Chapter 5: Celestina isn't weak.

Celestina gently approached Evan and said, "Now, now, don't be upset. Your aunt will help you. Tell me, when did you awaken?"

Her tone of speaking was much different from before, so Evan also replied firmly, "Just a while ago, a system panel appeared in front of me."

"Hmm, so you did awaken. But just getting awakened doesn't mean you can wander around the dungeons and fight monsters, alright? You need to have proper training first."

Evan also realized that if he didn't, he would have just gone to a dungeon and probably wouldn't be alive anymore. "I know," he simply nodded.

Celestina was glad inside that Evan seemed a bit more mature now, but she still wanted him to remain her cute nephew.

'I can't believe he is already 17 and awakened as well. It feels as if it were just yesterday when he came into my life.'

She couldn't forget the image of a small child around 3 years old calling her aunt and always running around her. It's been 14 years since then, but for her, it felt like it was just yesterday.

'But will he feel sad if he didn't awaken a good ability? If he listens to me, I don't want him to go around dungeons at all.'

She was worried about him not awakening a good ability, which might demotivate him, but unbeknownst to her, he didn't even know what his ability really was.

"Evan, what ability did you awaken? If it's not good, you don't have to feel disappointed about it; you can do something else than being a hunter," she said.

Evan was silent for a while, wondering if he should really tell her the truth, but after a while, he decided to be honest with her. "I don't know."

"Huh?!"

His answer naturally confused her. Seeing her like that, he explained his circumstances. "I don't know what my ability is; it's just written unknown here."

This didn't clear Celestina's confusion but further threw her into disarray.

'What kind of ability is that? I have never heard about it at all.'

"Are you sure there isn't anything else?"

She asked if Evan missed something about his ability.

"No. There is nothing else," he replied.

'I shouldn't talk about my quest with her for now.'

"Strange, I have never heard about someone not knowing his own ability."

She pondered for a while. Evan also didn't say anything else and just kept looking at her.

'What should I do now? I would have told him to do something else if he didn't awaken a good ability, but him not knowing his ability... he will only be risking his life if he goes to being a hunter.'

Celestina wasn't sure about what she should do now; she didn't want Evan to risk his life by becoming a hunter.

'Maybe I should talk with sister-in-law first. Yeah, I should do that.'

"Evan, you don't have to worry about your ability. Why don't you go and sleep for now, and we will dis—"

"No, I don't care about my ability, I want to train for now. Can you help me with that?"

Celestina was about to send him to sleep when he stopped her in between and demanded to train for now. Looking at his firm tone, she wasn't able to deny him and let him do what he wanted.

'He really wants to train, huh? But without an ability, he won't be able to survive in a dungeon. But if it's just training, then it won't be a problem, right? He might get tired and go to take a rest.'

"You can train if you want. Why don't you tell me your stats? I will suggest which equipment is better for you," she said, intending to help Evan.

Evan, who heard her, instantly felt embarrassed. How will he say his stats, which he himself feels embarrassed to look at.

"..."

Seeing Evan wasn't responding to her question, Celestina realized his predicament.

'Maybe he doesn't have good stats. He wasn't like the children his age, so it's understandable.'

"Don't feel bad about it; you can tell me. I won't make fun of your stats."

Celestina tried to reassure Evan, but Evan wasn't sure if he should tell her. He can't trust this woman anymore.

'I am pretty sure she will make fun of it.'

"I don't want to talk about it. I will just do the same thing you were doing," he said, looking at the treadmill Celestina was using just a while ago.

"Alright, I won't force you if you don't want to tell me, but don't be afraid. Although it's hard to increase your stats without fighting monsters, it's not impossible."

Saying that, she went near the treadmill, while Evan followed behind her.

It looked like a normal treadmill, just a bit different and looked high class, but it wasn't high class compared to other treadmills available in the market.

When Evan laid his eyes on the treadmill, he was shocked; his eyes widened, gulping his saliva down his throat, he couldn't help but feel shocked.

'80 km/h?! She was running that fast.'

He was shocked after seeing the speed Celestina was running at. Although Celestina was a C-rank, even being a C-rank wasn't something that anyone can do.

When you have at least one of your stats at 40, then you can be considered a C-rank. The ranking was decided like this...

If someone has all of his stats below 10, then he is considered an F-rank; then someone with stats between 10-20 is considered an E-rank. Then, after that, all the other ranks have a gap of 20 stats, like for D-rank it is between 20-40, for C-rank it is between 40-60, likewise for B, A, and S-rank.

After your stats reach 100, then you are considered an S-ranker. These people are the apex predators of this world who even the government has no control over.

But most of them work with the government and are guild masters of major guilds, which is why this world is in peace right now.

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