Equipping the ring of fortune and just thinking about the huge amount of luck it provided made me smile, the smile nearly reaching my ear.
To check my nearly upgraded luck, I opened my status window.
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STATUS
Name: Joey Eldarch
Race: Human
Class: Unselected
Age: 17
Level: 32
Rank: C
Experience: 7/100
[STRENGTH: C]
[STAMINA: B-]
[INTELLIGENCE: C-]
[ENDURANCE: C]
[MANA: C-]
[C:HARM: D+]
[LUCK: 25{45}]
Status: Confused, excited.
Total skills: 3
Normal skills: 2
(Skill:- Dash [INTERMEDIATE]
Proficiency: 17%{Movement speed increase by 51%} )
(Skill:- Sword slash [INTERMEDIATE]
Proficiency: 44%{Slash damage increase by 61%} )
Special skills: 1
(Skill:- Destiny unchained
{The more you change the fate of other for better or worse, the stronger you grow} )
Arts: 1
(Art:- 5-star Movement art [Sky walk]
Proficiency: 100%{Movement increases by 200%, can also help the user in using air to increase speed just for a moment and upon complete mastery the user can even run on air} )
>GROWTH: Invalid
Trait: Hidden
Special trait: Hidden
Title: Hidden
Talent: None
•[System store]
•[System gacha]
•[Inventory]
•[Coins: 0]
•[Beginner's package]
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I can understand the reason for skill proficiency not increasing, as I won't be able to reach the same level of mastery with my talent in a just few weeks but why is that my growth became invalid and my luck increased by an additional twenty points.
"Hey, system answer me".
[Haaa... Now you can't even imagine, something so predictable(something that even readers can) even after seeing your status window. You should be grateful that I am your system not the one from novels that you read in your old world otherwise you won't even know how you died]
Knowing it's personality I didn't see it in my right mind to argue with it and asked it-
"Now can you tell me".
[Gosh... . You are as helpless as ever, som- ]
"Tell me, now".
[Tsk... It is because of your special skill destiny unchained. Since you changed the destiny of a third rated villain and also snatched the item that was gonna belong to the protagonist,so, your special stats randomly leveled up your stats]
"Was it really that effective to save someone, then won't I become over powered by saving people as much as I can".
[First, it wasn't due to you saving somebody or anything and you haven't saved anyone.
Did you forget that how you get to know the secret route to the hideout of the thief.]
"From my novel".
[Then did you forget what you had written in it]
"Now that you mention it, the first time I had written about him was when he got poisoned on his mission to steal an artifact from the auction"
[Exactly, and you even forgot that he only survived because of the herbs that you found in his hideout]
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"And I emptied his hideout leaving nothing".
[Yep, no doubt about it]
"Then is he dead".
[I don't know but you better be careful when using those stolen goods, if the thief survived and found out that it was you who stole his loots, you would be as good as dead]
"So, does it mean that because of me someone is on the brink of death or maybe________".
[He isn't dead, for now]
"But what about tomorrow".
[Hey, it isn't your fault even if he died tomorrow, he was fated to die from the beginning]
"It was my fault all along, as I was the one who wrote how he died at the hands of protagonist".
"If I had just been a little more careful in my planning and waited for a few more day until the 'seed of knowledge' was ready to bear fruit then he would have survived".
[You were not in the situation to weight your options, he would have gotten the ring appraised in a few days after recovering]
[And if he survived and find out that it was you who stole his goods.Then you will have to kill him to be alive]
"How can he find out that I was the one who stole his goods.You are just saying all this so, I can feel less guilt when thinking about this incident".
[If you knew everything then get a hold of yourself and stop making me feel worried. And what I said was the truth all along, he is a top rated thief. So, you better not underestimate the thief]
"But still I can't let him die because of something I did, can't I help him somehow".
[You will die]
"I can become stronger than him. So, even if he find out, he won't be able to do anything ".
[But what if he used assassination guild]
"Why would he, when he doesn't even know about the ring and the other items aren't even important".
[Did you ever think about, how he would react when he find out that someone robbed him]
[You have already damaged his ego. So, he ought to get you at any price]
"The topic that you are talking about is very dangerous in itself".
[If you understand then stop asking me about it]
"I haven't even asked you about anything regarding this, you have been talking non stop by yourself. And can't you help me just this one time. I promise that this kind of situation won't happen in the future".
[Haah... I am only listening to you this one time and I hope that this kind of situation doesn't happen in the future]
"Ok".
[I feel like banging my head on the wall. I regret telling you about this, I wish to go back in time and slap my past self for his stupid decision]
"Just stop thinking about this, what's done is done, it can't be undone and regretting over something when doing nothing won't change anything.
[Says who, I think you are in the wrong field. You still have enough time, so, think carefully]
"he... he.. he. Oh! And what are the other reasons for my level up(in Luck).