I Went Back In Time With A Money Multiplier System

[Congratulations, you have gained the Money Multiplier System]

Adrian Wolfe looked at the translucent screen floating in front of him. It looked like a notification screen from a video game. 

He looked around first and saw familiar faces. They looked younger, almost two decades younger than what he remembered. 

‘Unpleasant…’ he thought as he saw the food in front of him. It was just a tortilla with scrambled eggs and ketchup. 

Meanwhile, everyone else on the table had meat on their plate.

“He doesn’t need to go to a university, honey. Just look at his grades, they’re absolute garbage.” 

Adrian looked up at the one who spoke. It was his stepmother, the woman who married his father after his biological mother died almost a decade ago. 

‘Right.. I remember this conversation.’ he thought as he turned to look at one of his two stepsisters before she even spoke. 

“Yeah dad, he’s so useless. He should be going out and earning money to contribute to the house. You can’t keep doing all the work, dad.” she said as she gave Adrian a sideways glance and smirked at him. 

Adrian had worked hard and he had great grades until his stepsiblings and stepmother began hounding him with all the house chores, not giving him any time to study. 

This put him behind others in class and now, his grades had suffered a lot. 

“He doesn’t even have a scholarship.” a male voice entered Adrian’s ears and he looked to the side to see his stepbrother Mike, his biggest bully. 

“Exactly!” the oldest stepsister, Bella said as she put her food down, “You should be giving me that money so I can put it to better use, dad. It’ll help me with my acting career if I use it to make connections with important people.”

Adrian turned to look at his dad even though he already knew his answer. He was a weak man who couldn’t handle pressure in any way and this made him a great target to exploit and manipulate. 

While he was the cash cow, Adrian was the servant for the other four.

“I… I see…” Adrian heard his father say in a soft voice, “I guess Adrian should get a job then. Contribute to the family.

Even though this was his second time hearing the same words, Adrian couldn’t stop himself from feeling disappointed. 

“Indeed, this trash should stop freeloading. I have three real children to take care of, let alone a stray. If he wants to stay here, he should be paying us rent.” he heard his stepmother Aurora say. 

“Mom, we can’t be that heartless. Let’s get him a job at some construction company first. Why should he pay rent? He’s a part of our family so he should help with all the bills too, shouldn’t he?”

Adrian glanced at his youngest stepsister who was one year younger than him, the one who knew how to milk people’s money the best. 

‘Last life, I did fall for this trap and worked my ass off to pay for their needs. This life will be different.’ he thought as he ignored their talks and focused on his system screen. 

‘If everything happening is the same as my past life, it’ll mean that today is my eighteenth birthday. Hmm, I guess it’s time to celebrate my regression and my new system.’

He accepted the existence of his system and his successful regression without any question. He wasn’t someone who would complain when good things happened to him, even if it was a dream. 

[Money Multiplier System: At midnight, all the money you’ve spent during the past 24 hours will be doubled.]

[Status]

Name: Adrian Wolfe  

From the side, he heard his father whisper to Aurora, “It’s his birthday today…”

“I don’t care. Eat.”

“Okay…” he meekly said and went back to his food.

“Come on dad, construction workers make better money than useless college dropouts.” Mike said before he stuffed the entire tortilla in his mouth. 

Adrian on the other hand let out a soft sigh and got up from his chair without eating the rest of his food. 

“I’ll be heading back to my room.” he said and began walking out when he heard Aurora yell at him, “Eat your food, you ungrateful dog!”

“I don’t eat food made by bitches.”

The whole table went silent while Aurora’s face turned bright red from anger and humiliation. Mike rose to his feet, the chair flying backward from the sudden action. 

Adrian looked at his huge stepbrother and stared him straight in the eyes. 

“What did you just call my mother, you asshole?!”

Adrian ignored the question and looked at Aurora instead, “You know, this house was in my mother’s name before she passed away.”

The bomb dropped, reminding everyone that things might not go their way. Mike frowned while Aurora grabbed her glass of water hard. 

“He just turned eighteen….” Lily, the youngest sister gasped as she turned to look at her mother.

“Shut up, I know.” Aurora said with gritted teeth as she glared at Adrian, “So what? It’s under your father’s name and you can’t do a thing about it!”

Adrian shrugged like her words didn’t matter much, “Maybe you should go and take a look at her will. The courts won’t listen to what you say, they’ll look at the contracts and wills.”

Saying his piece, he climbed up the stairs and walked into his room before closing the door behind him. 

“Temporarily stopped a huge headache so I’ll have some freedom for the next few days. I’ll have to get things done during that time.” he muttered to himself as he looked around his room and lifted up his mattress. 

There it was, his life savings that hadn’t been stolen by his stepsiblings. 

A humble fifty dollars that would help him take the first step. 

[Wealth Calculation complete.]

Money: 50 Dollars