'Sigh~ just why did I do that? Now I can't even look her in the eyes. Well, It's also felt amazing so I can't really say I regret it~ but still....Sigh~'

To avoid the awkward atmosphere, I directed my attention towards the floating green orb in my hands.

"What are you doing, assimilate it already!"

"Eh? AH! O-okay..."

Feeling tense, I quickly do what she told me.....but wait a minute.....

"U-um..."

"Yes?"

"How do I assimilate with this thing?"

Crash!

The moment I ask that, I felt something crashed in my surrounding but the most eye-catching is the way Flora was

looking at me right this moment. Her slack-jawed and wide-eyes was so epic--no so cute that I forgot for a moment what I need to do...

"Pffft....ahahahahahahahaha...."

"Wha-!? why are you laughing like that while looking at me!? That's very rude you know!"

hey, hey, hey~ Just where did the majestic looking queen go? Her tone and her way of speaking suddenly change.

Unlike her demeanor from before, she isn't scary at all when she acts like this.

She was really cute and beautiful. Sometimes I really do wonder whether if I was really still in this virtual world. All the things I encounter in this world really feels like it's real.

I wouldn't even be surprised if someone said that instead of being trapped in a virtual game, I was actually transported in an another world.

"N-nothing...pfffft...ahahahaha It's just that you're tone changed...hehe"

"Ah mou! stop that already! and you why don't you know such simple and easy thing? And don't retort on my tone!"

".......I can't help it, pfft....this is the first thing I'm doing this kind of...pfft...thing"

"Uugh.....really stop laughing....I won't teach you if you're like that!"

Her whole face turned bright red in an instant as he make a pouting face.

I can't really believe that she is the scary queen from before because all of it seemed gone in an instant.

Well, not like I have complains about it....I'd rather like this version of her~

"Fine, fine, fine I'll stop laughing now so please teach me oh my great and majestic queen~"

Shaking her head, she bit her lips and sighed...

"Hmpf......can't help it. I'll teach you this just once...just once you hear me!"

"Ouh!"

"Hmpf.....cough f-first, sit down with your legs crossed and closed your eyes. You must enter a meditative state and

slowly feel your surroundings. If you sense something glowing immediately pull it and slowly absorb it."

"What!? Meditative state? As in, you want me to meditate?"

Hearing such familiar word, I felt my heart quicken.

"What? Don't tell me you also don't know what that is?"

No way! Of course I know it! In the past, I always immersed myself in meditation to clear my mind and relaxed my body. This is something that old man imparted me to sense 'chi' before.

'Chi' is like energy. I can still remember what that old man said. ''Chi' is present in the air. It also circulates around the body just like blood or oxygen.' I heard that all the martial artist in the past used 'chi' to perform superhuman activities, so I became interested in it and learned it.

If absorbing this 'monster essence' is just like what I did before when learning 'chi' then this skill can already be considered done.

Without further ado, I began meditating.

Just like from before, I can easily entered meditation. My senses became sharper than ever as I can feel my surroundings clearly. Although I can't see Flora, I can clearly pinpoint where she was standing as well as hear everything clearly.

"I forgot to mention but if he can't sense it, then he isn't capable in learning this skill~ well, he should be quite fortunate if ever he really sense it because from what I know humans can't do it....well aside from talented people, though they are only one in a million~"

Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel extremely happy and excited.

'I'm sorry but I think I've got the hang of this thing~hehehe' I thought.

After a few seconds, I can finally feel it. There's so many specks of various colored light floating in front of me. More like.....there's too many! Compared to my meditation in the real world, this can be considered monstrous! They are clustered so densely....Hundreds, no thousands--millions of different colored specks of light was floating around me.

In front of me was a very large green colored light and it was so dazzling that I squinted my closed eyes a little. Strangely enough, I felt that this green colored light was calling for me so I immediately tried to pull it using my mind.

The green light, like it had been waiting for a millennia immediately rushed towards my body. Feeling the light that was slowly enveloping my body, I heard Flora speaking...

