“Mikori, do we need to go today? Are you sure you want to do this? We could stop doing this, you know? We can be…”

“Of course I want to do this Ryan!”

Why? Why would you want to do this? Why would anyone want to do this?

I was wondering about those things, as I was walking with Mikori to the forest. Let’s call this place a forest of doom, because I feel that something really bad is going to happen in it. You see, when I met Mikori, I told her that I will help her with killing the goblins. This help included luring them to a hole.

“Mikori, I don’t feel very well. Mikori! Mikori! I’m sick Mikori! My stomach hurts Mikori!” I shouted, but she was just playing with her shovel. It reminded me of the same situation, that took place in the last week.

Yeah, a full week has passed since our “date”. In this time I was working, and I got to know this girl. I don’t really want to stay this, but she is probably my first friend in here. Yeah, this weird girl in wizard clothing is my first friend…

“Mikori, please! Let’s stop this madness!”

“One more word, and I will hit you with this!” she just replied, and pointed a shovel at me.

Why are we even taking them with us? Isn’t the hole already dig? I looked around me. We just entered the forest, and now we needed to find this clearing.

“Mikori, I’m hungry! Mikori, I’m thirsty! Mikori, I need to take a sh…”

“S-Shut up!” she shouted, with a red face.

Oh, don’t tell me Mikori, that words like this make you blush. Aren’t you a little too pure?

“Mikori, I need to make a number two! Mikori!” I was shouting while walking through the forest, and she was just walking before me with a big blush.

It’s weird. My reincarnation is weird! Why I’m not OP? Why I’m not a hero? Why I’m making some stupid jokes about taking a shit? Why is this girl still playing with her shovel? Why did she hit herself one more time!?

“Mikori, are you okay?!”

“S-Shut up! It’s your fault!”

When she regained her composure, we continued our walk. It didn’t took us long, and we approached the clearing that we went to a week ago. It had still this big hole in it, and wooden spikes around it.

“Okay, now we just need to put the spikes into the hole, and after that we will…”

“Don’t you think it’s stupid Mikori? Didn’t we kill them in a normal way before? Can’t we just lure them here?” I asked, and she looked at me. It seemed that she was thinking about something, and then she nodded.

“Yeah, you are right Ryan! Let’s do just this. But first we need to cover it with some leaves and grass.”

Yeah, it was morning right now, so we needed to disguise it. I could risk having it like this in the night, but I don’t think anyone would be that stupid to fall into it in the day.

“Mikori, can’t we just eat something? I got some food from this good lady. Look, your favourite cookies! She even gave us some water, so we don’t need to die from thirst in here!” I was trying to persuade her, but this time her will was stronger.

“No Ryan, we need to do this right now. This is something only we can do!” she said, with a really proud face. Who do you think you are? A movie star? “Just leave this basket on the ground, and let’s get to work!”

Ahh… There is no convincing her.

I did as she told me, and I started looking for weak, and long sticks. When we had many of them, we put them on top of the hole. After that we covered them with grass and leaves. It looked almost like normal ground, but when the goblins would step on it, those weak sticks would break…

Yeah, such a good plan. Now we only needed to…

“Now you only need to lure them here Ryan! I will be waiting for your return!” Mikori said, with a big smile.

You monster! You are a monster!

“Mikori! I know I told you, that I will do this, but don’t you think it’s too much?! I might lose my life Mikori! Do I really need to do this?!”

“Of course you need to do this Ryan! I believe in you!”

“Mikori, please!” I asked, but there was nothing I could do. This little girl was a monster, a devil.

“Mikori, before I go, I need to tell you something…” I said, and she looked at me.

“What is it Ryan?”

“I still need to make a number two.” I said, and she started waving her shovel at me.

“S-Shut up! Just go! Just go away!” Mikori said, with a big blush, and I did just that.

Why is this girl so aggressive? Shouldn’t little girls be cute, and kind? Is this some trauma from her childhood? Is that why she lives with this old lady? I don’t know much about this world, but I know that even here, teenagers live with their parents. It’s normal, and people do just that.

But when I asked her about this old lady, she told me that she has known her only for a few months.

Maybe she had some problems in her home? I should be kinder to her when I meet her again. Yeah, I should do just that.

As I thought about those stupid things, I entered the forest. I needed to lure the goblins to this clearing. Yeah, I’d rather not do that, but I liked my job too much. Well, maybe not job, but the money I was paid for doing it. I don’t want Mikori to tell this old lady, that I didn’t help her, so she can fire me.

Anyway, how strong those goblins even are? I have “fought” with them only one time, and Mikori told me that they are really weak. I would like to trust her, but it’s hard to. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Mikori is a bad person, I just think that she is a dumb one.

What!? She has more intelligence than me?! This must be an error in the system, a weird bug, a stupid joke!

Yeah, there is no way I’m dumber than her! I’m just lazy!

“Argh! Argh! Uga! Ufff!” I heard those weird noises in the forest one more time.

It must be it.

Ahh…

Should I pray right now? It’s hard to pray, once I saw people that are on the other side. I don’t want Santa Claus to hear my prayers, and it’s not like he ever did. I wonder what he did with my letters? Maybe he burned them?

When I walked for some more time, I could finally see small, green figures dancing among the trees, with their sticks and weird bodies.

How I should lure them? Shout? Show them a middle finger? Would they even understand it?

I hope that Mikori wasn’t lying. I hope that Mikori wasn’t lying. I hope that Mikori wasn’t lying.

Those thoughts went through my mind like a chant, and I shouted.

“Hey! You small morons!”

When they turned their heads at me, they were greeted by my middle finger. I don’t know if they are just really aggressive, or this middle finger worked, but they started running towards me with really angry faces.

Did I do the right thing?

“Hey! Mikori! Mikori!? Hey! Say something!” I shouted, as I was running towards the clearing.

Please work. Please work. I don’t want to be beaten! I don’t want to be beaten! Please work!

“Here Ryan! Just don’t fall into the trap!” Mikori responded, while waving towards me.

Please work! Please work!

I approached the trap, and I ran around it. I could still hear the angry voices of the goblins behind me.

“Argh! Ugh! Gah!” they were shouting. They were so angry, that they didn’t even stop for a second.

Yeah, they didn’t stop for a second, so they didn’t see the trap we set for them. Once again, about eight goblins have fallen into our trap, and once again they started shouting with angry voices.

“Agh! Urgh! Uf!”

Hahaha! So stupid! I knew for the beginning that this smart plan would work! I didn’t doubt it even for a second!

“Now Ryan! Grab the spike, and kill those dwarfs! We will divide them into two groups, so everyone gets the same experience!” Mikori shouted, and started killing them.

She might really be a psychopath!

Well, there wasn’t a reason for me to not listen to her, so I did the same thing as she did. As I killed the last one, and he changed into a crystal, something in me changed.

I felt something in my heart, my mind, and in my stomach. Something has changed. I didn’t know instantly what, but I knew I have become different. In a few seconds, I understood what I felt...

I looked at Mikori, and I started speaking.

“I think I leveled up…” I said, and she looked at me with a big smile. She must have been really proud, but there was one different thing I felt also “And I need to make a number two!”