Kapitel 2: Chapter 1.2 - Beginning 2

Chapter 1.2 – Beginning 2

Since the appearance of the dungeon and monsters a thousand years ago, humans were given the system. No matter the age of humans, everyone would possess the system. Babies, children, teenagers, adults, senior citizens. Everyone would have the system.

The system only had the most basic functions. First of all, it could help humans keep tabs on their stats. Secondly, the system gave humans the ability to power up. Something like having a superpower. Thirdly, the system allowed humans to catch the monsters to become their pets.

The third function was the most critical out of the three because, with this function, humans could use the monsters as their pets to help them in the battle against other monsters. Since then, a new profession called The Pet Tamer has appeared all over the world. After that, this profession became the number one profession in the world. It overshadowed all the other jobs and careers.

With the increase of Pet Tamer, things related to monsters increased all around the world. Food using monster meat, equipment using monster's material, shop selling monsters to tame, and many more. There was also the Pet Nursery shop where they would offer a few services related to pets.

Lucas's second system was the Pet Nursery System. This system was similar to the Pet Nursery Shop. Lucas did not know the full capability of the Pet Nursery System because only part of it was activated. He needed to designate a shop before the system fully operated.

Now that he had designated the shop building his mother bought, all he needed to do was wait until the process finished. "We wait," Lucas replied to Katheryn and he added, "Tomorrow, the system will finish renovating this first floor," Lucas spread his arm as if showing the whole first floor where all of them were. "As for the second floor, that will be our new home," said Lucas while pointing his index finger above indicating the first floor.

He added, "The Pet Nursery System had added two effects to this shop building. They are Indestructible and Super Security. Indestructible will protect this building from being destroyed by any attack. No matter how powerful the attacks are, it is impossible to destroy this building," Lucas explained.

He continued, "For Super Security, with the control of the Pet Nursery system, anyone that causes trouble inside this building will be punished by the system," Katheryn and Hailey looked at each other with a shocked face but they immediately nodded at Lucas's explanation.

They looked around the first floor for a bit. After that, they moved their things to the second floor.

Lucas's family was not rich. In the previous city, Lucas's parents were small farmers. A farmer's life was hard especially after the appearance of dungeons and monsters. Normal crops were cheap and people preferred to eat the magic crop.

Lucas's family did not have the budget to raise a crop and the crop was hard to farm too. The rate of failure was high and they did not want to take the risk especially when they had two children in school. So, the family was barely able to survive day by day.

Now that their previous city was destroyed, their belonging was gone too. They moved into the shop building with only a few bags. The bags were filled with newly bought clothes. They had nothing at the moment but Lucas knew that the life of his family would change with the help of the Pet Nursery System.

There were three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, and one toilet on the second floor. Lucas took one bedroom while Katheryn and Hailey shared a room. Since there was no bed, they could only sleep on the floor.

The day ended.

Month 2nd, 35th Winter, Year 3400, Morning.

"Mom!!! Brother!!!" Suddenly, Hailey screamed. It was early morning and it was still dark outside. Lucas was shocked when he heard Hailey's scream and woke up immediately. He removed the blanket that covered his body and got off the single bed.

He wanted to get out of the room when he suddenly realized that the room had changed. "What the?" Lucas was shocked to see that his room was fully furnished. There was a single bed completed with a soft mattress and blanket. There was a clothes cupboard, a study desk, a bookshelf, and another door.

Lucas checked the cupboard and found out that it was filled with new clothes including the clothes he bought recently. He looked at the study desk and there was a new laptop. He glanced at the bookshelf and there was a book on it.

Lucas did not check the book but went to that new door. He remembered that there was no other door in his room other than the door connected to the living room. The new door was not connected to the living room.

Lucas opened the door and was shocked to see that the door led to a bathroom. In this bathroom, there was a sink with a mirror above it. There was a shower and a bathtub. There was a toilet too. Lucas also realized that the room was warm. It was winter and he remembered how cold it was last night. "Did the system do this?" Lucas wondered.

