After a long day of buying buildings and watching some dramas, Diamond finally rested at home.
As usual, she had dinner with Ruby and the two sisters relaxed in the living room as they video chatted with their parents for over an hour reconnecting.
After a wonderful moment as a family, Ruby bid Diamond goodnight as she needed to rest early.
Diamond, not feeling sleepy, decided to go for a swim since it was very hot. After swimming for several rounds, she was exhausted and finally dragged her feet to her bedroom.
As soon as she climbed on the bed, the system sounded in her head.
"It came pretty late today!" she mused at the thought of how the system had been rewarding her before lunch in the past few days.
She wondered why it changed tonight all of a sudden.
[Ding! Do you want to sign in?]
’Sign in!’
[Ding! You have been rewarded with a bottle of body-strengthening pills.]
Seeing the reward, she had received this time, Diamond became thrilled.
Among the pills she had received ever since she received the system, the only type of pills that enhanced a person’s body were the water pill she had taken before and the recovery pill that healed her from her rash.
After that, she got healing pills, and they didn’t come as often as she would love. So, finally receiving pills that would make her body stronger, Diamond was just thrilled with the thought of taking it.
Without delay, Diamond took the bottle from the inventory, and it flashed on her palm. It was an exquisite jade bottle, very similar to the bottles she had with her containing other pills.
She opened the bottle excitedly and a waft of medicinal fragrance hit her. She didn’t hate it but absolutely loved it.
She was not an alchemist and didn’t know what herbs were used to make the pills. But she was grateful to the hard-working people who were making it possible for her to get these wonderful rewards like that.
Inside the bottle, there were ten pills inside, and seeing how generous the system was, she felt even more grateful.
And what remained was to see how many pills she needed to take until there were no effects. But firstly, she needed to see the effect of a single pill and see how strong she would get when she woke up.
Diamond had a habit of taking the pills when she was going to bed, that way, even if something extraordinary happened to her, she wouldn’t be awake to experience it or see it.
So, without further delay, she popped a single pill in her mouth before lying on a mat instead of the bed.
Since she didn’t want to soil her bed in case something like what happened when she took the water pill, she would be safe.
Unfortunately for her, the experience awaiting her was completely different from what she was used to.
The next morning, around six, a dazed Diamond stood by the balcony as the morning warm breeze hit her face continuously.
Her body felt heavy from not sleeping. Even the dark circles looked especially so huge that she nearly scared herself when she looked in the mirror.
She couldn’t sleep at all even now when all she could think of was to sleep.
Who would have known that the pain she would go through would be so intense that she would feel like quitting?
But when she thought of how she couldn’t quit, since the pill was already taking effect, she was helpless.
In the end, she gritted her teeth and clenched her fists as the pain tore through every single limb for hours.
It felt as if something was coursing through her veins, expanding them and reconstructing everything.
The pain was there, though it had completely vanished when the process was over. However, the after-effects still remained.
If one pill was enough to drive her crazy, what would two do to her?
With the way she was feeling, Diamond was already thinking of canceling her trip to the farm despite the importance of making the trip.
She just wanted to sleep and if she were to leave in her current state, an accident would surely happen.
[Ding! Do you want to sign in?]
As if the system wanted to compensate her for the pain she went through, it appeared early in the morning, just a few hours after the last reward was issued.
"What are you plotting again?" she couldn’t help but ask suspiciously.
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