*clomp* *clomp* *clomp* *clomp*Loud rhythmic footsteps resounded through the hall as the emperor walked towards his seat. It was the first time the princesses have seen their father after their naming ceremony, which most of them did not remember except for Helena.Even though they had heard stories about his beauty and accomplishments from their mothers. Their image of him could only pale in comparison to the real person. Even though they were excited and happy to see their father, none of them spoke a word as he walked past them and sat in his seat.The princesses stood up from their seats and greeted the emperor with a curtsy. “We greet father emperor.” They greeted in unison.“Sit.” the emperor commanded. He glanced around the table with a cold gaze and sighed. “Your names… tell me your names.” The emperor said as his gaze shifted to Mera. Maximus could not be bothered to remember the names of his daughters after he named them. It was insignificant to him.“My name is Mera, your
Giggadon empireRoyal palace hallway*clomp* *clomp* *clomp* *clomp*“Good morning, your majesty, lord Chamberlin,” the maids greeted with blushed faces as they walked past the emperor and the lord chamberlain in the palace halls. Though the emperor is known as a tyrant across the lands, it didn’t stop women from almost dropping their draws at the sight of him.Following behind the emperor were the lord chamberlain and two knights. After a few minutes, they arrived at the emperor’s office. The knights stepped forward and pulled onto the door’s handle, opening it. Emperor Maximus and lord chamberlain walked in and the knights closed the door behind them and guarded the door.The emperor’s office was more normal than expected. Contrary to popular belief that the emperor keeps the skull of his slain enemies in a glass jar, and places them in his collection in his office. Which was the rumor going around in the empire. But there was no shelf filled with glass-covered skulls. There was onl
Valkyrie palaceHelena’s room“Ugh…! That was terrible. I can’t believe I said those words. I feel like my twenty-plus years of life as a man just got crushed into dust.” Helena complained out of embarrassment as she lay on her bed with her face in her pillow, hiding out of embarrassment. Even though she said those embarrassing words to complete the system mission, she could not help but feel like crawling into a hole every time she thought about what she said.“Systemmmm…, you are such an ass for giving me that mission, you know that. Right?” Helena asked in a muffled tone. While rolling from the left end of her bed to the right.*Ding! *Host, how would you like to distribute your undistributed attribute points?The system notification sound shocked Helena while she was rolling on the bed, causing her to fall from the left end of the bed, but as she was about to hit the floor, she caught herself with her right index finger, performing a one-finger stand.“Woah…! That was close.” She
*Ding! *[Armor of Altair] has been locked. And will be available at LV15.“YOU MOTHER FUC***!!!!!” Helena yelled angrily.*Ding! *Host does not meet the requirements to equip [Armor of Altair]“Huh…??? What do you mean? I did not see any requirements when I read the item’s information.”The system’s words confused Helena because, while reading the item’s information, she never saw any requirement she had to meet to equip it.*Ding! *The host needs to upgrade the system to level 3 before you can see the requirements for equipping the items.After listening to the system’s words, Helena lowered her head and sighed. She felt disappointed because she was planning to farm EXP with the overpowered gear, but her plan came crashing down because the system gave her an item she cannot use.What is the use of having two systems when one has a bitching fairy attached to it and the other gives me items I cannot use? Helena complained in her mind.“System, what would happen if I equipped a highe
*Ding! *[Sword mastery] LV1Allows the user to freely handle swords. Increase in attack damage with swords, by 2%.“Woah… that’s a good passive skill. I don’t have to start training with a sword from scratch.” Helena smiled happily.After Helena broke through the intermediate stage of Qi, her stats increased by a lot. But even though she had become stronger, she had no fighting experience or skills, which meant she had no way to display her strength in a fight. But it will be different if she gets [Sword mastery] skill.*Ding! *Mission: -1) perform 100 dumbbell floor presses before the end of the day.Reward: +100 experience points+5 Stamina statsFailure: -200 EXP.2) Perform 200 dumbbell push-ups before the end of the day.Reward: +300 experience points10 stamina stats[Sword mastery] LV1 passive skillFailure: -10yrs of QI3) Perform 500 dumbbell push-ups and 500 dumbbell floor presses before the end of the day without a break.Reward: +800 experience points20 Health stat20
The next dayHelena’s roomMorning dawned and Helena was lying asleep on her bed with her body covered with a blue duvet, leaving only her head uncovered. Her eyes opened slowly and the first thing she saw was the ceiling above her.“... Huh?? What a familiar ceiling… Ugh! my body hurts… Huh? … Why is my left hand warm?”Helena thought as she turned her head to the left, look down at her hand, and saw Nora who had dozed off on a chair beside the bed while holding her hands.After seeing that, Helena smiled happily. Then Helena pulled her hands slowly out of Nora’s grip because she did not want to disturb Nora’s sleep. After she pulled out her hands, Helena sat upright and took off the duvet covering her body. After taking off the duvet, she noticed that her clothes were different. She was in her white nightgown. But she remembered that she was still in the blue dress she wore for breakfast with the emperor.Helena turned her gaze towards Nora. Did Nora change my clothes? Even though I
HELENA’S ROOMBathroom.*SPLASH*Helena stepped into the bathtub, causing some water to spill on the ground. She could feel the warmth of the water as she sat in the bath, which made her feel comfortable. She turns her gaze toward the bathroom door, looked down, and noticed a shadow. After seeing the shadow, Helena sighed before saying.“... Nora, thank you for drawing my bath, and you don’t need to wait on me. It will take some time before I am out.”Helena knew that Nora was just doing her job as a maid. But Helena needed Nora to leave, because of what she was about to do.“... Ok, your highness. But are you sure you don’t need me to call the doctor to see if you have any cuts?” Nora asked in a worried tone.Nora was still worried about what had happened a while ago. She could still feel the fear in her heart when she saw the princess lying on the ground, covered with sharp glass shards. She blames herself for dozing off while the princess got hurt. But she still could not figure ou
“Huh…? am still alive…?”After regaining consciousness, it surprised Helena when she found herself lying on the bathroom floor. She sat up and glanced around the bathroom, searching for the black hole, but she could not see it, so she concluded that the skill got canceled when she lost consciousness. But what she could not understand was how she survived.“Was Everything that happened a dream?” She thought.But the last thing Helena could remember was the severe pain of her body expanding rapidly, while her bones got crushed by the pressure. At that moment, she was sure she was dying, but now it feels like nothing had happened. Instead, she could feel a new surge of power in her body.“System…? What happened while I was unconscious?”*DING*[While the host was unconscious, you went through synchronization.] Helena’s brows frowned after listening to the system’s answer. Though she got an answer, she could not understand what the system meant by ‘synchronization’.“Synchronization…? wh