At the fifth day of his arrival to the world he hath created, Christoper Edward Morris had risen from his slumber. But this day especially was unique, for he had slept not in an inn, nor in a forest but a comfy bed packed with pillows. Nah, who am I kidding, I gotta stop monologuing first thing in the morning, it's weird, it feels like I'm a main character of my own story which I'm not.
[You're middle name is Edward?]
"I thought you'd be more shock that I have one. Or maybe because I slept nude. You're not gonna talk about that?" Morris replied as he pulled his sheet to reveal nothing, covering his pale body, not even a scabbard to sheathe his most priced sword.
[I'll talk to you later concerning of your punishment. This is too weird for me to comprehend. Day by day I'm beginning to regret making you my avatar]
As the Forgotten Sage log off, Christoper Morris began to meditate on top of his bed without a piece of garment to be seen.
'I knew he'd go away. Much better for me. Cuz I'm not an exhibitionist. Even i am weirded out for what I'm about to do. Since obtaining the Mana Breathing from the Forgotten Sage I've been training of the most efficient method of raising it's performance. With how I wrote the lore of mana cultivation and mana control training, gathering mana while being completely naked allows it to seep in to the body, even without the mana breathing-'
"Good morning Morris! Hey you wanna join me for a morning jog on the village? If not why not a quick friendly sp-pa pa pa...r?-"
Since this world was set in medieval esque theme the normal locks was just a simple iron latch to lock the doors. But even so this happened, due to the fact that Esther has yet to properly control her strength and she accidentally broke the lock. She saw everything, Morris was flabbergasted and he could only do was give her a cryptic smiled before he sent an amplified magic orb in her way.
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5 minutes later
"I can't believe this generation of girls are that freaky, nowadays!" After the awry scenario came to pass, the two we're now making their way into the kitchen
"It was an accident I swear! I wouldn't even think of peeping. I still can't properly control my strength. I'm so sorry Morris, please!!!" Her eyes wells up in tears as she uttered every single word while shaking him aggressively in a near crying tone.
'You know what... forget the part where I need to be mindful of her. She's the one triggering all of the risque fan service flags. It's like a reverse role swap, where the guy is the one getting accidentally peeped on and more, I swear she's gullible. How the hell did she even survive for so long, I can't even see her than nothing more of a sister, step sister to be accurate since her tomboy design is the spitting image of my type,'
"Forgive and forget I say. At least you didn't get a good look right? Let's never talk about this, ever. Capiche?" As he said those words Esther nodded in agreement, with her flushed expression seemingly focus on his lower region.
"By the way, when I woke up our boss told me that our contract got renewed. Something about us getting more previliges. Isn't that strange? We just got hired,"
"Oh that? I kinda talk to him right after I tucked Kyo Min Soo to sleep. Consider it my way of gratitude since you join a nobody like me with your incredible talents," As Christoper continues to walk over to the kitchen, Esther stopped in her tracks with a dark and concerning look.
"You sleeped with him, didn't you?" She points her right index finger as she don's a face of disgust.
"Excuse me...?" As soon as Morris fully comprehended her words, he gave her a hundred yard stare.
"It makes sense to me, why else are you butt naked first thing in the morning-"
"If you go so far as to finish that sentence, I won't hesitate in molly whopping your ass. I was meditating. It's a common thing for a mage to do,"
"Wait... hold on, you're a mage? Well that explains that attack of yours. I thought it was a strong punch that carry it's force to make a shockwave to hit me. Okay that checks out," She mumbles to herself, until her focus got cut off as she heard her name.
"Esther! Oi did you hear me loud and clear? Crack a few eggs, put it on the pan. Only put a small amount of oil. And flip them until their cook okay? I'll grab Kyo Min Soo," He quickly unhooks the apron and toss it to Esther along with the spatula in his hand.
Esther wore the apron and in it's pocket was a hairnet which she place above her hair and heads to the kitchen"Right! Cook the eggs! You can count on me. I'll cook ya up the most tastiest eggs you could imagine. Mark my words," She instantly forgot his orders and began to ponder the task at hand.
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As Esther was preparing their meal, Christoper Morris heads back up to the 2nd floor of Agni's house. From the outside it was a shack that can only house the front store and maybe the back that holds the most valuable items. But as the group got acquainted with the owner of this humble little store it became a vast space with multiple floors. The highest floor lies Agni who's overseeing his domain, and the 7th floor and below was the bording houses, living quarters, bathroom, training room, kitchen and the last two floors was the equipment hall and the store.
