Narrowly focused, Dravin read every word of the status screen in front of him. But his attention darted between the system na and his role.
What kind of shit is this? Demon Hunter? Is this NuLife Balance so kind of "work-life balance" between reality and spirituality?
But the words "Chef" and the skills he had made him smirk inwardly. At least there was sothing he was familiar with, and his adrenaline slightly spiked because of it.
"Is this so kind of fantasy world where demons roam around hanging out in restaurants?" he asked.
[No. I’m sure your mories tell you that you’ve never seen such things.]
"Ah... that bothered . How could this body have the sa physique and na as ? Is he my doppelgänger?"
[Vitaronia is a parallel world of your real world. This world is just like your world. But as you’ve already realized, there is only one thing that’s different. There is no real entertainnt in this world.]
Dravin went silent for a mont, accessing the mories of this new world. Throughout his mory, the Dravin of this world really led a boring "eat, sleep, work" routine without any enjoynt or escapism.
Ah, there was one thing people of Vitaronia called "entertainnt," but it was nowhere near making people happy.
"Is that why he’s always depressed?" Dravin looked at Rubby. "I an, myself from this world."
Rubby smiled.
[And that’s where the real problem ca from. The depressed state of this world invited all kinds of demons from the underworld to possess humans.]
[Your mission is to hunt and expel demons from human bodies by feeding them with food you cook.]
[That’s the first part mission of the NuLife Balance System that you need to complete.]
"Just from cooking?" Dravin asked with disbelief, and Rubby just gave him a knowing smile.
[Just so ti ago, hunters found that feeding a possessed human good food could make the demon co out of their body faster.]
[And that also helps to catch them faster. What’s more, after eating, the Higher-Ups found that the humans’ Pleasure Index would increase, which could then increase their immunity to being possessed again. Therefore, this system was born.]
"So there are other hunters?"
[Yes, you won’t work alone.]
"Other chef too?"
[No. You were the only one chosen to complete this system because of your profession.]
Dravin looked down, his brow furrowed. He understood the explanation well.
Even though it still felt odd and he didn’t know what kind of missions he needed to carry out, hearing that he was "the chosen one" was endearing to his ears.
It seed like the Dravin from this world would not feel useless anymore.
"So, basically, you want to beco a hero for this world?"
[I wouldn’t put it that way. But, if that term makes you feel better, yeah, you can call it that.]
Rubby smirked with an air of swagger, as if assuming Dravin enjoyed being called a hero.
"I like antiheroes more, though. I hate doing anything for free. Besides the wealth, coins, and I-don’t-know-if-they’re-useful stats from this system, what more could I gain? Can I be immortal once it’s complete?" Dravin shifted his sitting position and raised an eyebrow.
The smug smirk on Rubby’s emoji face faded, replaced by a look of being caught off guard.
[Oh Host, where did that imaginative idea co from? You must have been reading too much fantasy. Um... Don’t you like money the most?]
Dravin looked displeased and crossed his arms.
"I already had enough wealth and fa in my previous life, but none of that could protect from death. So, of course, I need to reach a higher target in this life, don’t I?"
Rubby didn’t answer right away. It displayed a thinking emoji.
Seeing that for more than a minute, Dravin suspected that this Rubby wasn’t an AI bot. Soone had to be controlling it.
A mont later, it smiled.
[I appreciate your greedy ambition, Host. But, I can’t answer that question about immortality right now.]
Dravin sighed.
Then mories of how pathetic the Dravin of this world was flashed in his mind.
He had just been dumped by his cheating girlfriend, which made him lose his will, ss up his work, and drink heavily, all while he kept grieving and thinking of suicide.
He shook his head. This Dravin had no one to console him, and the monotonous life he led made it harder to get entertained and distract his mind from bad thoughts.
The last mory Dravin could retrieve was when the Dravin from this world jumped from the rooftop of this very apartnt.
He died at the lowest point of his life. This contrasted sharply with his own death from Earth, where he died at the highest peak of his life.
Dravin stared at Rubby sharply.
"You can’t answer it now, so I assu you’ll give a clear answer in the future when I ask again."
The emoji gave him a wide grin.
[I’ll keep searching for the answer in my database, Host.]
"So, what now?"
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