Chapter 232: Chapter 232: Cream Puff.

    (Sorry I have a fever)

    [Edward POV]

    I woke up around 4 am after opening the memory I had gotten, the Mash Burnedead bodybuilding memory. I stare blankly at the ceiling for a while before I muttered in Japanese, "Asa okitara shukurimu wo tabetai (When I wake up in the morning, I want to eat a cream puff.)"

    The upgraded Robin appeared next to my bed while squatting, looking at me intimately and affectionately as she placed her hand under her chin. "Good Morning Ed." She said cutely as she tilted her head to the side.

    However, all of the charm that Robin had learned was useless at the moment. I turned slowly with a blank face. Robin asked cheerily, "Would you like me to order you a cream puff right now."

    "Hai (Yes!)" I replied in Japanese again before rubbing my sore forehead. As Robin walked away with a spring in her steps, I sat up from the bed and took off my pajamas.

    "Damn it. Why is that guy''s memory is only lifting weights, eating cream puffs, making cream puffs, surveying cream puffs, trying to make a cream puff protein powder. Who is even that guy? And why am I hearing a song in my head? Bling Bang Bang Born?" I muttered as I washed my face, brushed my teeth, and combed my hair into a mushroom head hairstyle at the same time.

    "Should I eat the cream puff first, or should I go to the gym first?" I muttered to myself. My body reacted and I instinctively walked to the gym. I wore a black skin tight suit, and a white short to cover up the indecent area, and started working out.

    "Robin, can you please record this? I want to get the message out there."

    "Sure Eddy~" Robin answered before she manifested a camera in her hand. The real work was done by the camera in her holographic projection, which could record a 4k video of the surroundings.

    I sat on the push up bench seriously with my hands interlocked together in front of my face.

    "Do you know why human beings have arms?" I asked seriously while I played a violin sound in the background.

    "It''s so that they can hold dumbells." Robin slowly zoomed the camera closer to my face and body as I sent out my message.

    "Do you know why human beings have legs?"

    "It''s so we can deadlift barbells."

    "Do you know why human beings have a brain?"

    "It''s so that we can calculate how many reps we did when we''re lifting weights."

    "Do you know why human beings have a heart?"

    "It''s so we can pump blood into our muscles...to LIFT EVEN MORE WEIGHTS!"

    "MUSCLE IS POWER!" I flexed my biceps to the camera seriously. Then, I told Robin, "Post it to my social media Thank you RB."

    "Okay. I will." Robin nodded seriously. I walked to the push up ladder, where I jumped upwards to grab the pull up bar. As I raised myself up on the bar, I needed to push the bar into another level– like a ladder. Sweat was dripping on my chin as I did it, but my face remained expressionless.

    Robin included that footage into the video before she posted it on my Instagram on my behalf. Then, I finally snapped out of the memory remnants, "Huh? What did I just do?"

    I thought about it, and figured that it wouldn''t be harmful to my image, so I just forgot about them and continued working out. The black tight was drenched after I did a full 2 hour high level strenuous workout routine before drinking the protein powder.

    "I should really make a cream puff flavoured protein powder, just as a tribute to that guy." I muttered as I gulped down the big bottle of protein shake greedily.

    After taking a shower, and putting some bandage on my muscles underneath, I asked, "Robin, did you get any of the ingredients I wanted?"

    Robin replied as she pointed to the small wooden box next to my bed, " It''s hard to collect them all. Some of them have still not been found yet. But your staff members are working hard to get them all."

    "Alright. Let''s see. Hmm, a muscle soreness relieving pill would be great for me." I muttered to myself. In the previous gacha, I had received 10 ordinary pills from a nameless alchemist. I have to say, it was honestly the best prize I had gotten in yesterday''s draw.

    It took me half an hour to prepare the muscle soreness pills, and I took it instantly after that. All of the soreness from my excessive workouts this morning dissipated away, and I become more energetic now.

    "I''m going to school today," I told my dad as I walked into the kitchen. I was dressed casually in a black long-sleeve shirt, jeans, and sneakers.

    I glanced at my dad, who seemed absorbed in a newspaper, as I grabbed some bread to make myself a breakfast sandwich. I couldn''t resist teasing him, "Why are you doing the crossword? Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?"

    "Oh, Ed. Do you want me to drop you off?" My dad finally responded, his eyes glued to the newspaper. He let out a sigh and admitted, "Frankie mentioned that she does crossword puzzles a lot. I tried to impress her by saying I did them too, but now I''m regretting it."

    "Okay, I get it," I nodded understandingly. We all want to impress our partners with shared interests or activities. This made me feel a bit jealous of my dad as he got to enjoy this. But, I still offered my help.

    "Give me one you''re struggling with." I said as I served my breakfast on a plate and walked to the table, sitting in front of him.

    "25 across. Capital whose name means ''sheltered bay''," my dad asked eagerly.

    "Honolulu," I promptly replied as I cracked an egg into the pan.

    He checked the crossword with a serious expression and grinned, "It fits."

    "Give me a tougher one," I challenged with a hint of smugness.

    "Alright, 46 Across. Los Angeles fossil site. Six letters," my dad asked.

