Ash's Paldea Story

Chapter 37 Atticus' Past

My family comes from the Ninja clan living in the Paldea Region, because of our old traditional training and the uncomfortable outfits, I start to hate everything. I don't hate being a ninja, but I hate all of those old ways, they are just like invisible bindings that trap me and my family.

To show my determination, I ask my father to let me go into the department of design at the best school in Paldea, Narauva University. By telling him that I want to make the clothes comfortable for training and also protective at the same time, my father eventually agrees with my reasons to go into the department of design.

In school, I get to learn a lot about modern clothing, and I am amazed at how comfortable they look and what they wear. Living in the mountains, I never get to get in contact with these kinds of things, which makes a lot of classmates treat me as old-fashioned, a word that I hate the most. However, I decide not to do anything as my father trained me day and night for me to learn how to be patient and wait for the right moment to strike.

When I learn about the clubs and how people like to join them, I decided to attend one for myself. When I notice the Drama Club, I was attracted by the performance they were showing. The senior of the Battling department, Diantha, is dazzling on the stage while playing Little Red Riding hood. And it was also the performance that made me join the club.

"So you're Atticus from the department of Design." Diantha says after seeing my application. "Why do you want to join the club?"

"My family lives far away from civilization, and because of it, there are a lot of things I don't know about." I say. "When I see the performance at the Club Festival, I was attracted by the dazzling performance and the flashy outfits. That's why I want to join the club."

"I see..." Diantha walks towards me and gives me a hand. "If that's the case, as the president of the Drama Club, I welcome you to the club."

I was delighted when I join the club, and I decided to show my ninja skills as a part of my talent so that the committee members can provide me with some jobs. And seeing how speedy I am, they decide to let me be a part of the supporting roles. I can understand since I'm new to this, and they want me to get some practice before they can give me a major role in the future. So all I have to do is to work hard.

My time in the Club is amazing, but there is only a slight problem. In one show, I was asked to act as a horse with another supporting role, the costume was really heavy and hard to control, and it is then I argue with the other committee members about the prop.

Diantha says, "The props we have here are inherited from us by our graduated seniors, and our funds are limited. I just hope you can bear with it."

"But if the props are uncomfortable to use, won't that ruin the show? If money is the problem, then I'll use mine to create a better prop." I say.

Diantha looks at my determination, and she says, "If that's the case... Since we're running out of time, if you can create a better prop, then we'll use it, your deadline will be a week."

"But Diantha..." The prop team is complaining, but I don't care since the president really wants to see how I will work on the prop, and I am not going to lose to them, so I worked day and night to create the best horse prop that I can, not only it can be worn for a person, it is also comfortable to manipulate. And because of it, Diantha decides to let me join the prop team despite I'm also in the acting team.

"Just so you know, you might be able to create a comfortable costume, but don't get cocky because of that." The prop leader says to me, I just nod since he is still the leader.

Being in two roles is quite tiring for me, but I'm also enjoying it. My school life is also great as I get to hang out with Diantha and her group of buddies. When I talk to them, I realize that Diantha is actually the Kalos Champion, which is actually the neighbor of Paldea Region, and she has also been getting a lot of acting jobs. The group shows me a lot about movies, and that's why I like to talk in a way like those movies.