Back in his room, Lucian took in his surroundings and made mental notes of everything he saw. This was the first time he was seeing his dorm for himself since coming to this place, only taking a brief skim through his inherited memories after leaving the cafeteria to find out exactly where it was.
He had to say, it fit the whole loner persona he had going on really well. Despite being a Knight's academy, there was a whole bookshelf stacked with all sorts of novels, instruction books, and other random media. But interestingly, none of them seemed to be about Knight training or the like.
'Looks like this kid wasn't too happy with the idea of becoming a knight like his father was…' He noted internally.
Lucian only affirmed this thought when he found his training gear buried under a bunch of dust and old items, containing both a sword and some basic leather armour. The sword was in a bad state, covered with rust and too blunt to actually penetrate through skin. Though this was probably intentional on the school's behalf, considering it was just training equipment. As for the armour… well it was just covered in some dust. Leather lasts, as the people in this world liked to say.
Putting them aside, Lucian lay down on his bed, noting how stiff it was, before a gloomy shadow formed in his eyes.
'Even with my transmigration and AI implant somehow miraculously following me, I am still ridiculously weak in this world.'
His eyes snapped wide open, turning over as he gazed outside of his window at the bright stars in the night sky, 'I guess one positive of not having any electricity is the lack of light pollution,'
Being weak just meant that he had more to accomplish. Lucian wouldn't be so easily unmotivated by such a small setback. He rolled back over and began to undress himself, taking off his school jacket and trousers and laying them at the edge of his bed, until eventually he was fully naked.
Attached to his room was a closet sized bathroom, housing a single toilet, sink, and a bathtub — which looked more like a big bucket than a tub. Despite its not-so-satisfying look, this was actually considered a luxury for households in this world.
For most commoners, baths and toilets were communal places they had to share with either a whole neighbourhood or town. Thankfully, Lucian came from a Knight family like pretty much every other student in this academy, so with their influence they were able to afford such luxuries. The school would be pretty hard pressed to cheap out and force them to use communal toilets and baths, as the pressure each family could bring down on them was far too much for the administrators to endure.
Lucian turned the tap and let water flow into the tub, quickly filling it up with steamy hot liquid. On the side, Lucian found a closed container and opened it, finding a mixture of herbs and flowers inside, and poured some of the mixture into the tub. Instantly, his nose was filled with a sweet and pleasant scent, a variety of aromas blessing his senses. It was extremely pleasing to his nose, but it also invoked some nostalgia in him.
'Smells like home…' He reminisced, sinking into some memories of his past life. The smell of the herbal bath was very similar to some of the products he used on Earth. He couldn't help but chuckle, realising he was already becoming nostalgic for his previous life despite only being gone for less than a day.
"My research in this world has only just started…" Lucian murmured.
He tilted his head back over the edge of the bathtub and closed his eyes, falling into a daze. After some time, he was out like a light.
***
Some hours later, Lucian awoke, feeling mentally refreshed, but physically like a wet sponge. Falling asleep in the bathtub wasn't exactly what he had planned for the previous night, and as a consequence his entire body felt wrinkly and dry.
'Well, I guess it beats sleeping on that thing.' He shrugged and glanced over at the empty bed, remembering how stiff it felt to lie on.
But he quickly noticed how his body strangely recovered rather quickly from the effects of sitting in water for hours on end. It barely took even 30 seconds before his body was back to normal. Usually it took him around 5 minutes out of the tub before his wrinkles disappeared. Not only did he recover quickly though, he strangely felt even better afterwards.
Clearly noticing something strange had happened, Lucian consulted the one thing that could possibly give him an answer.
'AI, scan the mixture in the bathtub.'
Last night, he might not have thought about it or realised it thanks to his drowsiness, but hidden amongst those aromatic scents were some herbs his expertly attuned nose didn't quite recognise to be from Earth. It didn't take long for him to get an answer from the AI either.
[Scan complete.]
[Discovered unknown herbal mixture. Beginning scan of effects.]
[Unable to scan individual components, beginning simulation.]
[Simulation complete.]
[Name: Unknown herbal mixture. Effects: Stimulates growth of the body, recovery, and vitality.]
"Hm?" Lucian muttered aloud, intrigued by the results of the scan.
'This thing is actually a medicinal remedy?'
He looked over at the unassuming pot containing the remainder of the mixture that he had yet to use up, feeling somewhat glad he didn't just pour the whole thing in the tub the previous night.
'The scan says it stimulates growth, but specifically mentioned vitality…'
An idea popped into Lucian's mind and he asked his AI to pull up his own stats once again.
[Name: Lucian Verdan. Age: 12. Sex: Male. Vitality: 0.8, Agility: 0.6. Strength: 0.5, Mind: 0.1. Status: Intrigued, refreshed. Body is in recovery.]
A mental image of his own body once again appeared in his mind, but Lucian ignored that and instead focused on the stats themselves. Immediately, he noticed one very big and obvious change, which also explained why he was feeling so good.
'My vitality has gone up by 0.1?'