09 – Testing the Internet

As I looked at the ten people who were testing the Internet for the first time while holding books in their hands, a smile appeared on my face.

Ever since the old man, who I found out was the priest of this church, prayed for the first time and the Internet book appeared in his hand, the other new people had also tried to pray and were shocked that the book appeared for them as well.

One of the things I set up was that when someone held the book, the knowledge of how it works, how to use the Internet, the functions of each application, and all the most important and relevant information was sent to people's minds.

They were scared when they felt the new knowledge coming into their minds, but once they understood what it was all about, they quickly started experimenting with the Internet and were shocked by what they saw.

- Amber's POV -

Holding the God of the Internet book in my hand, I was shocked to see the contents inside.

As soon as I opened the [Library] according to the instructions that the God of the Internet had mentally taught me, I saw a bookshelf full of beautiful books.

When Mr. Athenos showed the library in his book, I had noticed that the covers of the books were very beautiful, like little works of art, but when I looked at them more closely and calmly, I couldn't help but be amazed at how beautiful the artwork was.

Unlike ordinary books that just had a plain leather cover, these [Library] books had personalized covers with extremely delicate designs.

I'm sure each of these books could be sold for thousands of gold coins if they were sold to the nobles, but here, the Internet God let us buy these books for the price of just 1 Internet Coin!

The most shocking thing was to see the book that Mr. Athenos showed, "Mortal Magic: Apprentice", with a delicate cover showing a young wizard reading a book with fire spells around him, costing only 1 Internet Coin!

From what I remember from conversations on the street, a magic book was extremely expensive, with books for apprentice mages costing more than 1 gold coin.

Considering that a commoner family of four could live on a few silver coins for a year, a single book costing more than a gold coin was something that no ordinary commoner could afford, unless they were lucky enough to be noticed by a noble magician.

But the God of the Internet was making this knowledge available to us for the mere price of 1 Internet coin, something we didn't even have to spend money to get!

With curiosity, I began to look at the covers of the other books, admiring the beauty of it all, and one of the books caught my eye.

[Her Noble Desire]

This book had a cover depicting a beautiful blonde girl, delicate and noble, standing next to a handsome black-haired noble boy wearing a crown with a cold expression on his face.

When I gently clicked on the cover of this book, I saw the image of the book enlarge and completely replace the book I was holding.

Looking at the beautiful cover drawn on my hand now in a large size, I was even more enchanted by the delicacy of this drawing, making me want to keep it in my room.

Since I hadn't paid the 1 Internet Coin to read the book, I could only read the summary of the book, so I read it with curiosity and was delighted by how interesting and intriguing this story was.

This story was about a beautiful girl, the daughter of a baron, who was abandoned after her mother died and her father married another noblewoman.

Having to live alone, she suffered a lot, but she always treated everyone with great courtesy.

Until the day she helped an old lady cross the street and a handsome prince saw her, and a love story developed between them.

I had never seen a story as innovative and captivating as this one, which really made me want to read more of this story, so without thinking twice I bought this book with my only Internet coin.

As soon as I bought it, the book in my hand flashed with white light, causing beautiful stars to fly around, and the entire contents of the book were unlocked for me.

Without realizing it, I sat down on one of the pews and read the story with great interest.

Surprisingly, with each chapter I read, there were a few comments from other believers in the God of the Internet commenting on something that happened in that chapter.

Some girls made jokes that made me laugh, other girls cursed the protagonist's stepmother, which I agreed with, other girls just thanked me for the chapter.

When I saw that I could also leave comments, I decided to take the test and write my comment with these girls as well.

Writing on the Internet was different from what I was used to.

Instead of picking up a pen and actually writing, we just had to click on the letters with our fingers and the letters appeared in the books!

[Thanks for the chapter, I'm really enjoying reading it - Amber].

After checking the spelling more than three times, I finally plucked up the courage to post my comment for fear of making the Internet God angry.

But when I saw that nothing happened, I was relieved and more confident to leave more comments in the following chapters.

Unfortunately, when I finished reading the sixth chapter, a warning appeared on my screen.

[Your 60 minutes are up, to continue reading pray (...) to the God of the Internet and receive another 60 minutes of access].

Shocked, I looked around and noticed that other people were also worried as they looked at Mr. Athenos.

"Excuse me, Mr. Athenos...a warning appeared in my book...maybe the God of the Internet is angry with me?" Jay, a man in his forties, asked anxiously.

"On my screen too, Mr. Athenos, please apologize to the God of the Internet for me, I won't comment on any more books." Brianna, a 28-year-old woman, also said worriedly.

But Mr. Athenos just smiled and shook his head. "Don't worry, the God of the Internet is not angry with you, it's just that each prayer gives you access to the Internet for one hour, after which you have to pray again to continue using the Internet. If you don't want to use it anymore, you just have to wait and the book will disappear naturally.

When I heard this, I was surprised.

Brianna was the first to pray again so that the warning on her book disappeared and she could continue reading.

Looking at the book in her hand, I was surprised that she was reading the same book as me!

Jay was reading the book on magic.

While I was distracted by looking at the books each person was reading, I felt my hand getting lighter.

When I looked down, I noticed that my book was gone, and worry came over me.

Am I going to lose the book I bought? I asked myself anxiously.

So I prayed the prayer of the God of the Internet again.

Even though I didn't know the meaning of various words like "digital," "virtual," "cybernetics," "viruses," "hackers," or "downloads," I could feel that these words meant something very important, so I prayed very carefully.

"O God of the Internet, Lord of magic wires and digital paths, grant us fast connections and digital wisdom, let your wisdom flow through my body. May our thoughts travel like lightning through your virtual domains, guided by your cyber light on the path to glory. In your grace, protect us from viruses and hackers, and may our downloads always be complete, amen. I said softly.

As soon as I finished praying, I felt as if I'd become more tired, and the book appeared in my hand, this time without the pink cover of the book I'd bought.

I quickly opened the library and realized that the book was still there for me to read whenever I wanted.

"Sigh..." I sighed with relief.

But it left me with one question.

"Mr. Athenos, why did I feel more tired after praying?" I asked.

Looking at me with those captivating blue eyes, he smiled as he explained. "Prayer is like powerful magic, whenever you pray, you send a part of your faith to the God you're praying to, helping the God you're praying to. Come here." He said as he extended his hand.

Confused, I walked over and put my hand against his.

Even though he was wearing the body of a marble statue, his hand was as warm as a real person's!

I closed my eyes for a few seconds and he just held my hand while everyone looked at us curiously, which made me feel a little embarrassed because it was the first time I had touched a man's hand for so long.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and smiled at me. "From what I've seen of you, you can possibly use the Internet for 5 to 7 hours a day before you're completely exhausted, but when you sleep, that energy recharges and you'll be able to connect to the Internet for the same amount of time the next day."

Hearing this, I was surprised.

"What about me, Mr. Athenos?" Jacob, the little boy to whom Lord Athenos had lent his book, also came running to ask.

Then Mr. Athenos did the same with Jacob and found that he could use the Internet for 3 to 4 hours a day.

After that, everyone asked to be tested.

The average was that young people and old people were able to use the Internet for less time, while adults had a longer average usage time.

But according to Lord Athenos, as long as we can train magic and increase our mana, it would be possible to extend this time, so everyone should think about buying the magic book to try it!

After confirming this, I went back to my book and used the remaining time to continue reading.