Chapter 14: Waking up.

{Edited By: KaylaDarkfire}

"Aaahh!"

"Nero?! What happened?" Choko, who was napping beside her, saw her scream when she woke up. She looked at Nero's beautiful, pale face; she was worried to see it.

Nero who had just woken up from a dream… or maybe a "Nightmare?" She realized that she had regained control of her body. Or better yet, the body that was 'hers.'

Nero looked around her, she soon realized that she was surrounded by something made of fabric. She noticed Choko beside her looking at her with eyes of concern.

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Mission accomplished!

Objective: Make a group with Jana, Jair, Choko and Breno for one day.

One [Nan Empire Language Card] - Has been added to your inventory.

Twenty-five [Essence Coins] - Have been added to your inventory.

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Since Choko already knew of the existence of her inventory, Nero didn't bother to hide it. She opened her inventory, then took out the language card of the Nan Empire.

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Use the [Nan Empire Language] card Y/N?

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"How, how did you get that?" Choko became confused when he saw Nero take that card. She knew what it was, but decided to wait for Nero to use the card.

Nero, despite noticing her agitation, thought she could 'explain' it by learning their language. The moment Nero said 'Yes!' in her mind, information about a totally new and different language began to appear in her mind. With her eyes closed, she began to digest all the information that was appearing.

A while later, Nero opened her eyes. Looking in the direction of Choko who was a few inches away from her, she smiled as she said, "Hello, Choko!"

Choko was stunned for a moment, but soon she smiled back and said, "Hey, Nero, you can understand me now, right?"

"Yeah!" Nero answered cheerfully, "I'm happy to be able to talk to you now."

"Mn." Choko nodded, and tears began to flow from her eyes, "I'm sorry for not acting before and preventing you from killing that man... If I had acted earlier, that wouldn't have happened."

Nero was a little shaken when she remembered that, but she managed to pull herself together.

She ran a hand through Choko's hair, who started to hug her and said: "It is not your fault, he was trying to steal what you have achieved with your efforts. Even though I didn't expect him to die... I still don't regret it!"

Choko was touched by her words, she hugged Nero even harder. She was so worried before, she could barely sleep. But now, she ended up falling asleep in Nero's arms.

Jana, who was looking at what was developing at the entrance to the tent, came in and said, "She's going to be fine; she was just very worried."

"Mn." Nero nodded, and saw that her eyes were a little red, "Are you all right?"

"Yeah," Jana said, "just a little sleepy."

"I see." Nero said, "Why don't you sleep too? If you need, I can stay awake and watch you."

"Hrm, that would help a lot," Jana said.

"Right." Nero carefully put Choko in the next bed, then crawled out.

"Wait!" Jana said, "You don't have to leave yet, Jair and Breno are watching, I just want... I just want you to hold my hand so I can sleep, okay?"

She seemed embarrassed to ask that question, but couldn't sleep well because she saw someone die in front of her.

Although she wanted to look strong, she still couldn't forget. In the end, she's a girl who started hunting recently. She has never been in a situation like this before.

Nero sat next to her while she held her hand. She could see that Jana was very affected to see this man's death.

Jana and Choko ended up sleeping, while Nero stayed by their side. Not having much to do since she was sleep-deprived. Nero opened her status.

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Nero

Breed: Hybrid.

Current class: Hybrid.

Subclasses: (blocked) Archer of Light 0% / Black Wizard 0%

Rank F - Level One: 30% (6/20 Monster Core Rank F Level Two +)

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                   Attributes

[Energy] (Mana): 42

[Force] (Hybrid): 36

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'Hrm, I've had some significant increase. There's still a long way to go before I can get to level two.' Nero bowed her eyebrows and curved her mouth into a frown, so she began to think, 'How could I have killed that man being on level one?'

She couldn't see other people's statuses. Without that information, she couldn't understand what a normal base strength was for a level one. Nero felt powerful, but only because gaining new attributes gave a feeling of power.

'But if I think calmly, I can imagine they're high attributes. Since to get to level one, I needed ten monster cores.' Nero reflected, 'Now, to get to level two, I'm going to need twenty monster cores, plus they need to be at level two+.'

Even if she didn't know if this was true or not, Nero could still say that she had a chance to be because of her current body. She thought to ask them later, subtly, how they leveled up.

'What exactly where was that place in my dreams? Was it a lab?' Nero was doubtful in her heart.

"Huh?" Nero who looked at her body, now that he noticed that he was no longer wearing her leather clothing, 'Did they change me?'

She could also feel like she was wearing underwear this time. Although she does feel a little weird thinking about someone seeing her naked...

'In the end, now I'm a woman, I don't think it's weird after all.'

Now she wore white and pink floral pajamas that matched her beautiful hair. Nero didn't think about it anymore and wanted to go out for a while and get some air.

"Good morning," Nero said when she left the tent.

"Good morning..."

They said that, but remembered that she didn't know how to speak their language before, so they were disconcerted. After all, they were unaware that Nero had learned the language of the Nan Empire.

Noticing their looks. Nero said, "I learned the language of the Nan Empire with a language card."

"Oh, but how did you get that?" Jair asked. 

"It came the moment I sacked the last slime I killed. I even thought about using it before, but the rest you already know." Nero shrugged.

"..."

"Yeah," Breno asked, "I'm glad you've woken up, are you feeling better now?"

"Yeah," Nero nodded, "I'm much better now."

"That's good!" Jair smiled happily for her.

"Did they finally sleep?" Breno asked.

"Yeah," Nero answered, "They were also very shaken by what had happened."

They remained silent until Nero added, "If you want to rest, I can keep watch. You must be tired too."

"Hrm, I won't refuse, I'm really need some sleep." Jair said with a weak smile.

"Well, I'll do that too, then. Just yell if there are any problems." Breno also agreed and they went into the tent next door.

Once they entered the tent, Nero let out a sigh. Her gaze found its way to the sky, staring up at the stars. It was something she wasn't used to seeing at all.

'Why exactly did I end up here?' Nero sighed once more as she looked up at the sky.