After having a long sleep, Scarlet woke up and before she could do anything, The System flew in front of her and greeted her.
[Good morning Scarlet, or well more accurately I should say good afternoon as you have slept in so long.]
Scarlet looked at The System with and said with a look as if she was stating the obvious: "I need at least 16 hours sleep to function."
[Isn't that too much?!? Oh, I almost forgot to say it, HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY SCARLET!]
She looked at it and shamelessly said: "Hurry up and give me a present then."
The System had predicted she would act like this so it didn't react and so it went on to say [Hmm, since you want a present that badly I will give you a quest for it :) [https://www.royalroadcdn.com/public/smilies/smile.png]]
Scarlet didn't feel like arguing with it so she just asked: "What is the quest?"
[It is on your status like usual.]
[Name - Scarlet Dragonclaw
Age – 16
Sex - Female
Level - 1
Title – The One Cursed By A God
HP - 10/10(+0)
MP - 10/10(+0)
Strength - 5(+0)
Stamina - 5(+0)
Agility - 5(+0)
Perception – 10(+0)
Attraction – 0
Attraction - 30
Additional Stat Points – 1
Money Points - 1
Skills -
Status effects – Bad luck
Daily Quest – Day 2 (Not complete)
Quests - Birthday]
Scarlet repeated what she did yesterday to view the quest, which is tapping on it. The text of the quests changed to
[Day 2 - Set the bed on fire.]
[Birthday - Register as an adventurer. Time Limit - 2 days.]
Scarlet looked at The System and asked it: "Do you really think you could ruin my peaceful life that easily?"
[Yes I can. Remember if you don't do the Daily Quest you will get a punishment. I didn't go into details yesterday but I will now. The punishment can be anything I want it to be, as I can take control of your body. Do you want to do this the easy or the hard way?]
As if trying to prove its point, Scarlet's right arm moved a small amount on its own and Scarlet was unable to control it. Seeing that it wasn't lying, Scarlet realised the seriousness of her situation. She asked The System in an annoyed tone: "If you can do that why didn't you just make me do that forcefully in the first place?"
[It's more fun this way!]
After reading that Scarlet knew that she wouldn't be getting any peace for a long time so she decided to do what The System wants for a while. She got out of her bed that she had been lying on, and decided to burn it. Luckily she has a small amount mana, so she is able to cast basic spells. Not too many people have mana, however, a lot of nobles have mana from marrying mages into their bloodline and some commoners were lucky enough to be born with it or have a mage ancestor. Those born with it will sometimes pass it on but not much gets passed on so normally only those born with it out of nowhere will become very successful.
The way magic works is very simple, you only need mana and an imagination. Mages that are born in a noble family tend to be more successful than commoners though because they are taught chants which are necessary for top tier magic, and they have a bigger imagination due to being taught more. Them knowing more allows them to make spells that are more effective, for example, only someone with education will know the concepts behind how things work like gravity, an uneducated person wouldn't even think about how you get pulled down when you jump. However, there are a few rare cases where there are extremely successful commoner mages, normally due to them having a lot of mana or them being taught by someone after they realise they have mana.
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Scarlet gathered the mana inside her body into her hand and pointed it at her bed, and then imagined a big fire on her bed, with an increased amount of oxygen around it to help it burn. However, due to not practising magic for a long time, she used too much power and it didn't only burn the bed, but also the room. The use of the oxygen and the high amount of mana used made the fire much bigger than the bed, and it instantly filled the side of the room the bed was on. She was planning on setting the fire out after lighting it but she couldn't due to having no mana left. After realising that the house was currently storing a lot of flammable resources, she cursed under her breath and quickly left the room and then exited the house. Smoke could soon be seen coming out of the roof and the maids working there had already exited and went to the nearest mansion owned by the family, which is nearby, to get help from someone who can use magic to set it out.
[Well done, you did even better than I thought you would!]
"Shut up."
[I will give the quest rewards now.]
[Daily Quest rewards - +2 Additional Stat Point, +2 Money Point, +10 Attraction, +1 HP, +1 Agility, +1 Stamina and +1 Strength.]
