Chapitre 7: A new friend?

"Hi there," The boy said, "I'm Ven Tigo, but just call me Ven, and nice to meet you guys," Ven smiled brightly and then saw the numbers on Kye's and Yugo's watches.

"H-hi..." Kye managed to answer, but he saw where Ven's looks went just a second ago, so he knew how things would be from now on.

"Hi Ven, how are you? Does your journey here was good?"

"Pretty tiring, to be honest. How about you?"

"It was pretty good since I met Kye here," He showed Kye with his hand. "And I'm Yugo Pendora, by the way,"

"Your names are pretty," Ven smiled. "But where were you guys planning to go?"

"We were planning to visit the city until the curfew," Yugo answered. "How about you come with us? It would be great if we could know each other better."

Ven thought for a second, and in the end, he said, "As long as we come back before 9 pm, I'm fine,"

"That's good, then shall we go?"

"Yup. Let me just put my belongings and we can."

Ven then entered the room for a moment, and since there was only the right bed that was available, he took this one. He then came back, and the three boys began to head to the city.

Since it was the end of summer, the sun didn't set yet. But it was near, so they couldn't stay outside for too long.

Once they arrived, they visited quite a lot of things. Since it was exactly like a normal city, there was all sort of things and places here. Be it a theater, a park, or even normal shops that people could see, such as clothing shops or furniture shops. There were also restaurants and cafes, alas, the boys couldn't eat yet because the money system of the academy that was supposed to give them access to a lot of things wasn't available yet. It would be only tomorrow when school will begin.

In the military academy, money was limited. The students will receive every day 20$ from the military itself. Though, if the family wanted to, they could send money to their kids for them to do more things such as eating outside the academy's canteen, or even playing virtual reality.

But for people like Kye, they needed to live with those 20$ and try not to lose them, because yes, students could force others to give them their money. So if they couldn't defend themselves, they would have an even more hard time during their stay at the academy because they would barely be able to eat.

And since the boys had visited enough and it was already 8:30 pm, they decided to head back to their dorms.

Yugo and Ven had discussed a lot. They got along pretty well and had a lot of things in common.

Though, during all of their hang out, Kye didn't open his mouth even once, at least, by himself. Yugo had tried to talk to him, but the former just seems awkward about what was happening. Yugo didn't know if it was because Ven too was a level 6 student, but since Kye had met him, he didn't say a word.

Ven too had tried to say something or two, alas, when he saw the non-responsive attitude of Kye, he just gave up. He didn't really care about the levels like Yugo, so he didn't understand why he was acting like that. Or maybe he was just too shy. Who knows? He didn't say anything.

However, they were only partially right. Kye was indeed shy, so he wouldn't have talked a lot. But he was affected by something else too. When he came out of the academy' building earlier, he received another message from the system.

[You are exposed to the moonlight's rays, thus, your stats will drop from half.]

And because of that, he was too tired. He only has the strength to walk with the boys, but nothing else. He also managed to answer them from time to time when they were asking him something, but he barely exchanged a few words.

And because of all of that, he just screamed internally. It was clear that they had gone out to know each other better, but since he didn't say a word, it was as if he was annoyed by their presence.

And it was also clear that Ven wasn't the guy who pay a lot of attention to the level of a person, so by not saying anything, it was as if he was scared of him.

And well, it wasn't completely false, but it wasn't at the rate of not talking to him at all.

So in the end, they just came back to their dorms, and once indoor, Kye's stats came back to normal. He was finally okay to talk, but his roommates were now tired and just wanted to sleep. The day had been long, after all, and tomorrow would be a long day too since it was the first day of school, so they needed to rest to recover their forces.

So after everyone had taken a bath, they just slept immediately.

And even though Kye was sad yesterday, he wasn't now because the night had passed quickly, and he could now talk with his roommates.

But unfortunately for him, it was still quite early, 6:30 am to be more precise, so Yugo and Ven were still asleep. And since classes would only begin at 8 am, he didn't want to wake them up.

And since he didn't have anything else to do, he decided to do his additional quest.

[Additional quest:

- Drink a liter of waters

Reward: 5 Exp

- Do five push-ups

Reward: 5 Exp

- Do five sit-ups

Reward: 5 Exp]

Today, he had one more exercise to do. And he was quite glad because that means that he would be able to level up faster than he had originally thought. If he had one more exercise every day, he would level up in no time.

So he tried to do them quickly, but even with the little amount he needed to do, he took a while. His body wasn't made to do sports since he didn't have any muscles. He was quite skinny, and it was hard to even lift his weight.

But in the end, he still managed to do them and was happy when he saw that his EXP bar was now showing new numbers.

[EXP: 25/100]

And since it was still early, he went to the bathroom to take a long shower. Though, once he reached the mirror of the bathroom and put his clothes off, he was quite shocked.

"Is it I or my body has changed from yesterday?"

It wasn't only an assumption because it was indeed the case. It wasn't so apparent, but since Kye knew his body quite well because he got a lot of bruises every day, he remarked any changes that were affecting his body.

"Is it the system?" He said in a low voice since he didn't want to be heard by anyone when he was thinking about this matter. "I have the impression that it had given me a healthy body. Before, my skin was a little whiter too, whereas now it got more colors," He observed.

"Well, there are more benefits than drawbacks, so why would I complain?" He said as he entered the bathtub.

Since he still needed to eat, he took a shower instead of a bath, and after around twenty minutes, he came out. It was still 7 am, so he had quite a lot of time before classes.

So he put some clothes on him, that is to say, the military school uniform.

The uniform, even though it was from the military wasn't green and brown like Kye could see in the old films that were realized before the war. On the contrary, it was quite elegant.

It was composed of a beige shirt with white pants. Sure these colors were quite easy to dirty, but since each student had only uniforms in their closet, it wasn't really a problem.

So after he dressed up completely, he decided to go and eat at the canteen. Though, before he could even go, he heard some morning moans coming from the right bed.

"Good morning, Ven," Kye greeted him with a smile. "Did you sleep well?"

"Why is there an angel in front of my bed?" Ven said with half-closed eyes.

"Pfft, haha, I'm not an angel, just Kye, your roommate."

"Wait, what did I say?" He suddenly got up from his bed with red ears. He was ashamed of what he had just said.