---With Kirito---
'Sigh! No matter how hard I try to be a salted fish, this system always forces me to be busy." From the moment Kirito got this system, his has never been able to rest for a day. There will always be some kind of mission for him to do.
At first, the missions were related to learning technology related staff. He also happily completed those missions because of the rewards. But as time went on, the system would to try to somehow keep him busy with training with swords or training his body alongside learning technology related staff as well.
Except for the time that he uses for sleep, he barely gets any free time of his own. In order to complete all the missions given by the system, he even had to loose all the hobbies that he used to have in the past. Once he did try to go against system's wish but after having a stomach problem for a whole day, he was forced to became a ideal system worker.
Now that he came to this death game, he is still getting all kind of missions which urges him make his avatar stronger.
'Even though I kind of miss my freedom, at least the rewards that I have gotten from the system so far are really extraordinary. Not only it helped me increase my knowledge tremendously, it also improved my swordsmanship level by a lot. If not for that, I would be really struggling to keep up with others specially a monster like Rifat.'
It is true that Kirito is somehow dissatisfied with how the system is forcing him to complete the missions but he is still grateful to it. After all, without it, he would have to take many detours and might never become as knowledgeable and powerful as he is now.
But recently something happened with the system and that started to worry him a little bit. So, he decided to ask it directly, 'System, in the past, you used to give out the rewards as soon as I complete any kind of mission. But now after coming to this game, you have been withholding those rewards. can you tell me the reason behind it?'
[The system is withholding the rewards is because host's soul is currently in a semi separated state. Only when host's soul is connected fully to the body again, the host will automatically receive those rewards.]
'That means that I will have to complete those missions in this game without getting any kinds of reward? And I can only get it after I fully leave this game?' Kirito asked with slightly distressed voice.
'If I got those rewards now, my strength would have risen very sharply. I might even been able to completely surpass Rifat but sigh!' Kirito lamented in his mind. Even though the strength of this game is only illusory, who doesn't want to stand at the top!
[Host doesn't need to feel disappointed. Because of large number of rewards stacking together, the final reward that host will get will be extremely high grade. If you can really complete all the mission exceptionally well without making any kind of mistake, host might be able to get all of your avatar's abilities in real life.]
Hearing this, Kirito became stupefied. Because prior to this all the rewards that he got could still be explained with human reason. But if he can get some supernatural power like a game, then it will truly be extraordinary.
Thinking of this, Kirito couldn't help but show a big grin on his face. he quickly asked the system in his mind, 'Is this for real? Will I really able to get some kind of supernatural power in the real world?'
[Yes but it depends on how well you performed on the missions that was given by the system. Depending on that, you will get 10% to 100% of the powers that your avatar possesses at the end of the game.]
Hearing this, all the complains that Kirito had for the system prior to this completely vanished from his mind and he focused his mind to complete as many mission as possible before this death game ends.
…..
---With Rifat---
It has almost been a month since Suguha has come to know the relationship between Kirito and Asuna. At first, she was very heartbroken and tried to forget about her love for Rifat completely. Because of this, she even tried her best to avoid meeting Rifat alone.
Even those times when Rifat tried to talk to her alone, she would make some excuses to get away from him. Suguha thought that by doing this, she will be able to come back to being normal within a few weeks.
But this has been already nearly a month. Not to mention her coming out of sadness, she is becoming more and more depressed day by day. Everytime she sees Rifat, she would fall into a daze thinking about how wonderful it would have been if she was with him instead of Asuna.
Recently, this even started to affect her mental health a lot. If nothing is done about this, this might even cause her death because the world they are in right now is a violent one and without a strong mind anyone can fall prey of suicide.
Rifat knew this. So, this time he decided to have a good talk with her.
As he came in front of her door and gently knocked, nobody answered him. He tried calling a few times but there was still no response from the inside. Rifat knew Suguha wasn't going to answer him, so he decided to directly push the door open and entered her room.
Luckily for him, Suguha didn't lock the door, so he managed to enter her room without any problem.
"Suguha, I am coming in."
As Rifat went inside the room, he found Suguha hastily pulling herself up from the bed as she spoke to him in a slightly shaky voice, "Why did you come inside?"
Rifat felt slightly sad for Suguha. Unlike her cheerful personality in the past, she seems to have become very lifeless at the moment. Rifat knew the reason behind her change was himself. So, even if he couldn't take her into his harem, he at least wants to make her go back to her cheerful state.
"You should already know why I am here. Recently, I saw you were trying very hard to ignore me. Even when I try to strike up a conversation with you, you try to give some excuse and walk away from me. Knowing something might be bothering you, I tried to give you some space. But recently I noticed that you have stopped eating timely and your mental health seems to be deteriorating as well. So, I am really worried about you and couldn't help but come to talk to you."
Rifat said to her in the most calmest tone possible. Suguha's eyes became teary for a moment as she heard the concern in Rifat's voice but she lowered her head in order to hide it and said, "Don't worry, I am fine. Can you please go? I want to stay alone."
"No, I can't do that. I have kept a very close eye on you for the past week and I noticed how depressive you are becoming day by day. So, unless you can give me a guarantee that you are not going to do anything to yourself, I am not going to leave you alone today." Rifat replied in a firm tone.