4 Save Log 3: May the God Bless Me With A Tragedy

Part 1

" That's how we slayed those Cadiken."

" Oh, you are pretty good.", I said.

" Nah, it's not that big of a deal.", said Glider.

I am at the guild with Lina, our new party member. There is also another person with us. That is Glider, Furara's childhood friend.

He is a human. A bit taller than me. He isnwarrior in class. He has scarlet eyes with light brown hair wearing regular light metal armour with red cloth and black trousers.

Glider is one of the first guy I made a good friend with. I also get to know other guild members. But he is more friendly to me than others. Except Dandold, he is pretty nice to me too.

" Compare to Dan this is nothing. He took down 10 Flaeders alone."

" What's a Flaeder?"

" What?! You don't know what a Flaeder is? I guess it only lives in Albanian Forest."

" Flaeders are some nasty poisonous flesh eating spider. They are pretty big.", said Lina.

Oh crap! Another big incest monster. This one must be as big as those ants.

" Don't tell me you got scared by that Hanji."

" N-no I'm not."

" Hahah. You know Lina you joined a pretty good party. He sucks at battle like you suck at stealing.", said Glider.

" Oi, that hurts you know."

" I'm pretty good at stealing!"

" No, you don't."

" Why you, you want a fight?", Lina was furious.

" No, don't want to. We'll just make a ruckus in the guild.", said Glider.

" Hmph, coward."

" Good morning.", Furara joined the chat.

" Yo, Furara. You are pretty late today.", said Lina.

" I overslept.", she said rubbing her eyes.

" Well, you guys have fun. I'll go find Jerkin then.", said Glider.

" Alright. See ya later Gli.", said Lina.

Glider left us. It's me, Lina and Furara.

" So, what kind of quest are we doing today?", asked Lina.

" Mushroom collecting obviously."

" Please. Enough with the mushroom collecting thing. We never did a single good quest.", said Furara.

" I don't care! I'll keep on doing it if I want to. When I'm leveled up enough, then I might do some other quest."

" Tsk, what a coward.", muttered Furara.

" I-I'm not a coward."

" I don't care about what quest you pick. But seriously, you are doing this too much. I bet the forest is now out of mushrooms because of you."

" Let's go do a quest then."

" Haai.", Furara wasn't that cheerful.

We went to the quest bulletin board. I searched through every single one. But, there is no mushroom collecting quest.

" ........"

" There is no mushroom collecting quest here.", Lina took the words out from me.

" You gotta be kidding me...."

" Finally, that quest stopped showing up.", Furara gave a sigh of relief.

" Why is there no mushroom collecting quest today? We have been doing it for like a long time."

" That's the reason why it's not available anymore, stupid."

" I'm not stupid. Well, I guess we will do a berry collecting quest then."

" There is nothing like that either.", said Lina.

" ....No, there is one. Oh….it's the farm help quest."

" Oh, so you want to work with Milfon's farm again? Heh heh heee.", said Furara smirking.

I’m never going to that farm again. I had enough whipping for my life.

" Let's go ask Siyol-san."

" You are not gonna give up are you?"

We went toward Siyol's reception. There was no one on the line today.

" Welcome to the Midlofhin's Guild. How can I help you?", said Siyol with the usual smile and her glasses attached.

" Is there any mushroom collecting quest?"

" I'm sorry but for the safety of the forest's ecology we canceled any kinds of berry and mushroom collecting quests. We were reported that some guy is doing all these quests and as a result the forest is now, almost out of mushrooms and berries. The monsters who rely on fruits will be in danger if this keeps up."

….what the heck.

" It was Hanjir..mgph!", I stopped Furara before she revealed anything.

" It must be some other guy. Hahaha. Definitely not me. Come on Lina, we are doing some other quest!"

" Oi, stop pulling me so hard.", I dragged Furara and Lina away from this place.

" Don't worry, we will start to accept this quest after a month."

We left the area immediately.

" Damn it. What the heck will we do now?"

" Why don't we relax and accept this quest?", said Lina.

" What is this?"

I took the paper from her hand. Patrol the Albanian outpost till evening. Reward: 200,000 Azuls

" This one seems safe.", I said.

" So, you think it's safe?"

" It isn't?"

" No it's not. That's where more higher level monsters than the Midlofhin plains and where

we collect mushrooms from, live. You have to keep on eye for not getting attacked by goblins, flaeders, forest golem and others.”

