"Baroness, it's good to see that you're well, miss," said Strax as he bowed after observing the woman in front of him.
'Analyze,' Strax thought as he looked at the woman in front of him, who gave him an empty expression. Of course, she would do something like that.
[Analysis]
Name: Beatrice Von Steinhardt
Age: 21 years old
Cultivation: Advanced Stage Body Cultivator.
'Beatrice, a young baroness who recently lost her parents and my employer. Originally, Strax was supposed to marry her, but her parents died and the marriage was discontinued. However, Strax was not accepted as her husband and was thrown into the mines to work for his freedom. A cold and heartless woman.'
"I won't say it's the same on my end," she replied coldly while examining how Strax was. She lightly clicked her tongue and continued, "good job finding the mine and the Mithril." She said and fell silent as he stared at her.
'And yet you maintain this empty shell. I wonder how we ended up in this relationship,' Strax said and turned around, seeing the message box.
[The Reward for the mission: Escape from Mining cannot be delivered until the user receives the reward from Baroness Beatrice]
"Please, give me the reward already. I have things to do in my miserable life that you gave me, Beatrice," Strax said, playing the game of the cold woman.
"You are paying for your sins," she said, and Strax looked at her deeply again, his memory was very clear about what happened for her to hate him.
"The sin of being in the wrong place at the wrong time when YOUR steward sent me there, is that it?" Strax said as his eyes caught fire.
"Tsk, always that excuse," she said and stared at him coldly, seeming extremely angry.
"Beatrice, you remain a child. When you realize that, it will be too late even for you," Strax said seriously.
The reason for all this? Strax was sent by the Steward two years ago naked to the same room as Beatrice. Without realizing it, he entered and she caught him. He tried to undo what happened, but the steward accused him and attested that he had entered to... abuse Beatrice.
The former Baron was torn between: the steward, who had been in service for more than ten years, and the man who was sent to Beatrice as a fiancé by an old promise from her grandparents. Which do you think he would accept more? Of course, it was the Steward, and it stayed like that. Because of this, he had no job, except in the mines, where the Baron himself sent him.
Strax really didn't care about the accusation. The problem was Beatrice, a childhood friend that the original Strax liked a lot, much more than it seemed. Because of this, he gave up his life and surrendered his body.
It was because the "love" of his life had abandoned him without even being able to explain himself.
'You know what? I don't care, I'm going to use this system in the best way possible for my own self-satisfaction and love, since I inherited the will of the original Strax. Screw it!
First, I'm going to kill that damn steward and prove that I'm innocent, and to start with that, I need power!'
"What will be my reward?" Strax questioned looking at the intimidating baroness who was holding back from killing him for his arrogance towards her.
"What do you want?" she questioned, and Strax smiled maliciously looking at her. "What else would it be? I want to prove my innocence."
"Haha, of course," she said in a neutral tone, pretending a laugh clearly uncomfortable, and looked at him again. "You have a month, you will stay in the room you used before and have authority to enter anywhere except my room." She said, this time Strax saw a vein in her temple clearly demonstrating her anger.
'Hahaha you will be mine! Damn hot!' He roared internally and Beatrice stared at him. "I'll ask one of the knights to bring your things." She said and walked out.
While Strax looked into nothingness with a completely doubtful and very, very malicious expression;
[Reward for the Previous Mission: Vorah Sword Cultivation Technique]
He couldn't be happier, but something new came next.
[Ding!] [Main Mission added! Beatrice doubts your love for her and cannot accept you as a fiancé until your innocence is proven! Find a way to prove your innocence and show Beatrice that you love her! Duration: One Month Reward: Beatrice's Affection, ???]
Looking at that, he couldn't help but smile, one of his theories was correct, the System acted in a way that always got him out of situations, and that was reflected in the missions.
Initially, he would ask for a cultivation technique, but knowing his memories, he decided to ignore that and follow the hardest path and was rewarded in this way.
'Since the reward wasn't given immediately, the quest change time made the reward change. I doubt I would receive that cultivation technique if I asked her for a technique. I need to test more this way of manipulating rewards.
If it really is attested that way, then the harder the route I choose, the better the reward and I may even get two or more!' Strax was trying to unravel the system in his own way, and well, if he thinks he's succeeding, that's better like this.
"OK, let's go to my beautiful room," he said as he ascended the stairs, almost dancing towards the hallway. Luckily, no staff members were seeing him, so he continued to his room.
He walked through the corridors, which were refreshing in his mind, and finally reached a large door. He hesitated slightly, but opened it and entered. Despite the dust, it was as it had always been.
From the wooden wardrobe to the bed and the rug on the floor, he found himself in a nostalgic scene. After all, when he regained the memories, he absorbed everything from the previous Strax. Now, however, he was Strax in full.