35: Date night (2)
Isaiah descended them down on the water. They were now floating on top of it.
"Please give me a moment to set everything up, my lady," Isaiah says in his butler's voice as he pulls out a table and two chairs from his inventory.
Isaiah levitates them to be perfectly even. It was almost like the water was solid ground.
Isaiah pulls out several other things. Before Lia Knew it, there were candles, and table cloths all placed perfectly like they would in a fancy restaurant.
Isaiah pulls out a chair and floats Lia up to it.
"You're good at this… too good at this. Have you done this before?" Lia asks, sitting down.
"Of course not. Not that I can remember anyway." Isaiah says.
Isaiah sits at his seat and pulls out a large plate with a light metal cover covering the plate.
"I don't want to brag, but I'm a really good cook, and I made this myself. Isaiah says, revealing the plate of lasagna.
"You do like pasta, right.?" Isaiah asked, looking up at Lia.
"Not really," Lia says, making a face.
Isaiah gives a shocked expression."
"I'm kidding; I love pasta," Lia says, smiling.
For the rest of the night, Lia and Isaiah enjoyed their dinner and enjoyed each other's company.
"Wait, how are we getting home? It's almost 2'oclock in the morning," Lia says, looking up at her phone.
"Don't worry, the ride should be here any minute.
10 min later, Kenny shows up with a blue whale to take them back to the academy.
As they descend down to the ocean, the ocean starts to get brighter as the sun starts to come up. Kenny starts playing Marven Gaye to set the mood.
Isaiah gives Kenny a nod as the music comes on.
They descend to the voice of Marven and cuddle each other all the way back to the academy.
"I could stay like this forever. Lia says, cuddling closer to Isaiah.
Isaiah looks down at Lia and says, "me too."
Concluding their first date.
***
The next morning Isaiah wake up with a notification from the system.
[Ability unlocked!]
[Psychic Energy Manipulation 🔓 ]
"What!? How?" Isaiah ask the system
[Host has a better understanding of his own emotions and that of his future spouses (The All mother). Leading to a stronger relationship in the future.]
Isaiah makes a face.
"That's very "plot convent," Isaiah says. How does that have anything to do with the Ability being unlocked?" He asks.
[Psychic energy, aka Psychic Constructs strength, depends on how strong the user's feelings are. The one that knows thyself more has a better understanding of the world around him and his place in it]
"Your emotions are tied to your powers, Isaiah," Isaiah recalls the words of his mother.
"So the better I'm intoned with my emotions, the stronger I can become? Isaiah asks.
[Yes and No. The Host has come closer to understanding the true functions of the system.]
[Reward: 5 stat points]
[Trust your instincts and search for the true meaning of power]
"The true meaning of power? Man, that sounds heavy. How would I know that? I'm only 16?" Isaiah said.
[…]
"Great out of all the times to be quiet. Isaiah thought.
"What could be more powerful than discovering one's true self. With all the anime and WebNovels I read, you'd think this would be easy. Ughhh Cultivating and meditating to power up seems so easy to the main character. Why is it so hard for me?"
"I'll have to put more points into Intelligence, Isaiah thought."
[Note: The Host must understand that knowledge and understanding are two different things. Seek differently.]
"Now you're starting to talk like my father," Isaiah grumbled.
"I should apply the stat points I have been saving up for this week plus the five I got just now," Isaiah says, opening up the Stats menu.
[Stats]
Isaiah Greenwood
Age-16
Race- Psychic
Strength - 150
Psychic energy-250
Agility- 130
Will- 50
Intelligence-50
Current points 12 = 120
"With this, I'll get a pretty significant power-up from all of this." So Isaiah thought, looking at his current points.
"This new Ability I unlocked, I bet it will require a lot of psychic energy, so I should put a good majority of the points there. I'll put 30 points in strength and intelligence, is my intelligence really that low… I really need to get that inspect Ability so I can compare notes to everyone else.
"Then 20 points in Willpower. This stat can't be ignored either if I were to guess this is probably the reason my memories got messed with in the first place," Isaiah thought.
[The Host is correct, Willpower is the strength of the mind.]
[Stats]
Isaiah Greenwood
Age-16
Race- Psychic
Strength - 150 +30 >>> 180
Psychic energy-250 +40>>> 290
Agility- 130
Will- 50: +20 >>> 70
Intelligence-50 +30>>> 80
Powerlevel: 750
"My Power Level is 750. From 630, it seems like a pretty significant power boost on paper. But in the Infinite Void, this could be mediocre. I'll have to ask Lia more about it when I see her." Isaiah smiles, thinking about her.
[Mission Alert!]
[All students report to the classroom]
[Mission Alert!]
[All students report to the classroom]
The voice said, coming from Isaiah's watch.
"Since when do we get notifications like these from the watches?" Isaiah thought as he rushed to put on his clothes and headed out of the door.
***
Isaiah and his classmates settled down in a classroom and waited for Mr. DeRossi to enter.
"What's going on? Why the sudden rush to class?" Isaiah turns and asks Lia.
Lia whips her eye and yawns.
"I have no idea," she says
"Why are you sleeping? We only came 30 mins to class?" Isaiah questions.
"Every minute counts. For a girl to get ready for her day. Remember that." Lia says, yawning again.
The Front door bursts open, and Medusa walks through with Mr. DeRossi behind her.
"I'm sure you wondering why I'm here … it's not to teach-" Medusa says
"Thank god," Kat says under her breath.
"I'm here as a member of the 7 kings to directly give you your mission. So all of you will be going," Medusa says in a serious tone.
The room fell silent.
Carly raises her hand.
"Is the mission that important for all of us to be going? It must be pretty serious." Carly said.
"It is… the mission is to find and secure one of your classmates. Akari Sun, the daughter of Sun Wukong.