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Chapter 3

Awakening Talent [Awakening Appraisal]

A sudden message from the heavens descended upon me.

ใ€Awakening Appraisalใ€‘? โ€˜Sampleโ€™? โ€˜Monitoringโ€™?

Wait, hold on. Did it just mention โ€˜Gifted Skillโ€™? Just now?

I may just be a low-ranking guild employee, but I have the knowledge. A โ€˜Gifted Skillโ€™ is a rare hidden skill possessed by only a select few people from birth.

How rare, you ask? Itโ€™s the kind of thing that might appear in one out of every few hundred people. In all my time working at the guild, Iโ€™ve only encountered someone with a Gifted Skill once. I remember it clearly because โ€˜Gifted Skillโ€™ was displayed on their status sheet. A Gifted Skill only gets recorded in your status after itโ€™s unlocked.

However, it doesnโ€™t unlock through the usual level-up process, and to actually use it, each person often has to fulfill specific, unique conditions, making it very restrictive.

But in exchange, its power is said to be vastly superior to regular skills.

And now I have one?

Having a Gifted Skill basically makes you a genius.

And yetโ€ฆ Iโ€™m the one who got kicked out for being useless, and I have a Gifted Skill?

โ€”No, this is too much at once; I canโ€™t process it all. For now, I need to focus on whatโ€™s important.

โ€œHey, are you okay?โ€

I spoke to the girl I saved. As I looked at her face again, I guessed she was about 14 years old. She was covered in dust and grime, but somehow didnโ€™t seem dirty, almost like a piece of art quietly placed on display.

Instead of answering, she just stared at me. Or rather, at the burns on both my armsโ€”ah, crap. Now that I noticed, the pain came rushing back.

As soon as I grimaced, the girl tore a piece of her clothing and made an impromptu bandage to treat my wounds. She seemed like a thoughtful and kind girl.

โ€œIโ€™m sorry, this is all my fault.โ€

โ€œDonโ€™t worry about it. I just happened to be passing by and meddled on my own. As long as youโ€™re safe, thatโ€™s what matters. Ow, ow.โ€

โ€œIโ€™m sorry. Because Iโ€™m so useless, you had to suffer. It wouldโ€™ve been better if Iโ€™d just been eaten by that slime.โ€

โ€ฆSeems like while sheโ€™s thoughtful, her feelings are inwardly focused.

She didnโ€™t even resist the purple slime, probably because she truly thought, โ€œIt doesnโ€™t matter if I die.โ€

I couldnโ€™t just dismiss that as someone elseโ€™s problem. I know how it feelsโ€”to be cast out of the guild, to lose your place to live, to struggle just to find food.

The feeling of wondering if itโ€™s okay for someone as useless as you to be aliveโ€”I understand that all too well.

But still.

Denying your own talents and everything you have is such a waste.

This girl has things to be admired. Standing firm in front of a purple slime without flinching, even if she had resigned herself to death, is a remarkable feat. Normally, someone would be shaking in fear.

Surely, there must be other extraordinary talents she hasnโ€™t realized she has.

Though I doubt sheโ€™s lucky enough to possess a Gifted Skill, tooโ€”

ใ€ŠTarget found.

You can use ใ€Awakening Appraisalใ€‘ on Filoรฉ Albey.

The Gifted Skills ใ€Barrierใ€‘ and ใ€Flash Thrustใ€‘ can be unlocked.

Execute ใ€Awakening Appraisalใ€‘ on the ใ€Droplet of Fateใ€‘ of the target.ใ€‹

โ€œโ€ฆHaha.โ€

Surprised that I suddenly started laughing, the girlโ€”Filoรฉโ€”looked up at me in bewilderment.

I gently patted her head, trying to reassure her.

โ€œItโ€™s okay. It seems the gods are more generous than I thought.โ€

โ€œโ€ฆ?โ€

Filoรฉ tilted her head, her face slightly red. The ใ€Droplet of Fateใ€‘ on her ear glimmered as it swayed.

โ€œStay still.โ€

I whispered softly, and Filoรฉ straightened her back, stiffening up.

I reached out toward the ใ€Droplet of Fateใ€‘ hanging from her right ear.

โ€œGifted Skill ใ€Awakening Appraisalใ€‘.โ€

Click. I heard a sound like something fitting into place.

In my field of vision, glowing text appeared.

ใ€Barrierใ€‘: Generates a barrier of any shape and effect.

ใ€Flash Thrustใ€‘: Fires a high-speed thrust that pierces through anything. Also deals additional damage with a blade of light.

The glowing letters detailing the two Gifted Skills were absorbed into Filoรฉโ€™s ใ€Droplet of Fateใ€‘.

A defensive and an offensive Gifted Skill.

What else could you call this but genius?

ใ€ŠAwakening Appraisal complete. Skills have been unlocked.

At the same time, the skills ใ€Barrierใ€‘ and ใ€Flash Thrustใ€‘ have been copied as โ€˜Samplesโ€™.