That's freaking risky!

" Well, there will be other guards and adventurers so you can be safe. Also, I never heard goblins living at that place. And forest golems are neutral monsters. "

" .......you sure?"

" Yeah, of course. I was born and raised here. I know more about this place than you two do."

" I guess, we can do this."

I put the paper inside my fon slot.

Patrolling Quest

Objective: Patrol around the Albanian Outpost

Reward: 200,000 Azuls

Difficulty: 1

~Start~

Part 2

We are being escorted to the outpost by some town guards. All of us sitting together while the soldiers were facing in front of us. They are wearing the regular metal breastplate, helmet and metal trousers. All of them had a sword on their waist. Except one who was carrying a spear.

" Do we have to pay for the transportation?"

" No need for that. We will carry that expense. You need to pay for your own food or eat with us."

" No, I'll pass. I heard soldiers eat tasteless food.", the glowing brown eyes inside her hood's dark void showed a hint of disgust.

" What did you just…", one of the soldiers got mad.

" Then go pay your own food. I'm not giving you a single azul."

"Wha! Fine, I'll pay for my own food. Don't come crying to me if you hate tasteless food."

" Stop saying our food is tasteless!", the soldier yelled.

" Alright, I'll eat with you, Furara. Hanji can eat that spinach that soldiers eat."

" For the last time, stop calling…..you know what you are right."

?!

The soldiers lowered their heads.

" The food does taste nothing."

" What the heck?!"

" See, I told you."

" Please don't say this to our commander but, I think our menu needs to be changed."

" Yes, that's right. I am tired of eating just rice and eggs with no salt. We want something more delicious!"

" Yeah!", all the soldiers cheered.

What the heck?! That's what they feed soldiers? How can they survive just eating that.

" If you guys like we can treat you to some food later, right Hanji?"

" Why are you looking at my pouch like that?"

" Lina is right. We should let these miserable soldiers a taste of real food. What do you say Hanjiro?"

" Seriously, stop looking at my pouch…...I guess, it's fine. Everyone needs a nice delicious meal once in a while."

The soldiers started to cry. Those are the tears of joy.

" Thank you so much, adventurer. We don't know how we can repay you."

" No, no, no. It's nothing. We are glad to help you guys out. No need to cry. Thank Hanji, he is the one who is giving you guys a treat."

I knew this would turn out like this.

" What's that I can hear about treats?", said a heavily armored dude.

" Gah! Commander!"

The soldiers got out from the cart and saluted the dude.

" We escorted the adventurers who like to treat us, I mean patrol with us."

" What the hell you just said?", the commander's face turned demonic.

" So, creepy."

Furara nodded in reply.

" Well, whatever. So you three are going to patrol. So, who is the leader? You?", he said looking at Lina.

" Yes, I am. My name is Lina. Nice to…. Gaah!"

I hit her on the back with the back of my dagger.

" I'm the leader of this party."

"...I see. She is more fit to be a leader than you."

Those words striked through my chest. Furara was patting me to calm me.

" Anyway, let's continue to work."

Part 3

The commander there told us how and where to patrol. This seems like an easy job, unless, there was no worries about monsters.

' Rustle' 'Rustle'

" Gahah!", I got flinched by the noise.

A wild labbit ran past ahead of us.

" Hahaha! You got scared by a rabbit!", Lina couldn't hold off herself from laughing.

Furara's face was in total darkness inside her hood. But I can see her glowing blue eyes dancing in laughter.

" Stop laughing. You will know how I feel when we will face a wradwolfs."

" They only come out at night.", said Furara.

We kept patrolling the area. Nothing happened except Lina threw a rock at a crawler wasp nest and we had to run for our life from an army of wasps. Luckily they walk slow and can't fly. We got away from them.

" Alright, patrol team 1, its Lunch Break. Don't eat too much!", said the commander.

After our first patrol session. We got a lunch break. After 2 hours, we will again go out patrolling.

" These foods are so plain. How can someone eat this?", said Lina.

" I agree too."

" Someone needs to teach the cook what is cooking.", said Furara, looking disappointed at her food.

" Oh yeah, say Furara, How much more do we need to buy the Mansion?"

She accidently got choked by eating the cooked raging bull. She was coughing.

" Don't worry Furara I got this.", saying that Lina slammed hard on her back. The piece of meat went flying out of her mouth to my plate.

