Cheat Awakening

"Now, since there's still time a lot of time before midnight, do you guys want to go shopping or shall we go back home?" Myne asked as the carriage entered the main market area of the capital city.

Hearing the word "shopping," the girls' eyes immediately lit up. They looked at each other and nodded in tacit understanding.
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"It's been quite some time since I bought a new dress. I think today's a good day to buy some," Sylphy said with a smile while hitting Aisha's arm with her elbow.

"Indeed, I also need to buy some supplies for the kitchen. And weren't you complaining that all your dresses were worn out and needed to be replaced? I think we can use this free time to buy some nice clothes for you as well," Aisha receiving Sylphy's secret message added thoughtfully.

Amy and June weren't thick-skinned enough to speak their inner thought, so they remained silent, but their expressions revealed their excitement.

Myne had long experienced the chaotic nature of shopping with women, which could be summed up in three words: "Exhausted to death." So, he pretended to be indifferent and spoke before they could drag him into this mess.

"If that's the case, then you guys can go and have fun. I'll take June with me to continue her training. She's learned a lot, and I wanted to make her enough prepared that she can level up alone before we leave for Aelmore Canyon. By the way, after shopping, you can go back to the castle. We'll return in the evening and meet you in Sylphy's room, all right? Any questions?"

"Wait, I also want to go shopping! I need to buy some personal stuff as well. Also, didn't you say that today's training is finished? How can you go back on your word?" As soon as Myne finished speaking, June immediately protested, her face filled with unease. For once she could even fight trolls with her own initiative, but she couldn't let go of such a golden opportunity to go shopping with unlimited funds, this is her lifelong dream. How could she let it go — especially for the sake of a thing like training?

Unfortunately, June didn't have enough weight in the family yet, nor did she have a powerful fist, enough to change Myne's decision forcefully. Her complaint was like a rock falling into the ocean, about which no one cared. Everyone simply glanced at her, and after she stopped speaking, they ignored her and continued discussing their follow-up plans.

"Well, let's do as you say, but remember not to mess around. You can fool June, but not us. I'll ask her everything about her training progress, so you better be honest. Also, do you have any specific requirements for your clothes?" Aisha asked coldly, giving Myne a stern look, as she playfully showed him her "love fist." After all, his history was too shady, and she was always worried whenever he was left alone. God knows when he fool by some b*tch and bring her home, so she preferred to be safe than sorry.

"You guys really don't trust me. Sigh, no, I don't have any requirements. I have full confidence in your judgment. You'll bring nice clothes for me. By the way, the weather's getting colder, so remember to bring a few sets of winter clothes for everyone... All right, that's it. Now we're going. You guys have fun," Myne said with a smile, signalling the driver to stop the carriage, give everyone except Amy a hug, and walk out with a desperate June.

After bidding farewell and watching the carriage drive away, Myne took June to a secluded alley, opened a portal, and walked through it with her.

...

"Huh? Where is this place? Aren't you going to torture me in a dungeon?" After emerging from the portal, June asked, looking around. She had expected another session of torturous training, but instead, she found herself in front of a beautiful lake nestled in the forest.

"What do you mean by 'torture'? I just wanted to punish you a little for being a crybaby. You couldn't even kill a slime! Do you think I expect you to kill a troll right now? Anyway, now that your punishment is over, it's time for you to continue your real training," Myne replied, grinning, and smacked June's buttock hard for talking nonsense.

"Ouch! Hey! It hurts!" June complained angrily while rubbing her buttock, which Myne ignored completely and continued.

"As for this place, this is where you're going to earn your first 'kill' achievement. This lake is filled with slimes that will be your training partners. Ohh, and see that smoke in the distance? There's a small goblin tribe camp over there. Once you're done with the slimes, I'll take you there for the next stage of your training."

"From what I remember, most women hate goblins to death, right? I believe you'll have no lack of motivation to kill them," Myne added with a smile, leading June to the lake's edge. As they approached, slimes began to pop out of the water, one by one. They were common water slimes, not particularly strong, but their bodies were made of some acidic minerals, which could harm humes if they stayed in contact for too long.

June's monster-loving side immediately took over as she saw the cute, jelly-like slimes jumping in front of her, and she couldn't help but stare at Myne with puppy eyes.

"Myne, honey, can't we just go to the goblin camp directly? I really don't want to kill these little cuties. Just look at them, how can anyone even think about harming those little ones?" June pleaded, hugging Myne's arm tightly.

"Oh, so you're still in the mood for talking nonsense, huh? Seems like the beating from the troll wasn't enough to repair your broken head. You need a different kind of punishment to motivate enough to focus on training..." With that, Myne closed his eyes and fell into deep thought, which sent a shiver down June's spine. Memories of being beaten by the troll quickly flashed before her eyes, and she began to tremble in fear. She hesitantly looked at the slimes, which were slowly jumping toward them, but in the end, she couldn't bring herself to kill the cute creatures.

"Got it!"

Just when June was in a deep dilemma, Myne's eyes snapped open, a spark of excitement in them. Under her nervous gaze, he took out a palm-sized metal ball with an eye at its centre appearing in his left hand.

June, who had read all kinds of books to become a professional chef and broaden her horizons, instantly recognized the most popular magical gadget of the past decade.

"Hohohoh, it seems like you recognize it, huh? This makes things easy. Otherwise, I would have had to explain the horror of this little guy to you," Myne chuckled evilly as he saw June's face turn pale. He hugged June while playing with the metal ball in his hand and continued, "My sweet master chef, would you do me a small favour and tell me what this thing is used for? I actually didn't know much about it, you see, I was never a guy who read useful books."

Hearing Myne's playful question, June didn't hesitate for a second, and instantly replied..."Eye of the Past, the most sold gadget in the past decade. No one knows who created it, but it was sold by an unknown force in all nearby kingdoms that came out of nowhere. Even after ten years, hardly anyone knows anything about the organization that sold it."

"It sold for the price of two platinum coins and was a one-time consumable item. Once something was recorded in it, we could see that recorded file saved in it as much as we wanted, but if you wanted to record something else, you had to buy another product. It can charge with magic energy. Any attempt to dismantle or damage it would trigger a powerful self-destruction function, and thousands of people get injured, knowingly or unknowingly because of this function every year. But despite such a dangerous function and sky-high price, countless people bought it every day, and it still sold like hotcakes."

June's eyes didn't leave the Eye of the Past for a second as she explained, reciting the official description word for word she had read in a book, leaving Myne speechless.

He really didn't know about all the messy details of the Eye of the Past June was talking about. A few days ago, Maya had shown his clone this gadget which recorded some cool tricks about their bedtime exercises, which she had bought from the market. Later, Myne thought it was a nice gadget to record beautiful moments and bought a hundred of the latest premium products from the official store, which could record around five hours of sensory data and could also be edited later, which was very convenient. But he didn't expect that this thing was so dangerous and could also be used as a bomb in an emergency. If he had known about it earlier, he would have bought more.

Thinking this, Myne moved his eyes away from June, looked at the dozen or so slimes jumping toward them, and, under June's horrified gaze, threw the Eye of the Past at them.

BOOM!