Chapter 29: Stats
For the next few days I just followed my normal routine and watched my skills improve with practice.
(Haircutting Lv 25 -> 26), (Hiking Lv 13 -> 14), (Bodybuilding Lv 18 -> 19), (Teach Lv 19 -> 20), (Negotiator Lv 5), (Sing Lv 24 -> 25), (Guitar Lv 27 -> 28), (Digital Illustration Lv 31), (Intermediate Mathematics Lv 29 -> 30), (Intermediate Biology Lv 25 -> 26) (Krav Maga Lv 10 -> 13) (Music Editing Lv 4 -> 6) (Programming Prowess Lv9 -> 13), (Football Mastery Lv1 -> 3), (Investigation Lv 3), (Cooking Lv 8 -> 11)...3
With these changes in Skills, I was much more confident in several different areas.
My skills in Teaching, Intermediate Math, Programming Skills, and Cooking crossed the ten mark, and these skills saw a small qualitative improvement.
Even if some only went up a single point, going from level 9 to 10, 19 to 20, or 29 to 30 made a big difference, to the point that I found it much easier to do these things.
It's not that my progress in other things was negligible, but in these specific skills, the progress was much more pronounced.
Not to mention, not only did those skills go up a level, but I've also gained some stat points.
[+1 STR]
[+1 DEX]
[+1 CON]
[+1 INT]
[+1 AGL]
I haven't trained these things to the extreme, but it's more like I've been accumulating these stats over the last few days and just yesterday while training I gained several points in one go.
Most noticeable to me was my STR, which finally broke the 2-digit mark, making it my second skill after INT to have 10 or more points.
[Strength (STR): 9 -> 10].
Just like my skills, when STR went from 9 points to 10 points, it was as if a small qualitative change had occurred.
Instead of just getting 11% stronger, which is what should happen when you go from 9 to 10 points, I feel like I've gotten at least 30% stronger, which I think is because I went up a dozen points.5
When I looked at my Charisma stat, I was confused that I didn't feel it when it reached 10 points.
[Charisma (CHA): 10 (9 + 1)]
But when I saw that I only had 10 points because I had the Haircut Buff, it was understandable that I didn't have that qualitative change.
It made me wonder when I would get the missing point to get to 10.
If I needed 10 points to be average for a normal person, then the difference between 9 points and 10 points of charisma is not just 10%, but probably just like STR, it should be around 30%.
So with the extra point from the buff, I was probably still a little uglier than the average person, but it was pretty unnoticeable.
With the new clothes I bought and my hair cut short, at least I wasn't ugly anymore.2
I did 2 drawings a day, so even though I bought a set of clothes for $50, I still had a $350 profit for those two days, bringing the total money in my account to $910.
The outfit was very simple, just a black sweatshirt with a plain black shirt underneath, black jeans, and some accessories like bracelets and necklaces to match.
This was the style of clothing I liked to wear in my previous world, and it worked for the girls I picked up.
I know it's not the most common style of clothing, but considering that I intend to grow up and sing more rock-oriented songs, maintaining a bad boy appearance in public would potentially boost my career with female audiences.
Singing rock in a wool vest wouldn't work, and I could even buy a more elegant outfit like a blazer and shirt to wear with the last buttons unbuttoned, but since these clothes are best bought from good brands, it wasn't worth it for me to buy them now that I was going to lose weight in a short time.
The microphone that Quacktus sent me arrived yesterday, and damn, the quality is so good! I've never used a microphone of this quality before.
This way I can record myself singing and playing guitar without having to worry about changing equipment so often, because this mic was already better than a lot of low-budget studios around town.
The only thing I was waiting for was the ukulele I bought for Ethan. According to the courier's website, it was supposed to arrive on Monday, and since today was Saturday, there was very little time left.1
My songs have also grown a bit over the last few days.
[Numb - 111.011 views] +12.500 views
[In The End - 39,110 views] + 19,634 views
[9.935 subscribers] + 914 subs
This development of my channel is very good, in total I had gained another 32,000 views and was almost at 10,000 subs!
For just 2 days of extra growth, that was already great!
Numb and In The End were growing very fast for such a small channel, which was great news.
And the last one was my mission.
[Current loyal fans: 4,886/5,000]
I was only 114 people short of completing the mission and receiving the reward, and with the rate at which I was gaining new fans from the stream I was doing with Quacktus, I think I'll be done by this weekend!
"Hey Champ, are you ready?" My dad asked as he knocked on the bedroom door.
Opening the door, I replied. "Yeah, I just wanted to make sure everything was all right."
Looking up and down, I could see the surprise on my father's face.
The clothes I was wearing now weren't as baggy as my everyday clothes, so the surprise on his face at how much I'd lost was understandable.
"Phew, damn, how many kilos did you lose? About 10?" My father asked in shock, trying to guess how much thinner I was.
Laughing, I replied: "A lot, I just hope I don't run into that again."
Nodding his head, my father agreed. "Yes, you look much better that way!"
When I looked in the mirror again, my body, which now weighed 125 pounds, was much better aesthetically than when I was born.7
From a body that disgusted me when I looked in the mirror, to a body that looked just a little chubby.
I was already halfway to class 2 obesity, with only 8 kilos to lose to reach class 1 obesity, I just had to be patient and dedicated and by next weekend I'd be there.
Even my arms were starting to show muscle as the large layer of fat I was wearing disappeared and the muscle I was developing underneath began to show.
It wasn't a big deal at first, but considering that this was my evolution with System, it was probably the result of a few months of training like a normal person.1
When I finally got really thin, I'd probably have enough muscle to look ripped with it.
As I walked out on the balcony with my father, he looked at his Toyota Camry and then at me.
"I guess I haven't taught you how to drive yet, have I?" He asked, a little insecure and embarrassed.
Thinking about it for a moment, I realized that he hadn't really taught me how to drive, and considering that my old fucking father hadn't taught me either in my previous world, I didn't know how to drive in either world.1
"Not yet, why? Do you want to drink tonight and have me drive back?" I asked with a laugh.
"Negative, you haven't even had your first driving lesson and you're already thinking about driving for us? You're far from it, kid!" He replied, feigning a little anger, but then laughed and continued. "But I can teach you how to drive so you can get your license this year."
Thinking that sounded interesting, I agreed. Having a driver's license would be very useful, even more so now that I was earning my own money, I could also buy a car for myself to go to school by myself, be able to go to the stores in town without having to take the bus, the practicality was very great.
"Count me in!" I replied, smiling as I thanked him.
After that, we spent a few more minutes chatting outside the house, just talking about random things while Olivia and my mom finished getting ready.
My mom finished tucking Ethan in shortly after we left, and he stayed with us while he played with a toy car he liked.
Remembering this collection of cars, Ethan seemed to like customized cars, especially Japanese cars, so when I got my license and had enough money, it would be nice to buy him a car he liked to drive around town.4
After another 20 minutes, Olivia and my mom finished getting ready and we got in the car to go to the bar.
Olivia was very excited because it was her first time going to a bar, with Lauren's helicopter at home it was impossible for her to go to a place like that, so she was all dressed up.
Looking at my parents together, you could see that they were wearing clothes in the style of the clothes they were wearing when they went to the bar, which was 90's rock style clothes.
Considering that rock style hasn't changed much since then, it was funny to see that their clothes and mine were more similar than I had imagined.
The bar was a few minutes away from my house. When we arrived, you could see that the place was quite crowded, but strangely, instead of having a happy atmosphere, people were a bit stressed about something that was going on inside.2