Hey Shila, I know I said we could take a break, but could we just finish the trials first?


    There''s another 5.


    Yea, but the first one was so fast and it didn''t take long, I also promised I won''t make use of you unless you give permission someway okay? Also 5? Should it be 4?


    Fine, let''s go, but you better don''t try to push the break further than this, also idk what the 5th one is.


    Alright alright.


    By the way, Aiden, white is also on the 10th floor now.


    Really? Has he passed the trial of smell yet?


    No, he failed so the tower sent him back here.


    We can retry?! Isn''t the poison made to kill?


    Yea, but only 3 attempts, also the tower keeps your soul safe even if your body dies, but only in certain circumstances like the trials.


    Oh, what happens after the three?


    You die for real, also the poisonous apple changes spots every time or maybe it doesn''t, it''s completely random.


    Oh, ok, let''s go?


    Fine.


    Shila sends them along with Jamine to the 12th floor as she sees a notification.


    Notification.


    During this trial, arrows modified to be slightly louder will be shot at you, your job is to prevent yourself from direct physical contact with the arrow through your skin or flesh.


    During this trial, you will lose all your senses except your sense of hearing temporarily.


    Wow, this is gonna be annoying… Shila could you tell me the directions the arrows are coming from?


    I could, but the guide would probably be angry.


    He still hasn''t fixed the loopholes?


    No, I think it''s because people without an upgraded system can''t really cheat and he''s busier than he looks.


    That guy, seriously?


    I know, surprise surprise.


    As Hilda sighs, and tries to insult the guide, she hears a really soft sound approaching her quickly as she instinctively avoids it, feeling a small breeze of air pass by along with what she suspects to be the arrow.


    Was that the arrow?


    Yea.


    Why didn''t my sixth sense skill activate?


    Because the guide did fix that, it''s in your notifications, you should have seen your skills at the start before your sight got removed instead of talking to me.Stolen novel; please report.


    Annoying.


    Hilda avoids again as she hears another arrow being shot, followed by another and another as she starts struggling a bit.


    Oh yea, you are actually estimated to be 5 levels higher before you start the trial, making it easier but since you beat floor 2 without being at the estimated level, it''s a bit harder, so you could probably use your trait, but not too much or guide may get a bit angry.


    Ok, Shila,help me buff my stat to make this… normal difficulty for me?


    Sure.


    Notification.


    Trait “sis con” is in use.


    Stats are being temporarily added.


    Ok nice.


    Hilda keeps dodging, feeling it being slightly easier but still decently difficult as she nearly gets hit by one but uses her sword to block it in time.


    That was a close one.


    Indeed, hey Hilda, did you know that grass is a type of green plant that is commonly found on the 10th floor along with ants which live in colonies just like earth? And also–


    Shila, shut up, stop trying to interrupt me, I''ll use you as a meat shield.


    If you do that, I''m expecting 2 days of a break.


    In your dreams, I''m not letting you eat up my points.


    Whatever.


    Hilda listens closely as she hears no more approaching objects and let''s her guards down before suddenly hearing a bunch from all around with some above too.


    Hilda, you lost this time.


    Nah, I refuse, I may not like to do this, but your my system and the other treats me like a mom


    Huh? So what?


    Hilda rolls up into a ball, pulling her shirt over her face and putting her arms into her shirt while tucking her legs into her shirt, surprising Shila, not at how stupid this idea is, but how her shirt hasn''t torn apart yet.


    Hilda, what the actual hell? You know there is a way to pass this trial without whatever the hell you''re doing right now?


    But this is the easiest method.


    Hilda, just listen closely! One of the arrows are louder than the others, the rest are fake!


    Yea, but this is still easier.


    Hilda, I''m not gonna get scared over by the guide because of you, get the hell out of your shirt and do this, here''s a tip, use your mana!


    Mana?


    Hilda contemplates for a moment as she anyhow tries pushing mana into her arm, making her dizzy and headache but with severely improved hearing as she easily distinguishes the real one and comes out of her shirt, cutting the arrow in half.


    Wow, I didn''t know I could do that, but that is way too dizzy, I feel like vomiting.


    That''s due to the fact that you aren''t used to it yet but used too much.


    Yep, I agree.


    W-will the guide a-angry? Jamine softly mutters out, still not able to talk completely normally or loudly.


    Does it matter? As long as he doesn''t mess with me, I don''t care, he can scold me all the hell he wants.


    Hilda, if he downgrades me, I''ll hate you for this.


    Is he allowed?


    Of course, he made the original system, so of course he can downgrade me


    What''s the original system?


    Nothing much, it''s basically just the system but a base copy, I''m basically a copy of it when I first became yours, basically when you first checked me.


    Oh.


    Well, if the guide appears, I''ll attack him.


    You won''t succeed easily.. at all actually.


    So what? It''ll feel nice to attack the bastard.


    … Sure, let''s just go to the next one, which is that?


    Taste.


    Taste? How does that help improve my skills?


    It doesn''t, it improves your willpower though.


    How?


    You''ll figure it out.


    Huh?


    Shila sends them all over to the next floor as she reads the notification.


    Notification.


    Trial of taste, all your senses will remain, consume all the food without fail.


    Hilda looks around the room, taking her own time due to being able to keep her sight this time as she looks around, finding herself in a luxurious but mostly empty dining room except for a couple decorations such as potted plants and windows with nothing outside but a blue sky and no ground, with the most noticeable thing being a circular wooden table in the center of the dining room with food on it, each being a different taste.


    As Hilda walks up to the table, she notices 5 transparent packets containing a weird white crystal looking solid In each of them.


    What''s this?


    Eat, duh.


    Sure?


    Hilda goes up to the first packet and pokes a finger in before licking it.


    As she licks it, she immediately feels an extremely sweet taste, almost sweet enough to make her try spitting it out as she forces herself to deal with it.


    Oh god… I see the problem now, Shila can you buy me some water?


    Not allowed.


    …


    Hilda looks back at the pack she just opened before nervously looking at the other 4.


    Screw it, I''ll just eat it all in one go.


    No, don''t!


    Hilda ignores her and eats it, instantly vomitting out and getting sent back to floor 10 after vomiting, leaving her with the overly sweet taste in her mouth, and tears welling up in her eyes due to the taste.


    Hey Hilda.


    Just say it, I deserve it.


    I told you so.


    … How about we just start the break now?


    Sure.