Chapter 21: Another day[GTG]
**[You are an idiot...]**
"Why?" I asked, feigning innocence.
**[Why?! WHY?! You're *actually* asking me that?]** the system raged, its tone dripping with exasperation.
"...Uh, yes?" I replied nonchalantly. It was the fourth day of the exam, and here I was, in a completely dilapidated five-bedroom apartment... cooking.
Yes. I was cooking.
**[Others are out there grinding to level up, but *you*—you're COOKING!]**
This had been going on for the past three days. The system's incessant nagging made me wish it had a mute function. And honestly, I had the suspicion that it was mad purely because I wasn't suffering.
"Shut up and keep watch. I don't want to die while I'm eating," I said, scooping a plateful of the questionable concoction I had whipped up. It was a mixture of leftover noodles, some weird onion-like thing that I hoped wasn't poisonous, and random green leaves that looked like they might kill me.
"Ugh... this is disgusting!" I gagged after tasting it.
Haah. Looks like I'm officially out of food.
**[Tsk... If only you added those mushrooms.]**