Each can be used one more time.ใ€‹

โ€œU-umโ€ฆโ€

โ€œDonโ€™t worry, Filoรฉ. Itโ€™s already done. You can relax.โ€

โ€œHuh!? H-how do you know my name? Are you a skill appraiser?โ€

Appraisers are specialists who read the status and skills from a personโ€™s ใ€Droplet of Fateใ€‘. I donโ€™t have any qualifications for that.

โ€œNo, thatโ€™s not it.โ€

โ€œThen how did youโ€ฆ just by looking at meโ€ฆ? Amazing. Iโ€™ve never met anyone who could do that before.โ€

Filoรฉ, youโ€™re overestimating me.

Itโ€™s probably because youโ€™re a Gifted Skill holder that I could learn your name with ใ€Awakening Appraisalใ€‘.

The truly amazing one here is you.

Now, how should I explain this?

I donโ€™t fully understand ใ€Awakening Appraisalใ€‘ myself yet.

Even if I said, โ€œFiloรฉ, starting today, you can use two incredibly powerful skills,โ€ she probably wouldnโ€™t grasp what that means. And from what I can tell, it doesnโ€™t seem like she received any sort of message from the heavens about unlocking her Gifted Skills.

The best thing would be for her to check her own ใ€Droplet of Fateใ€‘, but without going through some special procedures, she wonโ€™t be able to see whatโ€™s inside.

Grumble.

โ€œOhโ€ฆโ€

We exchanged looks. Both of our stomachs had growled.

We couldnโ€™t help but smile at each other.

Alright, letโ€™s head to the orphanage for now. Weโ€™ll talk there. My arms hurt anywayโ€”ow, ow, ow.

โ€œCan you stand?โ€

โ€œY-yes.โ€

When I offered my hand, Filoรฉ hesitantly took it. Out of pride, I hid the pain from my burned arms.

โ€œSorry for the late introduction. Iโ€™m Istโ€”Isto Rilos. I suppose Iโ€™m your senior.โ€

โ€œOh, thenโ€ฆ youโ€™re from the orphanage? I see. Iโ€™m Filoรฉ Albey. Thank you so much for saving me, Isto.โ€

This must be what people mean when they talk about a pure, transparent smile.

If sheโ€™s managed to forget her negative feelings even for a moment, thatโ€™s good enough for me.

I nodded, satisfied.

โ€”And then.

Filoรฉโ€™s smile suddenly froze.

I turned around to see what caused it.

Standing in front of us was a massive monsterโ€”the second โ€˜Purple Slimeโ€™.


Former Guild Employee Opens an Orphanage

Former Guild Employee Opens an Orphanage

Former Guild Employee Opens an Orphanage. Students' Talent Blooms With The Skill [Awakening Appraisal], And While You're At It, You Level Up!?, ๅ…ƒใ‚ฎใƒซใƒ‰่ทๅ“กใ€ๅญคๅ…้™ขใ‚’้–‹ใใ€€ใ‚นใ‚ญใƒซใ€่ฆš้†’้‘‘ๅฎšใ€‘ใง็”Ÿๅพ’ใŸใกใฎๆ‰่ƒฝ้–‹่Šฑใ€ใคใ„ใงใซ่‡ชๅˆ†ใ‚‚ใƒฌใƒ™ใƒซใ‚ขใƒƒใƒ—๏ผ๏ผŸ
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Status: Ongoing Type: Author: , Artist: , Released: 2020 Native Language: Japanese
โ€œShut up, shut up! Youโ€™re out, thatโ€™s what have been decided!โ€ former staff Isto was expelled from the guild for being too low-level. Although his high administrative skills and discerning eye were indispensable for guild management, they were never been appreciated. The world is on the midst of unprecedented battle boom. While high levels and strong battle skills were on high demand, there was nowhere to hire Isto. At loss, Isto tries to work at an orphanage where he was once taken care of and encounters a girl who is about to be killed by a monster. The level difference between Isto and the enemy is more than four times. Moreover, the monster is a super-rare monster. Isto, however, tactfully defeats the monster and saves the girl. Thenโ€ฆ The Gifted Skill [Awakening Appraisal] is released. By risking his life to defeat the monster, Istoโ€™s natural talent blossomed. This [Awakening Appraisal] was an extraordinary ability that allowed him to release the hidden skills of others including copying and using their skills. The girl whom Isto saved was also found to have special combat skills through the [Awakening Appraisal]. By copying her skills, Isto was on his way to becoming an all-around strongman, which he had never imagined. Meanwhile, the guild that fired Isto has stopped its paperwork while on the state of collapse. Isto flatly refuses the request to โ€œcome back.โ€ This is the story of a man who was banished for no good reason, who is loved by the genius girls who protected him, and who eventually (unwillingly) becomes a legendary adventurer through the power of [Awakening Appraisal].

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