[Your authority in the Akashic Recrows!]

  [Promotion pleted! Current Military Rank is: Rank 1 Private.]

  [Current bes: Increased authority, 2% redu on all purchases made through the Records, and a redu in the monthly Records maintenance fee from 100K LP to 80K LP.]

  [ditioo promote your military rank. Do you wish to promote? Yes/No?]

  Taking iails, Mikael nodded in satisfa at the bes of his new rank. However, he hesitated before deg whether to pursue another promotion. He reasohat an increased dist might make it worthwhile. To make an informed choice, he asked, “What are the ditions for the military promotion?”

  [dition: 50 Military Points.]

  ‘So, 5K LP… Yeah, that doesn’t seem worth it right now. Even if the dist doubles to 4%, it wouldn’t justify spending 5K LP at this stage. That’s a lot of money, especially since I still need approximately 65K LP before I have to return to the Dirarnia World.’

  He checked the time epsed since leaving the Dirarnia World. ‘Five days, huh. I told Amelia I’d be gone for two weeks at most, so I have only nine days left to gather the remaining LP! I should probably tinue doing military missions sihey seem to be the most effit way to farm LP at the moment. This st mission, which sted five days, earned me 15K LP. If I take shorter missions, it’s possible that my gains will be even faster.’

  Aowledging his time straints, Mikael prepared to leave the room when ahought struck him. ‘I should probably vert my military points into LP now to be effit.’

  But as he was about to summon the Records for the transfer, he residered. ‘Maybe I should hold off for now. If I wait until I have enough MP to vert everything at ohere might be a bonus for saving the Records’ energy. I’m not sure, but it doesn’t e anything to try.’

  Deg to dey the transfer, Mikael exited the military promotion room and reappeared in the bustling Hub. A wave of nostalgia washed over him as he took in the lively surroundings. ‘It feels like it’s been forever since I was here,’ he thought. Shaking off the se, he ighe noise and asded a set of stairs that seemed to lead nowhere, only to be teleported moments ter to his apartment.

  He felt a wave of tiredness wash over him as soon as he arrived. He k was more mental than physical—five days of stant vigince against sea beast attacks had worn him down. Alrepared to protect the ship at a moment’s notice, his body had remaiense. Now that he was ba the safety of his apartment, that tension evaporated, leaving him overwhelmed by exhaustion.

  Abandoning his previous pns, he colpsed onto the bed a sleep cim him.

  ***

  Mikael stirred and slowly rose from beh the covers. He sidered wearing the same clothes as the day before but not before casting a ing spell on them first, once again marveling at the venienagic.

  After pleting his m routine aing a meal—not out of y but because he was in the mood—he reflected on his remarkable endurahanks to his stats, he could go weeks without food and never feel hunger.

  Whehing was done, he checked the time and was surprised to see that his sleep, bined with his m preparations, had only taken three hours. It leasant surprise, as he had expected to spend much longer resting. He had already accepted the “loss” of time because he khat being well-rested was essential for perf at 100%. Fatigue during military missions could be extremely dangerous, and he couldn’t afford to take this needless risk.

  Once ready, he decred, “Records, I would like to take on a military mission.”

  To his surprise, not o two missions appeared before him, giving him the luxury of choice. He was momentarily fused before realization dawned. ‘So this is the effect of increased authority, huh? Holy, this is pretty nid will speed up my MP farming since I choose the better mission of the two.’

  After carefully analyzing the options, he frowned and asked, “ you offer me missions that are high Tier 2?”

  The Records accepted his request, as the rules allowed for seleg harder missions than those initially offered. After further sideration, he chose the mission that seemed slightly easier, a mid-high Tier 2 mission, over the high Tier 2 one.

  The reasoning was simple: the mission required him to destroy monster settlements. In the event of unforeseen plications, like strohan-expected motacks, he could retreat and regroup before trying again. In trast, a proteission would require him to stay and fight, as abandoning it wasn’t an option.

  His decision was also influenced by his previous experiehe st mission, which was initially a high-peak Tier 1, had been upgraded to a mid-high Tier 2 due to unforeseen dangers. Caution seemed the wiser choice.

  Mikael pleted the monster settlemeermination mission in just uwo days, achieving a pletion score of d earning 140 military points. This brought his MP total to 280. Unsatisfied, he immediately took on another mission.

  The third mission, rated high Tier 2, was tougher, but he mao plete it in two and a half days with a B score, earning 210 MP and bringing his total to 490. With four and a half days left before his self-imposed deadline, he tackled anh Tier 2 mission. This time, he pleted it faster—in just two days—and earned a B- scaining 200 MP and raising his total to 690 MP.

  At 690 MP, he had enough to vert them into 69K LP, exceeding his target of 65K LP. However, with two and a half days left before the deadline, he decided to take on one final mission. This time, he chose a mid-Tier 2 mission for its retive ease. He pleted it in just one and a half days, leaving him with aire day to spare.

  The final mission earned him a C score and 100 MP, bringing his total to an impressive 790 MP.