" Yuck! It fell into my plate. Why did you slam her back like that?"

" I knew it always works. Furara?"

There was no response. She was lying on the table motionless.

" What the heck did you do?!"

" I didn't know she couldn't handle it."

" No one could handle that. Hey, Furara. Can you hear me?"

" I know how to wake her up."

" No! No need. You will make it even worse. Let's take her to the priest."

We grabbed Furara and took her to the priest. We waited outside until the priest came out.

" No need to worry she is fine. She passed out because of the sudden impact.", she said.

" That's a relief."

" Is she awake?"

" No, she needs some rest. Don't interrupt her now. I will stay with her if she needs anything."

"Thank you priest-sama."

She gave us a smile and went inside. Then I remembered something.

" Sorry but, did she forget anything?"

The priest stopped and turned around. She was thinking for a while.

" No, I don't think so. When she woke up, she asked where you two were."

" Oh, ok. Thank you very much."

She went inside. Thank god she didn't get amnesia like she gets when casting a spell.

" Why did you ask that? I didn't hit that hard."

" Yes you did. Maybe not for you but for her. You are older than us. Have some common sense."

" I have my common sense. You are the one who is cowardly and gets scared by just a rabbit."

" Tha-that's totally different from having common sense."

" Whatever. Let's just eat up this plain food we bought."

We continued to eat the food. Suddenly some injured soldiers came rushing inside. An arrow was sticking out from the leg of one of the soldiers.

" Goblins at the North!", he shouted.

" What is he saying? There are no goblins in this part of the kingdom.", said Lina.

I got a bad feeling about this.

" Hold your horse soldiers. What's the meaning of this?", said the commander.

" A big army of goblins is approaching th-his way sir. We were outnumbered. We retreated to report."

" What about the rest?"

" Th-the others are fighting there. I don't think they will make it alive."

The commander looked serious. I had never seen him this serious before.

" How many are there?"

" About 200 hundred"

This is total bad news. I need to get out of here. But we can't leave behind Furara.

" What the hell is going? I never heard goblins roaming around Albanian Forest."

" Is commander Stevin here?", another soldier entered the room.

" What is it Del?"

" The guild informed us that an army of goblins and orcs are approaching this area. They told us to defend the post until the re-enforcement arrives."

What the heck is going on? Why there is a sudden goblin attack after I accepted the patrolling quest.

" This is all your fault."

" What do you mean my fault? I didn't summon the goblins you know.", Lina replied.

I shouldn't have accepted this quest. Damn it.

" You heard the man. We need to defend the post. Soldiers! In formation!"

Part 4

All the soldiers went out to make their battle formation.

" You know Hanji, let's just get out of here."

" I wish we could. We can't leave Furara here. If only you haven't done that."

" Geh!", Furara finally accepted the fact that she is to be blamed for it.

" Then what do we do now?"

" You two!"

" Yes sir!". both Furara and I saluted the commander.

" Fight with us if you can or get the hell out of here."

" What do you say Hanji?"

" ....Until Furara recovers, let's fight along with them I guess."

" Alright. Let's do this."

" Get into formation then! Join them at the back."

" Yes sir."

We quickly joined the soldiers at the end of the formation. The commander walked in front of us drawing his long sword with ruby attached to the handle. He slammed the ground with the sword two times. Everyone became quiet.

" We are reported that there is an army of goblins approaching from the north. Some of our comrades are still fighting. We are heading out as quickly as we can. Everyone on your feet.", said the commander to the soldiers.

I'm having this feeling that something will go wrong.

" You are right indeed.", said the voice in my head.

" Soldiers, march!"

Me and Lina were on the back. There are about 51 members in the group including me and Furara. That's a pretty low number against 200 goblins and 50 orc. I'm the only one with a bow. We were all running toward the north. The dry leaves and branches were crushed under our feet. After a long run, I heard many screeching I never heard in this forest before. So that's how goblins sound like.

" So that's how goblins sound like.", said Lina.

" What the heck!"

" What?", Lina was puzzled.

" Charge forward!", said the commander.

The goblins' yellow eyes turned to us. All of the soldiers give an uproar and charge toward the goblins. The goblins did the same. I saw three soldiers injured within the goblins. They were not dead.

" You two take care of the injured soldiers. We are taking care of the goblins.", said the commander.

" Eh?!"

" Let's go Hanji!", Lina pulled out her dagger and went ahead. She without a problem took down one goblin. And another.

