Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos - Volume 1

Chapter 17. Cinderielle Attends School!

"Wow... I'm really here."

Cinderielle stood before a pair of massive wooden white gates with her mouth agape. She still could remember the invitation and how stupidly she reacted, making her face blush. 'Ahh! Why did I answer stupidly like that? I could see her lips arching up in amusement! That stoic woman laughing is like a hereditary humiliation!'

Cinderielle internally shed tears, but she quickly recovered. 'Whatever. Now, I'm part of the Fortuna First School, so I must put in effort to become someone powerful in the future.'

Cinderielle's mind flashed back to the past, and her eyes became void of any of her usual playfulness. 'I must be strong enough to roam the world and find the owner of that leaf...'

With that in mind, she confidently stepped forward and approached the gates.

A man with an indifferent expression welcomed Cinderielle. "Welcome to the Fortuna First School. Please show your Identification Slab."

Cinderielle reached into her bag, which was made out of perfectly sewn blue leaves, and picked a white and black wooden plaque. The texture was a bit different from usual wood, as it was smooth and soft. The size was about a palm's width, with her information written on it, together with a small nail-sized orb.

This orb had Cinderielle's Aether Mana, which could be used to verify the identity with almost no possibility of being able to fake it. Security measures were significantly developed because of the almost endless variety of skills that existed. There were people with transformation skills, impersonating skills, etc.

There was a saying that said, "There are no two identical system pages." This saying was often used to warn young people about each individual's uniqueness while raising awareness of the dangers some skills could pose.

After going through the identification procedures, the guard allowed Cinderielle in.

'Okay, let's do this... Woah...'

Cinderielle's eyes opened wide as the massive structure entered her eyes. As Fortuna City's most renowned school, it was naturally built very close to the World Tree. Its size was about 15 meters tall, with five floors of pure wood crafting marvel.

Just after crossing the tall frontal gates, the humbling sight of the beautiful school was enough to instill reverence in the students, and yet, that was not the most impressive sight.

Behind the large building, a colossal World Tree towered far up to the sky, making even the school building look insignificant. The figure of the giant tree resembling a woman's body and holding a sky-shrouding canopy was nothing but startlingly awe-inspiring.

Usually, between beings, trying to look at another's system stats was considered a bit rude. After all, it was a small invasion of privacy. There were devices to prevent analyzing.

However, that was not the case with World Trees. Using analytical abilities in World Trees was, more often than not, a waste of time. As long as they had matured even slightly, all World Trees had natural anti-inspecting defenses.

So, out of curiosity, Cinderielle tried opening the System page of Fortuna City's World Tree. In her mind, she remembered that this World tree was a <Seedling World Tree Of Fortune>. The one that gave her that Destiny boost when she was little.

That day burned in Cinderielle's mind; after all, her strong emotions from that day were still vividly remembered.

While Cinderielle expected to see nothing, something appeared in her retina.

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Race: Seedling World Tree of Fortune.

Level: 26