[Yes, I am. This is a reward for completing the mission 'Build a pet nursery'] a voice sounded in Lucas's head. The normal system would not answer their user but a somewhat mechanical voice rang in his head frightening him. Lucas was dazed for a few seconds before he caught on that it was perhaps the Pet Nursery System.

"Thank you," Lucas bowed at the wall in the bathroom and thanked the system. He did not know if the building was the Pet Nursery System or if the system was still inside him and thus, he decided to bow at the wall… since it was part of the building.

[It is my job to help my master. Also, I feel bad when I saw your family sleeping in the cold] said the system, [Also, this leaves me with a bad taste to see my master suffer] added the Pet Nursery System.

"You are a nice system," Lucas dazedly complimented the system. "I used to read novels where all the systems are nasty and have a bad temper," said Lucas. He did read a lot of those. Many of the systems mentioned in those novels were nasty and always tried to cause trouble for their user. Many of those novels had followed the same formula but he enjoyed reading them.

[My master is a nice person, so I will be nice too. If my master is a wicked person, I will be wicked too. All the systems are like this. Their personality is based on their master's personality] said the Pet Nursery System.

"All system?" Lucas was shocked. Was it possible that there were other cheat systems too?

[There are many systems available in the universe. This created the basic system that all humans get and rewarded those that contribute something to the universe with a better system similar to me] said the Pet Nursery System.

Lucas was shocked but he tried to stay calm. He thought calmly and found something weird and asked, "But… I don't contribute anything to this world," said Lucas. He was 100% sure that he was right.

Lucas never did anything for the world. Due to his poor family, he was not even a tamer. Usually, on the news, many tamers would be on the front news because they contribute something to the world but Lucas was not even a tamer and it was impossible for him to contribute something.

[Your kindness.] the Pet Nursery System replied plainly. [You saved a lot of people from the disaster and ended up injured. You also did not flaunt what you did to anyone and that is a plus] the system added.

"…" Lucas did not say anything. During the monster attack, he saw his father was killed in front of his eye. He saw a lot of people in danger and did not want them to end up like his father. He helped all of them but as a result, he got injured.

Lucas did not tell what he did to anyone because he felt like he did nothing. There was nothing to be proud of with what he did. He felt like the reason he got the Pet Nursery System was weak.

[Anyway, I am now at your service and will do everything to help you] said the Pet Nursery System. The system detected that Lucas had some doubts regarding the way he got the system. The system felt like that was a useless thought. He felt like his Master should just accept anything given to him without much question. It was not like the system would do bad things to him.

"Brother!" Hailey suddenly entered Lucas' room. Since Lucas did not come out of his room, she was worried that something had happened to him. When she saw Lucas was fine, she felt relieved.

"This, this, what happened to our home?" Hailey asked. She was shocked when she woke up and saw that she was on a bed with Katheryn and their room was filled with new furniture. Not only their room but the living room was fully furnished too when she came out of the room.

"My system did this. A reward for making this building the pet nursery," said Lucas while smiling. Hailey had the look of 'for real?'. "It is. I am not lying. You can see how calm I am right now," Lucas added.

After that, Lucas asked in his mind, 'What should I call you? Do you have a name?' It would be weird to call the Pet Nursery System, 'Pet Nursery System'. The name was too long and was not a proper one too.

[Master can give me a name] said the system. Since Lucas was his Master, he had no right to give a name to himself. Only Lucas could do it.

Lucas thought for a bit and decided to take the 'Sery' from Nursery as the system's name. 'Then, let's call you Sery,' said Lucas in his mind.

[Thank you, Master] said Sery. He suddenly lost the mechanical tone in his voice and sounded more human. Lucas had no idea why but he knew that it must be related to the naming.

[Hello Hailey and madam Katheryn, Sery is the name given to me by Master Lucas. I am the Pet Nursery System owned by Master Lucas] a speaker's voice sounded in the house. Everyone was shocked including Lucas.

