Chapter 6: She isn’t so bad.
Celestina saw the look of disbelief on Evan and said with her usual teasing tone, “Are you shocked after seeing the capability of your aunt? Don’t get shocked yet; this isn’t even a fraction of what I could do.”
She was feeling proud inside, glorifying her ability, but she didn’t get the expected reaction from Evan at all.
‘What’s wrong with him today? He isn’t like usual at all… Is he upset because of his ability and feeling low?’
“Why don’t you try it? I will fix the speed for you,” she said and pressed the button to lower the speed and set it on 20 km/hr.
‘It should be fine with this much, right?’ She thought and looked at Evan, signaling him to go for it.
‘Will I be able to pull it off? 20 km/hr isn’t much, yeah, but that’s for others. Nevermind, let’s just give it a try.’
Evan hopped on the treadmill, took a deep breath, and pressed the button to start.
The treadmill gradually started to increase its speed; at first, it wasn’t that hard and Evan also felt he would pull it off, but then it started to increase more and became stable at 20.
Evan was barely able to hold on, but he didn’t stop; he could feel his leg muscles about to give up but he still didn’t stop.
‘I can’t stop now. Just how much of a pussy was this bitch to not even be able to run for a while.’
He cursed himself, well the previous him, but still didn’t stop. He was getting out of breath and was gasping for air heavily. Taking the support of the side bar of the treadmill, he continued to run.
‘He is doing better than I expected. I didn’t think he would even be able to run at this speed… Is he really that determined to become a hunter? It will really be difficult for him; he hasn’t faced a monster yet, that might be why he is trying to be a hunter, once he comes in contact with one, he might drop that idea.’
She was getting concerned for him; Evan was giving his all, but just doing exercises and fighting a monster are completely different things.
“Aww, are you getting tired already? Like this, you can’t even be able to run from the monsters… forget that, what will your girlfriend think about you?”
“Shut up!!!”
‘This woman… I will show her my ability soon; just you wait.’
Evan gritted his teeth and yelled at her. He was getting annoyed with her.
“Why are you yelling at me? I was just trying to help.”
“Help… *haaa*… how can you help me?!”
“Hmph, not telling you.”
She snorted and looked away from Evan; she wasn’t doing it because she was hurt; she wants him to ask for her help himself.
‘This woman…’
Evan also realized that, so he didn’t care about his ego and decided to ask for help; if he could complete his quest and get stronger then asking for help from his aunt wasn’t a big deal.
He then pressed the button to stop the treadmill and took a breath of relief. He was completely out of breath.
He immediately lay on the floor and was breathing heavily. He could feel his leg muscles yelling at him for working them more than their capacity.
Celestina squatted down and looked at him with a smug look on her face and said, “What now?”
Evan didn’t care about anything and just asked bluntly, “Please, help me aunt.”
She smiled and gave him a pat on his head saying, “Good boy, just be like this always.”
After that, Celestina did some movements in the air and took out a bottle of green liquid and handed it over to Evan.
“This is a stamina restoration potion; using this will give you near unlimited stamina. It won’t actually increase your stamina to infinite but gives you energy that will make you feel as if you have unlimited stamina for 1 hr.”
Evan took the bottle in his hand and looked at it. It did give him a different feeling than just regular medicines.
‘Something like this potion, won’t she be needing it more than me?’
“Don’t you need this more than me?” He asked.
“Don’t worry about it, at where my stats are, it’s really difficult to increase it with just a potion; you can have it.” She said with a smile.
[Host, you should just accept it. This potion might be what you need to complete the task faster. It is of good quality and won’t have huge side effects as well.]
The system suggested him, inside his head.
But he still had a doubt and asked,
‘If it’s of high quality, then it must be expensive, right?’
[It is expensive. Just a potion of normal quality can make some hunters give their entire month’s wage for that. This potion in your hand is far more expensive than that; many people might even kill you for that potion.]
This information did surprise him. He didn’t think that it was that good.
‘If it’s that expensive then it should work on her as well, right?’
[It definitely works on her. In the tower, just a difference of one single stat might determine your life and death, and this potion can be effective for 1 hr meaning, she can at least improve her stat by one point, and if she uses it in battle it will be very helpful for her.]
‘It’s that precious and she is just giving it to me? Is this what caring for the person you love is? I should repay her in the future.’
Evan as an orphan never realized what family love is, so he wasn’t able to take her teasing, but now that she was helping him…
‘She isn’t as bad as I thought.’
After that, he didn’t waste any more time and drank the potion in a single gulp, and the potion showed its effect immediately; he was filled with vigor and unlimited stamina.
‘Now, let’s get started for real.’
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