I mumbled in annoyance as soon as I entered my dorm.
Classes are still ongoing, I just got permission to take the rest of the day off from Kendy, saying I need to rest.
And after exchanging a few words with Alec and the others, I left and got back here to my room.
Levina is supposed to be with Keara to protect her, and Yuki still hasn’t come back yet from the mission I gave her.
Because of our master and familiar link, I can feel that she’s doing just fine, so I’m not really worried—though I’m a bit lonely...
Just then, I felt a pain again and I immediately grabbed my head.
My head hurts a lot—like it’s being struck by a stone again and again!
It barely got better even after Adelle healed me.
The pain all started when I used .
Luckily, it seems like nobody noticed that I’m in pain earlier in class as my trait helped me maintain my casual face facade.
’I thought that after going through body reconstruction, I would be able to use [Thought Acceleration] freely... Then what the hell is this brain-tearing pain?!’
I exclaimed internally, then I received a reply.
Glaring at the floating window in front of me.
"What the hell is happening?"
I asked for an explanation.
The system sighed at me.
’This bitch can sigh...?’
[How much CP did you pay for the body reconstruction?]
The system then asked me.
I replied immediately.
[That’s right... Then do you think it will be as effective as the 10,000 CP worth body reconstruction?]
The system followed a question as if replying to the weird look I’m giving it.
I frowned at its words as a theory came to mind.
Then I looked at the [Body Reconstruction] window that I received earlier when I finished going through the process.
It’s not in my [Traits] nor [Skills], it has its own section.
[Body Reconstruction(ES)]
Looking at the ’(ES)’ thing... I frowned deeper and pointed at it.
"Don’t tell me this ’(ES)’ means..."
I weakly mumbled... wishing that what I thought was wrong.
[Yep, ’(ES)’ means ’Early Stage’, you’re not done with body reconstruction yet lol.]
But my wish was shattered by the system’s sneering remarks.
A gloomy expression appeared on my face after hearing that.
[Early Stage body reconstruction will readjust your body constitution and make it stronger and sturdier. In short, it’s focused on your physical body.]
The system then started explaining. I was in no mood to ask questions, so I just let it talk.
Also, it’s not just my head that’s hurting, my muscles are aching too.
And yes, it started hurting after using my attribute’s characteristics to raise my movement speed while under the skill .
It just got better when Adelle healed me earlier, so I didn’t put much attention to it.
[The reason why your physical body didn’t hurt as much as before, even after applying multiple buffs and enhancements to yourself, is because of your new and better body.]
The system explained. It’s saying something useful, so I’m listening carefully.
[And the reason why your head still hurts as much as before is because it didn’t get touched by the reconstruction process.]
Opening my mouth after a while, I asked a question.
"Then what should I do about it?"
The system remained silent, then after some seconds...
A new transparent window appeared in front of me.
[Body Reconstruction(MS)]
1. Run for 500,000 kilometers.
2. Do 200,000 push-ups.
3. Do 200,000 sit-ups.
4. Do 200,000 squats.
5. Lift 100 kilograms, 500,000 times.
6. Must be at least rank.
I stuttered as an incredible shock hit me.
It feels like my whole body became cold as my face turned pale again.
I was looking at the transparent window in front of me with wide open mouth.
I couldn’t even get angry at the new requirements I need to meet to go through another body reconstruction.
All I could feel was dejection.
’My rank limit is rank, and I need to be at least rank to go through another phase of body reconstruction...?’
I thought as I lifelessly looked at the system window in front of me.
[You know, even if you saved up 10,000 CP before and purchased the proper body reconstruction, you would still go through intense pain and crazy training requirements. It’s just that yours are a bit harder and crazier... Pfft—]
The system seemed to be making fun of me. Normally, I wouldn’t let it go, but because I’m so speechless by what I just saw...
I ignored it and focused on my problem instead.
So—what do I do when there’s an unsolvable problem that stresses me out?
With that, I lay on my bed and closed my eyes.
’This day sucks... Let’s try my luck tomorrow. Also... I need bigger clothes.’
I thought and started dozing off minutes later as I was still pretty exhausted.
