Windrise.
"Alright, Kaito, stop holding that Hilichurl. I know Wendy isn't really as I thought."
Seeing Kaito holding a Hilichurl just like Wendy had earlier, as if about to do something strange, Amber reached out, took the Hilichurl, and tossed it aside.
Although she still didn't know the true purpose of Wendy's earlier action, she knew Kaito was doing this to make her believe Wendy wasn't thinking that way.
After all, Wendy did that, and he's doing the same, so this is normal behavior.
Amber knew Kaito must have been thinking this.
[Sys▢ Initiat▢▢ Activat▢]
[Sys▢ Activat▢ Success]
As the Hilichurl was taken from his hand by Amber, these two lines of text immediately appeared in Kaito's mind.
This is… task completed???
He had been wondering how to complete the system's beginner task, but to Kaito's surprise, he seemed to have already completed it, even though he hadn't really done anything.
[Congratulations, Host, you have successfully completed the beginner task—]
While Kaito was still dumbfounded, the system notified him that he had completed the beginner task.
It really is complete…
The moment he received system confirmation, Kaito still found it hard to believe; he had originally prepared for a prolonged endeavor.
For this, he had even woken up early today to go to the city gates and pretend to run into Amber.
[Gacha progress bar function unlocked—]
Along with another system prompt, a panel appeared before Kaito's eyes.
However, compared to before, the panel now displayed before Kaito's eyes had undergone a small change.
The gray progress bar located beneath the 'unowned character card' interface had now turned blue, appearing activated, and displayed "1%".
One percent?
Not feeling particularly joyful about successfully unlocking the Gacha progress bar function, Kaito's attention was instead drawn to the one percent displayed on it.
After all, if completing a task only added one percent to the progress, he'd be doing it until the cows come home.
[Don't tell me completing one task only adds one percent to the progress?]
[That's not it, Host. The progress added by each task varies; it's just that the beginner task only gives one percent progress because it's very simple.]
Very simple?
Right… how was this beginner task completed again?
Hearing what the system said, Kaito suddenly remembered that he still didn't know how the beginner task was completed, and he recalled the recent scene.
Amber took the Hilichurl from my hand and tossed it away…
And just like that… the task was completed…
Could the task have been to hand a Hilichurl to Amber?
As he thought about it, Kaito was speechless; he had never imagined the task would be like this.
If the system wasn't bugged, then this beginner task was actually quite simple.
"What are you thinking about, Kaito? I really do know Wendy isn't as I thought."
Seeing Kaito remain silent, Amber thought he was trying to figure out how to explain himself.
"That's good then. I thought you still didn't quite believe it."
Snapping back to reality, Kaito found Amber talking to him and simply responded in agreement with her words.
[The next task is—]
[Beat up Ch▢lde and then fr▢me a G▢d]
Just after Kaito finished speaking with Amber, the system generated a new task.
[Why do your texts still have squares in them?]
Although he said that, Kaito found that this time the task description wasn't as difficult to understand as before.
Beat Childe black and blue, then frame which God?
Besides the last square, Kaito could mostly guess what the other squares represented.
The Anemo Archon? Or… the Geo Archon?
Because currently, Kaito had only met the Anemo Archon and the Geo Archon, and the nations they represented were closest to him, he guessed that the God mentioned in the task description was one of them.
Moreover, the beginner task involved Amber, but the first official task was related to Childe, whom he had met not long ago. So, he suspected his system generated tasks based on the countries he had visited and the people he had met.
Whether this was truly the case remained to be seen.
[Because this system is not yet fully repaired.]
The system answered Kaito's question thus.
[Alright, are you going to shut down again then?]
Because this task wasn't like the last one where he had no idea what to do, Kaito was in a good mood this time.
[Yes, Host, unless…]
[shutdown -s -t 0]
[…This system does not use a Windows system; please do not enter random commands, Host.]
As the system finished speaking, the panel before Kaito's eyes instantly vanished.
Right… I don't seem to feel any changes in my body?
Is it because this one percent is too little?
Hmm… it really is too little.
"Speaking of which, I haven't seen Wendy act together with you. Aren't you going to talk to her about it? I think she'd agree."
Although she had misunderstood before, Amber found it a bit strange that Kaito and Wendy lived together but never seemed to act in unison, even though Kaito had mentioned a reason previously.
"Next time. It seems Wendy went to take care of something else today."
"I see. Well, then you should tell her next time. If you feel awkward about it, I can help you talk to Wendy."
"I'd appreciate that."
Seeing Amber's helpful nature, Kaito decided to accept her suggestion.
But before that, Wendy would need to go find Childe to exchange some combat skills.
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