"You can do that?" Lucas was shocked. He thought that he was the only one that could communicate with Sery but it looked like Sery could communicate with everyone.

[This building is part of me so, yes, I can] said Sery. Lucas was shocked to hear that. Even so, he accepted it easily as it made sense. The building was now part of the system. It could be considered the Pet Nursery System's physical body.

"Lucas?" Katheryn entered the room. She looked calm but there was a trace of worry on her face. Anyone would be worried when suddenly a voice appeared in a new building they just moved. If they did not know of the system's existence, they would have assumed that there was a ghost or a ghost monster was present in the building.

"Everything is fine mom. The voice belongs to the Pet Nursery System," Lucas explained to Katheryn.

[It will be hard to communicate like this. Since Hailey and Katheryn are your families, they should sign the system contract and they will be able to communicate with me similar to you] suggested Sery.

Hailey and Katheryn's system activated by itself and on it, there was a contract. The contract was simple. It was a family contract. Lucas was the true owner of the Pet Nursery Shop but Katheryn had discussed this with Lucas before they bought the shop that she would be the one working there.

Lucas would need to go to school and would only help in the shop once he got home from school. So, most of the time, Katheryn would be the one taking care of the Pet Nursery Shop.

Since the Nursery was fully owned by Lucas, he was the only person that could use everything in the nursery even if the shop was bought by Katheryn. Sery knew this and let them sign the contract so that they could have the same authority as Lucas.

Katheryn took some time reading the contract whereas Hailey had no idea what to do. She was a 10 years old girl and thus, she did not understand much about the contract. Hailey decided to wait for Katheryn.

A few minutes later, Katheryn decided that the contract was fair. Katheryn signed the contract and helped lead Hailey to sign it too. Once they finished signing the contract, the contract disappeared, and [Hello] Sery greeted them in their mind.

Katheryn and Hailey were dazed for a bit from the surprised greeting but they immediately tried to treat it as a normal thing. "Welcome to the family, Sery," Katheryn said while smiling.

[Thank you, Madam]

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Kapitel 3: Chapter 2 - Pet Nursery System

Chapter 2 – Pet Nursery System

[Let's go downstairs. I am going to show you our pet nursery] said Sery. All of them got out of Lucas' room. They passed through the living room and Lucas could see that the living room was fully furnished too.

There were sofas, a coffee table, television, a few potted plants, and a framed family picture. Lucas was surprised to see that picture because they lost it during the attack. Looking at his father's picture, Lucas's eyes gleamed with tears. Even so, he held it in.

In the picture, there were five people. Lucas' father, Katheryn, Lucas, Hailey, and another young man. Lucas glanced at Katheryn and asked, "Mom, there is still no news about brother Roland?"

Katheryn pursed her lip and shook her head. "I try calling him every day but there is no answer. I think he is inside a dungeon," said Katheryn. Roland was Lucas and Hailey's eldest brother.

Compared to Lucas and Hailey, Roland was a genius pet tamer. His potential was something that appeared once in a while and thanks to that, he was given the scholarship to study at the grade A city. He graduated high school and now a full-fledged pet tamer and decided to stay in grade A city.

Since then, they rarely contact each other, and recently, it was getting harder to contact him. Katheryn called Roland to ask him to come home when their father passed away but there was no one answering from that side.

She got worried but there was no one she could ask for help. All she could do was wait for news. It was common when a pet warrior went uncontactable because they went exploring the dungeon. They usually stayed inside the dungeon for months before they came out.

When Lucas heard that, he frowned. He hoped that nothing unusual happened. After that, they went downstairs and met with a wide-open area. "How can this place be wider than yesterday?" Hailey exclaimed as it did not make sense that the first floor was wider than before.

"Spatial rooms are normal in popular shops. We rarely see it before because we cannot afford to get inside a shop like that," said Katheryn while smiling and Hailey nodded.

