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"I've been thinking…" Lilly says, raising her fork to take the last bite of the meal she was eating.

"About what?" I asked after she had finished swallowing the food she had taken a bite of, all the while tilting my head inquisitively.

"Hmm… how do I put this… My work needs me to travel around a lot and for that I need to have a lot of power to stay safe, and because of that I would either need you to stay here on your own," She pauses dramatically, as if to spring on the 'or' yet I do not give her the time to do that. Taking advantage of the situation she had created.

It was easy as I jumped into her lab, I let the tears fall down. Of course they were fake but she didn't know that. And oh did it work as I put on my most practiced act of feigning tears, my eyes watering as I look up to her.

"Don't leave me… please…" I say as pitifully as I could.

It elicited a cough from Lilly as she blushed and looked away.

"You didn't let me finish," She murmurs and I barely hear her.

"Then does that mean you won't leave me?!" I ask excitedly.

And in response she smiles and looks down to me, picking me up in her arms with surprising ease. I mean I wasn't that big but still to be able to do that and make it seem like nothing.

I stared at her muscles and thought about how strong she had to be.

"Yep, all you have to do is become strong like me and to do that we are going to conquer a couple dungeons, enough for you to gather some levels."

I clap and give her my brightest smile, showing all the enthusiasm I could. This was truly genuine as I knew that I gained XP from killing humans but from other dungeons, would I be able to get some from them?

It would be worth it to find out. As I knew that I could also get XP from powerful human's blood there was always that option.

But I would have to be discrete about it meaning that it wouldn't be as good as if I could just gain XP the normal way.

I was put down from where I was lifted and given a set of clothes.

"I took the liberty to have a set of durable clothes and a good knife made for you. While I don't know what weapon you like to use I do have an assortment of others that you can test in the dungeon. It's quite low level so there should be no problem if you experiment while I look over you."

I look down at the set of clothes I was given and found nothing wrong with them. Well I say nothing wrong in that they fit but there was one problem I had.

They were not traditional boy clothes, they were clothes that accentuated my beauty. It made me look like even more of a trap then I was.

I pouted and looked up to LIlly who only smiled and took a picture.

She laughed then put the phone down and handed me another pile of clothes, these ones actually more practical.

But still I looked like a trap just a bit more masculine.

Ignoring the giggles and awes that came from the other side of the room I sighed as I strapped the knife to my side, I would always be cursed to look like this won't I.

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The soldiers around me looked at me with fear and awe. Of course they would, I was the greatest that they would ever see. Not that any of them would ever see me again. This would be the last time as this was the beginning of my journey.

I had Mama rent out this whole dungeon, she had grumbled about some famous lily or something but that mattered not.

I had awakened and unlike the rest of the talentless masses I would become their leader, taking them upon my gracious back and pulling them from the sludge that they were stuck in.

My hand reached to my pocket where I had stashed something that no one had thought of, a byproduct of my amazing ability.

The ability to create and control metal. Yes, look in awe at me, you peasants.

Heh, most would think of this in a combat sense and I would not begrudge those commoners but unlike them where those thoughts would have ended I knew that I could go further.

In the higher levels, people were known to gain greater and greater control of their ability meaning that I could attain complete control of metal. But it was not only that but it was the sub skills that I knew that someone as illustrious as me would gain. If I could gain subskills for other materials.

it would mean that I could precisely move all materials to my liking and with the right now how and a diligent brain which I had, then there would be no end to my reign.

I could create wonders of technology, things that scientists knew of but could not create because of how precise they needed to be.

I could create swords with a nano-edge, turrets and guns that were so precisely tuned as to create the most explosive impact with the littlest ammunition.

I could create anything. And it would only be a matter of time wit a mind like mine.

Yes, there would be nothing to stop me. I nodded to myself, a peaceful smile on my face as I stepped into the dungeon.

A warning told me of something but I ignored it, there was nothing to warn about as I knew of everything this dungeon could offer.

There would be nothing to stop me.

[Angela de Arc]

[Skill: |Metal Manipulation(lv1)|]

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Yo author here again with the second chapter of the day wait its almost 12 now does that still count eh whatever just here to say that there'll be two chaps a day starting from now with an extra chapter for every 50 power stones and on that note send em to me if you've got them.

See ya and thanks for reading.