Yize strolled leisurely. Within Starlight Academy, there were several departments, with the two most fundamental being, naturally, Magic and Martial Arts.
In addition to these, there were also elective courses such as Refining, Pharmacy, Array Formation, and others.
Aside from the main courses of Magic and Martial Arts, each taught by three instructors, the other electives each had only one teacher.
Every day, as long as Yize wandered around Starlight Academy for a few laps, he could trigger several System choices and accumulate NPC Value to exchange for random talents.
As dusk fell, Yize was about to sigh at yet another dull and monotonous day.
A brilliant purple light flashed from the Magic Crystal in his pocket.
This was something Headmaster Kleya had left for him, functioning much like the mobile phones from his previous life. Of course, aside from communication, it had no other use.
One must know, his Headmaster Kleya almost never contacted him on ordinary days.
Curious, he opened the Magic Crystal Stone.
“Come to my Office. Immediately.”
It was a woman’s voice—she didn’t sound very old, yet her tone carried an imposing authority that, much like his past life’s Head Teacher, commanded respect without anger. If one listened closely, though, there was a trace of impatience in her words, to the point that she couldn’t even be bothered to say an extra word.
Yize was a bit puzzled. Usually, this Head Teacher—no, this Headmaster instructor—never bothered to contact her hopeless disciple, sometimes even ignoring him for over a year.
His Elemental Affinity for all five elements didn’t even reach five percent, and on top of that, he never applied himself—either wandering off campus or slacking off during class, not to mention that he’d never participated in even a single small test for Magic or Martial Arts, and every day after class he’d just return to the Dormitory to sleep.
Yize knew very well what kind of image he had in the heart of this Headmaster instructor.
With how he was, if this Headmaster suddenly sought him out, it definitely wouldn’t be for anything good.
At that moment, the System’s notification sounded in his mind again.
[The God-level Choice System is at your service. Please make your selection as soon as possible, Host.]
[Option 1: Claim poor signal, hang up the Magic Crystal Stone call, and go straight back to sleep in the Dormitory. Difficulty: C. Reward upon completion: Main Character Value +10]
[Option 2: Shout loudly into the Magic Crystal Stone: “You tell me to come, so I have to come? What if I don’t, what can you do to me?” Difficulty: C. Reward upon completion: Villain Value +10]
[Option 3: Accept and go to the Headmaster’s Office. Difficulty: D. Reward upon completion: NPC Value +10]
Seeing these three options, Yize was stunned.
Sure enough, that uneasy premonition had come true.
Not only did a C-rank difficulty appear among the options, but even the NPC choice was D-rank…
Yize’s face looked terribly grim. The System always rated each option by difficulty, and the options for NPC Value he’d chosen in the past had always been the lowest, the simplest. As someone who preferred lying low, he’d never taken on anything above the simplest choices.
But what was wrong this time??
Why didn’t the System offer an F-rank option?
Did this mean that, no matter what he chose, there would be risks this time?
Yize hesitated, but there wasn’t much time left to make his choice.
He had no other options, so he took the simplest route and braced himself to pick the NPC Value option.
He knew it—if this Headmaster sought him out, it couldn’t be anything good!
Normally, options that rewarded Main Character Value both protected one’s positive image and aligned with good values; to think that simply going to sleep and ignoring the Headmaster would be considered a Main Character act by the System.
Could it be that Kleya wanted him to do something shady?
Full of anxiety, Yize reluctantly headed in the direction of the Headmaster’s Office.
He’d suspect everyone, but never the System’s judgments.
If this were right after his transmigration, he might have questioned whether the System’s options were reasonable, but after so many years living in another world, he’d already figured out the System’s patterns.
Whenever faced with a crucial choice, the System would provide three options, each with a difficulty rating.
Different ratings meant different levels of challenge.
For example, the simplest E-rank required almost no effort—just coasting along would be enough.
But D-rank was already a bit challenging; it could take considerable effort and energy, maybe even a few injuries, but at least there was no threat to life.
From C-rank on up, the difficulty increased geometrically.
Any C-rank or above could mean risking one’s life.
This time, the Main Character and Villain options were both directly C-rank, making Yize’s scalp tingle.
Fortunately, though rare, this wasn’t his first time encountering such a situation. He steeled himself, ready for any sudden dangers.
Actually, speaking of the System’s origins, it all went back to before he transmigrated.
Yize was a hardcore gamer, and the world he’d transmigrated to came from a role-playing game called [Era].
Before playing, Yize always liked to read reviews from top players.
The game’s plot was roughly as follows: the male protagonist, Li En, was just an ordinary person who, after a blunder, was attacked by a group of Monster Species along with a bunch of children and nearly became their meal. By a twist of fate, the group was rescued by the Liyue Academy of the Oulai Empire.
Li En was found to have extremely high Elemental Affinity for all five elements, as well as talent in martial arts, so he was recruited by Liyue Academy, gained Noble Status, and even became engaged to the Imperial Princess.
The whole game revolved around Li En’s journey of fighting monsters, leveling up, seizing opportunities, and mastering rare Magic and Martial Arts.
In short, from the perspective of the male protagonist, the game was an absolute thrill to play.
Reviewers were full of praise as well.
The game was extremely easy, the story was exhilarating, there were countless female characters to pursue, and even the protagonist’s instructors could be wooed. There were endless ways to clear the game as the main character, the simplest being to pursue female leads and quickly obtain resources through them.
Among all the female characters, though, there was one who was extremely difficult to win over—a single misstep could make her your enemy.
Yize had gotten interested upon hearing that, and just as he was about to play, his computer exploded.
Before he even got a taste of the game, Yize opened his eyes to find himself and a group of nervous kids locked inside a pitch-black wooden hut. Before he could even react, the System’s mechanical voice sounded in his mind.
[Host detected in [Era], the God-level Choice System is at your service.]
[To ensure an excellent transmigration experience, this System offers the Host three possible life paths.]
[Experience the joy of being the Main Character—become a hero who saves the Empire.]
[Experience the joy of being a Villain—become a being who terrifies humanity.]
[Experience the joy of being an NPC—live a peaceful and unremarkable life.]