Glottis returned to his room after visiting his mother. He did not achieve his ultimate goal, which was having Mike killed, but he took a few gigantic steps in that direction.
'I missed a few notifications, let's see them,' he mused as he stretched, loosening his body from the long day. It was already after midnight, an hour he usually slept at if no girls were spending the night with him. He let his body drop on the soft bed and looked at the ceiling expectantly. It would be more right to say he was looking at the air between him and the ceiling.
"What missions did I complete? The hell with the old missions, give me only those completed in the past few hours," Glottis spoke out loud, already taking his system for granted and expecting its answer.
+---------------------------------+
| Completed Missions |
+---------------------------------+
| -Mission: Kneel, Peasant |
| -Details: Make Mike Teuto kneel. |
| - Prize: 29 Fate Points |
+---------------------------------+
| -Mission – This Milf is my Mom! |
| -Details: Ruining Mike's |
| relationship with Susan Jinn |
| - Prize: 64 Fate Points |
+---------------------------------+
| -Mission – My Mom Loves Me |
|-Details: Regain Susan Jinn's support|
| - Prize: 20 Fate Points |
+---------------------------------+
'Damn! That's a lot of fate points at once, I'm freaking rich!' Glottis jumped out of bed and did a little dance in his room to celebrate, ignoring the fact that he had been rich since birth.
'Wait, why the hell did I get 64 points? Shouldn't it be 29 or 58 if it's twice?'
+---------------------------------+
| -System Notice |
| Susan Jinn was Mike Teuto's |
| most important supporter. |
| Hence, the prize was 20% of his FP |
+---------------------------------+
"But why the hell aren't twenty percent fifty-eight points if ten are twenty-nine points?"
+-----------------------------------------------+
| -System Notice |
| Mike Teuto's Fate Points were |
| restored and increased |
| after he broke through. |
+-----------------------------------------------+
'Then that means his fate points jumped to 320 after breaking through, and now I took them down to 200... 260... eh, one second,' he took out his phone and clicked the button for the assistant, "How much is 320 minus 64?"
"320 minus 64 are 256." The robotic voice replied.
'So he has 256 Fate Points left, it's almost where I started from, but it also means I can farm more points out of him,' Glottis pondered about the implications. From his observations so far, Fate Points were the sum of his relationships, power, and potential. Every time he harmed Mike's relationships and mental state, he stole some Fate Points.
'I guess the twenty points have nothing to do with him, it's just about me improving my own future by changing how reality should've been if not for the system. Mother would have never acknowledged me, and I might have ended with his weapon in my heart without her giving any fucks about it.'
"Who the hell am I?" He asked the empty air.
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| **Info** |
| - Name: Glottis Sonora |
| - Age: 18 |
| - Fate Points: 123 (+113) |
|- Cultivation Stage: Qi Consolidation|
+---------------------------------+
| **Current Missions** |
| - none |
+---------------------------------+
| **System Storage** |
| - Phantom Step Technique Scroll |
| ... |
+---------------------------------+
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| **Shop** |
| (Access to various items, |
| upgrades, and special abilities) |
+---------------------------------+
| **Wheel of Luck** |
| (Chance to win prizes, bonuses, |
| or encounter random events) |
+---------------------------------+
"Hahaha!" Glottis started laughing when he saw his Fate Points. "I'd like to buy three Dantian Awakening pills and three Meridian Enlarging pills."
He was excited about hitting the maximum foundation possible according to the system. He was already equal to Mike, so enhancing his potential further would make him superior.
He grabbed the pills before they could fall to the ground after materializing out of nowhere, and started popping them into his mouth like candies. '1... 2... 6...'
While he was eating, the system seemed to get into overdrive.
*Ding*
*Ding*
*Ding*
With every pair of pills he consumed, another notification popped in, making him feel even more excited, thinking he might earn enough points to get to Mike's stage at once.
"Show me the new missions I have just completed, for hell's sake!" He was taking a risk here, changing the usual 'the hell' with 'for hell's sake'. To his happiness, the screen appeared, making him conclude that as long as he said 'hell', it counted.
+---------------------------------+
| Completed Missions |
+---------------------------------+
| -Mission: Surpassing the Enemy |
| -Details: Deepen your foundation |
| beyond Mike Teuto's. |
| - Prize: 20 Fate Points |
+---------------------------------+
| -Mission – Enough to Crush |
| -Details: Deepen your foundation |
| even further. |
| - Prize: 10 Fate Points |
+---------------------------------+
| -Mission – Perfect Foundation |
| -Details: Perfect your foundation |
| - Prize: 10 Fate Points |
+---------------------------------+
"AWESOME!" Glottis yelled when he finished reading. His breathing was turning quickened with every line he read. His hard work was rewarded well, making everyone else believe he worked hard.
"Hey Kora, how much is 123 minus 60 plus 40?" he called for his virtual assistant.
"123 minus 60 plus 40 is 103," the robotic voice answered again.
"Learn Phantom Step," Glottis commanded.
+-----------------------------------------------+
| -System Notice |
| Knowledge is being embedded |
| into your mind. |
| 10 FP deducted. |
+-----------------------------------------------+
A series of flashes and images were streamed straight into Glottis' brain, and he was knocked off his feet from the unexpected dizziness, falling straight on the floor. The process ended within seconds, and he shook his head in confusion while rubbing his hurt nose.
