Before Rey could come to an answer the old lady caught him and started to twist his ear.
"What are you thinking about? This is a one in a lifetime opportunity. There are almost no people that will give you such chance in life. It is up to you but in the end of the day it will be a big loss if you decline. You could teach the other kids with less talent and protect us if something bad will happen. You are our hope." Ammy said.
After some deliberation Rey turned to Max with a lot of resolve and said: "I agree. Please take me as your disciple master!"
Max look at the kid with a smirk and said: "Don't regret it later little brat. You are on a probation period right now. You will start you training right away. You will get into the simulation until you will be able to win a level one copy of yourself and get to a level of a rank one apprentice knight. Your success depends on you. If you do stupid stuff, you will get a beating from me. I'm not joking. The time in the simulation costs money for me so don't make me waste coins on your education for no reason. Also, before you start with the battle training you need to get through the language study at the first level of difficulty. You have a lot of work. Enough with the chit chat. This uncle will guide you. Derek go and help him get into the simulation. I will enter it later to explain all the details about what he needs to do."
'System help the kid for now. I will enter soon and explain him everything in detail' Max said to the system in his mind.
'Alright. Do you want to make him one of your helpers?' The system asked. When the system guided Max after he got out of 365 years of seclusion period, he was told that he has the option to add two helpers that will get the simulation time for free in an unlimited amount.
'Not for now. I need to see if he is worthy for such honors. Now he is on probation period.' Max said to the system.
Derek took Rey and left help the kid enter the capsule. Rey was a little stressed because he was not sure what was waiting for him ahead. If he knew how much suffering, he had to endure he maybe even decline the offer. Max planned that this little guy would stay in the simulation until he will complete what Max asked to do. Max did not care for the time limit. He was no nanny. This little guy needed to grow up and this was the best and the safest way for him to do it.
Max informed the old lady and Elena the prices for the gaming club and what the kids could study here. He informed them that all the rest of the kids had low level talent. The kids seemed to be sad and because of that Max explained that is not that bad. He told them that even the guard captain in the adventurer's guild has low level talent and he got where he was by working hard. It made the kids more at ease. Max did not want to generally harm those brats. Their life was not easy anyway. After the explanation all the group of the kids left with Ammy and Elena. Max did not waste time and entered the simulation. He saw Rey crying while standing at a field of grass with a blue bright sky. The scene was great except of the crying brat. The kid had an average look. He had black hair with brown eyes. He was still a kid so Max was not sure how he will look at the future. Now he wanted to teach the kid to be strong from the inside.
When Rey saw Max he ran towards him and pleaded: "Master what is this place? I want granny Ammy! I'm scared. Studying is hard. I don't understand."
Max facepalmed. This little brat was here only a few hours and he wanted to come back. This made him angry. He almost made the brat his helper. It could be a big waste. He still wanted to give this kid a chance.
"Brat listen up. I will explain to you how things work here. You will need to finish doing what I told you before you can leave. If you don't finish the tasks, you can stay here forever. If you take your time, you may not see your granny and your friends because a lot of time will pass. So, you need to move your ass and study hard. Also, like I told you if you will cry and not study you will get punished by me. Believe me you don't want that to happen to you. Like you know you can't die here. the only way for you to get out is to finish what I asked you to do." Max said. He explained everything to Rey and left. The kid continued to cry all the time Max was explaining so he was starting to get really mad. He almost blew the kid up. After he finished what he had to say he just left.
Rey was left in this new reality. He first cried for almost an hour. After that he got tired of it, and he understood that he really had no way out. He understood that if he stayed here for too long the life outside will change and he will lose his friends and maybe even will not see his granny anymore. He also missed Elena as well, but he was much closer to Ammy. He steeled his resolve and started to study. After around a month of studying he got the idea that reading and writing was not his strong side at all. He was doing some progress, but it was very slow.