My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death

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Miriam suddenly revealed she hasn't eaten in a long while!

"No… I haven't eaten since past yesterday…" said Miriam.

"What?!"

Everyone reacted in surprise, looking at the cheerful girl who hasn't eaten for over 24 hours… she looked so fine despite the hunger she was feeling.

Has she been holding back the pain in her stomach this entire time?

"Okay then, let's go buy you some food. It's on my own." Said Frank.

"B-But sir, you'll discount it from my pay?" asked Miriam.

"No, I said its on my own. I don't do something as scummy as that." Said Frank.

Miriam's eyes shone brightly with happiness…

"T-Then… can I ask anything?" she asked.

"Actually you can ask for multiple things, everything seems fairly cheap! Anyone want something else?" wondered Frank.

Everyone raised their hands, Ruby, Alex, and even Gwendolyn…

"I see… Then let's go buy." Laughed Frank.

The group quickly wandered from stall to stall, buying meat skewers of different flavors, there were also other things similar to tortillas that wrapped around minced meat, vegetables, and spicy and citric sauces.

Miriam stuffed herself with meat at first, then ate these tortilla burritos, and then jugged a delicious multi-fruit juice they were selling, with delicious fruit pulp.

And lastly, she ended eating a candied apple and an ice cream. She couldn't help but smile all the time while eating everything she could, this was perhaps already the best day of her life based in the happiness she was experience, which she had never gone through ever before.

"It seems that someone ate too much…" giggled Gwendolyn.

Miriam blushed a bit as she noticed her belly, it had almost tripled in size by how much she ate, her stomach was hurting a bit because it forcefully spread itself for her to stuff all the food inside like a balloon.

"Phew… I was so hungry… S-Sorry…" she said.

"Don't worry about it, I am glad you had your fill, it is not good to start the day without eating… But how come you didn't eat? Does the people in the orphanage doesn't feed you?" asked Frank.

"Well… yesterday I spent most of the day outside so I couldn't catch the time when they serve the bone soup and give us the stale bread…" sighed Miriam.

Frank sighed, she was really pitiable…

"I see, well, from now on you can come eat your meals in my shop, no cost for them. All free." Said Frank.

"R-Really?!" she asked.

"Yeah, we'll eat again two more times today as well, lunch and dinner, so look forward to that." Said Frank.

"Yaaay! I am going to fill my belly…" said Miriam.

"Your belly is already filled!" said Ruby.

"You too, look at yours!" said Miriam.

She began to poke Ruby's belly, which had also grown a bit after she stuffed with food.

Ruby looked surprised.

"I'm fat?! Nooo…" she said.

Everyone began to laugh at her innocent and apparent lack of self-awareness sometimes.

After the meals, everyone walked back to the shop, and it was finally opened.

Frank used this opportunity to show the entire place to Gwendolyn and Alexander while leaving Miriam in the hall, she offered herself to clean the place because it was actually very dusty.

"Are you sure?" wondered Frank.

"Yeah! I have to make up for my pay after all, sir!" she said.

And like that, Miriam ended cleaning around the place while walking across the hall.

As Gwendolyn and Alexander explored the other floors of the large building with Frank's guidance, the doors of the shop opened, as a blonde boy entered running inside.

"Hahh… Ugh… W-Where's Blackie? Is he okay?" he wondered.

The boy was gasping for air, resting his arms over his legs in a tired expression.

"Huh? Who are you?" he asked, realizing the presence of Miriam in the first floor.

The little girl was wearing a white scarf around her hair to not let the hair fall off, while also holding a broom.

"Huh? A client? Blackie? Who's that?" she asked.

"You… work here? I didn't saw you yesterday!" said the blonde boy.

"Yeah! I started working today… Nice to met you!" she said.

"Nice to met you too…" said the boy. The girl's cuteness made him blush a bit.

"Wait a bit! I'll call sir Frank! SIIIIRRR FRAAAAAAAANK!"

Miriam screamed incredibly loudly, until Frank heard her.

"I'm going down there, you don't have to scream so loudly!" he said, rushing downstairs and finding Arthurious.

"Oh, you're here! Come, Blackie has woken up very healthy today, he had eaten a lot too." Said Frank.

"Wow! Really?!" asked Arthurious, rushing at the side of Frank as he led him to the room where Blackie was.

The goat was already eating, although it couldn't stand yet, it seemed very healthy, looking around everywhere. It had even grown stronger overnight… this was thanks to the Monster Pet Nursery abilities.

One of such abilities allowed Monster Pets to gain Experience Points and Skill Proficiency naturally over time! With this, after over 12 hours of resting, each hour, Blackie gained these points and strengthened himself.

Although it didn't had any System or Status, the power of Frank's System was already affecting him in some sort of way, allowing him to even have hidden level values, skills, and more without Blackie, Arthurious, or even Frank realizing.

Frank's power was this wondrous, it could even affect the hidden value of the power of anyone he could influence, and the stronger he grew, the more powerful this ability would become…

"Blackie!"

"Meee!"

Blackie seemed happy to meet Arthurious, as he began to lick his master's face cutely.

"You missed me? Hehe… you're such a good boy! Good boy!" said Arthurious, he seemed so happy to see his Blackie again even if they were apart only for a night.

It was clear that their bond was very strong, and made Frank smile.

"He can't move yet but you can stay here with him if you want to." Said Frank.

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