Priorities

Ben drove Karin to her home first and then got home immediately. Karin offered for him to come and drink some refreshments but Ben declined. He still has a lot to do and although Karin is one of his priorities, he first has to be rich to be able to provide Karin a good life.

When he arrived home, the first thing he did was look for items he can consume from the [Shop] to increase his Fortitude stat. "Yue, can you show me the items that I can eat that increases my Fortitude, the one you showed me last time?" Ben asked.

/Ok Master!/ Yue answered enthusiastically.

[Shop]

- Fruit for the Mind –

Type: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Details: Consumable. Can be gifted five times per other being.

First consume will give the user or other beings 5 Fortitude Points. Next consume will give user random number of points. If other beings consume for the second time, there will be no effect aside from it tasting like a delicious fruit. It can be consumed until user reach 50 Fortitude Points.

Price: $50

- Food for the Mind -

Type: Culinary

Details: Consumable. Can be gifted twice per entity.

First consume will give the user or other entity 10 Fortitude Points. Next consume will give user or other entity random number of points. If other entities consume after the tenth, there will be no effect aside from it tasting like a delicious snack. It can be consumed until user reach 300 Fortitude Points.

Price: $100

After Ben checked the [Shop], he decided to buy 10 Fruit for the Mind and 5 Food for the Mind. After paying, he saw it appear on his Inventory. He went to the dining table and thought of the fruit and food he just bought and it appeared on the table, the Fruit for the Mind looks like 10 normal grapes and the Food for the mind appeared as a snack meal, four of which looks like biscuits and one drink looking like orange juice.

Ben first consumed the grapes and gave him 5 points on his first fruit, then six 1 point, three 2 points for a total of 17 Fortitude points. Then Ben ate the biscuits and juice. Like what was in the description, after his first biscuit, he got 10 Fortitude the next gave 3, 3, 5, and the juice gave 6, giving him 27 Fortitude Points. For $1000 he got 44 Fortitude points which he thought is a bargain already, too bad the [Shop] was not yet active when he got his First Quest or else he would've been able to finish it in less than an hour.

After eating both items from the [Shop], Ben felt a little dizzy and light headed so he went to his room to rest for a while. He rested on his bed and look at the changes in his Status.

[Status]

Name: Benedict Torres

Level: 1

Exp: 100/1000

HP: 250

MP: 690

Strength: 25

Endurance: 25

Agility: 25

Fortitude: 69

Charm: 40

SP: 4

Skills:

Drawing – D

Inspect – C ⃝ ⃝ ⃝

Ben got a little more confident on his studies after seeing his Fortitude Stat shoot upward, after his dizziness wore, he felt like his mind was comparable to a computer. He can't wait to test it on the different subjects that he needs to study on. "Yue, what does C ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ mean in my Inspect skill?" Ben asked as he saw his Skills with his purchased Inspect skill together with three ⃝.

/Master your skills are graded from Basic which starts at F– to Legendary which is SSS ⃝ ⃝ ⃝. Basic skills are graded from F to E. Intermediate Skills are graded from D to C. Advanced Skills are B to A. Full Mastery are S to SS. And finally the Legendary Skills is SSS. Each grade is further divided into six parts like F-, F, F+, F ⃝, F ⃝ ⃝, F ⃝ ⃝ ⃝. So your Inspect Skill at C ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ means that you are at the pinnacle of the Intermediate Skill level./ Yue explained to Ben.

"I see, so I guess to improve my skill I need to use it always or maybe just buy it from the system's [Shop]?" Ben inquired. /Correct! I guess having 69 points in Fortitude made you good at guessing master./ Yue joked which earned an eye roll from Ben even if he doesn't know if Yue can see it.

/Anyway Master, I'm sad… You haven't been talking to me for some days, I thought you already forgot about me./ Yue complained. "What? I thought you didn't like talking to me to make my life look more normal instead of someone seeing me talking to air, so I just talked to you whenever I have a question or if ever I need something, just like today." Ben said.