[Name - Scarlet Dragonclaw
Age – 16
Sex - Female
Level - 1
Title – The One Cursed By A God
HP - 11/11(+0)
MP - 0/10(+0)
Strength - 6(+0)
Stamina - 6(+0)
Agility - 6(+0)
Perception – 10(+0)
Attraction – 0
Attraction - 40
Additional Stat Points – 3
Money Points - 3
Skills -
Status effects – Bad luck
Daily Quest – Day 2 (Not complete)
Quests - Birthday]
Scarlet didn't even read it and replied: "This isn't the time for rewards! MY HOUSE IS ON FIRE!"
The house she lived in was one of many mansions that her family owned, as the family is an Earl family. The nobility ranks from lowest to highest are Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquess, Duke, Royal Family, King/Queen. The higher the rank is, the more powerful they are, but they also have more responsibilities. There are many responsibilities, but the main ones are collecting taxes and defending the country if a war happens, or if monsters appear that are too numerous for adventures to handle. The higher the rank they are, the easier it is for them to get away with crimes so a lot of the high ranking nobles other than the Royal Family and the King do some illegal things.
As the Dragonclaw family is an Earl family, they naturally have many mansions, but they still wouldn't be happy with one suddenly burning down. As Scalet has been lazing around for years, many people in the family want to remove her and this is a good enough excuse to do so. As Scarlet knew this, she decided to not even attempt returning to the family. Luckily, she had slept in her clothes and had grabbed her item bag that has her money in. An item bag is a bag which can store more than it looks, due to being made by a mage. The way it works is by creating a dimension inside, and time conveniently doesn't pass inside, unless you set it to do so.
However, the amount of money inside is only some pocket money. The money in this world is the same in all countries. The currency is copper coins, then silver coins, then gold coins, then big gold coins and then platinum coins. There is also big platinum coins but they are extremely rare due to how much they are worth. 1 silver coin is worth 100 copper coins, 1 gold coin is worth 100 silver coins, 1 big gold coin is worth 100 gold coins and 1 platinum coin is worth 100 big gold coins. An average commoner family could live for about a month from a few silver coins. Inside her bag she had 50 silver coins, which would be enough to stay at a good inn for a few months, but it wouldn't last forever.
She thought for a moment to decide which inn to go for and then started walking to it. Since she had used all her mana she felt tired, but it wasn't to the point where she couldn't walk. By the time she reached the inn, it was already nearly night as she woke up late and walked slowly. She looked at the price board on the outside of the inn and sighed, as it said it costs 50 copper coins for night and breakfast. The name of the inn was B Inn. She ignored The System who said [You are going to be leaving in a Bin.]
She couldn't be bothered to find an inn that wasn't overly expensive, and since it wasn't an issue to spend money she decided to stay here. She had enough to stay for 100 days, and it shouldn't be too hard to make some money in 100 days.
She entered the inn and was glad that the inside looked good enough, and then went to the reception desk to pay. At the reception desk, there was a woman with dark hair who looked like she was in her early twenties. Scarlet had gotten 5 silver coins out in advance before coming in and then handed it over to the receptionist, who silently gave her a key with the number 27 written on it in return and pointed to the stairs.
Scarlet also couldn't be bothered talking so she was glad to not have to talk, she silently left the desk and went up the stairs and entered room 27.
The room wasn't big but it was big enough to fit a good bed and a desk, so Scarlet was mostly satisfied with it.
Scarlet suddenly remembered something she forgot to ask earlier and asked The System: "Can other people see you? Or do I look like a crazy person talking to air?"
[I can become visible if I want to but others will see you as a crazy person talking to the air so I stay invisible!]
Scarlet sarcastically replied: "I can see you are extremely nice."
[At least I didn't burn a mansion down]
Scarlet then replied: "You were the one who forced me to..."
[Make sure you don't forget to do the quest tomorrow!]
"Stop changing conversations! I can't be bothered to deal with you, I am going to sleep!"
Scarlet then went into her new bed, and quickly fell asleep, hoping she will wake up and find out it was all a dream.