CATMAN - 19 Where is it?

“Yeah…don’t tell me, big cat.” Auden cursed as White Tiger left.

“I ain’t scared of no one…no one,” Auden shouted.

“Bosssssssss,” Froy slowly whispered in Auden’s ear.

“Aaah~ Don’t scare me Froy,” Auden said. He took a deep breath and calmed himself. “Hey Froy, where are we?”

“We’re on your house’s terrace, boss,” Froy replied.

“I see. Was it that guy who carried me here?” Auden asked.

“Yes, boss, that monster carried you here.”

“Hey, Froy…” Auden was about to say something but stopped midway, “Nah, forget it. Do you mind bringing me-”

“Don’t worry boss. I get it what you want to say. I’ll bring a small bottle of blood tomorrow. Just be well till then.” Froy said.

“What? You think I’ll die lying like this?”

“No, I don’t think that…but I have some worries after listening to that guy. I also believe that this Hylse guy might be some trouble. So, I guess you might not need my cat connection anymore.” Froy said.

“What are you saying? If I just stay cowering in my house after listening to the name of some random demon beast then what right do I have to call myself a man.” Auden said.

“Danger lies in every corner of this world. There is no way we can avoid every single one of them. And the problems are the same. If I don’t deal with my own problem then it’ll get bigger. It’s not like I’m being arrogant…but if I cower in fear just because of some random demon beast then I would only be asking to be killed.”

“So, nothing has changed. You go on using your connection in finding new trouble going around the city…and we’ll try solving it like always.”

“I knew you’d say that,” Froy said as he gave a paw up.

“Then let’s meet some other day, boss,” Froy said as he jumped from the roof.

Auden looked at the starry sky and sighed.

“I’ll have to stay like this for six more hours?” He muttered.

Since he was in his house, there was no way he was going to be late for the school but sleeping in the roof was pretty uncomfortable. It wasn’t like with nights of the full moon and he wasn’t unconscious to sleep anywhere.

He started thinking about the events that had happened to him in this mansion expedition. He then remembered something that White Tiger told him before.

“Broken vessel absorbs and keeps mana inside the body until some external source helps the vessel get rid of it.”

This time the concentration of mana his body absorbed was extremely high which made him suffer the pain he hadn’t even felt in his entire life.

He was confused about something though. How did the mana of such concentration enter my body?

He then slowly moved his hands and rummaged through his pocket, “If I know it correctly then this should have stopped mana from entering my bod…Where is it?”

“Where the heck is my pendant?” Auden was shocked as his pants had only hand mirror and the personal diary he had obtained from the mansion.

“Did I drop it in the mansion while I was running from that monster?” Auden was deeply thinking about when he had lost his pendant.

The pendant was given to him by his father so that it would act as a barrier against the maximum amount of mana from entering his body. But it wouldn’t block all the mana from entering his body so previously on the weekends, his parents would get rid of the mana accumulated in his body over the week.

That was how his previous life before he got the system was.

But now that he had the system, the mana that would get absorbed by his body would be expelled off by the system.

“Damnit!!! That pendant is quite costly and by now the mansion would be ashes. Should I ask my mother to buy me a new one?”

“But if father finds out then I’ll surely be grounded. I screwed up big this time.” Auden mumbled.

“Tsk…” Auden clicked his tongue.

“Status!”

Name: Auden Frost(CatMan)

Race: Human

Level:4 Level up 5%

Fatigue:51

HP: 83/100

Title: Bully Beater

*Not evolved.

Required for evolution (576/5000) CP.

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Skills

-Indiscriminate Claws(Passive)

-Allure (LV.1)(Passive)

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Attributes

Strength: 13

Agility: 26

Intelligence: 51

Sense: 21

Luck: 9

*Attribute Points: 5

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Innate skill (Cat Form)

-Keen senses(Passive)

-Night Vision (Passive)

*Requires higher level to unlock

*Requires higher level to unlock

*Requires higher level to unlock

He glanced through all his status and something piqued his interest. He then said, “Explain the Title: Bully Beater”

Ring~

[Title: Bully Beater

–The title when activated will intimidate the bullies making them lose their confidence.

*Note: The higher the level of the host, the higher the effect of the title. Also, if the bully is strong than the host then the title might be subdued.]

So, it’s just to scare the weak magic users who like to beat the people without magic just to show how strong they are. The title wasn’t too fancy but it was much to his liking.

He was interested to see how it would scare off the bullies.

