God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

The group went ahead to check out the two different places and after long discussions, they finally settled with the one that had five bedrooms. The place was extremely spacious and although it was missing some furniture, Keith didn't mind it as he could buy them later.

As he walked back home, he saw the sky turning orange and looked at Clara, "I should buy a pocket watch. You know a good place where I can get one?"

Nodding, Clara took Keith to a small shop that didn't really look like a watch store from the outside. Instead, it had a board at the front that said, "Timmy The Tinkerer"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

It didn't take a genius to know that there were multiple people with the same names. Keith walked in and saw that the shop was kinda messy. The counter was filled with weird looking metallic parts while the skinny guy behind it was bending a wire with his mouth.

Though it looked messy, Keith strangely felt at home, reminding him of his childhood where he used to scatter the entire room with his lego pieces before he began building anything.

"This place sells pocket watches for a very affordable price compared to the others. I got mine from here too and it's lasted me three years already." she said and turned to look at the shopkeeper.

"We're here to buy a watch."

The guy gave them an awkward smile before taking out three different watches from a drawer and placed them on the counter, "Here. I made them all myself and they're all affordable. If you want ones that last longer, I do have ones that I made with polished stones."

"What do you mean by longer?" Keith asked as he looked at the guy and saw him grab a strip of metal in his hands.

He then pointed towards the strip, "You see this? When I roll this up...." he said as he rolled it and then let go, making the rolled metal unroll chaotically, "and let go, this happens. But inside the watch there are many things that can use this roll to make the watch work. I don't know how all of it just... works, but that's what my teacher told me."

"Oh and," he muttered as he took two iron strips that were decently thick and gave it to Keith, "Here, rub them together."

Keith did as he said and rubbed them, waiting for the guy to explain, which he did.

"Do you feel it? it's harder to push and pull them while they're touching each other right? When I use polished stones like these, I replace some of of the inner metallic parts." he said and rubbed two large ruby stones together.

"Rubbing them against each other isn't that hard now, which means that the watch will last longer. Usually, you'll have to turn the knob on the watch to keep it going and with metallic ones, it's normally once a day. With the stone ones, it's just slightly better and gives you three to four extra hours."

Keith nodded, his inner thoughts filled with both curiosity and fascination.

He had read and heard a few things about how watches in past times worked when there weren't any batteries. Instead of electric energy, the clocks and watches worked by using mechanical energy. A very thin metallic sheet with high resistance would be rolled and this energy would be used to spin the gears.

This had one drawback and that was the fact that the people would have to use a knob or a key to re roll the metallic sheet. This was the reason why old pocket watches had two turners.

As for the rubbing action that the shopkeeper did, Keith could tell that it was basically just friction. After thinking for a while, he decided to buy one that was made of stones and he got two of them.

One was for Clara and one for himself but as he walked out of the store, he made up his mind to integrate a clock into his system once he accumulates enough divine energy. He then went back home and saw Adam and Rebecca packing things up, getting ready to move out.

It was mostly just clothes, utensils and other important things.

Keith looked at them and asked, "You're leaving the furniture behind?"

"Yeah, they're too much to carry and since we plan on moving to the capital, the journey will be long. Probably around four months since we'll have to hire bullock carts for pulling all this weight. Maybe we should just take the boats instead." Adam mused, expressing his thoughts as he tossed a bunch of spoons into a pot.

Keith nodded, "Yeah, get one that had enough space and make sure that you can get some kind of comfort. It's fine if the cost is high since it'll help you reach the capital faster. If things go right, you should be able to reach the capital in just a month."

"Will Kris be alright? I mean, it's going to be a long journey right?" Rebecca joined in as she looked at Keith.

He chuckled as he gave her a thumbs up, "Of course. As long as you keep an eye on him and get one of the better boats that is. You know what, I wasn't able to thank you guys for all the help you've given me until now, so let me pay for the trip." he said and immediately grabbed a Chron note before stuffing it into her hands.

"No questions or I'll burn this place down." he said, grinning playfully as he conjured a small flame that danced at the top of his index finger.

Rebecca let out a sob as she chuckled before calling him an idiot.

"Alright then, I guess I'll enjoy some nice sleep for the last time in this house." he said as he walked to his room and locked the door.

He plopped onto his bed and dived into his spatial dimension