Sophia  

Third Person's POV

June 5, 2xx1

9:00 pm

Atlas and Alia finished the dishes at exactly 9:00 pm they proceeded to the meeting place. The meeting place is actually just the longest table in the restaurant, they used it as a meeting table every night to talk about certain things but most of the time its purpose is making everybody leave the restaurant at the same time to ensure fairness. They would go home early together and go home late together; this ensures the unity of the staff as a team that is running this business.

After a few messages such as follow-ups about the deliveries, total income, and such, the meeting was dismissed. The Atlas and Flint together with the 2 girls decided to come home together, of course, Flint was carrying the bag of Beatrice and the bag of Alia as well because of the order Beatrice gave him. Sometimes Atlas can't help but pity Flint for being a slave for Beatrice.

They arrived at the Boarding house after a 15 mins walk, they walked slowly because of fatigue from work, but Atlas is still full of energy due to the energy provided by the cube. He just acted as if he's tired because it'll be weird to see him a frail boy full of energy after hours of work. Flint walked towards the bathroom to wash up and after him, Atlas took a bath as well. By the time Atlas walked out of the bathroom, Flint was snoring dead already.

He decided to sleep but after hours of rolling in the bed he still can't sleep; his body is still full of energy to the point where he can't sleep even if he wants to. He jumped out of the bed and decided to push up, it's all he could do train his body until he was drained of energy. Every push up he makes the muscle fibers in his body rips but a warm current immediately followed suit healing up the ripped fiber. After an hour, it would take at least 10 push up to rip a muscle fiber slowing down his progress. He searched in his phone how to intensify a workout, there he found out that elevating the height of the feet will make it harder so he put his feet on the bed and continued. This time every 3 push up he makes a muscle fiber would be ripped, a very huge progress compare to normal push-ups.

Flint the snoring pig was deep in his dreams he can't even hear Atlas' grunts every push-up. Atlas continued his exercise until 4:00 am, he's sweat was pouring like water, it wet not only his clothes but also the floor. He now understands that if he can't drain the daily supply of energy the cube was providing him, he probably can't sleep.

'System how much energy do you provide me every day?'

'10 kcal'

'What?!' Atlas was shocked to find out that the energy the cube is giving him is 10000 calories, compared to a bodybuilder's diet which amounts up to 4000 calories, he's is more than double of what a bodybuilder needs.

'Why?' Atlas asked the system but the old man answered him.

'An average person's consumption every day is about 2000-2500 calories, but that's what an average person is, you're an engineer! Do you know that despite accounting for only 2 percent of our body weight, our brain accounts for 20 percent of the body's energy use. This means that during the normal days an average person's brain took up 320-400+ calories just by thinking. And that's for a normal person! What if you use your brain to think almost every second, the consumption every day would be simply unimaginable. That's why I specifically made this cube to provide the user with more energy than what they usually need.' The old man explained.

'If you can exhaust this energy provided by the system you can now open up all the doors in the laboratory' the old man followed suit to arouse Atlas' interest in training.

'Woah!' After all the things the old man said this is the only thing Atlas could say. He was simply astonished by the fact that the brain is actually more powerful than he originally expected. His interest was set aflame after hearing Old man's last statement.

'This won't do I need to exhaust my energy as soon as possible!' Atlas said in his head. His plan to take a rest was canceled, he decided to take a jog outside to further enhance his body. Just when he was about to take a step outside their room, the opposite door opened as well showing Alia's morning state, she opened the door while yawning and stretching. Her hair's a bit messy, her face is puffy and she's in her pink pajama, overall she looked cute different from her usual cold face. The moment she opened her eyes after yawing she was startled to see Atlas staring at her, she looked at herself and instantly became conscious of her image. She combed her hair using her hand and straighten her pink pajamas.

Atlas decided to go ahead after seeing her embarrassed look, afraid that she will shout at him again. As he started to walk, he noticed that Alia walked behind him as well, he thought it was normal but after a few minutes he reached the ground floor but Alia's still following him. He reached the exit but Alia's still following. The moment they've exited the building Alia asked him:

"Why are we here?" Alia asked while slightly bending her back while holding her stomach and pitting her legs together, like as if she's holding her pee.

"Are you following me because you thought I was going to the CR?" Atlas asked after seeing her state right now. He immediately deduced that Alia probably followed him like how she usually does because she thought he's going to the comfort room.

