"Well then, you're the one I choose—Urara!"
Tang Han tapped Haru Urara's card, and a brilliant burst of pink light erupted from it.
"Urara gets first place!" the pink-haired little angel cheered at the top of her lungs.
In the end, Tang Han chose Urara.
The reason he picked her was simple: compared with how meeting Rice Shower would trigger his uncontrollable big-brother instincts, facing Urara would make it easier for him to stay calm.
And besides, being Haru Urara's trainer was two hundred percent safe. What you needed to worry about was not whether she would basement you, but whether someone bad might trick someone as innocent as her. In cursed-fic lore, she was practically one of the patron saints.
After all, how could an angel ever be corrupted by something as filthy as cursed fanfiction?
Isn't that right, Tokai Teio?
So, with great pain, Tang Han gave up on Rice Shower and happily chose Urara.
…
Mission Accepted: [Take Charge of Haru Urara]
Description: Go and become Urara's trainer.
Reward: None
Penalty: Doctor's Outfit will be reclaimed
…
"Wait, what kind of mission is this?"
Tang Han suddenly realized that after choosing the card, not only had he gained nothing, he had actually been saddled with a new mission instead.
The system replied, "Next, the host must personally recruit the designated horse girl. Failure will result in the Doctor's Outfit being reclaimed immediately."
Tang Han scratched his head.
"So this three-choice lottery ticket wasn't a bonus at all? It was just a way to assign myself a mission? Succeed and I get nothing, fail and I get punished?"
"Correct."
"…"
Tang Han was left completely speechless.
What kind of scam item was this supposed to be? Did it even need to exist?!
It was painfully obvious that this bastard system was messing with him on purpose.
Other people's lottery tickets summoned a horse girl directly in one step. Tang Han's lottery ticket just handed him a mission where failure meant instant death…
"System, is there anything else you can pull on me?" Tang Han asked with heavy sarcasm.
…
Mission Accepted: [Apologize to Tokai Teio]
Description: Personally make the best-tasting honey special in the world and present it to Tokai Teio.
Mission Materials: Honey, spices, sugar, water, tea
Reward: None
Penalty: You will be unable to take charge of a horse girl
Mission Accepted: [Apologize to Rice Shower]
Description: Give the lucky sachet in your inventory to Rice Shower.
Mission Item: Lucky Sachet ×1
Reward: None
Penalty: You will be unable to take charge of a horse girl
…
"Huh?"
Looking at the two additional missions that had suddenly appeared, Tang Han went numb.
"Apologize?"
"That's right. Because the host rejected them during the three-choice selection, an apology is now required. If the apology missions are not completed, the host will be unable to take charge of a horse girl."
"..."
You told it to pull something, and it really did?
"The system kindly reminds the host to complete the apology missions and the trainer mission as soon as possible. After all, the Doctor's Outfit only has one day, sixteen hours, and nine minutes remaining."
"..."
"If the host feels these missions are not enough, this system can assign a few more."
"System, you bas—"
Ding. Accepting mission—
"Big bro! That's enough, that's enough! Thank you for your kindness! Please give the next person double!"
Tang Han was on the verge of tears and could only swallow his anger.
When you were stuck under someone else's roof, you had no choice but to bow your head.
If he kept mouthing off, Tang Han was afraid he would get slapped with a pile of impossible missions. By then, calling anyone "bro" would not save him. Better to admit defeat now and avoid making things worse. Who knew whether this not-a-system system was specifically designed to mess with him through missions… or perhaps missions were simply the only way it could act…
The more Tang Han thought about it, the more sense it made.
So he decided to keep observing for now.
"Better get to work first…"
Tang Han took out the honey and other ingredients from his inventory, deciding to deal with Tokai Teio's apology mission first.
Compared with simply giving the sachet to Rice Shower, concocting the best-tasting honey special in the world was several times harder. And Tang Han had always been the type to handle the harder task first.
If he could not finish the difficult job, then clearing the easy one first would be meaningless anyway.
As for why he was experimenting right here in the conference room instead of looking for a safer place…
Because Tracen Academy simply had no absolutely safe place. Horse girls could even break into the trainers' dormitory, let alone anywhere else on campus.
And since those old trainers had dared to hold their sharing session in this very room, it clearly meant this place was relatively safe. At the very least, Tang Han had not seen a single horse girl burst into the meeting and drag away one of the veteran trainers.
So making honey special here was clearly the correct choice.
But just as Tang Han laid out honey, spices, sugar, water, tea, and the rest of the ingredients across the table and got ready to start, he suddenly thought of one crucial problem.
"How am I supposed to know whether what I make qualifies as the best honey special in the world?"
"The host need not worry. This system will evaluate everything the host creates. Once the rating reaches S, it will count as the best-tasting honey special in the world."
"That's good."
The system provided an unlimited supply of ingredients, and with a scoring system in place, as long as Tang Han kept experimenting little by little, he would eventually succeed.
"Let's do this!"
Tang Han grabbed the ingredients with both hands, preparing to dump them together in a gloriously reckless mess.
But just as he was about to go wild, the system's next line shattered his fantasy.
"However, any garbage rated B or below must be drunk entirely by the host. Otherwise, this system will no longer provide unlimited ingredients. Waste is prohibited."
"...Fine..."
Tang Han narrowed his eyes, but instead of getting enraged by the system's latest demand and insulting it until the conditions got even worse, he took a deep breath and forced himself to maintain a stable mindset.
He set the ingredients down, then took out a dropper and carefully drew a few drops from each.
"Come on then. First trial: the world's best honey special."
Tang Han had never actually drunk honey special before. At most, he had gotten splashed with it by Tokai Teio. He did not know what it was supposed to taste like, let alone how much of each ingredient to add, so all he could do was throw things together based on instinct.
Half a minute later, the first cup of honey special was finished.
"System, what's the rating on this one?"
"Rating: A."
"Oh? Not bad."
Making something that close to the target on the very first try gave Tang Han a huge boost of confidence.
If he was already getting an A, then surely getting an S would not take long, right?
"Alright. Second trial: the world's best honey special."
Half a minute later, the second cup was complete.
"System, what about this one?"
"Rating: B. Judged unqualified."
"..."
It was an A just a moment ago, so how had this one dropped to B?
The system had said that anything rated B or below had to be drunk by Tang Han himself, or else the ingredient supply would be cut off. So he had no choice but to finish this cup.
Thankfully, to avoid the possibility of making so many bad honey specials that he literally drank himself to death, Tang Han had only made each cup a tiny sip's worth. The small amount meant he would not get full easily, and it also let him actually taste what he was producing.
Tang Han downed the honey special in one gulp, then smacked his lips like some self-important food critic.
Hmm. Sweet.
He honestly could not tell what was supposed to be bad about it.
"I think it tastes pretty good."
"If you like it, then drink more."
"Tch."
Tang Han immediately felt as though the drink he had just swallowed had lost all its sweetness.
This system could be sarcastic too…
Tang Han memorized the ratio of ingredients from just now and moved on to the next trial.
The third cup: Rating B, judged unqualified.
…
The seventeenth cup: Rating C, judged unpleasant.
…
The fifty-ninth cup: Rating D, judged garbage.
…
The sixty-third cup: Rating E, judged a crime against taste buds.
…
The ninety-eighth cup: Rating A, judged acceptable.
The ninety-ninth cup: Rating A, judged acceptable.
The hundredth cup: Rating A+, judged decent enough.
The hundred-and-first cup: Rating D, judged garbage.
…
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