Chapter 3：Cecilia

[Name: Cecilia]

[Race: Human]

[Combat Profession: Apprentice Magician (rank two)]

[Personal Attributes——Strength: 3(13); Endurance: 6(15); Agility: 4(14); Wisdom: 21(30); Will: 20(28)]

The first time Sean saw Cecelia's personal attributes, he was completely stunned.

On the Miracle Continent, the five personal attributes of a normal adult human should have been "5(10)".

The number five on the left represented the current state of the attribute, and the number 10 represented the current growth limit of the attribute. The growth limit could only be raised after the level of the profession had been increased. Of course, the growth limit could also be increased through various methods, but they were more difficult. As for the current state of the attributes, they would gradually increase according to the different situations that occurred. For example, for the attribute of wisdom, it could be raised by spending a long time reading. The only thing was that that long period had to be calculated in months.

Therefore, in most cases, players in the game "Miracle" who did not want to work hard but instead wanted to rely on luck or cleverness to achieve their goals would choose to consume all their proficiency points to improve the attributes they had. However, in the current world, Sean was the only person who was able to do that.

However, that was not the case all the time.

Sometimes, when a person's mental state had been fiercely stimulated, it was possible to greatly increase their will power, as long as they had survived a period of mental trauma.

And all of this showed that the little girl was someone with a story.

Sean did not care at all about all the things that were hidden behind her.

What he valued the most was the potential Cecilia had. After all, she was not yet an adult. Once she became an adult, then all her current personal attributes would be raised by two more experience points. As soon as she was an adult, Cecilia's basic attribute of wisdom would be at 16 points, and the attribute of will would reach 17 points. During the time Sean had been playing the game "Miracle," he had never heard of the existence of a legal professional NPC that had such high-level attributes.

Although Sean was curious about what Cecilia had experienced in the past that had allowed her to have reached such a high level for her attribute of will at such a young age, Sean had not asked her about it a second time after a fruitless inquiry the first time around. He at least understood that there was nothing he could do to help Cecilia, as his class was currently only at rank one. Although he did not want to admit it, in reality, Cecilia's strength did indeed seem to be above his in writing. It had made Sean feel a bit helpless.

A person's class was the benchmark for judging the strength of a person on the Miracle Continent.

However, that kind of judgment method was not absolute. At the very least, such a standard could not be applied to Sean.

The reason was very simple.

For the people on Miracle Continent, the higher their class rank was, the more powerful their strength would be, which meant that the abilities or skills they had would also be more powerful. Even though that did not mean that the situation where a low-level class rank beat a high-level class rank had not occurred before, it just meant that it was an extremely rare situation. Also, that usually occurred only in contests where the rank of a person's class was below rank three. On the other hand, Sean could obtain proficiency points by increasing his level. Then, he could assign the proficiency points towards the different skills and personal attributes he had to maximize his ability. He could also see the personal attributes of his opponents, which meant that the judgment criterion of a class rank did not apply to Sean at all.

If there was anyone in the world who could violate the general rules of Miracle Continent, that person would be Sean.

But that did not mean that Sean could increase his class rank.

Miracle Continent was completely the same as the game "Miracle," therefore for Sean, who had managed to reach rank nine inside the game, the way to increase the rank of a class was not a secret. It was very clear to him what he was supposed to do. However, what hindered him from increasing his class rank was his experience. Sean had noticed in the real world, it was not easy to gain experience. When he had been playing the game "Miracle" and was at his current level, he had been able to gain experience from killing creatures such as wild wolves and dogs. However, right now, he had no experience apart from filling his stomach.

In the past, Sean had gained some experience from doing little things to make money. After that, he had accumulated a lot of experience points from taking up various tasks with Cecilia. Also, after they had passed the 'Wandering Darkness' dungeon, he was given a lot of experience points. That made Sean start to wonder whether experience points could only be gained through the method of receiving various tasks.

However, as soon as the idea had appeared, it was extinguished by Sean. That was because, inside the ruins, he had also gained experience points after killing the Walking Corpses and the Dark Knight. That was enough to overturn his previous idea.

After thinking about it for a little bit, Sean decided to ignore it, as he could not put together the rules. He believed in the rule that "in the end, things will naturally work out."

....

The next day.

Sean woke Cecilia up before the sun rose, and after packing up their things, they left the village.

