Scarlett’s House, Her Bedroom.
Scarlett was currently lying on the bed and looking at the blue sky through the windows.
Since Ren passed away six months ago, her condition had gotten worse every day, and she had beco a quiet person.
She also often cried at night while holding a portrait of herself and Ren. Losing Ren was very painful for her to the point that she lost her will to live.
Even her children could not make her as lively as before because she had lost half of her soul.
’Ren...’
Tears of sadness fell down her cheeks as she rembered her late husband.
Even though she did not scream and only stared at the blue sky, but at that ti, her heart was crying in pain.
She missed Ren.
She longed for him.
However, she could not et him anymore.
They were already in a different world, so all she could do was only see his portrait and recall their ti together, nothing more than that.
’Ren...’
She slowly shut her eyes and put their portrait in her heart.
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Ti went by quickly and without realizing it, it had been a year since Ren passed away.
At this mont, Scarlett was dying on her bed.
Her children held her hands while wiping their tears continuously.
Freya and Finley had lost their father, so they could not suppress their sadness when their mother was about to leave them, too.
"Don’t cry." Scarlett said in her weak voice. "I’m not going to leave you. I will just go to where your father is. We will be watching you every day from heaven."
Finley and Freya could not suppress their sadness even more after hearing her words, causing them to cry harder and louder.
"Finley, even though you are the younger brother, but you are a man." Scarlett said with her weak voice. "I want you to protect your elder sister after I leave this world. Don’t let anything bad happen to her."
She continued, "Your father taught you martial arts because he wanted you to protect her forever, so you must rember it."
"I understand, mother." Finley responded as he tried his best not to cry.
"Freya, as his elder sister, you must support him. Don’t let him befriend the wrong people or take the wrong path." Scarlett said, "I want you guys to remain close after I leave this world. Can you promise it?"
"We promise, mother." Freya and Finley responded in unison.
Scarlett slowly shifted her gaze to the blue sky.
’Ren, I’m going to your place soon.’
With a smile on her face, Scarlett closed her eyes forever.
"Mother!" Freya and Finley shouted in sadness.
At the sa ti, golden texts appeared in the sky.
Participants: Ren Starfall and Scarlett Rivera.
Calculating the test results...
First test: passed (perfect)
Second test: passed (perfect)
Final test: passed (perfect)
Cause of death: old age
Score: 100/100 (perfect)
Right after Scarlett passed away, the illusion world shattered into pieces, including her children.
Their souls returned to their real bodies, and the disk under their feet glowed.
Ren and Scarlett slowly opened their eyes.
When they looked at each other in the eyes, the mories they experienced in the illusion world appeared in their minds, allowing them to rember everything clearly.
Scarlett’s eyelashes quivered, and Ren’s lips trembled.
But despite longing for each other, they remained in their positions.
Their original mories had returned, so they did not know what to do because they were no longer in the illusion world.
Shortly after that, two golden tokens ca out of the disk, floating before them and catching their attention.
’Golden token?’
They took the golden token before finally inspecting it.
[Ding! The quest is complete.]
[Ding! Host has received 200 points, 100 system exp and Blank card. Host can find the card in the inventory.]
Right after Ren grabbed the golden token, notifications popped up.
[Ding! System leveled up.]
[Ding! Mana Replenishnt feature unlocked.]
[Please open the system display to see the updated status.]
A series of notifications appeared again.
Scarlett was focused on her golden token, so Ren decided to check the updated status.
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Host: Ren Starfall
Race: Half-Human
Age: 19
System Level: 5
System Exp: 10/3,905
Wealth: 0
Class: Warrior, Mage
Warrior Rank: Master rank
Warrior Exp: 12,570/31,250
Mage Rank: 3-star
Mage Exp: 10,040/31,250
Main Attribute: Ice
Affinities: Ice, Lightning.
Talent: Grade S.
Accumulated Points: 200
Inventory: Potion Book Guide, Basic Warrior Class Book Guide, Basic Mage Class Book Guide, Blank card (1).
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’Hmm?’
His gaze fell on the Wealth bar.
’System, explain it to .’
There was no description on the Wealth bar, so he ordered his system to explain it.
[Host, the Wealth bar is related to the new feature, Mana Replenishnt feature.]
’Related to Mana Replenishnt feature?’
He tried to find the correlation between the Wealth bar and the Mana Replenishnt feature.
’Wait.’
He thought of sothing.
’Does that an I can replenish my mana with money?’
He was not sure about his guess, so he asked his system about it.
[That’s right, Host. But you have to put money into the system first to use the Mana Replenishnt feature. And the more mana you want to replenish, the more you have to pay.]
Ren almost could not hold back the happiness in his heart after hearing the function of the feature.
’Then, doesn’t this an I will have unlimited mana as long as I have a lot of money?’
[That’s right, Host.]
’The proverb is right. Money can solve and buy everything.’
He suddenly rembered the proverb from his past life.
Money could solve and buy everything in the world!
If you could not buy or solve everything with money, then that ant you did not have enough money.
’It seems like I have to keep doing good things like beco a hero, beat up bad people and loot their belongings.’
His determination to always loot his enemy’s belongings beca stronger because money could save his life now.
’System, how much do I have to pay to use this feature?’
He was curious about it.
[Each rank has a different price, Host.]
His system said he needed to pay 1,000 gold coins if he wanted to replenish his mana from 1 to 100 percent because his Mage class was already at 3-star.
He would need 10,000 gold coins to replenish his mana to full once he broke through to 4-star.
100,000 gold coins when he was at 5-star.
1,000,000 gold coins after he broke through to 6-star.
5,000,000 gold coins when he was at 7-star.
10,000,000 gold coins after he broke through to 8-star.
And 50,000,000 gold coins once he was at 9-star.
Ren wanted to cry when he found out the price to replenish his mana for each rank.
’Well, this feature is like going against the heaven, so it’s natural that it’s costly.’
He did not complain because it was an amazing feature.
And he believed he would be rich in the future.
’Wait.’
He realized sothing.
’If there is Mana Replenishnt feature, doesn’t that an there will be Spiritual Energy Replenishnt feature?’
[That’s right, Host. But you need to level up the system to unlock the feature.]
Happiness danced in his mind.
’My path to becoming the Ruler is wide open.’
[Host, do you want to put so money into the system now?]
’Not now.’
He was in front of Scarlett, so he did not want to do sothing suspicious.
As Ren was looking at his system, Scarlett finished inspecting the golden token.
’It seems like this token is related to the treasure in this floor.’
She slowly shifted her gaze from the golden token to Ren.
’Ren...’
As she stared at him, she had complicated feelings.
Her original mories had returned, so she knew who she was and what kind of relationship they had in the real world.
This was the reason why she only stared at him because they were not a husband and a wife in a real world, but strangers.
’But...’
Even though it was just an illusory world, what they experienced was real, not fake.
They even had mories of what they had gone through in the illusion world, so she could not pretend like there was nothing between them.
And although her love for him blossod in the illusion world, but it was a real love.
She did love him!
’What should I do?’
She did not say anything and kept looking at Ren.
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