Chapter 18

She tried to be calm but just cannot. She fiercely glared at Angela. She can't accept that Angela is higher than her.

Her hand itched as she went for Angela's head, wanting to smack her head.

'Just a little more...'

It landed on Angela's shoulder instead.

"Angela... How did you do?"

"Hm? Could've been in second place, the Monster we were assigned with is hard to kill! What rank did you place?"

"I'm at the... 10th place."

"Oh? Wow, you got 10th place with that knife girl as your marksman?"

"Our assigned target is a Quivixx..."

"Shucks that's like one of the hardest Monsters to defeat especially those shooting baby toads."

Whitney nodded with a bright smile.

"Yep."

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After our classes is over, I immediately went to go to the training facility.

My stamina a while ago is pretty much embarrassing so I need to

train myself harder. I worked out for almost 5 hours. From lifting weights to running and doing burpees.

"Ugh!"

After completing my workout, I walked back to the dressing room like a zombie and collapsed on the seat. I almost dozed off because of tiredness.

'I wish Macaron was here.'

<Master? You calling me?>

My sleep seemed to be gone in an instant.

'Macaron? You can hear me? How?'

<We can use telepathy tb each other since I'm your medium. In fact I also appear in front of you right now!>

'I need help come here.'

POOF!

A cloud of dust appeared in front of me.

<Master, what do you need?>

"Can you find me something where I can remove my fatigue in one go?"

<There is! I forgot to tell you that can also spend your popularity points in the 'System Shop'. In here, find things use especially when need it now.>

"Open 'System Shop'."

<Okie dokie.>

A hologram appeared in front of me and I browsed through the list of items. My eyes zoomed on the item that caught my interest.

[Fatigue Recovery Vial (1 use) Cost: 5,000 PP]

[After drinking this bottle, you can only recover fatigue of about 35%]

[Fatigue Recovery Bottle (1 use) Cost: 10,000 PP]

[After drinking this bottle, you can only recover fatigue of about 50%]

[Instant Fatigue Recovery (1 use) Cost: 50,000 PP]

[Instantly replenish all the fatigue from your body]

My jaw dropped after looking at how much they cost.

'Damn, the system really loves to bankrupt me.'

I'll just purchase the 'Fatigue Recovery Bottle'.

[Insufficient Popularity Points. Please try again.]

[Current PP: 9,445]

'What my popularity points increased? Must be the Monster Hunting Class.'

A Fatigue Recovery Vial appeared in my hands as soon as I purchased it.

I quickly drank it as I immediately felt its effect. However, a portion of my fatigue only went away.

'At least my sore muscles lessened.'

I quickly changed into my outfit and went back to my room, Macaron was sitting at my shoulder, luckily all the students are asleep.

I made a quick snack for Macaron which he gobbled up like a dog. I immediately went to bed and opened my system window as notifications appeared one by one.

[You've been affected by Luck! As the enemy is a Standard Grade D Monster, your precision increases by 2 points!]

[Accurate hits on the Monster! Your experience on your Gift increases by 30%!]

[Hard worker: Gym Rat! Your stamina and strength increases by 3 points.]

[You've been affected by Luck! All physical attributes increased by 1 point!]

[You gained 3 experience points and 500 popularity points.]

Feeling satisfied, I finally closed my eyes to let my aching body rest and sleep.

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Meanwhile, Whitney was rewatching their battle performance from the Quivixx earlier. She can't help but be more curious about that Knife Girl.

"...How can she kill all the baby toads in those ten seconds? Something's not right."

She thought once again.

'It's just weird... She only has a dozen of daggers and considering how their attack range is, I can say that it's incredible on how it reached and stabbed all those baby toads. I don't remember seeing her face in the Armed Forces of the Academy either.'

As her suspicion grew, she started to zoom in on Remillia where she was about to throw her daggers, she heard a notification.

TING! TING!

She clicked the exit button and saw a message of Edge.

{You still up?}

She happily smiled as she wrote a reply.

{Still watching my battle performance~}

{And why are you still watching that?}

{Of course, looking for promising individuals. You know that I'll soon be inheriting our guild.}

{They're useless. Look for other ones instead.}

She giggled. He's arrogant but she didn't hate it, instead she finds it more attractive.

{How's that knife girl's performance?}

Her eyebrows furrowed as she started to feel something unpleasant in her heart.

'Why is he curious about her? Is he starting to take an interest on her?'

{She did fine. I mean, what do you expect from a rank 925?}

Ding dong~

She was still busy thinking why Edge would ask about that girl when the door bell rang.

{Wait. Room service is here.}

Opening the door, she saw a man waiting in front. She was happy to see the child she picked herself when she was a little girl become a cold and dashing butler.

""Aww, thanks Sebastian~"

The butler bowed politely as he turned to leave. She grabbed her food as she went back to her study table.

{I'm back. Did you wait for me?}

{No.}

She shrugged her shoulders as she opened the dome-shaped lid covering her food.

The scent of burger and fries paired with ice cream and cold soda wafted on her nostrils as she slowly closed her eyes.

'Mmmm. This is heaven.'

She grabbed the burger full of cheese and meat and was about to take a bite when a notification popped.

{What food did you order?}

She elegantly put down her food and replied again.

{It's one my fave. Filet mignon with balsamic glaze.}

She finally took a bite of the heavenly food.