Ah. I forgot to update my status, I thought, lying on my bed as I pulled the soft blanket over me. Whatever, I'll get it done tomorrow.
Tomorrow me, do your best. I cheered for tomorrow.
I'll also get to meet Asfi tomorrow…
That thought stayed with me as I drifted off.
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I dodged Ais's kick aiming at my face by crouching lower and kicking her legs, which she avoided by jumping on one leg. When I turned around, I only saw another roundhouse kick coming at my face. How the heck did she do it in mid-air? I thought as I lost consciousness.
When I came to, I was lying on Ais's lap. Yup, the legends lap pillow. As she was caressing my head.
"Are you okay?" Ais looked worriedly upon me.
I was still feeling a little dazed as I turned my face towards her flat stomach and pushed my face in her tummy, to seek more comfort.
"Umm. Arin?" Her cheeks gained a red hue. That I was able to see with my half-closed eyes.
"5 minutes more," I said in a soft voice. And she continued caressing my head. And exactly after 5 minutes, I got up.
"Thanks Ais. For the lap pillow. Should we go home now?"
"Okay." She said with a little sad look. As she got up. And we began walking back home.
After getting back home. I washed up and ate my food with the usual members like Ais, Tione, Tiona, Anakitty, and Raul. Lefiya and Alicia also joined in. But it's a pretty awkward atmosphere between us. As they both do not like that I am growing closer with Ais and Riveria.
After that, I made my way towards the Loki office to get my status update. Which I forgot to do yesterday
Inside Loki's office, Loki and Riveria were drinking tea and chatting.
"So are you here to get your status update Arin-kun?" Loki said.
"Yes, and also to ask at what time I should go to Hermes Familia." I said and started to remove my shirt. Riveria got up to leave to give privacy to us. "It's fine Riveria you don't have to leave. I trust you."
"Riveria appears hesitant only for a moment before sitting back down. "Okay then. I will stay here." I don't think it's just imagination that she appeared happy.
"Yosh! Arin-kun, I will be starting now." Loki poked her finger and started to update my status.
"Whistle, Arin-kun, that amazing boost you got from fighting that infant dragon," she said, and put the paper in my hand.
And yeah, I can see that numbers and rank have gone up quite a bit.
[Arin Kael]
Race: High Human
Age: 16
Level: 1
Strength S306
Endurance A560
Dexterity A781
Agility SS890
Magic I0
Initiate skills:
" Extreme Adaptability "
Rapidly improve the adaptability in whichever field the wielder engages in. Slightly boosts agility and dexterity during sustained fights.
"Extreme Growth"
Make it easier to grasp and understand whichever field the wielder puts his effort in.
"Magic"
Making user capable of wielding magic.
"Amoris Pulse"
Allow those closer to the user in emotion to rapidly grow stronger. If the emotions are only from the wielder's side, the growth will only double for the target of those affections; if the affection is mutual, the growth rate will quadruple. The bond can be of any type, such as familial love or romantic love. The effect will vary depending on the intensity of the emotions. The closer and stronger the bond is, the faster the growth will be.
"Development abilities"
None.
So I also go beyond the standard limit of S rank in stats.
"I guess it has something to do with your race for you to go beyond the standard limit," Loki said as I handed the paper over to Riveria whose eyes widened slightly.
"Strength and Agility S and SS, It really is unprecedented. And you even qualify for a Level up. That would make you the fastest person to level up." Riveria handed the paper back to Rivera who burned it.
"Yup, that seems to be the case. So what do you think of Arin?" Loki asked me.
"I would like to wait a bit more before leveling up. I want to see how far I can stretch my basic abilities." I made my decision. "I would wait for a week and try to increase them, if no significant difference appears then we will proceed with level up."
"If that's what you want then we would do that. But don't delay it more than that. Since leveling up brings more benefits." I took Loki's advice.
"And as for your lessons on Item making they will be held every day. Though you have to discuss with Asfi for the finer details." Riveria who regained her calm was drinking tea or drinking tea to regain her calm told me.
"I see, then I should get going," I told Loki and Riveria both as I started to dress up.
"Best of luck Arin" Riveria wished me as I walked out of the door.
"Thanks, I will do my best." I exited the Twilight manor and walked towards Hermes' familia place. As I was walking, I was feeling a little nervous. Since it will be the First time I will be meeting Asfi, I wanted to make a good impression on her. Definitely not the kind of first impression I made in front of Ryuu.
In fact, I even read a few books on magic item creation just so I could impress her a little.
Before long, I was in front of their headquarters. 2 guards like the one back home were guarding the gates.
"Halt!" I said that before them since they were going to use the same line and waste my time. Both guards looked a little confused. "I am Arin Kael. I believe my arrival was already mentioned."
Both guards looked at each other rather than at me. "Do you have the letter?" one guard asked me, and I showed them the letter Loki had given me before I left.
They looked at the letter and confirmed that it may be this letter was a magic item as well. I did feel some magic residue on it. But I did not think much about it. After that, they let me enter, and before long, some kind of demi-human called me to follow her.
And now we, or rather I, were standing in front of the door since she had already walked away,
*Knock Knock*
I knocked on the door.
"Come in." A soft voice was heard from inside. And I entered. And I was starstruck. Because of the sheer beauty, I witnessed. Sitting on a chair was a woman about my age or a little older. There were a lot of blueprints scattered on the table, but the room did not look messy, even if it was. I did not notice since all my attention was solely on the Asfi, who is a beautiful woman who has aqua blue hair and cyan-colored eyes, wearing rectangular-shaped glasses on her face. The light of the sun behind her made her seem ethereal.
"You are Arin Kael, correct?"