My Shameless System Made Me A Goblin

Chapter 11: Scared but dared to

Looks like he had no other choice other than this. To become stronger, he needs to accept the mission and grow his power.

[Accept...Reject]

Jiro closed his eyes and pressed the Accept button. His fingers were shaking when he touched the option as if he was dealing with the matter of his life then and there.

Of course, he was afraid of being fried or charcoal by the thunderbolt, but that was if he failed to complete the mission. He has two hours in his hand. Since the Illusionary Spell was cracked, the exit was soon to be found.

He believed he can find the entrance.

[Congratulations on accepting the mission. The countdown starts...you have 1 hour 59 minutes left until the time ends, Good luck on your second mission. This system believes you can pass the mission successfully, fighting]

Even though his system was giving him positive energy, it was making him deteriorate, as if it was mocking him for all his failures.

"Dear God! For the first time in fifteen years I am trusting you once again, don't break my trust in you...please enlightened me so that I can leave this place safe and sound".

Yeah! Roug never prayed to God after what happened when he was thirteen. That was yet another fine day, just like regular days, he was bullied by his classmate.

But then he was summoned by the class delinquent during the lunch period. When Roug arrived at the given location, he was suddenly attacked, those so-called classmates of his beat him continuously for like half an hour, they tortured him and only let go when he was on the brink of death.

But what was his fault for getting beaten by a whole gang?

His fault was that the Flower belle of the school confess her feelings to him, and told him she liked him despite the fact he was a fat boy with a slow brain process.

From that day on, he stopped believing in God or miracles, he accepted his miserable life and continue to live like an outcast.

After that day, he stopped talking to the flower belle or any other girl from his school.

And that was the day when his hope fell and all the trust he had broken. From that day on, he never believed there was a God or that miracles happen in life.

But now...after crossing the worlds, he once again found himself only trusting God. But this time, the trust was not blind. The feeling should be mutual...

The Demon Queen was looking at him like a confused soul, she couldn't understand what was going on in his mind, he was straight looking at her yet he was not looking at her. It was more like he was sinking in his thoughts and was so deep into them that he cared nothing about what she was in front of him.

"Is he okay? He kept staring at me for a long time now, yet my magic is not working on him. Can he really cannot see me? Or is it that he is just acting? Oh My gosh! Looks like my powers have decreased a lot in recent years, what should I do?", She was panicking.

Before....she was a hundred percent sure that this monster kid could see her, but now...she was doubting if her instincts were wrong about him.

After thinking for a moment, Jiro found his way back into reality. Yet he saw the Demon queen staring at him with that weird look as if she was staring into his soul.

He was startled for a moment but did not show anything on his face. After all, his mission was more important than her angelic face or smile, he treasure his little life more than anything.

"Looks like I am wrong about this child, maybe no one can see me. It means...I am alone in this world, where will I find my kind?", She was getting worried now.

She was not aware of the fact that she was trapped there for thousand years.

At this moment, Jiro did want to tell her that he can see and hear her. But he won't do that, it's dangerous for him and his little soul, he dares not to spill anything.

"Kiddo! Do you think we are on the right path? I am afraid that we are still stuck inside the Illusionary Dungeon. And that it is just a mirage as we are so desperate to find the way out", Said Piano as he keep walking.

Since no one has ever succeeded in getting out of this forest, there was no correct path to walk, everything was deserted and looked the same. And there were so many skeletons on the ground, but all of them were intact. As if, they died without even realizing, it and never fought back. It was a little scary to look at.

They have no choice but to walk on that path, they needed to find the way back home.

"You shouldn't say such discouraging words. I am sure we are in a reality right now, after all...we both are seeing the same things. So I am sure. And...We have to get out immediately because I think if he doesn't find the exit in the next one and a half hours, we might never be able to get out", Jiro expressed his concern.

Obviously, Piano believed in what he said and started speeding his pace.

"Alright Kiddo, Let's hurry up. Since these are your instincts, we can't ignore them".

Jiro never felt a sense of security when he was in the real world. Only his mother and sister were there, not to mention his dad who never left his side when he was going through the most painful phase of his life.

As he grew up, he distanced himself from everyone, including his family and whatever real friends he had, he indulged himself in that virtual world.

But now that he was dead in that world and had fallen onto this strange place, he found many similarities in this boy...

The original Jiro has no one in this world which he can call family or friends, all he has are enemies only.

So meeting Piano is fate. The same sense of security he felt around his family, he could feel it around Piano.

His instincts can never betray him. If his mind and heart are in sync and say someone is true to him and they are real, then they are.

As they keep walking ahead, the mission felt like a piece of cake to him. His heart was signaling to him that they were on the right path.

And there was no obstacle coming his way.

As they keep going further toward the end of the forest, the demon queen started getting anxious and nervous.

For first, she was able to crack the spell cast by that mage. For the first time, there was a living being around her, and it was also for the first time that she felt alive despite being trapped there.

She was still not sure if she will be able to escape and cross the countries of this prison, all she could do right now was pray to Satan and asked that strong being to bless her to have enough strength to break free.

"My dear lord! Bless me. For the first time, someone is accompanying me to the end, I want to get out of this place with them. Please have mercy on me, bless me, I need your trust and power", She prayed to her God.

Jiro laughed in his heart seeing her getting all over the place and scattering her real feelings everywhere, it was a mess.

"Do you know, Kiddo? I am going to be a father soon, I am going to become a parent. I am very excited. It's going to be my first time to have a child", Said Piano.

He started speaking about his life. Jiro never wants to know about his personal life, but it's not completely true that he was completely uninterested in knowing him better.

"You are married?", Jiro asked.

"Of course I am. Did I not say before? I think I told you", Piano acted confused and smiled awkwardly.

"Ah! I remember! You did say you are married".

" My wife and I have been married for ten years now? We married at a very early age due to pressure from the elders. Since we were kids at that time, we never thought about having kids. But as we grow older, we decided to have a child. But then my wife's health started degrading, and due to that, we dropped the thought of having children. It's just been a year since her health recovered, so we are very excited now ".

When talking about his wife, Jiro could feel how much affectionate he was and how much he loves his wife. Judging from his stories looks like even his wife has the same affection as him.

As they were walking, Piano stopped at his track. He saw something...his body froze.

"How can this be?".