Chapter 1 : reborn with elemental watch
Was I reincarnated?
I found myself inside a high school, completely confused. Just a moment ago, I was looking at myself in the mirror in my room, admiring my own beauty.
Seeing this situation, I realized that I had been reincarnated. No… that's not quite right. My rebirth had already happened earlier—only now have the memories of my past life awakened.
Suddenly, I received the memories of the 16 years of this life—Mage, Demon Beasts, Elemental Magic Awakening…
Oh my God! A world filled with magic!
After understanding all these memories, I was left stunned because I realized that I had been reborn into a novel called Versatile Mage.
I looked around and noticed a watch strapped to my wrist. This watch belonged to my previous life—but how is it here in this life? If it were just an ordinary watch, I wouldn't have been so shocked.
But this was a duplicate toy version of the main character's watch from the world-famous anime BoBoiBoy. I had bought it for a huge amount of money because I was a massive fan of BoBoiBoy and wanted to have it no matter what. That's why I spent ₹50,000 to purchase it.
The people around me used to think I was crazy. In their eyes, spending that much money on a normal-looking watch was nothing short of foolishness. But I never paid attention to what they said.
So was this it? Could this watch be the real reason behind my reincarnation? If not, then how is it here with me in this life?
From the memories, I learned that today all the students who had passed and entered high school were going to awaken their first Magic Element including me.
"Student, where are you lost? Take your badge."
Hearing Teacher Xue Musheng's voice, I snapped out of my thoughts and looked toward him, apologizing.
"I'm sorry, Teacher. I was thinking about something."
"Hm." Teacher Xue Musheng nodded and handed me the badge. He didn't say much more and moved on to give badges to the other students.
I looked at the badge in my hand. It was yellow in color, and in the center, a Chinese character was written.
I could easily understand what was written on it. I assumed this was one of the advantages of being reborn.
Speaking of the badge, it was a magical item that changed its color according to a person's elemental magic.
Right now, it was yellow. But if a Water Mage were to hold it, it would turn blue.
Teacher Xue Musheng had finished distributing the badges to everyone. Then he walked to the front, near the blackboard, where a table was placed with a white orb resting on top of it.
"Alright, now it's time for the first Elemental Magic Awakening. We'll start with the student who passed with the highest score Mu Bai."
Teacher Xue Musheng checked the time on his watch and called out the name Mu Bai.
A blue-haired student stood up from his seat and began walking toward the white orb. From his appearance, it was clear that he had a very arrogant personality and enjoyed being in the limelight.
I say this because more than half of the girls in the class who weren't particularly remarkable in appearance were looking at Mu Bai with affectionate eyes.
Mu Bai was handsome, but that alone wasn't enough to make girls crazy about him. He came from the Mu Clan, the wealthiest family in the city, known for producing the most powerful Ice Element Mages.
That's why even Teacher Xue Musheng had called Mu Bai forward with respect.
If you're good-looking but don't come from a powerful family, and if your first awakened element turns out to be useless, then no one would even spare you a glance.
Looking at Mu Bai, Teacher Xue Musheng instructed him to place his right hand on top of the White Orb and to calm his mind, focusing all his attention on awakening his element.
Mu Bai nodded at his teacher's words and, with slight trembling, raised his right hand and placed it on the White Orb.
The reason his hand was shaking was because If he awakened a weaker element like Water or Wind, he would lose all his value and be thrown out.
Without the clan's support, he wouldn't receive resources, wouldn't be able to progress much, and wouldn't remain in the limelight as he had before.
After one minute, sky-blue energy suddenly emerged from the Magic Orb and completely surrounded Mu Bai's right hand. The surface of the Magic Orb became covered with ice-like crystals.
Teacher Xue Musheng's eyes lit up because Mu Bai had awakened the rare Ice Element, something only one out of a thousand students could achieve. And the happiest part for him was that he could already see hope for a raise in his salary.
"Just as expected from Boss Mu Bai! Awakening an element is like child's play for him!"
Among the students, a fat boy with an unattractive face loudly praised his boss, and several others like him began flattering Mu Bai as well.
