06 - Finally the Day!

I programmed my cell phone to wake up at 4:50 am, just like yesterday, and to my surprise, I woke up without any sleep!

Not only was I sleepless, I was also not feeling any pain in my body, as if after sleeping my body had returned to peak state!

'Is this the Game Body?' I wondered, remembering how authors used it in the fanfics I read in my previous world, but since there was no Skill with that name, I wouldn't be foolish enough to try cutting myself and see how my body would react to it.

Changing into some gym clothes, I went downstairs for breakfast and saw my dad looking at me with an excited smile from the kitchen.

Looking at the table, I saw two plates with toast, eggs, bacon and two cups of coffee, probably one of those for me.

-------- Jonathan's Commentary --------

At that moment Jonathan had a huge smile as he sat comfortably on the couch and looked at the camera.

"I got nervous when I waited for Noah to come have breakfast with me and he didn't show up, but after 5 minutes he showed up haha!" He said happily while laughing. "I would be really sad if I had made him extra toast and he hadn't come to eat it, but I wouldn't blame him, since he hadn't even promised me he would come again."

"But I was still very happy to see him." Jonathan said excitedly.

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

"Good morning Champ!" My dad said with a big smile at me. "I already made you breakfast, since you're working out twice a day, I made some eggs and bacon too, protein is very important!"

Seeing his concern, I was really touched. My previous father had never done anything like that for me… not even on my birthday…

With a smile, I replied as I sat down in front of him. "Good morning Dad."

Just like yesterday, we both just ate in silence, but instead of yesterday where we were uncomfortable not knowing what to say, today we just enjoyed the silence and ate relaxed.

When I was finished, I packed our plates and cups and washed them before going on my walk.

Unlike yesterday, today I didn't have any mission, but I didn't worry about it, I did my mission myself today.

'Today I'm going to run 5 km in 1 hour.' I thought decidedly as I started walking.

My current Constitution status was 60% higher than yesterday, so like yesterday I walked 3 km with 3 Constitution points, today that I have 5 Constitution points I want to walk 5 km!

As soon as I started, I felt like it was actually taking a little longer for me to get tired.

Within 14 minutes the first notification appeared.

[Walking Lv 2]

…

Within 30 minutes another notification appeared.

[Walking Lv 3]

…

Within 47 minutes another notification appeared.

[Walking Lv 4]

…

Within 56 minutes another notification appeared.

[+1 CON]

…

In 61 minutes I finally walked the 5 km I had set as a goal!

Even though I spent 1 minute longer than I planned, I was very satisfied!

Just like yesterday, my tiredness was immense, so I just threw myself down on the grass and let my body and head rest.

My Buff has also been updated!

[Aerobic Exercise Lv 2: Performing aerobic exercise, increases the user's Metabolism speed by 2% for 24 hours.]

After a few minutes, I finished walking the few meters left to my house and went to take my shower before everyone woke up.

When I weighed myself, I was surprised to see my new weight!

From 148.6 kg I went to 147.7 kg! A loss of 900g since last time!

Of course, I didn't lose all of this while walking, part of this loss was also because of my diet yesterday, which was much more controlled than that of the old Noah who ate uncontrollably, in addition to the fact that the System was probably also amplifying the results of the my workouts.

My Charisma hasn't increased again yet, but just because the fat on my body has reduced a little more, I already feel a little more pleasant when looking in the mirror.

What bothered me was not just that I was fat, but that I was fat and ugly, so the fat only amplified how ugly I currently was.

Luckily the System was giving me some Charisma points that were slowly making me more handsome, so I wasn't too worried about it.

After I took my shower, which raised my Sing Skill to level 7, I went to my room and turned on the computer, since I couldn't practice guitar without waking up Ethan, I thought it would be more useful to see my Illustration skill.

To my surprise, someone sent me a message on Twipper interested in buying my art.

