Cassius could tell that his stepmother was very passionate about this subject, which frightened the timid mphis even further. She loved to adventure and discover new things, but when it ca to this terrifying woman, she couldn't even muster an ounce of courage. Realizing this, Cassius patted her head before concentrating on Sasha.
"Her yearning for the Gates has a lot more to it than so rash pursuit. If that is what she wants if she awakens, then there is nothing either of us can do to persuade her otherwise."
Although reluctant to agree, Sasha knew he was right. Yet that only seed to increase her irritation.
Ever since her stepson began changing, he didn't seem to be wrong about anything. And that casual, cooling smile plastered across his normally apathetic expression only served to further her annoyance.
Ultimately, Sasha gave in and dejectedly nodded before rising from the dining table. Her mood beca a bit glum as she aimlessly wandered around the kitchen; clearly, sothing else entwined with the Gate matter was irking her. However, seeing as it was likely a very touchy subject, Cassius didn't bring it up, instead redirecting his focus toward the sleepy beauty walking into the kitchen as if she had just gotten there.
No matter how many tis he observed the tendencies of these won, he couldn't stop himself from finding them all adorable in their own ways.
Aya, upon entering the kitchen, approached her seat at the table and began eating without saying a single word. She tried her best to keep her eyes away from the devilishly handso man a few feet away from her, yet struggled imnsely. None besides Cassius noticed this peculiar glancing session she was having with his seemingly oblivious self. But when Sasha finally simred down enough to be more aware of her surroundings, her face once more contorted in cute frustration.
"Young lady!" Sasha exclaid. "Why have you been waking up so early?? Are you sick or sothing!?"
Hearing this sudden announcent, both Cassius and mphis hid their low laughs behind their hands. Aya, on the other hand, froze in place, with her face reddening in proportion to her imnse embarrassnt.
"...Mom…"
"Yes, sweetie?" replied Sasha, a bit puzzled over the concealed anger in her tone.
The shadows covering Aya's expression flushed away in an instant as she turned her head up and locked her golden eyes with the similarly colored eyes of her mother.
"You suck!" she announced before storming away in a huff. She couldn't believe that her mother had embarrassed her so publicly, and in front of Cassius no less! Gosh!!
A silence hung over the kitchen table as Cassius and mphis cautiously watched Sasha's expression fall to the floor. She no longer had a peachy, vigorous complexion; it was instead replaced with a level of desolateness that reminded them of a barren desert. Discover hidden tales at empire
Understanding that this was their cue to skedaddle, they silently put their plates away and retreated through the house's back door. It also just so happened to be the door that Cassius escaped through a few weeks ago, back when he nearly got caught by the recently relieved Aya.
The vivid mory remained fresh in his mind, but with the massive changes in her attitude and stance toward him, it was hard to overlap them as the sa person.
As Cassius's mind swirled with nonsense, mphis, who ran beside him, could swear that she heard the shattering of sothing loud back where they had just co from. Yet, when she realized that she was closely sticking to him in an almost intimate manner, she furiously blushed before backing away in a fluster.
Before Cassius had the chance to question her on her unusual behavior, she swiftly vanished from the scene, leaving him all alone in the middle of a street populated by lovey-dovey couples. "Ahh…" As if understanding the truth of the universe, he shook his head slightly, accompanied by a faint, bitter smile.
Left to stroll the streets as a single duckling, he received many stares because of his appearance and purposeful isolation, as many wondered how soone so handso could be by himself.
Taking this ti to search through his thoughts, Cassius occasionally wondered whether mphis made it ho fine. Yet, more than that, his mind traced back to the events that occurred over the last week.
Following the successful conquest of his first Gate, he woke up the next morning and received a 'nice' system notification informing him of the upgrade of his Newbie Training Equipnt. He spoke in jest the night prior, in no way expecting his words to actually co true…
From 5,000 odd pounds, the total weight of his Newbie 2 Equipnt exponentially multiplied to 15,000, with just his Newbie 2 Sword making up half of that! Just performing a single sword swing for the Daily Quest had beco virtually impossible, let alone doing 100 of them!
Cassius felt scamd! But what could he do about it…?
It was only after pushing his body to its limits dozens of tis that he finally managed to perform 100 excruciatingly painful sword swings. It was also around this ti that he received the system rewards earned for doing exactly double the necessary amount of Daily Quest exercises. From that, he received 20 AP, 2 Stat Points in Charisma, and a 'Key.'
As opposed to the other ti-system rewards that the Idle Evolution System gave out for leveling up, this 'Key' was sothing far rarer and harder to acquire. Its description read as such:
{[HELL's 1st Floor Key]} - [S Rank]
[Normally, it is impossible for one who hasn't achieved transcendence to traverse between the Realms of a Galactic Tower, but this key is one of the few exceptions.]
[Use it on any door of your choice to open up an entryway that only you can see. If you so choose to risk your worthless, moocher life, then feel free to open up this entryway before achieving a prowess of the B-Rank!]
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