A month ago, Arledge was curious about what was outside. He just learned that the light bulb on the hallway was called a bright stone, a common mineral found mostly everywhere where there's land.
Arledge wanted to explore more of this place and gain knowledge about everything he was curious about but he can only do it if he can walk or even crawl.
Arledge wanted to get out of this room and decided to train how to crawl. That was when he received an exclusive mission from the system!
[ Exclusive Quest: Learn to crawl (ongoing)
Duration: 50 days
Rewards: 1 fragmented inferior clone, 1 S point ]
Finally! the system has finally become useful! He wanted to cry at that time as the system was basically useless until now.
He clicked on the fragmented inferior clone to see its relevant information.
[ Fragmented inferior clone was a key piece to obtaining inferior clone. Collect 0/3 ]
Inferior clone! The system said that the inferior was one level behind him. What did it mean by 1 level behind him?
He opened the host service and ask the system.
"What do you mean by 1 level behind?" he thought.
[ The inferior clone was 1 level behind the host ]
"I want an answer, not you repeating what I just said! you trashy system!"
He heaves a long breath as he tries to calm himself down. He has done this to not get frustrated with his system.
*sigh*
"What I should do with you, system? I want to kill you right here right now" he calmly said. "If you were only a system that can immediately give me the power that let me be op while in this body..."
It didn't mean his system was not powerful but he can't use its full potential just because he was in the wrong body thus he can only wait to grow up.
"Why chose this body if you were useless to me in this situation in the first place?" he asked.
The system did not answer his question.
He sighed disappointedly and then moved on to what needed to do. Being frustrated repeatedly was not good for his mind but the system kept provoking him.
He checked the information of the system to the inferior clone again.
[ Inferior clone is a clone 1 level below the host. Can receive part of stats host. Absolute Loyalty ]
The inferior clone was a clone of himself meaning a replica of himself. It was also absolutely loyal to him. He doesn't know if his shitty system was telling him the truth though.
He trained himself up after that. Every day he woke up, he tried raising his legs and arms up and down again and again. It was an exercise he came up with not too stressful for his body.
After doing those, he will drink the milk he set aside earlier. He did this to regain his energy quickly and then go back to his exercise again.
He can learn to talk while he was training but training it at the same time will only consume more stamina and time. This way, it will not put him in trouble or complicate him if discovered.
He can already understand what they were saying, why does he even need to talk? He has a lot of time to consume, he can choose to talk if his vocal cords was mature enough.
What he needed right now the most is learn their writing system and train his physique.
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~Present~
[ Exclusive Quest: Learn to crawl (completed)
Rewards: 1 fragmented inferior clone, 1 S point ]
As soon as the system acknowledge his mastery crawling his crawling, the system sounded in his head but Victor was at that time. He can't summon his system in his sleep like many protagonists as the system said that it was attached to his soul and dream was a completely different concept.
He can summon it when his conscious. But with a fragile body, he can't control his will to sleep. Babies need a lot of sleep to grow healthy.
He doesn't want to be suspicious at all so, he maintained at least 8 hours of sleep per day.
You should know that on Earth newborn babies need at least 15 hours of sleep. In this magical world, 8 hours of sleep was enough for a newborn baby.
Without further ado, Arledge opened the shop tab of the system. He was excited as he was finally able to buy the strengthening potion!
[ Shop
Coins: 250
System point/s: 0
Healing potion (Tier 1): can heal bruises and swollen parts of the body
Buy 30 coins
Mana potion (Tier 1): can recover 5℅ mana of Tier 1 individual. Major decrease when consumed by Tier 2 individuals.
Buy 1 system point
Strengthening potion (Tier 1): can be consumed to boost body strength. Limited to Tier 1 and below. Can be consumed up to 3 times.
Buy 2 system points ]
He finally accumulated 250 points! The conversion rate of coins into system points was 100:1.
Most of the points he gained were from drinking milk. It gives him 5 coins every day.
He immediately turned his will of thought to buy out the strengthening potion but just as he was about to, he remembered the saying 'better safe than sorry
He turned his will of thought to host service and asked the system.
"What does strengthening potion taste like? Is there pain after drinking it?"
[ According to the host's memory, the word 'horrible' was the appropriate term for its taste ]
[ Yes ]
He didn't know why but he thought the system will reply it don't know again. He was numbed by his stupid system but he was glad it answered.
'What bad luck... there's pain and horrible taste in one drink'
He still bought out the strengthening potion even though he knew the consequences of drinking it.
Out of nowhere, a vial of red liquid dropped gently on Arledge's mattress.
'Wow...'
He just witnessed magic in front of his eyes! It made him exhilarated. He also wanted to make that happen and he can't help but be excited about the future where he can use various magical effects.
He didn't delve into that matter more and focused on what was in from of him.
He picked up the vial and lifted it in front of his eyes. The red liquid within the transparent vial was glistening and swirling by itself. It was beautiful in appearance but he needed to drink it not admire it.
He immediately opened the vial and drank it.
'Sh*t, that was really horrible!' but he braced himself from the upcoming pain by closing his eyes tightly.
'...'
'Where was the pain?' just as he said those a pain was felt all over his body without notice. He was prepared for the pain but the pain was just too much for him.
'How the hell you call this a potion if it's destroying the body of those who drank it?!'
He didn't want to make a sound to not alert Victor by his sudden cry.
'Oh sh*t, oh sh*t, oh sh*t... I forgot to ask about the impurities!...'
But he can't multitask right now, the pain was too terrible if not for his 1 month of training his body, he will not be able to handle this pain.
He mustered himself up and gritted his few teeth as he endured the pain. But as time passed, Arledge can't handle it anymore and passed out.