" Hey this is actually easy.", said Lina.

" Don't get so excited already.", I didn't slay a single one.

Suddenly, a goblin took out the dagger from her hand. It went flying. What the heck happened.

" Oh no.", exclaimed Lina

' Screhahah!'

" Fuwahahah! Hanjiro, Hanjiro, save me!", she screamed.

Quick shot.

I shot down the three goblins which attacked Lina.

" Th-thank you Hanjiro. You saved me."

" Thank me later. We are in a battle field."

I saw a goblin archer aiming at a soldier.

'Snipe shot'

' Scagah!'

I took it down. Two more goblins were approaching this way.

" Ekk!", Lina squeaked and ran behind me.

" What the heck are you doing?"

" I-I never was good at combat."

" Are you kidding me?! You want me to take care of this myself."

This girl is useless as Furara is.

' Scrawaah!'

" Gahah! Quick shot, quick shot.", I shot down the goblins.

" What are you two doing?! Those soldiers are dying. Quickly get them out of here!", shouted the commander from far.

" Oh crap we forgot. Let's go quickly."

" Y-yes.", said Lina from my behind.

" You can't just turn me into a human shield."

" Don't worry. I got your back. If some goblin comes near you, I will take it down."

" You better do."

We quickly approached the soldiers slaying any goblins on our way. Lina was following from behind. An arrow went by me almost touching my hair.

" Are you alright?"

" Can you all walk?"

" We think we can walk. Thank you."

" No need to mention it. Let's escort you to the post."

" Actually, why don't I go with them and you stay in here. This is a battle right? Someone needs to fight here. You are good at fighting so you stay and I will escort them to the post."

" Wait what?"

" You can do this. I believe in you. Well gotta go, see ya.'

" Wait! Hang on a minute."

She didn't hear what I was saying. The heck? She left me behind. A goblin with a club was zooming toward me.

" Oh crap! Quick shot!", it hit the goblin's head. But before I know it. I was surrounded by a group of goblin.

" You shouldn't have stayed alone.", said the voice.

Part 5

I should have gone with Lina. That damn woman. Anyway, I can't change my past can I? I somehow need to survive this. Hope the commander will notice me.

'Yahah!', a goblin with a spear dash toward me.

" Quick shot.", the arrow hit the goblins hand. It dropped the spear with a screech. Another one made its move.

'Snipe' the arrow hit the goblin's head and it fell on the ground with zero hp.

I somehow survived this long. God, help me!

' Sregaah!', one of the goblins gave an uproar and all of them were charging toward me.

" What the heck!?", I quickly drew my bow. The goblins were approaching me with sinister laughs.

"I can't do this!"

I put my bow and started to run as fast as possible. The goblins were following me behind.

" Stop chasing me damn it."

I slipped and fell on the ground.

" Ow ow ow. That hurts."

' Yehaaa'

" Oh crap they are getting closed."

I quickly climbed up a tree. A ranger can climb trees of course. I hope the goblins don't. The goblins were under the tree screaming and yelling at me.

" Hah! Take that! I bet you can't climb a tree.", as soon as I finished my sentence a spear flew by my ear. Arrows were launched following the spear.

" Oh crap! Why isn't anyone rescuing me!? Please god help me."

I decided to jump from tree to tree. This is a forest, so I can easily jump from one tree to another. The goblins were also following.

" When will they stop chasin....!"

I slipped yet again and fell down.

" Gahah. My leg."

The goblins surrounded me. And here I am with a broken leg.

" Ge heh he!"

They were slowly approaching me with a nasty smile on their face. There is no hope of surviving from this.

" We get im finely.", said a Goblin.

?

'A new skill available!'

What new skill?

I quickly opened my status log. There was a new skill in the skill category.

' Beast tongue'

........

'Skill acquired'

" et's kil em aleady!"

" Scahah!"

They all prepared to attack me.

" Wait wait."

Theys stopped their attack after that. There face was filled with wonder.

" Tis uman can spek to us."

" I beg for your mercy. Please don't kill me!"

" Lik we ill lisen to tat. Wat a stupi uman."

All of them started to laugh. Damn it. I've to buy some time before someone comes to rescue me.

" Can I offer you with some Mashiki juice?", I took out the bottle of mashiki juice, which was half empty. About the size of a liter bottle of coca-cola.

