16 Neighbour (2/2)

Thanking his cautious soul that he arrived there early, he began thinking about something that has been bugging him.

Throughout his entire time a small part of his mind never lingered from Kaitlin, the statement she uttered at the end nearly drove him mad with curiosity.

But he was conflicted, on one hand he wanted to respect her personal space and private matters, while on the other he really wanted to know what she meant about that.

Entering the car, Ensen stared at the steering wheel in deep thought. After a few minutes he lifted his head after seemingly making up his mind about something. He would see if he could interact with her in the future and base his actions following how that conversation went. Even if she got annoyed by Ensen, she wouldn't hate him or do anything in retaliation, at least he sure hoped so.

After making this decision Ensen finally managed to take his mind off of Kaitlin. Moving his attention to the road, he began to make his way back to his apartment. Due to heavier traffic it took him 20 minutes to return to the apartment building this time.

Right after pulling into the parking spot he gently grabbed his phone and took it out of his pocket. He began to write a text to send to Jennifer, notifying her that he had the first half of the money prepared so she could go ahead with starting the transferring process of the property.

Putting his phone on the passenger seat gently, Ensen was unsure if he wanted to relax at home or if he wanted to find something athletic to do outdoors.

Unable to think of anything to do outdoors, he realized he could ask somebody for something to do.

'Hey system, could you give me the next chain quest?' Ensen said politely, hoping the system would be nice.

After a few seconds, right as Ensen was beginning to think the system had ignored him again, he noticed an odd noise. It seemed like a trumpet being played in the 1600s to welcome a guest.

Noticing this odd sound, Ensen gave off a happy smile as a blue box slowly drove up to him much like a noble chariot, stopping a short distance away from his car.

[Chain Mission 2: Checking forest safety]

[As requested by the host, the system will proceed with the final chain mission. To finish ensuring the safety of the area around your future private Academy, hike the nearby forests and make sure there are no safety concerns that will have to be fixed. In order to scout the surrounding area, a vast allocation of time is required. Because of this, you are required to spend the next eight hours in the forest. You have one hour to prepare the items you will be taking and arrive.]

[Rewards]

[One EP][Random item/skill]

Although the mission was being harsher than before, Ensen found that this was the best mission it gave him so far. It was around 10 am at this point, he had one hour to prepare so he would be in the forest until seven pm at the very least.

Excited by the prospects of the adventure, he realized that the system seemed to be serious about ensuring the safety of his students. While he was serious about that too of course, he never really thought about checking the forest or water to see if it was dangerous. Although he would be putting himself at risk on the off-chance that it really was dangerous, he really didn't mind much.

Although Ensen was by no means a fighter of any kind, he knew this kind of slight risk to ensure the safety of his students would pay off in multiple ways. First was obviously the fact that the area's safety was guaranteed. Next was the rewards the system gave for completing these missions.

Honestly, he would still be doing the missions even if there was no reward. After all, it wasn't like these missions were meaningless. They all played an important part in the development of his private Academy.

While the system had declared itself as the Supreme Academy System, it never really registered with him. Mostly because he wasn't in a good place when the message first showed up so he didn't pay much attention to it. Plus the system itself never really mentioned its name after that, simply taking on its own role.

'The system really is a weird one.' Ensen thought to himself. Even though it sometimes seemed arrogant and uncaring, there were moments when it actually seemed to show empathy and care about him.

While he couldn't be certain, he thought that the system cared for his well being… at least a little bit.