[How about we leave her behind? I mean, she is the demon queen after all. Even without us, she will ne pretty fine]Petal's suggestion makes sense. Jiro has done so much for her, even risking his own life in return for bringing her back safe. So Petal thinks it's okay to leave her alone now, there's so much done by Jiro's side. She can live on her own...And If Jiro still wants to take her with them, he must be an idiot to them. Because no one carries a walking time bomb with them, she can explode anytime.Jiro nodded at first but then glanced over at the sleeping beauty, Ines. " Alright! Let's work on your suggestion. Let's leave her here, it's okay that she is vulnerable. After all, we helped her because she might die again or maybe someone will take advantage of her. It's okay to leave her even knowing that she is unfamiliar with this place, but why do we care? After all, my sacrifice was in vain ".Jiro was being sarcastic and scolding Petal in his way. His mother has taught him
The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a beauty hung upon his head, and she was looking at him straight. Her beautiful eyes filled with the ocean water stared straight into his soul. He was heavily startled that his heart was racing from the sudden attack, it felt like it would jump out any second." You are awake? ", Ines asked as she jumped down from the tree and dusted off her clothes. After dusting off her hands, she looked at him as a soul-streaking smile appeared on her face." How are you feeling now? ", He asked as his small hands move on their own to rub his still sleep-filled eyes." I am feeling great. Thank you so much for saving me. And...thank you for making me realize that I am not alone in this world, someone is waiting for me ", Her voice was soul-pleasing, soft, and sweet.From her eyes and condition, one could tell that she was energized and strong. Good thing...Jiro's hard work didn't go to waste." Please don't say thank you. I just...wanted to get you back to my
Now it was a debate between them as to who can hunt. But if they think carefully, Ines was a better choice. Because she was a cruel demon queen, who has done much hunting in the past. Yeah! It's a different matter that all of them were humans who were hunted by her.He was weak, and vulnerable right now, there was no way he was getting his butt off of the ground and doing something productive. "I am surely hungry but I don't know how to hunt. Therefore, I will be a potato and just waste my time. Don't think about me ".His stomach was killing him right now but he cares not even a little. As a couch potato who has the immense experience of sitting in one place for hours, he can live off even if he gets nothing to eat and won't be upset.Life as a couch potato is very cozy and full of laziness, he doesn't want to move from it.Ines was speechless. Having no skills and being lazy were two different things. How can this guy mix them both?She slapped herself on the forehead and couldn'
Without wasting any time, Ines walked ahead, and Jiro followed after her. It was the time of night, darkness had spread everywhere where their vision could travel. Jiro was taking each step with care and with great difficulty, his back was in agony. The pain he was feeling right now, there was once a time when he was in such a situation.Once it was normal to him. Getting beaten like a dog and then hide everything from his family for fear of getting agitated and angry with him. However, this injury and pain were a lot different than what he used to feel in the past. Ines was like a night tigress, with no fear of the dark or ghosts, she was a carefree soul. Each step was carried with care and soundproof. Her pace was nor slow neither fast, just perfect...in between.Maybe...she recalled what Vinya did to Jiro. Or maybe she was just taking care of her walking speed, in fear of alerting the animals." Jiro! How's your waist now? ", She suddenly asked in a whimpering low tone.Jiro fr
It was complicated for Ines to understand. He was in such a bad state. Scars were everywhere on his body and were not even healed, completely in a messy state, his body was malnourished and one could only see bones and no flesh." If you are going there to take revenge, count me in, I will help ", Said Ines as she was in full mood to support him.Listening to what she said, a sweet smile formed on his tiny skinny face. " I am not going there to take revenge or anything. I just have some questions to ask my parents. Once I get my answers, I wanna start anew ".Even when Jiro was treated so badly, he still loved his family. He was now lost but his emotions and memories were still locked with Roug. Roug wants to start anew, his own new life here, from nobody to someday. And for that to happen, he needs to sort out some of the matters.There's so much that Jiro wanted to know before he was thrown into that hell. Roug does not have any feelings or emotion or attachment to Jiro's family or
The hug reminded him of his sister. That was how his sister was, always there when needed and protecting him from every harm that came his way.But it was also true that she couldn't always be there for him, there were times when they needed to separate from each other, despite being siblings they had their own lives.Ines was like her, didn't scorn him when seen him in the bad condition, tried to understand him on her own, trying to make him comfortable around her. But what she said earlier made him even more emotional. Did she just ask him to become his family? Did the demon queen want him as her brother? " But we are from different families, we can't become a family? ", Said Jiro as he pulled out his hands from her back, and wanted to retract before Ines grabbed his hand and pulled him closer.Family relationships are not always based on blood, some relations even form by heart. One doesn't need to have the same blood.But he has seen selfish and cruel people, he doesn't believe
