Tiona's update:
Strength: A873 → S999 │ Endurance: A854 → S999 │ Dexterity: B792 → S901 │ Agility: B783 → S933 │ Magic: I0
Tiona was first to update. The moment she took the fresh sheet from Loki, delight and excitement burst across her face. She hadn't even retied her bandeau yet; clutching the paper, she sprang in a single hop onto Tsunayoshi's back as he politely turned away.
"Tsunayoshi, Tsunayoshi—look at my numbers!"
Stunned for half a second by the sudden pounce, Tsunayoshi glanced at the imprinted sheet now thrust before his eyes. The first thing to grab his attention was her level.
"Lv.4? Tiona—are you and Tione both Lv.4?"
"Yup! We joined Loki Familia two years ago at Lv.3. After… some things, we earned deeds and got our chance to level up. Took about a year—maybe a bit more—to push our abilities this far."
With her legs hooking around his waist from behind, Tiona used her freed hands to fix her bandeau, then leaned forward and draped both arms over his shoulders, jabbing an excited finger at her stats.
"My Strength and Endurance were stuck at A forever. No surprises. But with your tool's help, I hit S—hit the cap, even. Thank you."
"That's not my achievement. Raising your stats is the result of your own effort. I only provided a method to accelerate it."
"Don't be modest. This is thanks to you."
Tiona knew that, on her own, reaching 999 in Strength and Endurance was nearly impossible. With normal training and Dungeon runs, getting to the cap was brutally hard—pressure too low, monsters not tough enough, and her own ceiling always looming.
But those gravity bands were shameless. Once activated, they wrung every drop of strength from her; resisting the weight was harder than she'd imagined. Yet after one grueling day, the next morning her body felt lighter—dramatically so. Feeling those changes so clearly kept her going day after day.
Who knew the results would be this dramatic? She'd smashed limits she could never touch before. Aside from a nonexistent Magic stat, everything else hit S. No way, she thought, was this solely her effort.
"You're right," Tione said, stepping up with her own sheet, bandeau now in place. "Just our hard work alone wasn't going to push us to our personal caps."
Tione's update:
Strength: A823 → S999 │ Endurance: B768 → S999 │ Dexterity: B783 → S902 │ Agility: B783 → S906 │ Magic: G223 → G226
A single glance told Tsunayoshi that Tione's forte overlapped heavily with Tiona's. Tiona beat her in Dexterity and Agility, but Tione had a touch of Magic on top. Both had essentially reached their limits.
"Our growth has hit the ceiling," Tione said. "From here, all we need is the right 'deed' to cross into Lv.5. Originally, we would've needed time to settle. Now… I'm confident."
Tione had no plans to raise her Magic much anyway. Her spellwork was restraint-type, not the sheer destructive kind Riveria wielded. She'd never liked using magic much; in daily training, she only pulled it out occasionally. What she lacked now was simply a worthy deed.
"By the way, Tsunayoshi, are you free later?" Tione asked. "About the armor you mentioned—if you have time, could you prep ours?"
"No problem."
"Great. Loki, Tiona and I are borrowing Tsunayoshi," Tione said.
Loki waved them off. "Go on, go on. Tomorrow's expedition day—don't get so excited you stay up late."
"Don't worry," they chimed.
Tiona hopped down from Tsunayoshi's back, seized his hand, and tugged him toward the hall without a moment's delay. Tione followed, giving him a nudge from behind, and in a blink the three were out of Loki's room.
The sisters shared a room—twins by blood and talent, both Amazoness; it suited them fine. Sharing culture meant fewer frictions and more comfort.
A few turns down the corridor brought them to a broad door.
"Tada~! This is our room," Tiona announced, grinning as she pushed it open and practically dragged Tsunayoshi inside.
The space was big—about as large as Finn's office, Tsunayoshi thought, but decidedly more lived-in than businesslike. A glance at the floor revealed a pair of panties tossed carelessly to one side. A massive double-edged weapon hung on the wall, with four or five curved blades alongside it.
Below the display, a row of dumbbells squatted like boulders—weights even a world champion lifter would gawk at.
"Disappointed?" Tione asked. "It's not like Riveria's room."
"Not at all. It's… new to me. I've never been inside a girl's room before," Tsunayoshi admitted.
"Eh? In that case, you should come play in our room often," Tiona said without a shred of hesitation.
Tione shot her a glare, but didn't counter the invitation.
"Tsunayoshi, how do we handle the armor?" Tione asked. "Do we need measurements?"
"No need to fuss. My ability doesn't rely on craftsmanship; it's about imagination. Just give me the clothes you usually wear and I'll imagine garments made from the Holy Shroud material to match your style."
"Wait right there."
Tione quickly dipped into her wardrobe and pulled out her usual outfits—grabbing Tiona's as well.
Both sets were decidedly minimal—Amazoness wildness expressed in fabric. Tsunayoshi gave them a quick once-over and nodded.
Using Holy Shroud as the base, he fabricated outfits in the silhouettes they wore most.
(End of Chapter)
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