“H-Hey! Come back here! You can’t just take it with you!” Mikori shouted, running after me.

I can’t? I can’t?! I’m doing it! Hahaha! I’m doing it!

“Can’t run after me? It’s too bad you are slow!” I responded, and ran with the crystal in my hands.

It’s big! It’s so big! I’m going to be rich! I’m going to be rich!

“R-Ryan! Stop!”

“What?! You want to get some money from me?! Didn’t you get a level up?! I deserve this money!”

“O-Okay! Just stop!”

Hahaha, I knew that she will resist, but I don’t…

Wait, what?

“What did you say?” I stopped running, and looked at her. She was far away from me, running with two shovels, and a basket in her hands. She was pissed, really pissed. Can’t say that I don’t understand her. I would be too.

“What did you say Mikori? Did you say okay? I’m sure you said okay Mikori.” I started talking, when she approached me, but she didn’t respond for some time, because she was trying to catch her breath.

“Mikori! Mikori! Say something! I want to know! Mikori!”

“S-Shut up f-for a moment!”

Sorry…

I looked at the girl, that was breathing heavily near me. She was a little sweaty, and she leaned against one of the shovels.

She’s cute. Yeah, what a cute girl… I hope that she could disappear, so I can get all this money for myself.

“L-Listen to me Ryan…” she finally started speaking, as she looked at me “Y-You can take it… I took the last h-hit… So y-you can take t-the money… and use i-it to buy a potion…” she said, and smiled.

What?! What a good girl you are Mikori! I love you Mikori! Let me kiss you! I want to kiss you…

Wait! Buy a potion? Do I even need a potion? What happened the last time, when I leveled up? Was it something good? I don’t remember being happy about it!

“Wait a moment Mikori… What if I don’t want to buy a…”

“Then I will tell everyone in the city, that you wanted to touch me.”

Wait! No! What are you talking about!? A demon! You are a demon! Are you really just a little girl? Are you?

Girls are scary! Scary!

As I thought about those stupid things, Mikori handed me one of the shovels.

“Take it, we need to go back.” she said, and we did just that.

When we were returning to the city, I thought about many things. I know that Mikori said, that I should buy a potion of experience for the money, but I don’t know how much money I will get for this crystal. It’s big and all, but I’m not sure it’s worth one hundred vlawnias. It’s not like Mikori would know this...

There were other problems too. Why did this goblin appear in this forest? I have never seen a thing like this? Is it a punishment for our sins?

“Mikori, do you think that we are the bad ones?” I asked, and she looked at me puzzled.

“What are you talking about? We are the adventurers! We are the most honorable people in this world!” she said proudly.

I’m not sure about that. I’m not sure about that at all Mikori. Sometimes it feels, as if we are the bad ones. Of course, this stupid goblin was scary, and I’m glad we killed him. Yeah, I’m glad we killed him! He should have suffered more! A stupid goblin… Wait! I didn’t mean it!

“Ryan, are you worried about something?”

“N-No I’m not…”

“Are you hungry? Do you want one bun with chocolate?”

“No… I mean, I would like to eat one.”

Yeah, a bun with chocolate. Let’s not think about stupid things, and eat something good. Something good… Hmm… I love those buns. This old lady is a genius!

Someone who gives me something so good, can’t be bad.

As I ate the bun, we entered the city.

Some of the people looked at us, as I was now carrying a big crystal. They seemed to be surprised. What?! You thought that we were the stupid ones? Look! Look at me now! I am the God of this world!

“Look Mikori, everyone is looking at us.” I said to the mage beside me, but it seemed like she noticed it even before me.

How did I know it? Her face was red. Really red. It was so red, that she took off her hat, and covered her face with it. It was cute, but only a little.

“Oh, Mikori! I didn’t know that you are a shy girl like that! It’s cute! So cute! Mikori is cute!” I shouted, and she stepped on my foot.

Ouch! It hurts! Stupid mage! Not cute! Not cute at all!

“S-Shut up…” she said, while still covering her face.

I don’t understand. I mean, I am a NEET, so I don’t like when people look at me, but doing something like this? Aren’t you a bigger hikikomori than me? Or is it something else?

“Something happened Mikori?” I asked, and she looked at me.

Red! So red! Mikori is red!

“I-I’m happy, that they know, that we are true adventurers.” she said, but I couldn’t really understand her.

“Didn’t we kill goblins before Mikori?”