Hearing the students' voices, Mu Bai opened his closed eyes and saw that he had successfully awakened the Ice Element. He let out a sigh of relief, and the proud smile returned to his face.
"Once everyone has awakened their magical powers, the magic you awaken will appear on your school badge. For ordinary people, after awakening their magic, the seven stars on their school badge remain dim. Mu Bai's talent is far greater, which is why one star on his badge is already shining."
"You have awakened Ice Magic. Although your talent is much higher than that of ordinary people, you must still cultivate diligently. After all, talent alone does not determine everything," Xue Musheng advised.
Mu Bai didn't pay much attention to the teacher's words and began walking back to his seat, because he knew that strength doesn't come from just hard work and talent alone one also needs rare resources that ordinary people cannot afford. And he had those resources.
After Mu Bai, the class teacher began calling students according to their scores. Some students awakened the Water Element, while others awakened the Wind Element.
"Next…"
"Next…"
"Next…"
Seeing this, I didn't find it strange that I still hadn't been called, because before my memories awakened, I had been completely foolish.
What was surprising was how I had even managed to get into high school. Over the past few days, I had started becoming normal again, and today the memories of my previous life had fully awakened.
In terms of appearance, I was actually very handsome. My name, Krishna, wasn't given to me for no reason my smile alone could win anyone's heart.
But because I had been foolish before, no one had paid much attention to me.
"Next, Zhang Xiaohou."
That name sounded familiar to me. Isn't that Mo Fan's best friend's name?
I looked toward Zhang Xiaohou and also glanced at Mo Fan, who was sitting nearby with brown hair.
In the original story, Zhang Xiaohou awakened the Wind Element, and his talent was quite good as well.
Zhang Xiaohou stood up from his seat, walked to the teacher, and placed his hand on the Magic Orb. A small green cyclone emerged from the orb, strong enough to make the teacher's clothes flutter in the wind.
"Very good, Zhang Xiaohou. Your talent is impressive," the class teacher praised.
"Thank you, Teacher."
Zhang Xiaohou took his leave from the teacher and went back to his seat, sitting down next to Mo Fan.
"Next, Zhou Min," the teacher called out the next student.
A beautiful girl stood up from her seat and began walking toward the teacher through the rows of desks. Seeing her, some students started whispering among themselves.
"Zhou Min? Isn't she the daughter of one of the teachers? I didn't expect her to be in our class."
"Yeah, man, she's so beautiful. I wish she were your sister-in-law."
"Stop dreaming. She's somewhere up in the sky, and you're somewhere far beneath the ground."
Zhou Min smiled and placed her hand on the Magic Orb. Suddenly, orange flames appeared on the orb, indicating that she had awakened the Fire Element.
Seeing this, the students began whispering among themselves again.
"What? Zhou Min awakened the Fire Element? I'm so jealous."
"I'm definitely going to make her your sister-in-law somehow, no matter what."
"Hey, you awakened the Wind ability, and your talent is pretty low. Didn't you understand what I told you earlier in English?"
"Her mom is a Fire Element mage teacher, so stop dreaming."
Teacher Xue Musheng could hardly contain his happiness, because another talented student had appeared. Including her, he now had three talented students in his class.
Smiling, he adjusted his glasses and said, "Very good. Like mother, like daughter. I had high expectations for you. Could you arrange for me to meet your mother? I would like to talk to her about you."
"No."
Zhou Min refused directly, right to his face. Her father had been killed years ago in a Demon Beast attack, leaving her mother alone.
Many middle-aged men tried to take advantage of her mother's situation, and this class teacher, Xue Musheng, was one of them. That was why she rejected him without hesitation.
"It's alright, you may go. Having talent doesn't mean you shouldn't work hard."
Seeing his plan fail, Teacher Xue Musheng quickly changed his tone and gave Zhou Min this advice to leave a good impression on her.
"Yes, sir."
Zhou Min nodded and returned to her seat. Several lecherous boys were staring at her. Whenever Zhou Min glanced in their direction, they would quickly turn their faces away and start whistling as if nothing had happened.
To be continued...