Chapter 17: New knowledge
Once again, the wailing siren rang out from the loudspeaker, signaling an announcement to be made. Shaan instantly woke up from his dream and directed his gaze towards the wall clock in his room, showing 6:00 am. Gosh, it’s still 6:00 am? What kind of announcement is this anyway?
’To all amateur Daemonists, there will be a session about the Midnight gate at 8 am in the hall. All of you must attend this session before continuing the training session, along with each mentor. Thank you.’
Listening to the announcement, Shaan simply nodded his head. He understood what the discussion would be about the Midnight gate. Surely it would discuss the kinds of midnight gates that consisted of various kinds, and of course, each gate had its uniqueness.
He also found out that behind the Midnight Gate is a huge world that’s supposedly really similar to the one Shaan lives in. He picked up all this info thanks to his hobby of reading magazines and websites about Daemonists—sometimes he even loses track of time because he gets so into it.
"I’d better get ready now," Shaan lightly stretched. "Oh, wow, Mr. Dion’s medicine works like magic," he said as he watched the bruises on his body fade quickly. "And it’s good that the pain in my body is starting to disappear."
He quickly made his bed, then rushed to the bathroom to clean himself up. A few minutes later, he picked up his clothes, which had been hanging on the chair near the bathroom door.
"Hmm... wait, something seems strange." Shaan put his arm into the shirt that was starting to feel a bit tight. "Is it just me, or is this shirt starting to run small?"
Shaan quickly walked over to the full-length mirror near the door and then looked at his body. His eyes widened, and his mouth opened slightly when he realized that his body looked... way more built than before. Sure, he still wasn’t as ripped as Mr. Maximus, but at least he could see his biceps and triceps starting to show. Nice- looks like Mr. Maximus’s insane training is working.
"Interesting," Shaan admired his new physique, clearly impressed with how far he’d come. "I’m just curious how grandma will react when he sees my current appearance. For sure, she will be very startled when seeing my body that was once as thin as a board getting built."
With full confidence, Shaan then put on his clothes and walked out of his room to the main kitchen as usual. While walking through the food racks, this time the contents were quite different. Things like cereals and sweets were only in one food shelf combined, and the rest were all foods that had a high protein content.
This time, the food provided seemed to contain a lot of protein, starting from boiled red meat, beans, chicken breast soup, and boiled eggs. Not only that, there was an additional drink provided in the form of soy milk placed at the end of the food rack. Of course, this must have been the company owner’s idea to maintain the ideal shape of all Daemonists to ensure the extreme training they had done did not go to waste.
"I’ll try this soy milk."