Chapter 21: A New Companion..?

Expressionless Awakener ]

I began to blink twice....no, thrice actually.

[ Surprised??? loll  ]

The red system replied.

'?????'

Confusion was filled within me.. but I shook my head and pretended that it was a hallucination.

'I don't have time for this.'

I groaned and slapped my face onto the pillow and began to sleep as i closed my eyes.

[ HEY! HEY! DON'T JUST SLEEP!!! ]

The red system replied in caps.

I continued to close my eyes, and snucked myself into a warm blanket.

[ Hey!! ]

[ HEY! ]

[ I JUST SAID HEY!!! ]

[ HELLOOO????? YOU AWAKE??? ]

The system continued to pester me, not being able to get a wink of sleep.

I tried closing my eyes hard, moving my pillow and covering my face so i won't get annoyed by the brightness.

'Go away...' I thought, begging to the system to let me sleep.

[ NAH-AH-AH! I haven't even introduced myself yet! 😠  ]

The red system replied with an actual emoji.

'Then do it tomorrow...' I thought, sneaking my eyes to read the system's texts.

[ No! You expect me to wait tomorrow??? Nah-ah! Now is an absolute now!! 😒 ]

'Uggghh...'

I yawned tirelessly as i rubbed my eyes.

'I just fought a huge ant just a few hours ago... please i want to go to sleep....'

I groaned.

[ ''Pleaseeeee.....'' Nope! I just wanted to show off my slayness to you as an companion 😘💅 ] The system replied, brightening its screen more.

I opened my eyes slightly, and cringed as i read the texts.

'Fine...'

I thought as i sighed in exhaustion.

I fixed my posture and sat on my bed as i yawned once again.

I sighed.

'Alright, who are you exactly?'

'I thought there would be one system isn't it?'

I thought expressionlessly.

[ Aww... do you not remember?? ]

'Remember what..?'

[ Hmhp!.. It's just like [Blue] Said! You really are forgetful! 😙🥴 ]

'Blue..?'

[ [Blue] The blue system! ]

I began to ponder, trying to remember what the system meant.

[ ...y,know..... what that handsome guy said..? ]

'Oh yeah!'

I thought as the ahoge of my hair straightened.

[ Now you remembered! ]

I began to look and stare at the system closely, facing the [Red] System expressionlessly.

[ Aww... why are you looking at me with that face?? Ughhh Stopp!!! 🤭🫣🥴 ] The system replied with 3 emojies.

'The fu- never mind...'

I thought as i stared at the system expressionlessly, with a little hint of 'Cringe' and 'disgust'.

[ Anyway.... I'm your new companion now!, and I'm here to accompany you in your journeys! 🥰 ]

'I know that already..'

[ Do you really think so? Did the other system tell you??? ]

I nodded expressionlessly.

[ Good, that means i won't have to tell you anything super boring! hehe 😜 ]

[ Also, you can call me [Red] The red system, since there is another system like me, it'll be hard if our names are only just the system. 😚 ]

'I was thinking of giving you a name but Red does fit i guess.'

[ Awww you're supposed to give me a name?? I'm so grateful! hehe 🥹🥹 ] Red replied with an 'aww' emoji.

'I was supposed to call you poptarts'in'sticks'

[ Nvm. 😒 ]

'May i ask a question tho?'

[ What??? ]

'The battle from earlier... was the red screen from you?'

[ Maybe... or Maybe not 🤷 ] Red replied with a shrug emoji.

'What do you mean maybe not?'

[ It's better not to ask~ Besiddess.... I thought you already knew! ]

I was quiet for a while, looking at the screen blankly.

'...'

'Eh...'

My eyes began to blink slowly, signaling the tiredness inside me.

I checked my phone by the cabinet table, it was already 12 pm.

'Goodnight.'

I thought before slapping myself onto the bed.

[ HEY!!! Why'd you go back to-!?? ]

Before the system replied further, i already dozed myself to sleep, not minding the brightness of the screen anymore.

[ Hmhp! I'll let you off the hook this time, cause tomorrow, I'm gonna train you like that handsome guy said! ]

The system replied reluctantly.

I ignored what the system replied, snoring myself and sleeping peacefully onto my bed.

[ ..... ]

[ You really are a clueless person. ]

The red system replied before going off into space.

The next day....

My phone began to ring like a clock at 7:30 am.

I stood up from my bed and turned off my alarm.

I took my phone from the cabinet table and checked the date.

'Sunday....'

I thought blankly.

I yawned and went out of my bedroom.

I went inside the kitchen and checked the fridge.

'Seems like there are eggs here. I'll cook a few scrambled eggs and head out to my favorite cat cafe soon.'

I thought about yawning once again.

-Before 2 years passed explanation-

Before two years had passed, In which the day I went inside the 'Awakened Academy' I have gone through lots of stress and exhaustion throughout my first week there....

The only thing that had cured me of my stress was the cat cafe.

I found that cat cafe during my walks throughout the city.. i was trying to pet a cat which obviously got scared of me and ran away.

