"Do you have some condition that makes this happen? Is it frequent? Will it affect your work?" Damien asked as he sat on one of the high stools in the kitchen.

"It's infrequent, don't worry. I just get nasty headaches, but it's the first time it's gotten this bad. It won't happen again," Marcel answered, but to Avian it sounded like he was being scolded.

He hadn't thought he would have been able to impart that amount of information to Marcel, so he had been reckless. When he went to check he had realised that Marcel had completed the task he had been training for, so he had received an upgrade too.

It was not possible for him to get an a.s.sistant that would inform him of all the progress they were making, so he had a lot of things to focus his attention to. Inevitably, he would miss such an important notification.

"You should still get a checkup. It would be bad if this happened when you're on the job. And I still don't know if this is life-threatening. I'll tell Julia to supervise this," Damien said as he looked at Marcel with his grey eyes.

"I promise I'm fine," Marcel said as he stood up from the floor and stretched his aching muscles that were stiff from being tense as if they were trying to ease the headache that he had experienced with the overload of information.

"I will only accept a doctor's report. Make sure you go to the hospital before your next schedule," Damien said as he stood up from the stool.

"Uncle Damien, are you leaving?" Liam asked Damien who had stood up and Damien nodded. He felt a bit disappointed, but he was glad that he had come over when he had needed him.

"Contact Julia and make arrangements for a checkup before your next schedule. Don't worry about Liam, I'll make sure to sort things out with the orphanage," Damien said as he continued to look at Marcel as if to make absolutely sure that he was fine.

"Okay, since the boss wants it. I'll talk to Julia about this. I'm sorry for the inconvenience," Marcel said as he sincerely apologized.

"Mmh, I'll see you around," Damien said as he went to pick Liam up.

"Do you want to escort me to my car?" Damien asked Liam who nodded with a lot of enthusiasm. Marcel was then obligated to follow behind them like a third wheel so he could bring Liam back to the house.

As they were in the elevator on their way to the ground floor, Damien looked at Marcel with the intentions of asking him something important.

"Do you have friends?" Damien asked as he looked at Marcel curiously. Marcel shook his head in response. Although he knew Milly and Paul, he did not think he could categorise them as close friends.

"No friends? No one at the company besides Sherina that you know?" Damien asked curiously. He thought that having a friend in the industry would help a lot with popularity and new perspectives whenever a scandal broke out.

"No, not really," Marcel said as he rested his weight on one leg.

"I heard you exchanged numbers with members of Icix," Damien said as he tidied up Liam's hair.

"How did you know?" Marcel asked in surprise.

"Their manager told me about it," Damien said as a faint smile graced his lips.

"Ah," Marcel responded. There wasn't much he could say about that.

"It's easier if you have close friends in the industry," Damien said vaguely but Marcel understood what he was trying to tell him. The three of them walked out of the elevator with Marcel wearing a solemn expression which contrasted with the amused expression that Damien had after having a dose of Liam.

"I'll see you around, take care of yourselves and make sure you go to the hospital," Damien said to Marcel who nodded in acknowledgement. After making sure that Marcel would submit his hospital records, Damien finally left and the two of them went back to their apartment.

u003cWhat happened? u003e Marcel asked Avian once he was back in the apartment.

[I lost track of the progress you made so I did not notice my upgrade. I would have been able to inhibit the pain had I been aware] Avian explained and Marcel's eyebrows furrowed. He could not even complain properly because he did not have a way to communicate with Avian's developer.

u003cIs this going to happen every time I gain knowledge of new skills? u003e Marcel asked as he went to the kitchen to make breakfast as he had initially intended to do.

[No, but after this, your mastering of skills will be faster so the upgrades will be faster as well] Avian explained to Marcel.

Even though Avian explained what happened, Marcel was still not satisfied, so his mood was low. He quickly made breakfast for both himself and Liam and as the two were eating, he received a notification on his phone.

When he checked it out, he noticed that it was a link from Sherry who rarely texted him in the first place. He tapped on the link and was redirected to a popular video streaming site that the ch.o.r.eographed version of the music video was uploaded.

Marcel was pleasantly surprised that the video had gotten a million views in a little over an hour since they uploaded it. It was a situation that made him realise just how popular Purple Rose was.

He put down his fork as he watched the video and as he continued watching his eyes gradually became hazy. It was like he was made aware of the impact of a pretty face when it was in front of the camera.

The video was spectacular, and even he impressed even himself because he was also tempted to push himself down as the numerous commentators had mentioned throughout the comments.

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