"Heavens!? Don't tell me.....He had already sense it this fast? And not just that he already understood how to absorb it? Just like that!?.....This..."

Hearing her surprised voice, I felt extremely happy but then suddenly...

A tremendous heat flow inside my body, boiling like a raging flame slowly burning my body.

"Aaaaarrggggghhhhh!!!!!"

I couldn't help but shout out the agonizing pain I felt. As if my body was bursting to open. The violent pain caused me to feel something akin to a sweet flavored liquid rising up in my throat.

'What the hell is this! Isn't this too overbearing!? No one told me that this would be very painful! Aaaaaaaarrrgggghhhhh!' cursing inside my mind I suddenly heard Flora's worried voice

"What happened? This...What is happening? It shouldn't be this painful! A-are you okay!"

Opening my eyes I saw her beautiful face distorted in worry. As I watch her face which became a total mess something warm rose up in my chest as the corner of my lips rose upward, revealing a mischievous smirk...

"Wha-!? Why can you still smile! Don't you know what's happening to you! This...what should I do!?"

I suddenly forgot the pain as I continued to look at her worried face. Sigh~ why is it that even though she is almost tearing up from worrying, she is still very beautiful!?

Crouching from the ground because of the pain I'm suffering, I took a deep breath and calmed my emotions. I raised my body and corrected my posture. I sent a gentle gaze to the almost tearing Flora and said

"D-don't worry, I'm fine"

Although not really persuasive, I ignore her worried look and closed my eyes. Right now, my body was enveloped in a green colored light. I can feel a violent fluctuations over my body but I silently endured it. I don't believe that I can't endure this pain.

My brows were now tightly locked as I bit my lower lip. My body was continuously convulsing violently and it's as if my body was cut by countless sharp blades.

I was now enduring an incomparable pain but still I refused to give in! This pain is nothing compared to all of the painful training I've done before!

Then all of a sudden....

The incomparable pain finally eased out as a dim layer of green light started to creep out of my body. Along with it, the surrounding grass started growing, swaying around me. Then a very spooky and weird thing happened. The surrounding grasses which grow up to three meters in length gathered together and was twisting around my body, encasing me as if I was in a very large cocoon.

Then my consciousness was starting to fade,

"Heaven's!!! This, Isn't this the [ Spirit Merging ]!Unbelievable! There's no way a human could..."

but before I completely faint I slightly heard Flora's surprised voice.

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When I came to, I found myself standing in a white dimension. There's no horizon so I wondered how vast this place is - no wait! First of all, how did I come into this place? And where the heck am I?

Contrary to the swirling emotions inside me, a voice suddenly echoed in the quiet room.

"Welcome, This humble servant greets the almighty king!"

Eh? King? who, me? Is this girl's head okay?......wait a moment, now that I can finally see clearly isn't this girl very beautiful?

Upon seeing her, anyone would have been instantly smitten by her. Her almost perfect curve body allowed people to imagine her feminine beauty. And to be truthful, although I'm not in the leg fetish faction, those pair of long legs are very beautiful that can even make me drool with my mouth opened wide without stopping.

The white scenery wrapped around her snow white skin further refines her supernatural beauty to another level.

If I were to focused my attention at her figure, then the beautiful white dress tightly wrapped around her body with only her cleavage prominently displayed her full chest would be so attention grabbing. She is like a goddess came

from heaven! Truly mesmerizing~

Noticing my strange gaze, she kneel in front of me and said with trembling voice.

"I'm immensely touched by your arrival Oh almighty king! Your very presence is an honor for me. This lowly one is called Rosa, niece of the honorable queen of all Driads; Flora. May you forgive my insolence, in begging a respected and noble existence such as you, my king!"

The beautiful girl raised her head to look at me.

Is this girl misunderstanding something?

"Uum...Why am I here?"

"Almighty king, To answer your question. Esteemed king wants to absorb this lowly life force of mine thus dragging

your soul in this place to meet me"

"I-I see, well.....Uum can you please stop calling me Almighty king or esteemed king? It feels itchy for some reason~ please call me Hein"

Certainly, I really don't mind her actions and behavior but still to be addressed so respectfully by a beautiful girl seemed very uncomfortable!