    "LA BREA," I answered after contemplating for a few seconds.

    "That fits as well. But that''s it. I have to do the rest myself. Otherwise, it''s cheating," my dad apologised.

    I rolled my eyes at him and retorted, "You''ve already cheated twice."

    Just then, Max walked in groggily and was shocked when she heard my statement. "Ted. For real? I never took you for a guy who would cheat. Poor Frankie–"

    "You want to see me Principal Brown?" Amanda asked before she widened her eyes as she saw me. "Ed-uard–o"

    "Eduardo?" I asked teasingly, knowing that she had messed up her pronunciation.

    Amanda blushed in embarrassment and called out while waving shyly at me, "Edward Newgate."

    "Right, Edward, I figured out what to do with you. Why don''t you go and help Amanda paste these flyers for the school''s dance on the bulletin boards?" Principal Brown suddenly spoke.

    "Took you long enough." I retorted with disbelief.

    ...

    Amanda and I went to the cafeteria to post the flyers on the bulletin board there. "So...I hear you''re throwing a party this Sunday?" Amanda asked, she kept avoiding her eyes from looking directly towards me, as if I was the sun during an eclipse.

    "I don''t know yet. I might be." I replied ambiguously as I stapled the paper on the board.

    "You know, last time I threw a party, only...3 people were there..." Amanda said pitifully. She tried hinting at me, "I''m-I''m sure that you already have enough people already–"

    "Aren''t you the student council president? Shouldn''t you be famous? Why did no one come to the party?" I asked with bewilderment. "Unless you were throwing a swingers party– In which, I could argue that more than 3 people still need to be there, cause you need even numbers and at least 2 couples."

    "I didn''t throw a swingers party. I threw the party and then Rebecca Johnson threw her 17th birthday party at the same time! So no one came to my party!" Amanda muttered aggrievedly, showing her dissatisfaction with her entire body.

    I chuckled a bit and said, "Ah, so, lack of planning then. Are you even sure you''re asian?"

    She rolled her eyes at me and pouted, "If you don''t want to invite me, that''s fine! You don''t need to make fun of me too!"

    "Oh no-no, I''ll be sure to invite you, if the party is on." I replied with a chuckle.

    "Finally! It''s my last chance to become hip! And cool! And laid back! I need to show everyone else the fun side of me before I graduate!" She said as she wrote her number on a small notepad and ripped the page off before giving it to me.

    "Who are you going as for Halloween?" I asked curiously.

    "Ruth Bader Ginsburg." Amanda replied excitedly. "What?" She asked as she saw I was looking at her weirdly.

    "And you want everyone else to think that you''re fun?"

    After biding my time in the slammer, I went back to the classroom, and went on with my day at school as usual. I stayed behind after school ended to join in the football practice, and hang out with my friends at a family restaurant nearby.

    The couples were sitting next to each other at the edge of the table while Jenna and Enid sat right next to me at the centre.

    Jacob slathers his french fries with ice creams before eating it. Jenna looked at him with disgust before she turned to me and asked, "Ed, are you going to come again tomorrow?"

    "No. I have to go to a film set. Wanna come with? It is a Disney set, so there''s a high chance of you getting molested, but you''ll be safe if you stay close to me."

    Jenna rolled her eyes with disgust and said, "I''m not going!"

    "I''ll GO!" Enid said excitedly. "I''ll risk it–"

    I flicked her forehead and scolded, "Don''t willingly take that stupid risk."

    "What''s the filming for?" Finneas asked. Billie wasn''t around today as she had a slight fever.

    "Wizards of Waverly Place." I replied as I opened my mouth because Enid was feeding me some fries.

    "Oh. Selena. Are you going to date her next after dumping her best friend?" Alex asked sarcastically.

    I rolled my eyes and said, "I don''t think I''ll date anyone for the foreseeable future."

    "Why not?" Jacob asked.

    I shrugged as an answer. Abraham suddenly changed the topic, "You know what will be pretty funny? You show everyone that you''re going to wear a Batman outfit, and then you wear Superman''s clothes during Halloween."

    I was seriously considering that suggestion when Enid exclaimed nervously, "NO! I have already bought a catwoman''s outfit! It''s very very hard to find too! Don''t change your outfit now! Screw you Abracadabra!"

    "Hey! Screw you too!" Abraham and Enid started arguing. I looked at the time, and saw that it was almost 6 o''clock. "I have to go now. Who''s coming home with me? Enid and Finneas right?"

    "What about me?" Jacob asked pitifully.

    Elsa rolled her eyes and said, "You said that you''re going home with me! We''re catching a ride with Jenna.

    Jenna asked me, "Ed, can we change passengers? Everytime this dumb couple catches a ride with my mom, they will make out in the backseat."

    I nodded as I glared at the duo, "They are just like Alex and Finneas. The two of them can''t be stuck together too."

    "Hey that''s Slander! We kissed once!" Alex retorted.

    I looked at Finneas teasingly and he shyly showed two fingers.

    "Twice! You dog!" I teased him.

    As I was driving home, I called Haley. "Hey, you know what? You win. The party''s on."

    "YES!" Haley exclaimed excitedly. "I''ll handle everything! You don''t need to worry about anything!"