"Hmmm..." the boy moaned and opened his mouth to speak his mind.

"!3^(^&%#^#$%^%$&&&&*" and it sounded alien to her ears but curiously enough, she understood what he meant.

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"Thank you." Kulas said after two strong hands help him up from his messy bed of blood and limbs.

He was lucky enough to not grant the gory scene a much closer look or he would have seen a full set of fingers and other essentials decorating the gooey dirt of crimson with its disgusting allure.

"You're most welcome. Now if you could take me back, i would surely love that. I have a game to finish and much earnings to collect after this."

the lady replied in perfect Japanese which stopped Kulas on his tracks out of this darkened room.

"System Spirit, how is she doing this?!" Kulas asked which tickled the ears of the only woman in physical attendance.

He had assumed that this summon would be akin to a soulless puppet that only knew how to take orders and had no thought of its own. Alas, he was rudely awakened to the reality of the situation at the moment.

"System Spirit, huh?" the lady quietly noted it in her mind. Although the boy's words were indeed indecipherable but she could understand the meaning of his odd nonsense well enough.

"She is a real living person that was depicted in the manga you have read, master. Of course she could speak!" the unseen female voice responded.

"Or would you rather make her mute or something? Hmmm... You could do that as well if you so wished for her to be so." the system spirit added.

"No. Just... let her be for now." the boy answered this time with the use of only his thoughts.

The system was the greatest secret he has and for it to be revealed was tantamount to his death or at least an existence far worse than that.

His skin trembled a little bit as he expected to be experimented upon if that sad possibility were to happen.

"If you say so, master. But you need just say the words and we could tweak her into something entirely new if you want. She could be a box for a change and that would not diminish her capabilities at all. I guarantee it!"

the lively and ever humorous voice of the system replied with much enthusiasm.

"I'll think about it." was all Kulas had to say before he sauntered forth beyond the door and into another world that awaited him with its bountiful treasures and surprises.

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"It's too dark." Kulas said the obvious the moment he got out.

He could literally see nothing in front of him as even the moon's absence was evident right before his eyes.

"CLICK!" the door closed gently behind him and so did the last source of light from the inner sanctum of the dilapidated house.

It was a curious thing for this abode to be located in the middle of nowhere but that fact certainly has not held another moment's thought in the careless mind of the boy.

What only called for his attention now was one truth and one single truth alone.

He was hungry af!

"Get me some food and do it fast." he ordered at the woman who he could not see anymore but could only smell.

She had that peculiar womanly fragrance on and it ticked not just his nose but also his wild imaginings.

And just like that his words were not challenged in the least but along a gentle touch of the wind, he realized that he was out here beneath the starless sky.

Alone and vulnerable once more.

"Remember to not go far and put my safety a priority at all times."

Kulas whispered before he simply sat on the dusty ground in this wilderness.

The air was cold and he did not think that his shattered clothes afforded enough protection for the elements but that mattered little though.

His focus right now was totally preoccupied with something more serious than his stomach and skin condition.

"Did she hear my last command, System Spirit?"

Kulas wanted his fears erased by some confirmation from the only ally he could trust.

Of course since he'd been in the modern era of man, he had read countless of web novels in his time.

It was in fact a favorite pastime of his and system novels has always taken a large following.

What he did not expect though was to be transported here after his untimely death and be given the chance to live again.

"Of course, master. Your summons answer to your call alone no matter how far you physically are to them. You could even command her to take her own life and she would do the deed with the highest competence and efficiency. Would you like to try that, master?"

the system spirit asked in a rather excited manner.

"No need for that. I'm merely asking, that's all."

Kulas shook his head at the curious attitude displayed by the system.

He would have wished for a robotic boring assistant if he had his way but feared what would happen if such notions were to be known by this unusually sentient system.

"Would the system spirit leave me and take my cheats along her departure?"

he thought within and shivered at that unwanted possibility.

"TAP!"

the sudden arrival of two heavy feet startled further negative thoughts from the boy.

Within seconds, five big birds were dropped nonchalantly in front of Kulas.

And a few breaths later, an improvised grill was fathomed into existence with the use of rocks alone.

Of course, the first summoned being has not forgotten to use some dry sticks to light afire the food for some tasty late dinner for the two of them.

"How did you learn to do that?" Kulas could not help but wonder at the magical sight he was seeing.

The beautiful lady would rubbed her dainty hands on the soon to be meal and their feathers scattered to the ground.

The big birds turned into big bald birds in an instant!