“I hope someone will come for me tomorrow.” He said with an evil smile.

“I think I should change my method as Froy said. I only have been going for small fries… should I join a superhero organization? But every superhero organization has the strict rule of only taking in the magic user…will any of them be willing to take me in if I just go say that I can’t use magic…?”

What a dumb question…Of course, they won’t. But I’ll give it a try after sometime when I get more attribute points.

He then looked at another thing that caught his attention and it was his luck.

“Why the hell is my luck 9? Wasn’t it 11 before?”

Ring~

[The system informs the host that two points from the luck were taken to make sure that the host would survive the incident from the mansion. It was used to increase the luck so that the host would surely survive the incident.]

“So, luck can be used this way as well? Will I win a lottery if I used all my luck for that event?” Auden asked.

[Affirmative. The host can use it in such a way as well but using the luck would only make the host suffer. If his luck is to go downhill then the host would find a problem in every turn. But even so, if the host is into thrill then the system cannot say much in it.]

“I can use it like that?” Auden gazed at the floating screen with ‘I didn’t know that’ look.

“But I’m not into thrills and would like to avoid more problems. So, allocate five attribute points into luck.”

Ring~

[5 attribute points have been allocated to luck.]

[Luck: 14]

With a satisfied look, he said, “Claim all the rewards from the mailbox.”

Ring~

[Rewards have been claimed.]

[Total CP:376]

[A space key and three Mystery boxes have been claimed. Would the host like to store the items in the Inventory?]

“Um…yes, and now that you say it…how can I start storing things in inventory?” Auden asked as he suddenly remembered that he also had an inventory.

[Step 1:The host can just click on the inventory icon on the floating screen.

Step 2: The host can then push the item on the space which isn’t locked.

Step 3: Congratulations! The host has successfully stored the items inventory.]

[*Note: The inventory of the host is currently only about 5 sq. meters wide. If the host wants to store more items that exceed the area limit then he’ll have to unlock the locked spaces using additional CP which will increase the area limit.]

From what I can tell…this system is just a money snatcher.

“I see. I have another last thing to ask.” Auden said.

[The host can ask anything he wants to know about the system except for somethings.]

“Then…” Auden thought for a while before finally asking, “Is there air inside the inventory like Earth?”

[Affirmative. There is.]

“If there is then why did you create space key? If I want to then wouldn’t I just increase the space of the inventory and hide there instead of taking risks of falling into the Pacific Ocean?”

[…] The system was speechless.

“You didn’t think of that?”

[The host cannot enter the inventory for such purposes.]

“Why?”

[The host just cannot.]

“But first give me a reason.”

[Can’t you listen that you cannot. I already told you that you can’t, so you can’t. Who is the system? You or I? How can you be so greedy to get the business down of your own system which is helping you?

*Angry noises* *Angry noises*]

Auden was dumbfounded for a moment as it had happened so fast.

“Hahahaha…aren’t I pathetic? I may be the only person in this world who got scolded by his own system. But damn, the human function sure is amusing. It even gets angry…that makes me know even more about the things it can do.”

“But I cannot…Sigh~ if I don’t sleep now, I’ll get late for school tomorrow. It sure is cold here on the terrace…I hope mother doesn’t come to check my room…if she does then she will start searching for me and if he sees me sleeping here…”

He then put the items inside the inventory.

“Should I sleep singing my opening?”

[Yes, why not.]

“I was asking myself…not you.”

[Many apologies. The system thought that the host was talking to the system.]

“But I’ll sing my original song anyway…you don’t have to answer me.”

Mice or not~

Demon or spirit~

It’s not limited~

There is no need to be afraid~

CatMan is here to save the day~

Victims and innocent~

I’ll save you till I breathe~

Lalalalala, CatMan is here~

Lalalalala, There’s nothing to fear~

“*Yawn*…it’s so boring that even I’m sleepy.”

***

When he was able to move around in the next morning after the sleep, he immediately got down to his room on the second floor and after being fresh, he changed into other clothes to go to school.

Since, uniforms only separated the Talents, Perfects, and Royals, for someone like him, there was no strict rule for uniform unless he wore the uniform that represented other classes.

He then got down to the dinner table and sat in the chair. Seeing his mother humming as he looked at him and smile, he heaved a sigh of relief.

‘I guess she didn’t come to check on me after all.’

Lianna then got the breakfast on the plate and placed it on the table. When Auden started eating the sandwich, Lianna said,

“So, why were you sleeping on the terrace yesterday?”