God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

[You have only undergone a primary awakening. Secondary awakening is possible, but your body will need some time to properly adapt to the strong primary awakening that you were subjected to.]

[If you undergo a secondary awakening while your body hasn't adapted, the results will be not be optimal. In other words, the secondary awakening will be weak.]

'Hmm... how long will it take for my body to adapt to the awakening?'

[Scanning Body... Analysing...]

[Three years for your body to adapt. Four Years to get the best results from the secondary awakening.]

'Didn't you say that I'll get better results if my body adapts to the awakening? Why would I need more?' he asked mentally and a new message popped up.

[Better than not adapting, but it's not the most optimal.]

Keith understood and nodded to himself. He waited silently for a few hours until Vincent got into an inn with Miya.

He looked at everyone around him who were sleeping peacefully and rested his head on Clara's, which was resting on his shoulder.

With his eyes closed, he dragged her into his spatial dimension. It wasn't just her but the entire carriage.

'We'll switch back to boats tomorrow, so it'll be easier to do this at that time but this matter is of high importance.' he thought as he looked at the horses that were completely oblivious to their surroundings.

He had made sure that they would all stay sleeping as long as they were in this place with his powers. Absolute control really was very convenient when it came to matters like these.

Keith then teleported Clara out of the carriage and took her a few hundred meters away so he could talk to her alone.

Clara who was sleeping peacefully was suddenly woken up with a slight jerk. She opened her eyes and saw Keith sitting right beside her.

"Hmm? You brought me here while everyone is sleeping? Something important?" she asked and Keith nodded.

He then pointed towards the carriage that was a few hundred meters away, "I brought them all here, but they won't notice so it's fine. And yes, it's something important."

Keith hesitated for a second and then tried to come up with a proper way of telling her what was on his mind.

"Well, there's this child that I want to adopt. Her parents passed away and her uncle sold her off to a few people but I got someone to save her. I know that you have a lot of questions and I'll answer them all but some things... I'll need some time.

Once the time comes, I'll tell you everything and I hope you understand that I'm not trying to deceive you. As long as your questions aren't related to my powers, I'll answer you."

Clara silently stared at him for a few seconds before nodding, "Are you lying about this child? What I mean to ask is... is she your daughter? If she is, then I want to know who the mother is."

Keith shook his head, "No. Her parents are different people and they're both dead. She's from Baroma Kingdom and you know that we only went there recently. I've lived in Kazak empire my whole life and that child is just four years old."

"I'm so glad." she said as she put her hand on her chest before letting out a soft sigh, "How did you find out about her and who is this person that helped you save her? I'm not against adopting but how are we going to explain this to the others?"

"I can't answer the first two questions." he said and gave her a wry smile before glancing at the carriage, "As for explaining things to them, I'll just say that goddess Seraphina asked us to take care of her. They'll accept this easily since I haven't hidden the fact that I talked to her during my second awakening."

Clara gently put her hand on top of his and nodded, "Since you've planned everything.... I just want to know why you wanted to tell me about this."

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"Well, it's more of me asking you if we can adopt her. I'm not the only one who's going to be her parent. I want her to have a mother too, but I understand if you don't want to take care of a child that's not yours."

"... you wanted to ask for my permission?" she asked and frowned before nodding, "Usually if the husband wants something, he'll just do it and the wife simply has to accept the changes. What will you do if I say no?"

Keith shrugged, "It's a pity but she'll have to grow up with a guardian who'll be like a big brother to her instead of parents. I don't know how it'll turn out since he's pretty immature at times but yeah..."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"It was just a hypothetical question. I have no problems when it comes to adopting a child but you must promise me. I want one that shares our blood too." she said as she crawled closer to him and pushed him down onto the ground.

Keith smirked as he grabbed her wrist and pulled her onto him, "Just wait until our official marriage."

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Two hours later, he got into the carriage along with Clara and took it back outside. He then dived into his spatial dimension and took a look at his system screen to see what Vincent was doing.

'Looks like she's hungry but it's too late to ask for food now.' he thought as he looked at them and immediately sent out a system message.

[System Administrator: I'll bring you to my other system user. I want you to hand over the child to this person and he will take care of her.]

'Is this person trust worthy?' Vincent thought and as a reply, he got another notification.

[System Administrator: You decide.]

And the moment he finished reading it, he found himself in a small five by five land. He was still holding onto Miya's hand and the moment he saw the person in front of him, he was surprised.

".... Sir Keith? You were also blessed by the system administrator?" he asked.

The shock was still present but the time when he was rescued from the hell hole became a fresh memory as he recalled it almost instantly when he saw Keith's face.

He wanted to hug him and thank him for all his help, but he stopped himself as he knew that they weren't exactly close.

'He saved me just because of a coincidence, nothing more.' he thought and turned to look at Miya.

"I was told that you'll be taking care of Miya."

Keith nodded, "Yes. I plan on adopting her, but that decision is in her hands. If she doesn't want it, she can just go with you but I'm worried that it won't be a safe."

"Don't you get dangerous missions from that bastard administrator?" Vincent asked as he frowned, but Keith gave him an awkward nod.

"He does give me dangerous missions, but I have the means to keep her safe. This place is something I got from the system and I can keep Miya safe inside.

On top of that, I don't think I get too many dangerous missions. The administrator told me that you're way stronger than me so he gives you all the heavy work, heh."

Miya just stood there as she looked at Keith with a confused look on her face.

Vincent chuckled and gave Keith a wry smile before shrugging, "I don't have a choice do I? I either do it or die. Anyways..." he said and turned to look at Miya.

"Miya, this person here will take care of you from now on."

"Let me explain." Keith said and walked towards them before he crouched down in front of the girl.

"Your name is Miya right?"

Miya nodded, "Yes, my name is Miya. Why are you taking me?"

"Because, I think you're a good child and you need someone to take care of you. Are you a good child?"

"Yes. Miya is a good girl."

Keith smiled and patted her head before getting to the main point, "Do you know what adoption means?"

"No" she said and shook her head.

"Mhm, it means that if you say okay, I'll be your father from now on and I'll take you to your mother too. You'll be my daughter and I'll treat you nicely. Do you want that?" he asked.

He did not know how to approach the situation, so he just went with his feeling.

Miya knew that Keith wasn't her father and she didn't really understand how he would become her father if she said yes. She looked up at Vincent and saw him nod with a smile on his face, encouraging her.

Even though she was confused, she nodded, "Okay. What should I do after I become your daughter? Those two uncles told me that if I become their daughter, I'll have to go into shops and cry."

Keith smiled and patted her head before shaking his head.

"You don't have to do anything. Just be a good girl, listen to me and your mother, and go to school with other kids. If you want anything, you should tell me and if you want to talk, you should come to me and talk. I won't ask you to go to shops and cry."

"If I want something..." she muttered before her face lit up, "I want that long thing that Vincent Uncle gave me!"

Keith turned to look at Vincent who looked absolutely devastated as he took out a small jerky strip from one of his inner pockets, "She meant this..."