Maxwell was super unhappy having fallen into Sebastian's scheme. The first thing is being unable to complete his quest, making Maxwell super unhappy.
But, Humans were alive while the System was not. The system only wanted some type of acknowledgement.
That's why Maxwell deliberately formed his question that way, trying to make Sebastian give some type of acknowledgement. Once he acknowledges it, the System will, by default, take that as the quest being completed.
"Crackle!"
"Congratulations to Player Maxwell Gillette for completing the bronze-ranked quest."
"Reward: 20,000 quest XP, 1000 mana."
"Extra Reward: Random supportive martial technique."
His XP bar surged ahead by 20,000 points and his mana value increased by 1000 points.
"Crackle!"
"Would you like to start the random draw?"
Maxwell didn't even contemplate it and made a thought: "Start!"
