fellow explain about someone who didn't have a Job Class at all? Moreover, it was better for me to just keep quiet for now, as my hunch said, if I were to tell them about this, I would definitely be stuck into a very troublesome matter.

While I was thinking about all sorts of possibilities regarding this matter of my Job Class inside my head, I was also able to see from the corner of this eye of mine, too, if Ryuuji-sensei seems to be starting to talk again.

"Before that, I just wanted to make sure of this first. But, did after we defeated these seventy-two Demon Lords, we all really get to go back?" Ryuuji-sensei asked that very seriously, narrowing his eyes at King Denis.

King Denis just nodded lightly in response, before he turned to the bald ugly Bishop, whom the bald man replied with a light nod.

"Of course, Ryuuji-sama. For the revelation that Lady Aurora gave me said this; I will send some Heroes to save mankind from extinction. Then, after the Human race has been saved, the Heroes will be sent back to their previous World' that's what the revelation was."

To be honest, I who heard all the words of this bald fellow almost laughed off, but I managed to hold it back.

Anyway, like I said before, this guy really doesn't fit in at all with his job. This is really very problematic.

While I was about to laugh, I was able to see Ryuuji-sensei who was contemplating something very seriously from the corner of my eyes, before he stood up and looked at all the summoned people with great seriousness.

"Then, who among you all has a Job Class Hero?" Ryuuji-sensei paused for a moment there, before he continued his words, "For those who have a Job Class Hero, please stand in your respective places."

Then, after Ryuuji-sensei said that, several people started to stand in their respective places.

Among those people, I know only three people, namely; the Student Council Chairman - Aizawa Saki.

Then, there was this boy next to Saki, who had the stature of an upper class Ikemen, with well-groomed blonde hair and light blue eyes, make it the character I hate the most in a manga I've ever read. He is of course the Vice Chairman of the Student Council - Iwasami Nagato.

The opposite of my very bad reputation, this Iwasami could be said to have a very good reputation. In fact, until there are rumors that say, if he and Saki were dating.

Well... Even though I don't care at all about it anyway.

Then, the last one was a young girl who was at the front end of the other side of my table. His hair was black with a length that reached his back and was seen being left scattered everywhere. Her face was very cute, and made most people who saw her want to protect her. Moreover, her large dark purple eyes were alluring and filled with kindness, becoming a perfect combination of her unique priestly charm.

This girl is the Class Leader of Class 11F. Yes, that's right, this one is the Class Leader of my class, and again, I seem to be the only one who was treated badly by him. Then, if I don't remember wrongly, this girl's name is... Tahara... Akiko? Or maybe something else.

After a minute more, and looks no one wants to stand up again. So, I decided to count them all, and if it was plucked, they would be about seventy-one at most.

These seventy-one people consisted of; sixty-two students, three staff and six teachers. Furthermore, if my guess is correct, then Ryuuji-sensei himself is the last person to possess this Job Class Hero.

Then, Ryuuji-sensei continued his words.

"So, if it's said, there are sixty-two students, three staff and seven teachers, who have a Job Class Hero." Ryuuji-sensei then started to hold onto his chin, while starting to re-reflect on something.

"Ryuuji-sensei, are you the seventh teacher?"

I became a little surprised, upon hearing Saki's sudden question. And also, it seems that not only am I surprised by this sudden question, but Ryuuji-sensei also seems to be surprised. However, he was able to calm himself down immediately, and answer the question.

"Ah... Yes, I am the seventh teacher. Why Aizawa-kun?"

"No, it's okay. I'm just asking." After denying that, Saki immediately turned her eyes away from Ryuuji-sensei who started looking at her, and unfortunately again, she ended up staring at me instead. Moreover, that gaze of hers managed to actually make my backbone shudder a little.

So, as a very healthy person, I of course immediately turned my gaze towards the front to avoid his gaze. Even so, I can still feel that Saki is still staring at me quite intensely? I wish it was just my feeling.

Just as I was trying to calm myself down, suddenly the girl who had been sitting quietly next to King Denis began to stand up and walk slightly forward, before she said.

"Include, I am the first Princess of the Kingdom of Groxia, Arena SC Groxia. I beg the Heroes. Please, please save mankind from destruction."

