The what!? A System?

Dante lay in silence on the soft bed while the cold rain kept pouring under the darkness of the night. Thunderclaps kept gleaming through the silky curtains, creating deafening noise along the way. *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*

He was staring at the dark figure standing before him. It was tall, almost reaching the ceiling, and he couldn't clearly see its face. The appearance of the shadowy figure, and he wanted to know its reasons for dragging him into the current memory.

The dark figure did answer his questions, though he was dumbfounded by the answers he had gotten. The figure's name wasn't answered, but its reasoning for emerging before him was clear. It was confusing to him yet made sense.

"Wait, am I hearing this right?"

Dante quietly muttered to himself, confused by the words of the dark figure. He looked at it and wanted some clarification from the shadowy figure standing before him.

"The what!? A System?"

*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*

After uttering such words, thunderclaps followed one after another. The timing was really great since it made him feel even more tense than usual. What the hell was wrong with this memory, to begin with? Why does everything have to radiate a horror atmosphere?

Questioning thoughts kept pouring into his mind, which he then threw at the back of his head while shaking his head. That wasn't the main subject at the moment. He must hear the answer from the dark figure in front of him.

*𝕴 𝖆𝖘𝖘𝖚𝖒𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖒𝖞 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖘 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖈𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖗.*

*𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊 𝕽𝖊𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝕬𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖆𝖜𝖆𝖐𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕾𝖞𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖒.*

"Then, I really have a s-system."

He didn't know what to feel from the words of the horrifying dark figure. A golden figure was like a dream. It was like winning the best lottery in the world since it gave him a unique advantage. He thought he would feel happy, but…

Where did this system come from, to begin with?

'I always assume that golden fingers come along with the reincarnation. But I forgot to questioned their origins. Some might be ancient creatures, gods, or mythical apparatus.'

'So what kind of system would I receive?'

Dante thought about the words of the dark figure regarding the system, and the first thing he questioned was its origins.

With this in mind, he looked at the dark figure with a resolute expression and asked another question. "Where did the system come from? And tell me more about it."

His words escaped from his mouth, and the reaction of the dark figure was the tilting of its head. Dante would have assumed that it was an old woman from its voice, but since there was no face or body. He could only consider it as a supernatural being.

'Why am I thinking whether the figure is a woman or not.'

He shook his head in annoyance. The protagonist would always meet powerful females with great bodies. He didn't expect such a thing to happen to him since his situation was far from those within comics or novels. This was reality for him.

'I need to stop the comparison.'

'This isn't a story or a game.'

'This is my life.'

A short while later, the tilting dark figure finally answered Dante's question.

*𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖉𝖊𝖉, 𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙.*

*𝖀𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖎𝖙𝖚𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖒𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖇𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖞𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖒.*

The dark figure said with its ancient and distorted voice that someone resembled a lady. It then turned its head without a face to the windows and continued on with its words.

*𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊 𝕽𝖊𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝕬𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖊, 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖇𝖞 𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖌𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖕𝖆𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖇𝖊𝖙𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉𝖘.*

*𝕳𝖔𝖜 𝖆 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖑 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖕𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖎𝖘 𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝕴 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉𝖓'𝖙 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖓.*

*𝖂𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖊 𝖉𝖗𝖎𝖋𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖛𝖔𝖎𝖉 𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖇𝖊𝖙𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉𝖘. 𝕴 𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖊𝖉 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖑 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖉 𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖗𝖆𝖘𝖍 𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖉 𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖆𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉. 𝕭𝖆𝖘𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞, 𝖎𝖙 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖆 𝖈𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊.*

The explanation of the shadowy figure was concise, and Dante understood every word of it. But while the explanation was clear, he still had questions as it was impossible for such a coincidence to happen. Besides, what was the border between worlds?

'I doubt that the figure would want to continue answering my questions regarding the origins.'

'So I guess I'll talk about the system.'

After this sequence of thoughts, he sighed to himself before replying to the figure.

"Thank you for the explanation."

"This will be the last question."

"Is it alright?"

The dark figure seemed to be thinking about it for a couple of seconds. It didn't take that time for the figure to answer his permission since it clearly wanted Dante to teach everything like some sort of tutorial teacher.

*𝕴 𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖉 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆 𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓. 𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖉𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖙𝖔 𝖆𝖘𝖐, 𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊?*

"Well,"

Dante's lips curved into a smile while his eyes darted around the horror room of the younger version of him. It shouldn't be bad to ask for the product to see whether it was good or bad, right? Such things were normal for customers.

But was he a customer, though? While the golden finger latched onto him during the reincarnation. It was still like a heavenly miracle. It was some fortunate luck that he didn't expect to happen to him. He would have been grateful, but that was past him.

To tread in this kind of life, he must be cautious and have great awareness. Otherwise, death would start to creep itself onto him.

"I want to know what kind of system I have and what it does."

"The reason for this is because so that I could quickly use it without having trouble on exploring the options within it."

"After all, it might be different than I expected."

There was a possibility that it was a game system. Though, even game systems have their own complication as features would have to be discovered. Without the catalog of information, players would have a hard time exploring the systems in games.

*𝕴 𝖘𝖊𝖊... 𝕿𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊.*

*𝕴 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖓 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖜, 𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊.*

*𝕱𝖗𝖔𝖒 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖙 𝖉𝖔𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖍𝖔𝖜 𝖙𝖔 𝖊𝖋𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖑𝖞 𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖎𝖙*

The dark figure uttered and wasn't hesitant to teach Dante more about the system. To be honest, the system within novels was as simple as needed for normal gamers to understand it. But Dante wanted to know how the system worked.

Exp gain, does it lessen the more levels he advances through?

Does killing the same thing over and over again lowers the Exp reward?

What about kill stealing? If he hires someone more powerful than him to subjugate something while he will kill it when it's weakened enough. Would he gain all of the Exp the monster have? Or would it be a portion of it?

Then about the growing percentage of Exp needed per level up?

Were there classes? How do skills work? And how does one efficiently advance their levels?

The answer to such questions might be extremely simple. But there were some game systems that would go on the mathematical equation. Sometimes gamers would analyze the drop rate, exp gain, and many more to conclude whether the place is a good farming spot.

Sadly, before becoming a draftee in his past life.

He was this game who would go through the wikis to see the analytical answers of others. This mostly happened in MMORPG, but such things could also happen in first-person shooter games.

'I beginning to delve deep into such thoughts.'

Dante immediately shook his head and threw them away at the back of his head like many others. He looked at the dark figure and smiled.

"I expected you to be some horrifying ghost trying to hunt me. But you were much different than I thought." His words were incredibly kind, and this, for some reason, gave him a strange feeling.

It was cringe.

'Damn, I sounded like a typical harem protagonist there.'

*𝕴 𝖆𝖕𝖔𝖑𝖔𝖌𝖎𝖟𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖊𝖎𝖗𝖉𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖒𝖞 𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘.*

*𝕾𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖞𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖒 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖙, 𝖜𝖍𝖞 𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖜𝖊 𝖌𝖔 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖆𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖑𝖔𝖈𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓?*

At that moment, the bedroom started morphing, and Dante, who lay on the soft bed, got teleported out of it.