For now, I only know that the following realms are also called martial arts grades 5 to 9. I think this must be enough for completing the quest, and fortunately, my system screen shows that the quest is completed.
"MAIN QUEST: GAIN GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT MARTIAL POWER SYSTEM(1/1)"
"COMPLETED THIRD QUEST, REWARD AVAILABLE"
It's time to gain another reward. I hope this time it will be something good. Praying to get an overpowered cheat this time, I said, "System, give me my reward."
"MAIN QUEST: GAIN GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT MARTIAL POWER SYSTEM(1/1)"
"COMPLETED THIRD QUEST, REWARD AVAILABLE"
"DISTRIBUTING REWARD."
"1. Sigil of Evolution."
Shit! I again get some odd reward. Now, what is this Sigil of Evolution? This name looked imposing; maybe it is like a cheat that can help me evolve my body to new heights. Let's ask the system for its information.
"1. Sigil of Evolution: A sigil that represents the very concept of evolution. As long as this sigil is with you, then no boundaries of concept, fate, or flesh can stop you; you will be forced to evolve according to the situation. This was originally an emblem of a lost empire that mastered the very concept of evolution, but still it could not escape the cycle of life and destruction, thus lost in time."
Again, some vague explanation, I need something that can be used by me to gain strength, not some lost relics of ancient empires or kingdoms, so I said, "System, tell me how to use this? And what benefit can it give to me?"
"YOUR MAJESTY, YOU PLACE THAT SIGIL ON YOUR BODY PART. I RECOMMEND PLACING IT NEAR YOUR HEART, THEN IT WILL APPEAR AS A TATTOO ON YOUR BODY. AFTER THAT, IT WILL START SHOWING ITS EFFECT. THIS WORKS PASSIVELY, AND THE CORRECT EFFECTS OF THIS SIGIL ARE UNKNOWN TO HEAVEN ITSELF, SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT."
After again hearing a vague answer from the system, I accepted my fate of always getting strange items. Lets now bear with what we have, I hope in future I may get some good items there are still three system quests, that I need to complete but different from earlier quests they are going to be hard.
But first things come first, I looked at Yuki who just completed my said test, so I said, "Good, Yuki, now I can believe that you are telling the truth."
Hearing this, she smiles. Poor child, she did not know that I just tricked her to gain knowledge to complete my quest, but I have no intention of telling this to anyone, especially these poor children. For them, I am now a strong senior just like them, but more experienced, and this is good for both them and me.
Then I took Yuki back to the hut, where I found all those children standing at the gate of the hut, waiting for Yuki. As soon as they saw Yuki, they jumped at her while saying, "Big sister, you are back."
Seeing those children with innocent smiles, I don't know why, but I felt good. Just then, a small boy came out from that group towards me, staring me in the eye. He hesitated a bit but ultimately gathered his courage and said, "Bad guy, don't bully our sister. We will leave your place, but don't bully big sister Yuki."
?? I think they just misunderstood me, so I said, "No, I am not going to bully your sister Yuki, and you guys are not going anywhere."
But they did not believe me, as now another girl came out, she pointed her finger at me and said, "No, you are lying. Mom told me there are bad guys like you who do bad things to children. You must be such a guy; guys don't believe him. My mom said such guys will take us away and make us beg for the rest of our lives."
Hearing this, another boy from the group started crying and said, "I don't want to do begging, Mom, save me!"
Before any other children could start crying, Yuki came to my help and stopped them. Now obeying their big sister, those children look at Yuki, who said, "Sisters and brothers, he is not a bad guy, he is my friend, his name is Ryuk. This is his house, he is a good guy, and we are going to live with him for now. So, now everyone says sorry to him."
Now, the children obediently faced me and said sorry together at the same time, so I immediately said, "Okay, I am not offended by you guys. In fact, I like your awareness; you are right, there are bad guys out there who do harm to children, so your alertness is good for you."
Hearing my praise for them, the boy who earlier questioned me, smiled and puffed his chest while saying, "See, I am the smartest among you guys."
Then another girl, who labeled me as a bad guy, warned by her mother, said, "No, it was me, I am the smartest."
Soon, both of them started arguing with each other, and ultimately, Yuki had to intervene to stop the fight. Now both of them are getting lectured by their big sister. Just then, another boy came to Yuki and asked, "Big sister, you said we are in a test for martial arts training, and once we pass it, then our parents will come back to us. Big sister, when will this test end? I miss Mom!"
His words were like a stone thrown in a calm lake, as after hearing this, all other children now also looked at Yuki with the same longing in their eyes and the same question: when will they return home to their parents?
But they are oblivious to the fact that their cherished home is no longer there, and Yuki had no intention of telling them. So, to help Yuki handle this situation. I coughed and said, "Little sisters and brothers, your test has just started. There are still many stages you have to pass before you can go back to your parents. I will be the coordinator assigned to you guys, so you have to listen to my every command until you complete this test."
Hearing this, those children looked at me, and finally showed something other than longing; it was determination, determination to pass this test. The girl and boy who were fighting earlier said, "Don't worry, big brother, I will be the first to complete this test."
As they said this at the same time, they again started fighting while saying, "I will be the first." "No, I will be the first."
Seeing their fight, I unconsciously laughed, and along with me, Yuki also laughed. I think in this life I will get a happy family, after that Yuki stopped them again and made them sit on the ground obediently, while I took out a pot hidden inside a wall in my hut. The pot contains my ratio for this month. It is a large pot, which contains things like rice, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.
I took out ten sweet potatoes from it, then took out another pot which I use for cooking, started a small fire, and put it on the fire along with water and sweet potatoes. Soon, boiled sweet potatoes were ready, so I gave each child a sweet potato to eat. As those children were hungry, they ate it without any complaint, then I also took two sweet potatoes, gave one to Yuki, and ate another sweet potato with her.
After eating that, I again looked at those children and said, "Children, as you know, you are currently in a test, so as a coordinator I am going to start your first test but for it I need to go outside and gather some things, so I want you guys to stay inside this hut and don't cause any ruckus."
All of them nodded after hearing this while I signaled Yuki to come outside with me, now out of the hut I said, "Yuki, I need to go outside to do some things while I am away I want you to stay silent tell those children to stay silent all the times, this is a slum area so there could be danger, if people found out 9 children living in hut alone.."
Saying this, I went away from the hut, towards the busy slum road, my motive to find some way to earn food and money, because just now, one week of my rations got exhausted in a single meal, I need to earn more if I want those little guys at home to eat their fill. Walking away, I also told the system to place a sigil, and soon I felt a little heat on the left side of my chest. I opened my shirt a bit to see it, and there, just above my heart, a small Sigil of incomprehensible sign is formed, but just like Beacon of truth, I did not feel any strength increase or anything.
Sigh! I have to rely on myself to survive; this system and system rewards are useless.