The next day. In the morning at Kai's bedroom
Kai was half awake in his bed. He was half asleep with his head pushed in his pillow. When he had to go for work he used to wake up early and get ready for the day but now that he lost that and was also in dire need of money he felt like he had reached a dead end with no path forward, so he is trying hide from his problems so he refused to wake up.
Trying to get some comfort and relax his mind.
After a few minutes it was already seven o'clock. The sunlight was already hitting his face through the bedroom window. This finally forced Kai to wake up from his half asleep state. He droopily opened his eyes.
He got up from bed and went towards the bathroom to freshen up. He looked at himself in the mirror, the reflection showed a young man with average looks, he had a clean face which showed he took good care of himself, he looked quiet lean as if he didn't get to eat complete meals for days, yet with all these flaws he looked quite presentable.
He picked up the tooth brush and applied the paste on it.
[Ding! the Quest System is online]
[Do you wish to be the host of the system and change your life?]
In front of Kai suddenly appeared a floating holographic window. Kai was stunned.
He blinked his eyes, the window was still floating in front of him. He then rubbed his eyes, it was still floating.
'What in the name of nine hells is this? Am I still dreaming'. Kai thought in his mind.
He looked around to observe his surroundings. It was the same bathroom he always used of his trashy apartment, with the same small ventilating window, a tiny mirror and a poor sink made of metal.
'Well this dream seems very real, is it what they call lucid dreaming? I can't waste my time on this I have to wake up'. He closed his eyes and tried to wake up in the real world or so what he tried to do.
He reopened his eyes and still found himself in the same position with the same window floating in front of him asking him if he wishes to be the host of the system.
Seeing that it didn't work he slapped himself lightly on his face. When those light slaps didn't work he slapped himself harder.
[Answer quick please]
[Do you want to be the owner of the Quest System and change your life?]
The system asked again.
After a moment when Kai calmed himself down. He looked towards the floating window and wondered.
"What is this Quest System?" Kai asked expecting no reply.
[I am an advanced AI system that came from a place beyond Earth known as Heaven]
[ Since you asked with so much desire for your wishes to be fulfilled and God was also looking down at his people to grant a person his one wish]
[ I was sent to him to help him make his life better]
Kai blinked and looked at the pop ups reply he received. He felt like it was a dream.
He had heard of systems in his teenage years when he was addicted to online novels. He found this situation quiet stupid as if he was hallucinating.
He quietly walked towards his matress and laid again trying to fall sleep. He felt he was too stressed out by his worries and is imagining things.
He woke up again half an hour later but he still found the same floating window from the system in front of him.
This time it started spamming much more aggressively.
Kai didn't say anything and simply stared at the floating window in front of him.
[Angry emoji! angry emoji! angry emoji]
The system also grew angry looking at Kai's foolish behaviour.
[ Head exploding like a volcano emoji!]
[ Since the client isn't active, the system has decided to punish him with high voltage current]
The System finally had enough of this stupid fellow, it directly charged him with a high voltage electric current.
jump! jump! jump! jump!
Kai felt a terrifying electric sting in his butt. He froze for a moment before he grabbed his butt and started jumping here and there.
His eyes also had some tears formed in them. he wanted to scream but his butt was so painful that he couldn't even get his voice out of his throat.
Kai finally realised this is not a dream.
"Hahahahahha, this is not a dream haha. I will finally be able to change my life. I will be the main character, hahaha" Kai started laughing out of excitement from learning that these are real and not a dream.
[Do you wish to be the host of The Quest System and change your life?]
The system asked again. This time Kai quickly agreed.
[Ding! the host has accepted the System]
[Merging 1...10.....50....100]
[The Quest System has fused with the host]
[Scanning The host's memory]
[Scan complete]
[The System has detected the host is at the worst phase of his life]
[Conclusion.. the host is unfit for the system missions]
[Emergency Quest Protocol Activated]
[The major functions are locked until the host is in a stable position]
Kai looked at the window in front of him and wondered ' what do you mean locked? do you consider me unworthy of you, them why did you stupid system chose me as your host'.
[Ding! Quest triggered]
[Find the money hidden during your teenage years]
[Directions....]
Kai looked atvthe quest and the direction it pointed. He followed the directions and found himself near the box beside his cheap bed.
This box held his memories of his university and teen life. He opened it and looked inside. There were his belongings from his teens life. He was somewhat nostalgic but composed himself and started digging deeper inside the box. He removed the intems in itbone by one and finally found a cash box the system was pointing towards. This cash box is used for storing money, a type of piggy bank for teenagers.
He opened it and there he found some cash inside. He recalled he had been saving money so that he would buy his dream car in the future but later forgot about it.
He counted the money inside and found that it was 3000 vels, just slightly less than what he received as the head waiter. This is not much but fir his current problem it's quite helpful, it can atleast be used to buy his father's medecines.
[Ding! Congratulations host for complete the quest]
[Reward: 25000 vels]
[The reward has been directly credited to your bank account host]
Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting!
Kai received a message in his cell phone. He took out his phone and looked at it. It said his bank account has been credited with twenty five thousand vels.
He quickly became ecstatic after looking at the message.This amount was five times his monthly salary from the cafe. He had been feeling sad since last night that he would not be able to afford to eat some cheap street food but now looking at this amount not only street food but even dining in a good restaurant is possible.
But first of all he had to send the money to his mother for his father's medecines. He quickly sent them through his cell phone before calling his mother.
Ring, ring, ring, the call dialed for a few moments before his mother received his call.
"Hello son is there a problem? you called early in the morning" His mom asked after she took the phone call.
" It's nothing to be concerned of mom, I have sent you the money for father's medecines could you check if you received?"
"Huhh, you sent the money so fast? how did you arrange it? you didn't do anything wrong did you?" His mother asked while checking the messages in her phone. There she saw a text message that her bank account has been credited with 5000 vels.
"Kai why did you sent so much usually you sent only 2000, you must need them so I will send them back to you" his mom said after she checked her phone.
"You don't have to send them back mom, and you could rest assured, you could ask for more money if you need, money is not a problem now" Kai spoke sounding very confident.
"You got a bonus or promotion or something like that in your job?" his mother tried to probe.
"You can say something like that, okay mom I have to go now, talk to you later, bye" Kai said before hanging up the phone. He was quite excited he never had so much money in his life and what even better is that now he has a system that made him the main character.
Now he could finally strive to achieve his dreams that had once been shattered.