" I think I am pretty normal, not strange at all ", He denied him being oddball and shook off that strange vibe from that his body.Seeing that, Ines took out her hands which were tucked between each other and put them on his head, pet him lightly, and then retracted her hands immediately as there was a soft smile on her face all the time.It was strange. How easily she could pet him and have that pretty smile on her face throughout the whole movement. Maybe...she was used to it. But for Jiro, it was still strange as he was only used to his sister patting like this.No other person ever touched his head with so much affection. And most importantly, he was not upset that she was touching, him but was kind of happy. He didn't smile at her, but it was pretty clear he was delighted inside his heart, just keeping those little previous emotions and feelings to himself only." Who says she is a demon? She is more like an angel, how sweet and kind-hearted ", He thought in his mind.[That's b
There was a beauty behind him, looking at him with her eyes flickering from time to time due to early waking up, looking like she was still half asleep." You are awake? ". " Hmm! "." Excellent! Let's head ahead then. We should start now before the sun rises high in the sky ", Jiro changed the topic as he told her to get ready as they will be leaving now, he was rushing things." Alright! Wait for me ", Ines refreshed herself as she patted her cheeks many times to get rid of that sleepy feeling, it always helps.It was a brand new day and the start of the journey once again. Jiro was in a good mood. How can he be not in a good mood when all the pain from his body was gone and he was feeling so much refreshed? He never felt this much good before, his body felt like it was in heaven. And yes, it was another thing that he was unaware of that healed his wounds.He wanted to know if Ines was his savior, but guess he will wait to see if it was really her or maybe someone else. After wid
It has been more than two hours since Petal installed the EXP system Inside. Each step consists of ten steps. The more he walks, the more it will turn into energy and store it in him. But just like the Energy bar, it also has some limitations that might become disadvantages shortly. But for now, he was all settled.As they were walking futures and further, Jiro was feeling an immense kind of energy in his body, he was feeling light and more than sober. Every step he takes makes it more fun for him as if his body was set on cloud or his body was clout itself, he never felt so relaxed and comfortable before as he is feeling right now.Jiro didn't ask any questions to Petal, because he was already aware of the fact that all these changes may be because he was now using a different energy source, but who knows how long it will last? Maybe he was getting this refreshing feeling because he was aware of what he did to himself and was trying to feel it out."Congratulations, you have gained
It was clear that Ines was walking in the wrong direction, but she was in deep thought, still thinking about something that was not needed right now.And the direction they were going towards had a cliff, a slight fall, and one would go to heaven. Petal even warned him to take a turn but that did not happen, Jiro had to remind her to turn back and take that route from behind.Seeing that Ines was not reacting, Jiro tried asking. " Ines! Don't we have to take a turn from behind? We missed the chance ", Only by then did Ines come to reality and look behind."You are right. Let's go..."She walked back and then right from there. From here on, they have officially entered the forest area. Since the place, she is talking about is secluded and on the mountain guarded by wild animals and forest, it was now officially the start of the journey."What were you thinking?" Jiro asked."Just thinking about the future. As you know... it's been thousands of years since the last time I visited the pl
" I was afraid that any predator might eat it, so I took it with me. I hope you won't mind ", Said Jiro in a soft tone.Ines glanced at the unique egg in his hand, she thought for a moment and was still thinking about why this egg can make noises, but she had no answers for it." We can keep it. Back in my era, we had many powerful beasts which were priceless and had so many advantages to be taken. Even though I don't know how much the world has changed, we can keep it as a hope to get something out of it ".Ines was not against it, she even supports him if he wants to do or learn something, and she will help him with that.The world they are in right now, it's a fantasy world. A Universe filled with unknown and amazing things and creatures, the things which you cannot ever imagine can be possible when it comes to this world.People get Isekai'd and can achieve any feat if they are capable. So Jiro was full of expectation that this egg belongs to some unique creature he was unknown o
