Chapter 2

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Altria quickly approached the group, I lightly tapped Altria on the shoulder, she turned her head a little.

"Leave me close to the girls, you can go help the shield girl" I said to Altria.

"ok" Altria answered me, she came to the girls and stopped. The two girls got scared, they both got into a fighting stance. The shield girl is trying to fend off as many skeletons that are close to her as possible. She saw the servant on horseback approaching her master as well as the headmistress.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to do you any harm" I reassured the girls who are looking at me with a keen eye. I raised my hands to show them that, I don't own anything.

"You're a master, right? Send your servant to help the shield maiden." The white-haired girl spoke arrogantly, I know she only talks like that to appear strong, but it's annoying having to put up with her. Honestly, if it wasn't for wanting to leave with the protagonists to Chaldea, I wouldn't make contact with them so soon.

"Don't worry, she's already going to help your servant," I said as I looked at the girl with orange hair. She lowered her head and the girl with white hair crossed her arms, staring at Altria, who ran to help the shield girl.

"Bow down!" Altria shouted to the girl with pink hair. Mash defended herself from a skeleton that had just attacked her with a sword blow. Mash heard Altria's shout and crouched down. Altria, with a spear strike, broke the skeleton.

{1+ SAINT QUARTZ}

I was about to introduce myself to the two girls in front of me when I heard the sound of the system in my head. Do I earn Saint Quartz when Altria defeats enemies? And if she defeats a servant, do I earn more Saint Quartz? It's possible, but now I have to introduce myself to the girls.

"My name is Dante. Nice to meet you. As you can see, I'm a master," I introduced myself to the two girls.

"Pleasure, I'm Ritsuka Fujimaru... I'm also a master," Ritsuka raised her voice a little in the last part of her speech. She was probably still assimilating the idea of being a master.

I had already noticed, but it's good to know that I won't be alone when fighting monsters." I gave her my right hand so she could shake it, and I presume that I just gave her a little more confidence.

"You can count on me!" Ritsuka smiled and shook my hand. She seemed more confident than before. I also smiled at her.

"Hey, it's pretty suspicious of you to suddenly appear here, don't you think?" said the girl with white hair, releasing the handshake with Ritsuka and pointing her finger at me.

"I heard a scream in the distance and thought you needed help. That's how things are here. I was right," I replied to the girl, even though I was displeased with the way she was pointing her finger at me. Ritsuka is my only salvation at that moment; she is the only one who can get me out of this Singularity.

"Still, you're not trustworthy!" the girl shouted, even though I was close to her.

{2+ SAINT QUARTZ}

It seems that Altria killed two more monsters. With these two Saint Quartz, I now have 3. Only 27 Saint Quartz are missing for me to be able to summon one more servant.

I'm pretty excited about what may come in the next summon I make.

I looked at Altria, who was coming with Mash. I waited until they arrived, even though Olga kept saying that I wasn't trustworthy and other things. I pretended to listen to her and waited until the girls arrived.

I wasn't the only one listening to Olga talk. Olga is reprimanding Ritsuka, for what reason or circumstance, I have no idea. She's just reprimanding Ritsuka.

"I'm sorry for you, Ritsuka, but for the sake of our friendship that started today, please listen to what Olga has to say in my place!" I thought to myself. Ritsuka, your sacrifice will be remembered!

"You did very well, Altria," I praised Altria.

"It's my duty to help the master in everything I can," Altria replied with her cold voice.

I nudged Ritsuka, who is still enduring Olga talking in her ear. Ritsuka looked at me wondering what it was. I glanced at Mash and then at Ritsuka.

Ritsuka looked at me with a strange look, not understanding what I wanted. I got close to her ear and said, "Aren't you worried about your servant?"

"Ah," Ritsuka exclaimed in surprise. I almost jumped away. I didn't expect her to give a surprised scream. She ran to Mash's front: "Mash, are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine. Thanks for asking," she replied with a weak smile.

Some people might have thought Ritsuka was too naive to fall for my question, but I knew it was important for her to worry about Mash. After all, Mash is her best weapon in this Singularity.

Meanwhile, the white-haired girl who had not yet introduced herself continued to look suspiciously at me. "Who are you, anyway?" she asked.

"I already introduced myself before, my name is Dante," I replied, a little annoyed at the way she was treating me.

"I don't trust you," she simply said, turning her back and walking away.

"Thank you very much, it's a pleasure to meet you too," I replied sarcastically as she walked away. I knew it was important to have people on the team who trusted me, but I wasn't going to waste my time trying to please this girl. She'd probably give me trouble in the future.

I looked at Ritsuka and Mash, who were talking calmly while Altria watched everything around her. It was a small group, but I hoped we could trust each other. After all, we had a long way to go in this Singularity.

I'm pretty excited about what's going to happen, I just hope I don't mess up.