The village inside the game "Miracle" had become a favorite place for low-level players to go, ever since the 'Wandering Darkness' dungeon was opened. It had slowly developed into a small prosperous town. However, on the Miracle Continent, the 'Wandering Darkness' dungeon had already been taken care of by Sean and Cecilia. The world was different from the game, where the dungeon could be completed countless times. Therefore, it was no longer possible for the town to become a prosperous one. After all, no special products were being produced there.

However, that may have been a good thing for a small village.

Because the Sivir Domain was very remote, the location of the village had never been a fertile place. Also, Viscount Damien, the Lord of the area, had never paid too much attention to the village. Therefore, the villagers could still live a carefree life. They would not be dragged down by the high collections of taxes.

After passing through the "Wandering Darkness" dungeon and killing the Dark Knight, as well as receiving experience points from the villagers showing gratitude towards him, Sean's level had risen to level six from level five. He was only a little bit away from reaching level seven. However, because he had used a lot of proficiency points previously, he only had five unused proficiency points left, even though he had already advanced to level six.

It was common behavior for players in the game "Miracle" to not use all of their proficiency points. On the Miracle Continent, where it was the real world, Sean still retained his original strategies from the time he had been a player of "Miracle." Especially after he had gone through various training exercises within the past month, Sean had become even more aware that the advantage of using proficiency points when it was necessary was much greater than using them all at once in the beginning, just like how he had used the proficiency points on the skill 'Steal' earlier.

It just so happened that Sean was able to successfully steal the Charles' Sword after increasing his attribute points to a little bit higher than the attribute points of the Dark Knight.

However, if he had used up all his proficiency points earlier on, then it would not have been so easy to steal the Charles' Sword when he was dealing with the Dark Knight.

After they left the village, Sean and Cecilia started walking along the path that was headed towards the small Hadas Town, which was the town closest to the village. However, even though it was the closest town from the village, it still required roughly three days to walk there on foot. Cecilia was naturally very dissatisfied. In her opinion, they should have at least one means of transportation. Even if they could not afford to buy a carriage, they could at least afford to buy a horse. However, the reality was always a lot crueler, because right now, Sean could not afford to buy a horse.

It was said that the Serian Kingdom was rich and powerful. However, not every piece of land inside the Kingdom was rich.

Like the Sivir Domain, the Serian Kingdom had territories that lagged in development.

Viscount Damien, who was the Lord of the territory, had no intention of developing it at all. Apart from a great deal spent on plundering the wealth of the leaders, he was not able to do any other practical work. The fortunate thing was that the Lord at least knew the principle of "gaining profits only for the present, not for the long term." Therefore, the leaders were at least able to have enough food to eat and clothes to wear. But it was impossible for the kingdom to prosper. As Sean was living there, it was unlikely for him to have too much money. The reason why he had not left the area up until then was that back when he was playing the game, that territory had been the most suitable area for players below rank two to do activities.

Therefore, before he had reached rank two in a new profession, he would not consider leaving the region. It was not reasonable or beneficial for him to do so.

While on their way back to the town, Sean and Cecilia talked and laughed together. It made the journey a bit less boring. The previous village was not considered too rich, so when Sean had left, he did not take too much. Fortunately, he saw some wild animals that he could hunt for food now and then along their journey so that he did not have to eat dry food the entire time. There were at least some improvements concerning food.

After walking along the path for two days, Sean and Cecilia rested in the woods that were next to the path they were walking on.

There was only one more day left until they would be back in the small Hadas Town. In that town, Sean had already rented a house. The house was not very big, but it was very clean. During the times that Sean did not have any tasks or missions to complete, Cecilia was the one responsible for cleaning the entire house while Sean was the one responsible for all the other rough work. They were doing things that way due to a lack of money, and it did not match Cecilia's aristocratic identity at all, but that type of lifestyle was indeed very sweet and warm.

Sean smiled and spoke to Cecilia while he was roasting a rabbit over the bonfire. "Okay, stop complaining now. After we go back, I will boil a big bucket of water for you, so that you can take a bath and soak in it as much as you want."

"Humph." Cecilia made a humming sound without commenting on what Sean said. "Can the words of a liar be trusted?" She pouted, crossing her arms in front of her chest.

Sean laughed out loud. In the end, he decided not to reply to her question. After all, she had the temper of a child, which meant it would come and go very quickly.