Morph

After he arrived, he first took a deep breath to calm his nervous. The door slowly opened almost immediately.

"Who? Oh, my God, a kid are you lost?" Gloria's appearance was as his parent had described, she was at the same age as his mother, which meant she was thirty-nine, 1.7meters tall. Had fat all over her body, with a much darker complexion he had ever seen at least compared to his own. Her black hair was made into braids.

She could be considered an average set of women, her fat features coupled with her sharp eyes and rough attitude, made her look like obese.

She wore a wrapper over her waist, with a scarf slightly covering her braided hair. Seeing her made him cancel the thought of her being a vegetarian, and maybe it was the side effects of being lazy and giving birth to ten children.

"Hi Aunty, good afternoon!"

Gloria arch her eyebrow with a questioning."You?"

While she was a bit surprised seeing such an unfamiliar four eyes small figure at door, then she suddenly remembered something but even before she could reply the boy seemed to be a step ahead of her.

"Aunty, it's me Tobi your older brother's son, Christopher?"Not having any leverage on her, Tobi had decided to go with an introduction first, he couldn't suddenly tell her his household was suffering and he needed money for himself.

Even if he did he was sure he would be likely chased, so he needed to make her know, they were related, which meant introducing himself as her dearest nephew.

"How is my brother?" After his brief introduction, Gloria finally creased her brows, though she was a bit surprised her nephew was at her doorstep, she didn't infer any alarming question. She was only interested in what brought him over.

"He's fine, aunty. I just wanted to inform you we have fresh pumpkins and the likes. I know you wouldn't believe me so I brought some, they are all fresh."

"No, the little child you got it all wrong. I mean who did you steal it from? And how much for a stalk?" Now she was staring intently at the vegetables, on Tobi's hands with slight glints in her eyes.

Earlier, he had taken a stroll to Bula, the constant smell of his mother's veggies had been ingrained to his nostril, that he could identify them with his eyes closed. And immediately smell them from afar when he walked.

Plucking a few stalks, he gave some to Ada which he lied to her just to avoid her being worried over him. Telling her he found some near their father's farm.

Within the whole village and with the information from his parents and siblings, he had a rough idea and calculations of people that buy veggies in quantity.

Excluding those that bore hostile towards him, and his parents.

"Three stalks, for ten coppers," Tobi said while advertising his goods. As a businessman, he knew the fastest way to gain customers, was to sell your products cheaper than the regular market.

"Honestly, I don't believe a little child that barely strong enough to hold a bowl of food, can afford to sell such. Except it was from brother."

She scratched her scarf after her little confirmation, looking for how she could get it for half the price.

"Okay, so here is my deal. If you want me to buy it from you, first you must sell it for about five stalks for ten coppers. If I find out or hear complaints about it being stolen products, I will report you to my brother immediately."

'What a pathetic excuse for aunty, why don't you just rob me, greedy b*stard.' Tobi thought while battling his urge to not rip off her head while also granting her a painful but slow death in the process.

"I'll take it. How many do you have?"She replied.

"20 coppers, worth of veggies. Will you be around tomorrow?"

"Yes, I'll be here all day. And perhaps my husband will be coming from his hunt, so I will need more for soup."

Tobi handed over the stalks, as he got his money's in return. Seeing the little child's scared and timid expression, as she scammed him of his goods, Gloria could not help but fix a victory smile. This was like taking a banana from a monkey.

At least until the door slammed on her face, sending her butt on first flight onto the floor. After getting up infuriated, she went back to the door quite pissed off to watch if he was still there, as she fumes from annoyance.

His little figure had long disappeared from its position, after getting his money Tobi was a bit excited. Though he might have appeared to be scammed, only he knew he had just sold a random weed that smelled like the veggies his mother used, after all, he didn't need to go to an extreme, just for a cheapskate.

At first, he was a bit skeptical, about selling it but soldiered up after seeing how she had wanted to scam him.

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After getting to the edges of the woods, he shifted his line of sight toward her house. His dark eyes had a tinge of red in them at the night dawn.

[Host has completed 'Personal Quest: Achieve first earning]

'Hmmm? Wait what? personal quest?' Tobi squinted his four eyes, as he stared at the notification message with a dumbfounded look.

'Looks like I completed a quest issued by the system subconsciously on my behalf.' He said to himself with contemplative thought.

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[Quest Rewards]

<Morph has leveled up>

<2000 Exp>

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Tobi had a slightly surprised look on his face, as he looked at the reward though he wasn't angry neither was he too happy about it.

He hadn't even used morph, likewise had he barely even used other abilities or skills, apart from comprehending how to use Mana, he even wondered why he didn't receive any hidden quest from gaining control over Mana elements.

'Seems like I would need to test out morph, later.' Tobi thought as he proceeded to open the system interface.