Chapter 1.2 – Beginning 2
Since the appearance of the dungeon and monsters a thousand years ago, humans were given the system. No matter the age of humans, everyone would possess the system. Babies, children, teenagers, adults, senior citizens. Everyone would have the system.
The system only had the most basic functions. First of all, it could help humans keep tabs on their stats. Secondly, the system gave humans the ability to power up. Something like having a superpower. Thirdly, the system allowed humans to catch the monsters to become their pets.
The third function was the most critical out of the three because, with this function, humans could use the monsters as their pets to help them in the battle against other monsters. Since then, a new profession called The Pet Tamer has appeared all over the world. After that, this profession became the number one profession in the world. It overshadowed all the other jobs and careers.
With the increase of Pet Tamer, things related to monsters increased all around the world. Food using monster meat, equipment using monster's material, shop selling monsters to tame, and many more. There was also the Pet Nursery shop where they would offer a few services related to pets.
Lucas's second system was the Pet Nursery System. This system was similar to the Pet Nursery Shop. Lucas did not know the full capability of the Pet Nursery System because only part of it was activated. He needed to designate a shop before the system fully operated.
Now that he had designated the shop building his mother bought, all he needed to do was wait until the process finished. "We wait," Lucas replied to Katheryn and he added, "Tomorrow, the system will finish renovating this first floor," Lucas spread his arm as if showing the whole first floor where all of them were. "As for the second floor, that will be our new home," said Lucas while pointing his index finger above indicating the first floor.
He added, "The Pet Nursery System had added two effects to this shop building. They are Indestructible and Super Security. Indestructible will protect this building from being destroyed by any attack. No matter how powerful the attacks are, it is impossible to destroy this building," Lucas explained.
He continued, "For Super Security, with the control of the Pet Nursery system, anyone that causes trouble inside this building will be punished by the system," Katheryn and Hailey looked at each other with a shocked face but they immediately nodded at Lucas's explanation.
They looked around the first floor for a bit. After that, they moved their things to the second floor.
Lucas's family was not rich. In the previous city, Lucas's parents were small farmers. A farmer's life was hard especially after the appearance of dungeons and monsters. Normal crops were cheap and people preferred to eat the magic crop.
Lucas's family did not have the budget to raise a crop and the crop was hard to farm too. The rate of failure was high and they did not want to take the risk especially when they had two children in school. So, the family was barely able to survive day by day.
Now that their previous city was destroyed, their belonging was gone too. They moved into the shop building with only a few bags. The bags were filled with newly bought clothes. They had nothing at the moment but Lucas knew that the life of his family would change with the help of the Pet Nursery System.
There were three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, and one toilet on the second floor. Lucas took one bedroom while Katheryn and Hailey shared a room. Since there was no bed, they could only sleep on the floor.
The day ended.
Month 2nd, 35th Winter, Year 3400, Morning.
"Mom!!! Brother!!!" Suddenly, Hailey screamed. It was early morning and it was still dark outside. Lucas was shocked when he heard Hailey's scream and woke up immediately. He removed the blanket that covered his body and got off the single bed.
He wanted to get out of the room when he suddenly realized that the room had changed. "What the?" Lucas was shocked to see that his room was fully furnished. There was a single bed completed with a soft mattress and blanket. There was a clothes cupboard, a study desk, a bookshelf, and another door.
Lucas checked the cupboard and found out that it was filled with new clothes including the clothes he bought recently. He looked at the study desk and there was a new laptop. He glanced at the bookshelf and there was a book on it.
Lucas did not check the book but went to that new door. He remembered that there was no other door in his room other than the door connected to the living room. The new door was not connected to the living room.
Lucas opened the door and was shocked to see that the door led to a bathroom. In this bathroom, there was a sink with a mirror above it. There was a shower and a bathtub. There was a toilet too. Lucas also realized that the room was warm. It was winter and he remembered how cold it was last night. "Did the system do this?" Lucas wondered.
[Yes, I am. This is a reward for completing the mission 'Build a pet nursery'] a voice sounded in Lucas's head. The normal system would not answer their user but a somewhat mechanical voice rang in his head frightening him. Lucas was dazed for a few seconds before he caught on that it was perhaps the Pet Nursery System.
"Thank you," Lucas bowed at the wall in the bathroom and thanked the system. He did not know if the building was the Pet Nursery System or if the system was still inside him and thus, he decided to bow at the wall… since it was part of the building.
[It is my job to help my master. Also, I feel bad when I saw your family sleeping in the cold] said the system, [Also, this leaves me with a bad taste to see my master suffer] added the Pet Nursery System.
"You are a nice system," Lucas dazedly complimented the system. "I used to read novels where all the systems are nasty and have a bad temper," said Lucas. He did read a lot of those. Many of the systems mentioned in those novels were nasty and always tried to cause trouble for their user. Many of those novels had followed the same formula but he enjoyed reading them.
