DIG
DIG
"Haah..."
DIG
DIG
"Haah... Just A Little More..." Aiden muttered in between his long, exhausted breaths from continuously digging a grave to bury Elsie's body.
His hands were bleeding due to the persistent grip on a tree branch he was using as a shovel to dig.
His Grip was clenching tighter and tighter with each up and down motion he was performing.
His fingernails were covered in dirt, and he had minor cuts due to having removed the dug-out soil with his bruised knuckles.
Aside from so tears here and there, the Servant's Clothes Aiden wore were still in decent condition, though there was obvious dirt on them.
"Hooh... It's done!" Aiden said as he raised his arm to wipe the frozen sweat off his forehead.
...However, the action just covered his face in dirt as well.
"See, Elsie. I dug you a resting place. Now, you don't have to live in this frost storm. Are you Happy?"
After lightly dropping the stick nearby, he approached Elsie, whose body was frozen in ice. She lay so distance away with a smile on her face.
"You still have a smile on your face, even after death, and on the other hand, there's who..." Aiden muttered under his breath in a low, self-loathing voice.
From the mont his mories surfaced, he was unsure whether it was right of him to-
Slap
Slap
Aiden suddenly slapped himself twice.
'This is not the ti for self-deprecation. I should focus more on actual things. These thoughts won't get anywhere.'
"...Let's get you a proper rest, Elsie."
With a sad smile, Aiden lifted Elsie's body, which had beco highly light due to the complete blood loss, and carefully placed her in the grave that he had dug the whole day, working non-stop.
"Yosha!" Gently placing Elsie's body into the grave, he started talking to her as if she was still able to answer his questions.
"So, did you like this resting place, Elsie?"
"..."
"Ohh... I'm Sorry, Elsie! I made you lie on the dirt. Just gim a minute... I should have sothing in my magic bag... hmm..."
"...There's Nothing."
"..."
Aiden started looking for anything nearby in a fluster that could serve as a 'Bed' for Elsie to rest in.
He gathered everything he thought would comfort her: Snowy Grass, Broad Leaves, Moss, Lichen, and a small pelt of an animal; and placed them around her.
"It's much better now, isn't it, Elsie? ...Now, you can rest peacefully."
"I don't have anything special to place here right now, but Elsie..." He covered up Elsie's Grave and continued, "I have heard that putting anything related to a dragon at one's tombstone protects and provides them a sense of calmness after death."
Aiden said while putting the wooden Dragon that he bought that horrific night as a "tombstone" at her grave.
"So, I hope this doll will accompany you till I beco strong enough to bring you and Father back."
Growl~
"..."
"...I should eat sothing."
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"Nom~ Nom~" After cleaning my hands with wind (because the water kept freezing), I chewed the mango bun that I had in my bag while holding one out of the four cocoa sticks I had left in my bag.
"Iven haghatr shis moch tei, hoos et syeell o destiie?!" (Even after this much ti, how's it still so tasty?!)
I gobbled down the entire bun hastily, followed by ...2 Cocoa Sticks in quick succession.
Now see, I have an excuse for that.
I just couldn't resist my hunger and taste buds, which were used to eating as much as they liked in the castle.
My body had already adapted to that lifestyle, and the mories of sleeping famished from when I was an orphan fueled my hunger even more.
'I have already eaten two of them, so it shouldn't matter if I ate one more-'
[Host!]
"Hup!" I was startled at the sudden voice in my head, but it was just Char.
"Hoo~" Exhaling in relief, I continued, "You scared , Char."
[Well, at least, I managed to stop you from extinguishing your rations. It was worth it.]
"You didn't do shit! I still have to secure food sohow; you just made it worse by irritating !"
[Ohh... Watch your language, Host. That's not how a prince should speak.]
"My Apologies, Miss Char- But hey, why am I apologizing to you? You can already hear my thoughts!"
[Am I not even soone to whom you think you should show so respect?]
"Shut Up, You Useless System!"
[I am not a Useless System; I have told you that countless tis!]
"Yeah, and ~~~~~"
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"Haha... Seriously... You are such a..." Wiping the corner of my eyes, I continued with a hearty laugh, "Useless system."
[So, feeling any better now? Did you get your head cleared up a bit? If not, I can still ramble on.]
"No. Stop. Please. I got it." I gathered myself together as Char was terrible with lifting soone's mood. Like really, really terrible.
[Are you mocking my abilities, host? Then, here's another joke to prove you wrong!]
"I told you to Shut Up!"
[Too late! Analysis of your last battle... Complete.]
[Host, your will to live in the last battle was... let's say, questionable.]
"Shut up."
[No! Like, even a non-living system like was mocking you after the countdown ended.]
"Are you mocking ?!"
[Yes, I am. Consider it as a retribution for your words that you uttered a couple monts earlier.]
"You—! Ugh, haven't you gotten even more annoying since I regained my mories?"
[I agree that I have beco better in all aspects since you unlocked your magic and mories, but being called annoying by soone like you... heh, What an irony.]
"Great. Just Great. I an, the Last thing keeping sane is the very thing that drives insane."
"Like, why does it have to be you who is standing between and absolute loneliness? God, this is so pathetic!"
I was grateful towards Char and her useless, annoying banter a lot, but when she is acting in such a way ...Urghhh, it irks so much!
I just cannot, for the life of , thank her in a straight way.
[Well, at least you acknowledged my importance in your life, so I will let it slide for now, but don't think that I will ever forget what you said!]
'God, she has evolved from a Useless system to an annoying useless system.' I thought in my head, forgetting for a mont that Char could hear my thoughts.
[That's not a great image of in your mind, but I'll consider that an improvent. Don't I have a big heart, Host?]
"Sigh~ Yes. Yes, you have. So, now..." I receded with a sigh and shifted the topic of our conversation.
"Show my status, Char."
[...Alright.]
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NA: Aiden von Everhart (Liam)
AGE: 10
RACE: Human
TITLE: The Sole Prince of the Fallen Kingdom.
BLESSING: Blessing of the Reincarnator, Blessing of the Almighty Water sovereign, Blessing of the Wind sovereign.
STR: 13 (RANK F-)
AGI: 11 (RANK F-)
VIT: 11 (RANK F-)
MAGIC: 14 (RANK F)
INT: 56 (RANK B)
CHARM: 70 (RANK A )
BLOODLINE: Everhart's Royal Bloodline.
POSSESSION: Legacy of the Everharts (Not Manifested)
ARTS: [Sword Art: Sword of Everhart (2.34%/100%)]
SKILLS: [Passive Skill: Perfect mory], [Extra Skill: Stealth (Mastery Lv. 1)], [Bloodline Skill:Everhart's Heightened Senses], [Unique Skill: Aquilonis]
ELENTS: {True Wind (Mastery Lv.1)}, {True Water (Mastery Lv. 1)}, {Lightning (Mastery Lv. 1)}
TRAITS: [Prodigy], [True Royalty], [Sweet Tooth]
[Prodigy: You have a talent that is born once in a century. You learn things incredibly fast compared to others.]
[True Royalty: You have the blood of royals flowing through your veins. You can control your emotions to a certain degree and strive to uphold your dignity and your nation when facing others. You understand how to rule and lead people. You are a righteous person who punishes evil and helps the innocent to the best of your abilities and circumstances.]
[Sweet Tooth: You have a sweet tooth. You love to eat sweets more than anything else, your body starts losing efficiency if you don't eat anything sweet for a long ti.]
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"The Sole Prince of the Fallen Kingdom, huh..."
As I saw that status, that title stood out the most.
It reminded of who I am now and what should be my purpose moving ahead, which I forgot for a mont in that banter with Char.
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