God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

Thanks to the pipe, Caleb accepted Keith's words without any effort but that only lasted for almost an hour before he began to feel like he had reached a dead end once again. But luckily for him, Keith promised him a responsibility since he knew that Caleb simply wanted to be of use to the team.

He simply wanted a place where he felt like belonged in. Or at least, that was what Keith assumed from reading Caleb's inner thoughts.

"You know what, you're still a part of the team so don't forget about it. You and Laura will be responsible for intel gathering and cleaning up. I believe that you'll be able to make proper decisions. Just keep in mind that the ability to fight isn't the only thing that brings value to a person..

Just take me for example. I won't be humble this time and I believe that there's no need for me to tell you how much of an impact I made during the training camp right? Tell me, did I have abilities that helped me with fighting? No, right? I barely did shit during the sparring events.

But I contributed in other ways and I believe that you can do the same. You just have to trust yourself and work hard towards the things that you can do instead of crying over things that you can't." he said, knowing well that the main reason for the strong impact, was his system and the way he used his divine energy to make "system seeds" so that he could read what the other teams were doing.

This information was crucial for the success of his team and he knew very well that he was not an overly smart individual who could make guesses based on extremely minor clues. It was all thanks to the information being fed to him in it's face value.

Luckily, Caleb cheered up once Keith began to list the various things he could do to help the team and Keith also pushed him to learn etiquette, teaching him everything he had learnt from Amelia in the past few months.

Days quickly passed and Keith switched carriages every time he got to a new district or town. This saved time as he didn't have to wait for the horses to rest, but it also cost more money. Luckily, money wasn't a problem for him and he was able to reach Auberg district in four weeks and two days instead of five weeks.

He got off the carriage and stretched, his joints making snapping sounds.

"Ugh... that felt good." he said, his voice lazy as he turned to look at Caleb who was doing the same, "Go to the church and they'll tell you what to do next. I'll go meet my family and join you."

"Understood, Captain Keith!"

Keith blinked twice as he stared at Caleb, "We're not on duty..."

"It's fine, I'm trying to get used to the sound of it."

"Do whatever you want..." Keith said as he shook his head and began to walk towards his sister's house.

Keith didn't feel any kind of strong connection to his sister, but she had given him a place to stay when he had almost nothing. Adam had helped him find a good job while also giving him bullets that were very valuable.

Due to this, even though the connection didn't feel deep, he still wished well for the family. He didn't want to see them suffer and he also wanted to get his hands on Adam's awakened ability.

As he walked, he took a look at his system and saw the countdown for tax collection getting close to zero. Vincent's tax was ready to be collected, but Keith simply wanted to keep things in order so he waited for Fabian's cooldown to end so that he could collect both at the same time.

He didn't have to wait for long as there were only few more seconds to go and once it hit zero, he immediately claimed his monthly rewards. SSS grade Red Hot fist from Vincent and S grade physique from Fabian.

He suddenly felt lighter, his mental energy began to drain at a rate that he did not expect, but he felt a sudden surge of energy in his muscles. It went up to a point where he started to feel uncomfortable so he began to run, expending the energy that was mysteriously getting shoved into his body from god knew where.

Jogging wasn't enough, so Keith sprinted, reaching a speed that was slightly more than 40kmph but he didn't have an instrument to measure it and nor did he care. He simply wanted to run and the more he ran, the more thrilled he felt.

The burning muscles made him feel alive and before he knew it, he was right in front of his sister's home. He stared at the door, looking slightly disappointed that his run had ended so soon. A part of him wanted to turn back and continue running, but another part of him wanted to get the important things done first.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Keith knocked on the door and waited. The door opened and Rebecca stood in front of him with her baby in her arms.

"You're back." she said as a smile bloomed on her face and she raised her free arm to hug him. "Welcome back"

Keith silently patted her back before taking a step back from her, but just as he was about to speak, the kid pointed his small finger at him.

"Daada!"

"Nooo, that's your uncle. Come on Kris, say uncle!" Rebecca said, as she looked at Kris while pointing at Keith.

Kris grinned, showing of his tiny teeth as he looked at Keith and bobbed his head backwards, "Daada heheehe aaaah." he said and stuffed his four fingers into his mouth.

Seeing this, Keith couldn't help but smile, "Damn, he's growing up fast..."

"Yeah, and I'm still salty that he knows how to say dada and not mama." Rebecca said, pouting as she pinched Kris's chubby cheeks.
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[A/N: Damn, too many names with K and I'm getting confused. I called Kris as Kira like 3 times T.T I need more variation.]