M/N POV

Year 0, 2003

Y/N L/N was born.

A child with beautiful brown eyes looked up at M/N L/N, who smiled at her child as her husband looked at his child and gave the same expression as his wife.

"He looks like you, you know?" F/N said to M/N, who smiled again in happiness.

"I'm just glad that both of us were okay during the birth progress." M/N replied. "But he has your eyes, you know? The same sanpakugan that runs in your family's veins."

"Really?" F/N exclaimed as he took a closer look at his child, and realized what his wife meant. Although his son was not his splitting image, there were indeed resemblance in the body structure and eye features.

"He's going to be a great boy. He's our angel now."

Year 1

Y/N L/N looked up at the bright, blue sky.

The stars shone down on him, and he wondered.

What are you guys made of, that allowed you to float so high up in the sky?

One day, I vow to find out.

Y/N thought that as he wiggled his fingers, and tried to comprehend the thought he just had, which was definitely beyond a regular human's capability when they're one year old. Then again, since he is one year old, he can't do much about it as he fell over and whined to get his diaper changed again.

M/N quickly came into the room and hushed her baby as she changed Y/N's diaper, confused at what her son was looking at. It was not until she saw his pointing finger that she realized that he was looking at the sky.

"The sky, huh? I wonder, if one day, you, my son, can go up there one day."

Year 2

Y/N L/N sat on a swing, pushed by his father as he glanced up at the sky again, trying to find the stars. However, contrary to his belief and knowledge, the stars did not show up in daytime to satisfy his desires. Th sun's light blocked out all of those who were way further, and Y/N sighed.

Kids his age couldn't bother with the things he's interested in.

Why could they not? He has absolutely no idea.

His obsession with the stars and the things that created the world was something that only people who are at least several years older than himself could ever be interested in.

Well, that kinda sucks, does it not?

While the other kids lived a leisure life, Y/N began to go through all the possible books he could read by looking at the pictures. Words were a hassle, so he mainly looked at the diagrams in the books. Although they definitely did not completely make sense in his young mind, this foundation that he built would be indeed, a very strong constitution that would help him later on in his life.

Year 3

A boy sat in the library, glad that he finally knew how to read.

M/N has taught Y/N on how to read and write since he seemed very content in learning it. By this point, Y/N is perfectly fine with romaji, hiragana, and some kanji. His passion for study is like no other, which is also why he happened to be in here, the library's most 'nerdy' section.

Unbeknownst to the boy who happily sat reading an astronomy book in the corner, his actions caught a certain man's interest, one who would guide his world into his desired future.

But, since he does not know, the boy carried his books in his wagon and headed over to the checkout counter, where he got the books he wanted as he strolled home.

The sky was blue again, with no stars in sight. Y/N knows by this point that the stars only come out at night due to the sun being too bright or something, but he can't discern the exact reason. Lack of vocabulary was a problem. Y/N thought as he listed out his current goals.

Learn Algebra math within the next two years.

Do a lot of vocabulary so that he could understand words in books and so on.

Maybe his mom and dad could afford a dictionary or something.

Nevertheless, his journey for knowledge had just begun.

Year 4

Y/N POV

Kanzaki Gorou was not expecting a genius to come to his school.

Well, I guess it depends on your definition of genius, of course.

The school principal of Hiragi Elementary was definitely not prepared when he heard I'll be going to his school.

Oh yeah, by this point, you probably don't know why I'm saying this.

Apparently, I made a name of myself by frequently visiting the library's most 'educational' section, and I'm now known as the Young Sage of the Corner.

Lame name, I know. I couldn't believe that someone is defiling my profile like this...

Anyways, lame nicknames aside, the reputation is an annoying part, since now I cannot go to the library and read without having someone just randomly calling out my name and recognizing me.

"Yo, Y/N!" My friend, a fellow four-year old, who's name is Yogami, strolled over to me as he looked at the pile of books in my hands. "Let me help you carry some of that, here."

Yogami said as he happily took four books, a bit too much for a kid like him and myself. Then again, I don't even know how I carry seven books in the first place. Perhaps it's the practice that I've exercised over the months.

Anyways, elementary school is about to start soon. Guess it's time to get ready for my first batch of education.

Timeskippu*

Well, school was somewhat within my expectations while also being somewhat unexpected.

Let's talk about the expected parts first.

Math and Japanese was easy as heck. If science existed as a subject on the first day, in pretty sure I'll ace it anyways. I was okay in PE since I was a bit fit from the library trips.

