Stepping out of her house, Sarina started to jog along the distinctly familiar lane.
Initially Sarina was full of motivation and energy, but it soon became very clear that she was truly overestimating her current body and stamina. Within a few minutes she started, she was already gasping.
[Host, regulate your breathing; inhale, exhale and repeat; keep pace] Looking at her hard working host, Angel advised.
"Okay."
Sarina forced the words and followed the instructions Angel gave. Though difficult for someone who hated exercise, she knew she had to persist or nothing would change. She still had a lot to do and achieve and this couldn't even be considered as the first step towards it.
With her teeth clenched, sweat dripping, Sarina kept running for an hour. Stopping near a bench by the road, she sat down to take some rest, feeling completely exhausted.
However, all her tiredness vanished into thin air after receiving an update from Angel, which made her smile happily.
[Congratulations host on running persistently for one hour.
Reward: 1200$.
Walk home slowly. Steps still count.] Angel kindly advised.
'The run was really worth it.' Looking at the increased balance, Sarina thought before standing up again and walking back to the road she came from. She couldn't wait to get back home and change out of those sweaty clothes and take a relaxing bath.
It took Sarina more than more than one hour to reach back home, finally completing the first daily task of exercising for 2 hours and also getting another reward of 700$. In just a few hours, Sarina's wealth went from 79$ to 1979$; something that made Sarina really look forward daily.
Since Clara had already cooked their lunch before going to work, Sarina didn't have much to do other than reheating the food when the twins return after playing. Sarina always had been an introvert as a child and didn't have many friends with whom she can go out and play with.
With nothing better to do, Sarina decided to complete the second daily mission. As far as she could remember, she should have finished her fourth grade and would be starting with her fifth grade after vacation.
Just the thought of going back to school and dealing with a bunch of children made Sarina groan in frustration. She really wasn't in the mood for that. If possible, she really wanted to skip the elementary school and start with the middle school directly.
Besides anyway, Sarina had always been in the top 3 of her class. She believed that skipping a grade suddenly definitely wouldn't cause that much of a stir.
[Ding!
The host is absolutely correct. How can a perfect heiress be compared to other children of her age. She should obviously be ahead of them.
New mission unlocked!
1. Complete the entire elementary school course before the school starts and Skip to grade 9.
Reward: 100,000$, 10 free attribute points, one height enhancement potion, one beauty potion, a fully furnished apartment in the capital city and 15 acres of land near the capital city.]
Gazing at the generous rewards from the system, Sarina's breath hitched in shock. The system really did want her to work hard and clearly went all out to motivate her this time. It was giving such a handsome reward just for skipping grades.
And it definitely didn't fail because Sarina was actually highly determined to get these rewards no matter what.
It was giving such a handsome reward just for skipping grades.
'It seems I would have to get a lot of textbooks to achieve this.' Sarina thought as she decided to discuss this with her parents during dinner.
[Ding!
Sensing the host determination, the system rewards the host with a full set of textbooks and workbooks till grade 9.] Angel announced bringing a huge smile on Sarina's face.
"Ahh sister Angel! You really are the best; always getting me things I need the most at the correct time. Love you."
Sarina gleefully said; happily arranging the books that had suddenly appeared on her bed out of nowhere, completely unaware of the blush and happy smile on the Angel's face upon hearing her praises.
[It seems that this host really isn't as stupid or bad as I had initially thought it to be. Since this host knows and appreciate this system's abilities than I shall also be magnanimous and help the host sincerely in her revenge.] Angel thought as she happily jumped around; giggling in satisfaction.
Totally unaware of that, Sarina quickly arranged all the books accordingly before opening the grade five math book. Sarina who was initially full of confidence could already feel a headache coming her way as she looked at the alien formulas in front of her in bewilderment.
'Was grade five math really this confusing? How come Even though it had been more than 20 years since I last opened this book, it still shouldn't be this difficult. How come I don't even recognize a single word or formula written in this book.' Sarina thought; absolutely flabbergasted by the turn of events.
[Ding!
The host should explore the pocket dimension for this.] Looking at her host's perplexed expression, Angel suggested.
"Open the pocket dimension." Hearing Angel's word, Sarina recalled the reward she had gotten in the newbie packet and didn't think for a extra second and quickly said. For her, since it was something from the system, it should definitely be really extraordinary.
And she wasn't disappointed at all.
As soon as the words left her mouth, Sarina felt the world around her blur for a second before she found herself in a small apartment.
"Sister Angel, where am I? What exactly is this place?" Looking around in wonder, Sarina couldn't help but ask.
[This is the system's pocket dimension. What you see now is the most simple and basic version of it. In the future, as the system level upgrades, this dimension will also upgrade till it reaches its full potential.
The time flow is 1:2 to outside world, meaning that one hour outside equals to two hours inside. With each system upgrade, the time difference will continue to increase as well.
Though, let me clear this beforehand that the time limited tasks will be according to the time in the real world. That means that to complete your daily task, you have to study for 5 hours according to the outside world.] Angel explained in detail.
Nodding in understanding, Sarina decided to explore the apartment seriously. The apartment in fact wasn't that big. It just had 2 rooms, a small living room and an open kitchen; a structure very similar to her house in her world.
Making her way to one of the rooms, Sarina opened the door and stepped inside. Sarina felt her left eye twitch as she gazed intensely at the interior of different shades of pink. She really couldn't recall the last time she had seen so much pink.
From the walls to the entire furniture, every single thing in the room was literally in pink, something that took Sarina quite some time to digest.
[How is it? I specially designed this room just for you. Don't worry, when the system upgrades in the future, I will make this room even more magnificent. You will really love it.]
Angel excitedly said; feeling proud of herself for designing such a room for her host that even left her shocked.
Sarina, on the other hand could already feel dreadful of the upcoming surprises that Angel will arrange for her; especially when the smugness of her current work was completely clear in her voice.
Well aware that she could actually change Angel's mind, Sarina sighed in defeat. She could tell how much efforts Angel had put in it just for her. For her happiness, Sarina was more than willing to live in the pink bedroom Angel had designed for her.
After giving the room another glance, Sarina made her way out to the other room which had a classroom written on it.
The entire room was mostly empty aside from a table and a chair with a board attached to the wall in front of it; designed just like any normal classroom. As soon as Sarina sat down on the chair, a hologram suddenly appeared before her eyes.
[Academic category: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8....
Skill category: Etiquettes, flower arrangement, tea making, fashion, make up, cooking, horse riding, wine mastery, Languages, hacking, martial arts, chess....
The host can choose any 2 from each category together.]
Gazing intently at the massive list of courses in both the categories, Sarina felt head spin in astonishment. The system had literally included very single subject that exists in the world.
The academic category started from grade 5 and went straight up to the university, including all existing degrees like medicine, pharmacy, biotechnology, law, finance and what not. Even though she knew that she didn't really learn all of them, but still, looking at them still caused her to be overwhelmed.
Recalling her daily tasks that she still had to complete, Sarina took a deep breath to clear her mind before clicking on the grade 5 course and selecting the subject math from the academic category.
As soon as Sarina finished making her choice, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared in the middle of the room out of nowhere; glaring down from the podium.
"We begin with the first math lesson. No day-dreaming. Class starts now."
Sarina straightened in her chair, determination blazing in her eyes.
This time, she won't waste her life again.