– Hello Jacob, I am also a Werewolf and I am very interested in your art about my Fursona, how does it work? Hooowwwl! –

Seeing that this Werewolf howled by text at the end of the message, a cringe feeling arose in me, almost making me close this conversation window and give up working on it, but I needed that money...

– Hello friend Werewolf, the art costs $30, the payment is divided into 50% at the beginning and 50% when the art is ready, you just need to send me the reference images you want, or an explanation of how you want the art and I can send it to you ready by the end of the day. –

I thought this Werewolf would take a while to respond to me, since his last message had been sent several hours ago, but within a few minutes the Werewolf responded with a huge text about the history of his character and the reference images I needed.

When I sent my virtual account for transfer, Werewolf transferred it without thinking twice, leaving me a little surprised at how easily this person trusted me, but I didn't care much and took advantage of the time I had left to start this art.

As my Art Skill was already at level 27, within a few minutes I had already made the sketch and sent it to Werewolf for approval.

It didn't take a minute for the Werewolf to respond excitedly, approving everything.

Seeing how the art was, I suspected that this Werewolf was a woman, since the character was female, but I couldn't confirm anything with how crazy this community was, to me, as long as it's not a NSFW image of weird things, I I could even draw a monster with any body the person wanted.

In another 40 minutes I finished the art exactly as Werewolf wanted, to be sure, I sent the art in very low quality for her to approve.

She didn't even respond at all and transferred another $30 to me, thanking me for the Art and saying the extra $15 was a tip, which I wasn't stupid enough to refuse.

As soon as I sent her the complete art in high quality, she changed her profile photo to the new art and posted it on her Feed, thanking 'Jacob' and tagging him.

Knowing that this was a free promotion and a new item for my portfolio, I also retweeted her post on my profile.

The next customers would probably come from this customer's friends, so I just had to wait until someone else arrived.

That extra $45 increased the total amount of money I had to a whopping $131, almost paying for my guitar!

'If this Werewolf tipped that big, I might raise the price of the art a little to $40 for the next customer and see if they'll want to pay.' I thought.

About money, I had no plans to get rich doing this, but if I could make an art like that a day to earn extra money, I wouldn't refuse, since I would need a lot of money to register the copyrights of my songs, in addition If possible, help a little with the household bills, since the financial problems were worse than I imagined.

Just like yesterday, my mother knocked on the door when it was time to go to breakfast, making me wake up Ethan and go downstairs with my things.

"Good morning." I said as I walked down the stairs.

Just like yesterday, my mother responded while Olivia ignored me.

Seeing her attitude, I just shook my head and ignored it, as I knew I couldn't change her in just one day.

When I arrived at school today, unlike yesterday when everyone ignored me, today I felt hundreds of eyes following me until I arrived in my English classroom.

What happened yesterday has probably already spread among everyone, and their curiosity about me is growing until the next school gossip arrives to take my position.

Just like yesterday, I just sat in my seat while reading my books and leveling up my Skills.

During lunch no one came to disturb me, but I didn't feel good about it, in fact I felt like this was the calm before the storm.

Looking around for the little shits that teased me yesterday, I saw them eating and talking while looking at me trying to make a domineering expression, but it just made them look more stupid.

Ignoring these clowns, I continued eating while humming, practicing my singing alone.

Even the former friends of this body avoided coming to talk to me after what happened yesterday, probably afraid of what could happen to them too.

Which was perfect for me, since I didn't want to come into contact with these losers.

The rest of the day passed like yesterday, the change happened when I got home.

Since I didn't have to cut Ethan's hair, I finished helping him with his homework much earlier, raising my Teach Skill to level 6 today.

With everything finished, I spent another two hours practicing singing and guitar, raising my Sing Skill to level 10 and my guitar to level 17.

If I dedicated myself well, I could level up my guitar to level 20 tomorrow, and my Sing Skill in 2 or 3 days.

Out of curiosity, I opened my Jacob profile and was surprised to see that I gained another 39 followers, and of those 39 people, 2 of them asked me to sell them some art.

