Serena felt that she had suffered enough for the day and wanted to rest, but fate had other plans for her. She had hardly closed her eyes when the announcement of her trial resonated in the entire palace and startled her awake.
'They just can't leave me alone!'
"Don't worry host, you'll be free for a long time after today."
'Huh? Ok, let's just go and get over with all this.'
She got dressed and fixed her appearance. As soon as she stepped out of the room, she saw two heavily armoured soldiers waiting for her. Though visibly shocked at her clean and proper appearance, the soldiers moved towards her with a stoic face. "Princess, her majesty has asked you to not throw any tantrum and peacefully arrive at the court room."
Serena looked at them with her clear eyes, though they hid the disdain very carefully deep in their eyes, she could still see it, not that it had anything to do with her. She simply nodded and then strode towards the court room.
'System, how exactly are you going to guide and assist me?'
"Finally you asked the main question, host! As I told you before, I come from a network of systems called Rising Star. It's a game, but here you'll be the player as well as the main character, and the game is your life." Serena felt chills down her spine as she inwardly shivered while listening to 004's cruel words spoken in the nonchalant voice.
' And how am I supposed to play this game?'
"You'll get quests, some mandatory while others, optional. All of them will be relevant to your situation at the time and as you level up the level of the quest's will also rise. On completing the quests you will receive points, these points can be used to buy items from the store or to level up your skills. In case you're unable to complete the quest in the given time, you'll be fined an additional ten percent of the quest's total points. Do you have any questions host?"
'No, I understand it all. Now when will the game start?'
Serena felt 004 smirk as it said, "Now, host. At this very moment!" Followed by the system's sentence, a translucent screen appeared in front of Serena's eyes with all the information contained on it.
[Welcome to the game, player!]
[Name- Serena Van Roseletta]
[Level 0]
[Main Quest- Cut off your ties from the imperial palace and leave the planet without anything to start a new life.
Rewards - 15 points, Level E ]
[Side Quest- Divorce your husband and make him feel bad for you.
Rewards - 5 points, Level E]
'Wow, these quests are exactly what I wanted to do. But system, why am I at level 0?'
"Because you have yet to start the journey of a cultivator. If this body had the meta core, you could have become a meta morph, but the core is destroyed completely. If you become strong enough, you'll be able to reconstruct the meta core. But that requires a very high level of cultivation, so even though this path is much more difficult, it's the only way you have right now."
Listening to all the information, Serena's eyes flashed with determination, she had to become strong if she wanted to live. There was no other option. Now was the start of the game, the game of life. Win or die!