he'll be back.
He always comes back. Usually with some epic story and a new divine trinket.
"Radha's divine sigh was heavy.
"A necessary step? He has forgotten that even the highest purpose requires divine partnership.
" Her hands clenched, the air around her crackling with suppressed divine energy, not of raw rage, but of an indignant love and a fierce possessiveness.
"He faces the world's problems alone, and in doing so, he has left me with no divine work to share beside him."
flicker of divine resolve ignited in her eyes.
"If he seeks to reawaken his divinity through mortal trials, then I shall follow.
Not out of anger, but out of eternal partnership.
He will not face his trials alone.
He may have descended to understand mortality, but I will descend to remind him of divinity, and of the bond he cannot truly forsake. And perhaps," she added, a sharp glint in her eye, "I'll have a word or two with him about his 'packing' habits."
With a silent, resolute will, Radha turned her back on the cosmic elders.
The divine realm, once her sanctuary, now felt incomplete without Krishna by her side, undertaking his grand task together.
Her love for Krishna was an ocean, and that ocean now held a potent current of divine possessiveness and frustration.
She would follow. She would find him.
And she would remind him that even in his trials, he was not alone.
Recover from flashback.
The strong divine feeling faded from Radha.
She became calm again, but with a dangerous smile on her face.
It was a smile that Krishna, even though he was still confused, could feel was powerful.
She his angry about something.
It was like she knew something he didn't.
Krishna, beside her, finally closed the System in his mind.
He had asked his questions about Radha, and it was done.
The System seemed happy for now.
He still felt the strange '100' from his Golden Eye, a constant reminder that things were not normal.
He was about to try and focus on the normal classroom, the normal desks, the normal teacher.
but then, a new System alert popped up in his head.
System Alert: New Task.
Krishna's heart jumped.
Another one already? What now? He braced himself.
He thought, "Show Task."
SYSTEM: NEW TASK
Task: Kiss Radha for 5 continuous minutes.
Deadline: Complete within the next 3 days.
Reward: Divine Skill, 100 Karmic Points.
Penalty for Failure: Host will be permanently
unable to have children.
Krishna stared.
What the hell? Kiss her for FIVE minutes straight? And he had three days to do it.
He looked again."Are you kidding me?!" Krishna thought furiously at the System, his mind shouting.
"This is not fair! How am I supposed to do that? She doesn't even know me! This is a System task, this is… this is crazy!"
System Direct Reply to Host: Your protest is noted.
However, the parameters are set.
Radha possesses a 100+ affection level towards the host.
She is guaranteed to be your future wife.
Therefore, do not hesitate.
Furthermore, this System is also jealous of the host for acquiring a bride with such high affection.
Proceed.
Krishna felt his face flush. What? She's guaranteed to be my wife? And the System is JEALOUS? He couldn't even process that.
But more importantly, Radha didn't know. She was looking on the board, but no clue what the System was demanding of him.
How could he possibly just… kiss her for five minutes? And what if he failed?
The penalty was brutal.
Five minutes. Continuous.
And the penalty… Permanent inability to have children? That was terrifying.
The reward was amazing, but the task and the penalty were incredibly daunting.
This was the System, playing with his life, shoving him into something completely unexpected, something deeply personal.
He looked back at the System task.
What should he do? He was in a tight spot.
The task was insane, the deadline was pressing, and the penalty was his worst nightmare.
He could only hear his heart pounding and the System's prompt flashing in his mind.
Krishna buried his head in his hands, his knuckles pressing hard against his temples.
Frustration gnawed at him.
How was he supposed to kiss Radha for five solid minutes? Where would he even start? Should he try to corner her after school? Or find some private spot during class?
The idea of initiating something so intimate, so prolonged, with someone who had no idea what was happening, felt impossible.
His mind raced, cycling through awkward scenarios and potential disasters.
He'd fail, and then what? Permanent inability to have children?
That was a future he absolutely couldn't accept.
Then, he remembered the System's words: Radha possesses a 100+ affection level towards the host.
She is guaranteed to be your future wife.
100+ affection… guaranteed future wife… The words echoed in his mind.
If she was that loyal, that devoted… would she hate him for kissing her? Would she freak out?He quickly sent a mental query to the System.
"System, if I kiss her, will she hate me? Will she kill me?
"System Reply to Host: Negative. With a 100+ affection level, there is a high probability she will not hate you.
This System guarantees she is your future wife.
Hearing the System's "guarantee," a sliver of calm washed over Krishna.
Okay. So, maybe it wouldn't be a complete disaster. Maybe, just maybe, it wouldn't end with him being thrown out a window.
He lifted his head, his gaze drawn back to Radha. She sat beside him, one hand resting on her cheek, supported by the edge of her desk, her attention seemingly focused on the blackboard.
But Krishna could see it now
the subtle divine aura that clung to her, the way she moved with an unconscious grace.Her posture, relaxed yet attentive, the way her hair fell softly around her face, her beautiful features, the faint scent of jasmine that somehow filled his senses – it all combined to draw him in. Her god-like body, the gentle curve of her cheek, the depth in her eyes even when they were directed at the board… Krishna found himself utterly mesmerized again.
He started to blush, feeling a foolish, teenage heat creep up his neck. She was just… breathtaking.
He looked at her, truly seeing her beauty, her divine presence, and the daunting task ahead.
Five minutes. It was still a massive undertaking, but for the first time, the System's insane request felt… maybe not possible, but at least not an immediate death sentence.
To be continue.