/I know I said that Master, I'm just kidding you, I'm just bored. If only I have a body like yours, I wanna travel this world!/ Yue said. /Oh right Master, why don't you just ask Karin to stay with you so that you won't have to think about her every day? She's always on your mind, I can almost remember all your past with her, and since you plan to still make her your wife then why don't you start now?/ Yue asked.

"How did we end up talking about Karin? And although I want to marry her right at this very moment, we're still young. I want to take things slow and remember my farm? I still haven't set it up yet, there are still many things I need to do and one of that is to pay the remaining balance on the land. I don't want her to think that I'm only using her because the land is on her name." Ben explained.

/But still Master, wouldn't it be better if you're already in a relationship, what if she finds someone else that she like or someone confesses to her? Wouldn't you be too late by then?/ Yue said.

"You do have a point. Alright, give me three months, after the assessment exam, I will confess to her. And don't worry, no one will get her before me. I'll guard her or maybe you can help me?" Ben asked.

/Help? Hmmm, Master do you want to buy a Love Potion from me?/ Yue asked.

"You have that!? I mean - No! I'm not buying a love potion or whatever. Is there any way I can see her whenever I want or someone to guard her secretly and report to me everything about her?"

/Master, isn't a Love Potion easier? Why bother with complicated things? When the love potion wears off, which will take years before it wore off, she can't do anything about it anymore, maybe you'll have kids already at that time./ Yue suggested.

"Err, that's tempting alright, oh my effing ef! I'm such a greedy bastard, but no thanks, I want her to love me in her own free will, body and mind. I don't want her to regret being with me. And if I do my best, I'm sure I'll win her heart, or else my 40 points in Charm is useless!" Ben said with conviction.

/hihi! Whatever you say Master, I'll show you what's available on the [Shop] to help you win Karin's heart over./ Yue said then showed him his choices.

[Shop]

- Xiao Ran –

Type: Misc.

Details: Advanced Martial Artist - Female

Skilled in stealth and information gathering. Loyal to orders and to the Master.

Price: $500,000

- Xiao Fang –

Type: Misc.

Details: Advanced Martial Artist - Male

Skilled in stealth and information gathering. Loyal to orders and to the Master.

Price: $500,000

- Necklace of Protection –

Type: Misc.

Details: Obviously, it's a necklace for protection.

The necklace will protect the bearer in any kind of danger once.

Price: $500,000

- Link Ring –

Type: Misc.

Details: A pair of ring Master and Mistress.

Whoever wears the Mistress ring will have his/her feeling transmitted to the Master ring bearer. If the bearer Mistress ring is in danger, the ring teleports the bearer to the Master ring. Ring protection can only be used once.

Price: $1M

- Monitored Bangle –

Type: Misc.

Details: Bangle with a nano – drone (comes with an exclusive app for the buyer's phone)

Installed with laser that can shoot and cut any man or metal. No energy required for drone, will never lose battery, with 24/7 monitoring and protection.

Price: $1.5M

Ben immediately purchased the Monitored Bangle and didn't bother looking at the rest. There might be something or someone better but seeing the price increasing he decided on the bangle. Holding a simple looking bangle, he may have a chance with Karin accepting it rather than the ring that may look more intimate.

/Master, put your phone near the bangle to install the phone application exclusively for you. It's instant so you don't have to do anything more./ Yue explained.

After putting the bangle near his phone, the app was installed automatically. When he opened the app, he saw that the camera of the drone is pointing at the floor, he scrolled the app on the phone and the drone camera automatically change direction. Then he saw the laser tab and tap it. A red pointer appeared on the wall, he didn't try to tap the red button, fearing that the wall might collapse. Then he saw a teleport button below the red button.

"Yue, what's the Teleport Button for, I mean, I know it's for teleporting but who will teleport her or me?" Ben asked.

/You will teleport directly in front of her Master./ Yue replied simply.

"Alright, now all I have to think is how to give it to her subtly." Ben said and started to think how he will make Karin accept the bangle.