09 - Siblings

[New Mission Unlocked]

Seeing the new notification, I was surprised to see that I had another mission after so long.

The first, and only, mission I received was on the first day I arrived in this world.

I got to a point where I thought I wouldn't receive any more missions and that this had just been something for newbies.

[Mission: Make your song get 1,000 Views in the first 24 hours.
Reward: +1 CHA, Mysterious Title.]

Looking at the mission and the reward, although +1 to Charisma is very useful, what I was most tempted by was the Mysterious Title.

My current title, [Perseverant], is already extremely useful in helping me work out and train my physique, which came from a reward related to a physical training mission, right?

Since this quest is coming from something related to music or fame, the title could also be related to that!

Now what can I do to make my song reach 1,000 views in the first 24 hours?

Just posting the song on MeTube and letting it generate organic traffic is out of the question, as depending on the algorithm to start promoting my music whenever it wants can take several days.

Even though I have confidence in the music, there's no point in the music being good if no one hears it, so I would have to do it in some proactive way.

-Ding-

Looking at the notification that just appeared on my phone, the answer came to me!

Currently my Twipper was growing very fast, as long as I post there promoting the song, it's possible that a few hundred people will click to listen, and as long as those people listen to the song, the probability of them listening to it more than once is high, not to mention that they can send this to friends, showing how good the music is, giving me a good start on the platform!

But this has a problem…

The probability of people suspecting that I am the person who makes these Furry drawings is very high, and I don't want my image related to that...

This was a problem that left me a little lost.

Not really knowing what to do, I started pacing the room from one side to the other while trying to find a solution.

Several ideas came to my mind, but within a few seconds I found something that would make it go wrong.

[+1 INT]

Because I thought so much, and worked so much on refutations for the theses I created, my INT went up, probably because I was practicing my logical reasoning.

Until suddenly a really good idea came along.

This idea might burn my image a little for some people and make me seem a little desperate at first, but considering everyone's beginnings, maybe this will become something funny to talk about in a while.

My idea was basically to make an account on Twipper for my profile as a singer and post it by tagging some slightly famous accounts but from completely different genres, including my Furry drawings account in these tagged accounts, so tagging this artist account wouldn't be suspicious, and if JacobTheWerewolf shares the song, it will seem natural.

As if Jacob received Noah's tag and really liked the song, so he decided to repost it, making his fans go and see what song the artist they liked was listening to.

Considering how problematic Furrys' relationship with their parents is, it's likely that they relate to music even more than other audiences.

Wait, maybe I can even use this as an excuse to make Jacob draw the song cover on MeTube because he thought the original cover was too ugly while he liked the song, that way it will look even more natural and the audience will be even more curious about it. the music!

Deciding to do just that, the first thing I did was start working on my MeTube and Twipper accounts.

But there was the problem… I still hadn't decided which name to use…

As I thought of a name, only one name came to mind, but I still wasn't sure if I wanted to use that as my stage name.

Black Velvet.

Considering that my surname is Black, this would really suit me a lot, but the problem is the origin of this name...

Black was not only my last name, but it was also my current father's last name, as well as my asshole father in my old world, and that was the name he used to introduce himself when he met my old mother...

I wanted to think of something different, I even considered copying the name of a band that already existed in my old world, but thinking about it, in the end that was the name I used.

Even if I hated that asshole, I think I'll use this as the only tribute and way of thanking him for asking God to bring me here.

Thus, today Black Velvet was finally born.

For my logo, I decided to just use the letters BV drawn one inside the other in a cursive style, a bit simple but quite unique.

I used this art on both MeTube and Twipper for my account.

In order not to leave Twipper empty, I decided to just post something simple.

"Hi guys, I might release my first Single tomorrow, I'm excited!"

This was a very simple Tweep, which didn't have any likes and probably won't have any until I get my first fans, but just to not leave my account without anything that was enough, in the future I can plan to post better things.

With both accounts finalized, I decided to advance the art that I would use for the cover of the song Numb.

The first cover would just be a simple art of a chain with the name Numb written in the middle, which "Jacob" would come up with as something very simple and remake it into a better one.

Using my [Digital Illustration Lv30] skills, I made some pretty good art.

As the song portrayed a person who was used as a puppet by someone and who finally broke free, I decided to make the cover being a puppet doll that was being controlled by chains, but suddenly a padlock holding those chains opened, causing the doll finally started to let go, coming out of the dark and into the light where it was more colorful.

This was the art that took me the longest to make, taking me 3 hours!

But it was really worth it, turning out much more beautiful than I imagined.

While I was making the art my mother came to ask me to eat, which I did and I was surprised that Olivia was also there, eating in silence, but not using her cell phone this time.

Like Olivia, my mother also didn't say anything, just helping Ethan while he ate and every now and then looking at Olivia with a slightly guilty expression.

But Olivia didn't even look at her to notice it.

I was exhausted, but I still hadn't worked out my muscles today and had to go to the backyard to work out too.

To my surprise, today Ethan also wore sportswear and came with me to work out.

"I also want to become strong, like you Noah!" Ethan said excitedly as he strained his arm muscles and looked at me expectantly.

"Haha okay." I laughed as I explained to him the training we were going to do.

As I was just training calisthenics, due to the lack of equipment, none of this would be harmful to him, so I saw no problem in letting him work out with me.

But of course, I toned it down for him.

