[Day 1: You felt disoriented, as if you had forgotten something important — especially your reason for traveling to the capital. You spent the day trying to remember, but by midnight, you still had no answers and decided to sleep.]
Mario's brows furrowed briefly at the words on the log before understanding dawned upon him. 'Right, the simulated version of me would have no knowledge of the simulation or the unique skill.'
'...No wonder he's confused.' He continued reviewing the simulation.
[Day 2: You spent half the day in your room attempting to recall the missing information but eventually gave up and went to the library to relax your mind.]
[Month 1: You continued visiting the library and training your Fish Butcher and Basic Cooking skills, but progress was slow.]
[Month 3: You checked out of the Celestine Hotel, traveled to your destination, and enrolled at one of the eight academies.]
'...I suppose the simulated me won't enter Elyndor Academy then,' Mario thought, shaking his head lightly and exhaling with disappointment. '...What a pity. I was hoping to find more information about unique skills.'
[Enrollment: Upon arrival, someone guided you to your dormitory, where you met your assigned roommate. One of them provoked you in an attempt to establish dominance, but you didn't take the bait.]
[The Next Day: An instructor taught you and the other students the fundamentals of basic swordsmanship in preparation for sword cultivation. Rather than beginning training immediately, those without prior physical conditioning were required to undergo physical training first.]
[Using points from your golden card, you purchased body-enhancement pills to increase training efficiency.]
[Month 4: After a month of physical training, the instructor determined that you and your peers had reached the required strength level to begin fundamentals training.]
[Month 5: You discovered a natural talent for swordsmanship, allowing you to completely master the basic fundamentals in just one month.]
[The Next Day: Impressed by your progress, the instructor began teaching you and other successful students the advanced fundamentals.]
[3rd Week - Month 5: Through dedicated daily physical training and the assistance of enhancement pills, you reached the physical limit for a trainee swordsman.]
[Month 7: After two months of training, you mastered the advanced fundamentals of swordsmanship. You now only needed to master a sword technique to officially begin sword cultivation.]
[1st Week - Month 7: You spent a week deciding between integrating a basic or intermediate swordsmanship skill into your panel and beginning sword cultivation, but due to financial considerations, you chose the basic swordsmanship skill, as it would be easier and faster to master.]
[Month 8: You mastered your chosen basic swordsmanship skill, "Eight Directions Slash," officially reaching Novice Swordsman Rank and achieving Limit Break.]
[Month 10: Over the past two months of continued physical training, you noticed your strength improving again, though at a slower pace than before — especially since you continued using the same lower-cost pills.]
[The Next Day: You learned that a competition between nine academies, including Elyndor Academy, would take place in two months, with points currency as prizes. You decided to participate.]
[Year 1: Over the following two months, you trained intensively, nearly exhausting your points, but came close to reaching the physical limit for Novice Swordsman Rank.]
[A Week Later: After a week of travel with other students, you arrived at the competition venue and registered for the swordsman competition.]
[The Next Day: The competition began. By evening, you experienced your first battle against a manageable opponent and won.]
[A Week Later: You advanced to the top 10,000.]
[Month 1 - Year 1: After a month of competition, you reached the top 1,000. However, all competitors at that level were Intermediate Swordsmen, and you were defeated. Those who reached the top 1,000 received a prize of 100,000 points.]
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[A Week Later: A white-haired young man dominated the competition. You learned he was from Elyndor Academy and watched as he effortlessly dodged his opponents' attacks and claimed victory.]
[Five Days Later: Assassins attacked the competition area, targeting promising Elyndor Academy students. They were stopped by one of the academy's instructors — the first time you witnessed a unique skill being used.]
[Month 2 - Year 1: The white-haired young man won the swordsman competition and received a prize of 10 million points.]
[A Week Later: You returned to your academy with your prize and decided to use it to train your physical strength before registering and working as a hunter.]
[Month 5 - Year 1: After two and a half months, you reached the physical limit for a Novice Swordsman. You now only needed to surpass your understanding of your swordsmanship skill before advancing to Intermediate Swordsman Rank.]
[The Next Day: You purchased equipment to ensure your safety as a hunter. You could now use the sword given to you by the director.]
[Month 6 - Year 1: After a month of travel, you reached your destination: the wilderness, where opportunities and dangers coexist.]
[Month 7 - Year 1: You remained in the outer area of the wilderness and hunted wilderness beasts. Over the entire month, you managed to hunt only two weak beasts, and even those battles were difficult.]
[Month 10 - Year 1: After four months of hunting, you returned to the academy. Your points had reached one million, so you decided to focus on training.]
[Year 2: After two months of training and paying instructors for guidance, you successfully reached Intermediate Swordsman Rank and broke through another physical limit.]
[Before you could celebrate, an instructor advised you to undergo a cleansing, as your body was full of impurities from excessive reliance on pills.]
[A Week Later: Following the instructor's advice, you traveled to undergo a cleansing. At the Celestine Hotel, you unexpectedly encountered Arthur leaving with a new middle-aged man as his butler.]
