Questionable questing 2

The party which the professor invited us to, turned out to be a formal party, and since we had no plans to attend any formal event this summer break…. None of us had any kind of formal wear.

So here we are, currently in the nearest mall shopping for formal wear.

We started with me and grandpa since we would very likely take much less time picking our suits.

Thankfully our sizes were easy to find.

After we chose the suits we rented them for a few hours and moved onto choosing a party dress for Gwen which I expected would take up some time.

Gwen approached me as we were moving to the female stores.

"H..hey Ben"

She knew she had my attention as I glanced at her.

"Listen… you know I was kind of a jerk in the Museum since you were only trying to help so…"

She was a bit nervous and hesitant and I realized she was trying to apologize for her behavior so I decided to cut the girl a break.

"It's okay I understand you were nervous since you wanted to impress the professor"

I gave her a small smile that communicated that it was no trouble.

Her nervousness faded away slightly as she gave a hesitant smile back.

"Yeah when grandpa introduced him to us I felt my heart almost burst from how fast it was beating… it has been a dream of mine to meet someone so advanced in their field you know…..it motivated me"

Her eyes were somewhat shining as she spoke.

"Well I am glad that you got to achieve this dream"

From my memories this was one of the very few peaceful conversations we had in our lives.

"You know I don't remember actually having a normal peaceful conversation with you that much"

I wasn't the only who noticed this it seems

"Yeah I tend to be a jerk some…. a lot of times actually but I hope for more civilized conversations in the future"

I genuinely hoped so as I didn't have any relatives in my first life so this was a brand new experience that I fully intended to enjoy.

"Yeah I would like that too"

Gwen gave a smile that only increased as we reached our destination.

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Gwen was currently choosing whatever dresses she liked and so I currently had absolutely nothing to contribute, hence I called up … whatever it is and it seemed to follow my intention.

//Name: Ben Tennison

Health: 4/4 - Mana:27/27

Level: 1 - 0/10

Stats:

Physical ability 0.4

Social ability 0.6[+0.2]

Mental ability 2.7(100) [+0.2]

Fortune 0.7 (100) //

Physical ability should mean how fit I am which explains how low it is given that I am currently a child , and social ability should be how well I interact with others but the others are a bit more vague but should be passed off as intelligence and luck, however there is no explanation of how large they are as I don't remember being that intelligent or lucky.

Also my mental ability as well as my ...Mana? has increased since I last saw them so i suppose it is safe to assume that they are related.

Quest alert!

Ben's bizarre adventures

Figure out this bizarre situation and find out how to best utilize it to your advantage.

Quest award: 1 free stat point.

Quest failure: None.

Accept refuse

Huh... A bizarre situation indeed.

I had the intention of accepting it and it disappeared.

So it operates based on intention, how convenient.

I still haven't achieved the main quest so i suppose that this part is part of gwen's happy day.

Fuu... breathing in a fresh patch of cold air from the air conditioner in the store, I thought to myself as I waited for Gwen.

Comparing my current physical ability in this body to my previous one, I feel a lot weaker but an estimate of half wouldn't be inaccurate so an adult should have an average of 1 point in physical ability which means other categories' average should also be 1 point so this quest award will allow me to directly gain an adult's full power if I actually put that point into physical ability.

but that still doesn't make sense as there's no way I am a hundred times smarter than a normal adult human being. I like to think of myself as an intelligent person but not by this much….which means that mental ability doesn't represent intelligence or these 100 points are currently not applied but if that's the case ….how do i apply it..

Huff nevermind that

That seem too ridiculous

"Ben, are you there?!"

That's Gwen's voice

I was abruptly pulled out of my rather confused mental state but I just shook my head and walked over to the changing area.

"Yes, Gwen is there a problem?" I spoke with an even tone.

"No no there's no problem, it's just that I wanted your opinion."

Gwen had a bit of relief in her voice which I suppose is from knowing that I was still here ….

The previous owner of this body was rather childish so it wouldn't be too weird for him to bail out of this situation given the chance.

"Okay, here I am w..what do you think?" Gwen walked out from behind the curtain with a delightful red tea dress that simply complimented her red hair.