The books in the school were boring. I read most of them myself in around 10 minutes, not learning anything new except maybe moral lessons.

Is this a curse of being too smart when you're not supposed to be?

Well, I just jinxed my life. Congratulations, Y/N, you absolute idiot.

Next are the unexpected.

I was called to the principal's office for some reasons. I definitely did not know why at the time, but everyone looked at me as if I just murdered someone. With the current 'criminal' status embedded onto me, I walked into the room with a heavy heart as I met the principal, Kanzaki Gorou, for the first time.

He was an eccentric to an extent, somewhat like me. However, he definitely wasn't as smart as me, or so he said.

Basically, he was going to test me to see if I was actually a genius/extremely hard working student or not.

I was not going to agree to the quiz since it needed parental consent, and I'll be happy to keep trouble away from my mother and father, since they don't earn that much money to give me tons of supplies. However, being the quirky parents they are to their quirky child, they immediately agreed (almost too fast) and I was now in the testing centre.

The test overall was not hard, but there were definitely parts that I did not understand. What the hell is the Pythagorean Theorem? Nani?

Of course, I later learned I wasn't even supposed to solve one, so I guess getting only 20% on that quiz was acceptable to say the least.

What was not acceptable was what came after that.

The principle decided that it would be best to put me into a class with a higher grade, which I immediately refused and used many big terms. I knew it was not going to be great the moment I heard that, since they will view me as a freak child who knows too much.

Despite my efforts of trying to reverse my already declining luck, I was dragged off to the advanced class.

Year 5

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

It is going exactly as I expected.

Being in a class of seventh-graders is seriously not poggers.

I mean, being surrounded by people who are seven to eight years older than you does not give you a very nice feeling overall. To me, they looked like monsters ready to devour the one prey that dared enter their classroom.

"Aghh..." I sighed as I sat down in my seat again, and saw my only friend in this class who didn't view me as a freak, Koharu, come up to me.

"Y/N-kun! Are you okay?" She said as she patted my head. To be honest, she was like the big sister I never had. We even eat lunch together sometimes.

"I'm fine, Ko-nee. What are we doing today again?" I asked her, sighing as I looked at the sun in the sky with my enhanced sunglasses.

"We're doing the Pythagorean Theorem, I think. And Y/N-kun, don't stare at the sun directly! You're going to kill your eyes!"

"The sun won't harm me with those enhanced ones." I replied as I diverted my glance. "And the thing is a^2+b^2=c^2 in a right triangle, right? I see, well, it seems a tiny bit of revision is needed..."

"Honestly, Y/N-kun, I sometimes wonder how did you even get this smart in the first place..." Ko-nee let out a sigh, and I thought about what she said.

How did I, indeed, get to this level of intelligence?

Surely it's not unachievable, but why did I reach it?

Things always start at the origin. To understand how one is, one must trace back to one's origin. So what is my origin?

The... stars.

The first thing that caught my curiosity.

And just like that, things that were caught in my net of curiosity was being evolved, by the continued pursuit of knowledge in all of those topics. That, is also how I probably reached this point.

Then again, I'm only 5 years old, and it'll be a long time before I reach my end. Therefore, I'll begin my journey of the accumulation of knowledge.

I stood up and walked back towards the classroom with Ko-nee, with a new goal in mind.

The conquest for information begins now.

Year 6

After that year, I left elementary school after I found the man who I saw at the library once three years ago. The amount of knowledge was just not enough, and so I left that place in search for something grander.

It was at this moment that I met Harold Scott, a member of the NASA team who was interested in taking me as his student.

I was surprised that anyone would even recruit me for something in the first place, but apparently, in the realm of geniuses, everyone is mad.

"Why did you want me, an insignificant random person, and a kid at that, to be your student?"

"Well, who hasn't heard of the Young Sage of the Corner in this area-"

"Please don't call me by that lame nickname."

"Okay, I understand." Harold gave a slight chuckle, and looked at me again, seriously this time. "So, do you accept my offer?"

I honestly took a while to think about it after I gave him the answer.

Although not widely known, Harold is indeed a man of high standing within the NASA community, one of the best space companies in the world. To be a student to a great astrophysicist like him seems to be out of my reach.

But I'm forgetting something, aren't I?

I'm the one being invited, and as someone once said:

'Chances are taken, not given. One strives to seek out opportunities and use every single one of them to one's advantage to reach the top.'