" Ashki? o, o,o. We don ned tat. Tat is relly poison. R yo tring to fol us?"

" No, no. This is poison-free. Here I will drink it for you."

All fo them draw there weapon at me.

" Don ty to do anyting werd."

" I-I won't."

I drank the whole mashiki juice. Ah! It always makes me feel good.

" See? No poison."

" We se tat. But no juic fo us.", they pointed to my empty mashiki juice bottle.

.......Oh crap. I ended up drinking the rest of the mashiki juice. This was the only bottle I had.

" We miht ave le yo go. Bu ot animo."

Oh crap! They got pissed out because I drank the whole thing.

" Di!!!"

" Wahaa!"

" Flare wheel!"

The goblins were surrounded by a wheel of fire. The goblins were surprised and stepped back.

" Furara."

" Don't worry Hanjiro, we are here for you."

Furara and Lina came to me.

" Thank you Furara."

" Oi, you are supposed to thank me. I'm the one who called Furara to get here."

" Actually, Lina wanted to leave you behind but then she said 'Nah, I can't leave that kid alone.' "

I glared at Lina. She was hiding her guilty filled face with her scarf.

" Kil em al!"

The flame wheel was gone and the goblins decided to attack.

" Steal till striped."

The air around us got thicker all of a sudden. Lina was surrounded with a bright yellow magic effect. All the weapons the goblins had were in her hand.

" Oh my gooood! What the heck was that?"

" This is a skill I developed myself. I call it, 'Steal till striped'."

The goblins were all unarmed, they backed off a little bit. Awesome, I never seen Lina this badass.

" Retret!", one of the goblins yelled.

All of them started to run away the opposite way.

" Oi! Get back here you cowards.",said Furara.

" Well, it looks like we are safe Hanji."

" Seems so. But, the commander and others are still fighting. We need to...gahah!", I couldn't get up because of the broken leg.

" You got yourself hurt pretty badly 'heavy breathing'.", said Lina.

" Why the heck are you taking this lightly?! And you are pretty much drained yourself."

" Yeah. 'Heavy breathing' Steal till Striped costs many mana. It also have 1 hour cool down"

There are cooldowns? Well still, that's a pretty good skill.

" I'll heal you two up quickly. (Wait won't you get amnesia?, I said.)May the goddess help you heal your wound. Blessed Healing."

Our hp started to fill up gradually. My broken leg was slowly fixing up itself.

" Can you get up now?"

I tried to stand up, this time I didn't feel any pain. This is incredible. It feels like a game.

" It is.", said the voice in my head.

"…….. I feel fine. I'm impressed you didn't get any amnesia."

" What did I tell you? I only get that when I lack mana."

" I am feeling good too."

" Now about the soldiers…."

Right the ones who are still fighting back there. I need to think of a plan.

Suddenly my fon started to vibrate,

" Hanjiro Fujuriya, Hanjiro Fujuriya. Pick up the fon.", a cute little girl's voice was coming from the fon.

Alice-san?

" Isn't that Alice?"

Alice is another receptionist of the guild. She is a lolita typein. The shortest member of all.

" Yes, this is Hanjiro."

" Good grief, it is. No time to waste, Dandold and others are heading toward the Albanian Forest. We don't know your position so I can't tell them where to go, it is."

" Where are they now?"

" Hang on……."

She was talking to someone on the other side. Siyol maybe?

" Near the post you and your party were assigned, it is."

" Roger that. I will be there with the goblins."

" It is?"

I put the fon down.

" Wait, hang on a minute Hanji. What do you mean you will be there with the goblins?"

" Alright you two. I got a plan so listen closely."

Part 6

I am running through the gap of the trees. Trying to get to the battlefield as fast as I can. Finally I reached there.

The battle was a mess. Most of the soldiers were defeated. The commander and the 5 others trying their best to fight against them.

Alright, let's do this.

" Oi!"

All the goblins turned to me. They are all surprised.

" Do you guys want some gold?"

I showed them my pouch filled with golden coins. All the goblins became tempted by the gold. All of the goblins started to run toward me. There were orcs too. They gave a loud growl and followed along the goblins with their giant clubs and spears.

" What the hell is that kid doing?"

" Wahah!", I turned behind and started to run. The swift magic that Furara casted on me is still active.

The army of goblins and orcs were chasing me down as I was running through the forest. Often get stuck by a tree trunk and fall and get up as quickly as possible. Thanks to the swift magic I managed to keep a distance between them.