I stood upon that cafe after chasing that cat.

That cafe was filled with adorable cats, along with delicious small deserts and coffee, like any other cafe would serve.

Ever since then, i have been going to that cafe almost every sunday. sometimes even going there throughout my holidays.

- - -

I took a few eggs from the fridge and cracked them gently, I obviously know how to cook because of my past life experiences, so a scrambled egg was just very simple to cook.

I continued to cook, adding a pinch of salt.

Suddenly, my door banged loudly!, like something went inside my dorm.

I was startled from the noise as the ahoge of my head straightened for shock.

'The heck-?'

I felt a familiar and cold aura.

I turned around, only to see kwan jihu standing in front of the door.

Kwan jihu stared at me with intense coldness as i froze from the sudden introduction.

'...?'

He began to move hes mouth and spoke;

"Your training starts by 8."

'...'

'TRAINING-!?'

Suddenly, i smelled something burning, the egg i cooked was almost already turning into cole.

I hurriedly took out the scrambled eggs from the pan and put it onto a plain plate.

I stared at kwan jihu by the door, beginning to feel a little bit nervous.

"Um..."

I mumbled quietly, not knowing how to make a sentence.

"I'm only here to alarm you, you often forget a lot."

"uh... why can't the system alarm me instead?"

I muttered.

"Those idiotic systems are still offline."

"Huh..? I thought they'd be online all the time!"

"No they don't. what makes you think that?"

I was silent for a moment, realizing they might be actual people because of the way they replied on a screen.

"And besides, they won't help you remember what i told you anyway."

'How does this dude already know that I'm that forgetful-?'

I thought, staring at kwan jihu blankly.

As i thought for a while.. it became quite obvious.

Even tho i have known that cold guy for a few days, he already knew some things about me.

I express and move things in a way that makes things obvious for people to see, even tho I'm expressionless.

"They'll be online soon, Goodluck."

Kwan jihu spoke as he slowly approached the door and went outside.

"Good...luck..?"

I sat on a random chair and stared at the almost overcooked scrambled egg.

'...'

'Meehhhhhhhhh'

I eventually ate my almost-burnt scrambled egg, forgetting what kwan jihu said a few seconds ago.

After eating, i dressed myself up in casual clothes and prepared my wallet.

There were a lot of students outside the dorm hallways, and because it's a holiday, obviously there would be a lot of students going out somewhere.

I slowly went outside my dorm, the gossip and chatter of the students were quite loud.

"Hey... isn't that the student who was involved in the banquet incident??"

One of the female students chatted.

"Oh yeah!"

"I heard from the aurawhales class that he defeated an ant boss from the dungeon!"

"Ooh! Oh! What class was it!?"

"I heard it's A-B class."

"Soo cool, he used to be an ordinary guy isn't it!?"

"Yeah! I'm sure he hid his powers or something!"

"I wonder why the cold-hearted prince went inside hes dorm..."

"Oooooo curious!"

They continued to chatter and gossip as they laughed and giggled.

I was still not used to the rumours and gossip around the school, but i get simply annoyed by how loud they could be.

'I could literally hear all of you...'

I thought as i sighed.

I walked through the dorm hallways to the school hallways quietly.

The students that were roaming through the hallways stared at me with chatter and enthusiastic faces.

Suddenly, one of the students came up to me.

"Hey you!"

I turned around and saw a student smiling enthusiastically.

I looked at the student for a while, and felt a familiar aura within that person.

'...'

"Hello?? Are you deaf??"

The familiar student spoke.

Suddenly i realized.

'Supporting character, Raze loir!??'

"Raze!! You can't just run like that!"

Another student spoke running towards the supporting character.

'AND SIDE-CHARACTER LUSIAN LUEIN!??'

I thought as i felt the slightest nervousness.

"Raze, you can't run like that, You're way too fast!"

"Sorry! I was just greeting this dude!"

Raze spoke as she took me by the shoulder.

"Uh...uh... Hi..?"

I spoke as i looked at the characters expressionlessly.

"By the way, aren't you that kim guy from the rumours?? Dude you're so famous!"

Raze spoke as she smacked my back.

"Uh...maybe..?"

I mumbled silently.

"Raze, don't be so disrespectful! Don't you know you are making him uncomfortable!?"

Lusian spoke loudly.

"Sorry! Sorry!"

Raze sarcastically spoke as she waved both of her arms in the air.

I stared at Raze Loir, she was quite shorter than me.

Raze had medium short purple hair, with a haircut of a wolf, along with her purple-gem like eyes. She was quite magnificent to see despite being a troublesome person.

'I think she was part of the skylock class isn't she? also lusian luien aswell.'

I thought, carefully focusing on the two people in front of me.

"Nice to meet you, my name is lusian luien. It's hard to pronounce this name so call me lucy for short."

Lucy smiled as she spoke gently.

I shook my head and greeted her back;

"Nice to meet you...my name is johnson kim.."

"My name is Raze Loir! Nice to meet you pal!"

She spoke enthusiastically.

