Just as she finished collecting the rewards, system screen disappeared, another sliding door appeared infront of her. This was the door to go to another section.
'How many sections are on this floor?'
[4. You have completed 1 already so 3 left. This floor doesn't have any boss level monster.]
"Boss level monster..." She muttered, moving forward and defeating more monsters seemed to be the best idea but she was lacking poison.
Oh
Wait, the system shop. She opened the system shop, scrolled through the products and finally found the poison. She didn't get any system points from completing this section nor did she get any points from completing the quest. She had no money on her currently so yeah, the system shop was useless for now.
[You get system points for completing each floor, not each section. And i never said it's guaranteed you'll get system points from each quest.]
That...seemed fair enough. But she still decided to move forward and complete this floor.
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Meanwhile back at butterfly mansion. It was night and Kenji was sleeping, blissfully unaware of the things happening around him.
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After few more hours of grinding and some injuries, which were healed using the potion, shinobu finally cleared this floor.
She had 4 items and 3 ores in total. All 4 of these items contained weak to Lethal poison so it was useful for an poison user like her. Though it might not be useful on demons but it'll be useful when moving on higher floors.
Those 3 ores contained skills that weren't too useful in battle [Sewing] [Cooking] [Complete mastery of English language]
Though all these could be used in daily life, the English one particularly to read foreign books regarding medicine, but she needed something that could assist her in battle.
Her overall power also increased by 48% or some.
[400 System points acquired.]
1 yen equalled to 10 system points.
"Finally ~" So that's how she'll get system points in Tower/dungeon. But there was an problem, she didn't get a single quest since that one. "Why though?"
[It's because...i couldn't think of anything. I mean i could just give you the quest of completing this floor but then that would have made you rely on me too much.]
Shinobu stilled for a moment, her eyes widening in realisation. Since the moment she had gotten this system, she was getting increasingly dependant on it. To manage her sleep schedule, buying things from the shop, getting stronger and more.
'I felt disappointed when I didn't get any strong ability..' She runs a hand through her hair, this wouldn't work. She didn't even knew if she would ever get a strong ability but she was already expecting the system to give her an ultra amazing super duper ability for killing the weakest monsters.
An Humourless laugh escaped her throat, she became so expectant and reliable on a screen that has manifested for no more than 5-6 hours ago. Even willing to enter an completely unknown area.
"Send me back." Yeah, she'll only use this system without being completely dependent on it. What if this screen were to disappear someday? Even though it said it's bound to her but still. She would lose that unknown supplier which she had yet to reveal and she knew the human nature, once she would have gotten used to getting everything cheap she would've start expecting the shops to sell it for cheap too. Not to the mention the current supplier's of products would loose a massive amount of business as corps buy a lot of stuff.
So her plan from now on is - Buy only rare or exotic things from the system shop that isn't available outside, come here and defeat monsters on her own without using any potion.
If this potion were to end mid battle, her immediate recovery hack would be lost. It would make her performance worse than usual so she would only use this when in very dire situation.
She'll have to clear through this on her own.
The burn in her body from completing this floor was still there, let it recovery naturally. This way she can guess how long it would take for her to recover, how much capacity she has. Though her initial thinking of sleeping here also vanished, what was more blissful? 10 hours of sleep alone in this place or 4 hours of sleep but cuddled up with Kenji?
Obviously the latter one.
The door appeared infront of her and she steps inside, once again in her lab.
[Only 30 minutes passed in here so no worries. Also you completed a hidden quest.]
"Hmm? Hidden? Do show me, system~" Despite everything, her smile returned.
[Hidden Quest completed!
Objective - Don't become completely dependent on system, it's here to assist you not make you helpless without it. Being a little dependent is ok but not completely. Realize the cons of being completely dependent on system.
Reward - Clear mind + 50 system points + Your logical thinking has been enhanced by 40% + Your memory capacity has been increased by 30%
Clear mind - Your mind will remain clear and devoid of stress even in dire situation, you will achieve what people call mental peace. You can turn it off and on any time you want.]
That clear mind seemed useful but there was an slight problem, best type of decisions were made when people were in stress in dire situation or it could be opposite but majority of time some good decisions were made. Though she'll only use this when she needs it, not always.
'Well~ the rewards sure are generous.'
She dismissed the status screen with an mental flick.
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She very luckily didn't get any mission that night so she spent her whole night sleeping while resting her face on Kenji's chest and legs locked.
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Kenji woke up at 5 am, it was his usual to wake up at this hour. He looks down at shinobu who smelt faintly of sweat and that sweet scent. She was clinging to him like a koala, he had to get up and do his duties but he didn't wanted to wake her up (and leave that scent). So he decided to oversleep today.
But he couldn't, not when the sweet scent was far more intense than any other day. 'What kind of perfume does she even use..' he thought, before shaking his head slightly. He quietly get's out of her grip and surprisingly she didn't wake up today, it was surprising because before a slight movement could wake her up.
'She is tired, probably trained the whole night.' He gazes one last time at her face, looking so peaceful. 'I will cook something for her.' Probably her favourite dish.
It was laughable, in taisho era Japan, men were expected to be strong and the one who maintained dominant role in the house. Kenji? He was exactly opposite, he wasn't strong nor did he provide any financial support, doing household chores and dominance? What was he even supposed to do with dominance?
Most people here, no, almost all the people here are traumatized and lost someone close to them. Kenji was one of them, he lost his parents when he was six and lived in orphanage afterwards. There, in the neighbourhood, he met a family - Kocho Family.
He became familiar with shinobu and kanae at that time. Though when shinobu and kanae's parents died in the demon attack, Kenji was there that day.
Things led to things and he became a medic at butterfly mansion. Then came the death of kanae, something that was breaking point for him. He considered kanae his older sister too but that's where his insecurities and self loathing took place.
He wasn't even strong enough to pass the final selection. Even kanao, the quiet girl, surpassed him in strength quickly. Just his accursed body couldn't.
No matter what, nothing worked. The formula of getting strong is train, rest and eat. He did so for more than months, the result? His strength remained same. He tried to learn breathing styles but he couldn't.
It was like the world didn't wanted him to become capable enough to protect himself.
Nevertheless, he slides open the door and quietly walks towards the room of Aoi, Kanao and the triplets. To wake them up.
Shinobu woke up an hour later, she only went to have breakfast when she bathed first because damn if she didn't stink.
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One chapter for today. Ok so now his harem members include - Shinobu, Mitsuri, Female muzan. One left, suggest someone.