" Ow, ow ow o. My legs hurt. I can't give up now. Almost there."

The magic wore off, I'm slowing bit by bit.

" Why does it have to wear off now? I thought it would last for 5 minutes."

" rab the old. Stel it rom em."

" Die human!", said an orc while throwing a spear. It missed my head.

" Gahah. This was the worst idea. Why did I come up with this? God, if you are there, please help."

Finally, I saw a light reflected from a dagger on the right. This is it. I jumped to the right.

" Wer do u tink ur goig…..wa?!"

" Devil's prison.", Dandold swung the sword with his left hand as a spark like thing went toward the goblins and orcorcs.

Most of the goblins and orcs were trapped with binding magic. Dandold and the rest of the party prepared to strike.

" Charge!"

All the adventures charged toward the army of goblins and orcs. Lina came running to me with Furara.

" Thank god. You really did it!"

" Who is this guy nee-san?", Furara still hasn't regained her memory.

" Yeah, I somehow did it. Well it's not over yet. Let's finish them off."

" Yeah…..I mean good luck. I am not that good with combat. I'll stay here with Furara untill she recovers. I'll cheer you on."

Useless piece of trash. Anyway, I joined the battle with the others. When Furara returned to normal she and Lina joined too. The commander and the others joined also.

" Alright we did it."

" Yeeah!", all of us gave a victory cry.

Finally, this stupid battle is over. Now, I can go back to mushroom collecting.

" I got a feeling you are thinking about mushrooms."

" That's all he can do anyway."

" Shut up! Furara at least helped out a bit but you did nothing but turn me into your human shield."

" But I stole some weapon from the enemy to make it easy for you."

" I would do fine even if you didn't do it."

" Don't be so cruel Hanji. I feel like I'm useless."

" We just fought a big army. I think we need to relax.", said Furara

" Furara is right. We really need to relax. So, what are we having for lunch?"

" Yea, I'm hungry too. What are we having?"

You two…..

" You did pretty well. However, I think it's time for you to come.", said the voice in my head.

What the heck?

All of a sudden, there was a pain in my neck and everything turned to black. All I could see before it turned black, I saw Furara and Lina's face filled with horror.

Part 7

" Hanjiro Fujuriya, awaken."

I slowly open my eyes. How long has it been since I fell asleep? I looked around.

Wait a minute, what is this place? As I opened my eyes, I was in a vast void. There was never ending pitch black surrounding. Then, I noticed someone sitting in front of me.

She was wearing a black clothes that I saw goddess wear in anime. A big gown type. Eyes were black as her clothes. They looked tired. Her hair was also pitch black which had a big white hair clip on the left-side. On my left-side. If there were no light around I could only see the white hair clip in the vast pitch black surrounding.

" Welcome to the realms of heaven."

" Realms of heaven?"

" Yes, the place where young person like comes after death.", she replied and yawned.

Wait a minute, did she say....death?

" Yes I did. In fact, you are now dead."

" When did I die!? Why? That was a short adventure. It hasn't passed a year."

" Well, yes. It is harsh that you died so quickly. 'Yawn' Well, your fate is written and can't be changed."

But, why.....so early?

" You are crying over no reason.", she yawned again and her head fell on the chair's handle she was sitting on.

Did she fall asleep?

" Yes, I did. That's a part of my duty. Don't bother."

Why would sleeping be a part of a job?

" I'm the zzzz goddess of sleeping."

What the heck......

" Well, no need to worry. Are you ready for heaven or would like to be reborn as a new human?"

" Can't I go back?"

" Yes you can. But as a new person. You won't have any memory."

I see.....there's no way back.

" Yes, kind of like that."

It's nothing, right? I just played a nice game called Rapegya for 7 months. There is nothing to lose. All those npc I made friends with, Sylfia, Furara, Grodmin, Lina. They are just...npcs. No-nothing else.

Before I knew it, tears started to rain down from my eyes. Wh-why am I crying? This is just a ga-game. There is nothing to lose.

" You do care about them, don't you?"

" I guess, I do. They are the ones I first talked freely, laughed, got in a fight, cried. I never felt like this before."

" Heheheh, it's always worth playing with humans often."

Huuh?

'zzzzzzz'

" Umm...."

" Oh! Razahan will be here any moment now. Sit back and wait until.....zzzzz", she fell asleep. A chair appeared behind m'me. I staat on it. This was very comfortable.

