3 years passed, and I was almost allowed to practice my healing in public. I had upgraded [First Aid I] to [First Aid IX] and my class to level 4 over many minor injuries. I found that levelling your class gave you 10 stat points and 1 ability point to spend. I saved all my ability and stat points to spend them at a higher level. While I hadn't spent my points, my stats and abilities increased with age and play.
Intelligence 137
Charisma 98
Wisdom 92
Magic 66
Agility 61
Strength 53
Constitution 76
Perception 85
Luck 123
[Stat Boost II] → [Stat Boost X]
[Stat Boost X] → [Class Boost VIII]
[Sleep IX] → [Sleep X]
[Sleep X] → [Long Rest X]
[Long Rest X] → [Short Rest X]
[Short Rest X] → [Nap X]
[Nap X] → [Power Nap VI]
[Fake Abilities IV] → [Fake Abilities X]
[Fake Abilities X] → [Fake Skills X]
[Fake Skills X] → [Fake Titles IV]
[Endurance VIII] → [Endurance X]
[Endurance X] → [Tireless III]
YOU HAVE EVOLVED YOUR SKILL [Analyze] TO [Chemical Analyze].
I had unlocked [Chemical Analyze] while trying to figure out what metal a spoon was made out of. [Analyze] kept telling me it was a [Metal Spoon], not telling me what the metal was this changed when I got my evolution, telling me it was a [Pewter Spoon].
One day, I had fallen out of a tree and sprained my ankle. True to its description, [First Aid] and [Diagnosis] told me exactly what I had done and what to do. I didn't care though, and as I had the pain tolerance of a 9 year old, and had I started crying for Mum. After I got myself under control, I did what [First Aid] told me to do: rest and put ice on, compress, and elevate my ankle.
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FOR FOLLOWING [First Aid] ADVICE, YOU HAVE UPGRADED YOUR ABILITY [First Aid IX] to [First Aid X].
FOR REACHING [First Aid X], YOU MAY EVOLVE YOUR ABILITY TO EITHER SKILL [Basic Heal] OR ABILITY [Advanced First Aid I]
[Basic Heal] Spend Mana to regain patients Health at a 10:1 ratio.
[Advanced First Aid I] If you have a diagnosis, you instinctively know how to help your patient up to an advanced level.
I knew you unlocked [Heal] at healer level 15, which was twice as efficient as [Basic Heal], so I, of course, picked [Advanced First Aid].
FOR PERFORMING SERIOUS FIRST AID ON YOURSELF, YOU HAVE UNLOCKED THE ABILITY [Self Heal I].
FOR EXPERIENCING SEVERE PAIN, YOU HAVE UNLOCKED THE ABILITY [Pain Tolerance IV]
[Self Heal I] Healing acts by you are more effective when you are the patient,
[Pain Tolerance IV] You feel less pain. You still know when you are in pain.
FOR HEALING YOUR PATIENT, YOU HAVE LEVELED YOUR CLASS [BASIC HEALER] TO LEVEL 6
6 levels in 3 years was pretty poor, but I couldn't volunteer to heal people, or someone would report me to the King. But now that my birthday was just around the corner, and I could almost go public, I was expecting my level to rocket up.
It was my 10th birthday party, and I was being pestered by my brothers and their friends (I didn’t have many friends, as I was mainly focused on upgrading my privacy skills all my childhood) to tell them which class I took, even though they knew full well, that tradition dictates I should only tell people my class at midday. As the clock drew towards noon, I noticed an unknown man in the corner of a room. I walked over to him and said, “I’m sorry, I don’t think we’ve met before.” He responded, saying, “I’m sorry, I must have gotten lost. I’m here to talk to your father.”
“Oh, of course, I’ll take you to him now.”
“Thank you, Kaitlen.”
“No, problem”
I led the man to my father, but as soon as he saw me, he walked out of the room to talk to someone, then came back to speak to the man and me. “Hey Kaitlen, why don’t you go and talk to Helen? She has a surprise for you.”
“Sure Dad!”
I walked around the house, looking for Mum, and found her with John and Gabriel in the same room my father had gone to just after seeing the man. She called me over and whispered to all 3 of us, “When I finish speaking, you’re going to go to the kitchen, grab a bag, fill it with as much food as you can, then leave the house. Then, you’re going to walk calmly to Doug’s house and ask for a ride to the capital, Arcoross. Tell him that he owes me for last year.”
“Mum, what’s happening?” John asked loudly
“Quiet John”, our mother hissed. “We don’t have much time. Gabriel, go grab the food, Kaitlen, the royals are here. You know what that means. You and Gabriel are in charge of John, take care of him, and I love you. When Gabriel gets back, go.
Gabriel came back with a big sack filled with food, and we walked to our neighbour’s house. We told Doug what our mum told us, he promptly got us in his cart, and we left town. We heard a woman’s agonised scream as we got past the gates. Somehow, we all knew it was mums, and John tried to run back, but Gabriel and I held him back. Then a man’s screams joined in. Then towns bell tower started ringing noon. “I guess this is a bad time to say, but I chose healer.”