Today is the day I get a new instructor; she should be able to teach me how to battle and other cool stuff; due to my past life, I tend to enjoy some of these scenarios, but on the st day, I scked off on my physical training. Still, today, I decided to get back in shape. This body is too out of shape, but with the luck of one of my skills, I can recover faster and have higher endurance from the get-go.After I finished my daily endurance and strength training, I went outside with Hikari to test my skills; I told her what skills I had beforehand."So, let's try your forbidden skills first; use your shadow hand and then shadow tendrils on those targets," – Hikari whispered in my ear.From what I know and read, Shadow magic is invisible to those who don't possess it; casting it can be very difficult, and having it as a skill might mean something.*Use skill: Shadow Hand* - I said the name of the skill in my mind, my left hand in front. In front of my left hand appeared a ghostly bck hand; now, let's see what would happen if I clenched my hand into a fist. By clenching my hand in a fist, the shadow hand followed my movement; I moved my left hand backward to punch at the target once; the moment the shadow hand came into contact with the practice target, it was blown away into a tree."Amazing, the spell is strong even tho you can only produce 1 hand; that's all I can assume." – Hikari is staring at me with wide eyes, her gaze fixated on me."Well, I guess I am not that surprised, but still, that's strong; those targets are iron, right?" - I looked over at the iron target; I guess I didn't get to describe what the targets look like; they are human-shaped, thick and made out of metal, they are a bit rusted and chipped away due to use by the mansion guards."Onto the next target" – Hikari and I moved to test my other skills before the next target.*Use skill: Shadow Tendril* - My left hand is extended forward, and a long and point rectangle mass appears at my feet; I lift my hand a bit, and it's now in the air; it seems I can only produce one without consuming mana, but now I want to see how strong it is.With a motion from left to right in front of the statue, my shadow tendril followed my exact movements, dust blown from the statue as it came in contact with my shadow tendril.After the dust dissipated, we both looked at statues that were cut in half."That's, pretty amazing!" - Hikari cheered me on."Is shadow magic rare here?" - I asked back, curious to find an answer."Yes, pretty much; only assassins, Heretics of The Great Sage, and Demon Lords have access to this magic, reincarnations like you are rare expections, you will be given a pass when it's expined, but that won't stop people from beling you a heretic, that's the worst bel you can get" – I don't understand the bel part, I haven't reached that part in my reading of that book about noble life."Yes, heretics of the Goddess of Nihility, since Faite fought with her, he now holds control of this world. It's said that they are people the goddess favors; even in death, she can still have an influence over this world, I suggest you hide those kind of powers. I can't you more about the heretics, you will have to research on your own," – Hikari whispered to me."How do these heretics look? Can you at least tell me that?" - This is the st question I want to ask Hikari."Yes, these heretics are monsters that are sentient in this world. They aren't human, but they didn't lose their humanity but have been either reincarnated into monsters or were former humans that turned into monsters in the wake of an unknown event; same goes goes for the 8 sinners of the world" – Hikari clutched her mouth at the st sentence."Ok, got it, but tell me about these eight sinners," – I whispered back to her."Fine, let's sit somewhere more private." – Hikari dragged me into the woods in a secluded section."The eight sinners are people blessed by the Goddess of Nihility; they are named by the world, Avarice, Pride, Wrath, Envy, Lust, Vainglory, Sloth and Mencholy. Each of them possesses a very destructive and powerful skill, especially Mencholy." – Hikari is sweating a lot, right? It is obvious on her face that she is hiding extreme emotions."It's ok, whatever happened, I know it's not good, let's go back, Hikari, maybe the instructor is already there." – As we were about to leave, both of us began to feel a presence; it was like misery, pain, and sadness of the entire universe is gathering at a single source and heading straight for us."Hey, can you please do me a favor?" - A weak and monotonous voice sounded behind us."Yes" – Hikari and I turned slowly. Hikari froze on the spot.In front of us stands a tall woman wearing a Hald kimono with pants in a bck and pink pattern, a white tank top with a brown jacket over it, and a sheath with a sword at her hip. The woman had red eyes and white hair, but on top of her head stood fox ears like I had seen in anime; her entire aura was strange, sadness mixed with all the bad emotions, yet she was expressionless."Do you know the way out of the forest? I got lost." I should be easy, but turn back in a straight line. Huh, something weird: Hikari is pointing below her.I looked below to see the grass and flowers withering away where she stood; that's not normal."Turn back and straight ahead.""Thank you, you two." – She did a small bow and left back on the path we told her to go on.Hikari grabbed my hand, and we ran back as fast as we could. What got her so worked up?It doesn't matter; whoever we just met didn't seem hostile enough to be considered a threat; she appeared dead more than anything.