Rewinding time to where the sun just got out of its hiding, revealing its brightness to those seeking light in the early morning...
"Ma..."
Lyrica flutters her half-open eyes. She then helped herself get into a sitting posture while looking half-asleep.
Right then, as the headphone materializes on her head, a quest notification rang through her ears. At the same time, a quest window pops out in front of her.
"Huh...? Body Proportioning?"
Daily Quest: Body Proportioning
Strengthen one's body by completing the whole exercise routine.
Push up: 0 / 100
Sit up: 0 / 100
Squats: 0 / 100
Walk/Run: 0 / 10km
Rewards:
- 1,000 EXP
- Random (+2MP/+2dB/+1SP)
"Doesn't seem like a hard thing to do, considering that my strength has increased."
With that said, Lyrica starts up the morning with a hundred push-ups.
"23... 24... 25..."
Again, her strength has increased considerably. As such, a hundred push-ups are a breeze for Lyrica.
"Maybe I should do another set? ...Nah, it's pointless. If the daily quest wants me to do a hundred, then it should only be a hundred."
After that, Lyrica does a hundred sit-ups right before doing a hundred squats.
"97... 98... 99... 100...!"
Right then, she prepares herself to do a ten-kilometer run inside the room.
"Let's see... Maybe I can do this?"
Lyrica tries to imitate running without moving a single inch forward. But as she expected, it didn't register to the 10km run.
"I guess I need to move for real." She let out a long sigh of exhaustion. "How troublesome."
She walks up to the window and opens it, and the luminous rays of the morning sunlight caught her eyes off guard. But as the warmth of the ball of light embraces her body, making her fully awake, the lively street of Takkot revealed itself before her.
"Looks like a lot of people are busy doing their thing already, huh." Said Lyrica as she leans on the window and leisurely watches over the street.
Among all the people on the street going left and right, Lyrica puts her attention towards the group of people gathered on the side of the street, gossiping about a town that got annihilated for some unknown reason.
"Gossip here..."
She then pans her view towards the other group gossiping about a bread store and its freshly baked and delicious bread.
"Gossip there..."
Her eyes wandered once more until it eventually locks up on a few kids playing Patintero on the corner of the street.
"Just like any normal day back on Earth..."
Out of boredom, Lyrica decides to open up her whole character window.
Listener: Lyrica Ley Rael
Lv. 16
HP: 89.6%
MP: 52
dB Limit: 42
[Statistics]
Strength: 30
Durability: 10
Agility: 30
Stamina: 20
Senses: 10
Available Stat Points: 11
[Playlist]
Playable Music:
- Jazz Harmony (Lv. Max)
- Heavy Metal (Lv. 1)
- Heavy Metal: Iron Maiden (Lv. 1)
- Fierock (Lv. 1)
- Hip Hop (Lv. 1)
Background Music:
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> Acquired EXP: 10,310
> Required EXP: 15,000
The first thing she takes note of is her HP and MP.
"It seems like my health is on the fast track to full recovery. On the other hand, it only took a whole night for my MP to regain what I expended yesterday. I guess resting helped a lot in the process."
Lyrica reminisces the battle that transpired in the Forest of No Return. It was, without a doubt, a dangerous battle in which she made grave mistakes.
Lyrica underestimated the Guardian Snake's intelligence by trying to lure it away using Riko and Magdalo as bait. She also underestimated its overwhelming strength, agility, and reaction speed when she tried to jump to safety along with Riko and Magdalo.
"We got lucky..." She mumbled to herself. "If the Guardian Snake hadn't turned its attention away from me, and if Marlo didn't have his earth manipulation magic, it would have been the end of me and everyone else."
Indeed, they got lucky. She fluttered her eyes before shifting her gaze to her level.
"In any case, I'm glad we got out of that forest. That helped me increase my level yet again."
Yes. Right as she and the others set foot outside of the forest, Lyrica heard the quest completion notice from her magic headphone.
[You Have Received The Following Rewards!]
- 14,000 EXP
- Stat Points: 5
- dB: 10
Along with the EXP reward, Lyrica received 10 decibels which increased her dB Limit from 32 to 42. That, and she also received another 5 statistics points, now she has 11 stat points in total. With this, she can now use any music at 40dB safely, as well as increase any of her five stats further.
"Now then, for the highlight of the mor–"
Kachak!
Creaak~!
Before she could finish her sentence, Lyrica heard the door opening behind her. She turns around to see Robert standing at the door with a flustered expression on his face.
"Ah...!"
He slammed the door shut so hard it's as if he's in a hurry. Right then, Lyrica would hear his muffled voice behind the door.
"H-Hey, you! Kuya Riko isn't here! It's her!"
"We were trying to tell you that Kuya Riko is with ate Mila's place but you wouldn't listen!"
Said Nela with her faint, scolding voice coming from the corners of the door.
"Just hurry and wake her up!"
"She's–!"
The door to Riko's room opens from behind Robert, startling him.
"Yes? What's wrong?"
Lyrica asked Nela while looking at Robert who seems to be even more flustered than ever after seeing Lyrica face's up close.
"Ah, so you're already awake, good timing. Come on down, let's have breakfast." Nela invited Lyrica.
"Thank you, I'll be there."
Lyrica replied as she watches Nela turn back and makes her way to the dining area. Meanwhile, she turns back to Robert, making his face flushed red.
"What's wrong?" She asked. "Your face is beet red, you know."
"I-I-It's nothing!" He turns away and runs down the stairs. "Come down and have breakfast!"
After watching him dart out of the scene, Lyrica shifts her gaze towards her three new music—Fierock, Hip Hop, and Heavy Metal: Iron Maiden.
She was planning to read each of their music info before going out of Riko's room. But then, the plan has changed.
"Guess I'll just give them a read later."
With that being said, Lyrica walks down the stairs and makes her way to the dining area.