"What the hell! You are traveling with a unicorn?!"

Why is he acting so surprised?

I mean sure unicorns are apparently a rare encounter, but this world has many magical beasts. Even the normal creatures in the savage archaic forest are special. Actually, most of them even more incredible than a unicorn. Especially my deer friend. The one with all the tentacles, that is magical as fuck.

Knowing that there are so many fantastical rank 2-3 I can't even imagine how special beasts kings would be.

[Any issue with that?]

"T-That no, it's just…wow! How?! Don't unicorns usually avoid human company?! You must be an extremely pure individual for it to follow you!"

Is that guy…perhaps insulting me? Is he implying I'm a virgin or simply naive? Seeing me frowning he clarifies.

"I didn't mean anything bad by that I'm just really surprised!"

[Ah, fine. Are you able to start a fire?]

He nods and gets to work. First, he stacks a bit of wood he gets from somewhere around. Then he opens his palm, and a ray of energy leaves it. Upon reaching its target, flames appear and in no time, we have a basic cooking station. Nice! Time to get busy. I start roasting the meat.

"Y-you, you won't even clean it?!"

Ah…I usually roast it whole then we kind of just dig into it.

"Actually, never mind. Just proceed!"

As I am cooking in silence, he keeps looking between me, Wolfie, and the unicorn. For some reason, he seems confused about something. At this point, we are kinda ignoring him. I mean no matter how tasty he looks the meat remains number one!

After a little while, it looks golden and appetizing. Time to dig in!

*Sounds of munching in satisfaction*

How long has it been since I've had a proper meal? Well, I spent more than a month surrounded by spooky scary skeletons. What was I supposed to do then? Chomp on a bone like a dog? Okay, I did do it from time to time, but no one saw so it's all good.

For some reason, the newcomer isn't touching his meal much. He seems somewhat disappointed with it. Well, there is only so much I can do with absolutely no spice.

Seemingly to break the silence he tries some casual conversation.

"Say, what god do you worship?"

Welp, he kinda asked for it. Honestly, I feel like some kind of door-to-door salesman that has a client come to him for the first time.

Brainwashing time! Oh, I mean…storytelling time…. HEHE

[Have you ever heard of The Unnamed God?]

****(POV)

Here we go again.

This Sun guy seriously committed a blunder. He asked HIM of all people what god he worships.

It is kind of ironic how far he can go on the subject of god worshipping knowing the one he "worships" is totally made up.

I feel like many of the current sect members haven't realized this point yet. After all, common sense states that the truly powerful individuals all are the champions of some god or another.

Not him. I've been at his side ever since he came to the forest. I've witnessed him accomplish miracles already and I believe he will keep doing it in the future.

Now he is talking about the core values and ideologies behind his creation. He truly gets passionate about it.

Sometimes I wonder what made him dislike the gods so much. Yet sometimes he will use expressions like oh my god. I am not sure if there is one he used to revere or if these are nothing more than expressions in the end.

He did say at some point he faked being a champion for the Moon Keep. My bet is he was actually summoned as the Lunar Goddess' champion and they had a disagreement. It would explain how powerful he can be, well not totally. Would also explain how he seemingly left that place alive.

I'm not sure whether to laugh about it or deplore it, but he still remains a complete mystery to me to this day. His existence in itself doesn't make any sense.

Recently we encountered that vampire lord. Others only realized that he was a vampire. If only they knew they would have despaired. He was not just any vampire. He was a vampire that was strong enough to be affected by the current lock on this world.

I felt that he was extremely weakened at the time. Still, that version of him would have been about rank 6. I do not want to imagine how he was in his prime.

We all felt fear. All except the king. He faced this monster casually and even messed around poking him.

He then even decided later on to remain behind to train. I almost tried to stop him but I wouldn't have known how to explain it. He does believe that no power is evil and that it is only how it is used that matters.

I'm not sure if this is some naïve or extremely wise view, but in either case he can be stubborn at times. I just waited for him outside with the unicorn. For some reason, she started clinging to him lately. It has started being annoying. I am the one that deserves a place next to him!

Especially irking is the fact that she is currently stronger than I am. So what if I used to be rank 8? Right now, she is a rank 5 and I am but a rank 4. Yes, I can skip ranks because of my experience, but she is not a pushover either.

I just wish she'd stop trying to seduce him. I already had that Luna girl to worry about and now she joined the fray.

The good thing is she is too simple to realize how counterproductive her efforts to get closer to him have been.

In the short term, this won't be a problem I believe.

Then I just need to keep him busy in the outside world long enough to forget all about the Moon Keep.

Then all will be good. It doesn't actually matter where we go. As long as we are together all will be good.

Now. Concerning this Sun guy? Is he someone I should get rid of?

Let me see…

To kill or not to kill?