Gathering Wives with a System

Chapter 446: Rewards Of Moonline-Trial, Royal Moon Dragon

In an unknown place.

”...Was that a dream?”

The figure pushed himself upright from the bed. His hand pressed against his forehead as if trying to steady something that refused to settle.

”No...” he muttered, eyes narrowing slightly. ”That wasn’t just a dream. It felt different.”

He swung his legs off the bed and stood, pacing once before stopping near the window. The faint light outside did little to ground him. His mind was still replaying fragments of the voices, pressure, that strange sense of being somewhere beyond reach.

”A Quest...” he said under his breath.

The moment he accepted that possibility, the confusion in his expression began to fade. Slowly, it twisted into something sharper. His lips curled upward.

”He sure made a fool of us by saying that he was from the future,” he muttered, letting out a quiet chuckle.

He leaned against the wall, tilting his head slightly as if addressing someone who wasn’t there.

”That bastard...” he continued. ”You’ve got some nerve trying to trick me with something like this.”

For a moment, he went silent. Then he laughed softly again, though there was no humor in it.

”I’ll be damned if I don’t meet you in reality. And when I do, I’ll return the favor properly.”

...

In another unknown place.

A hill stretched quietly beneath a wide sky, the wind moving lazily through tall grass. At the top stood a single tree, its branches spreading wide enough to cast a soft, shifting shade across the ground.

A young man sat beneath it, leaning against the trunk. A strange musical instrument rested loosely in his hands, its strings untouched as he slept.

The breeze carried a faint rhythm, but he didn’t respond to it.

Not until his brows tightened.

Then his eyes opened.

He blinked slowly, adjusting to the light, before letting out a quiet yawn. One hand came up to rub his eyes as he stretched slightly, still half caught between sleep and wakefulness.

”What a strange dream...” he mumbled.

He lowered his hand, staring ahead for a second.

Then he froze.

The haze vanished almost instantly.

”...Wait.”

His posture straightened. The instrument slipped slightly in his grip as his mind rushed back through every detail. Unlike a normal dream, nothing was fading. Every piece was still there, clear and intact.

”...That wasn’t a dream. It was someone’s Quest,” he said quietly.

A slow smile spread across his face, replacing the earlier laziness.

”Looks like master’s life is getting interesting.”

He tilted his head back, looking up through the gaps in the leaves. Light flickered across his eyes as the branches swayed.

”Should I meet her?” he wondered aloud.

There was no urgency in his tone, but there was interest, and genuine curiosity.

After a moment, he chuckled softly to himself.

”...Yeah. I probably should.”

...

In several locations across the world, more awakeners stirred from their sleep.

Some woke in confusion, brushing off the memory as nothing more than an unusually vivid dream. Others lingered longer, sitting in silence as they replayed what they had seen and heard.

A few recognized it immediately.

A Trial.

Not just any trial, but something far beyond what most had ever experienced.

The Moonline-Trial.

The realization spread slowly, but once it took root, it refused to leave.

As for what it would mean for Isaac, that was something only time could reveal.

...

Selene’s POV

[Moonline-Trial completed.]

[Successfully defended Ladder of Heavens for six months.]

[Calculating reward.]

Selene stood still as the messages appeared one after another in front of her.

[Rewards gained:]

1. Species Evolution Potion

2. Class Evolution Ticket

3. Moon Dragon Royal Bloodline Potion

4. Moon Dragon Royal Stamp

5. 100 Gold Coins

6. Attack-type Relic (Imperial Grade) x1

7. Defense-type Relic (Imperial Grade) x1

8. Shattered Moon Sub-Dimension

The list was long enough that she couldn’t properly process it all at once.

Before she could even begin to go through each item carefully, the space around her shifted.

For a brief moment, everything went blank.

Then—

She blinked.

She was standing in Isaac’s house.

The same living room. The same table. The same quiet atmosphere as before she had entered the Trial.

A faint sound broke the silence.

A box appeared on the table in front of her.

Selene didn’t move to check the box with her rewards.

Her gaze dropped slowly to her hands.

”...I completed the trial,” she whispered.

It didn’t feel real.