My eyes instantly became slightly widened, after hearing the words of this girl. Because, he was the only person who spoke very sincerely about this matter. Because, from the beginning of this conversation began, King Denis and the bald Bishop never said anything sincerely, and only spoke in a tone that sounded like forced, or something like that.

So, this thing really surprised me a little.

"Sou-chan, are you okay?"

Hearing the sudden question from Nagisa, I immediately woke up from my daydream, and immediately answered her.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine."

Nagisa started to narrow her eyes towards me and said; "Creally?"

"true." I immediately answered him again, before I took a drink in the glass in front of me, and of course immediately drank it. But, my eyes immediately widened, after the drink passed through my throat.

"S-sou-chan, are you really okay?"

This time, it wasn't just Nagisa who was staring at me worriedly, but Kyouya, Sanada, Shinomiya-san and Ayano-sensei started looking at me worriedly as well. However, I ignored all of them and focused on what I had just drank.

Anyway, what the fuck is this?! Isn't this poison!! No, wait a minute, this doesn't seem like just any poison, because I don't feel like this poison is harmful to my body. But maybe it's because my tolerance for things like this is huge.

But still, what the hell is this? It's really starting to get weird.

First we all suddenly moved to a strange place that looked like a big cathedral. Then, we were greeted as Heroes by this person who called himself King of the Kingdom of Groxia, and this person began to explain about all sorts of absurd things altogether. We were also given some explanations, about things like 'Status Screen', 'Parameter', 'Job Class' and 'Skill'.

Then, what the fuck is this now? Suddenly there was poison in my drink.

If only I could see more info on this, then I might be able to think of some possibilities about our current problem. But unfortunately, things like [Appraisal] are usually in the no-

However, my thoughts suddenly came to a halt, after I noticed that a semi-transparent screen, similar to my previous status screen, had suddenly appeared before my eyes.

Being a little confused, I then started to remember something that was on my status screen before.

Yup, this thing might just be my Unique Skill [Appraisal Complete].

So, without a doubt, I then directly read the text on the screen.

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[Item Name: Green Tea]

[Description: An ordinary green tea, which is added with a toxic concentration of 'Fulgur' flowers by 14%]

[Effect: Makes a person feel very relaxed, and causes one's brain function to slow down, making them easily accept something that is said by others. But keep in mind also, if the effect of this only applies for a few minutes to a few hours. And sometimes, the things approved by someone who is affected by the effect, will never be clearly remembered by them]

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My eyes immediately narrowed, after I read the entire text on this mysterious screen.

After all, what the hell with this description? Isn't this really weird? Let alone this 'Fulgur' flower or something like this.

To be honest, I really don't know what kind of flower this is, but I just know that this flower must not be good at all. Moreover, this flower must be related to some poison, which might be dangerous? It may also be harmless to the human body. But, since I don't want to take any chances, so let's see how this unpleasant game ends.

"By the way, don't drink, this drink in front of you." I said that in a serious tone, while staring at the thing that was going on with the princess or something like this, from the corner of my eye.

By the time I said that, I could also see the shock that Kyouya, Nagisa, Sanada and the others had. But, I decided to ignore it for now, and focus on watching the live action of a shounen manga that is in front of my eyes.

After some boring debate between Ryuuji-sensei and Saki. Iwasami who from just now was this silent look, she finally started to rise from her seat, and walked towards the princess? Or something like this.

Then, he began squatting in front of the princess, in the style of a prince proposing to a princess, which came from a romance manga I had read about.

"Just calm down, Princess Arena. My name is Iwasami Nagato. Because I am one of the owners of Job Class Hero. Thus, I promise you, that I will defeat the seventy-two Demon Lords and save this world."

After saying that, this blond-haired ikemen fuck then kissed the right hand of the princess. And of course, I who saw the scene almost vomited. What's more, because I'm bad and not too strong with things that smell romance. So, seeing this kind of thing directly in front of my eyes was really very disgusting.

Not long after that, there was another teenage boy who rose from his chair, which of course he managed to attract the attention of everyone present here...

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Author Note :

In this chapter, the other MC just appeared in the end, but in the next chapter there will be a lot of changes, thanks to the emergence of this person.

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