Alia nodded her head with tears glistering in her eyes, she looked like a puppy that was lost and couldn't find her owner. She turned and ran towards the entrance to find the comfort room after realizing that Atlas isn't going to the comfort room like she initially thought he would. She followed Atlas earlier because she thought he's going to the bathroom, it will save her time in finding the CR because even though it's been days since she lived in here, she's still not familiar with the hallways here and she often got lost when she wants to go to the CR.

Atlas followed her and noticed that the direction she's heading to is another exit of this building, he chuckled as he ran after her. He already knew how low Alia's sense of direction is after that night in the dark alley, so he decided to help her.

Alia who was oblivious about the fact that the direction she's heading to is another exit continued running, but she was startled when a hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her. When she looked up it was Atlas, she wondered what he'll do but she just let her hand be pulled by him in trance. Atlas pulled her until they reached the comfort room.

"Here this is the CR on the Ground Floor," Atlas said to her as he opened the door for her.

Alia walked into the comfort room in embarrassment but she appreciated Atlas' effort, if not for him she would probably spend minutes in finding it again. She did what she was supposed to do in the comfort room and walked out, but she was startled to see Atlas in front of the comfort room. She thought he left already after sending her here.

"Are you going back upstairs?" Atlas asked her. It's probably weird for her to go outside so he decided to ask her and send her upstairs as well lest she got lost again.

Alia just nodded her head while looking at Atlas with her glimmering eyes like as if she's looking at her savior.

Atlas walked ahead and Alia followed behind him like the usual. Alia is getting used to seeing his back, and she noticed that it's wider than the last time. 'It seems like he's working huh?' Alia thought in her head. Time passed and they arrived in front of her door, Atlas stopped abruptly causing Alia bumped to her head into Atlas' back. Atlas chuckled while Alia immediately ran inside her room in embarrassment.

7:00 AM

Alia opened the door together with Beatrice when she noticed a sticky-note posted on the door. Stating:

Yellow – Comfort Room

Pink – Exit

She was confused by what it means, she thought that someone is probably messing around. Not until she threw it in the trash can, there she noticed a thin line on the bottom part of the wall. The line was so thin that it's almost unnoticeable if it wasn't for her looking down as she throws the sticky-note, she probably won't notice it. The line is actually two colors, pink and yellow, only then did the content of the notes make sense. She followed the dashed line and after a corridor, the 2 lines separated, the yellow goes to the left while the red goes to the right. She decided to try out for the yellow one first, by the time she reached the end of the line she noticed that it is really going to the CR she was amazed. She goes back and pulled Beatrice who thought that Alia's going to the CR first. Alia immediately followed the red line while pulling Beatrice with her one hand, and after a while, they reached the exit.

Alia couldn't help but wonder who did this thing but only one person comes to her head, 'Atlas' she muttered in her head while smiling. They set off to eat breakfast on the cheap-looking restaurant, as usual, they are already used to the food there and can't live a day without eating there.

7:15 am

They arrived at the restaurant, Alia and Beatrice immediately looked around to see if Atlas and Flint were already there. They guessed it right, Atlas and Flint were indeed already there, eating their fill. Upon seeing Atlas, Alia couldn't help but smile after remembering what he did for her earlier.

They joined the table and eat their breakfast as well. This breakfast proceeded quite peacefully, with Flint and Beatrice bickering at the side while Atlas and Alia watched their friends bicker with each other. This is what's normal for them, unlike the breakfast they've had yesterday which is full of awkwardness.

7:57 am

They've arrived at the school. They immediately go to their chair and fixed their things like how a normal student would do.

The seating arrangement this time was:

Alia-Beatrice-Flint-Atlas-Vacant-Vacant

Alia asked Beatrice to exchange seats with her as she was shy in front of Atlas while Beatrice asked Flint to sit next to her so that he can write for her because she's lazy and doesn't want to write notes.

After a few minutes, the proctor arrived: "Good Morning Class I'm your professor in chemistry, I am Chemical Engr. Flare E. Gomez" Engr. Gomez said. She was a gorgeous lady, with wavy red hair in her professional outfit, Atlas wouldn't even be surprised if she said that her profession is a model.

The whole class went silent after seeing her beautiful appearance, but the silence was broken when she said: "I'll introduce to you your new classmate, come in Lil missy!" she said, she's obviously close with the new student base on how she calls the new student while rolling her eyes.

And the door open, a cute loli entered the room.

"Hello! Good Morning Classmates! I'm Sophia Gomez!"