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Now it would be my turn to look at him strangely, wondering why he'd call me sick. I even double checked my status screen to make sure but I was poisoned, not sick. It's not possible for the status screen to be wrong, as much as I'd like it to be... Stupid fucking low strength. Anyways, no... But why would someone who has ASSASSIN as one of their classes be unable to know I'm poisoned?

If he poisoned me that would be one reason, but if he did he wouldn't be showing such concern when I should be dead... No, when Alexis did die, he would have been here to make sure the poisoned worked it's job and when it didn't, would have killed me. Once my thoughts reached that, I looked at him with some concern, still I couldn't voice it. Instead I could only smile while he looked at me strangely from my second or two of silence.

“Of course, you're right Helmsford, I should rest." Moving to get up off the chair, I'd stumble slightly purposefully to put on the act of weakness. “Pl-please... Some assistance." I'd stutter, taking on a slightly pained expression. Moving at once, he'd not pick me up, but would give me a hand to grab and hold onto. He also looked concerned, either he was an amazing actor or was genuinely worried for my well being.

I gripped onto his hand as tightly as I could, which would probably appear incredibly weak, and with his “help" walked to the bed, struggling pitifully a bit before climbing up into it and into the covers. Finally after he was sure I was in bed, he'd leave, walking out of the room and giving me a chance to let out a sigh. “Finally... But what the hell, why would he? Never mind, he does seem to care so just accept it... Not everyone is like that bitch. So let's focus back on the task at hand. How do I increase my stats and what the hell can this skill do?"

Reaffirming my current goals, I'd bring the screen back up, examining it once more time.

[[Status Screen]]

Name: Alexis Dueller

Strength 5

Reaction 6

Spirit 5

Intelligence 115

Luck 60

Attribute Points 0

WARNING!!! You are currently in a state of poisoned, all physical stats are reduced.

You have no Mage Core.

Skills:

Skill Points 0

Game Character -rank S- – Unlike other people, you do not upgrade your stats and skills like others do, instead you upgrade via the Game Menu by allocating attribute points and skill points to your stats and skills. You also receive more information about status inflictions than others will.

Inventory:

Current inventory slots – 10 – able to hold a max of five in each slot

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Options:

Language – English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Native, Language Off

Pain Tolerance – WARNING!! increasing pain tolerance will decrease effects of training and benefits of combat.

Zero – Minimal – Reduced – Normal – Increased – Superior – Complete

Reset to default

Looking more closely at the status screen, and without the outbursts, it was a lot easier to understand things. “Though, what is a Magic Core? And these options that are just question marks, what could they be?" Reaching out, I'd try to tap one, only to get a message.

You have not currently unlocked this option yet.

Well, at least it was informative, “Okay, so I have options that I don't know what they do, neither do I know how to unlock them... Well, it's not too bad, I'm sure I'll figure it out as I continue onward." From there, I'd look more closely at the stats and then the inventory. I'd also get down off the bed again, but walked a bit quieter.

As I walked, I'd approach the mirror once again of course I was much calmer now. Looking at my appearance, I could tell why people looked at me so worryingly. I was sickly, virtually gaunt with sunken cheeks and thin arms. Lifting up the gown, even my legs looked as if they basically a pair of thing sticks. Whatever this poison was, the damage it caused wouldn't be recovered easily... Worse, if I am a game character, then this might be my set appearance as well. If so, the eternal youth wouldn't be bad, but this weak appearance... Hell, even kids half this body's age would bully me for life.

Sighing, I'd shake my thin dark brown hair. Finally, I'd check my eyes which were a hazel color, much like my old eyes. “At least that hasn't changed... Always was hard to remember my eye color with the glasses. Ah! I can see fine without glasses it seems." Reaching up, I'd touch just under my eyes, smiling slightly before walking away. “Okay, so at least I got one improvement... And hey, I no longer look like I'm about to cut off a person's finger for annoying me, so no more scowling."

Chuckling softly, I'd move through the room, looking through the dresser drawers I could reach, though it was filled with frilly and nice looking folded clothes. It did give me a definite answer of the overall time period I'm in, definitely medieval. Shaking my head at that, I'd reach in and find the least gaudy of outfits, which would be a simple brown tunic with gray pants made out of what appears to be wool. With a thought, I'd store them in the inventory and finally look at them.

Brown Tunic and Pants: These will give you defense against the cold and some resistance to unarmed blows to the covered parts of your body. Equip: y/n

Deciding to test, I'd select yes with but a thought and just as quickly as I thought was as quickly as the gown disappeared and the tunic and pants appeared on me. As if I had put them on perfectly, there wasn't even a crease in them, they were so perfectly put on. In it's place in the inventory would also be.

White Nightgown: This simple gown will give you defense against the cold and help to increase the effects of the Well Rested Bonus by a small amount. Equip: y/n

Well, at least I got that answered about armors, probably weapons will work much the same. Selecting yes, I'd change back into the nightgown and would begin to walk around the room now. “Okay, so that answers a good bit, I doubt I can leave this room till morning arrives... Well, I can still test out more. Such as, do I get sleepy?"

Moving, I'd take a path of circulating around the table, not stopping at all, wanting to see if I'd have some upper limit.“I don't seem to tire from walking at least, from what I remember when the woman came with tea I didn't get tired the whole time while walking, even with my weak body. Still, maybe there is a limit... But if not, this could be useful... But also awkward. And what if I don't get Sleepy? How do I activate the Well Rested Bonus?"

These questions and more, would roam around inside my mind and on my lips, thankfully I'm well versed in talking with myself so I at least had something interesting to do as the minutes turned to an hour, turned into hours plural. I think I walked for at least ten straight hours before I'd hear something that brought me out of what was currently quite an interesting conversation about a story involving an animal that was half cat and half dog.

DING! Congratulations on unlocking your first achievement! You have walked 50 Kilometers without stopping.

Immediately my status screen opened up as I came to a stop, realizing I wasn't tired and would look as one of the unknowns would finally open up, revealing themselves and with it selected I'd also see my achievement.

Inventory:

Current inventory slots – 10 – able to hold a max of five in each slot

Brown Tunic and Pants

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Achievements:

Walked 50 Kilometers without stopping – You've managed to walk without stopping! Not that it's special, you're a game character. But you also weren't interrupted, that's definitely worthy of this at least. – Your Move Speed has increased by 1% –

And just like that, I discovered one of the options, the way to improve myself and just at that moment, the door would open up with the butler coming in, surprised by my being up. “This is quite a sight, you're up so early, this is a good sign, though why aren't you dressed yet? Do you need help of a maid Young Master?"

Thanks to the option revealed, my mood was quite good as I'd smile to Helmsford and would shake my head. “Of course not, I can do this, I'll be out in a couple minutes, thank you." Like that, a new day began, a day of hope and something to look forward to in the future.