Rebirth of the Film Empress' Beloved Wife [JenLisa Adaptation]

Chapter 35: Golden Meteorite Tortoise

Drawing random upgrade prize... please say "STOP" to stop.

The loud succession of beeps muddled Jennie, but she heard the last notification clearly.

Stop.

She looked at the virtual panel expectantly. What did she draw?

Congratulations!

You have obtained a treasured Golden Tortoise. The Golden Tortoise has a hard golden shell. It can block bullets, be used as a brick, and play cute to make Master smile. Please enjoy!

"..." She decided to not raise her expectations anymore when it came to the System. She was really not a pet person.

"Can I return it?" She asked coldly.

【 Nope, every System reward is compulsory. Master, the tortoise has been sent to the garden behind the villa. You have to remember to go get it. 】

001 popped up, eyes once again sparkly and blinking.

"Then it can just stay there." If she couldn't return it, then she could just leave it to perish on its own, right?

【 Master, the tortoise needs food. If it starves to death, or if something unexpected happens to it, you will be downgraded to level 1, so please make sure to take good care of it. 】

"Are you sure this is a reward?" Why did she feel like it was a punishment?

【 Of course. Master, the tortoise is super cute, you'll know when you see it. 】

001 enthusiastically continued to promote the System's complimentary "products," which further convinced Jennie that the System itself was a scam.

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After a wonderful breakfast, Lisa left for work, beaming and full of spirit. Jennie called in to tell Jisoo that she would be arriving at the office late before she headed to the garden behind the villa. A cold aura surrounded her as she began her tortoise hunt.

The rear garden was not big. It was more like a little pavilion, and because it was early winter, the flowers had all wilted. She rarely visited the garden, and the servants were not around either, so the place seemed a bit desolate.

She looked around but couldn't find anything that resembled a tortoise.

"Where's that tortoise?" She asked 001 skeptically.

【 Master, it's a Golden Turtle. It's golden, just like gold, so it's very easy to find. Try searching again. 】

For some reason, Jennie found 001's description mouth-watering.

"Does it taste good?"

【 Uh... 】

Just then, a palm-sized golden tortoise trembled and tumbled off the branch it was on, plummeting down towards her head. Sadly, Jennie's quick reflexes caused the little tortoise to land pitifully on the ground instead. Its four teeny walkers reached towards the sky, exposing its golden tummy. No matter how long it floundered, it just couldn't turn back over.

The silly tortoise was so clumsy that the sight was almost too much to bear.

Jennie's eye twitched. She prodded the little tortoise with the tip of her toe but purposely controlled the force of her prod so that the tortoise would remain on its back.

"The reward is this stupid tortoise?" The question was clearly aimed at 001, who smiled fawningly and explained:

【 Master, isn't playing dumb considered cute these days? Isn't it trending? Look, that's what this tortoise is doing. Raising a tortoise is actually very easy, and it might even become smarter over time! Just look at me—after I started following Master, I feel like I've become much smarter! 】