God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

Chapter 57: Accursed Marriage

"You want me to lean on you, huh?" she hissed before biting his shoulder, only to feel like she had bitten a hard bone.

"Tch, that annoying stone skin." she cursed before turning to look at Keith, "Let's make seating official now. Brandon will take your place in the corner and you'll sit beside him. I'll go next and the one beside the door will be Clara. Is that fine with you?" Discover exclusive tales at M V L

Keith shrugged, "Your wish is my command, ma laday." he said imitating Clangson's accent, immediately making the frown on her face disappear. She smiled before shaking her head, "Idiot."

"You two, this is just unfair!" Brandon appealed but Keith simply pointed at Amelia, "Gotta listen to the Laday."

Three of them bickered, waking up Clara in the process before all of them got out to ask for breakfast.

Edward groggily opened his eyes, grabbed a small basked and passed it to Clara, "Last night's food. Eat that for breakfast."

Such was life when it came to travelling long distances in this world and for Keith who had lived his entire life with relative comfort, this would take some getting used to.

As he chewed on the stale flat bread that was similar to a Pita bread, he thought about his powers.

'Hmm... I still have a long way to go until I can spin the wheel again.' he thought as he brought out his gacha wheel that had completely greyed out and had no partitions like before.

The energy that was required for giving out quests was similar to mental energy that was depicted in the novel, but the energy that was needed to spin the wheel gave him different vibes.

Every time the system user managed to complete the main quest of the white system, he felt like he was growing in size but this was just a feeling. In reality, his size stayed the same.

'It felt like a different sense similar to sixth sense and instinct but different in a way too. I only feel it when the system is extracted after quest completion and get used to it in a matter of seconds. After which, I'm unable to get the same feeling again.' he mused, feeling pretty tired thanks to expending most of his mental energy to give quest rewards to Vincent.

'Once I manage to accumulate enough of this mysterious energy in the future, I'll have to try creating my own system using my own rules and imagination. Though the possibility of this working is pretty low, there's nothing wrong in trying.'

Without his knowledge, he subconsciously frowned as he delved deeper into his theories and Amelia spotted it while she was gossiping with Clara.

Since all of them were walking around the caravan, taking in the fresh morning breeze that gently swept along their skin, it was more of a coincidence for anyone to spot Keith's current expression.

"Give me a second. It looks like he's bothered by something." She whispered to Clara and was just about to go to Keith when she felt her hand being grabbed.

She turned around and saw Clara looking at her with an awkward expression, "Isn't it better to just leave him alone? I mean, he looks like he wants to be alone."

Hearing this, Amelia said nothing and simply stared at her friend for a few seconds before losing her cool, "Look, I know that I made a huge mistake by telling you to sleep with him, but you were not drunk. Your divine protection is strong enough to keep your mind intact.

I messed up, but that doesn't change the fact that you were the one who acted upon it. You did it because you wanted to. I didn't force you, remember? I simply gave you an option and you took it.

What goes on between you and Keith stays between you two. I don't mind it if you ask me for my help, but he's a friend too. In fact, he's the only guy that has ever seen and treated me like a normal person.

Brandon wants to sleep with me and so does every single pervert of a man I've ever met! Edward is married and keeps to himself but he's more like a father to me. Though, it feels like I'm talking to another Brandon when he's drunk."

After saying what was in her mind, she let out a long and drawn out sigh, "Listen, both of you are my friends. Like not the fake friends but actual friends who I deeply care about. It hurts to watch you guys act like strangers to each other. If you want, I can talk to him.

I'll make sure that he never takes any romantic or sexual actions towards you. He's a gentleman who has tremendous control over his actions as far as I've observed. You can at least talk to him right?"

Clara stood silently, feeling a lot of emotions at the same time.

Guilt, for losing her virginity to her co-worker when she was supposed to marry someone else. Even more guilt after listening to Amelia's words for not treating Keith fairly.

Sadness, for being forced and obligated to marry someone she barely knew, and also for trying to push Amelia into distancing herself from Keith.

Anger, for getting reprimanded due to her actions.

And lastly, confusion. Unable to discern what was right and what was wrong.

She felt utterly lost as she stared into Amelia dark brown eyes.

"I.... I need some time." she said softly, trying to hold back her tears and quickly walked away as she felt like her heart was getting squeezed by an ethereal hand.

Amelia watched her leave and took a deep breath to calm down her messy, jumbled up emotions, "I hope that she thinks it through and makes a good decision. Oh great Seraphina, our holy shield and goddess of protection... please protect my friend from her own thoughts. I beg you."

'It's way better to stay unmarried that to marry that asshole, Clara. You might come to hate me, but I'd rather have you hate me if it means I can stop this accursed marriage from happening.'