'What was that?'
Just as he was about to complain, he thought about the technique.
"Wait, I know how to use it!" he exclaimed. He looked at his bed, unable to contain his thrill. The technique allowed him to pass through solid objects, an ability he could not wait to test.
'Phantom Step,' he told himself in his mind and dashed with a strong kick against the floor.
*Thud!*
"OUCH!" He shouted as his legs banged against the bed and he rolled across it until falling to the ground in a messy posture.
"SCREW YOU, SYSTEM, DIDN'T YOU SAY I WOULD KNOW HOW TO USE IT?" He screamed, feeling conned.
+---------------------------------+
| -System Notice |
| You need to practice it until |
| your body is used to it. |
| P.S. – The bed is too wide. |
+---------------------------------+
After a few minutes of tantrums, Glottis' rage subsided and he could think clearly again. He then recalled the words 'pass through small objects,' meaning he shouldn't have chosen the bed. He looked at his wall, pondering whether it was too thick.
'Oh, scratch that. Banging my face into the wall gonna be much more painful than hitting the bed with my leg. Better not.'
"System, how the hell do I advance to the next stage?"
+---------------------------------+
| -System Notice |
| By cultivating |
+---------------------------------+
"Hell no, thanks. What other options do I have?"
+---------------------------------+
| -System Notice |
| Diligence is always rewarded. |
| Host can complete a big mission. |
+---------------------------------+
Glottis ignored the part about diligence and thought of what he might be able to do next in order to make the system help him advance.
"Oh well, let's put it aside for now and go to sleep," he mumbled. His eyes were closing on their own despite the new power coursing in his body. His exhaustion peaked after he learned the Phantom Step technique in a single moment.
---
"Good morning, Annie."
"Good morning, Young Master. You got up early today."
Glottis let out a yawn as he walked toward the bathroom his maid had prepared for him. Sometimes he felt like she waited out of his room with her ear pressed against the door, otherwise, he had no idea how to explain the fact she was always there when he woke up.
"I did? Am I going to be on time for school today?" He asked in surprise. He didn't check his phone, so he didn't know what time it was.
"No, but you will be less late than usual," Annie explained, "WE will be less late than usual," she added quietly with a frustrated mumble. She did not have billionaire parents to lean on if she failed her studies.
"Did you say something?"
"No, Young Master, must be your imagination," she waved it off and opened the bathroom door for him.
"You can bathe with me if you want," Glottis suggested with a lewd smile. Annie was quite pretty, and given her abundant front, he never failed to notice it.
"I can also bathe with the other men of the house," she shrugged and left.
'Other men? Dad is understandable, but did Leo offer her too?' The young master wondered as he soaked in the hot water, soapy water.
---
Glottis started his car and drove to school. He first had a detour to make since he was not alone.
"Young Master, how come you offered me a ride today?" Annie asked in curiosity. It was the first time he ever did that. She would never refuse the chance to get to school in a luxurious car rather than on a bus, so she agreed.
"You said so yourself, I got up early today. It means I have free time and I'm in a good mood, so why not?" Glottis said as he slowed down the car.
"No, I said you are late, just less than usual," she corrected him, "It means you don't have any free time."
"Potato potahto. If I do well with how things were, why do I need to go early only because I was up?"
"It's not early, it's less late," she corrected again.
"Potato potahto."
"You already said that. Anyway, Young Master, why have you been driving so slowly ever since we neared the campus? Do you like showing off your car that much?"
Annie bit her lower lip as she tried to complain without being rude. She enjoyed the ride, and she even liked the idea of having many people see her get out of it in front of the gate, but most students were inside at that hour. Inside the very same ongoing classes that she was late for.
"No, I just want to see if there's a girl I want to hit on. They always like it when I hit the honk."
"Young Master, nobody likes that, they just like the car."
He turned his head and she looked back at him, understanding what he wanted to say. "Fine, it's the same thing," she stopped him before he could mention potatoes again. "But let's go faster, the girls won't be impressed if you already have me in the car, they will think you are a pig. You can hit on them on your way back."
"What are you talking about? It's easier to explain we are doing a threesome if you are here," he laughed and hit the gas, crossing the last hundred meters in a heartbeat before hitting the brakes to make the wheels screech.
"You can go now, the stage is yours," he smirked.
She smiled back and opened the door slowly. If anyone in the area missed the shiny car, they all stared at it after Glottis' little stunt. She got up from the seat slowly, basking in the jealousy of the pedestrians.
"Thank you, Young Master. I will make you some of your favorite dishes for dinner," she left with a big beaming smile.
"Wait, airhead, you didn't close the door!"
"Aiya..." he shook his head and got out to do it himself. He circled around the car to the other side to close the door, but right when he did, his eyes crossed with a student at the school. The two gazed at each other for a moment before Glottis shrugged and drove away.
'Why is he here?' Glottis pondered. 'I guess he wanted to avoid trouble?'
He lost his appetite for girls and hit the gas, distancing himself from the place quickly. Ironically, it made many more girls look his way compared to his usual antics.