Lucas looked at the front door and there was a small waiting area and a counter divided the waiting area and inside of the nursery.

[Well then, I will first explain to everyone how this nursery works] said Sery. [For this nursery to run, it will need energy and that energy is money. I want to let you run the nursery without needing to pay but this is the law of the universe. If you want something, you need to pay the price] said Sery in an apologetic voice.

"It is fine. I understand. You can continue," said Lucas and Katheryn nodded. They knew that there were no free things in the world.

[You will need to pay 100 Peto (the world currency) every day for this nursery to run properly and the nursery system will take 50% of the daily income. For example, a service costs a customer 50 Peto. 25 Peto will be used by the system to operate the service bought by the customer and the other 25 Peto will go to your pocket] said Sery.

"It is not as expensive as I thought," said Katheryn.

[Madam, you are lucky because Lucas is a nice boy and that is the reason the system is lenient towards him. Let say he is wicked and loves to trick others, the system will go stricter] said Sery.

[Let's continue, as the owner of the Pet Nursery System, Lucas could use all the services for free for his pets. This too is thanks to Master's kindness. If Master is not a kind boy, he will need to pay the same price as his customer] said Sery.

[As for Katheryn and Hailey, as part of the family and employee of the nursery, you will gain a 90% discount to use all the services here. For future employees, if you will have future employees, they will get a 30% discount] said Sery.

Lucas, Katheryn, and Hailey nodded. They did not know the effect of the nursery, so, they did not feel anything when they heard of the free and discount thing.

[Well then, let us move on to the services provided by this nursery at the moment. Let's enter Room No 1] said Sery and Lucas opened the door no 1 and entered it. Inside, another wide space appeared and there was a massive room encased with a transparent thick glass wall.

"Wow~ Sery, what is this room?" Hailey asked because she was amazed by the room.

[This is the nursing room. Our first service will be nursing. In this service, we will accept any pet from our customer that is injured and helps to heal them. This transparent room is our nursing pen. It can accommodate all pets of any size] said Sery.

"What kind of injury can this nursing pen heals?" Lucas asked. It was better to know the details so that they could explain it to the customer.

[Everything including severed limbs. The time it takes to heal is based on the type of injuries suffered by the pet] said Sery.

"No limit??" Katheryn was shocked.

[At the moment, the limit we have is that we can only accept Stage 1 pets. The same with other services too] said Sery and they nodded. Sery added, [Also, one nursing pen can only heal one pet at a time and this nursery can only accommodate ten nursery pens at this time]

"So, how to increase this limit?" Lucas asked.

[You will need to level up the pet nursery system. There is a mission tab added to your system. Completing the missions will give experience to the pet nursery system and once the system level up, the limit will increase] said Sery.

[You can check your system later to see the mission tab. Ah, there is also a shop added to your system for you to buy things you can use in the nursery, including the nursing pen] said Sery.

Lucas did not seem surprised that he needed to buy more nursing pens. He already predicted it when he heard the nursery had a limit of 10 but there was only 1 nursing pen available. Sery also said earlier that the nursery ran on money, so he was sure that more money would be needed to better the nursery.

After that, Sery led them to Roor No 2. When they went inside, they were greeted with another room with a transparent thick glass wall but behind the wall was a scenery area. There was grassland and trees around. The area looked comfortable.

[The nursery's second service is the Caring service. We can help customers taking care of their pets for a while with this service. When a customer wants to use the Caring service, the pet will be put here] said Sery.

"The nursing pen can heal. What about this grassland?" Hailey asked.

[This is not a grassland but a pet playground. This playground can accommodate five pets at one time. Pets playing in this playground will have a better mood after they get out and will perform better in battle due to the increase of good mood] explained Sery.

He added, [This playground is also useful in curing pets with a psychological condition like PTSD, and all other mental illnesses] Lucas, Katheryn, and Hailey were shocked. Mental illness was hard to cure especially when it was on pets.

