In this Second Chance at Life, where I can see skills as clear as day, everything feels like a breeze. And to make it even better, I’m spending my days joyfully with my First Love. - Chapter 10

Another year and a half have passed since then, and I’ve finally reached my 10th birthday. I’m now a fourth-grader.

Looking back at my memories from my previous life, I feel like I was still relatively good at communicating with others during my elementary school years. Especially around this time, I remember having friends and being a cheerful person.

“Teacher, Yas— I mean, Sajima-kun says he wants to participate in the ball toss event for the sports festival.”

“What!? Sajima-kun is the fastest runner in this class! Please, I’m begging you—be the anchor for the relay! …And can you stop having Kobayashi-san speak on your behalf already?”

However, now, aside from my childhood friend Ichika, with whom I’ve barely managed to maintain contact, I’ve lost the ability to communicate properly with anyone else.

The reason for this lies in the training I’ve been diligently continuing since this life began. And no, it’s not entirely because I’ve neglected human relationships for the sake of training. Well, okay, I won’t deny that I’ve neglected human relationships to some extent!

Thanks to that—or perhaps despite that—the only person I can communicate with (at least according to the teacher), Ichika-chan, has been in the same class as me every year since second grade.

It’s pretty obvious the class assignments are rigged, isn’t it?

And here’s my current status:

Name: Yas Sajima
Stamina: 12,000 / 9,250
Strength: 6,500
Magic Power: 936,100
Agility: 6,500 ▲
Level: 1
Occupation: None

Skills: ▼

• • [Appraisal Lv24]

• • [Agility Boost Lv63]

• • [Stamina Boost Lv72]

• • [Strength Boost Lv63]

• • [Ultra Healing Lv82]

• • [Parallel Thinking Lv7]

• • [Magic Power Boost MAX]

• • [Magic Power Boost Lv32]

• • [Farming Lv11]

• • [Teaching Lv12]

• • [Flexibility Lv42]

• • [Damage Reduction Lv38]

• • [Magic Efficiency Boost Lv42]

• • [Swimming Lv50]

• • [Magic Enhancement Lv22]

• • [Stealth Lv22]

• • [Stamina Enhancement Lv5]

• • [Agility Enhancement Lv4]

• • [Strength Enhancement Lv4]

Special Skills:

• • [Complete Mental Resistance]

• • [Swift Foot]

• • [Mighty Strength]

• • [Automatic Stamina Recovery]

• • [Magic Control]

• • [Magic Absorption]

• • [Complete Magic Resistance]

• • [Magic Release]

• • [Magic Intimidation]

• • [Super Computation]

• • [Complete Physical Resistance]

• • [Flash Step]

• • [Ground Shrinkage]

• • [Godspeed]

• • [Acceleration]

• • [Stamina Absorption]

• • [Stamina Storage]

• • [Aesthetic Sense]

• • [Joint Mobility Increase]

• • [Unyielding Strength]

• • [Muscle Hardening]

• • [Strength Intimidation]

• • [Asura]

• • [Skill Duplication]

Unique Skill: [Iterative Growth]

As you can see, my stats are absurdly high.

Even just my strength is nearly 100 times that of an average adult male. At this point, I have no idea how strong I actually am. But most concerning is my magic power. I mean, 936,100? That’s just ridiculous!

The reason I ended up like this is because I maxed out [Magic Power Boost] a few months ago.

[Magic Power Boost] caps at level 100. Upon maxing it out, I acquired a new [Magic Power Boost] skill. The first [Magic Power Boost] applies a modifier to the base value (which is now an average of 50). However, the second [Magic Power Boost] applies its modifier to the already-boosted value of 2,550.

At that point, my magic power had risen to 42,550. Additionally, when “Boost” skills reach level 50, they unlock “Enhancement” skills, which apply a level-multiplier modifier to the corresponding stat.

Naturally, leveling up these skills is extremely difficult—by far the hardest among all the skills I currently possess.

As a result, my other stats remain relatively low (though still 4–5 times higher than average, which is insane), but magic power is in a league of its own. It keeps increasing exponentially, day by day. Since magic power strengthens in proportion to the training load required for my growing strength and agility, it naturally develops even further.

Even during class, I compress, harden, and manipulate my magic power. Eventually, I began using magic power for everyday activities—like transportation and even as a bed when sleeping. At this point, I’m using magic 24/7.

Because of my unique skill, [Iterative Growth], which accelerates development the more I use something, my magic power has spiraled out of control.

What really escalated things was the fact that I learned to move through the air using magic. By hardening magic power into footholds, I can now “run” through the sky.

To make matters worse, I’ve trained [Stealth] to the extreme (a skill I picked up during a game of hide-and-seek) and increased my agility to the point where I can run faster than the speed of sound. As a result, I’ve become undetectable—even by aerial cameras.

In the midst of gaining skills every time my skill levels increased by ten, I obtained two specific skills: [Magic Intimidation] and [Strength Intimidation]. These were unlocked at level 60, and their effect is as follows: they intimidate others based on my stats. Specifically, if an opponent’s magic power or strength is less than 1/100 of my stats, the skill causes them to faint.

While these skills can technically be activated at will, they still seem to naturally emanate from me just by existing. Ever since I acquired them, people have become even more reluctant to approach me.

In the past, teachers used to meddle by saying things like, “Why don’t you play with your friends once in a while?” But now, I only need to twitch a muscle for the teacher to tear up, let out a small “eek,” and immediately back off without saying a word.

Just earlier, my teacher told me to “stop letting Kobayashi-san speak for you,” but if I were to look directly at the teacher and voice my opinion, they’d likely be so overwhelmed by my unconscious intimidation that they’d wet themselves in front of the entire class.

Yep, all of this happens subconsciously. Being too strong is truly isolating. (Cue sarcastic tone.)

Even so, Ichika-chan, the one person who has stayed by my side despite my overwhelming intimidation, is undoubtedly my angel.

Once, I asked her, “Aren’t you scared of me? Why do you keep staying with me like you always have?” Her answer was, “Because I know that Yas-kun is actually a good person.”

I was floored. I fell for her all over again. As expected of my first love—Ichika-chan is seriously an angel.

No joke, considering how I’ve ended up, I don’t think I could function in human society without Ichika-chan. So, while pondering how to best ingratiate myself with her, I resolved to keep working out relentlessly.

And so, undeterred as always, I returned to manipulating my magic and dedicating myself to muscle training.