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[Quest: Training with Fiona]
⟨Description: You are aware of your weakness, so you asked for help from a potential Harem member. This is a great chance to score some points while getting stronger.⟩
⟨Objective⟩
› Raise your level to LV 2 by training.
› Increase your physical stats by 2.
› Raise the level of your Basic Sword Art Skill to 5.
⟨Rewards⟩
› Fiona's affection +3
› Tiara's affection +6
› Charm +3
› +1 All Stats
⟨Failure Conditions⟩
› Failing to meet any of the objectives before the deadline.
› Fiona's affection drops to 10.
› Tiara's affection drops to 8.
⟨Failure Penalty⟩
› None.
Deadline: 20 Days.
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First quest without failure penalty. Surprising, since the ones before would be wishing for his death. The rewards were generous too, for a simple quest like this.
It made him question, "System, the rewards are generous considering the mess I caused before. Shouldn't it have affected this quest as per my knowledge?"
[Only the quest difficulty and rewards have been affected, not failure penalties. That would happen only in certain quests.]
"How is the reward affected?" He slumped onto his bed from the seated position.
[Normally, you would have received +6 Charm and +3 All stats.]
"Well damn... I am an idiot."
[Indeed.]
"I did not need your confirmation." He covered himself and closed his eyes, "Good night."
[Good night.]
Tomorrow was another day of training. He would not let his pathetic side show tomorrow. He had to recover his pride somehow. Before the deadline, he swore to impress Fiona with his manly side.
Sun rose and set, his training, although not as gruelling as the first day, still left him gasping for breath. He did a 5km run with a much lighter log, 500 reps of push-ups and variations, and 500 reps of exercises that targeted specific muscle groups, with proper rest in between.
Another day passed and he got to know that every day there would be an increment of 20 reps in each exercise. The log was a little heavier and the run was 2 kilometres longer. Every day, Fiona fed him herbs that boosted his recovery rate.
From the day third, Tiara joined him. She did the same amount of training as him, but it looked like she only did a heavy warm-up. She was ready for more while he struggled to breathe. He had two choices; either be a pansy or be a man. He chose the latter. He refused to be seen as weak even if he was at the moment. Not anywhere. Not in front of the women. And especially, not before Fiona.
From that night, he purchased a few Physique Building Potions suggested by the System.
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[Physique Building Potion] (10 ST)
⟨Description: A potion that boosts the growth of the physical stats. It is concentrated with alchemical powers to artificially stimulate the body and supplement the body with the necessary nutrients needed for muscle growth.⟩
› +10% Growth rate of the physical stats regardless of a curse or physique.
› Beware: Do not take more than 50ml in a day. It may cause side effects.
› Beware: The potion loses its efficacy as per use, eventually becoming ineffective.
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He was going to purchase thirty of them when he saw the effects. But he immediately stopped reading the warning. For now, he purchased five potions. He had to test how many potions he could consume before his body became immune.
The potion worked like magic. He could feel himself growing stronger fast. He now has enough strength left after his training, to practice his sword skills. Fiona saw him train with his sword alone, as such she told Tiara to spar with him. She believed that her company would help him grow faster.
Which was true, he saw his sword art gaining XP at a fast rate when compared to training alone. Though, at the end of each spar he would be the one to lose. But he did not mind that. After all, Tiara was much stronger and more experienced than him. Another reason was that his Battle Sense was also gaining XP fast.
He took this chance to train his other skills also. Observe, Water Summoning and Manipulation, Aqua Shield, Blessing Of Water Spirits.
He did not receive as much XP as he would have liked when training them but it was feasible, considering that he was trying to level them out of the combat. His use of magic fascinated the women, especially Tiara. She would spend all her time watching him use Magic.
Fiona seeing his Water magic asked if he could summon water to fill the water in the backyard. He gladly did it. Training his Water Summoning and Water Manipulation while also helping his dear Fiona was the best outcome. Thus, the long journey to the river was avoided by the women, saving much of their time and energy.
Due to this Fiona, spent more time with him and even joined the sparring session where beat his ass mercilessly... Kinky.
The next day after training, Tiara requested once again that he teach her magic. It was already a few days since he promised her— he had a choice of denying her request but he would be going against his word. As a man, he would never break his promise.
So, he promised her, "Tomorrow morning, I'll teach you and Fiona magic."
The words had caused much excitement within the women. The mature Fiona was also jumping with her daughter in joy.
'I'll need your help system', he smiled seeing their reaction.
[Of course.]