I Think The Genre Has Changed

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“What’s with your expression?”

Upon hearing my class, the boy tilted his head at me as I made a miserable expression. Thinking about a typical hot-blooded boy, I sighed, wondering how the boy would feel if he knew how I felt.

Being ordinary was good. I didn’t want to stand out. But with that ability, it would be impossible not to stand out. No matter what limits there were, the rarity of the copy ability itself will not change.

Any skill can be copied. That said, I could be a temporary healer or buffer. Unable to guess the aftermath of this ability, I inhaled anxiously.

Surely it won’t be open to the public like that test.

When my class was announced on stage, I recalled the dozens of pairs of eyes facing towards me. If the class announcement was going to be like the test…!

“Ah, I was hoping for a ‘Wow!’ or you make a fuss or something. What’s with the lackluster reaction? Is it too weak?”

His voice interrupted my thoughts. Scratching my neck, I raised my lowered gaze and looked at the boy. Weak? Until now, I was just thinking about the aftermath of the copy ability but apparently it’s still a weak ability? Laughter flowed out of nowhere.

“It’s not like that.”

“It’s what it looks like to anyone.”

“Even if it isn’t…”

When I narrowed my forehead and corrected his words, the boy shrugged his shoulders and put his arm around my shoulder. It was a very natural act.

“Well, it could be worse. It’s alright, it’s alright. I understand! Everyone has their own taste, I guess? The other one is okay because you can choose the ability you want.”

Pat pat! The boy patted me on the back and spoke cheerfully before showing a cool smile. Groaning at the boy who was patting me on the back like I’ve been his friend for ten years, mulled over my words and widened my eyes.

“What did you just say?”

When I straightened my body and asked if I had heard it wrong, the boy who stopped patting my back opened his mouth with a strange expression.

“The one where you can choose an ability?”

I didn’t hear it wrong.

“Another one?”

“Ah… didn’t I explain it to you?”

The boy scratched his cheek in a doubtful voice.

“We’re a dual-class.”

“…”

I felt like I heard a childhood friend who I had known for ten years saying, “I’m transferring” a day before the summer vacation. The boy laughed when he saw my shocked expression.

I wanted to cry.

“Ha….”

Rubbing my face, the boy continued patting my back without knowing why. In response, I looked up, wanting to tell him I’m six years older than him. I let out a sigh. What use would that be?

How can I be so unlucky?

Copying abilities is already daunting, but being a dual class is too much.

“But why didn’t you respond…”

Didn’t I react because copying is a new class? Mumbling to myself about the bunch of questions I had, I racked my brain over what I could do to deal with this problem. Even if I had to continue being ‘Kang Sihyun’ and copy abilities, there was no way I’d want to actually use my ability. I could copy and was a dual class. In the end, I had every ability.

“…This doesn’t help.”

“Ouch!”

When I said while taking his hand off my shoulder, he grabbed his chest and staggered, changing the subject to make himself look pitiful.

“Then shall I explain?”

I haven’t heard in detail what copy ability was and what restrictions there were. When I nodded, the boy, who smiled brightly, continued to explain.

“Copy. It’s literally copying one of the skills of another class and using it as it is. It’s incredible just to hear it, but it’s also a more demanding ability than you think.”

“Is it difficult?”

“Yes. Bringing skills doesn’t change your body like a skill user. So you can’t use skills that require physical ability even if you copy them. Even if you copy a sword-wielding skill, you won’t be able to hold the sword. Look at this scrawny arm! What the hell have you done to my body?”

“…”

That’s right, I didn’t understand, but the boy grabbed my arm and compared my body to his.

Of course, the original Kang Sihyun was more built than me. It was only then when I remembered being stuck in my room without eating after possessing his body. I wanted to deny it, but it was too obvious.

“…Stop making fun of me and go on explaining.”

Once again, I took the boy’s hand off and spoke. The boy, who had rubbed my skinny arm with a certain affectionate expression, lowered my hand with regretful eyes.

“Anyway, that’s the first limit. You have to copy the skills you can do to make it more efficient. Well, it’s not really a restriction. It’s a full-fledged restriction that leads to the second restriction.”

“Second?”

“Yes. You can copy all the skills, but actually, you can only copy the skills you saw in person. It’s not like you can see it in a video, but a skill you’ve seen with your own two eyes. Thirdly, skills that have been copied can only be copied again after fifteen days.”

“How long does the skill last?”

“Ten minutes from the time you used the copied ability.”

It was less than I thought. I can’t believe I only use it for ten minutes and have a fifteen-day cooldown. However, considering that there are various skills to copy, it didn’t feel like an excessive limit.

“The fourth one is that there are a maximum of three copies per day. So, I want you to keep this secret.”

“…I heard that every skill is recorded on a registration machine. Is it possible to keep it a secret?”

When I remembered what I heard, I had to ask the boy, but the boy looked at me as if he was confused why it was impossible. I slammed my fist on the palm of my hand out of realization.

Come to think of it, he wouldn’t have known because he hasn’t learned about the Awakening.