  Satisfied with his haul but feeling the strain of his efforts, Mikael returo what he referred to as the “military promotion room,” though he didn’t know its actual here, he verted 740 MP into LP. Unfortunately, there was no bonus for verting them all at once, but he wasn’t particurly disappointed. It had been a long shot, and he hadn’t expected it to work.

  The version raised his LP bance from 5,810 to 79,810, leaving him with 50 MP to save for future military promotions. Feeling aplished, Mikael returo his apartment. He much preferred the fort of his space over the enviro of the white room with its giant ser.

  Once back, he g his LP band smirked. ‘Finally rich! But like all rich people, I’ll have to spend moo make more. Well, that’s irely true, since I’m not iing iraditional sense, but in a way, it is true. I’m iing in my strength, which will allow me to take on tougher military missions and earn more MP.’ With that thought, he opehe system store, ready to watch his bance melt away.

  [Advanced Race Gain System]

  Requirements: Basic Stats System, Race System, Basic Race Gain System

  Allows users to acquire new races simply by toug a being of a different rad activating the Advanced Race Gain System—killing is not always required like before. This upgrade also ehe user to gain stronger variations within the same race based orength of the being they touch/kill. hat killing the individual may yield an even higher-ranked version of the race. Price: 50K LP]

  [Soul Hiding System. Requirement: None

  People’s souls are different from world to world. This system allows you to disguise the in of your soul, making you seem like a native of the world you are expl so that a god from that world will not intervene due to your abnormal soul and put you ireme danger. Price 5K LP]

  These two purchases brought his bance down to just under 25K LP. However, just as he was about to close the system store, his eyes caught sight of an upgrade he realized he would need.

  [Party System. Requirement: NoneAllows the creation of a party, enabling the party leader to link with those t the party invitation. The leader adjust XP allocation and grant access to all purchased system upgrades without any additional cost. Additional features are also avaible. Price: 3K LP.]

  Mikael nodded, satisfied. ‘This should be good. I hadn’t po buy the Party System, but it’ll be extremely useful for the gift I’m pnning to give Kiara. I’ve slightly exceeded my budget, but I ated for some margin of error since I’ve accumuted more LP than I initially aimed for.’

  He left his apartment and appeared iraining room. A quice firmed that the dojo space was empty, leading him to clude that Kiara was in her “room.” Approag her door, he knocked.

  He heard some faint sounds from inside before the door opened a few seds ter, revealing Kiara in all her beauty. He had only a brief moment to admire her before she lunged forward, ing him in a tight hug.

  Mikael returhe embrace, her head resting against his chest. She didn’t stay there long, however, as she tilted her head up, and their lips met in a passionate kiss.

  They remained like this for a while, expressing their joy at beied and their love for each other. When they finally parted, Mikael smiled and said, “Remember what I said before leaving?”

  Kiara thought for a moment before replying in an uain tohe gift?”

  A small smile spread aikael’s face. “You remember when you mentiohe AI created by the Records and all that?”

  Her heartbeat quied as she realized where this was going. “Hmm?”

  “Kiara, I want you to be my AI, exclusively mi the property of the Records. Do you accept?”

  She froze for a moment. She had hoped this was where the versation was heading, but hearing the actual words overwhelmed her with indescribable joy. ‘Isn’t this almost like a marriage proposal?’ she thought, blushing as her mind wandered into fantasies.

  Seeing her lost in thought, Mikael cleared his throat, masking the ay he felt. Even though he was more than 99% certain of her answer, her silensettled him. Kiara was important to him now, and the dey made him uneasy.

  Snapped out of her reverie by the sound, Kiara’s wide smile returned. “YES!” she shouted before leaping into his arms.

  Relieved, Mikael felt a weight lift from his heart. The two stayed close for a while, silently sharing their mutual joy and love.

  “So, how do we make this happen?” Mikael finally asked.

  “It’s simple, really,” Kiara expined. “You just o request it from the Records, I give my authorization, you pay the LP, and it’s done.”

  Mikael nodded and said mentally, “Records, I want to purchase the trainer AI, Kiara, and have her as my exclusive property.”

  [Request received. Awaiting firmation from the AI…]

  Kiara saw a system panel appear before her and quickly responded, “I accept.”

  [firmation received. Analyzing AI… Analysis plete. Price: 12,150 LP. Proceed with payment? Yes/No.]

  The price was slightly higher than he expected, but Mikael firmed the payment.

  [Transa firmed. AI Kiara is now the exclusive property of Mikael Angelini. The Akashic Records no longer have any cim on her.]

  “Thud.”

  Kiara suddenly colpsed to the ground. Mikael’s heart nearly stopped as he rushed to her side. “KIARA!” he shouted, cradling her in his arms.

  Panig, he demanded, “Records, what the hell is happening?”

  A/N: Just a quick update to let you know that I’m increasing the release schedule from 3 chapters per week to 5! Writing has bee easier for me with experience, so I’ve decided to speed up the pace.

  The new release days will be Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the usual time of 14:00 EST.

  That’s all for now! Thanks for reading my novel—I really appreciate your support!