Chapter 102: Handling Chores

Kyle noticed the changes on his stat panel. 'All my stats had increased by 10,' he thought with a smile, feeling glad he had selected [Yes].

'I'll give Dan a huge surprise in today's training.'

Kyle thought as his stats had increased by alot from the last time they had trained. Maybe it would be enough to defeat him this time when they sparred.

Suddenly, Kyle remembered he had awakened a new element: Chaos. He directed his senses within him to observe whether there was any new mana core formed—and as expected only his lightning mana core dwelled within him.

Kyle wasn't surprised that no chaos core was there, after all the cores just didn't form by themselves. Like in the case of his lightning element, he had to compress the chaotic mana within him and form a core.

'That shouldn't be difficult; I'll form a core this night,' Kyle decided with a proud grin before taking in to his surroundings.

It was at that moment that something clocked in his mind. 'Aside from the visions I was put through which lasted for years, I'm very sure I spent hours there,' Kyle thought.

'Instructor Dan must have checked up on me already,' Kyle quickly dispelled that thought because he wouldn't still be on the floor if Dan had checked on him, but that didn't mean that Dan wouldn't get suspicious.

'I have to work faster.' With he directed his gaze to the bookcase where this whole ordeal had begun.

The entire room seemed exactly as how he'd left it, with that he got to work.

He continued dusting and arranging the books one after the other, and eventually he reached the one that had caused all this.

As he stared at the book, Kyle didn't know whether to feel angry for the agony that he had been put through as a result of opening this book or feel happy of the powers and improvements he had gained as a result.

Naturally, the latter overwhelmed the former and Kyle was grateful that it had managed to catch his eyes.

There was one more thing that bothered him in his mind though. Questions like: What this book was doing with Dan and why it wasn't kept safe, rather casually kept in the Living room's book shelf.

Kyle could think of possible scenarios, for one Dan and most of the world didn't know about this Chaos, and he it coincidently managed to end up in his hands.

A possibility that he very much dreaded was that Dan wasn't an ordinary Academy Instructor and might this book was have entrusted into hands.

From what Kyle could gleam, the system stated he was compatible to learn Chaos, maybe that was the reason why this book wasn't used yet.

'Ah, I better get back to work,' Kyle closed the book and picked up another to be cleaned. 'All these thinking is making my head ache.'

Kyle continued with the cleaning, making sure to open each book to find something special and unfortunately he didn't.

'I never expected to strike gold twice in a row,' Kyle reassured himself as he continued. Truth to be told, they were amazing books that would make a student like Lora or Orion go mad.

They were even some that fancied Kyle, which included some book about martial arts techniques.

'Martial arts techniques?' Kyle wasn't too sure about what that meant. He tried opening one to see the familiar notification, but this one made him bleed.

[Do you want to learn the Basic Martial Arts Technique: Air Steps]

[Cost: 100 Skill Points]

'100 skill points?!' Kyle almost thought out loud. The price was absurd, especially when relatively compared to the other stuff he could learn.

'I'll ask Instructor Dan about Martial Arts Techniques later,' Kyle made a mental note and got back to work.

***

Once the books were sorted, Kyle moved to the rest of the house. The small messes scattered across the room—papers, empty cups, a stray pen—quickly found their places and he located a mob and began doing some cleaning.

"Times like this makes me wish I had water affinity," Kyle muttered as he scrubbed. 'With time it won't be a problem as I'll have them all,' A proud grin flashed on his face and that gave him renewed confidence to work faster.

After he was done with all the rooms Dan had allowed him to access, Kyle made his way to the Kitchen.

He began by washing the dishes, and after what felt like an eternity, he finished the dishes and set them aside to dry.

With that out of the way, he finally turned his attention to preparing some food.

Rummaging through the Tier-3 ingredients he found in Dan's fridge, Kyle managed to whip up a simple breakfast of scrambled eggs, toast, and some fruits.

It wasn't gourmet, but it was enough to fuel whatever intense training session Dan had planned.

Finally, after setting the plates neatly on the table, he took a step back, admiring his handiwork. The once-cluttered room was now orderly, the kitchen spotless, and a meal ready to be served.

He wiped a bead of sweat from his forehead, feeling some accomplishment for a job well done. He hadn't come to the academy expecting that one day he'd be doing household chores for his instructor, but here he was, and he had done it well.

Satisfied, Kyle made his way to Dan's room, knocking lightly on the door.

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"Done already?" Dan's voice sounded from the room. Kyle heard his footsteps sound from the door before the door opened, "Wow! You were quite quick."

Kyle nodded his head and gave a tense smile. This meant that nothing suspicious happened while he passed out. He couldn't conclude yet though as he decided to probe Dan.

"How quick, sir?"

Dan raised an eyebrow at Kyle, wondering why he'll ask such. "Don't you have your comm?"

'Ah, my comm!' Kyle exclaimed within. 'How the hell did I forget about that?'

He knew he had arrived around 8:40 AM, so it won't be difficult to find out how much time he had spent.

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Kyle glanced towards the comm. 9:42 AM. He had truly finished fast. No wonder, Dan had remarked on his speed.

That meant... Time in that realm flowed differently from normal. That realization dawned upon Kyle as he pondered. 'Imagine if I had cultivated all this while. My cultivation would have been greatly increased.'

He was practically trying to comprehend this but he simply couldn't come to terms with it. 'That's just too broken!'

He suddenly remembered the silent Instructor that stared at him as he had all this thoughts.

Kyle chuckled nervously as he directed his gaze him.

"Uhm. Sorry for that, I forgot I had a comm."

"Unacceptable! Your mind is your greatest asset and you can't keep losing concentration," Dan snapped despite Kyle's early apology. Kyle wasn't surprised of his reaction as he knew how disciplined Dan could be.

"I'm sorry, I won't repeat it again," Kyle cupped his fists together and bowed his head low in apology.

"Hmph. I'll reduce your punishment, but it better not."

Kyle nodded grimly at Kyle's proclamation. That was how far he could come.

"Well, I hope you didn't mess up my books," Dan asked with a teasing smile as he left the room.

Kyle grinned, finding his question funny. After all, his book messed him up, not the other way round. "Everything's where it should be, sir. And breakfast is ready too."

"Well, let's see if you've kept that promise," Dan murmured and began heading to the dining room, while Kyle followed behind him.

Dan observed the house and it looked clean enough, he nodded in approval to Kyle before taking his seat and glancing over the meal Kyle had prepared.

Without another word, he took a seat at the table, motioning for Kyle to join him. Kyle sat across from him, trying to gauge his instructor's mood as Dan took a bite of the eggs.

After a few bites, Dan finally looked up. "Not bad," he admitted, earning Kyle a relieved expression.

"Though I hope your stamina's just as good as your cooking. Today's training isn't going to be easy."

Kyle merely nodded. He had survived the chores, he had survived the chaos and he knew that whatever Dan had planned, he was prepared to face it head-on.