03. Standard of a Saint

After that, Aldrian and Keisya started dating.

Yes, that's right, that glasses-guy received Keisya's love confession!

Damn! Why didn't you accept it when I declared love before?

-She has not declared her love yet.

Hah!

Now my mood is bad.

What should I do?

Fortunately, it didn't take long before the weekend arrived.

Saturday.

With an increase in the duration of active teaching and learning at school, now, today is also a holiday for students here.

Rona, in her messy mood, prepares ammunition of snacks and soft drinks to spend the evening watching romantic dramas.

"Heh. Who cares about that normies. I'll have fun here alone. All night!"

When I said that to myself, I began to feel sad and sorry for my poor self.

In order to forget the misfortune brought by the Shit-Saint System, I played the romantic drama movie I liked on my laptop.

A fun storyline – full of surprises, plus funny and lovely things that are too good to happen in the real world – takes my broken heart to a fictional land that is hundreds of times more interesting than the real world.

Watching how the male protagonist protects and treats the female protagonist very well, I feel an ambiguous sense of pleasure as well as envy.

"It's enviable... Won't I find this prince who will warm my heart?"

When I tried to imagine my prince, I instead thought back to Aldrian.

"Uh... Hiks..."

Damn, I'm starting to feel sad again!

Someone, comfort this pitiful self of me!

At that moment, suddenly, a transparent panel reappeared in front of me.

[The results of the Assessment quest have been released!]

[You have been known to have unsuccessfully completed the Quest.]

[Your value as a Saint has been reduced by 3%.]

I remembered after seeing it.

"Oh. That's right, there is such a Quest!"

Clicking my tongue, I gulped down a bottle of soda in annoyance.

"Well, after all, the guy I like has become Keisya's! How could I possibly complete the Quest?"

I laughed at myself.

It's bad.

How gloomy i am.

I'm afraid I'll become a self-immolator at this level.

When I turned my attention back to the movie, the panel came back again.

"Now what?"

I frowned.

[Assessment quest: Compassion of living beings!]

[Explanation: Saint is a compassionate figure. Saints should show a lot of attention to other living beings even if those creatures are not Humans.]

[Task: Find the animal and treat it the way you want with care.]

[Time limit: 120 hours.]

I was surprised to see.

"Hee... So Saints shouldn't only care about Humans, huh?"

I became even more surprised at the time limit given for the completion of the Quest this time.

"120 hours? 24 hours is a day, so... 5 days? Wow~..."

I wonder if paying attention to animals really takes that long.

But I was only slightly bothered by that before returning to focusing on the movie.

While I was engrossed in watching a movie, a mosquito came to disturb my fun.

The mosquito screamed very loudly wherever it went.

I hated it so much when it screamed into my ear.

After offering my left hand as bait and luring it to land on my healthy, nutrient-filled skin, only then could I kill this damn mosquito.

I felt a sense of accomplishment when I did it.

My mood lifted slightly.

But.

[Your qualification as a Saint has been reduced by 1%.]

"EHHH!"

I didn't expect this.

As it turned out, even insects, such as mosquitoes, should not be killed by the Saints.

Was the Saint really Human?

Realizing the super strict standards for becoming a Saint, I became wondering if a true Saint was a Human or an Angel.

***

Rona Merah still ignored the Quest given as usual.

However, out there, there are countless types of Saint candidates.

Many of them followed the Quest very hard, while some others ignored it for one reason or another.

Saint candidates exist in all parts of the world, so there are different types of Saints. What they deduced from the given Quest, as well as their choices, were clearly different.

On the day of the second Assessment quest, the existence of this group of strangely behaving young girls was discovered.

The existence of the Saint and the strange System that seemed to give them orders to do some things was also known.

Various types of media, including television, began to cover this news angrily.

The news about the potential destruction of human civilization that System spoke of, as expected, was enormous.

When this news was discovered, each country had their own way of dealing with the problem.

There were many countries, such as the United States, that chose to watch for now and allow the Saint candidates to remain free to some extent. Of course, under their supervision.

However, there are also those who act more extremely.

Some countries judge Saint candidates as too uncertain variables and lock them up. They have even started demanding other countries to do the same as they did.

There were even some countries that became too scared and took cruel action against the Saint candidates. As a result, the Saint candidates in the country became cautious and avoided behaviors that would distinguish them from other ordinary girls. After all, other than themselves, no one could be sure that they were Saint candidates or not.

The media became abuzz with the topic of Saint and System.

However, in the end, there was only one question that they were most worried about.

"Is the world really going to end?"

They were busy discussing the reasons why even the world was about to end.

The country where Rona lives, Indonesia, on the other hand, is taking action to follow other Asian powerhouses, such as Japan, Korea, and China.

Indonesia chose to gather Saint candidates in one place, then organize them.

They planned to take every essence of important information that the Saint candidates could share. After that, only then would they decide how they would handle the Saint candidates.

It was the 15th day since the System appeared in this world.

Rona Merah and Keisya sat on a train to the capital of Indonesia - Jakarta.

At that moment, the fourth assessment quest had begun.

[Assessment quest: Strong girl!]

[Explanation: The Saint is a figure who will become a leader in the future. Saints must definitely be strong physically and mentally. A Saint's mind should not be easily influenced by external matters.]

[Task: Train your body and mind. Survive everything you see and experience. Be sure to keep a calm and clear mind.]

[Time limit: 120 Hours.]

This is the second quest with a very long time limit.

Survive everything you see and experience...

Rona and Keisya thought that the arrival of this Quest and the current situation of the Saint candidates was too coincidental.

[You are affected by external things. Your qualification as a Saint is reduced by 1%.]

Rona laughed blankly at the notification she immediately received from System.

How could she not be affected if their situation was this bad?

***

[Candidate name: Rona Merah.]

[Pure love: Owned.]

[Saint Compatibility: -21%.]

[Candidate name: Keisya.]

[Pure love: Owned.]

[Saint Compatibility: 38%.]