Thanks to Jane's help, Isaac had no problem crossing the plantation N•25's entrance doors. Even better, he even managed to get the famous card that was none other than a guild card.
In exchange for all Jane's services, she had Isaac promise to meet her boss the next day.
After finishing all the paperwork, Jane finally led him in front of a two-story building where he had planned to spend the evening.
The latter, usually petty, even gave him some pocket money to allow him to live four days without missing anything.
"Sigh, I was expecting banknotes, but who'd have thought that even the currency of our world had changed?" Isaac looks at the silver coin in his hand with an ironic smile.
'A single silver coin allows me to spend four days in this inn with three meals/day. I didn't know that the system was so charitable at the time by giving me 1000 gold coins; it's as if it told me to live peacefully without worrying about my expenses.' Isaac mutters under his tongue as he pushes the door of the so-called inn that was made of armored glass.
"Well, a hell of an inn!" He exclaims in surprise when he saw the reception center that had four girls dressed in black tie suits.
'Sigh, it's no longer an inn, it's downright a modern hotel.' He mumbled before heading to the last reception center that was a little further away.
"Welcome to plantation N•25's inn, dear customer~."
'Huh!?' Isaac almost shrieked out loud when he saw the receptionist who had just welcomed him.
She was a girl with long white ponytail hair and a seductive face with a beauty spot under her lips and two dimples that emerged on her cheeks when she smiled professionally at Isaac.
The most confusing thing for Isaac was to see the girl's fluffy white ears that were the ears of snow foxes.
Her skin was also as white and smooth as the people living in the north, in cold areas.
'A Beastman's vixen? I didn't expect to see such a breed in this place. But she doesn't seem to be a simple receptionist.' Concludes Isaac by seeing the girl's data.
[Player: Nohhah (level 40)]
[HP: 45/45]
[IP: 17]
'Finally, it's not my problem; unless she's...' He immediately shakes his head before making his most beautiful smile towards the girl.
"I come here for a single room with a shower. And if possible, I'd also like to have something to put under my teeth, I'm hungry." Isaac speaks with sociability, regardless of reception receptionist's dizzy expression.
"Hem...yes, of course; you're here for a room." She answers in a brittle voice, unable to put her mind in order.
Isaac nods and continues. "I want to pay for four days' stay; is it possible?"
The vixen girl's ears prick up when Isaac's voice reached them. She immediately regained her calm and her professional smile then resurfaced.
"It'll cost you a gold coin."
"...A gold coin?" Isaac raises his eyebrows.
'This is not the Cota announced by Jane; does she want to scam me?' He mutters in his mind before focusing on the girl who had an enchanting smile on her lips.
But the next moment, he had a sneaky little smile. 'Ah, I see.' He said to himself before taking out a gold coin in the purse he has just removed from his inventory.
He slips the gold coin on the girl's counter who seemed to be older than him.
He had empty eyes and a silly smile on his lips; as if his actions weren't carried out by his free will.
Nohhah's smile widens on her lips when she sees the gold coin under Isaac's fingers.
"Hold on, sir; your room is upstairs, at the back." She then picks up Isaac's gold coin and gives him the access card for room 37.
Isaac also picks up the card on the counter with the same empty eyes as before and continues on his way without saying anything more.
After Isaac's leaving, the milf vixen looks at the other receptionists with fierce eyes. "What are you watching for? Continue your work!" She speaks of an authoritarian voice that had nothing to do with her former smile; as if she had just exchanged her place with her alter-ego.
The receptionists tremble unconsciously in the face of the woman's scolding. "Yes, mistress Nohhah." They bow to her.
The strangest thing was that even the customers who were on the ground floor had not shown dissatisfaction with her haughty air.
They all had eyes similar to those of Isaac before he left.
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Arriving in the room designated by the woman, Isaac realized that the room was more luxurious than the one he lived in before.
It was full of gadgets that he didn't know all of, not to mention their features.
The lamps were futuristic, like a golf ball floating above a small silver cup in the walls' room.
The dining table that was four meters from his bed was white; as if it had been made of silver; the same for the chairs that also surrounded it.
"A mix of medieval and futuristic accessories, huh? Eart's becoming strange." He chuckled and sat on the bed that had a Gregorian look.
Once sat on the bed, his sneaky smile came back once again.
'I'd never have believed that this passive skill would save my life.' He mumbles in his mind with it without his smile disappearing on his lips.
He checks his notification history to take a look at the warnings he had received through his system.
[You're affected by spiritual power (intermediate).]
[Your new skill, resistance to spiritual attacks (passive), has been activated.]
[You've resisted the effects of dizziness.]
[You've resisted the effects of submissions.]
[Your skill, resistance to spiritual attacks, canceled the spiritual attack.]
'Heh, so, this Nohhah was trying to submit me? I didn't expect that the skill I had obtained as a reward could show its usefulness so soon.' He mutters under his tongue with a fierce smile.
[Resistance to spiritual attacks (passive)]
-Effects: total immunity against any low-ranking spiritual alterations. - resistance to spiritual alterations of the same rank; but voracious in MP. - Low resistance against high-ranking spiritual alterations.
