"Child. Do you want to learn more than just painting?" Old Master Lucas pause the video recording and stared at Lucas with bright eyes.
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It's been 2 days since Lucas's grandfather asked that question. Lucas still hasn't answered his grandfather's question. He plans to finish his main quest first then think about what his grandfather asked.
[ Ding! ]
A notification from the system got Lucas's attention after being distracted by his thoughts.
[ 100%-100% completed in main quest! ]
[ Completed main quest! ]
[ Painting Genius has leveled up! ]
[ Fast learner has leveled up! ]
[ Rewards are being distributed.. ]
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A smile formed on Lucas's lips as he put down his color pencil.
"Are you done drawing, Young Master?" Victoria peek through the Lounge door.
"Yeah" Lucas replied with a smile while he raised his drawing to show Victoria.
Victoria complimented Lucas's drawing and made her way to the hallway to continue cleaning, leaving Lucas alone in the lounge one again.
'Now that Victoria is gone I will check my status window.' Lucas thought before ordering the system to open his status.
[ Lucas Gray ]
[ Male ]
[ Age : 7 Months Old ]
Health: 15/10
Appearance: 17/10
Fitness: 12/10
Knowledge:19/10
Current Attribute points: 69
Skills:
Fast learner, Level 3
Painting Genius, Level 2
Current Skill Points: 74
Lucas has already exceeded an average adults status even tho he isn't even a year old. He also got more AP and SP from the system. Lucas put 5 attribute points in Health, 5 on Fitness, 10 on Appearance, and 10 on knowledge.
[ Lucas Gray ]
[ Male ]
[ Age : 7 Months Old ]
Health: 15/10 > 20/10
Appearance: 17/10 > 27/10
Fitness: 12/10 > 17/10
Knowledge: 19/10 > 29/10
Current Attribute points: 39
Skills:
Fast learner, Level 3
Painting Genius, Level 2
Current Skill Points: 74
After Lucas finish distributing his Attribute points he started to think about his grandfather's suggestion again. Should he accept?
[ Ding! ]
[ Side Quest Unlocked ]
[ 'Old Master Gray's favorite kid' ]
[ The old Master Gray has never been interested by kids, in fact he hates them! Now that you've gain his interest.. go accept his proposal! ]
[ Time limit : 1 day ]
[ Rewards : 15 AP On knowledge and Appearance ]
[ Punishment : Lucas Gray's life will be the same as the original novel. ]
Lucas frowned. Not because he got a side Quest just after he just completed a main Quest but because of the 'Punishment'. The other quests he completed has never had a 'Punishment' before. This side quest is important for Lucas to change his reputation in the future. The rewards are also big compared to other side quests Lucas got.
Lucas also noticed that this side quest is giving him no choice. As if it's forcing Lucas to accept it.. Instead of pondering about it more, Lucas chose to ignore it for now.
Lucas cleaned up his coloring pencils and neatly place them back inside the packet, organized by color. Lucas pick up the drawings he made and stacked them on top of each other. He then went out of the lounge with his drawings and color pencils.
He is taller than kid's his age, he looks a lot older too. When you see Lucas you might think he is a year old and half already, tho he is not even 1 year old.
Lucas through the hallway and stop as soon as he reach the lift. He gets easily tired just by climbing a few steps on the stairs and that's why he started taking the lift instead.
Lucas tiptoe to reach the buttons. He click the arrow facing upwards. It lit up and a few seconds later the elevator door opened with no one inside. Lucas took a few steps to enter the lift.
As soon as Lucas entered he place the color pencil on the ground with the papers still in his hands. He went to the buttons inside the elevator and click on the second floor button. The button lit up in the color green.
Lucas stared at the elevator door closing.
Lucas went back to the place he placed his color pencils and pick them up. It's hard when you have tiny hands. Lucas sighed and shake his head.
Ding!
The elevator door opened at the second floor. Lucas walk out of the lift with his stuff and walk away from there. He went to the end of the left hall. There are two doors there but Lucas opened the right door and entered.
He finally arrived in his room. He doesn't have a baby cradle anymore but instead he finally got a bed! Yay... Lucas went to his bedside table and place the stack of his drawings on top.
Lucas open the top drawer of his bedside table to see crayons, pencils, ballpoint pens, papers, paintbrushes, oil paints, water colors, and a canvas. I don't know how all of those fit in there but Lucas managed to fit them all in one drawer.
Lucas place the color pencils on top of the crayons and close the drawer. He then opened the lower drawer of his bedside table to see a lot of drawings. He took the stack of drawings he had placed on top of the bedside table and placed them inside the lower drawer along with his other drawings.
Lucas smiled in satisfaction before closing the drawer. He then went outside his room once again and went back to the lift. He is going to have a talk with his grandfather now.
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The third floor of the Gray Family mansion gave a cold aura unlike the rest of the Mansion. Lucas felt shivers run down his spine as he walk through the corridors of the third floor.
Lucas stopped at the only door of the corridor which have double doors. He knows this is his grandfather's office. He knocked twice before he heard the familiar raspy voice reply, "Come in."
Lucas took a deep breath before pushing the double door open. The office was less cold than the corridor but it's still gave off that same cold aura.
There is a wooden desk in the middle where his grandfather sat and a large window in the back. There is a bookshelf stuck in the right wall full of books and a few plants, probably fake as the old man doesn't have time to take care of these. On the left are two white couches and a small coffee table in the middle of the couches. A few paintings hang on the wall and there is a small vault on the corner near Lucas' grandfather's desk.
"Lucas.. How nice that you visit me here. I'm guessing you have an answer to my proposal?" Old Master Gray spoke while his eyes still stuck on the pile of papers in his desk that he is working at.
"Yes, Grandfather. I also came here because I have a request." Lucas replied while straightening his posture.
"Oh." The old Master's attention shifted to Lucas the instant he said that he has a request. Old Master Gray place the papers on his desk and place his hand on the desk before leaning back on his chair as he spoke, "Go on. What is your request, Young man?"
"Well, I want to be the one to choose what I want to learn." Lucas said straightforward.
The old Master frowned while thinking about what Lucas said. He already has everything planned for Lucas to learn.
"Then what would you like to learn?" The old Master asked while raising one of his eyebrow out habit.
"You already know that I want an art teacher. Apart from that I want to learn how to play instruments. I prefer the piano, violin, and an acoustic guitar. I want to start my lessons for school early. No, i don't want to learn what children in kindergartens learn. I want to skip that part as I already know everything. I want to learn what 1st grader kids learn." Lucas took a deep breath before speaking again.
"I also want to learn martial arts. I want to be strong. The younger I am learning the better it is." Lucas said all of these while keeping his poker face.
Old Master Gray is satisfied with his grandson's choice to learn all of these. He was planning to let Lucas learn how to play the violin and learn martial arts anyways.
"Alright. You will learn martial arts when you will be at the age of four while you can start the rest next week. You will have an art teacher here at the Mansion every Monday and Wednesday. You have violin, piano, and guitar lessons every Tuesday and Thursday. And you will have a tutor on Fridays and saturdays. Your rest day's are on Sundays." Old Master Gray spoke while listing Lucas's schedule on a piece of paper.
"But.. Do you think it is too much for a young child like you?" Old Master Gray asked with a hint of worry.
"No, its okay and.. Thank you, grandpa." Lucas smiled.
[ Ding! ]
[ Side Mission Completed! ]
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