Somewhere inside the Lunar Academy.
In a different male dormitory that’s far more luxurious than where Raven is staying.
This said dormitory was much more opulent compared to Raven’s.
The whole building in question consists of 11 floors.
The 1st to 9th floors have 3 medium-luxurious rooms each, while the 10th floor only has 2 large rooms.
And the 11th floor—the very top floor of the building—is a whole dorm for just one person!
It’s big, considering the building is 420 square meters in size. It’s basically a mansion.
Meanwhile, the dormitory where Raven is staying is only a quarter of that!
It might be too much for others, but this dormitory is only for those in the top 20–50 of the freshmen students.
Anyway, on the top floor of this dormitory, in the biggest room of the entire building...
To be precise, in Sean’s room—
There’s an ongoing meeting consisting of three people.
"We can’t keep an eye on him anymore as that dumb professor just couldn’t hold himself back and is currently suspended. There’s a high chance he would be fired too."
Sean muttered in a clearly annoyed voice.
"And that bitch professor didn’t even put a scratch on Raven...!"
He was barely holding himself back from rampaging.
Sean mumbled as he remembered what he did to him.
He frowned as his face ached a bit—he remembered being slapped and humiliated by Raven in the cafeteria.
And since then, he started constructing a plan on how to get back at him.
"You paid a professor to keep an eye on Raven?"
Ervin then muttered, genuinely shocked. He didn’t know anything about it.
Sean looked at Ervin with a frown.
As a matter of fact, Sean had a lot of things he was hiding from him.
After a few seconds of looking at Ervin, Sean opened his mouth.
"I did that to make sure Raven wouldn’t attack any of our group members."
He stated. Ervin still had his doubts but chose to ignore it, as he’s been friends with Sean since their childhood.
"Ervin, can you leave Barry and me for a bit?"
Sean then asked him a favor.
Ervin, who didn’t have much to say anyway, decided to follow his words.
Sean watched Ervin’s muscular back getting smaller as he approached the door, and not long after—
After making sure that he wasn’t around anymore, Sean faced Barry and opened his mouth.
"Now that we’re alone, how are the assassins we hired?"
Barry then turned pale after hearing that question.
He trembled a bit before forcefully speaking.
"T-the assassins we hired to kill R-Raven’s family... were found dead, and it looks like they were killed one-sidedly..."
There was a slight shake in Barry’s voice as he stuttered and nervously spoke.
"It looks like Raven’s family is being protected by someone strong..."
He added, prompting Sean that Raven isn’t as normal as he seems on the outside.
Hearing his words and understanding what Barry meant made Sean’s mood even worse.
He tightly clenched his hands into fists to the point that his nails dug into his palms intensely, making him bleed a little.
But Sean didn’t mind that as he focused on blaming Raven.
"Why... Things...aren’t going... my way."
He grumbled as he gnashed his teeth from time to time to prevent himself from screaming.
Barry started sweating profusely as Sean was emitting murderous intent, making it harder for him to breathe normally.
"In the assessment test..."
Sean mumbled, then after calming himself a little—
"In the assessment test, I’m gonna make you experience hell!"
Sean exclaimed and punched the table near him, shattering it to pieces.
Barry flinched after seeing that and decided to follow Sean until the end, as he didn’t want to become his enemy.
’Raven... Your life will be hell. Too bad for you.’
Barry thought as a small smile appeared on his face.
All of what happened in the room just now—even earlier today or yesterday—everything was witnessed by someone!
After all, starting from 2 days ago, until now...
Sean’s whole room was being observed by that someone!
And that someone is currently at the corner of the room, in a small hidden place that no one would pay attention to.
That someone is using a skill, making their presence nearly undetectable!
They didn’t take their eyes off Sean every time he was in the room...
And not long after, Barry left.
As soon as he left, Sean stood up from the sofa where he’d been sitting this whole time.
He walked toward a painting of himself that was hanging on the wall, then when he stopped in front of it, he removed it.
And a safe behind the painting was revealed!
Yuki, who was watching everything from a small hole in the bed frame, tweeted quietly as she thought her mission would soon be done and she could finally meet Raven and the others again.