Chapter 3: Unlocking the System.

You'd think that I'd be used to living as a young master by now after 18 years. That I'd be like all of those spoiled and arrogant young masters that only know how to spend my family's money.

And you'd be right! I would love to live that life. But I know what the future will look like. And I'm not willing to bet with my life that I'd be part of the 50% not getting dusted.

But that doesn't mean I won't enjoy the wealth that I do have access to at this present time. The luxuries that comes with being born with a golden spoon.

I had pulled out all of the stops for this final task. The party will take place here at my family mansion. We have a large dedicated ballroom for these kind of occasions.

I have hired a team of professional planners to take charge of the party preparation. A team of top chefs were employed for this occasion. My servants have been busy all morning helping with the final preparation for this party.

*knock knock

"Excuse me young master, it's time for final fittings of your suit for the evening celebration."

"Hm yes, I suppose it is approaching that time already. Thank you for reminding me Alfred." I replied to the head butler that have been serving my family since the days of my grandfather. From a young hired help to head butler, he has served 3 generations of my family now.

"Again with that silly nickname young master. I don't know where you got the idea for it but my name is Allen." The head butler deadpanned.

I couldn't help myself. Ever since I got my memories of my past life back and finding out that my family has a butler, I've been calling him Alfred every now and then. It was really funny when I first called him Alfred instead of Allen, and he was so confused. And it has been my personal inside joke ever since.

By 6pm, all of the decorations and preparations were finished. I was standing by the front to greet the guests as they arrive.

The guest list consisted of pretty much my entire graduating class. All thanks to all of the social tasks that I have completed, I have made a good amount of valuable connections. The private boarding school that I attended was where most of the rich and influentials of the country were sending their kids. There were CEOs, movie stars, senators, and all sort of people sending their kids here. It was THE place for making connections.

Being from an old family tracing all the way back to the colonial era, I was raised for this kind of environment. I had etiquette lessons before I even started school.

Throughout the night, I was busy entertaining the various young masters and heiresses. The young masters, heirs to their own families' fortune, were wanting to make solid connections with me now while they have a chance. Since it's only a matter of time until I fully inherit a business empire that is powerful both economically and politically.

While the young heiresses were busy flirting with me throughout the night. I don't want to brag, but I am pretty good looking in this new life. A combinations of proper nutritions and an active life have helped me built a very good body. Through the developmental tasks, I've done various martial arts and played many sports growing up.

I might not compare to Tony Stark in the the arena of engineering geniuses but I can give him a run for his money at being a Playboy Billionaire if I try. And every billionaire is also a philanthropist by default. The amount of tax deductions you get from giving away a small portion of your money to "charity" is simply too good to not exploit. Not to mention the positive PR you can milk, it's just a win-win all around.

As the night start to wind down, the guests begins to depart one after the others. I am glad that the party was finally over. As much as I enjoyed it, I also could've done without all of the hassles. I really only did it mainly because it was a task issued by the system.

At the end of the night, after all of the guests have left, was the party that was most important to me. All of the servants have gotten together to celebrate my 18th birthday. These are the people that have practically raised me since I was little.

"Happy Birthday Young Master!" All of the servants congratulated me as we all gather together.

"Happy Birthday Sir." Karen said, joining in on the festivities.

"Thank you. Thank you everyone for being here tonight. I hope you will all continues to support me moving forward as you have been doing all these years." I said showing my appreciation to all who have help and supported me. Everyone here is practically family to me.

"Congratulations Young Master. Your parent would've been very proud of the man you've grown up to be." My head butler, Allen, said. I can see it in his eyes that he too was just as proud. He who have treated me as if I was his own child.

"Thank you Allen. I am happy to hear that." I replied solemnly. I too have looked up to him as a father figure all of this second life.

The next morning.

"Good morning Sir. You've completed your final task. Would you like to collect your rewards?" Karen said, as she greets me as I woke up.

"Hmm. Good morning Karen. Yes, I'll collect those rewards now." I replied.

*Ding

Social Task: You're An Adult Now Son

Description: Finally, you're 18! You're now considered a legal adult. But before we start adulting, you must have one last celebration for your childhood. Throw the grandest party you can and invite all of your friends. This is a day of celebration!

Status: Completed

*Issuing rewards

*You've received

• System now fully unlocked

• 1x Beginner Starter Pack

• 25,000 Credits

Finally, better late than never. My system is finally unlocked. I've even received the most coveted starter pack. I hope I get something OP.

"How are you feeling Karen?" I asked

"I am feeling great Sir. All of my functionalities have been unlocked. I can now better support you in your endeavors." Karen replied excitedly.

"You sound even more happy than I am Karen." I teased her.