[He noticed you and frowned, then approached and examined you carefully. As he studied you, his confusion grew. You noticed that while Arthur looked the same as two years ago, his eyes appeared colder and more indifferent.]
[Eventually, Arthur decided to ignore you and left. You entered the Celestine Hotel to inquire about the cleansing.]
[You left disappointed — the cleansing was too expensive, and you didn't have enough points.]
[Month 1 - Year 2: You decided to return to the same wilderness to earn more points and afford a cleansing. As you were leaving, news arrived about the Sword Nation having a worldwide competition, but you knew you weren't qualified, as most participants were from the top 500 of the academy competition.]
[Month 7 - Year 2: After six months in the wilderness hunting beasts, you earned three million points and returned to the academy.]
[Month 8 - Year 2: You underwent the cleansing. Afterward, you sought news about the Sword Nation Competition and learned that the same white-haired young man had dominated it.]
[Year 4: You dedicated yourself to training and reached the physical limit for Intermediate Swordsman Rank. You asked an instructor how to reach Advanced Rank and learned you needed to understand your path, then seek a principle and create your own swordsmanship skill based on that path and principle.]
[Year 5: You returned to the wilderness and hunted beasts for an entire year, hoping to understand a sword principle.]
[Year 6: After a year of training and hunting, your points reached eight million, but you failed to understand a sword principle.]
[Year 7: Your time as a student ended. You left the academy to find a home while continuing to pursue a breakthrough to Advanced Swordsman Rank.]
[Year 8: While at home watching the news, a particular story caught your attention: chaos in the Holy Empire involving the annihilation of a ducal family. The perpetrator wasn't revealed — only that the motive was revenge.]
[Year 13: After five years of training without success, you decided to purchase a footwork technique. Your savings were nearly exhausted, so you needed to return to the wilderness to hunt again.]
[Year 14: You mastered the footwork technique and returned to the wilderness to hunt.]
[Year 18: After repeatedly traveling to and from the wilderness, your savings reached 15 million points. While hunting at the outer edge of the territory, a Tier 3 wilderness beast unexpectedly entered the area and nearly killed you. An Advanced Swordsman saved you.]
[You were taken to the hospital with severe injuries. Your right leg and right arm required amputation due to spreading poison.]
[Year 19: You remained in the hospital recovering. You used your points to regenerate one limb and chose your right arm. For your right leg, you could only afford a high-quality prosthetic.]
[A Month Later: You were released from the hospital after recovering. Your right arm had been regenerated, but your right leg remained prosthetic.]
[Year 20: Your savings had dropped to half a million points. You needed to hunt wilderness beasts again, so you resumed training. Despite your efforts, the prosthetic leg drastically reduced your strength.]
[Year 21: You learned that the capital city was becoming increasingly chaotic, with incidents like yours occurring more frequently. You decided to leave, as you could no longer afford to live there.]
[The Next Day: You exchanged all your points for 250,000 gold coins and returned to the city where you had lived for the first 18 years of your life.]
[After nearly three days of travel, you returned home after 21 years in the capital. You immediately went to visit the director but were devastated to learn he had passed away a year earlier.]
[You felt lost after receiving the news. A part of you felt hollow, especially because you hadn't been there when the director passed away.]
'He passed away at the same time, huh...' Reading that, Mario felt heavy inside. He let out a sigh and continued reading the simulation log.
[You decided to use your savings for the orphanage and manage it yourself.]
[Year 22: The orphanage became more comfortable after you used your savings to expand it, allowing it to care for more children.]
[Year 23: You continued training, attempting to distract yourself from your pain, but your efforts remained unsuccessful.]
[Year 24: While training, you noticed one of the children from the orphanage watching you almost every night during your outdoor sessions.]
[Year 26: The child continued accompanying you during training, watching and imitating you. You decided to take him as your disciple and asked his name. He replied that he had none, so you gave him one. After days of consideration, you named him Kevin.]
[Year 38: Kevin turned 18. He became a Unique Skill holder.]
[You gave him the remainder of your savings and the director's sword, instructing him to travel to the capital and study at Elyndor Unique Skill Academy. He initially refused, wanting only to learn from you, but you insisted.]
[Year 39: You trained alone again.]
[Year 48: You fell ill and were cared for by people from the orphanage. They shared expenses to admit you to the hospital.]
[Year 50: Kevin returned. He became emotional upon seeing your condition and decided to take you to the capital.]
[After undergoing treatment at the capital — where your cleansed body responded well — you were cured. Kevin even paid for your right leg to be regenerated.]
[Year 51: You returned to training. With Kevin's guidance, you glimpsed Advanced Swordsman Rank before falling ill again.]
[Year 55: You died.]
[Because of your death, the simulation has ended.]
[Memory integration will now begin. Prepare for full sensory recall…]
After reading the simulation log, Mario immediately felt extreme tiredness. This time, he didn't fight the feeling. Instead, he calmly lay down on the bed and fell asleep to receive the memories.
