As he lay on the bed next to Anna, Jake was a little bit worried about what punishment she was going to give him. He was sure he could do anything she asked him to do but it did not stop him from being slightly worried.
"Why am I lying down here instead of doing my punishment? Which I still don't know what it is." Jake said to Anna.
"You'll do your punishment." Anna replied. "I just wanted to lay down for a moment and I asked you to join me. Is that a bad thing?"
"Yes it is a bad thing when there a million and one other things I could be doing right now."
Getting up from the mat, Anna said to Jake "Alright, get up then. Since it looks like you're so eager to get this punishment over with."
"Yes I am." Jake replied as he also got up from the mat.
"The first part of your punishment is to run around this whole school compound twenty five times."
"TWENTY FIVE!?" Jake shouted. "Are you serious?"
"Yes." Anna replied simply.
"But... Twenty five times? Have you seen how humongous this school is?"
"Yes. You must run as fast as you can round the school compound without stopping."
"And you want me to run around the compound twenty five times?"
"Yes."
"Isn't that too serious for a punishment? I wasn't even that late to get back to the training room." Jake complained.
"But you were late, weren't you?" Anna asked.
"Yeah but, can't you be a little bit lenient with the punishment? And you said running round the school is only the first part of my punishment."
"Yes I did, and no, I won't be lenient with the punishment." Anna said. "If it were another student I could have been lenient, but I will not be lenient with you."
"Why?" Jake asked.
"Because you're my personal student. Stop talking and start running. You'll start and stop running at the school gate."
"What happens if I stop running before I reach twenty five?"
"You'll find out when you stop running." Anna replied.
'I definitely don't want to find out.' Jake thought.
Stopping with his complaints, Jake left the training room and went down to the school gate. 'Even with how high my endurance is, running around the school compound twenty five times is going to be difficult. But at least when I'm done with it my speed stat is going to increase. And I'm not going to hold back when I start running.'
Now at the school gate, Jake looked up at Anna who was watching him from the verandah of the building where their training room was situated.
Standing in front of the gate under the dim light from the two moons which revolve around Veda, Jake stretched his body and got ready to start running. 'This will take a while.'
Checking his system before he began running, Jake looked at all of his stats.
[Jake Cayden]
[Level: 4]
[Health:140/140]
[Species:Human*]
[Strength:30]
[Speed: 25]
[Endurance:38]
[Mental Moxie:16]
[Mana:22/22]
[Magic:23]
[Element: None]
[Ability: Magic mimicry]
[Exp: 325/800]
Starting his punishment, Jake began running around the school compound while staying close to the fence of the school. Running as fast as he could, Jake was aware of the fact that Anna was watching him but he didn't slow down. Completing the first part of the punishment was already going to take a lot of time with Jake using his full speed so slowing down would only increase the amount of time he will use to finish the punishment.
With this in mind, Jake strived to make his legs move faster in order for him to finish the punishment as fast as he could.
After running around the school compound eleven times, Jake was starting to slow down. His endurance was his highest stat but it wasn't high enough to make him run around the school compound twenty five times without stopping to catch his breath or stopping for a break.
Though Jake had not stopped running, he was slowly nearing his limit. From the verandah, Anna was watching Jake and noticed the speed at which he was using to run had reduced. The speed had not reduced by a lot but it was still noticeable.
'He lasted longer than I thought he would.' Anna thought as she watched Jake pass the school gate and keep running. 'With how large this school is, students like him shouldn't be able to run around it more than seven times before they begin to slow down. But he ran around the school eleven times before the tiredness from running began to affect him.'
Passing the school gate again, Jake began struggling to keep running. He was running round the school for the fourteenth time and he was still pushing himself to move faster. 'I can't stop now, I can't.' Misplacing his foot while running, Jake staggered a little before continuing with his punishment.
'My speed stat better increase after all this, my endurance too.' Jake thought. 'After seeing how the system gives rewards for completing quests, though I don't fully understand it yet, I think I can guess how much my stats will increase after this.'
Reducing his speed down to a jog, Jake was taking in deep breaths while jogging. He had seen Anna standing in the verandah each time he passed the building for the training room. With the smile he kept seeing on her face, Jake knew Anna was not going pity him at all.
Now coming to a stop to regain his stamina, Jake bent over and put his hands on his knees while continuing to take in deep breaths. 'This is going to be really stressful.'
Waiting for a minute, Anna still didn't see Jake. "Looks like he finally stopped. He did well." Jumping down from the verandah, Anna landed on the ground and ran round the school until she saw Jake. "Are you tired already?"
"Already?" Jake asked as he turned to look at her. "I've already run round the school fourteen times. At least a break would be nice."
"Let me break this down for you. You either start running now, or I start slapping you on your back. Which do you prefer?"
"I think that's obvious." Jake said as he continued with his punishment.
"And don't let me catch up to you." Anna said from behind Jake.