"So, you want to rest for now right?" Lucy asks.

"Yeah, I am extremely weak right now, give me a few days," Mikey replies. "By the way, I assume that this is your house right?" He asks.

"Yes, this house is mine, why are you asking?"

"As I was looking out of the window in that room, I saw a nice spot. So I was thinking that I might build my house there." Mikey starts hovering in his inventory, he pulls out a few pirate coins that he forgot to give back to Christina.

"Damn, she could use these right now, I gotta repay her when we meet again," Mikey says.

"Those belong to Christina right? By the way, don't worry about building a house, you can stay here if you want to," Lucy says bashfully.

"Oh sure then, no problem with me," Mikey leans back carefree.

(Some time later)

Mikey stands up from the table after talking to Lucy for some time and eating about three kilograms of food in one sitting. "I still have to go outside for something," He adds.

Lucy looks at him with a confused expression.

"Don't worry about it, and by the way, thanks for the food!" Mikey leaves the house and goes outside, Lucy smiles.

Mikey starts carving a bunch of wooden planks outside, shaping them into a bench. Once he's finished with that, he starts creating plates and rods out of the cobblestone.

Lucy comes outside.

"Are you building... a gym?" She asks Mikey. "Yeah, pretty much," he responds.

Lucy decides to help Mikey and about fifteen minutes later, they find a crafting recipe that speeds up the entire process, five minutes after that, they're done with it.

Mikey started working out right away. Lucy was looking at him work out for a while, inbetween his sets she was also talking to him.

She then left and went for a walk into the nearby forest. By a complete accident, she found what seemed like an unexplored cave.

"Hmm, should I go in?" She asks herself. "Wait, actually this cave could be a good way for Mikey to get back in shape, if we meet some zombies there or something like that.

Lucy leaves the cave as it is, walks a little bit further and then heads back home.

When she comes back, Mikey is still working out. At this point he must've been working out for well over an hour.

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"I wouldn't overdo it Mikey, you're still recovering afterall," Lucy tells him when he finishes his last set.

"I actually just finished working out, don't worry about me, this is part of the process when recovering, heavy high volume sets, it always worked for me." Mikey answers and wipes off his sweat with a towel.

"It always worked for you? What does that mean? You have been in a situation like this before?" She asks him. "Yeah, something in that spirit," Mikey says.

Lucy wants to ask Mikey about his past, but realizes that this probably isn't the best time to do so.

"Oh, by the way. I found a cave while on the walk. We could check it out once you rest and gain some more weight," Lucy says.

Mikey gets a flashback to the Cave Dweller. He shakes his head trying to shake the thought off, Lucy realizes that he must've remembered the Cave Dweller.

"I guess I'll think about it," he answers.

"No need to rush," Lucy adds.

"Oh, by the way, there's a hot spring nearby that the others from this area use aswell, you wanna go there?" Lucy asks Mikey.

"A hot spring? That sounds perfect right now," Mikey nods.

Mikey spends about an hour inside the hot spring before getting out, after that, he starts a cycle.

(2 days later)

Mikey trained relentlessly and ate even more throughout the entirety of these two days. He also made sure to take a dip in the hot spring after every workout session, to regenerate faster.

The hot spring was built in somewhat of a similar way as the hot spring they built on that cursed island.

After these two days, Mikey manages to gain back about half of the weight that he had lost during the coma, it's honestly quite impressive how he was able to eat that much food in the span of three days.

(Noon)

"I think I am ready," Mikey announces to Lucy. "Did you already gain all the weight back?!" Lucy asks in a surprise. "Do I look like I didn't?" Mikey asks and laughs.

"I mean you got bigger again, but I think you're still lighter than you were right?" Lucy asks.

"Yes, you would be right about that, but it's okay, I haven't gained all of my strenght back, however, I am definitely faster than I was, since I am lighter now. I was able to bench 150 kilograms which is actually a whole lot less than I used to back on Earth," Mikey says dissapointed.

"You benched how much?" Lucy asks.

"Back on Earth my PR (personal record) was 180 kilograms, so yeah, I am weaker, that's for sure." Mikey replies.

"One hundred and eighty kilograms?" Lucy asks completely flabbergasted.

"Yeah, is there a problem?" Mikey asks.

"That's like three times my bodyweight IT'S A LOT!" Lucy shouts at Mikey.

"Maybe, I don't know, I wasn't the biggest guy at my gym, there were three guys who benched more than me and overally were stronger, I was just a better fighter than them, that's all..." Mikey says.

"Mikey, what kind of a gym did you go to?" Lucy asks him concerned.

"A normal kind I would say," Mikey says without hesitating, his perception of the average person who lifts is completely different as opposed to Lucy.

This is because, as already mentioned, Mikey used to live in a Mafia led part of the England, so the people there had to naturally work harder, be bigger, if they wanted to be safe.

Lucy shakes her head and says: "Forget it, you wanna go to that dungeon right?" Lucy asks Mikey.

"Yes, but not yet, I need to rest after this last workout session," Mikey autonatically starts going towards the hot springs that are about one kilometer away.

Lucy decides to go with him.

"So, we leaving tommorow then?" She asks. "Yep, tommorow sounds perfect," Mikey answers.

(The next day)

Mikey and Lucy approached the cave, at its entrance, Mikey felt a terrible presence inside. Something really angry.

"Can you feel that too?" He asks Lucy.

"Personally I can't, but the Soulmate Stone is resonating within you, what is happening?" She asks him back.

"I have a bad feeling about this," Mikey claims.

Mikey has a suspicion that it could be the Cave Dweller again...