"JUST LEAVE THE HOUSE, I NEVER EVEN WANTED YOU!"
I never wanted to live either. You should have just put me on abortion.
My mom, always yells at me. I know it was my mistake but, I really don't care. I just say things cause I let my anger take control of me. Is it that bad you have to make me feel guilty about it?
I am 12, what do you think I should do. I can't even express anger, I would die with my chest this tight. Fuck! A 12 year old shouldn't feel like this.
It hurts more to feel sad about this, when there are others suffering more than me. But really, I should not care, they are homeless and disabled, I am perfectly fine and I am having troubles. I should just be the same as them right?
I am a highschool student. Grade 7 to be exact. And at the same time, a pandemic is enveloping the world at the current moment.
I started school late like everyone as the world was just getting used to it. I first thought it was the best thing to ever happen as I could just stay at home all the time and do whatever I want.
But my mom getting mad at me every time gives me so much of a bitter taste in my mouth.
My mother works at a far place and only goes home at the weekends. And for the weekdays I stay with my grandmother.
It has been a couple months now. But every weekend without fail, instead of meeting your mother for the weekend to bond, she just yells and gets mad at you. At a length to even say she didn't even want you born. Or to just leave the house. Or to just straight up wanting to disown you.
Now every weekend she is just in her room, and eats whenever she wants as I have the entire house on my own. It would feel fine if I was alone at my house, but being alone with my mom being mad at me with just a wall and a door keeping us apart. Fuck! That hurts.
But that age of 12, was the start of something that became common of me in coming years.
That was crying. Without even wanting it, every time she yells I just cry. Actually I don't even know if it is her fault. Should I even get mad. What did she do wrong and what did I do wrong?
I suck don't I? I'm just a bad son. I am just a bad son. I should just die then...
***
"He's awake!"
"You good kid?"
Whe- no I won't ask such a stupid question. By just using my eyes, it seems like I am in a room. A bedroom of an inn perhaps. There were two people standing in front of me.
But that wasn't what I paid attention to as soon as I woke up. What I did notice was that this was the first time in a long time I feel so awake without a headache when I woke up.
"Where did you even come from?"
"Hello? You good?"
I almost forgot about the two for a second. "Yes I am, thank you for taking care of me!" I kneeled to the ground and thanked them deeply. Without them I would have died.
"Are you hungry?"
"Here is water and some bread."
I was scared to see the water and bread. First because I know this water might not be healthy, and I have a really sensitive stomach. I am weak ok, don't hate on me.
And at the same time, in every fantasy ever, it has always been a common trope that bread in medieval times is as hard as a brick.
But that wasn't really because of the fantasy itself, it was more of that the medieval times didn't have enough or even any materials to create soft bread. Or maybe they do but just didn't know how. I don't know, I never learned how to make bread.
"Thank you." It wasn't the time to complain. My stomach hurts and my mouth was still dry. Even if it is unhealthy or hard, I had to consume it.
I took a bite and drank water in succesion. Yep it was hard and the water was actually clean though. Well I just had to keep pushing. I still have 3 more pieces of bread to go through.
[Sub Mission - Tutorial]
[Finish Your First Meal]
[Reward: Your First Reward]
[Penalty: Your First Reward]
[Time Limit: None]
What? What is with this system being so vague about things. But ok, my first reward I will get that as fast as I can.
I ate the bread as fast as I could. I think I might even break my teeth. And at the same time, my jaw was in so much pain. I already get jaw pain just by eating multiple burgers at a time, and now I had to eat 4 whole breads. And they are bread of medieval times, of course they were not small.
Just one more, I had to bite one more. My stomach is already so full. But just one more bite was all that was left. But before I could take it the two people standing in front of me that I once again completely forgot started talking.
"You must be extremely hungry."
"Just relax your eating, you might choke hahaha!"
But I just ignored the two. I took the last small piece left squished in my two fingers.
I was finally done, now what was that reward.
[You Have Completed The Sub Mission]
[You Are Now Rewarded With Your First Reward]
[Death]
... My eyes widened and my heart stopped. Death? Why? Am I going to just die like that. I just came into this world. And all I could explore was grass and being in a single room.
I never even learned the name of the two. Like why, just why!
It only gave me a few seconds of space to breathe and think, but then I started to feel so much pain. It was much more than my first death.
Every part of my body felt like it was breaking apart. My bones were all crushed and the pain is too much for me to handle. But for some reason, for pain that should make anyone pass out. I was still fully awake and aware of the pain I was feeling.
Is this a reward or a punishment. Why am I dying!
Before I realized it. My body was still feeling pain from every inch even when I could see I was completely fine. I couldn't move my body as the pain was still intack.
And when I woke up, I was surprised on where I was. I was at my house and it looked like it was late afternoon. I could here the sounds of my parents and my cousin talking outside the house.
I took my phone and looked at the time. When I saw what date it was I was shocked.
"I just skipped our entire vacation?" When we went on our vacation it was April 23. And that was just the start of that day, a vacation that was supposed to last 3 days. And at the same time I died April 23. But now my phone tells me it was April 26th.
A day has already gone by when we were supposed to be home. Or well, it was just yesterday, so I guess it's still not really a day.
But what is going on. I killed myself by jumping off the cliff, went to another world, then now you're telling me, I'm back at my nightmare. Fucking hell!
I am 15 years old, and I have just graduated from grade 10. I have passed my entrance exam at the same time. So all I had on me was three months of free time to actually do whatever I want.
I thought of many things like playing so many games and I guess just games. Or maybe trying to figure out why I am back or was everything just a fever dream.
But that question already has an answer in the form of what has appeared in front of my eyes.
[Main Mission - Tutorial]
[Train For A Whole Week Before Returning]
[Reward: A Random Equipment For Every Successful Day, Every Nutrients Your Body Needs For Every Successful Day]
[Penalty: Your Loss Man]
[Time Limit: 1 Week]
So this means one thing. I did not die and reincarnate in another world. Nor did I die and transmigrated in another world. I am someone who could go to another world in a given time and go back to my original one. That is very interesting, but what is more interesting, is that this could actually help me get into shape. Something I have been avoiding as I had no real motivation.
[Task - Day 1]
[100 Push Up]
[100 Sit Ups]
[100 Squats]
[10Km Run]
Ok, so basically the bald man routine. Well I don't know if I will actually gain anything from this. But in the first place I should disregard the rewards and benefits first. I should first tackle something more important.
I can never do more than 10 push ups. And at the same time I am too shy to run outside for 10 Km at this time. It is literally 10:34. That is not some running time.
But I have no choice. Just like what the punishment has said. It is my loss. Eith the rewards being a training equipment, if I just push through this I might get a treadmill or a personal open area to run in.
So right now I have a main goal, exercise all day. Let us start now, this instant.
First should be the 100 squats. I had already done 100 squats before, but I was never able to do it all continuously. And I don't think the system needs that either.
So I just did that for 30 minutes. Doing 19 each time and taking a break. My legs hurt so much. I could still feel the pain from before. This was definitely affecting my performance at that moment.
And with this pain, how will I even last for a week. They also should have added a healing or stamina restoring ways.
Then after the squats my legs hurt so much I don't think I could even do anymore pushups. My lower body is in so much pain. I can't handle it anymore. I probably can't even stay in position for a second. And my legs would give in and leave me...
Ahhh!!!
Ok, I need to stay focused. Next is the sit ups first. Fucking hell, you system, I'll show you I can change, I'll show you how someone like me would become.
[Task - Day 1]
[100 Push Up][0/100]
[100 Sit Ups][12/100]
[100 Squats]100/100]
[10Km Run][0/10]
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