While I was doing 10 squats, for him I just asked him to do 5.

At my weight, even if I only did a few exercises, those exercises were already straining my muscles to a terrifying level.

As I imagined, Ethan couldn't take it after a few minutes and fell exhausted to the floor, but I could see that he wanted to train more, it was just his little body that couldn't take it.

But I continued.

My title [Perseverant] was keeping me going to my limit.

[Persevering: Only those who persevere to the end in a difficult task receive this title.
Effect: +10% ease when doing a task that requires a lot of effort.]

Even though the 10% title bonus didn't seem like much, it was really helping me keep going when my body was asking me to stop.

When I finished, I got on the scale and my smile grew a lot.

| Weight: 142.3 Kg -> 141.3 Kg (313.7 Lbs -> 311.5 Lbs) |

For the first time I had lost 1 kg in just one round of exercise.

If this continues like this, in less than 1 month I will reach the ideal weight for my height.

With tiredness hitting me after the shower, I couldn't stand it and just lay down on the bed, fainting from sleep.

Just like the other days, the next day I woke up as if nothing had happened the day before, with no muscle pain and no fatigue because of the intense exercise I did.

This is probably related to the "Gamer Body" that I've seen in some novels in my previous life, but there was nothing in my statistics talking about it.

Even though today was Saturday, I still woke up early since I had plans that would require free time.

Just like other days, my father was waiting for me in the kitchen with my breakfast ready.

Seeing how happy he was that I woke up early to eat with him even on Saturday, I think I would feel really bad about disappointing him if I woke up later today without telling him.

The morning walk was more intense than yesterday, where today I finally managed to run 6 km (3.7 miles) in 1 hour.

When I weighed myself on the scale, I had lost another 1 kg, of course, also counting how much I lost during sleep, but this made my current weight reach 140.3 kg, meaning that at night I would probably already fall from my weight. 140 kg to 130!

Unlike me, who woke up as if nothing had happened, Ethan, on the other hand, had his whole body hurting.

Seeing how he was walking like a robot to the kitchen table after getting ready was really funny.

"How about Ethan, will you want to work out with me again today?" I asked smiling as I ate the eggs my mother made for me.

I was practically eating two breakfasts every day, two pieces of toast with my dad before hiking, and two eggs and bacon after I got back from hiking with my mom and siblings.

For the amount of calories I was burning daily, eating these eggs was the best I could have, maybe I could even increase it a little, since this protein served as a nutrient for the muscles that were developing in my body.

Looking at me with a suspicious look, Ethan asked. "How come you don't feel anything? My body hurts so much!"

Laughing, I replied. "I've been training for a week now, with time your body gets used to it, it's just that yesterday was your first time and the first time always hurts."

Hearing this, Ethan still looked at me a little suspiciously and replied. "I'll try again today…"

-------- Ethan's Commentary --------

This time, Ethan was sitting on the couch with perfect posture, but not because he was well behaved, but because that was the posture that hurt his body the least when he sat.

"You know, when I woke up today I didn't want to work out with Noah again…" He said. "I'm in so much pain that I think I'm going to turn into a real rusty robot, but it was really cool working out with him yesterday..."

"Since I don't have homework today, I guess I can work out with him, okay? That way we can spend a little more time together." He smiled innocently as he looked at the camera.

-------- Commentary End --------

Looking at the little boy, I couldn't help but smile.

Ethan was very cute, just like everyone else in our family, he also had black hair, but because of his age, he still had cheeks with a little fat, characteristic of children, and very large and curious eyes, which because of his ADHD that he had, they kept looking at everything around us.

"I can too?" A somewhat shy and low voice spoke.

Hearing her asking to participate surprised everyone at the table.

Olivia was so embarrassed that she quickly regretted asking to join us.

But I soon responded. "Of course, you're more than welcome. But why do you want to work out with us?"

Honestly, Olivia didn't need to work out.

While I was the fat and ugly one in the family, Ethan was the small and very cute one, Olivia clearly showed why she was part of the popular group.

With long, straight black hair and very well-groomed white skin, she was one of the most beautiful girls in school.

Hearing my question, I noticed that Olivia quickly glanced down at her legs before answering. "It's not for nothing, it's just that I think I can lose some of the fat I'm gaining by eating a slice of bacon every day."

I realized that this wasn't the whole truth, as she had thin legs, she probably wanted to make her legs a little thicker, besides, based on the tone she was using, I don't doubt that after our conversation yesterday she really wants to trying to bring things closer between us and that was just an excuse.

-------- Olivia's Commentary --------

Sitting on the sofa a little embarrassed, Olivia looked at the camera and spoke very quietly.

"I actually have two reasons for going to work out." She started explaining.

"The first reason is that seeing how Noah is losing weight so quickly gave me motivation to start working out too and lose some of the fat that started to appear on my legs and buttocks." She said a little embarrassed.

"The second reason is that the conversation we had yesterday was really good, I thought that if we worked out together we could have more conversations like that, right?" She asked a little hopefully while looking at the camera.

-------- Commentary End --------

"Of course, then today the three siblings will work out together!" I said a little emotionally, feeling how good it felt for the family to want to be with me.

When we finished eating breakfast, I saw that Olivia was going back to her room and called her.

"Hey Olivia, wait a minute, I want to ask you something." I called out, making her turn to me in confusion.