'Sight, the only problem with passive skills is that they are slow when it comes to leveling up. But hey, they are still the most practical, since they don't need to be activated manually; unlike active skills.' Isaac mumbles under his tongue before checking his magic points.
[MP: 500/1000]
"Ugh! Vixens' spiritual attacks are scary! In just a few seconds, she made me spend about 200 MP! However, I had 700MP before...sigh, let's forget that.
-The most important thing is to know why this woman wanted to manipulate me so much. I don't think Jane revealed anything about me.
-More important, her level, which is abnormally higher than all those I had met on this plantation, is more worrying than anything. At first, I thought she was this plantation's leader; but this hypothesis has too many flaws to be accurate. In this case, what is she...-
-Knock, knock.
Isaac returns to reality following the noises behind his door.
'It must be the hostess.' He mumbled in his mind before walking towards the door he opened at an ordinary pace.
But against all odds, it was not the hostess, but the so-sed receptionist who now played the role of hostess.
Seeing her standing before the dessert cart with a vixen smile in front of his door; Isaac raises his eyebrows slightly. But he didn't have the slightest undulation on his face.
"Dear Sir, as you requested, I brought back your dinner." She speaks with the same seductive tone that she used to approach Isaac.
"..." Isaac remains silent and looks at the cart that had only one main plate and a red wine bottle.
'I guess this confirms Jane's words who said that foods are rare.' Isaac concludes before opening the door wide and thus allowing Nohhah to enter with the dessert cart.
But he frowns while looking closer Nohhah.
'I don't think she'd leave anytime soon; it leads me to confirm my suspicions, she wants something from me.' Isaac mutters in his mind with a sneaky smile.
Nohhah no longer had her black tie suit but was dressed in a tight scarlet red Kimono that perfectly drew her hourglass curves.
Her chubby butt and big boobs which could almost compete with Sasha's could no longer be hidden by her current Kimono. She had detached her long white hair that was tied in a long ponytail when she was behind the counter.
'The demons of lust are not the only ones to have spiritual skills; after the vixens, vampires are the most to be feared with their hypnotic powers that control their prey like puppets.
-Succubi and incubi can only charm their prey and ignite their sexual desires. Our spiritual skills are therefore weak than these two privileged breeds. But if I walk away, she won't leave me alone; especially since she arrived here at the right time.' While having his mind elsewhere, Isaac takes a look at the reason for his presence in the inn.
[LP: 25/150]
'I had refused Jane's proposal to live in her apartment for a good reason; given how much she has helped me so far, I would feel guilty towards her. But this twisted vixen is the ideal candidate; it is her curse to have dared to throw her devotion to stronger than her.' With this last conclusion, Isaac closes the door and sits on one of the two silver chairs that were four meters from his bed.
Seeing his impatience, Nohhah had a vicious smile. "You look impatient, dear Sir."
"Haha, I'm hungry; I hadn't eaten for a whole day," Isaac answers with a naive smile on his lips.
He unpacks the cutlery and looks at the main dish which was hiding under the dish cover with simulated impatience.
Nohhah first pops up his wine's cover after placing a red wine glass in front of him and serves him by filling his glass with twenty-five percent. "This wine comes from a merchant passionate about legendary beverages." She whispers like a real waitress valuing the beverage.
She pours a tiny little wine into her tasting glass and gulps it in a sip. "I hope you'll like it." Her charming smile immediately appears on her lips.
Isaac nods his head and shakes the wine in the glass to bring out its flavor.
"Ho~? Are you a connoisseur?"
"...Not quite, but..." Isaac stops and looks at the dish with greedy eyes.
"Fufu~, you can't wait any longer, huh?" Following Isaac's eyes, Nohhah immediately understood Isaac's impatience.
She removes the dish cover, exposing the piece of steak whose delicious scent immediately invades Isaac's smell.
"It looks delicious."
"Of course, it's a premium quality dish; it comes from a level 10 iron wolf!" Nohhah speaks in a proud tone.
"..."
'A level ten iron wolf? A monster, in a way.' Isaac frowns. 'But I didn't say that out of politeness, this steak really looks exquisite; let's see if it shines by its appearance only.' He attacks the steak directly.
But his eyes widen with surprise from the first bite. 'How the hell is that possible!? Is the monster's meat so delicious!?' His brain and taste buds swim in happiness and begin to eat greedily without restraint.
But he stops immediately when he saw a notification appear in front of him.
[-2 LP]
[Alert: you've consumed Stimulant elixir (Intermediate)]
[Your skill, resistance to intermediate poisons (passive), countered the effects of the stimulant.]
'...Here then!!!' Isaac remains frozen in his place with dark eyes.
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The reason why active skills evolve faster than passive skills is because of...
-Active skills are activated manually by a voice or spiritual command. They can therefore be activated at any time to train and evolve their mastery levels.
-Passive skills are automatically activated when they detect effects against which they are supposed to fight. The latter are only activated in case of force majeure, therefore less active; hence their low levels of progression.
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