"Hmm, let's see." The boy said, turning towards the screen. Suddenly the huge screen in the middle of the room lit up. Big bold letters appeared on it, like the first time she had received her task. "Congratulations on getting your second task." He said, turning towards her with a bright smile.
"What?" Beth asked, sitting up in a hurry.
She didn't notice his smile. Her mind was entirely occupied with what was written on the screen. She read it again in case that she had misread it the first time. But there was no change in the contents. In bright white letters, it read:
TASK: SELFLESS GOOD DEED
WEIGHT: 3GD
"A selfless good deed." The boy replied, looking at her quizzically.
Beth turned to him. She hoped that this was some kind of joke that the system was trying to pull on her. There was no way that she was going to pass that task.
"I hear you." She said, crossing her arms over her chest. "But the last time I tried doing a good deed, I ended up dead. That brought me to this hellhole. Imagine what being selfless can bring upon me. So no thanks. Give me another one."
She waved her hands at him dismissively, hoping that he'd nod and move on to the next option. But no such thing happened. The boy shook his head.
"There is no other one. That is your task, master." He said, pointing to the screen. "When you complete that, you will be able to move on to the next level."
Beth narrowed her eyes at the system. What was this? Some sort of revenge tactic? Because if that were so, then she was not going to sit back and do anything about it. She was going to show him who the master was between the two of them. Pointing an accusing hand at him, Beth leaned forward.
"You're intentionally making it difficult for me, aren't you?" She asked, her voice rising quickly. "Is it because I grabbed you a few times? Because believe me, I haven't even begun grabbing the important parts."
The boy's jaw dropped open at the accusation. He took a step back cautiously, eyes her extended hand. Beth planned on pushing him to the point that he'd agree. So she slid off the bed with an evil smile, wiggling her brows suggestively.
"There is no use threatening me. I cannot do anything about it. I am built like that. I can only help you level up when you complete the task." He said, taking another step backward.
Her smile dropped at the statement. If the system said that even under a threat then it must be true, she thought to herself. She sat back on the mattress with a grunt.
"Guess I'll just die a slave then," Beth murmured under her breath.
"You're already dead." The boy pointed out, now looking relaxed.
"And you are my slave." She said, grinning ear to ear. "So come here. I need to sleep."
The system shook his head hastily, wary of her split personality. By now, he had learned at least that much about her. She only cared for his body, and in order to get that, she'd say anything. He had fallen for it the last time.
But Beth didn't appreciate this wariness. Though it enticed her to trouble him further at times, right now, she was tired and sleepy. On top of that, she had just discovered that she wasn't ever going to escape being a slave. Her mood was not quite that rosy.
"I'm not going to do anything else. Just come here." She said, waving him forward.
"I don't trust you." The boy said, shaking his head.
Beth sighed. Lying back down on the mattress, she shouted,
"I swear on your good looks."
"Hey!" He exclaimed, pointing a shaky finger at her.
She rolled her eyes at his attitude, "Just come on already before I drag you here myself. And if you make me come over there, all your clothes are going." She warned, narrowing her eyes at him.
"Fine." The boy said with a sigh.
He walked over to the mattress and sat down next to where she lay. Beth quickly shifted her head to his lip, beaming like a small child. Putting her hands around his torso, she snuggled into him until her nose pushed against his stomach.
"Ahh, this is so nice." She said, taking a deep breath of his scent.
The system tensed as her face rubbed against his tummy. But didn't move from the spot. Beth closed her eyes, ready to sleep.
"Tell me system, how big of a good deed do I have to do?" She asked, her voice barely a murmur.
"Something worth at least 3GD." He replied.
Beth opened her eyes, looking at him in confusion. "How much is 3GD? If I share my food with Fifty-eight for a few days.."
The boy laughed at her musing. "Almost 30 human years of sharing your food with someone." He said, flashing his perfectly white teeth at her.
Her eyes widened at the statement. "It's an impossible task. You are just making it difficult for me." She said, pouting at him.
"It is hard to get into heaven in the first place. If not for your one good deed on earth that weighed a good 3GD, you wouldn't have gotten in." He replied with a shrug.
"What?!" Beth exclaimed, her hands covering her mouth in shock. "That was worth 3GD?!"
The system nodded. "It was a selfless good deed. You didn't think about your safety when you tried to stop the evil man from getting away." He pointed out.
She didn't bother to correct him. Though she didn't remember why she stopped the man, Beth knew that she wasn't the kind of person to do such a deed if she knew the risks involved. She was probably driven by some surge of adrenaline, she thought to herself. But the information bothered her. It didn't add up somehow.
"Then why did my good deeds show as 0.00001 GD on the screen that day?" Beth asked, scrunching her brows.
The boy smiled. "That was the weight of your good deeds after it deducted all the debts and minor bad deeds from your life. It saved you from hellfire."