One of these people wanted me to draw two wolves having sex, but I just said I didn't do that kind of art and accepted the work from the other person, who just asked for art of a wolf dressed as a general.

As it was an easy art, in an hour and a half I had finished, earning another $50, being $40 of the amount I charged and $10 tip, increasing my total money to $181!

I wasn't rich yet, but having this income coming in daily was really good.

Just like the other Werewolf, this general wolf also posted on his profile and I reposted it, gaining a few more followers.

Looking at the time, I decided to get off the PC and go work out my muscles.

Just like I did with walking, I also increased the intensity of my weight training, making my results also increase a lot.

Raising my Bodybuilding Skill to Lv 4 and raising my Bodybuilding Buff to Lv 2.

Looking at my weight on the scale, I had lost 800g, which was already a very good amount.

And so, the next 3 days passed.

Over the 3 days my routine was exactly the same.

I would have breakfast with my father, I would go for a walk, I would do some art before going to school, I would study what I could at school, I would come home and help Ethan with his homework, I would practice my Sing and my guitar, did another art, did weight training and went to sleep.

Looking at my status screen and the changes in it, I had a satisfied smile on my face.

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| Character Status |
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| Name: Noah Black
| Title: Perseverant
| Level: 01
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| HP: 30/30
| MP: 90/90
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| Weight: 149.3 kg -> 142.3 kg
| Strength (STR): 4 -> 5
| Dexterity (DEX): 3 -> 4
| Constitution (CON): 5 -> 7
| Intelligence (INT): 9 -> 11
| Wisdom (WIS): 9
| Charisma (CHA): 5 -> 7 (6 + 1)
| Agility (AGL): 2 -> 4
| Black (CLOSE): ??
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| Skills:
| (Haircutting Lv 24 -> 25), (Walking Lv 1 -> 12), (Bodybuilding Lv 1 -> 12), (Teaching Lv 6 -> 13), (Negotiator Lv 4 -> 5), (Sing Lv 9 -> 20), (Guitar Lv 16 -> 24), (Digital Illustration Lv 27 -> 30), (Intermediate Mathematics Lv 22 -> 29), (Intermediate Biology Lv 18 -> 25)...
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| Buffs:
| (Beard and Hair Made), (Aerobic Exercises Lv 1 -> 5), (Muscle Exercise Lv 1 -> 5)
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In just 5 days I lost almost 8 kg! Not to mention that with my bodybuilding amplifying the amount of muscle I built, the amount of fat I lost is probably around 9 kg, but as I must have gained 1 kg of muscle, so the scale just said that I am 8 kg heavier light.

Level 5 Buffs increasing the speed of my daily metabolism by 10% helped a lot to lose weight, while controlling my diet and constant exercise were certainly giving a lot of results.

Not to mention a change that really surprised me these days.

While I was studying, regardless of the content I learned, I realized that this was contributing little by little to the increase in my "INT", and consequently, in my Status something also changed.

My Mana, which was previously only 90 points, had now risen to 110, along with my INT, which rose from 9 points to 11!

And Mana wasn't the only thing that changed with this, since when my INT increased by one point, the speed I used to learn something also increased a lot!

This increase of 2 points, for me, who previously only had 9, represented a 22% improvement in my learning speed and mental processing speed, not counting the Skills I had of knowledge, the speed at which I learned the subjects of school was now on a completely different level.

At first I needed to read something 5 times in total in class to learn it, then that decreased to 4 times when I unlocked the Skill, now that had decreased to 3 times, and slowly getting to where I would only need to read it 2 times to understand .

With this progress, I was excited to think that this could get to a point where I could read it just once and understand it without any difficulty, or even read something halfway and already be able to deduce the rest!

I understand why games are addictive, because seeing the results in front of you of something you worked hard to improve was something you really got excited about.

I want to learn more, I want to improve myself more.

And speaking of improving myself further, seeing that my Sing Skill was finally at Lv 20, today would be the day that I would record my first song to post on MeTube.

And I had already decided which song I was going to record!