"Kim... Are you half korean?"

Lucy muttered quietly.

"Oh... yes.. im half korean and american."

I muttered.

"Oh! so that's why you had a different face from all the other students."

"Well... i am mixed with an american and I'm not really that handsome so..."

"Don't say that! Everyone is pretty in their own way!"

Lucy spoke as she smiled.

The brightness from her beauty along with her kind attitude took a toll on me, making my head move to a different direction and cried of joy only inside of me.

'This girl is as kind as an angel!!'

I thought.

Suddenly, another familiar student ran towards raze and lucy.

"How come you guys are so fast!!.."

The student spoke as he huffed out of air from exhaustion.

"Oh Garcila! you must've been tired of running."

Lucy spoke of concern.

"No worries! Running ain't a problem with me!"

"Sureee??? Wanna race to the cafe then??"

"Heck yeah!"

Garcila spoke with fire in hes eyes.

They chatted for a while until Garcila finally noticed me.

"Oh!"

He spoke.

"Hello again kim!"

He smiled gently.

"Oh, Hi again, Garcila."

"Your rumours about the dungeon yesterday are getting stronger kim!"

"R-Rumours?"

I tilted my head as i mumbled, with the tip of my hair resembling a question mark.

I was quiet for a while, beginning to feel a bit embarrassed after remembering the torn out jacket i had.

"Oh yeah!! Kim, you're frickin famous!!"

Raze spoke loudly and enthusiastically.

"Oh my! It's already almost 8:20 pm. We should hurry or the kitty cupcakes will be sold out!"

Lucy spoke as she watched the time on her watch.

"Kitty...cupcakes..?"

I curiously asked as i heard the familiar name.

"Yup!" Raze spoke smiling even more.

"Hey kim, wanna come with us at the cafe?"

"Which cafe?"

"Y,knooww!!! That one famous cafe from the city, that kawaii cat cafe!?"

"You mean that cafe??"

I spoke with widened sparkly eyes while making an expressionless face.

"Wanna come with us!?"

Raze spoke in an enthusiastic manner.

"Su-"

Before i could speak much longer, A red and blue screen appeared in front of me.

[ Hey, Hey, hey!! You can't be doing fun while we're on training time! ] The [Blue] System replied.

[ Omg, you can't be skipping right kim!?? ]

The [Red] System replied aswell.

"Oh.. Um, never mind, i was actually going somewhere else today.."

I spoke to the two people in front of me.

"Hm... oh well then, I guess we can't bring kim along with us raze."

Lucy mumbled.

"Y,know what, i wanna go with kim instead!"

Raze spoke excitingly.

"But what about the cupcakes?"

Garcila asked.

"Who cares! I ate breakfast earlier! No need for deserts!"

"Well alright then, well see you back at the class tomorrow."

Lucy mumbled as she smiled gently.

I was stunned for a while, not knowing what i literally just heard.

[ Uhhh... ]

The blue system, who was still in front of kim replied in a nervous manner.

{ based on the texts. }

'...'

'Did i make a mistake somehow...?'

I thought blankly.

[ Well, no worries! At least another person wants to train with us! 😘 ]

The red screen replied.

"Well i guess i won the challenge then!"

Garcila chuckled.

"Actually, nevermind! I wanna go to the cafe!"

Raze spoke, changing her mind once again.

"Well, see ya later kim!"

Garcila spoke, along with the two students greeting me with a goodbye before they left.

I sighed deeply, remembering the so-called training.

The two systems loaded for a while somehow, I wasn't sure why they were both loading... but there loading.

[ Loading..... ] [Red]

[ Loading..... ] [Blue]

I watched as the three of the characters ran through the hallways while the system loaded for a while.

'They really are characters from the novel...'

'But... I guess I'm not getting those kitty cupcakes then...'

I thought as I felt utmost dejection.

[ Loading complete! ]

[ Loading complete! ]

The two systems ding at the same time after there loading.

'?'

[ I'm gonna add a quest on to you kim, so good luck completing it! hehehe~~ ] The red system replied.

[ I'm the one who should add a quest to kim!! ]

I was quiet for a while before thinking out loud;

'Quest!?'

'Wait... Don't tell me....'

[ Yes hon.. Quests! 😘 ]

[ Quest! [Red] ]

[ Sing 1000 songs while dancing energetically. ]

[

[ Reward; 25 Vs ]

[ Punishment; Death ]

[

----

[ Quest! [Blue] ]

[ do 100 push-ups, run 5 km, and 100 sit-ups. ]

[

[ Reward; Nothing ]

[ Punishment; Death ]

[

Both the systems handed out their quests while texting in an enthusiastic, yet menacing way.

[Red] [ Hehe~ 🥰 ]

[Blue] [ Good luck, kim (⁠◠⁠‿⁠・⁠)⁠—⁠☆ ]

I was quiet for a while, stunned from the quests they gave me.

'...'

'YOU BOTH ARE SO HARSH..!!!'

I thought while being slightly mad and even more dejected.

[ Expressionless Awakener ]