"Then, can I heal my trauma?" Hailey asked. She knew that she still feared the monsters and had been having a nightmare recently. It was torturing and that was the reason she slept with Katheryn.

[I am sorry Miss Hailey. This playground is only effective for pets] replied Sery. Sery knew about Hailey's trauma too and that was the reason he put a king bed inside Katheryn's room. Since he could not help Hailey, Katheryn might be able to.

Hailey pouted. She thought that she could use the playground but she could not. [But, many pets have skills that can soothe the mind. If Miss Hailey can catch one of them, it will be helpful] said Sery but Hailey seemed to dislike the idea. She feared the monster and did not want them as her pet.

��We will think about that later," said Katheryn. "Sery, show us another service," said Katheryn while smiling trying to diffuse the situation.

[Oo, Oh! Let's go to Room No 3] said Sery.

"Hailey, let's go," said Lucas. He grabbed Hailey's hand and led them to the third room. Once they got in, they were greeted with a room that had a massive screen. This room was completely different from the two previous rooms.

"A guardroom?" Hailey blurted.

[No. This is a monitor room for our training service. Our nursery provides pet training services similar to other Per Nurseries. However, our nursery is slightly different] said Sery and he added [Do you see that tube over there? That is where you put the pet card on]

Lucas, Katheryn, and Hailey walked over to the tubes. [When we put the pet cards inside these tubes, they will be transported to our nursery's dungeon and will go through training there] said Sery, and the trio was shocked.

"Dungeon?" Lucas asked. From his knowledge, the dungeon was scattered around all over the world and was filled with monsters and dangers. For a serious, full-fledged pet tamer, they would frequent the dungeon to train their pets as well as catching new monsters for their new pets.

Due to the danger of the dungeon, the government guarded all the dungeons and for a pet tamer to get in, they would either need to join the military or pay an entrance fee. There was no dungeon in the world under the control of someone other than the government.

[Yes. This dungeon is special and can only be used by our nursery. The time moves differently inside the dungeon. 1 hour in the real world equal to 1 day inside the dungeon. Also, this dungeon is enhanced by the system power in which the pet training inside will go through tremendous growth] said Sery.

[Also, there is no need for any of you to follow the pet around in the dungeon to train them. With this monitor, you will choose what training they will go through and they will automatically travel in the dungeon and train in that particular area chosen by you or your customer] said Sery.

He explained more, [For example, a tamer wants to train the speed of the pet and you will choose the speed training and the pet will undergo training involving speed in the dungeon. As for how effective the training will be, it will depend on the pet itself but no matter how bad the pet is, they will at least have an increase in stats by 0.1 points per session]

[Oh! I forgot to mention. One session of training is one hour in real-life equivalent to 1 day inside the dungeon] added Sery. Lucas and Katheryn were shocked. Hailey was still a bit young to understand the significance of raising a pet stat by 0.1 in one hour.

"Are you saying the truth?" Lucas did not believe it.

[Yes, I am. You are aware that the system is a cheat power and this is it. Anyway, you will be the luckiest because you can train your pets for free. So, you can use this room all the time. As for Katheryn and Hailey, as I said earlier, you will need to pay but you will get a 90% discount] said Sery in a happy voice. He likes it that he could help his master and family.

[Anyway, let's move on to the last room] said Sery. With an excited face, Lucas, Katheryn, and Hailey went to the next room. At Room No 4, there were a lot of cupboards with many empty big transparent tubes on them.

"This looks like a storeroom…" said Hailey.

[You are right, Miss Hailey. This is a storeroom to store pet food] said Sery and he continued, [I am sure everyone knows that other than nursing, caring and training, pet nursery sells pet food too. All you need to do is collect pet food in the dungeon, I mean our dungeon, and store it here. You can sell them after that]

"We can enter the dungeon?" Lucas asked.

[Ha? That's right! I forgot to say that yes, you can enter the dungeon. You can let them train automatically or enter the dungeon and lead them in training by yourself. Your choice]