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Chapter 14 - odd occurrences

[Are they a threat to you]

[Yes/No]

Although Uni knew the princess was the other user, Uni didn't want to immediately pick no, because he knew very little about the princess and her family, even though he was grateful that they would let him stay in their home, he had only met them about an hour ago.

Uni was pondering heavily on what he should choose, and that's when he recalled how she acted when they first met. When they were talking she genuinely seemed like a nice person.

"Grhh...I hope I don't regret this later." Uni said as he clicked No. laying back down on his bed, Uni started thinking about the princess, but more specifically her stats and he wondered how was he supposed to get stronger.

"After doing 1000 push-ups I got to level 2 but what do I do now? Should I try to do other exercises? Hmm..." Getting up from his bed once again, Uni thought this was not a bad Idea and so he got on the floor and tried doing some sit ups to see if anything would happen, but sadly nothing did.

Not content with giving up, Uni tried many different exercises, but still nothing worked. This made Uni wonder why he only got EXP for doing push-ups.

Uni almost considered just doing push-ups yet he knew that it would be inefficient to continue this method. ^I got a instant level up when I did 1000 push-ups, and that number might go up as I get more levels so I can't rely on this^

^Should I just go to Anna for help when she wakes up? How did she level up without any help? When I got the system It said that I was the second player, so that must mean that me and Anna are the only people with the system right?^

Regardless of these questions, Uni knew that he wouldn't be able to increase his levels, at least not until Anna would wake up. This left Uni annoyed but with nothing to do, he began looking around the room again, and immediately saw a large window big enough for him to lay flat and still have space.

This made him question why he didn't see this earlier because it was so noticeable that he should've noticed it when he first walked in, but Uni didn't think much of it and brushed it off as he got closer to it. Once he sat on the window, he looked out and saw the beautiful view of the city. This got Uni thinking back to literally a few days ago when he was stuck in an abandoned orphanage cohabiting with rats and having them regularly steal food, now he was staying with the current King and Queen of Klosa.

"I never would've thought that I could ever be here looking out a window into the city from the castle. It almost makes me want to cry, but I won't because everything that has happened to me over the past couple days has been luck and I haven't earned it yet. I can't cry until I do something that I think is good enough."

After saying this Uni was feeling very good about his future and hopeful about this strange power he has, but as soon as he said this he heard the voice of a girl.

"Quite an interesting speech, very noble mindset." Startled by this, Uni began frantically looking around. "Who are you?!" Uni was confused and he didn't understand what was happening. "Give me one second, can you see me now?" Uni was surprised as a face popped up directly in front of him. "What's going on, how are you just a floating head?"

Although one question came out, he was very confused as to the current situation. "Oh, sorry for my appearance I thought my whole body would have come but I guess not."

"There...is this better?" The girl's whole body then appeared, but she was still floating which made Uni wonder who this was. "Could you please tell me who you are? And what do you want?"

"I'm apart of your powers?" The girl said with excitement while simultaneously flying in the room at a high velocity. At this point Uni didn't even know how to respond. His mind was racing with thoughts and he was being overloaded. ^Too many insane things happened today and now this, what is she even talking about? My power? The system?^

"Yes, the system." This startled Uni, "Can you read my mind?" The girl stopped flying around and was now eye level with Uni. "I can't read your mind, but I can read your emotions and I sensed your confusion." She said with a smug look. "Are you tryna brag right now?"

The smug look then turned into one of annoyance, "I was only answering you." The more and more she talked, the more Uni wasn't fond of her. "I still don't know why you are here, even if you are my supposed powers, why show yourself now?"

"Oh right, I forgot since you were asking so many questions, but I only showed myself because you complained about not being able to get stronger so I came to help with that."

"What? You can help me? But who says I need help?" ^It would be smart to accept this offer, however for one I don't have the best first impression of this girl, so I wouldn't really want help from her, and secondly, how do I know she isn't a witch trying to secretly steal my powers? All valid questions.^

"Ok, you could not want my help but who else is going to help you?" Uni Instantly thought of the princess, and figured that she would tell him who to improve to her level if he asked nicely.

"If you were thinking of the princess, then think again."

"Why should I? I know she's the other user, and I'm pretty sure she knows I'm the second user, so I don't see what's the problem." The floating girl sighed and said. "If you don't see the issues then that's fine, but personally I can sense that there is something strange going on with this family and I wouldn't want to associate myself with that."

This left Uni in a state of thought, after thinking back on his actions, he might've been a little too naïve and trusting. Even if the royal family seems really nice and welcoming, it doesn't mean he shouldn't still be on guard a bit.

So after powdering for a bit, Uni made his decision, "...When do we start?"