Trouble

When I woke up the following day, I saw Selena looking at me.

I greet her and slowly get up.

"I don't have any place to stay." I say, not forgetting my current situation.

"No gold?" Selena questioned.

I nodded my head honestly.

She paused for a moment.

"5th floor, the room to the left of the stairs."

....

Today's training session was no different from yesterday. But I could see that the endurance of the pair Selena approved had improved.

I still don't know the intention behind such training sessions, but I could guess.

Since I'm assigned to Selena as soon as Heller confirmed that my path is the Body Path, I could guess that my training mates also belonged to the Body Path.

Thus, this training session is supposed to be about increasing Skill Exp, cause most Body Path Skills could be trained manually.

I could also guess that Selena had other plans behind this training, but I'm unable to guess her reasons at the moment.

As the last pair collapsed, Selana stopped using me as her punching bag and exited the training hall.

I rest on the floor for a few minutes, before getting up and making up the stairs to the fifth floor.

As I step on the floor, I see a room that is locked to the left of the stairs. But the locked door had keys hanging to its door, so I used the keys to unlock the door and entered the room.

Though I call it a room, it was big enough for a 10 member family to live in. The room also had its own kitchen, bathroom, a small training room, and a living room along with a huge bedroom.

I enter the kitchen to find that food had already been cooked. So, I take a few plates from the kitchen and help myself to a huge feast.

Selena was quite considerate of my situation.

I hadn't eaten anything for the past three days, so the meal was quite satisfying.

Once I'm done eating, since there isn't anything fun to do, I go and take a nap on the huge bed.

****

I wake up and find that it was still the same day, and thus there wasn't anything for me to do.

I am the only person from the training hall that is allowed to stay in Selena's mansion, so there wasn't anyone I could talk to.

Or so I thought as I exited the room, only to find the maids just cleaning up the floor.

I make my way to one of the maid, and tap her shoulder. My tap seemed to have frightened her as she jumped up in fright.

But she soon calmed down, looking back to see me, and politely bowed and apologised.

"Don't worry about it." I console her. "Instead, tell me about your troubles!"

The maid was visibly relieved at the starting sentence, but looked baffled at my second one.

"Um.. I'm ok. The Mistress takes good care of us maids." The maid answered cautiously.

"So, you don't have any troubles?" I repeat.

"NO." The maid stood her ground.

I nod, then shake my head.

"Too bad that you don't have any troubles." Saying this, I turn my attention to other maids, who hurriedly shook their heads, meaning to convey that they too had no troubles.

A disappointed me walked down the stairs to try to find maids that are troubled.

After making a full round around the mansion, I'm disappointed to find that there weren't any troubled souls in the mansion.

This kinda proved that Selena took good care of her servants and maids.

But I won't give up just yet. I will wait for the chance for a troubled person to appear, and won't stop till I find one.

As for why I'm doing this, I too don't have any concrete reasons. All I can say is that I'm throwing stones in the pond, trying to hit something substantial.

****

The following day.

I wake up early, and make a round around the mansion's premises. Selena's mansion had too many workers that only worked in the morning, like gardeners and garbage collectors.

I need to find troubled persons.

After this round around the mansion, I don't find anyone satisfactory, so I return to my room, and cook for myself.

I then make my way to the training hall, ready to train my body. During the last three days, I've gained two Exp for my Enhanced Body skill, so I look forward to the training.

But I'm surprised to find that no one was in the training hall.

I did not see a soul even after a long time passed.

By this time around, other pairs would be going crazy, waiting for Selena to knock them unconscious.

Was today a holiday?

Anyway, since I'm not sure, I lay on the floor and close my eyes to rest, ready to make rounds around the mansion after waking up.