Lockheart was beginning to stagger now as she battled the Siren. Her HP Bar was starting to turn dark red and her MP was about to run out. Lockheart had barely reached half of Siren's life. She was about to fall under the Siren's influence. As Lockheart heard a pleasant melody, Nyaru left Daemon and ran towards Lockheart:

"Sister! ARE YOU OK!"

As Lockheart's eyes slowly closed, Nyaru spread her fingers in both of her hands, a red light from her right hand and a blue light from her left hand, emerged through Lockheart.

As Lockheart's HP and MP bar is slowly filling up, Nyaru asked:

"Sister, are you okay?"

The pleasant melody in Lockheart's head was replaced by the loud cries of the Siren:

"Nyaru, you shouldn't be standing here! The closer you get to the Siren, the more damage you get!"

Nyaru smiled:

"But sis, we can't beat the creature if I can't replenish your MP, right?"

Lockheart nodded and Nyaru continued:

"At the same time, we can't stay here for long. Brother Daemon said there's a time limit in dungeons."

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Daemon was sitting at the desk, in the classroom at lunch break. He was not hungry because of what happened yesterday, on the contrary, he wanted to go to the nearest toilet and throw up.

At that moment, an angry male voice came from the corridor:

"WHERE IS SHE!"

Yui screamed:

"Haru, come on! Are you going to fight him?"

A slap and Yui's scream echoed from the hallway. Daemon got up from his desk and ran out of the classroom into the hallway:

"What's happening in there? If you touch her I will call the teach-"

Someone behind Daemon punched him in the face. Daemon got pushed and bumped his head against the lockers.

"Ouch!"

Daemon opened his eyes and looked up to see someone with short black hair and blue eyes:

"I'm Haru, Yui's girlfriend."

He spat on the ground and glared at Daemon:

"Nice to meet you, Takashi. It seems you and my girlfriend sat and chatted a lot in the canteen yesterday."

Daemon clenched his fist:

"Is that why you hit me"

Haru mocked Daemon:

"Is ThAt WhY YoU HıT mE"

Haru laughed, then continued:

"You flirted with my girlfriend! What did you expect me to do!"

Daemon shivered, wiping sweat with his hand. Quietly:

"I didn't even chat with him."

"Scream, shout! I can't hear your voice!"

"I SAID I DID NOT EVEN CHAT WITH HIM!"

Haru was stunned, Daemon stood up and continued to shout:

"All this time, I've just sat on my desk and listened to music, read books and shit. All alone myself. Nobody even tried to chat with me, even if they did, they just found me boring and left. My intention wasn't even flirting with your girlfriend! AND WE ARE AT 7TH GRADE, how everyone even has lovers and shit, I JUST DON'T FUCKING GET IT!"

Yui rolled her eyes, while Haru laughed mockingly with confusion. Daemon continued:

"I was just happy to see a mature girl with no burst of energy for the first time. At first, I just wanted to chat with Yui."

Daemon turned to Yui:

"And Yui, if you asked me for money for toast and boba, I would give it to you. But instead, you chose to use my feelings and make fun of me."

Daemon rubbed his forehead and chuckled with anger:

"Aaah, ah. But you women are all childish bitches, right? There is just no point."

Daemon turned coldly to Haru:

"And Haru, good luck with her, bro. Seriously I just don't give a shit anymore."

Haru tried to sound stern, taunting Daemon as he left the corridor and got back to the classroom:

"Keep deceiving yourself! You're just afraid to fight!"

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Lockheart was about to kill Siren. Thanks to Nyaru, her health had been restored.

After healing her, Nyaru sat near Daemon and continued to watch him.

The Siren's scream began to fade. Meanwhile, Daemon's memories were starting to speed up and lacked detail in his head.

Daemon heard the sound of the Siren's death.

When he saw Lockheart fighting, he was happy. Finally, she can fight alone in this game. But this happiness coincided with the sadness brought by his memories.

How much had changed seriously, he was isolating himself in 7th grade, then when he started high school, he fell into the same class with Mitsuri, another of Yui's girlfriends. In the 10th grade, Mitsuri tried to talk to him and in the 11th grade, Yui came to Daemon's class and fell in love with Mitsuri. And tomorrow, he was trapped in this game.

He opened his eyes. Lockheart was waiting for rewards to appear by the boulder. Boulder was starting to collapse as the boss died, and a piece of boulder started falling above Lockheart, Daemon screamed:

"LOCKHEART!"

Daemon abruptly rose from the ground in panic, ran towards Lockheart, pulled his sword and jumped, then split the rock in half before it fells.

But Lockheart seemed confused, she looked at the Daemon and smiled:

"Daemon, you know my HP bar is half full, right."

"Oh..."

Lockheart began to chuckle:

"Did you seriously think I was going to die or something?"

"A-ah..."

While Daemon thought about what to say, Lockheart burst into laughter:

"I didn't think an otaku neet like you would try to save me."

Daemon rolled his eyes:

"Shut up, woman."

But he was relieved inside.

Meanwhile, a wooden chest with a gold-plated lid appeared in the middle of the cave, and the teleport crystals of the three of them appeared. Nyaru excitedly ran towards the chest:

"Brother, can I open the chest?"

Daemon smiled at Nyaru:

"Sure, kid."

Nyaru excitedly opened the chest:

[Item Name: Siren's Core

Equipment Type: Necklace

Tier: Green

Increases HP by 500.

Increases Agility by 20]

[Item Name: Mermaid's Wand

Class Type: Soulmage

Equipment Type: Weapon

Tier: Blue

ATK: 58]

[Lvl 4 Ruby x2]

[Lvl 4 Amethyst x2]

[EXP x 10,000]

Each party member leveled up to:

Daemon: 42--> 45

Lockheart: 39-->41

Nyaru: 38-->41