the light and the dark.

Samuel's POV:

"I know you don't understand your feelings right now, Shane, but I do. I know you only see me as your older brother, but for me, and in my memories of our past lives, I feel more than just brotherly love for you now." I said as I climbed the stairs, a smile on my face because I was going to be with Shane again. Even if it wasn't like before, it's okay as long as I'm with you, my light.

Inside my room, I went to my closet and took out my school uniform. It was a white polo shirt with the school name of my school printed on the left chest.

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I laid my uniform on my bed. I also grabbed a pair of black shoes and white socks. I placed the shoes under my bed, while the socks went with the polo shirt. I also took out my trousers from my closet. Like the socks and the polo shirt, I placed them on my bed.

After I had everything ready for school, the system suddenly appeared in front of me.

[DARK SYSTEM: Daily Quests.

(MONDAY: MASCULAR EXERCISE)

-UPPER BODY-

Regular push-ups: 0/100

Diamond push-ups: 0/100

Archer push-ups: 0/100

Pike push-ups: 0/100

-CORE BODY-

Dragon flag: 0/50

Sit-ups: 0/50

Plank: 00/2:00

-LOWER BODY-

Frog lift: 00/ 3/12

Squats: 0/100

Rewards for daily quests:

All stats will increase by 5 points.

E random item.

200 Gold.]

Daily quests? If I do this quest, I won't be able to go to school. The school won't do anything to me, but I'll be in trouble with Shane. I'm sure my ears will bleed again if she finds out I didn't go.

Shane doesn't like it when I don't go to school. Especially since she found out that at the age of 18, I couldn't open my spirit world. That's why she worries so much about me.

It's true that in my previous life, I couldn't open my spirit world when I turned 18. But in this life, it's different...

People can open their spirit worlds when they turn 18. And if someone can't open their spirit world at the age of 18, it's almost impossible for them to open it later.

Of course, I'm different. Even at the age of 38, I was able to open my spirit world. And I think my spirit world is very special. It's not one of the seven types of spirit worlds, which already tells you it's special. And in the future, I'll find out just how special it really is.

Well, back to the main topic. I'll just do the daily quests today to see the effect of increasing each stat by five points. And also to find out how gold is used and how it's different from regular money. And for the random item, I don't really need weapons. I'm fine with just two swords. And if I get armor, I don't need it because I have passive skills that can replace it. But if it increases my stats significantly, why not, right?

I waited for Shane to leave the house before I started my daily quests.

While waiting for Shane to call, I put my uniform back in the closet.

After waiting for a few minutes, I heard a knock on my door. I think it's Shane.

Knock! Knock!

"Open," I said, standing and looking at my door.

"S-Samuel, I'm going to school first. D-don't be late, remember." It was Shane behind the door. She didn't try to open it. I think she still can't face me after I kissed her earlier. How silly, Shane.

"Okay, I won't. So be careful on your way to school." After I said that, I heard her running down the stairs.

'Shane. While you haven't been able to open your spirit world, I'll get stronger so I can catch up to you.' I thought to myself, looking out the window. I saw Shane running outside our house.

I started exercising. Exercising isn't difficult for me. I can't even count how much I know when it comes to these kinds of things.

To be able to catch up to people who have already opened their spirit worlds, my training takes me to the brink of death.

Once, I climbed Mount Everest using only one hand. I know you'll think I'm bragging, but it's true.

In this world, talent is what matters most. If you don't have talent, you won't be admired. If you don't have talent, you'll just be trampled on by those who are above you.

But even a talented person can be surpassed by someone without talent.

Just hard work? No. Even if you work hard, it's not enough to match those who are talented. There are six things you need to be able to match and surpass talented people.

These are mindset, discipline, motivation, self-confidence, self-knowledge. And the last one is experience.

If you're just pure hard work and don't have a mindset, you'll be easily controlled by people with higher intelligence.

If you don't have discipline for yourself, and you don't take care of your body, it can become your weakness. It's true that if you work hard, you'll become strong, but what about the future? If you don't take care of yourself because you lack self-discipline, it could lead to an earlier death.

If you have discipline, of course, there's always that constant opponent, motivation. It has good and bad uses. When you're determined or motivated, you can do what you're doing better than you think. But when your motivation fades, even if your discipline is good, if you lose the reason to continue, you won't be able to do it the way you used to, and it could even lead to you stopping what you're doing.

Belief in yourself or self-confidence is the most important of all. Because if you don't have confidence in yourself, even if you can do it, you won't. On the other hand, if your self-confidence is high, even if you can't do it, you will, because you believe in your abilities. Furthermore, when your self-belief is high, you're not easily fooled by others, because you know what you need to do, because it's your own.

Self-knowledge is one of the things you need most in yourself. One of the things you lack, why you don't have talent, is because you haven't shown it yet, or you haven't discovered it yet. At first, I didn't know how to find it either, but when I started studying my weaknesses, I slowly learned what my talent was. By studying my weaknesses, I gradually understood them. Through several times of failing, I gained talent, and I also gained self-confidence because I know my weaknesses, I know what I can't do and what I can do. If I know my weaknesses, whether in my mind or in my physical body, I can find a way to deal with them in the future.

The last of all is experience. I know everyone knows the importance of experience. If you have experience in something, you're more familiar with it, and your mistakes will be fewer. All your hard work and all your knowledge will be wasted if you lack experience.

With this belief, I once managed to surpass talented people. I showed them that talent isn't always the most important thing. Even if someone doesn't have talent, it doesn't stop them from staying below talented people.

Just like people without talent, talented people also have similarities with people without talent.

As I said, people only look at talent. But there's something higher than that. If you yourself are a talented person, not all opportunities will be yours. If those below talented people are those without talent, above them is their status.

There are many talented people scattered all over the world, but because their lives are like garbage, they haven't had the opportunity to show their talent.

But the problem isn't just the hardship of an individual, but the people with higher status, the people with lots of money, the people with strong connections to those in power.

People are full of greed, they only think of themselves. They don't care about how people feel, even if they're stepping on them. As long as their own feelings are satisfied, They will do whatever they want.

Many talented people have been wasted because of jealous people. Many say, "If you have talent, you'll have a good future." There's some truth to that, but it's still a lie.

It doesn't mean that just because you have talent, your life will automatically be good. There are many people who are quick to get jealous, especially when they lose the respect and praise of others.

They'll do anything to remove the obstacle in their way, even if it means killing someone.

This is also one of the reasons why Shane died early in my previous life. I didn't know about this even after Shane died, but a year later, I discovered it. That's why I won't let it happen to Shane again. And those bastards, they'll pay for what they did to Shane.

But for now, I'll get stronger first. In my previous life, it took me 18 years to reach the top. But now, let's see how long it takes me to get to the top, especially now that I've opened my spirit world and I also have a system that no one has ever heard of.

So I'll start my journey.

[DARK SYSTEM: Daily Quests.

(MONDAY: MASCULAR EXERCISE)

-UPPER BODY-

Regular push-ups: 0/100

Diamond push-ups: 0/100

Archer push-ups: 0/100

Pike push-ups: 0/100

-CORE BODY-

Dragon flag: 0/50

Sit-ups: 0/50

Plank: 00/2:00

-LOWER BODY-

Frog lift: 00/ 3/12

Squats: 0/100

Rewards for daily quests:

All stats will increase by 5 points.

E random item.

200 Gold.]