Cursed

Chapter 6

"Lucian. After finishing your meal, immediately report to the training grounds." Aika announced.

"Got it!"

Aika smiled and stood up, proceeding to leave.

"Thank you. That will be it for today." Aika said as she left, Trias followed after her.

After Aika left, the discussions went back to normal.

"Ugh... That bastard Vox. He's so damn annoying and arrogant!" Melodie hissed, "I don't get how his wife even likes him!"

"He has a wife?" Lucian asked.

"Yeah, Doctor Seraphina. She goes by "The plague doctor"."

"Who's that?"

"Someone totally out of Vox's league! She's one of the nicest people I've met!" Melodie stood up. "Anyhow, good luck with your training." She said smiling, and then walking off.

"See you." Lucian blushed.

As Lucian began finishing his meal, Cyrus began speaking to him.

"Looks like someone's a simp." He joked.

"What?!" Lucian almost choked.

"Yeah, you stare at her like she's your entire world." Uriel sighed and walked off to complete his mission.

"To be honest, I can't help but agree." Cyrus chuckled.

The rest of the table nodded in agreement that he was a simp. What could Lucian say? He was.

"In case you want to start dating her, you should know that she's very oblivious and cannot understand how flirting works." Liana chuckled.

"Oh yeah! One time Uriel held up a sign saying 'I love you.' And guess what she did, she said: "Aww, I love you as a friend as well."!" Cyrus laughed.

"Yeah! Melodie only understands if you say it directly!" Tinker chimed in.

"Uh... Got it." Lucian blushed.

Lucian's bowl was quickly swept away by the mechanical table and he stood up, preparing himself for what was to come. It can't be THAT bad, right? Lucian thought. Boy was he wrong.

"I thought you had to go to work today..." Lucian heard Aika say.

"Ah, the movie shooting got canceled because of the rain." Trias explained.

"I see... Ah! You're finally here!" Aika waved a hand at Lucian to come over.

"What are we going to do?" Lucian asked.

"Well, I've selected certain types of training to suit your Stats and types! They should get a couch-potato looking like a hero in no time!" Aika smiled.

"Great!" Lucian was pumped.

"That's a good mindset. Now, you've run the track before, right?"

"I have." Lucian nodded.

"Great, then this should be self explanatory!"

Aika motioned for Trias to press a button. As he did, the ground next to them shifted into a brand new track field with real grass.

"Now, this first task should be easy enough, it'll be the only task we have for today. Please run 200 laps around the track."

"... What...?"

"Is something wrong?

"I'm sorry, b-but did I hear that wrong...? 200?!"

"Stop questioning Aika and do the laps already." Trias growled from behind Aika.