Fly up!

"Trinian? that's not in the earth's solar system, not that I know of. Unless 4 weeks' that long that we've managed to discover a new planet". Zack keeps mumbling to himself

Zack is smart, he's still wondering if this is heaven or hell because now, the system in his mind is pretty much a fantasy-like thing to apprehend. Asking himself 'why the hell is heaven so dark?' or 'if this is hell, it's not so hot in here' things.

Humans tend to held what they ought to believe, accepting the fact that "this is the only thing the world has to offer". Therefore, they think that heaven is for good and hell is for bad.

Zack, on the other hand, goes back to look at the timer and shocked because the time reduced at [00:04:18]. Although he knew this thing is used to indicate time, he doesn't understand if this was supposed to be a day, an hour, or minutes. He still couldn't grasp how much time he spent in there.

"Wait, at the second look, although I said that this kind of look like the game I used to play, it's different". Zack keeps talking to himself to fill the gap of being alone at this moment, keeping him sane. He keeps scrolling at the notifications and ended up finding few interesting things.

<Congratulations, you've acquired the butterfly system!> (4 weeks ago)

Reading the system's message gave Zack a slight headache because not only this thing was also from 4 weeks ago but also the fact that the word 'butterfly' is the name of his system.

"Butterfly system? what the f*ck am I gonna do with this? how am I supposed to live a life?!" Zack is enraged at this moment, not to mention the survivability of a butterfly.

"What if I'm just a lower moth and the system was mistaken?!" He keeps shouting, thinking the fact that most moths can live up to 1-4 months if the environment is good enough to feed them while some moths cannot live more than a week or two.

While Zack's emotion is going up and down about the notifications he's reading, a sudden bell rang through his ears, making him stop for a few moment.

'What was that?' He thought.

The bell sound is still ringing while Zack is looking around, hoping he'd find the source of this. While his eyes are moving at random directions, he noticed that the bell icon in his eyes was blinking. Opening it up, he saw the timer was no more; going to the notifications tab, he's relieve to see that there's a new system message.

<Evolving success, you are now an adult!>

<System [Stats] unlocked!>

<System [Tasks] unlocked!>

Seeing something new is making him happy to the point that he's eager to check the new features, he quickly closes the notifications and excitedly open his stats.

[Name: --]

Race: (Alpha Shaus'n) Butterfly

STR: 0

INT: 3

VIT: 1

AGI: 2

DEX: 0

(AN: for those who didn't know the meaning of these, those are game terms corresponding to Strength, Intelligent, Vitality, Agility, and Dexterity.)

Zack is on his knees, crying at the back of his mind, cursing himself for looking at his stats when he knew that he is only a butterfly, a prey to all predators.

"No sh*t sherlock, I'm weak! I know! how can this system be this cruel!" Zack cried out loud. While he's still sulking and cursing the system, a voice can be heard inside his head.

<Don't think about it too much, sir, I will provide you the best assistance you can ask for!> the voice in his mind said.

Zack is startled by the voice and kept quiet, thinking maybe he is not as sane as he think he is anymore. Not saying anything, he tried to open the notifications again to check the other system rewards and was stunned by the last message.

<System [Assistant] is now available!>

clicking the question mark icon beside the message, a new screen appeared in front of him containing all the information regarding the [Assistant].

<Assistant is your companion throughout your whole journey as the system user.. talk to the Assistant for more info.>

Closing the system, he's still in petrified-state, well, at least his mind. He's thinking something he can now do with the assistant. 'If I can ask him something about this world, then maybe I can ask him to get me out of here too!' he thought.

"hey, uhm, assistant" he calls.

<What is it that you want to know, sir?> the assistant said.

"So, uh, how can I get out of here? the system says that I am now a butterfly, shouldn't I supposed to be flying now?" he asked.

<Yes sir, whenever you are ready, just tear anything in front of you using your arms, or should I say 'legs', butterfly sir?> the assistant creased up like it's the best joke it ever heard.

After the assistant said the last phrase, a ding can be heard again and Zack knew what it is now, he's not as ignorant anymore. Opening his notifications, he cannot see any new messages so he is quite confused.

"assistant, where is the notification I heard?" he asked.

<That's not the sound of notification, sir. Try opening your [Tasks] tab.> it replied.

Now that the assistant pointed it out, the notification sound earlier is much longer than just the ding he just heard. Because he is so excited earlier about the new features, he forgot to check the Tasks section. Opening it, he can see one task that says 'ongoing'.

"Finally, at last!" he cheered, reading the task; Fly up, Adult!