After spending more time in the dungeon staying on the first floor to get more experience in both fighting enemies and improving how fluid his movements were
"Well I can tell I'm improving at a decent pace" Nero said to himself "if only the bar was filling at the same rate" he sighed, noticing that even after an entire day of killing goblins the energy bar hadn't even reached 1% "hopefully I get more energy when I kill stronger enemies deeper in the dungeon" he thought to himself, looking at the stairs to the next level
"Hey look, a newbie is thinking about whether to go down to the next floor" exclaimed an adventurer nearby
"You gonna do it?" shouted another
"Go for it kid" cheered a third
"Not this time, todays my first day in the dungeon" Nero said as he turned and walked the other day
"Good choice kid, I've seen alot of adventurers die from going down a floor to quickly, especially in the lower floors so get used to turning back now" praised the first adventurer as Nero made his way out of the dungeon
Returning to the diner after turning in the magic stones that he was able to carry with him which got him a decent amount of money compared to how much he would have got in tips from working for his dad Nero found the diner looking cleaner than usual
"Am I in the right place" he thought, entering to find the tables actually looking clean and the area not smelling like smoke and body odor
"Oh you're back" Aurathia noticed, making her way over to him
"What the hell happened to this place?" Nero asked
"I cleaned up,made this place more of a place that a woman might come to instead of it being only for guys, or at the very least made it so that a girl would be more comfortable being here" Aurathia explained
"You did all this yourself?" Nero exclaimed in shock "I've only been gone a few hours, how the hell did you get this place looking so nice? even I would consider eating here now"
"These muscles aren't just for show" Aurathia giggled while flexing
"Was dad ok with you doing this?"
"Not really but I managed to convince him it was for the best and got him to close for the day so that I could do all this"
"You managed to convince my dad to let you do this? how?" Nero asked
"Brute force, like you said yesterday he got you to do things by putting you in a headlock claiming he was stronger so I just gave him a taste of his own medicine" Aurathia smiled
"So where is he now?"
"Recovering in his room, seems he was actually weaker than I thought and he might have lost conscious faster than I expected" Aurathia mumbled guility
"Well he deserved it" Nero smiled "I should thank you for finally putting him in his place so, thank you Aura"
"Don't mention it" she replied, a smile returning to her face "now, come to my room and lets update that status of yours"
Moving into her room Nero took off his shirt and Aurathia got to work, her fingers dancing across his back
"Alright done" she said a short time later, slapping him on his back "here's your status, I noticed it yesterday and thought my finger had just slipped due to not knowing what it was but it seems like you have a skill, also I've only just got here but these numbers seems a bit strange" she remarked, handing Nero a copy of his status
Nero
Human
Strength: 105 (H)
Endurance: 101 (H)
Dexterity: 107 (H)
Agility: 110 (H)
Magic: 100 (H)
Skills: System
"Yesterday I checked your status and it was all 0's with that weird skill, how did they jump up so high?" Aurathia questioned
"It must have something to do with my skill" Nero answered
""Right" she replied, not fully convinced "I can tell that you know more than you are telling me but I won't intrude if you don't feel telling me yet, I just hope one day you will trust me enough to tell me what you know"
"Right, gods and goddesses can see through lies and can tell when people are hiding things from them" Nero thought before telling her "I will definately tell you one day, just not yet"
"That's good enough for me" Aurathia smiled "now, since your dad still isn't awake which means that the diner won't be open today, would you mind joining me for a walk around the city, I want to find some good places around here to execise properly like a park or long stretches where I can properly run"
"Sure thing Aura, allow me to guide you around" Nero replied with a smile.