31 Change! New Attribute! (1/2)
”Hah...huh…”
Running on the treadmill, Chrome was regulating his breath like usual which in turn let out some muffled wheezing sounds.
It was already his fourth day in the gym and he had slightly gotten used to the routine by now, cardio in the morning and general weight lifting in the evening, he had even completely changed his food diet by now.
He simply tried to give it his all in this world as he took it easy in his normal one, balancing both his behaviours to keep his mental fortitude his check, constantly anticipating some sort of a change as he often spent long periods of time simply staring at the scroll in his mind.
However, he didn't expect that…
Tapshhhs...Tapshshhs...Tap!
”Easy there Chrome, is something wrong?”
Clarke was suddenly surprised as he saw that Chrome almost tripped on the treadmill, he did catch his step quickly but it was quite weird for him to collapse just as he was about to finish his 15 minutes treadmill run, the day was barely beginning.
The Exos hall never had too many members in it and the other two registered barely stayed for 1 or 2 hours of training per day and they even missed days, so Clarke didn't mind giving Chrome some serious attention considering that he was ultimately going to join that Academy. He did at least have the resolve to spend more than half the day training unlike the other two who always did light practices just to keep in shape, they were just wealthy middle-aged men who joined the hall as members just to flaunt.
As such, Clarke was somewhat concerned, could it be that Chrome's mind was finally giving in as he lost his preservation or did he have problems getting used to his new food diet which made him somewhat anemic?
”It's okay coach… It seems like I didn't sleep too well yesterday and almost dozed off. I will just get some coffee after I finish this round…”
Seeing Clarke scratching his head from confusion, Chrome quickly made up something as he once again looked inside his mind…
Though unlike what he had expected… the change he had been waiting for had finally made an appearance!
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”So, do you have an explanation for this, Quill?”
Chrome was currently standing within the throne room of the 'Self-Reliance Palace' as he stared at the scroll and asked the floating quill, who he already decided to call it just Quill for convenience.
After he had returned from today's training, he immediately entered the palace space, he had usually only done so to consume the candy produced by the machine and enhance his [Basic Energy Emission] ability as of late.
He did try to socialize with Quill and ask him about the change to his status only to receive a [ Negative. ], the same went for when he asked him about the existence of two worlds and the mystery of his case. Whether the quill really knew nothing or was just hiding something wasn't something that he could tell, it may have called him 'Palace Master', but that was mostly just in name, he didn't have the ability to force things in the palace space.
However, this time, the purpose of his entry was exactly to ask the quill another question, not even bothering to take a look at the candy machine as he immediately focused his attention at the scroll as soon as he entered.
Ever since he witnessed change in the scroll in the gym, he wanted it to move into the palace space immediately and confirm what he saw as well as hopefully get an explanation from Quill, but he couldn't just suddenly vanish without a trace in the middle of the hall nor could he just leave for the day out of nowhere, so he suppressed his anticipation till this moment and was elated to find that the change he saw was still there!
During his staring contest with the scroll, the whole 'Physical Status' segment suddenly blurred before going back to normal, only that a new word had been added between Vitality and Intelligence...
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Name: Chrome Blue
Age: 18
Energy Points (EP): 2/19