The Life Hacker System

As the silhouette came into view.

It appeared as if something from a painting.

Surrounded by cherry blossom trees and blooming flowers, a young handsome boy walked with a wolf cub laying on his head.

Appearing somewhat odd, the image of the boy walking portrayed a serene feeling as if the heavens were complimenting him.

The wind picked up. Gently blowing the boy"s hair making the image more beautiful, as the boy"s eyes glimmered gold and silver. Though boy"s hair was blown, the wolf cub positioned on top of his head wasn"t affected in the least, still comfortably laying there enjoying the pleasantness of the whole situation.

The boy was obviously Taka.

Though he"d got slightly lost.

Directions were never his strong point.

Letting out a sigh he paused his steps to try and find an inkling of where he was.

Having no idea where he was, all he could do was stroke the wolf cub.

Enjoying the comfortableness of Taka"s hand, the cub let out an affectionate growl.

"I don"t suppose you know where we are do you little one?"

Not expecting a reply. Taka was shocked when the cub answered.

"Of course"

Answering in a lazy voice due to still being stroked.

Still shocked from the fact the cub had answered. A stupid question flowed from Taka"s mouth.

"You can speak?"

As soon as he said it he realised how idiotic the question was but instead of the sarcastic remark he was expecting a gentle feminine voice flowed into his ears.

"Hmm I just didn"t see any point. I was enjoying laying on your head"

All Taka could do was smile wryly after all he hadn"t spoken to the cub directly either this whole time.

An awkward silence fell between the two or maybe it was just him who felt awkward.

After a moments silence a dry cough could be heard.

"Little one, can you help me get out of here? My sense of direction is lacking to say the least."

Without any pause an answer came.

"Keep going forward. We"ll come out where you came in earlier."

"You know where I came in?"

"Hmm and stop calling me little one, I have a name."

Blushing from embarra.s.sment and shock, only now realising he hadn"t introduced himself or asked the cubs name.

While he was still preoccupied by embarra.s.sment the wolf cub spoke up.

"You can call me Fenrir or Fen for short. Just to clear any other misunderstandings up I"m female."

A thought popped into taka"s head before he replied.

"Wasn"t Fenrir a male in Norse myth and the G.o.d of destruction . . . . . oh who cares just look at me, I"m some old guy whose been reincarnated into my younger self with a system that defies common logic. So who am I to talk?"

"You can call me Taka or whatever you prefer"

A silence ensued followed by a gentle nod of Fen"s head.

"Let"s go home"

Taka spoke and Fen quickly answered with a bark.

Time pa.s.sed finally out of the forest Taka could now relax a little.

Though the neighbourhood he lived in could be dangerous, compared with the unsavoury characters he"d dealt with in his previous life the criminals in his neighbourhood were of little threat to him even without the help of the system but with the help of the system they were nothing to him.

Minding his own business he asked Fen a question.

"Hey Fen, Why were the other wolves trying to attack you?"

"That"s difficult to explain to a human"

"Can you try and explain it?"

Fen thought for a moment but soon answered.

"I guess it"s kind of like when some humans think they"re at the top of the food chain but then meet someone stronger, they naturally try and regain their dominance. That"s basically what the pack was trying to do. Unfortunately for them I met you. An overwhelming force is not easy to fight against so why would they even bother trying, plus when you shouted you scared the c.r.a.p out of them"

"By overwhelming force, do you mean me?"

Taka was somewhat confused by what Fen had said. In no way had he tried to scare the wolves, he only wanted them to back off. Fen replied.

"Well I"m not talking to anyone else am I?"

"I"m that scary? Wait let me rephrase. I appear that scary?"

Taka asked with a fl.u.s.ter. It wasn"t like he minded being scary but he didn"t want it showing all the time, as they say a fight is easier if you"re being underestimated.

"Scary is the wrong word. It"d be more accurate to say the pressure you radiate is far too much for them to handle."

Hearing the explanation from Fen, Taka calmed down.

Thankfully the streets heading toward his house were pretty empty otherwise seeing Taka talking to himself, people would either think he was crazy or a lost child.

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Finally arriving home he realised that it was almost time for his family to arrive home. Breathing a sigh of relief that he"d made it back before them, he lay on his bed with Fen cuddled up next to him and fell into a deep sleep.

An hour went by Taka"s father and mother arrived home first followed by his elder sister a few minutes later.

Slightly opening Taka"s bedroom door, Becky popped her head in the room to check he was alright. Hearing him breathing steadily and knowing he was alright, she quietly shut the door not noticing Fen curled up alongside him.

Going back downstairs she went to help her father prepare dinner.

Taka continued to sleep, yet not needing to thanks to his skill [Infinite endurance].

Though he didn"t need it he still slept, mainly to rest his mind considering everything that had happened today. It was mindboggling to say the least.