Then I too, shall do the same.

I'm not sure why I did this back then, but I decided to put on the best evil face I had as I looked up at the man, extending my hand out in accordance with his request.

"I agree with your proposal. Now, shall we dive into the sea of knowledge?"

Year 7

"I'm coming!" I yelled as I ran down the hall to the lab, where my teacher was waiting, and burst through the door as I carefully set the items he requested on the table as I checked them over. "This is all that you needed, right?"

"Yup! Now, Y/N, let's take a closer look at superconductivity, shall we?" Harold said as he connected the piece of magnet to an object that has been frozen to temperatures that cannot normally occur on Earth. He then lifted the piece of magnet above the frozen solid, and it started floating, just like a magnetic levitating train.

He then placed an entire line of those frozen solids, and slid the magnet across them. It floated beautifully across before it stopped at the end of the line, and did not fall off either, contrary to my expectations.

"You see, Y/N, superconductors are objects that can conduct electricity completely with no resistance at extremely low temperatures. This means it'll be quite efficient when it comes to practical use." Harold explained as I suddenly thought of something.

"It would revolutionize the way transportation works if we can keep those frozen solids frozen, correct? For now, it might be only usable in Antarctica or the Far North."

"Yes, indeed, an excellent observation and analysis."

Just like the small superconductors, I was a similar one. I learned recently that I seem to be able to absorb any knowledge that I come across, as long as I'm interested in it. And I do mean fully absorb. I can make connections and analysis as I'm learning about it, and Harold says it's great for studying.

Is this another side effect of becoming curious too quickly?

Maybe, but the result to it is still to be determined.

As 'he' once said to me...

If you want to do something, like truly, really want to, then you can achieve it. Any human can do anything if they use their full potential and effort.

Year 8

And so, soon, I put that quote to use within a year.

I went with Harold to Antarctica for a stargazing trip, and surprisingly, my parents agreed to it. Do they seriously have no care for a child going to the coldest place on Earth or what...

The good thing was, Harold had been generous enough to take me out on a shopping trip as we gathered all the supplies we needed.

This was for a project that we discussed over a year, and we were ready to put it in action at last.

The research stations of Antarctica are extremely cold in every sense, and obviously no one would like to repeatedly go out into the cold to deliver one thing to another station. Hence why I'm doing this project.

What is this project about, you ask? Well, did you listen to me earlier?

Anyways, after experimenting with different versions of superconductors, we found that the YBCO (yttrium barium copper oxide) was so far the best in conductivity at a relatively higher temperature and is the easiest to find in the market.

And so began our long journey to make a path.

We laid out the YBCO in this long path along with some other metals to keep it cold while not damaging it, and seeing that we're revolutionizing how the world is working, some other researchers also pitched in to help. Thank god for now the weather is fine, and working in a snowstorm isn't really ideal.

With more manpower, we finally finished laying down the track in 2 days between the bases. Now comes the long 10 days of us using all the resources NASA supplied us with for a project. We built a nice roof and walls around the system, allowing people to walk between the bases using this as a tunnel, and accumulated lots of condensed snow to keep the structure in shape.

Now, it was time to test it out.

After loading the magnets onto the track along with some other parts, we positioned a few boxes on top of the platform before we let it speed off after pushing it, and it turned out to be a success when the guys on the other end received it. In addition to that, it was working so well that this prototype was already used so frequently that food is being delivered at this point.

The interesting part is the cold weather of Antarctica and the refrigerating blocks that keep the superconductors cold while still not completing this project. The miraculous balance that plays a part in this shocked both me and Harold, and we began to run some tests before we left Antarctica to finish my studies.

Little did I know... weeks after I left Antarctica, an article was written about me and Harold.

It was titled along the lines of this: "The NASA Scientist and his student make a breakthrough in transporting objects in Antarctica bases!"

Thank god they did not use the stupid Sage title again...

I continued reading the article. Mind you, this is 3 months after I left Antarctica.

"...the astrophysicist, Harold Scott, led an expedition of two people to Antarctica, which included himself and his student. They implemented the use of the longest superconducting rail to ship food and other items from one snowy base to another, making many things efficient. Harold had said that the idea was created by his student when they were in a lesson about this particular topic. And as for his student's name, we believe that he is the rumoured 'Young Sage of the Corner' from the Japan's Prefecture of-"

"AHHHHHHHH FUQ THAT NICKNAME!"

Year 8 end