I was a bit speechless 'oh my god she's adorable'

"I...is it that bad?" she asked as her face somewhat crumpled

"What?! No no! It's the opposite actually, it looks great and you look very cute"

and she really did look very cute.

Hearing my words her face blossomed as she gave me a beautiful smile.

"Thank you Ben"

"Would you like to change into another dress?" I innocently asked.

"Why? Didn't you say that it looked good on me?" she frowned

"It does but I thought girls liked to change into a lot of different clothes in order to see if any is even better" Damn it seems that I once again erred, 0.6 social ability does not lie.

Fortunately, it seems I managed to salvage the conversation because she smiled again and said

"Since you said I look pretty then it's fine I don't need a better dress. "

"Grandpa said he's waiting for us at the entrance to pay," I said with a small smile.

To which she gave back a small smile and said.

"Okay, let's go"

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In front of a celebratory hall behind the museum we stood still as Max said he had something important to say be before we went in.

"Okay kids, I don't want anything childish happening this evening as I am sure the both of you understand just how important this event is."

Max said with a rather strong tone but surprisingly looked at gwen more than he did at me.

Huh, he's more observant than I gave him credit for.

""yes grandpa"" we replied in sync and looked at each other before we giggled a bit and just walked inside.

Grandpa had a weird glint in his eye as he looked at us but simply shrugged it off and followed us.

Walking through the door I looked around me at the various decors and my evaluation was that it looked a lot more fancy inside compared to the outside,

"I am sorry but this is a private party so you can't pass through"

But, we were stopped by a rather short bouncer.

"Oh we were invited by my friend professor Harry fair " grandpa stepped forward and said.

It is best to let an adult figure handle such a situation .

"I am sorry but you are not allowed inside just because you said you are" he said with a weird facial expression which looked to me like ...disdain?

"Look, don't you have some sort of name list or something, check it out i am sure our names will turn up on it."

I turned my head and looked at Gwen and it seems like she noticed the same thing I did because her face started turning red which I assume is from anger and her face started crumpling as she seemed about to explode.

Wow this girl wears her heart on her sleeve.

"I believe I don't need to look at it so please leave." the disdain on his face was no longer hidden as his previously somewhat respectful tone just turned aggressive.

And this became the piece to tip it all over as gwen just exploded

"Listen here you assh…." but before she could lay it on him someone interrupted her.

"Ah! Max and dear Gwen and Ben, I was wondering when you'd show up! What are you waiting outside for? come inside."

But he seemed to notice the tense atmosphere as he turned to look at the butler that stopped us

"Huh is there a problem here?"

His tone was quite regal as opposed to the previous friendly tone he took with us.

The butler's face turned a bit pale as he stammered

" n..no sir i was just making sure that they weren't trying t..to..."

His eyebrows shot up as he said

"To what? Sneak in? I made sure that their name was on the list along with their pictures. Did you not bother to see it?"

The butler panicked and quickly looked at the smart tablet in his hands that he didn't even deign to look at previously.

"T...t..they're here sir... " his panic seemed to turn to full blown fear as he seemed realised that he messed up.

Just how important is this party for him to react like that?

"So it seems you're the problem here huh do you not realise what your job here is? Do I have to receive every guest for you?"

Professor Harry just laid it out on him and at the same time the butler's face got paler and paler….. Sigh Don't look so pleased Gwen…

"Sir!! I completely apologize and am ready to receive any punishment for my mistake!"

He said and looked down.

"Do you still not understand you imbecile? Apologize to the guests !!" Woah at this point the Harr was close to roaring as he disciplined the butler.

And with humiliation filling his face the butler faced us while saying

"I am very sorry for the hold up dear guests please enjoy the rest of your evening " and then actually BOWED. He's this afraid? Harry is more impressive than his appearance tells.

"Oh it's no problem, let's just forget what happened and go about our businesses"

Grandpa just waved his hand and the butler just silently raised his head stood to the side with his eyes glued to the ground but his poker face was not perfect as his eyes flashed with a weird glint when grandpa and the professor walked ahead giving their backs to him.

Huuu this evening is not off to a good start.