I stared at the screen.
Today's been pretty exhausting and now I was surrounded by level-35-to-88 walking disasters disguised as household staff. But no matter what, my good mood could not be shake, after all, it was finally time to raise my stats!
“Lemme see… Status Window, show only upgradable options!”
The interface expanded obediently.
No possibilities for morph upgrades, which further reinforced my main theory about it being a physical skill, but plenty others were avalible.
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? STATUS WINDOW ?
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Name: Zephyr Diana Von Gaahr*
Race: H?um??aN?
Sex: Female
Age: 17
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Level: 5
XP: 7 / 16
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System Points: 18 ??
Dice: 0 ??
Currency: 0B; 0S; 0G; 0P ?
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? VITALS ?
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HP: Don’t Die ?
MP: 50 / 50 ?
MP?: 3 / Min ?
SPD: N / A ?
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? TITLES & SKILLS ?
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? Reincarnator ?≡
├ Status Window
├ Appraisal
└ Converse
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? Extra Skills ?≡
├ Dice「D4」
└ Morph
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? Unlocked Naturally ?≡
├ Carpenter
├ Blacksmithing
├ Accuracy Ⅰ ?
└ Poison Resistance ?
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? KNOWLEDGE ?
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? Arcana ?≡
├ Fireball Ⅰ 「3 MP / Cast」 ?
├ Torch Ⅰ 「5 MP / Min」 ?
├ Sleep ? 「6 MP / Cast」
├ Cleanse Ⅰ 「7% MP / Cast」 ?
└ Surge ? 「25% MP / Cast」
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You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.
? Weaponry ?≡
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? Bestiary ?≡
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? Culinary Grimoire ?≡
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? Lexica Botanica (Plants) ?≡
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? Lexica Botanica (Biomes) ?≡
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?? MORPH ?≡
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“Alright,” I muttered, sitting up. "Not too many choices, but all good. Let's begin with a sustainable torch, the spell that was there with me at the very beginning!"
I tapped the upgrade.
Mana Regen:
〔3/min〕→〔4/min〕
System Points:
〔18 ??〕 → 〔17 ??〕
That felt good.
Very good.
Seventeen remaining points became eleven instantly, because I just love numbers that end in five and zero. I think it was called, something like, arithmomania?
Mana Regen:
〔4/min〕 → 〔10/min〕
System Points:
〔17 ??〕 → 〔11 ??〕
Doesn't matter, mana regen is always a good choice! It's peak survival efficiency after all.
What was not peak survival efficiency… was leaving the window open. A breeze, carrying cool nightly air, slipped into the room.
And a cat.
A gray cat with white paws hopped gracefully onto the sill. Its fur pattern looked like tiny socks, perfectly symmetrical and infinitely adorable.
It sat down and began cleaning itself with royal indifference.
Lick paw.
Face wipe.
Repeat.
“Awww,” I whispered. “You’re adorable. Are you Zarra’s pet? I wouldn’t be surprised if she secretly had more girly habits than she lets on—”
THUMP.
The cat launched itself directly onto my stomach.
“Aaargh!”
The impact knocked the air from my lungs as it calmly sat there, tail slapping my face left and right.
It stared forward.
At... my status window?
My brain froze.
“H-hey… buddy…” I whispered slowly. “You can’t actually see the stat wi—”
The cat raised a paw.
Tap-tap.
(? ? ? ?)
System Points:
〔11 ??〕 → 〔10 ??〕.
° ° ° ( °ヮ° ) ?
System Points:
〔10 ??〕 → 〔9 ??〕.
(⊙_⊙)
Skill Updated:
Cleanse Ⅰ 「7% MP / Cast」→ Cleanse Ⅱ「4% MP / Cast」→ Cleanse Ⅲ 「2% MP / Cast」.
?|!(0?0)!|?
“…NONONONONO—!”
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!”
I shot upright in panic.
“Those were important points! I worked hard for them!”
The cat blinked at me with complete innocence.
No remorse.
No guilt.
Just a "Meeeow".
I grabbed the tiny criminal and stared it in the face.
“You have betrayed my trust,” I sobbed. The creature simply replied with another "Meeooow" as if it did it on purpose.
With painful marks of betrayal forming around my eyes, I carried the villain to the door, then placed the offender outside.
I returned to the bed, shut the window for maximum security, and stared at my status screen with watery eyes.
My precious system points…
Gone.
Stolen.
By a cat.
?﹏?
