The next morning, Max was woken up by the light from the outside. He wasn't a morning person, so the first thing he did was to put his pillow above his head.
Suddenly, he heard the sounds made by a door.
"Are you up? It is already 10 AM."
"Yeah, I am awake, somehow. Can I sleep for 5 more minutes?"
"I would like to give you those extra minutes, but we got things to do."
"Like what? You didn't tell me anything about today's tasks yesterday."
"True. We need to talk about your school. Since you are leaving with me, you can't go to your former high school. You will be transferred to mine instead. I will make preparations today, and I will need you to be there."
"What? I will call you headmaster from now on?"
"Brush your teeth, we'll talk when we are having breakfast."
After that, the man closed the door and let Max do his morning routine.
After he made his bed, took a shower, and switched from his pajamas to something else, he thought about the system and the daily mission.
"So my reward is depending on how much and how well I do my job. Ok, let's start with the basics."
He wanted to do some exercises to see how much he needed to do to get a notification.
After thirty minutes, finally he got a notification.
~~~ Question: ~~~
~~~ Do you want the system to help you with achieving the Daily Mission's Reward? ~~~
"Is this a thing? Why do I not know of this?"
There was nothing after he asked. It was like the system was telling him "You didn't ask".
"Anyway, yes, I want some kind of help"
~~~ Physique training is done today 30/60 ~~~
~~~ ( Exercices - calistenics, running etc.) ~~~
~~~ Mind training done today 5/40 ~~~
~~~ ( Anything that evolves your thinking, even if it is about not giving up, solving riddles, or getting new information) ~~~
~~~ Meditation is done today 0/20 ~~~
~~~ Meditate in lotus position so you can grasp your Mana Pool and fill/evolve it ~~~
"I get the part about the first 2, but the last one is a bit ambiguous. I think I will understand it after I meditate."
Max knew that he had some things to do, so he went to have breakfast first. He will solve the system's Daily Mission after he solves the more important ones. He went into the kitchen, where he found the man cooking some eggs and bacon for him.
"So you finally decided to come."
"Very funny Austin, or should I call you Headmaster Austin from now on?"
"Very funny Max, or should I call you student Maxwell?"
"Harsh. Ok, got me."
"Don't play with fire if you are not prepared to get burned."
"Yeah...so, what do you need me for?"
"Just some papers. And maybe you will meet your teacher if she will be there."
"Got it."
After some exchanges of words, they thought that it was time to head to the high school. On the road, Austin seemed worried about Max, but he didn't know how to start the conversation. Not having kids and being a headmaster, talking only with the school staff members made him incapable of having a personal conversation with an adolescent.
"What do you want to ask?"
"What?"
"I can see how you are looking at me from time to time. I can see in your eyes that you are worried for me and you want to ask something. So go ahead and ask."
Surprised. This was the only emotion that Austin could feel. He didn't think that Max could see his worries so well.
"Well, I want to ask first if you are ok. Yesterday was a life-changing event for you, but today you seem like that didn't even happen. If you want to talk with somebody, I am here for you."
"I know I know. Thank you for that, I mean it. And about my numbness, the only explanation I can think of is that I vented my sadness and anger towards my nowhere-to-be-found father. I guess it just vanished. I can't do anything about it."
~~~ Do you want to feel everything? ~~~
"What the..."
"Something happened?"
"No... everything fine."
Max was confused. What did the system mean by feeling everything? He thought about what answer to give and he decided to answer with a yes.
Suddenly, his chest started to ache. His vision became blurred like he was about to cry, his face twisted so much that a single glance at him could make anyone want to hug him mercifully. And everything he could feel....was sadness, a bit of depression, and an unstoppable feeling of revenge.
"Are you ok? You look pale." Austin asked.
"No no no no, everything, I want everything to go back to normal, make these feelings gone, please, they're too much for me."
~~~ Command accepted. Suppressing emotions ~~~
And as they came, they disappeared. It was something that wasn't normal. It was not supposed to be like this. Max couldn't understand what happened. Inside his head, he asked himself how much power the system had over him, and more importantly, whether it was his friend or enemy. He needs to be cautious from now on. There are many things that he doesn't know about the new part of his life.