I looked at the sleeping goddess. She really is the goddess of sleeping. Wait, Razahan…..I think I heard it somewhere.

" Welcome Hanjiro.", said the voice in my head.

I turned around. It was not in my head this time. A figure appeared beside the sleeping goddess. It was a guy by the look of it.

It is a guy. He was wearing a nice blue yukata. His hair was wild brown. Eyes were black as the surroundings with black circles under them. He was wearing wooden slippers which gave an old fashioned look but which is quite nice.

" My name is Razahan, god of wish. Nice to meet you again.", said the guy.

" Oh, Razahan-sama. You are here. I guess I can sleep now. zzzzzz.", her face looked more happier than before. There was a nice cute smile on her sleeping face.

" Are you the one who always talks in my head?"

" Yes, indeed. To help you around. You wished that you will guided throughout your journey. I was doing that job."

" Yeah, I did wished that and you did help me but, wait, you said you will take me somewhere before I died. Does that mean..."

" I killed you."

There was an awkward silence.

" Why!??"

" Woah! Don't get all mad now. There is a reason."

" I'm sorry."

" You see, when I was leading you to this world, I didn't tell you much about this world."

" Yes, that's right, wait a minute, you also brought me here?"

" Yes, yes. Now listen. I'll explain about everything in short."

" What's the point of explaining when I died?"

" Hmm? Suimi hasn't told you yet?"

" Suimi?"

" No, I 'zzzzzz' didn't say a thing. I wanted to play a bit. Heheheh 'zzzzzz'"

" Heaven sake, you really like messing around don't you?"

" Huh?", I was confused with their heavenly conversation.

" You will be revived soon. With all the memories you have until now. She was just messing with you."

All of that was a lie?

" Now enough of that. Now let's begi......no need to feel embarrassed now."

I am feeling so embarrassed to cry for no reason. I want to dig a hole and stay there.

" First of all, I want to tell you how you got here and what happened in the previous world."

" Oh yeah, I also wanted to know that."

" Remember the flashing lights?"

" Of course. It was a hell of a pain…."

Thinking about it makes me shiver.

" What happened to me by the way?"

" Well, let's just say, you passed out after too much late night gaming . You are supposed to die like that. So I gave you an offer to go explore another world."

……..are you kidding me?

" Sp about your family."

" What happened to them?"

" They are fine. Well, after your death all of them remained quiet. But your mother couldn't hold herself and started to cry during the funeral ceremony. Then your sister. After a long self-control, your father went into the bathroom and started to cry."

".....Really?"

I guess they do care about me. But why the heck does my dad need to cry in the bathroom.

" I don't think you won't say that after hearing this."

" ?"

" Your mom cried because she can't have a nice daughter-in-law who will help her to help with households. Your sister doesn't like to do that.

" Wha…"

" Your sister cried because she can't have extra pocket money from you anymore. You always give her money when she asks you right?"

".......and my dad?"

" Oh. He zzzzzzz cried because he can't buy the pz4 by excuses that you zzzzzz wanted to buy that. He sometimes secretly plays games on your pc."

" Wait I never knew that."

My family…..how could they betray me like that?

" Well, they do care about you. A lot if I say."

…...I hope that is true.

" There are two reasons why you are here."

" What might they be?"

" One to let you know what happened to the previous world, how you died and about this world. Two, if you want to go back to your own world then be it."

" So, I can go back with my family?"

" Of course not. They buried you a long time ago. If you are sent to your world now, you have to dig your way up from the ground and crawl to your family like a zombie. You think they will greet you kindly and welcome you back to the family after that?"

" N-no."

" Glad you understood that. Now for the explanation about this world,"

So, I can't go back to my world. Well who cares, I suppose to die there.

" This world is called as you know Rapengya. RPG hidden in it. That's why it's called RPG world."

" Oh. But this world is just like rpg."

" Yes, you are right. This world has a leveling system. Class types. But before we get there, let me tell you about the current situation of the world. The world is terrorized by the demon lord called Delfoth, one fourth of the entire world is under his command. He is likely to expand in future."

" That one I heard."

" Then why aren't doing anything about that?"

" .....You know, I was doing things to prepare myself."

" By collecting zzzzz mushroom?", said the sleeping goddess.

" Yess......"

" Good grief. Anyway, Delfoth is not the kind of person everyone think he is."

" ?"

