Now that he knew he could survive on his own, he had no reason to hide his true feelings about Stacy anymore.

He could tell her exactly what he thought and not care in the slightest.

In the long run, she’d probably be the one chasing after me anyway...

"Then I’ll have my fun with her," he muttered with a smirk.

She’s not even as pretty as Elena.

He wasn’t even sure that last part was true, but it felt good to believe it. Stacy had an incredible body, sure, but Elena’s face was on another level.

"Still, Carol is the best of them all. I just want to see those boobs once. After that, I’ll be ready to die. Please, universe, if anyone’s listening, grant me this wish."

After finishing his absurd prayer, he sat up and chuckled.

"I’m really losing it. Talking about sacrificing my life just to see a pair of breasts."

"I’m actually starting to turn into a pervert"

It’s because of all those stupid quests, he thought, shaking his head.

"I should probably start preparing for the meeting Carol mentioned"

At first, he only considered finding something cool to wear. But then he took the idea a step further and decided to browse the Dimensional Marketplace.

He still had 19 KP and was on track to earn more, so it didn’t seem like a bad investment.

First, he paid the required 5 KP fee before beginning his market survey.

He quickly discovered that Legacy items were outrageously expensive. Some sold for over a 100 KP.

Even the cheapest ones cost more than fifty.

’I guess it makes sense. These items are supposedly tied to the receivers’s growth’

’If mine wasn’t so stupid, I wouldn’t even consider selling it’

He continued browsing through countless listings: guns, blades, bows, arrows, staffs, and fans.

He even spotted one for a single tooth pick.

Apparently, he wasn’t the only person unfortunate enough to receive a ridiculous Legacy item. Yet even those bizarre items sold for prices far above the average benchmark.

Before long, he found himself admiring some of the weapons on display.

’This one looks incredible’

It had a brilliant blue blade forged from a material resembling crystal steel, covered from end to end in intricate black markings. The handle was wrapped in black cloth, giving it an elegant yet deadly appearance.

The properties included the ability to parry some physical attacks, and it cost like 150KP

The next was even better curved at both sides of the handle, with a knuckle duster of the front. With spikes on it.

Then a sword with a blade floating away from the handle, with another outrageous price.

’I’ll need something to protect myself with,’

There were also some cool looking weapons that weren’t Legacy rewards. Those were more his fit since they weren’t too expensive.

’I should get rid of this stuff first’

He went ahead to put the underwear for sale, but looking at it displayed on the screen for the price of 120KP he began to feel mixed emotions.

At first he wondered if anyone would even buy it for that price but as the seconds past he began to consider that maybe this was a mistake

Selling the Panties was starting to feel disrespectful and making him ashamed of himself.

"What if people start to ask questions?"

Not just that, he was starting to get bothered by the fact that this was supposed to help him grow. Karma Points would come and go but something like this might be useful in the future.

"I should take it down quickly"

Just as he was about to delete his offer, someone suddenly accepted it.

As soon as he did, the white panties in his hand disappeared into thin air.

’Shit! It’s gone’

He was too late.

"What kiind of pervert would even buy something like that without a second thought?"

It took another moment before he finally checked to see that his Karma Points were sitting at 120.

"I guess it’s not all that bad" he exhaled, a bit of regret slipping into his voice. "I got to receive a lot of Karma Points. Now I can upgrade my stats well"

And he did exactly that, using more than half at that very moment.

[Strength +20(lvl 2 →lvl 3→ lvl 4)]

[Agility +20(lvl 3 →lvl 4→ lvl 5]

[Durability +20(lvl 2→lvl 3→ lvl 4)]

[Innate Karma +20(lvl 3 →lvl 4→ lvl 5)]

He used another ten to buy a simple dark-blade dagger.

It wasn’t like the fancy ones he had seen before.

The only property it had was ’sturdy’.

And for now that was enough.

Economizing had always been one of his special skills, years of leaving on slightly more than half of the minimum wage would turn you that into your second nature

To him, there was no need to buy anything that held no immediate advantage or would end up splitting your attention from your current situation.

Any of these complex items that would require a learning curve while he was still trying to understand his current abilities, were just distractions.

That was what he told himself at least.

’They are far too expensive anyways...’

’But I might need to get some new clothes though’ he got up on his feet and flexed his muscles, ripping the arm of his shirt.

’My clothes are not too comfortable anymore’

Luckily he found a set of sleeveless tank tops with joggers for a fair price.

Once he purchased them, they materialized out of thin air and fell into his arms.

’These would be perfect’ a grin tore across his face.

Soon enough the time hit seven and he left his house and headed downstairs.

He found Stacy on the staircase with Alex, the guy that arranged the meeting the last time.

They were laughing, and standing pretty close almost even rubbing bodies.

When she spotted him, she grabbed Alex on his arm, allowing him to rub slightly against her boobs.

"Alex dear, why don’t we go to my house. I can prepare something for you to eat,"

She must have been doing it to make him jealous but the only thing on his mind was that Alex was probably about to regret accepting that offer.

’Hopefully he gets luckier than me’