Arthur's Point of View
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After killing those wolves, I took every piece of equipnt that rleen owned and found sowhere safe. My system notified about it, telling that this place was the area I had been looking for all this ti.
The crisping of already burnt twigs fluttered through the air, filling our wooden benches with smokes. Despite these gases, the grey cloud never travelled far, considering the condensed arcane contained inside the forest.
The mana surrounding the woodland traps anything that deems it excessive, including powerful spells and feral beasts. Those violent creatures will not lay a hand against players inside the safe spot. This attribute also applied itself to fighting against player killers.
In layman's terms, this spot I used was a "safe area" where nothing could disrupt exhausted wanderers. But according to the ga developers, they toned down the safe spots around the map. All I could rember was, there would always be a safe spot on different maps.
It was what the word described. Maps were also a thing in Magique, which players-that could access their system, could use to their advantage. Players could find these maps on top of soone's point of view, just like in the ga.
If the place remained uncharted for the players, the map would reveal the area as total darkness. The charted ones would light up and point out terrains that the players experienced. Other improvents from the map would beco unlockable once the player levels up.
From my previous battle against Uruk-hai, the safe spots around that place were around twenty kilotres away. I wanted to suggest that to the chief, but I wasn't sure about the place if it was safe yet.
Now that I had ti to think about this world, this place still mimicked the features inside the ga. If a situation would arise, I could use those safe spots and prepare myself against powerful foes.
"Level 3...," I murmured to myself while browsing at my identification window.
My statistical power remained almost the sa compared to the monsters I fought against. If this continues, I would have no other choice but to grind experience points at so dangerous areas if I make it out alive.
"Gah!" rleen shouted, and broke my train of thought.
Even I got startled by the shrieking voice of a young maiden. I was at the ripe age, where romance still lingered inside my head. However, my desire to beco a hero was stronger than any ship bound to set sail.
I brushed off the identification screen and dashed straight to rleen's aid. After fighting the ferocious demonic dire wolves, the little wizard girl beca unconscious. rleen used magic and conjured a ray of light from her palm, blinding the wolf.
Holy light was the rumoured spell that was coming to the ga. It was a new update that players all over the world expected. Now that the ga and my actual world collided, the holy light made sense to .
rleen was the new character that would introduce that to the community However, things went astray.
"Are you okay? Do you feel any pain sowhere?" I asked, bombarding rleen with questions right after waking up from her long nap.
rleen caressed her head while gazing at her surroundings. After a few seconds, she raised her face and t her sparkling, round eyes. If I could only squint my lenses, her eyes would beco gems found in the deepest mineral lair.
Describing her pupils was like telling the colour of a thousand rocks found in a diamond.
"U-Uh, you collapsed when you produced magic. Did you rember?" I gasped, while shaking my head.
When I talked to her, my body scread bloody hell, feeling nervousness at every passing second. It had a similar sensation when I first had a crush on my classmate But alas, my past interest took a different turn.
"Magic? No You can't be serious! rleen cannot produce magic! M-rleen dislikes magic!" the wizard exclaid. rleen even flailed her hands as she stood from her seat. "rleen doesn't want to use magic! rleen did nothing wrong, right?"
My eyes widened as I watched every reaction made by the wizard girl. Instead of the usual giddiness she expressed before, rleen wept a gallon of tears. It took her an entire minute before she wiped the drenched look on her face.
"What's the matter?" I asked.
rleen shook her head and replied, "No It's nothing. If rleen did nothing wrong, rleen doesn't have to worry about anything."
I pondered over her sentence and gave it so thought. With a lengthy hum escaping from my mouth, I pulled the depressed girl back up and fixed her clothes.
"What are you talking about? You saved , didn't you? Thanks to your magic, I found an opening to win against those monsters," I said, while flashing rleen a gleam.
"But rleen did nothing Every ti," rleen retorted.
However, she did not continue her sentence. The little girl quivered in fright as she took a few steps back and bumped into a tree.
"rleen did bad things rleen killed. rleen didn't do it rleen good... ,"
Despite her monologue, I snatched her hand away and pulled her to the campfire. A gaping sound fled from rleen's mouth as she dashed onward, with my hand still clasped against her. Her face turned into a beautiful rose basked under the ray of sunlight. It was a marvellous scene for , but I expected nothing more.
"Where are you taking rleen?"
"Here! Your dicine!" I answered, as I urged her to sit down. "You're the one who gave the instructions. You would be the one to take the dicine."
rleen blinked twice before telling her response. "What?"
An exhausted sigh left my mouth while shuffling my hair. My sentence had a straightforward aning, but this girl proved it wrong. She did not understand the context of my words, not until now.
"It ans that you take your dicine, young girl." I bluntly said.
rleen, still dazed and confused, stared at the boiling pot mixed with the ingredients she ntioned. The steam went to her nostrils, inviting her to take a sip from the concoction she devised.
After a heated argunt with her mind, rleen lifted the end of the make-shift spoon and scooped the content's soup.
"This is!" rleen reacted, and continued filling her stomach with the al I made.
She devoured the soup as if it was nothing but butter lting in her tongue. After finishing the plate, rleen gazed into my eyes and gasped for a second ti. Her expression changed as soon as she realised that soup was no longer inside the pot.
"W-What about you, Arthur?! M-rleen didn't an to finish the pot rleen wants to share so with you T-The soup reminded rleen about.," She said, but cut off her sentence again. "rleen is such a useless girl rleen doesn't deserve this dicine."
"There you go again, rleen!" I scolded. "You keep telling yourself you're useless. But you aren't! rleen, who was the one who found in the lake?"
"rleen did," she answered.
"Who was the one who gave dicine and healed ?"
"rleen did," the girl replied.
"Who was the one that conjured the spell of light when I fought against those monsters?"
"...."
rleen refused to answer and continued observing the mushy ground. The tears cascading from her eyes beca rain for the ants working underground.
My shoulders dropped low, but I did not give up. If I would allow this to happen, rleen would just think of herself as a useless girl again.
rleen was more than just a girl that found and cared for my vulnerable body. She was the one who saved without doubting herself. That girl was a hero to .
"You used your magic to save soone to save . You're not useless, rleen. If you want to talk about your past, I will always be ready to listen. I'm always here for you, you know? I have nowhere else to go but forward," I mumbled, and gazed at the horizon.
The lake was the one that the cliff had when I first saw it from above. But there was no way that I could return to Aferous and the others. And I had more things to do than lock myself inside that village.
Soone placed inside this realm for a reason. I, who was a kid from nowhere, wanted to beco a hero. Now that I realised my mistakes, I wanted to climb back again. It was stupid of to regret saving the entire town.
"You're my hero, rleen. I hope you know that. If you did not help , I would've died right now." I turned around and faced the shivering girl.
She returned my gaze and opened her mouth. "rleen did sothing good? Did rleen save you?"
I nodded my head and answered. "Yes, rleen. You saved . Thank you for being there for , rleen. You're not a useless girl. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be standing in front of you."
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