As soon as I got home and left my room, my aunt came up to me and asked me to take a look at Dudley. Interestingly, there were no problems with Dudley. I think the canonical Dudley grew up like that, watching his parents' behaviour, but now we'll never know, since he got his shield too.
Lunch was... no, not lunch... a FEAST. The table was covered with a huge pile of dishes, my aunt had really gone all out. I was stuffed, but my aunt brought out a freshly baked apple pie, and I couldn't refuse. My training was ruined. But at least I had time to think. What do I want to achieve in the end? Right now, I have quests to complete, and I need to deal with Dumbledore and Voldemort, as they will most likely only get in the way, and something tells me that they are somehow connected to the problems of this world. Although, judging by the fanfiction I've read, Dumbledore is to blame, and our dark lord was just a simple psychotic puppet. Next, I need to figure out magic. It's not that important right now, but when I go to Hogwarts, it will be strange that the boy who lived can't even use Alohomora.
...ATTENTION...
...The system will be rebooted...
...Reboot time: 24 hours...
Here we go... What was that?
"Jarvis," I said, but of course there was no response. Well, at least my magical vision was still working, and everything else was still active, but I had no idea how to turn it all off.
Well, I'll go talk to my aunt. Going downstairs, I saw my aunt finishing the dishes.
"Auntie, I have a question," I asked, sitting down on a chair. "Do you remember where the bar is that you and Mum used to go to on the sloping alley?"
"Harry, that was so long ago," she said sadly, "but I think we could go for a walk around London, maybe I'll remember something.
"Well, that's better than nothing. We can go to one place and test my theory.
"Then let's go for a walk at the weekend.
"Great, but right now I think I'd better get some rest.
Nothing special happened before the system woke up. I talked to the Dursleys, helped my aunt around the house, and just relaxed. But Jarvis's awakening shocked me.
...Reboot complete...
...Update successful...
"Hello, Jarvis."
...Hey...
"Are you okay?"
...Oh my...
"Um... Jarvis, did Shiro do something to you?"
...Mr Shiro is the best god in the entire universe and only does good and right things...
Yeah... I knew sooner or later I'd get screwed over.
"Well, tell me, what else is new?"
...Same old, same old, the system is the system, what did you do?
"Are you out of your mind?"
...Something not working for you?
"Actually, yes."
...I got the quest "Where's the horse?"...
"Where's the horse?"
Got to the bottom of the system? The system will get to the bottom of you. You have 30 minutes to find a live unicorn.
Reward:
+5 levels
Failure:
Diarrhoea for 1 hour.
PZDC, damn it, Shiro, everything was fine.
"Jarris, where am I going to see a unicorn?"
...Not my problem...
What the hell am I going to do, I don't want to be punished like this. Hmm...actually, I have an idea.
"Jarvis, do I need a unicorn specifically, or will any horse with a horn do?"
... HAHAHA, any horse will do, as long as it has a real horn...
"Reverse call.
I found myself back in that cave with the moonstones and immediately rushed to the exit. Strangely, Peter was already waiting for me there. Well, now we'll see who's the smartest.
"Pyotr, there's no time to explain, do you have a rapidash here?
"Strange question, but yes, I do."
"Can you take me to them urgently? I need to see them.
Peter took me by the hand, and a second later we were standing in a clearing, and I saw these beautiful creatures with fiery manes.
...EEEEEE, you can't do that...
"You yourself allowed me to see any horse with a horn."
...Cheater...
...The task "Where's the horse?" has been completed, reward +5 levels...
...You just got lucky, but it was only a trial...
"Okay, let's just make up."
...I don't need you, I'll wait 10 years, you'll kick the bucket yourself...
"What if I tell Shiro that you were stopping me from completing my tasks and having fun?"
...WOO WOO WOO, take it easy, why are you playing your trump cards right away...
...Peace, friendship. Chewing gum?...
"Same thing."
"Sorry, Peter, there were some problems with the system, I had to find a horse with a horn.
"Oh."
"It's hard to explain, I had an urgent task to do.
"Okay, are you staying?"
"Sorry, I can't stay here any longer, I need to sort out some problems in my world.
"Return.
Well, at least I got some fresh air, I thought to myself when I got back to my room.
"Jarvis, seriously, has anything new been added or changed?"
...Nothing special, they changed the speech module, removed the store, added a roulette...
"AND THAT'S NOTHING SPECIAL????....calm down, just calm down, any other updates?"
...Well, quests will pop up more often, but that's about it...
"I saw your quests... so what's this roulette thing?"
...Now you get crystals for absorbed souls, you take a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 99 crystals and spin the wheel. The more crystals you have, the higher your chance of getting something useful...
...The quest "Test your luck" has been added...
"Test your luck"
Get something useful in 10 attempts at spinning the wheel.
Reward:
2 free attempts.
Well, this is more or less a quest. To spin or not to spin, that is the question. Although, I don't need it right now, I have enough problems as it is. And you can expect anything from the new system... Cthulhu will pop up later and you'll have to deal with him. Okay, I want to check something and then I can go to bed. Tomorrow we're going for a walk around London.
I walked over to the mirror.
"Listen, Jarvis, what's this blue haze around me?"
...That's because you're a dick... I mean, you have options, right?
"Well, either it's my aura or something like that, showing my power, or it's excess mana, or the mana that's gathering around me."
...You're almost right, the mana you're able to gather gets stuck in a kind of traffic jam because your reserves are full, and on top of that, ordinary wizards can see it through special artefacts, but they decide that it's a sign of your power...
"Can it be removed somehow?"
...Sure, no problem... Figure out how to remove it...
What did I expect? Okay, let's try it. I began to imagine how the mana around me was becoming transparent.
...Skill "Magical Concealment" acquired...
Magical Concealment (passive skill that allows you to hide your "aura")
Hmm... that's good, but it turns out you can make mana invisible. I began to imagine my body being enveloped in a slightly denser mist of mana, so that not only it, but I too would become invisible. And after a couple of minutes, my efforts were successful.
...Skill "Invisibility Level 1" acquired...
Invisibility Level 1 (Allows you to become invisible or make other creatures/objects invisible, consumes 100 mana per minute when used on yourself and 2 mana when used on others, the duration of the skill on another creature or object depends on the mana initially invested)
Alright, now it's time to rest.
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