'Kill monsters, eat meat'

'I mean, Kill monsters, save lives. Got it.'

'Tut, I could've sworn that the first one sounded better.'

She wasn't a girl looking for freedom or self-righteous liberation by a hero, or whatever shit a girl who suffered for almost all her life would crave. 

-the shit of a life she was living was horrible, but it was bearable, and so she got used to it. 

Rather, instead of freedom, what this little missy wanted was money. Lots and lots of them so she never has to worry about the next day. 

Money - bountiful enough that when she has to spend, she doesn't need to look back or calculate her assets to see how much she has left. 

Money - bountiful enough to get all the fried chicken she could ever dream of. Yeah, you heard it, fried chicken.

For those who did not have money to spare leisurely, getting fried chicken was like a pipe dream to them and she had been one of those unfortunate souls.

A comfortable roof above her head and no worries as to when she would get ordered around to steal. No worries about when she would get her next meal--

That was her liberation.

And she got it. Just that, she got it most absurdly.

Awakened!

Those were the people ruling the world, alongside beastly and deadly monsters who threatened the safety of average human beings.

And those awakened call the shots.

Alice never dreamed she would one day be awakened, and compared to others with their game-like system displaying their attributes and strength; she had a full-grown man whom only she could hear, watching her back at every turn and telling her what to do.

He was kinda a pain in the ass but she couldn't complain.

It was this gift he had bestowed on her that made her the most powerful Awakened there was with stats that even S-class awakeneds couldn't compare to.

She was the boss, now. Mwa-hahahahaha.

But life didn't go as easy and leisurely as she planned. With great power comes great responsibility, right?

Well, in her case with great power comes great hunger. She couldn't go a moment without getting hungry and her stomach had become a bottomless pit.

And to get food, she needed money, and to get money, she had to hunt monsters. The monsters plagued humanity, causing catastrophes and taking lives mercilessly.

Those monsters, as scary as they may be, were her target and she had to face them head-on.

The bigger the monsters the more money she would gain.

Yeah, that was the plan, but... This guy acting as her system seemed to have other plans, putting her at the forefront of 'justice' and having her clean the mess he somewhat created.

'Ugh, I can already sense a shadow of foreboding. Someone, please tell me I'm not acting the main character role. I just want to eat, okay?'

Of course, she heard it, but she did not say anything.


Just seeing how Alice's tone had gone meek, and how her eyes looked sadly distant when she said that, she knew there wasn't anything she could say that would assure Alice of whatever worries she had.


But she tried to pretend. Pretend that it was no big deal, and then it would be no big deal.


"Well, there's gotta be a start to it if you want to make me believe. She shoved her fingers through her hair and then folded her arms. "But it doesn't look like you want to start anyway, so forget it. I'll only be the bad guy if I keep asking, right?"


"Gosh, let loose a bit. You look old when you get serious like that."


Diane once again felt an irk on her forehead and decided to use her gauntlets.


"And to think I was sympathizing with you. Come here, I'm going to make minced meat out of you!" She proceeded to attack Alice, but just then, the door opened and revealed Mark.


Chapter 440 - I'll just go up for a bit