11 To Start Afresh 1 (2/2)
[Side Quest: Birthday Celebration! (1/2)
Stop the servants before they finished preparing the table and bring it back inside.
Time Duration: 00:03:13
Reward(s): 10 EXP \u0026 (1) White Dry Table Cloth
Warning: Failing the Quest will bring death to the User.]
Eddra noticed he only had three minutes before completing the task. He consumed most of his time lazing around while the butler prepared him for the celebration, unlike the other time.
Walking out the open entrance door, Eddra could already hear his siblings' arguments and his mother, who was doing her best to silence the children, as he passed through the servants with foods on their possessions. They all bowed to Eddra, tiered as they stood by the staircase. When Eddra set foot at the end of the entrance staircase, he was greeted by her youngest sibling.
”Brother!”
Allie ran towards him with open arms. Eddra then knelt a knee, catching the small figure and bringing her on his arms.
”Hey, older brother! I didn't see you there!” Rylan yelled the same sentences, ”Congratulations entering adulthood!”
”No, brother Lan! You're supposed to wait for everyone. Why would you greet him first?”
”It's okay, brother Dell. I already greeted him first when I woke older brother,” Allie butted in, just like the other time.
”What? That's unfair!” The two boys shouted in unison.
With Allie on his arms, Eddra went to greet his mother. ”Eddra...” she softly whispered his name, removing her hands on her face, seeing her youngest daughter Eddra carried. ”Allie, come sit beside me.” Hearing this, Eddra put Allie on the seat and walked to his.
”... Congratulations to you, older brother.” Everette faced Eddra with the smile drawn on his face.
”Oh, my eldest and second child. You guys are the only ones normal in this chaotic household.” Eddra heard her recited similar words. ”Happy birthday, my eldest son.”
After his mother wished him a happy birthday, the noises from his sibling were halted by a crackle of thunder flickered in the skies. His siblings' and mother's squeals dwelled in, covering their ears with their hands as the thunder was followed by the loud rumbles coming from behind the clouds
And before they knew it, the dark clouds then gave up, poured the water it was holding, showering all of his family members with rain as they ran through inside for shelter.
Not minding the rain pouring heavily, soaking him from his head to his body, Eddra moved his eyes to the plate before him.
[Side Quest: Birthday Celebration! (1/2)
Stop the servants before they finished preparing the table and bring it back inside.
Time Duration: 00:00:03
Reward(s): 10 EXP \u0026 (1) White Dry Table Cloth
Warning: Failing the Quest will bring death to the User.]
Eddra waited for the duration until it finished, causing him to get all drenched in the rain.
”Huh?” was his reaction as it went all zeroes. It confused him when the [System] did not give him any warning plates, similar to the other time.
”Brother!” Everette called for him, ”Come inside! It's raining!”
Looking back then stealing another glance to the plate's time duration, Eddra had chosen to walk his way back to his family, who were already inside the mansion, with worried expression drawn to their faces. He was lost in thought as he climbed through the staircase. So, Eddra would not reset then although there was a warning in the [Side Quest]?
”[Status].” An unknown feeling in him made him check his status.
[Name: Eddra Isaac | Title: Son of a Baron
Family Name: Orhom
Age: 18 (21) | Sex: Male
Job: None (None)
Level: 1 | EXP: 0/100
HP: 120 | MP: 15
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Strength: 19 (-/+)
Agility: 12 (-/+)
Vitality: 11 (-/+)
Intelligence: 10 (-/+)
Dexterity: 11 (-/+)
Luck: 3 (-/+)
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Remaining Stat Point(s): 1]
Eddra stared at the plate's contents as he noticed something changed. 'Did... the number of the [EXP] doubled?'
KKKS! KKKS! KKKS!
His head jolted from the painful scratchy sound, the one he had heard when he was waiting for his death in the war, ringing inside his ear, surprising him as he was taking the last step of the stairs. And suddenly, with no one anticipating that it could happen nor anyone wanted—it flashed to their eyes as though they struggled to catch their breath—Eddra lost his footing.
The entrance door seemingly shifting farther and farther to Eddra, and before he could reach a hand to his brother Everette, he dived backward onto the staircase by the weight of his head.
”Eddra—No!” was her mother cry soon after his head smashed on the concrete, producing a loud thump. Just after he felt the intense pain on the back of his head, Eddra's sense of feeling had suddenly stopped working, making him unaware when his body slid through the staircase until it reached the muddy ground.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Din... Di... D...
[WARNING!]
The plate had shown themselves before his eyes, it looked like every drop of the rain that would meet his face would temporarily produce holes in the plates, enabling him to have a peek at the dark clouds as he laid down the soft and sticky ground.
”Brother!” Without the power to ask for help, Eddra heard Everette's voice beside him, however, he could not see nor move a muscle of his body.
[You have failed to complete the Side Quest (2/2) in time!
The System wishes you to reset. Do you want to reset? Yes / No]
How could the [System] still ask him to choose when he could not move his damn hand anymore? Irritated, he wanted to curse the hunting thing to his last breath but he would simply stutter, powerless to even speak a word.
'Eat shit,' he managed to curse it with his mind.
[You have pressed 'Yes'. World rebooting... ]
Ah... It was now clear what this [System] was doing to him the entire time, a forceful reset.
[World successfully rebooted. 'User' now resetting... ]