Comprehending my words, the beautiful girl Rosa looked flabbergasted.

"H-how can that be! To-To c-call the esteemed king, the Rakshasa in h-his n-name......I-impossible! I...I'm sorry, I can't do it. Your lordship's status and mine are very different!"

Rosa blushed and declined.

Sigh~ letting out a deep breath, I couldn't help but nod. 'Well, If she's comfortable with that then let her be~ I can't possibly understand the life and teaching of a high-born lady, oh well~'

"....Let's leave that be...So why are you calling me king when I'm not in the first place?"

Upon hearing my words, she stared at me surprised.

"...Y-you mean you don't know?..."

"Huh?....you can say that, I'm an orphan you see....But it shouldn't be as amazing as what you're thinking~ I'm just an average boy after all"

"What!? How could that be! When I just entered your soul realm Your majesty's @#@##@%$%!#[email protected]$%#@*&$#@"

"What? I couldn't understand at all!"

"I said... ( STOP )"

When she was just talking, a voice suddenly interrupted her. Hearing the voice, a familiar face floated in my mind but this woman couldn't - no shouldn't be here at this place! Let's not even mention that hearing her voice now should be nigh impossible!

But unexpected sometimes happens! A familiar Lolita girl, who was the sole responsible in trapping us here in the virtual world and making it a death game while proclaiming herself a god suddenly descended from the above.

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"Stop what you're saying, lowly Driad!" She started.

Not comprehending what just happened, I can only stared at her in daze. Rosa trembled and step back a couple of

steps then suddenly prostrated in the white colored floor.

"I deeply apologized! This lowly one overstep her bounds!" She said while trembling nonstop.

"Yo Lolita~ what's up? Don't you know that barging someone's conversation is terribly rude?"

"Hi ... Hein~ I deeply apologized from my rash actions but the time is not yet right..."

"What do you mean? Care to explain?"

"I'm sorry. Just like the times when we met I still can't say it... "

"What do you mean by 'times when we met?' I only remember meeting you twice you know, and that's when I was making my account as well as your stage act. I don't remember you saying something to me though~"

The Lolita only bitterly smiled then shook her head. I can feel something amiss when she's looking at me...Like sadness? no, sorrow? loneliness? I can't understand it...

"When the time comes, you'll know it." She said and walked towards the prostrating Rosa and whispered something.

Rosa suddenly trembled and then raised her head to look towards me.

After a few seconds, Lolita look at me and said

"Until next time Hein. Please don't treat this world as a mere game because this is not just a virtual game but a...Oh

well, Please take care of yourself properly, I will always be watching you"

'Always watching me...huh~ saying like that, isn't that quite creepy? But for some reason, if the one saying that is Lolita, it doesn't seem uncomfortable~ Strange'

She waved her hands and disappeared leaving me and Rosa behind. After a while of silence Rosa stood up and walked towards me without saying a thing. She kneel in front of me like a knight would do towards her king and said

"This lowly Driad; Rosa, swears that from now onwards, you shall become my master. I offer this second life of mine to the Kin - I mean for Hein Vilestone an adventurer and that no matter what happens I will never leave your side and serve you to the best of my abilities. I will protect you from harm and whenever you like you can use all the power that I possess as a royal Driad. This body as well as my loyalty, will you accept them my ki - HeinVilestone?"

Hearing the declaration of her decision, I was left surprised and thought.

'Although there are some parts that I really want to retort and questioned but....'

Regardless, If I didn't give her a proper response then I wouldn't be fit to be a man. In the first place who wouldn't agree if such a beautiful girl told you such things?

I nodded without any hesitation.

"Although I might cause you trouble from now on...please take care of me Rosa~"

"...............I intended to"

She smiled. Rosa closed her eyes and suddenly embraced me.

Basking in a white light, Rosa continued to hug me as I felt my strength as well as consciousness gradually fade.