'Talk about an awkward start of the day. I need to start getting my bearings on my characters. Esther is an easy fix. However Kyo Min Soo is the real kicker, triggering a Beast Transformation is pretty easy, but the one in trying to turn is a different breed. Normally a normal Beast can transform whenever their life is threaten, doing that method will take a long time. If I want him to master it at a short time I need to do almost everything by the book to make him berserk, even if he lost control,'
"You insolent half breed!!!" A group of kids were beating up a child while dozens of adults wailed in anger,"
"Dear God why did this abomination came to our village? The famine and even deaths... It's all because of that demon,"
"Please... stop it. I didn't do any of that. I just wanted to help. I just... I just... wanted to help-" His visions grew dark and with loud thud he woke up, after the door to his room was slammed right open.
"Good morning Kyo Min Soo- wait are you crying?" Christoper Morris cheerful greeting was replaced with concern for his characters well being.
"I'm sorry, Boss... it rarely happens, I just had a nightmare is all. What's for breakfast?" His mood quickly shifts he hears his bodycs lower region grumbled upon his awakening.
"Follow me, you must be famished after all that hullabaloo. Let's hurry to the kitchen. Esther's waiting for us-" Their calm and peaceful morning suddenly vanished with an explosion originating from the kitchen had caught their attention.
"Morris help!" Loud footsteps echoed through the hallway as the two made their way to Esther's aid to see a burning pan.
"Morris...! Help, the eggs took so long to cook so I uh added more oil. Bu-but the fire below the pan suddenly grew large," Esther sobbingly uttered as she presents her failure of task as simple as frying a single egg
A singular large vein pops in Morris's head. His pale face grew red. His fist clenched, eyes welling with fury as he yelled. "I can't believe im saying this, but... get out of the kitchen women! Are you trying to start a fire so earlier on our first day on the job,"
Having lost his nice guy filter, he kicked Esther out of the kitchen, and she sat quietly at the dinner table with Kyo Min Soo. "Good morning Esther! I thought you were a swordman? When did you swap to an arsonist?"
Kyo Min Soo's childish remark stabbed her deeply, even though she knew he meant a word of it, but her pride can't accept that she can't even cook a simple egg. "Shut it will ya? I was just trying to help. I didn't know Id start a fire when I did that. I just wanted to show my appreciation since he got us a promotion,"
"Promotion? Didn't we just got hired? How does that work?" As Kyo Min Soo ask that question, the dinner table now held their sustenance, provided by Christoper Morris.
"I just convince our boss that it'll be worth his while. Now eat up everybody. Our training has finally begun," Morris replied.
"Thanks for the food," The two softly uttered while the author remained silent.
"Boss, I get the feeling that there's something wrong with the food-" The taste was exquisite, but as it lingered in Kyo Min Soo's mouth he felt strange, and it was later proven as Esther convulses out of the blue.
"P-po-poison... Morris what have you done? These eggs. Their Danatarr eggs! Their considered poisonous. The only way to cook them is boiling it in hot water,"
"Oh so you're familiar with these eggs? Good, since we'll be eating them regularly. I didn't cook them by mistake. I wanted all of us to get poisoned," Unlike Esther, Morris's reaction to the poison was tolerable due to his long time as a professional alcoholic, but even that wasn't enough.
"The intoxication is too strong. I could tolerate it for a while... but this burning sensation. It's melting my organs," Even as his body is dying at this very moment, he didn't feel concern or sicken, but wore a sinister smile as if his plan had come to fruition.
"Arghhh!" Kyo Min Soo on the other hand was the most affected by the poison as he vomited blood along with his entrails.
[System: Due to the will of the owner of this space, you are hereby condemned to follow his rules. You can't die unless it is permitted]
"Okay, now that worked out perfectly. How was it everyone? Don't you feel like your body has grown accustomed to poison?" Morris took another spoon of the poisonous egg and gobbled them up nicely as he gets intoxicated once again.
"Were alive?" Kyo and Esther said in sync as the two came back alive even after theyve gotten their organs melted by the poison.
"This isn't called the "living" room for no reason. Didn't I already told you guys that our training had finally begun? Eat up, the food taste good, and it even trains your poison tolerance,"
Kyo Min Soo and Esther was furious and yet they felt like the odd one out as their ring leader nonchalantly eats the poisoned egg. The half beast gobbled the eggs without the shadow of a doubt, following the example of his parental figure if it means he'll grow strong. The femme fatale on the other hand gulped, and ate her portion and after a while the three of them had once again perished.