Name: Hinata Sakaguchi
Species: Human
Physique: Anti-Magicule Physique
(Magicules get purified just by touching, making strongly resistant towards most Aspectual magic, including those with beneficial effects like healing potions)
Unique skills:
Mathematician:
Analytical Appraisal
Predictive Calculation
Thought Acceleration
Usurper:
Appraise
Copy
Seize
Extra skills:
Body Double
Explosive Flames
Flame Manipulation
Heat Wave
Mana Perception
Ranged Barrier
Ranged Barrier
Flame Transformation
Possess
Resist skills:
Flame Attack Nullification
Physical Attack Resistance
Common skills:
Farsight
Arts:
Flare Circle
Magic:
Elemental magic:
Flame elemental magic
Inferno Flame
Flame Breath
Holy magic:
Basic Level
Healing
Recovery
Miracle Level
High Heal
Summoning magic:
Elemental Summoning
Summon Medium elemental
Summon Medium elemental of Flame: Salamander
Summon Greater elemental
Summon Greater elemental of Flame: Ifrit
Aspectual magic:
Explosive flame magic
Explosive magic
Fire magic
Fire
Fireball
Life magic
Clean Wash
Spatial magic
Spatial Storage
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Hinata POV
With this many skills, I can easily pass for at least an A-rank. Especially as an otherworlder, my magicule reserves alone are already sitting somewhere around that level. Of course, in actual combat, I'm probably closer to a solid C rank—maybe a B if my opponent underestimates me or gets careless.
Still, seeing this ridiculous list of skills I've managed to copy makes me grin like an idiot. It's absurd how much stronger I've gotten in less than a month.
Though… I can't actually use all of them yet.
Take Holy Magic, for example. I copied it from Shizue, but to use it, you need to be a divine being or have a pact with a god or a holy spirit. Neither do I have the contract, nor am I a divine being.
Same deal with Elemental Magic. I can't actually cast anything yet since I haven't formed contracts with any elementals. But I did manage to copy Summoning Magic, so once I make those contracts, I'll have full access.
Shizue's been a huge help. She even partially released Ifrit during training so I could try copying his abilities. It wasn't nearly as hard for her as I expected; maybe she's not as close to her limit as she was in the anime ten years down the line.
From Ifrit, I gained Possess, along with Hell Flare and Flame Transformation. Unfortunately, I can't use Possess yet, not while I'm still a demi-material lifeform. The moment my spiritual body separates from my physical one, I'm done for.
In other words, I can't be a boy yet.
Still, I got lucky. Out of everyone, ending up in Hinata's body is probably the best possible start. Two Unique Skills, both alternate or degraded versions of Rimuru's own, and each one with insane potential.
I'm planning to bring them to their peak.
I want Mathematician to evolve, maybe reach the level of Ceil. I don't want to lose Usurper without having something greater to rely on.
I know the odds aren't in my favour. In fact, they're more than a little against me. The only known examples of skills evolving to that stage are Ceil and Michael.
And neither of those were created from scratch or born purely from someone's desire. Both are ancient skills with roots tracing back to Veldenava himself, fragments of the Virtue Skills.
Whether that's coincidence or fate, I don't know.
But I'm still going to try. I can't go through everything alone; I need comrades I can trust. And if any of my skills could fill that role, it's Mathematician.
Still, I'm not blind to the risk. These skills were born from Hinata's desires, not mine, and they exist within Hinata's body. There's always a chance one of them could rebel, just like Michael did.
Sigh.
Forget it. I'll deal with that problem when it actually gains an ego. For now, let's focus on the Gacha.
[Points: 27]
That means I can pull nine cards. I could wait three more days for a full ten-pull, but I'm heading to the Free Guild today for registration, and I really want to spin before that.
Let's see what I get.
Thousand Sunny (One Piece)
Dodge Charger (Fast & Furious)
Demon-Dweller Sword (Black Clover)
100 Galleons (Harry Potter)
Air Cannon (Doraemon)
Konoha ANBU Masks ×390 (Naruto)
Kamish's Wrath (Solo Leveling)
Terracotta Spears ×30 (Spare Me, Great Lord!)
Issei Hyoudou's Hentai Collection (High School DxD)
No template this time, huh? Well, I kind of expected that; it's too random to count on. Still, a few of these are definitely worth keeping.
I really want to take a look at some of them right now, especially the sword and the dagger, but I can't risk it. Shizue's in the next room, and there's a good chance her Mana Perception is still active.
Things randomly appearing out of nowhere on my bed would be a little hard to explain, especially since none of these items came from my spatial bag, and as far as Shizue's concerned, everything I own was given to me by her.
Thinking about her, I can't help but feel pity.
At first, I'll admit, I had those stupid harem thoughts like, maybe I'll add her too. But as time went on, that idea faded. What's left now is just pity, and maybe a quiet respect.
She really gives off this motherly vibe, you know? Warm, caring, but also tired, the kind of person who's seen too much. Maybe in another life, I'd have grown too attached to her. But not this one.
Maybe it's because of my past. I was abandoned at an orphanage when I was barely a toddler, then tossed around between foster homes that didn't exactly treat me well. With a scholarship and a part-time job, I clawed my way into college, got a smartphone, internet access, and then… I disappeared into fiction.
Novels, manhwa, anime, those worlds became my world. Maybe I got so absorbed that I stopped caring about the real one. That numbness, that distance from reality… it's still with me even now.
At first, I only saw her as a character. It took time, too much time, before I started seeing her as a person.
She's been nothing but kind to me, always helping, always patient. And I'm genuinely grateful. But no matter how much I appreciate her, I can't and won't make any move on her.
Because if I really wanted to save her, that would mean letting her go.
Binding someone like her to me, when all she's ever done is help me, would be the most selfish thing I could do. She already hates this world, but she's not heartless; she can't bring herself to hate everything.
Her whole life's been one long fight, killing, surviving, carrying burdens.
What she needs isn't someone clinging to her—it's rest. Peace. A real ending.
And I'm not arrogant enough to take that away from her just to a trophy wife to some imaginary harem.
I don't want to feed her some false hope, whisper things like "everything will be fine now," or "live for me, love me like I do." That kind of comfort sounds nice in stories, but out here? It's cruel. Because who knows—something worse than death might be waiting just around the corner.
Telling her to live for me would be the same as chaining her to another promise she never asked for. And she's already spent a lifetime trapped by them. She deserves freedom, not another reason to keep suffering.
I just wish she can find her peace, either through Rimuru or some other way.
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