A Slave

-"No…"-

-"But you…"-

-"Ha…"-

*clap clap clap*

-"Congrats, you got a system…"-

Lucas was baffled by the fact that Rei received a cheat. If it was not clear earlier, now it was completely obvious who the main character was.

But Lucas… was just tired after all these emotional fluctuations.

Rei, on the other hand, stared at the white screen in front of him.

Although he was illiterate, and could only read the numbers one to five, and a few words of their own language, he could somehow read everything that was written.

Moreover, the words were heard by him, so it was much easier.

Regardless, he stood up and walked carefully this time. Soon enough, he approached the hut in which he lived.

Rei was one of the most beloved and trusted servants of the Orc Chief. Hence, as a reward, he had once asked for a small hut where he and his brothers and sisters could live.

Since the orc chief had already promised, he couldn't deny and allowed him to live a little away from the actual settlement – but not too far at the same time.

He was wondering what he would tell his siblings. He failed to get any food… so a particular reason has to be thought.

"Brother!"

At the same time, he heard his little sister's call. She was the most mature out of all the siblings and was always worried for Rei.

Right now, she was worried since Rei didn't return even after two hours.

"Brother!", just as she spot Rei, she ran as fast as she could to hug him.

"Ah, Nia…", he called out to her as he too stretched his hands.

"Brother!", Nia hugged Rei… a bit too tightly!

As mentioned earlier, Rei's little HP was less than 30% and now, due to the hug, his HP started to decrease much more rapidly – this induced a warning notice.

[Warning: Player's level is too low. Might die from a simple hug given by a kid.]

'Huh?', Rei was surprised to see such a text appear.

Till now, he had been hugged much more tightly. In fact, he had suffered hits from many Orcs, yet, he still survived. But now, with a similar hug, he was going to die!? How was that even possible?

[Warning!]

[HP will decrease by 1 in every 10 seconds.]

[HP: 2/5|| Max HP: 5]

[Warning!]

[HP: 1/5|| Max HP: 5]

Rei finally knew that this was completely real. With the passage of every 10 seconds, he only felt weaker and weaker.

-"God bless this soul. God bless this soul."- Lucas on the other hand, was still teasing Rei.

It was his way of insulting Rei.

So, as he finally realized what was going on, he tried to free himself from his sister's grip.

"That's enough Nia… Haha…", as he almost pushed Nia, she ended up being surprised but quickly forgot about it as the rest of the siblings ran up to Rei.

"Brother!"

Rei was a 7-year-old goblin whereas Nia was 5. The rest of them were much younger.

In any case, he avoided hugging or getting hugged by anyone for the next 10 minutes – this was due to the text that levitated in front of him.

[Don't get injured for the next 10 minutes for complete recovery of HP.]

Regardless, Rei now went inside the hut and chatted with his brothers and sisters. He told them yet another tale or story as always while apologizing for not being able to bring food.

And while he continued to chat, suddenly, someone came up to the hut.

"Here you are! Quickly come! Master is calling us…", Rei heard a unique yet familiar voice.

"Coming!"

Rei didn't even want to guess who it was.

[Warning!]

[HP: 4/5 || Max HP: 5]

'Huh?', Rei found his completely restored HP decrease by one point yet again.

-"Hahaha. You are so weak that even screaming decreases your hp."- Lucas laughed because Rei's HP decreased all of a sudden just because he raised his voice a bit.

Rei, on the other hand, was left dumbfounded!

He wasn't handicapped or that useless of a goblin!

In fact, he had shouted more than hundreds of times till now and not once had his life been in danger, so what was this system going on about? He just couldn't figure it out.

*cough cough*

He coughed once or twice vigorously to check if the HP was decreasing by any means, and yes, he found the HP decreasing!

[Warning!]

[HP: 3/5 || Max HP: 5]

-"Hahahaha!"- and Lucas just couldn't stop laughing.

[Don't get injured for the next 7 minutes for complete recovery of HP.]

The text appeared yet again but this time it only asked for 7 minutes.

"Ok. I will come in five to ten minutes.", Rei said again to the creature that was standing just outside of the hut.

"Huh…?"

'Did I hear it wrong…?', the creature standing outside thought.

"What did you say?", he asked.

"I said I will be there in 10 minutes!"

"…"

"A-are you out of your mind!?", the creature shouted.

"You are going to make the master wait?"

"Have you lost your tiny brain somewhere?"

"Uh…", now Rei was at a loss for words yet again.

Lucas on the other hand found the creature outside interesting.

The way it talked, for some reason, seemed similar to himself.

"Ugh, I said I am coming!", Rei shouted once again, this only led to a decrease of 1 more point.

"Damn! Look what did you do!"

"Now wait for ten minutes!", Rei said, after seeing the previously similar text appear.

[Don't get injured for the next 10 minutes for complete recovery of HP.]

"W-"

"Who do you think you are!?"

"Don't be so full of yourself just because you are the master's favourite!"

"Remember! You are his slave and he is your master. It's not the other way round!", the creature said.

"Ugh…"

"Alright alright, I understand Gaburu…", Rei said as he stood up.

"I will be back soon…", he said to his siblings and walked out of the hut.