"Good morning sir!!... I hope your night was worthwhile". The familiar voice of Anna resonated in the living room as Lucas made his way to the couch after taking a morning shower. His towel hung around his neck for no apparently important reason, probably a bad habit he had.
He checked the time on his ID bracelet's holographic screen. "I slept for ten damn hours...I guess I was pretty much sponged up emotionally due to all the unexpected events huh...Well weekends and Saturdays especially are for sleeping ...that's what an arrogant young master would say.. But I do not have that luxury ...well enough slacking off for the day... I should head to the awakening Centre to train"
Lucas noticed Anna the AI still stood beside him in the living room, awaiting for a response to her earlier question.
"I will be going to the Awakening Centre for some training sessions"
Anna the AI responded expressionlessly as usual "Understood sir, I wish you success in your training"
Lucas simply nodded and entered the bed room to change into some sports wear.
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A few minutes later, he entered the awakening center. The familiar woman who questioned his authenticity the previous day when he decided to have his awakening confirmed sat at her usual location. Lucas did not even spare any time to think about her or spare her a single glance and headed directly to the elevator that led to the first floor of the awakening Centre. This was where the gyms, and shops that dealt in physique enhancening tonics were located.
"I need to first of all get rid of this lanky physique... First of all I should take some body enhancing tonics to improve my physique. However,taking tonics that are low quality in nature would not help me quickly assume a healthy physique that can help me train effectively. What to do?... Let's check out the shops to find out about the prices of the tonics first".
Lucas passed various gyms and came to the shop area of the floor. After checking out a few of the shops, he finally found a mid grade body enhancening tonic.
However the price.... "What did you say the price was? " Lucas questioned the pretty lady with brown hair and chestnut eyes who owned the shop.
"Look, sir, with all due respect, this is the fifth time you have asked me to repeat the price, if you are sincerely not willing to purchase the tonic, kindly excuse yourself "
The lady expressed her sincere dissatisfaction with Lucas' behaviour in the most polite way she could.
Lucas sighed "It's not like she would understand, all I have on me right now is 1,500 student credits, and the price of the tonic is 500 student credits... I should really back to the debt collecting business "
After rumbling inwardly to himself for some for some time, Lucas apologized to the pretty lady and bought the intermediate body enhancening tonic. The lower grade body enhnacening tonic was of a quality that could do no good to his frail body in any way, and the high grade body enhancening tonic was too expensive for him at the moment.
He proceeded in one of the empty rooms of the first floor and sat down in a lotus position,opened the lid of the tonic and chucked down it's content. A warm and rejuvenating feeling voyaged down his throat to his gastrointestinal tract,the feeling being further catalysed into his cells and bones.
"The benefit of taking this potion is that you do not feel any pain associated with it's work in bringing out the quality of your body, unlike the low grade potion"
Lucas stood up and stretched for a while, then looked into a nearby mirror, satisfied with his look. "In my case, I was so emaciated that the nutrients in the potion was only enough to restore my physique and appearance to right before mum and dad's death ,rather than enhance it further,but that in itself is considered a normal buttomline to begin training... I can actually be considered quite good looking already... Not that I care what others think, but hey, I should love myself... As expected of me, the protagonist... Hehehe.. Being lonely has made me a lengthy monologue guy. If I were some main character in a novel, many readers would be lunging at me grimacingly right now for always giving lengthy monologues but hey, I would tell them not to blame me because I do not think I can do friends and love anymore because well,at this point,it all seems fake to me so I'd rather talk to myself. "
Lucas' current look was satisfying to be honest... One should know that before the death of his parents, he was quite good looking even though he was awakened. He inherited the pleasant face of his mother and the manly,slim but well proportioned physique of his father after all.This was the restored looks he now sported. There was no way he would have looked lanky and malnourished, unless he had been starved consistently for a while, which obviously happened after his parents passed away.
"As expected of an intermediate rank body strengthening potion" .Lucas relished in the feeling of having his narcissistic good looking appearance back to him. His emaciated cheek bones had departed from his facial visage, being replaced with a well nourished, healthy one. His chin hung below his mouth, well chiselled and proportioned. His black hair still boasted a messy outline but now with a heavy, smooth texture from a simple touch of his hair.
"As expected of me, the protagonist " Lucas decided to head outside to register himself in the gym for some minutes with some student credits after adoring his new looks.
With the bona-fide confidence that good looks could bring, he strode through the hallway until he chanced on the registration boot of the gym...
The registration was successful without any negative events that a potential calamity magnet like him carried, except for the fact that he was hurting in his heart that quite a number of his student credits had been done in... "I really need to find that fanoma guy and take some of his credits after I'm done training"...
And just when he said that... A familiar voice reached his ear... "Well well well,look who we have here, if it isn't the famed Lucas Grimstone... I'm gonna make you pay for what you did to me the last time, you little .!!.."