Chapter 14: 14 - Difficult Choice

    After drinking the water Ethan brought for me, I went to shower and took advantage of the time alone in the bathroom to check my Status window after weighing myself.

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    | Character Status |

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    | Name: Noah Black

    | Titles: Persevering, Tuned Ear.

    | Level: 01

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    | HP: 70/70

    | MP: 120/120

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    | Weight: 141.3 kg - 139 kg

    | Strength (STR): 5 - 8

    | Dexterity (DEX): 4

    | Constitution (CON): 7 - 8

    | Intelligence (INT): 11 - 12

    | Wisdom (WIS): 9

    | Charisma (CHA): 7 - 8 (7 + 1)

    | Agility (AGL): 4

    | Black (CLOSE): ??

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    | Skills:

    | (Haircutting Lv 24 - 25), (Walking Lv 1 - 12), (Bodybuilding Lv 1 - 16), (Teach Lv 6 - 15), (Negotiator Lv 4 - 5), (Sing Lv 9 - 20), (Guitar Lv 16 - 24), (Digital Illustration Lv 27 - 30), (Intermediate Mathematics Lv 22 - 29), (Intermediate Biology Lv 18 - 25) (Krav Maga Lv 1 - 5)...

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    | Buffs:

    | (Beard and Hair Trimmed), (Aerobic Exercises Lv 1 - 5), (Muscle Exercise Lv 1 - 7)

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    My Status was very different from the last time I saw it. In addition to the new Skills I received, all of my other Skills had leveled up at least once. With the development of these skills, I realized that every 10 levels was always an important milestone, to the point that Skills from level 10 onwards really affected me a lot, as if it were something I had already been training on for at least a year. The System was greatly accelerating the speed at which I learned and practiced things.

    Glancing up, my father saw that his hair was already long and messy and he asked a little shyly, "Can you cut mine too? I haven''t had time to cut my hair in the last few weeks."

    Nodding my head, I agreed. "Of course, but first come, first served. Ethan will have to come first since he was first in line."

    Hearing this, Ethan had a big proud smile on his face as he looked at me, while my father looked at us with a smile as proud as Ethan''s, but for different reasons as he tried to feign sadness and accept that he couldn''t be first.

    After breakfast, the three of us went to the backyard while my mom sat in a chair on the porch and Olivia went up to her room. Since our yard faced the street, some neighbors saw me cutting Ethan and my hair and asked me if I could cut their kids'' hair too. Honestly, I was planning on refusing, since I didn''t even need their money. I especially didn''t want to do it when I saw the neighbor''s son. He was one of the children who were playing that day when Ethan was excluded. Why should I give a [CHA +1] Buff to a kid I don''t even know, and worse, who treated my brother badly last time?

    So I just politely declined, saying I had something else to do later. I could train my Haircut Skill more by cutting other people''s hair, but I don''t want to be a professional barber, so why bother?

    "Which cut do you want? Something more social or a cooler cut like mine and Ethan''s?" I asked my father while laughing.

    Looking at me and Ethan, he replied, "I think I want to go for a younger look, just like you!"

    Surprised, I looked at my mother on the porch, who even more surprisingly had a smile on her face upon hearing this, which she quickly tried to hide when she saw me looking at her. But it was too late.

    So she too liked my haircut, haha?

    "Okay, with this haircut you will look at least 10 years younger!" I said, laughing as I started cutting his hair.

    What I noticed was that well-cut hair gave a [CHA +1] buff to anyone I cut. Even Ethan and my dad also looked a little better after I cut their hair, and to a greater extent than it should with just a normal haircut. Maybe higher level Skills have a bit of magic in them?

    Leaving that doubt for later, I put away my barbershop stuff and went to my room to practice my guitar and my singing a little more.

    [Singing Lv 20]

    [Guitar Lv 24]

    Since I could train Singing anywhere, I had trained it much more than my guitar in the last few days, so it was not surprising that this Skill had already almost reached the other. But as soon as Singing reached level 20, the difficulty of leveling up had doubled.

    At that moment I had a doubt. What song would I sing next? I had already posted a song on MeTube, but I wanted to maintain a high frequency of songs posted, since now I would be able to keep buying the copyrights of all the songs until I created a first album. This way I would increase the chance of going viral and being successful.

    But I had to keep something in mind. I currently had a few hundred followers, and these people were following me because they liked my music which was in a rock style, telling them about something sad that related to their lives. If I decided to sing an upbeat, happy song it would be like shooting myself in the foot, as my current audience probably wouldn''t like it very much. They wouldn''t listen to it as much as they did the first song, and consequently, MeTube would recommend my songs less.

    On the other hand, I could sing different things from the beginning and not let my audience think that I only sang one style of music.

    If I chose the first method, I would have faster growth in the short term. However, the other option would take longer to grow in the beginning, but in the future I would have more openness to do what I wanted. So I was in doubt as to which one to choose.

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