[Ace POV],

"This world is a mystery in and of itself," I mumbled as I stood outside the mansion, staring at the sky.

The fact that it was already midday in the alternate dimension caused me to wonder about something that had always crossed my mind whenever I was here.

How is it possible that another sun and moon exist in a location unrelated to the real world?

Is it possible that this world truly stood alone?

However, how was that logically possible?

Well, because of stuff like these, I stopped bothering to rely on my prior understanding of logically scientifically linked issues.

After all, I'm not back in my old world.

The rules and laws of this completely different universe were very dissimilar to those of my previous one.

After obtaining a sense of the environment, I took my gaze away from the sky and exited the mansion compound through the gates. When I got out, I considered which direction I should take before deciding to go somewhere nearby that wasn't too far away.

Depending on how quickly one walked, the place was actually not that distant because Emma and I had gone there to practise neutral spells as well.

Currently, I was dressed in clothing I brought from the shop after taking a few dozen minutes to bathe in the basement before feeling clean enough to leave the bathroom.

I felt more energised than I had ever felt in my life when the tiredness I experienced while evolving came and went.

A horrifying amount of strength also seemed to enter my body, giving me the impression that I could now easily dispatch a weak rank 1 monster with a single blow.

I could accomplish this before, but I wasn't sure how much stronger this weak rank 1 monster had to be for me to cease killing it with a single punch due to the sensation of strength I felt in my body.

This feeling may have resulted from my sudden boost in strength, which made me feel like I was extremely powerful, but the thing is, I didn't believe this notion that my strength had improved to the point where I could now easily dispatch lower levelled rank 1 monsters with a single punch was flawed.

One of the things I could tell as my body continued to change during my evolution process to the next rank, despite the fact that I was in excruciating pain, was that the strength I had given it by levelling my physique repeatedly to have a pseudo rank 1 physique did not vanish and even appeared to have been regarded as my original body strength because it, too, had grown stronger through evolution.

I won't completely understand how physically powerful I am now until I start experimenting.

I kept my eyes on the road while considering this and eventually arrived at my location after some time of walking.historical

I was wearing clothing that was similar to what Emma had been wearing recently when I last saw her—medieval-style clothing that I subsequently realised was oddly appropriate for both casual and battle attire.

I had been wearing this form of clothing for the previous few days, and I also noticed Andrew Dawn and his men wearing the same, familiar type of attire.

Perhaps it was already widespread among people in the true world at this point.

In any case, I wore this particular kind of clothing because I thought it was both comfortable to wear and appropriate for the series of experiments I was going to conduct.

But before I did anything, I stretched my body out a bit, and then as a warm-up, I performed another round of quick exercises.

This went on for a while until I decided it was enough and quit.

I next summoned out the primordial chronicle to view my status this time properly after completing all of this.

......

[Status],

[Name: Ace Blaze],

[Age: 17],

[Race: High Human [Homo sapiens]/?????],

[Job: Alchemist lord],

[Origin Ability: Transmutation[Evolvable]],

[Level: 25[83%][Rank 1]],

[Store],

[Affiliation: None],

[Map],

[Contact],

[Ranking: Rank 79],

[Title: Advanced Alchemist[Active], Alchemist Lord[Inactive]],

[Tamed Beast: Blue[Level 5]],

.....

My name and age section continued to be unaltered from the beginning when the primordial chronicle first appeared, and both had a regular layout. Changes began to show up following these first two sections.

My race was the first.

I am a human, of course, but what does "high human" mean?

Is it a sort of improved form for humans?

This also drove me to wonder if the circumstances were normal for ranked species or if my actions—such as using the ancient dragon blood as a catalyst to evolve—were responsible. It may have been a bit overkill but if I had the chance to do it over again, I would.

For one thing, it was probably due to the dragon blood that my evolution to the next rank went too smoothly without ever nearly failing. It was also possible that it was due to this particular dragon blood that my race was even more absurd but as previously mentioned, I had no guidance at all to help me understand what was happening with my race.

I felt great and nothing seemed to be wrong, so maybe the alterations to my race weren't bad after all. Only time will tell if this is true or not.

What I'm more concerned about is whether or not I am still a human being.

In all honesty, as long as it did not significantly affect me, I had no qualms about not being a human. It would be even better if it resulted in benefits, but because I understood nothing about my situation, it was best if I left it out of my mind and focused on issues pertaining to my race instead.

I gave this and a few other things some thought before returning my attention to the panel in front of me and began to address the core issue at hand.

My job.