Born In Ashes: The Enigma
Chapter 60: A Poor Girl

Chapter 60: A Poor Girl

Inside a spaceship flying through outer space, a beautiful girl with long, silky black hair and deep black eyes stared at her status window with a thoughtful look on her face.

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---) Name: Alicia Viremoor

---) True Name: ??? [Locked] [Reach planetary level to unlock the power of your true name]

---) Age: 16 Years

---) Level: 1

---) Status: Awakened

---) Class: Witch of Darkness [Locked—Reach level eleven and become a class warrior to unlock your class]

---) Traits: None

---) Attribute: None

---) Rune: None

---) Substance: None

---) Title: Queen of the Underworld [Locked]

---) Bloodline: None

---) Strength: 14.2

---) Agility: 15.3

---) Stamina: 15.1

---) Cosmic Energy: 100 (+40)--->140

---) Skills: Breathing Method (Mid Level), Chains of Darkness (Mid Level), Abyssal Needle (Mid Level), Blind (Entry Level)

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Alicia observed her information, and when her eyes fell on the skills section, a smile bloomed on her face.

Unlike Azrael, who had turned sixteen just a few days before the opening of Eonrift, Alicia had turned sixteen on the 13th of January.

After her awakening, she immediately decided to practice a few skills she believed would be helpful to her during her trial in Eonrift.

Alicia possessed knowledge of countless skills, and since she had already practiced them in her past life, it had been very easy for her to gain mastery over them and raise them to the mid level during the six months she had after her awakening.

As for the Breathing Method, it had also been relatively easy for her to reach mid level in it.

As someone who had opened all one hundred primary energy veins in her last life and reached the perfection stage of the breathing method, Alicia knew the locations of all her primary energy veins.

The most difficult challenge during the refining of her energy veins had been the lack of spiritual power.

Even though her spiritual power was stronger than that of most people due to her regression, it had still been very difficult to reach mid level of the Breathing Method while being an unawakened individual.

Fortunately, she had managed to achieve mid level before her awakening, and as a result, her current Source Core was far stronger than the one she had awakened in her past life.

Alicia was very pleased with herself, but when she looked around at the spaceship’s interior, a pained expression crossed her face.

"I am completely broke," She muttered softly. "I spent all the money Mom and Dad left for me on my awakening, and now I have sold the house just to buy a ticket to Solkara Planet, where Galaxy Academy is located."

Alicia wanted to cry because of how poor she had become, but when she thought about the fact that Azrael would also be at Galaxy Academy, she felt a little better.

As mentioned before, in order to proceed with their awakening after reaching the age of sixteen, people need to go to the Awakening Association, which is under the control of the Federation.

To allow individuals to use the Awakening Stone, the Association naturally charges a significant fee.

For Alicia, whose parents had died a few years ago, it wasn’t a small sum, and she had used up all the money she had on her awakening.

Not only that, she still needed to go to one of the five top academies in order to enter Eonrift and activate her powers.

Normally, the Federation had a policy to assist newly awakened individuals who couldn’t afford a teleportation formation or spaceship. They would send them to one of the five academies at the Federation’s expense.

In return, those individuals would be required to work for the Federation for four years after graduation.

They would be paid based on the work they performed during those four years and could even rise through the ranks by accumulating merits.

If, after the four years, they felt the work wasn’t suitable, they could leave without any issues.

Of course, there were other methods to get exempt from the four-year service. As long as they performed well during their academic years, it wouldn’t be difficult to achieve exemption.

Alicia had no issue with this policy, but she had still chosen not to use it. The problem was that the Federation would register detailed information about all individuals they assisted through this policy.

To record that information, they used an artifact known as the Knowledge Orb.

This artifact could read the data displayed on a person’s status window.

It also allowed the Federation to identify talented individuals among those they were supporting.

For most people, revealing their status windows to the Federation while they are still low level individuals might not be a big deal.

But for her, she knew she absolutely could not let anyone see her status window—or she would be in grave danger.

As a result, she had no choice but to sell her house in order to buy a spaceship ticket to Solkara Planet.

She felt fortunate that Solkara Planet wasn’t too far from her home planet, and the money she had received was just enough to cover the ticket.

The remaining funds would be enough to purchase a Nightmare-Level Token for Eonrift once she arrived at the academy.

"I have been in this ship for two days. I should reach Solkara Planet in about six hours," Alicia muttered. The thought of seeing Azrael again made her feel elated.

"Last time, I went to Solkara Planet with the help of the Federation, and after completing the Eonrift trial, I joined a first-rate academy instead of Galaxy Academy because they offered me a very good deal," She said, gazing at the outer space visible through the spaceship’s window, a gentle smile forming on her lips.

"Because I didn’t join Galaxy Academy, I ended up meeting darling much later. But this time, I’ll be at the same academy as him."

At that moment, Alicia couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.

"Darling hasn’t tried to contact me even once since my regression..." She murmured, clutching the needle of the pocket watch hanging around her neck. "Could it be that I’m the only one who retained her memories... and he didn’t?"

As that thought crossed her mind, her eyes dimmed slightly. But she soon regained her composure and confidence.

"Ha! So what if he doesn’t remember me? I can still steal his heart—just like I did last time."