Look The Same But Feel Different

'Ok, and so I understood that but what about the Midas' Touch skill '

[The skill allows host to successfully make a venture that the host was personally involved in creating to reasonably succeed. This skill will also apply to a business that the host fully acquires and it can only be used once a year for level one]

'That was a very powerful skill but what do you mean by reasonably'

[It means that it promotes the smooth running of the venture, eliminates inappropriate work ethics in the work premises and eliminates malicious behaviours on the premises which will ensure the venture succeed naturally and there will be no metaphysical effects for level one]

'So it can have metaphysical effects at higher levels?'

[Maybe, the higher the level of any skill, the better the effect of the skill]

'Well that makes sense but that brings to mind a question, how come a skill of metaphysical potential be at level one but computing is not even at level yet?'

[The Host tried acquiring the skill on his own and was only studying just a small aspect of what made up the broad skill of computing. This effort on the host was a bare attempt at that hence why it's so low in level]

'Again when the facts of my life was laid out in numerical values by emotionless voice of system, it cuts deep. Moving past that, with this Midas' Touch skill,technically speaking to be able to make these things automatically happen seems quite metaphysical to me but I'm definitely not complaining '

'Finally what about those attribute and skill points because I've been curious about them since I got them'

[Host, the attribute points are used to increase your natural features presented as attributes on the Panel. The skill points can be used to increase your proficiency in skills you have learned or can be used to learn skills you do not have already. To remind host, these points are not easy to receive and you only get them after experiencing more true happiness moments]

'Well since these are hard to come by, I can save a few skill points for later use if I obtain more skills in the future but considering that my attributes are fixed and I was not getting any new attributes, I can use them all. System, add three points to my physique and seven to my IQ.'

[Command received. Commencing attributes change...]

I started to feel uncomfortable all over my body and it felt like hundreds of pins were poking me lightly. It wasn't to the point of pain but the sensation was very odd and uncomfortable. At the same time I started feeling dizzy like I was suffering from a mild whiplash. After a few seconds, everything stopped and what followed was the most incredible sense of clarity I had experienced for the first time in my life. I felt like I just woke up from a very long night of rest and everything felt clear. My mind felt unburdened like I've always been walking around trying to figure a lot of things out at the same time and a little absent minded but now it was as if I had suddenly figured most of it out and could actually be in the present. As for my body, it felt like I just took of three heavy coats and was now feeling the breeze. Even so, what made me a little confused was that my body looked the same even tho everything felt different. The system seemed to understand my confusion and clarified it for me.

[Improvements that are external takes more time to fully manifest than internal because it is more subject to scrutiny and suspicion when it is an external visage which people are most familiar with than internal which can be excused as a change in mind or personality. It is because of this that the host has to start going to the gym and exercise to make the transformation faster. Also because the improvement has already been made, it makes all exercises more effective than usual until the changes catch up to the attributes]

Oh that's it. I got what the system said and had to move on quickly because the stench and oily feeling I had on my skin after the transformation was getting irritating very quickly and I didn't like the feeling at all. I headed straight to the shower in my room and spent a lot of time scrubbing myself before I finally felt okay. After coming out of the bathroom, I heard the voices of the family in the hallway and knew they were back. I threw on some clothes and joined them for the evening. We had not moved for long and were still getting used to this peace and tranquility that came from the fact that we had finally elevated from poverty to this comfortable living and it showed from the restraint we still showed that stemmed from the fear of breaking something in this nice place. After a while, I brought forward my thoughts on having her stop her current work and live comfortably at home. She thought about it for a while and ultimately refused because she said she didn't want to get too comfortable without something substantial to fall back on. I understood how she felt because the money I had shown to them was revenue from a book I had written which was successful but there was no guarantee that it will always be this good. Of course since they didn't know about the system, it was a valid concern so I didn't protest. I just had to show results to move her.

Actually, she wasn't my big issue at the moment but my sister. If I wanted to make her stop, she had to transfer her kid to a closer school and by ten months time, do it again which was not advisable so it was a tough one but not impossible. After that talk, we just had a quiet night and went to bed.