" Well, now for the system of this world. Many things you already know, like levels, skills, ability, hp, mp, skill level etc. But you don't know about some things yet."

" Like?"

" For example, you can have a sub-class along with your class ranger. Currently it's 'all rounder'."

" All rounder?"

" Yes. It's a class where you can learn all the sub class categories. You can learn beast ranger skills, or mage ranger or bow and blade so on."

" That's pretty nice."

" But, you will never be able to master them to the highest degree. You will always learn the medium level of them."

" .....still, it's a good thing."

" You can change anytime you like. Just go to your class from the status log. Then you will see your subclass. Furara's subclass is actually a red mage. But her class is actually Arch mage."

" No wonder I only Arch mage in her status screen."

" You know you can earn points without leveling up? You just need to find some special quest. You will see that there will be rewards for points."

" Oh, didn't know that."

" And now for the combat system. You have already learned the basics. You just need to use a bow like anyone did in your previous world. But, there are some restrictions. You can't use an item that requires a higher level."

" Items with level requirements. Yeah, just like in Monster quests games. I didn't know that this world has that mechanic."

" In combat, you can deal heavy damage if you attack their weak points. Like, if someone shot an arrow in your head it would be a massive damage. You might die, or not. If you are lucky. So try to know a monster's weak-point."

" Yes, I will."

" FInally, if you want to get back to your world, slay the demon lord. You will be granted one wish. Like you, many other people from your previous world are traveling."

" From Earth?"

" Yes."

" I'm not the only one then?"

" No.", he replied.

So, there are other people who came to this world like me.

" Yes, that's a work of mine, as a god of wish makers. Well, it looks like time is up. You will be resurrected by Furara. Until again then Hanjiro."

" You will kill me again?"

" Maybe."

" What the heck?!"

" Don't worry, I'll make it less painful next time."

" That's not the issue here!"

" I know. Well, if you want to talk to me, you can go to one of the shrines. There I'll guide thy soul."

" Okay."

" Offer in my shrine too. zzzzz", said Suimi-sama.

" Your shrine is in the next town."

" So what? He can just zzzzz"

Does she really sleep or just pretend to be sleeping?

Right after a few moments, yellow special effects were surrounding me.

" What's going on?"

" You are being resurrected. Farewell then Hanjiro. Oh right, remember Hanjiro you have four 1 u….."

Before his words finished, everything turned to white.

.............

" Hanjiro, Hanjiro!"

I can hear a faint sound of Furara calling my name.

" Just wake up already!", there was a big slap sound.

" Gahahah!!!"

I jumped up from death. Everyone was shocked. That damn Lina slapped on my face.

" Hanjiro!"

Furara hugged me. I was startled.

" We thought you left us! We thought you were dead."

" Now, now. No need to cry. You can see that I am not dead."

" I'm glad that you are alright Hanji. I was so terrified. You were bitten by fleader on the neck. Those nasty spider's poison can kill anyone.", said Lina.

" Oh so that's what happened.", the spider was still near me with the green venow stucking from it's pincer. It was beheaded. Lina wasn't crying now but, I can see her dried tears on her cheeks. I'm so glad to have a party like this.

" Glad you are alright Hanjiro.", said the Dandold.

" Dan."

" You are alright. I was worried too. Glad you didn't die and left us.", said Glider.

" Oh Hanji. We got big news. We got 500,000 azuls because of this quest."

" Really!"

" Yes. That's true. It's all thanks to you bunch that we were able to defeat those goblins.", said the commander.

Finally, after a long time, we hit a jackpot.

" Wait, with that money we can buy the mansion.", I said.

" Actually, about the mansion....", there was a unpleasant sight on her face.

" What?"

" I wanted that money to buy a tome."

" ......So all of that was a lie?!"

"What lie?"

" No, no. It's not a lie. I do have a mansion. I was living there before I joined your party."

........what the heck?

" I'm sorry. I just wanted to use you to buy the tome of memoirs. With that I thought I could have my memories fixed."

" So, we are having a mansion?"

" Yes, of course."

Thank god. I thought I'm going to keep living with Grodmin and be a drag for them.

" Well, whatever. What matters is that you are alright Hanji. Without you, I won't be able escape from the soldiers if I get caught stealing."

" Yes, you're right Lina. Hanjiro is the only one I can rely on when I get my memory messed. I'm glad that you are alright."

.....I regret coming back to this world.

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