“W-We did, but this is something else. A crystal like this… It was a normal monster, not something for beginners.”

Was it? I mean, he was hard to kill. It took us many minutes of constant stabbing to kill him, but was he really a true monster?

And what if I was scared?! He still fell into our trap, and died like others! Yeah, we are on the top of the food chain!

“Don’t worry Mikori, we are the best.” I said, and she looked at me puzzled.

Yeah, there is no need for you to understand. And what if people with super swords, and powerful skills kill stronger monsters?! We are trully curageous! We fight for our lives, while dealing with those goblins! Well, mostly me…

“Oh! If it isn’t Ryan! Why did you come here today? Want to ask adventurers for help with this girl? Or maybe…” Eri stopped speaking, when she saw what I was carrying “Let me take a look at this.”

Hmmm? Are we true adventurers now? Are we?

“As if we would give you something so valuable, I will give this to another…” I hit Mikori on the head, because she was saying some really stupid things, and gave Eri the crystal.

It was big, so it took her some time to take a better look at it. When she finally did, she looked at me.

Please, don’t be worth one hundred vlawnias. I can always tell Mikori, that I needed to spend this money on other things. But to do that, this thing must be worth less than one hundred vlawnias.

It won’t be worth one hundred vlawnias for sure!

“Hmmm… Crystals of this size are normally worth about twenty vlawnias.” she started speaking, and I smiled. Yeah, there is no need to have one hundred vlawnias, if I need to spend them on a potion. I know now, that leveling up in this world sucks! I know it! I just need to have some money for myself! “But this one is rare. You see this red thing?” she said, as she pointed at something really small on the crystal.

No, no, no!

“This is the crystal of revenge. Monsters that were born from hatred, and desire for revenge drop crystals like that… I see things like that very rarely… Just what have you been doing in this forest?” Eri said, with a worried look.

You don’t want to know! Anyway, how much is it worth?!

“Taking this into consideration, this one will be worth about sixty vlawnias…” she said, and I wanted to jump from happiness.

There is no need to buy the potion! I will use this money however I want! If Mikori asks, I will tell her, that I had something urgent to pay for, and I couldn’t buy the potion!

Wait, why is she happy? Why is this wizard girl happy?

“Then give us one potion of experience!” Mikori said, and both me and Eri looked at her puzzled.

“E-Eeee… You see Mikori, I can’t sell you a potion if you only have sixty vlawnias…” Eri wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by this wizard girl.

“I have saved some money, while I was working in “normal” work. Just wait for me here, and I will get it.” she said, and I looked at her.

“A-Are you sure you want to do this? It’s your m-money Mikori. There is no need…”

“What are you talking about Ryan!? We are partners now! We need to get stronger! I got the last hit, so you will take the potion! Anyway, before I go, can I have one of the tests?”

No! No! You don’t understand me! I don’t want to be partners!

Wait… Test? I almost forgot about it…

“Here you go. Just write your name…”

“I k-know how to do this!”

She leveled up. She leveled up! Hahaha! She’s going to get a stupid skill too! Something like “digging”! I’m sure of it! Hahah! O-Or maybe making pointy sticks from the wood!

Hahaha!

“Look Ryan! Look!”

Hahaha! Maybe she will get a skill, that makes her….

“Look!”

Ahhh… What is that? Can’t you see that I’m thinking about…

Wait!!!

Mikori Aura Attributes Intelligence 7/10 Strength 3/10 Dexterity 3/10 Luck 6/10 Skills

Slash

Use your weapon to slash an enemy before you, and deal small ammount of physical damage.

Dodge

Use your legs to jump away from a slow attack.

Fireball

Cast a small fireball, that deals fire damage

It’s not fair! It’s not fair! I want something like this too! Hey! It’s not fair!

I looked at the girl behind the counter. She was smiling.

“Hey! This isn’t fair, is it?!”

“As I said before customer…”

“I don’t care! Give me the potion! I’m going to drink it! Mikori, go for the money! I’m going to drink a potion!”

I’m going to lose to this girl?! No way! I will be stronger!

“R-Ryan… You want to travel with me so much?! I-I’m going! I’m going! I’ll be back in a minute!” Mikori shouted, as she left the building.

I was now alone in the guild, and Eri was just looking at me with a smile. For some reason it irritated me.

“What?”

“Nothing, it’s just nice to be young…”

Want me to hit you?!