[My master is a nice person, so I will be nice too. If my master is a wicked person, I will be wicked too. All the systems are like this. Their personality is based on their master's personality] said the Pet Nursery System.
"All system?" Lucas was shocked. Was it possible that there were other cheat systems too?
[There are many systems available in the universe. This created the basic system that all humans get and rewarded those that contribute something to the universe with a better system similar to me] said the Pet Nursery System.
Lucas was shocked but he tried to stay calm. He thought calmly and found something weird and asked, "But… I don't contribute anything to this world," said Lucas. He was 100% sure that he was right.
Lucas never did anything for the world. Due to his poor family, he was not even a tamer. Usually, on the news, many tamers would be on the front news because they contribute something to the world but Lucas was not even a tamer and it was impossible for him to contribute something.
[Your kindness.] the Pet Nursery System replied plainly. [You saved a lot of people from the disaster and ended up injured. You also did not flaunt what you did to anyone and that is a plus] the system added.
"…" Lucas did not say anything. During the monster attack, he saw his father was killed in front of his eye. He saw a lot of people in danger and did not want them to end up like his father. He helped all of them but as a result, he got injured.
Lucas did not tell what he did to anyone because he felt like he did nothing. There was nothing to be proud of with what he did. He felt like the reason he got the Pet Nursery System was weak.
[Anyway, I am now at your service and will do everything to help you] said the Pet Nursery System. The system detected that Lucas had some doubts regarding the way he got the system. The system felt like that was a useless thought. He felt like his Master should just accept anything given to him without much question. It was not like the system would do bad things to him.
"Brother!" Hailey suddenly entered Lucas' room. Since Lucas did not come out of his room, she was worried that something had happened to him. When she saw Lucas was fine, she felt relieved.
"This, this, what happened to our home?" Hailey asked. She was shocked when she woke up and saw that she was on a bed with Katheryn and their room was filled with new furniture. Not only their room but the living room was fully furnished too when she came out of the room.
"My system did this. A reward for making this building the pet nursery," said Lucas while smiling. Hailey had the look of 'for real?'. "It is. I am not lying. You can see how calm I am right now," Lucas added.
After that, Lucas asked in his mind, 'What should I call you? Do you have a name?' It would be weird to call the Pet Nursery System, 'Pet Nursery System'. The name was too long and was not a proper one too.
[Master can give me a name] said the system. Since Lucas was his Master, he had no right to give a name to himself. Only Lucas could do it.
Lucas thought for a bit and decided to take the 'Sery' from Nursery as the system's name. 'Then, let's call you Sery,' said Lucas in his mind.
[Thank you, Master] said Sery. He suddenly lost the mechanical tone in his voice and sounded more human. Lucas had no idea why but he knew that it must be related to the naming.
[Hello Hailey and madam Katheryn, Sery is the name given to me by Master Lucas. I am the Pet Nursery System owned by Master Lucas] a speaker's voice sounded in the house. Everyone was shocked including Lucas.
"You can do that?" Lucas was shocked. He thought that he was the only one that could communicate with Sery but it looked like Sery could communicate with everyone.
[This building is part of me so, yes, I can] said Sery. Lucas was shocked to hear that. Even so, he accepted it easily as it made sense. The building was now part of the system. It could be considered the Pet Nursery System's physical body.
"Lucas?" Katheryn entered the room. She looked calm but there was a trace of worry on her face. Anyone would be worried when suddenly a voice appeared in a new building they just moved. If they did not know of the system's existence, they would have assumed that there was a ghost or a ghost monster was present in the building.
"Everything is fine mom. The voice belongs to the Pet Nursery System," Lucas explained to Katheryn.
[It will be hard to communicate like this. Since Hailey and Katheryn are your families, they should sign the system contract and they will be able to communicate with me similar to you] suggested Sery.
Hailey and Katheryn's system activated by itself and on it, there was a contract. The contract was simple. It was a family contract. Lucas was the true owner of the Pet Nursery Shop but Katheryn had discussed this with Lucas before they bought the shop that she would be the one working there.
Lucas would need to go to school and would only help in the shop once he got home from school. So, most of the time, Katheryn would be the one taking care of the Pet Nursery Shop.
Since the Nursery was fully owned by Lucas, he was the only person that could use everything in the nursery even if the shop was bought by Katheryn. Sery knew this and let them sign the contract so that they could have the same authority as Lucas.
Katheryn took some time reading the contract whereas Hailey had no idea what to do. She was a 10 years old girl and thus, she did not understand much about the contract. Hailey decided to wait for Katheryn.
A few minutes later, Katheryn decided that the contract was fair. Katheryn signed the contract and helped lead Hailey to sign it too. Once they finished signing the contract, the contract disappeared, and [Hello] Sery greeted them in their mind.
Katheryn and Hailey were dazed for a bit from the surprised greeting but they immediately tried to treat it as a normal thing. "Welcome to the family, Sery," Katheryn said while smiling.
[Thank you, Madam]