Over the years, I have grown quite fond of my system. Though she wasn't fully unlocked, which frustrated me to hell, she has earned her place as my closest companion. Always by my side. I am also extremely proud of how she had developed as well. I wouldn't be surprise to learn that there was a real person behind it all or perhaps my system has developed its own sentience.

"Of course I am very happy Sir. I'm no longer the young girl you've known. I've evolve into a young lady." Karen beamed with pride. I can almost imagine her doing a pirouette right here in front of me if she had her own body.

Finally, I decided to open up my status to see what's new.

Name: Benjamin King

Race: Human

Credits: 100,346

Wow, I've saved quite an amount of credits these past 15 years. 15 years of doing tasks with no where to spent my credits, I had managed to saved 75,346 credits. And with my recent reward, I've finally passed 100,000.

I don't really know if that amount is a lot or not. I've read fan fictions in my past life where MCs had over millions of credits right off the bat. And I've read fan fictions that had abilities and bloodlines that cost hundred of thousands to millions of credits. I hope I can get something good with this amount.

Checking my inventory that is currently very empty, I can see a very decoratively wrapped box labeled Beginner Starter Pack. Crossing my fingers for good luck, I select it with the system menu to open it.

*Opening Beginner Starter Pack.

*Congratulation! You've received

• 100,000 credits.

• 1x 24hrs Coupon to the Multiversal Bazaar

• 1x Random Super Power Coupon.

That's interesting. Looking into my inventory, I can see two coupons. One is golden with a stylized depiction of what I imagine an ancient bazaar to look like. Various colorful tents filled with merchants ready to cheat you out of your money. The other is a silver unassuming looking coupon with bold letterings that says "Random Power".

"What is the Multiversal Bazaar, Karen?" I asked, figured she might know exactly what it is. I can already guessed from the name that it's probably some special bazaar that sell goods from all across the multiverse.

"From the information that I've just received. The Multiversal Bazaar, is as it's name implied, a bazaar Sir. This bazaar receives goods and services from all across the infinite multiverse. The Bazaar caters to Reincarnators like yourself. You can supposedly buy anything you could want there so long as you have the credits to spend." Karen replied, confirming my suspicions.

Well then, that sounds extremely interesting. I have just gotten another 100,000 credits too from my starter pack, which to my disappointment is not anywhere close to the millions. So I hope having around 200,000 credits will get me something good.

However, before I run off to God knows wherever this Bazaar is, I should use the random power coupon and see what I get.

"Do it Karen. Activate the Random Power Coupon." I commanded.

"Right away Sir. Good luck."

*Acquiring Random Power

*Congratulation! You've Received

Power: Self-Fission

Description: The power to divide oneself to create new forms. The user can divide themselves or parts of themselves (Powers, personalities, soul, etc.) into different entities either temporarily or permanently.

That… could've been a lot worse. I don't know exactly how the coupon work and what pool of power it draws from, but there certainly are much worse powers out there.

If I remember my Marvel trivia correctly, this isn't a unique power. I think the character Adam Warlock also had this power in the comics and he used it to split his good and evil halves from himself. Outside of Marvel, I think in Dragon Ball, when Kami split off his evil half and created King Piccolo that is also a version of this power too.

It is going to take some experimenting and practice to fully master this power. At the current moment, I feel that I can only split myself in 2 right now.

Closing my eyes, I try to feel how my power works and how to activate it. First, I started to feel bloated all over. Like I've just finished eating a large dinner and have stuffed myself to the brim. And then a sensation of relief as the pressure is bled off as I separated into two.

Opening my eyes, I saw an exact copy of myself staring right back at me. I also feel physically weaker as well. It's kind of eerie.

"Do you feel weaker too?" I questioned my other half.

"Yep, definitely. My guess is that you've split us perfectly in halves. So our strength should be half of what it was." My other half replied while picking up random stuff around the room trying to test his strength.

"But how much of us were split? Soul? Intelligence? Do you have half of the system?" I postulated both to him and myself.

"It'll take some creative experiments to test some of those. I still have all of our memories and I don't feel less intelligent, if that is even a thing. No idea about our soul. I don't have the system though, so either it wasn't part of the general split or it can't be split at all I don't know." The other me replied.

"Yea, I definitely need to experiment more with this power. I can think of several useful applications that this power would greatly help in. One of it being right now. I can go check out the Multiversal Bazaar while you stay here so that no one notices that I'm gone." I said to the clone.

Currently, this is essentially a shadow clone right? We'll have to find out later if I gain his knowledge and experiences when we merge back. If so, then this power is awesome. And I only have the most basic of mastery over it.

"Alright. Sounds good." The clone replied.

"Cool. Let's go shopping Karen." I said as I activate the golden coupon in my inventory