"Sephker. Don't tell me you got some of my books." My brother Lafker said. Oh great he thinks I stole it. I wonder how he will be when I tell him they are brand new.
"No, they are a gift I bought for you. Check them out, I bet you will love them." I said while holding the books out for him. He looked at them for a second and then got an excited face. He adjusted his face after realizing that he showed excitement.
"You want something, don't you? These are brand new, meaning you haven't read them yet." Lafker's perspective on things like this. He deduced that I am trying to get something out of him. Well, I am not going to lie. He didn't even give me a chance to use the lie I came up with.
"I just got a skill recently. Spear Mastery F is what it was. Knowing you, you know experts I can learn from. A letter of introduction would be nice to give to people." I said forcing a smile to look genuine.
"That fake smile is creepy. But fine I do have a few people who could help you. I can guarantee you at least a day of training. Anything more than that is not guaranteed." Lafker said while writing a letter.
The first person Lafker recommended was an S-ranked retired adventurer. His name is Bern. He doesn't have a last name or at least Lafker didn't mention it. The best times are to meet him in the morning. With a bottle of booze.
However, being 18 I cannot be seen carrying around alcohol. Regardless of my father's prestige I will be stopped and checked to see how old I am. I do look quite young even for the age of 18. I won't get thrown in jail because of my connections. It still would take a lot of time out of my day.
So he told me to use our names to get his attention. The Alphor family name makes people listen even if they are daydreaming. So for Berin, if I use Lafker Alphor in a sentence he will listen even tired. With that, I took the letter to my room and put it on my desk. I opened up the Lust system once more. I just to check stuff out before I go to bed.
I see something interesting. Out of my price range but something like this would be nice to have.
It costs 100K Sin Points. It would be nice to have all those Sin Points. What I need now is a way to get more points. I need to be more lustful in my actions. Except being in the mood comes and goes. It's hard to change your mindset.
Well, tomorrow is a brand new day for me to work. My mind is saying to close my eyes. Even though I know I want to stay up my body refuses. I wonder if it will refuse to wake up on time.
I wouldn't find out if I would be able to wake up naturally. Around 7:30 am I was woken up by my Personal maid Lily. I know that my personal maid used to make me hot and bothered. Now that I am no longer a cherry boy I don't find her attractive.
Well, she is pretty but I am not going after her. If I could choose to go after a girl it would be either Luna or Rita. Or maybe some other girl out there I haven't met would be perfect for me. What is that plinking icon in my vision?
I focused on the plinking icon in my vision and the Cursed Lust System opened up. I had a new, message in the mail tab. That is weird I haven't bought anything.
When I looked at the message it gave me a free gift. For buying a lot of books another book was given to me. The book title was
If I read this book I get +1 Wisdom and +5 strength. The final reward would be a skill that is hidden. Meaning I have no idea if it is random or is a set skill but is just kept hidden from me. The ultimate reward though is at least I will be entertained.
I woke up dressed myself and took the letter with me and sat my book down on my desk. I ate a quick breakfast and headed toward the address I was given. What did I expect? A nice house. Not vines growing out of it. How much money is he getting from a pension?
I know you are retired but maybe you need to take quests again. I hate to be mean but this house is something I would hate to live in. Well, a roof over your head beats the rain but still. He lives in incredibly bad conditions.
Whatever. I am here to learn spear techniques. I don't care if he lives on the streets. I just want to know. I walk towards what I think is the front door and knocked.
It took a minute but he was able to answer the door. I didn't have to persuade him to get up. Will have to persuade him to read the letter. When he opened the door I could see a man with a dirty beard. Dark circles around his eyes and a hunched-over body.
"I was told by Lafker to give you this," I said while giving him the letter. When I said Lafker his eyes widden up a bit and he got a bit more sober. He whipped his eyes with his arm and read the letter more.
"I see you are his brother. A spear skill huh? Yeah, I will help you out. The first time is free. Next time you will have to buy me a drink." He said while waving to me to enter the house. So I did what he told me to do. I got inside the house.
The house wasn't in shambles. It was at least clean enough not to have trash everywhere. I assumed this house would be crawling with cockroaches. Thankfully it is clean enough that I haven't seen one yet. Not saying there aren't any. I just haven't seen one yet.
I walk with him until we reached a wide-open room. This is where we will go over the spear. There is a lot of room to learn the spear here. I like this place actually. Big enough to swing my spear anywhere. Small enough to feel like I won't be distracted.
"First we will see how you do on these dummies. The dummies have a self-repair function so go wild kid." He said while pointing at dummies that seemed brittle. He did say they have a repair function. So I won't feel guilty for destroying it.