章節 24: Another One...!?

[Status Recovered!]

"Huff…!" Cassius felt like a new life had been granted to him as he shot up and returned oxygen to his lungs. "I hate to have to waste one of my limited Status Recoveries on something like this, but it was necessary if I want to avoid suspicions."

After feeling a tinge of regret over the loss he incurred, Cassius finally got around to putting on his clothes. Strangely, with them on, he appeared very sharp. His slightly chiseled facial features did the black dress shirt and shorts some justice. Yet, just when he was beginning to appreciate how handsome he had become, the system made him scrunch his face.

*Ding!*

[The Host seems a bit narcissistic to me—]

"That isn't it…"

[—Seeing as the Host has so much free time on his hands, he can surely carry around his trusty Newbie Sword along with his Newbie Armor! ^-^]

'You call this shit armor!? But wait… Not another one…'

*Ding!*

[To supplement your deficiencies, a sudden extension to Daily Quest #2 will now be implemented!]

{[Daily Quest 2]}

– [100/100 Sword Swings] - [✓]

– [Carry around trusty 'Newbie Sword 1' for 12 hours. Cannot leave your approximate location.] - [0/720 minutes] - [_]

"Shit…" Cassius's face drooped. He didn't even know why he bothered hoping for any modicum of respite from his sadistic system. He sighed before picking up the sword he had planned to stay away from for the next 24 hours.

After realizing that the sword was quite a bit lighter than before because of the 1 Strength Stat Point, he tried to find somewhere on his person to store it. However, in the end, he had no choice but to hold it with his left arm, which strained more than expected, mostly because of the thin wrist weights he had equipped. Yet, rather than wrist weights, they looked more like sweatbands, somehow being so thin while containing an absurd amount of weight.

When everything that could be done here was settled, Cassius left his room with slow, heavy steps, still adjusting to the extreme conditions he now had to constantly endure. On his way out, he saw the charming appearance of his messy-haired stepsister, with her bird's-nest-do only making her appear all the more attractive. Yet, instead of her stunning appearance, his eyes almost naturally fell on the sloppy, alluring way her red panda bear pajamas were sliding off of her curvaceous curves.

Suddenly jolting awake, Aya let out a shrill shriek, which would have surely woken everyone up if they hadn't already left for work. "W-What are… you doing here…!?" She cupped her breasts defensively, her cheeks redder than a blood moon.

Cassius looked at the girl as if she were kind of dumb. "I live here…"

Aya only became more embarrassed over this reasonable response. Her mind seemed to keep trailing back to the night prior, when she saw his almost picture-perfect body and that… long thing. A deeper blush formed on her face as smoke rose from her head, her eyes subconsciously finding their way to his especially large morning package.

She wound up scampering away with tears bubbling up in her big, beautiful eyes. "Y-You big dummy!" she loudly grumbled before slamming her room door behind her somewhat erotic figure.

Question marks flew off in Cassius's mind as he found himself becoming more and more perplexed by women with each passing day. Broaching upon this subject also reminded him of the bunny-like brown-haired beauty he got hit by a truck for. Considering that he almost got isekai-ed because of her, he figured shooting his shot couldn't hurt.

Pulling out his phone, Cassius looked through his very limited contacts, quickly finding one that said 'Grace' with an adorable bunny emoji at the end, put there by him after deciding it fit her best.

He clicked on the call button and stuck it up to his ear, yet not even a second later, Grace picked up on the other end. "Cassius, is that you??" she asked with a bit of concealed excitement.

Curious, Cassius asked, "How did you know it was me? The number shouldn't have appeared on your end."

Grace's eyes swam around as she lay belly-first on her pink, stuffed-animal-covered bed. She couldn't exactly tell him that she memorized his number just in case he forgot to call… "I-I just made a guess…!" she ended up saying in a panicky tone.

To which Cassius said, "I see… Well, you can deny my offer if you want, but would you like to go to the shopping district today? I don't have much money, but I was looking to go somewhere—"

Grace's eyes lit up like shimmering Christmas ornaments as she jerked off her bed in glee. "I-I will go!" But her face quickly turned a deep shade of scarlet when she realized how desperate she must sound. Yet, contrary to her expectations, Cassius chuckled softly before saying, "It's a date, then. We can meet up at the City Square, say around 11 a.m.?"

Glad that he didn't see her as easy, and overjoyed that he called it a date, Grace bobbed her head several times in her room. "Yes, yes! I will definitely be there!"

"Good, I will see you there, Grace."

With that, the call ended, and Grace was left to bounce around in her extremely cute room, her bunny pajama ears flopping all around.