Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Nighttime Adventures

‘Silent as the night.’

It was one of those phrases that Scarlet had always laughed at.

The night was not silent at all. People just assume that, because they are not awake to hear it, that means the sound doesn’t exist.

The night was full of noise. Thousands upon thousands of insects, birds, and other small creatures were out and about, now that the hated sun was gone and many predators would find it more difficult to detect them without the benefits of sight. It was a world far more full of ambient noise than the day time. Noise that most people would never appreciate... or learn to get annoyed at.

‘Fucking toads.’ Scarlet grumbled to herself as she tried her best to block out the sound of toads’ mating calls outside of her window. Did her family have a pond, or a nearby stream or something?

She was a year old now, but had still never ventured far from the house. Not that she really cared to yet. There was still plenty that she could do inside already.

“1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 440. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6… 7… 8…” Scarlet tried to push herself further to do that last set of ten pushups, but in the end, she just collapsed onto her bed with her sore arms. After a few moments, she finished the last two pushups for the set and then called it quits.

While 450 pushups seems like a lot for a baby, her stats were high and her body weight was really low, so they weren’t that tough.

Still, it didn’t look like she was going to be reaching the next level of [Strength Training] that night. Maybe she would do some more later. After all, the night was long and she had a lot to do before the adults woke up.

By this time, they were likely all fast asleep, meaning that Scarlet had the run of the house.

Taking her pillows and blanket, she tossed them out of the crib to form a pile on the floor below, before climbing up the side and falling out onto the pile with a soft thud.

After that was her first and last real obstacle, the bedroom door.

She grabbed a stool that her mother would sit on when she did her sewing in Scarlet’s room and moved it up in front of the door.

The wooden stool must have weighed around five pounds, but thanks to Scarlet’s [Strength Training] and some level’s she had grown, as well as the stats that people naturally gained as they grew up, Scarlet’s strength was enough to lift it with ease.

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