As they were returning to the living stay, Jiro asked about his energy bar which can only withstand some moves and slides. This morning, he was only able to run for two hours only, and then his body completely gave up on him the moment the energy bar hit the zero mark." Having an energy bar is quite risky, I can't even ensure how long I will be able to last long. It's as if...there's a sword hanging around my neck, one wrong move and I will die ", Jiro was concerned about this issue.With this ability, he was no more than a robot or maybe a key toy that only works when something spins the key in the main hole.[Umm! You are quite right. Having energy space is a little risky for you. You can indeed recover from the energy loss in an hour or so...but it's limiting your capabilities. Maybe...we should start the EXP system and remove the energy bar ]EXP was another option for a gamer to keep on going and this one was less risky than the energy system. Maybe this was fitter for Jiro comp
" I don't know how to coax someone. I might even end up making them more miserable and sad ", Said Jiro while looking at the neon light blue color shining egg. The egg was really interesting but the way it was making noise was quite unpredictable." But it's really weird. Why is it crying? It's crying...does it mean that there's life inside it? ".[ I think life has been formed inside the egg. And...Have you ever held a child in your arm? If you have, then you know how to talk to it...just use that method]Thinking back...the life inside the egg and a child both have no difference, both are little kids who don't know how to express their feelings other than crying and attracting attention.So the only way to stop it from crying was to talk to it in a soft tone and try to coax it, maybe a gentle touch will be sufficient to stop its sobbing.Jiro blinked several times, after hearing Petal now he was thinking about how to coax a child or how ones say good things in front of the kid. How
There was nothing particularly special in sight, except....that nest on the side. Nothing caught his eyes but the nest did." Petal! What's that? A bird nest? ", Jiro started growing close to the nest which was on the corner.The cave was all bright and had reached a dead end, yet there was a bird's nest on the side. Jiro did not think of anything and approached the nest at a slow pace.As he grew close to the nest, the weeping and crying became clear, as if it was coming from that spot.The nest was pretty small, just a little bigger than the average, with an Egg inside it. The nest was wielded perfectly around the edge so that the egg wouldn't roll out in any kind of situation.It was just the only thing in the cave which was enough to attract anyone's attention.Jiro stopped in front of the nest and looked at the egg in it, he tapped the edge of his chin while tilting his head from left to right in slow motion. In a situation like this, he doesn't know what to do." Petal! Believe
It was really strange that there was no life force inside yet Jiro was receiving signals from there. Like...isn't the crying sound enough to let you know there is someone inside? " So you are saying that there's no life force here...hmm! But then again, what are these noises that I am hearing right now? I mean...explain to me ", At this Jiro knows nothing.He just wants to know what he was hearing right now if there's nothing here. It's a baby's voice and it's crying very loudly, his eardrums have gone deaf from all the crying sounds, and the system is saying there's no one. That's crazy.[ I hear nothing ]" Huh? Do you hear nothing? For real...Just get inside my mind and you will understand what I am talking about. There's a baby somewhere around here. I am telling you, I am not lying ", Said Jiro while trying to convince him that he is not lying...not even a little bit.[Well! I won't go to such lengths. Since you are saying you are hearing strange sounds, let's go check it out. I
He was sleeping soundly until a sound reached his ears. He was awake by the sudden weeping sound. He slowly opened his eyes, it was dark in the surrounding without any light or hope. " Wah...wah..."Someone was crying, he could hear the crying noise, but who?He was still half asleep and once again looked at the surrounding, but he could see nothing other than darkness. At this point, he deemed it as his imagination and once again went to sleep.But just when he closed his eyes, the noise started ringing in his ears once again." Wah...".This time the noise was too loud that he could not hear anything else other than the weeping sound. He placed his both hands around his ears and covered them, he was sleepy, and do not want to hear anything or see anything, just want to have a proper rest.The noise disappeared. Just when he thought he had peace and closed his eyes...the weeping sounds started ringing in his head, and thus time was in continuous mode.Jiro got up and sat straight a
They both messed up the balance and fell on each other.Jiro was very light, yet she was complaining that he was heavy. " Little Boy! Can you get up? You are too heavy for me ", She was not serious, just joking with him.He hmph a little and then slid off of her body and sat down by the side. He was not looking at her, but rather staring at the sky. Ines saw his little pouty lips, what to do with this guy when he was being this cute? She just extended her hand towards his face and started squeezing his bony cheeks. " Alright boy, stop making that deadly expression. I know I was a little exaggerating but I was just teasing you, how can you not tell when facing your little body which has no flesh? Please don't be mad at me ", She said in a coaxing tone. He held her hand and slid them off of his face. " I am not mad, I just wanted to make you apologize and I succeeded in that. Let's gather some fuel for the fire ", He started laughing suddenly after hearing her apology.Ines chuckled