*Loving this feeling*

Kevin blushed and hid his head in Axel's shoulder. Even though he had died at 33 in his past life, he had never had this kind of relationship with anyone. Everyone had been afraid of him and kept their distance, but Axel was different; he didn't seem afraid of him.

Kevin made his decision; he looked up and let Axel know that he was okay with it. He saw Axel lean over, and when their lips touched, his heart, which was already beating faster than usual, immediately raced. He pressed his lips harder against Axel's, and he really loved this feeling—it was intoxicating.

Axel moaned in pleasure and put a hand behind Kevin's head to keep their mouths together. He then began to kiss him again and again until both of them were out of breath. After those passionate kisses, Axel kissed Kevin's forehead and said, "It was even better than I imagined."

Kevin smiled and briefly kissed Axel's lips one last time, then asked, "Axel, tell me where you were."

Axel helped him up and explained what had happened at Tony's shop and how much money they had made. With the two boxes they had found, that brought their total to 88,000 gold coins.

Kevin then added, "That's not all, though. I received money from the System when I fought the monsters and got 2 low-grade boxes. I wanted to open them with you."

Axel opened his eyes wide; it turned out that this dungeon had not yet revealed all its treasures. They both sat cross-legged on the bed, side by side, and Kevin opened the holographic screen of the System that appeared right in front of his eyes. He chose the inventory menu:

[ INVENTORY ]

- 3,970 gold coins

- Low-grade box x 2

When Kevin told him how much the System had given him for killing the goblins, Axel was surprised to see that it was about what Tony had given him. If they took into account that the knight goblin that Kevin had killed was only level 10 while the other three were level 12, 14, and 15, the price Tony had given him seemed reasonable. It was like they had been paid twice.

Kevin wasn't sure how to proceed, so he simply thought about opening the two low-grade boxes, and they materialized in front of them. Axel couldn't help but exclaim as he put his arm around Kevin's waist, "So cool! Go ahead, open them, Kev."

Kevin smiled at him; he was incredibly cute when he was excited like that. But he was also really curious, so he opened the first box and read the information for Axel:

[ LOW GRADE BOX ]

- 1,200 gold coins

- Low-grade knee pads: +5 Agility points, +5 Stamina points, 5% reduction in physical damage.

As for the other box:

[ LOW GRADE BOX ]

- 1,500 gold coins

- Low-grade ring: +80 Soul Force points.

Kevin looked at Axel and said, "This time we're done with the rewards. Oh, wait! I still have 10 Stats points to distribute. I can choose where to allocate them, so what do you think?"

Axel thought about it for a while and asked, "You told me that every day you earn Stats points except for Perception, is that right?"

Kevin nodded, and Axel continued, "Perception is very useful, so you should use these points to increase it."

Kevin nodded again; that was what he had been thinking of doing too. He changed back to his holographic screen, and his Stats menu appeared:

[ STATS ]

Name: KEVIN

Race: Human

Level: 4

Class: Mage

Experience: 70 / 400

Strength: 7

Agility: 7

Stamina: 7

Soul Force: 187

Perception: 13

HP: 40 / 40

Points available to distribute: 10

[ EQUIPPED ITEMS ]

None

Kevin allocated all of his points to his Perception Stat, increasing it from 13 to 23.

Axel then got up and went to retrieve his magic bag, which he had dropped on the floor when he saw Kevin's condition. After that, he returned to sit next to Kevin on the bed.

After clearing his throat, he said, feeling a bit nervous about giving Kevin his gift, "While Tony was assessing the bodies of the goblins, I walked around his shop and found this for you."

He took out the dagger he had found and handed it to Kevin, adding hastily, "This is the best I found. Although it is not as powerful as the one we found in the dungeon, I thought it would still be better than your common daggers."

Kevin put a finger to his lips to silence him and said, "Axel, I love it. Thank you very much."

He withdrew his finger, and while taking the dagger in his hand, he kissed Axel on the lips. The feeling was really too nice; he wanted more.

Axel was a little surprised that it was Kevin who initiated this kiss, but he responded passionately to it. Kevin then was disturbed by the sound of the System and bit Axel's lower lip before pulling away from him. Above the dagger he held, a message appeared:

[ ITEM ]

Low-grade dagger: +20 Strength points, +10 Agility points, +10 Stamina points.

Kevin's eyes widened in surprise, and when Axel asked him what was wrong, he told him the dagger's stats. Kevin, who had always wielded daggers, could see that this one, besides being beautiful, was perfectly balanced and had really good stats. He now had two good daggers to fight with, and he was delighted.

Seeing that Kevin seemed very satisfied with his gift, Axel vowed to try to find even better daggers for him in the future. He suddenly thought of something and took out his sword, which was an artifact.

He asked Kevin, "Kev, can you see my sword's stats?"

Kevin took it in his hands, and a message popped up:

[ ARTIFACT ]

High-grade sword: +150 Strength points, +50 Agility points, +50 Stamina points.

Fire element: +200% damage, Chakra points required to activate: 100

Kevin couldn't help but exclaim after reading the information to Axel, "So awesome! Imagine if you equip both swords; your stats will explode."

Axel was smiling happily as he took back his sword from Kevin and put it inside his magic bag. He then said, "It's getting late, Kev. We should sleep now. Put everything back into your magic bag; we will have time to sort everything out once we arrive at the Sun Sect."