022 (1/2)

As Hydra was thinking about the suddenness of his friend’s actions a sweet call reverberated in his ears

“Hydra!”

As Hydra turned around to check the recipient he was actually quite shockedThe oas the young girl he had saved Now that he could see her better, as she was cleaned it she looked like a girl the sae as his sisters She was beyond beautiful with facial proportions working to co part hat she was carrying in her ar objectCutely adorable by allat Hydra with all the love in the worldYes it was Pan, but Hydra could only think ‘Why was Pan with the young girl?’, as Irina’s gaze followed Hydra she knehat he was thinking and passed Pan off to hi passed excitedly ju in this world fell asleep!Irina looked at that sight with delight and cupped her hands togetherHydra could see behind that delighted face was a hint of disappoint Pan until the panda left her arms

“Thank you for holding onto Pan”

Hydra was not a selfish person and upon seeing so care of Pan it was natural for him to thank themIrina, whose name Hydra didn’t even know yet,quickly shook her hands in protest while she responded

“No… I should be thanking youWithout you I would already be dead right nowI can’t thank you enough and holding onto such ado-Ideal”

As she fuh of reliefIt was true after all without Hydra saving her she would definitely have died a terrible death and h tojust a piece of meat for the Liza

“It was an obvious thing to do to help another personIsn’t that what it means to be a fellow person?To forsake others is akin to forsaking yourself, you can’t expect others to help you if you don’t help them”

“Ah… I knew it…”

While Hydra spoke as if it was a matter of fact Irina could only softly h Hydra was unable to hear this and as he was gently petting and looking at Pan with a smile he was not able to see her lips move either

“So…”

“Ah!I have a e from your friends as well”

“Oh really?”

Hydra’s interest was suddenly perkedHe had gotten a reply froirl had for him would explain more he would naturally be interestedIrina, who still to this point is just a stranger even though she thinks differently passed the letter off to HydraHe opened it up, as he was readinga number of expressions could be seen as it read:

Yo Shadow~We all put soht have soht?Well you ly just up and left but honestly we don’t really want to explain it to you!But there is a few things ill tell you ShadowFirst off, we started the nicknalad :3At first we approached you to scout you but then we became friends and we didn’t want to rely on your power alone to becoth on their own and e do ill co we have becouild lead any party to the highest reaches of theame!But as your first friends ill co you back with usYou’re our rival Hydra and as our rival you’re required to becoest you can not lose until you lose to us!

Shadow Lurker

PS

(We tried to steal Pan but he wouldn’t leave no matter what so until then take care of hihtfully ours!)

“Hahaha!Alright sounds good!I take you guys up on that challengeI’ll find the strongest members and create my own party!”

“Uh… isn’t this where you get ?”

“Well I can’t say I’ ainst them”

As Hydra and Irina spoke back and forth, Irina could not understand why Hydra was not angryHe had been left behind by his friends, but was it really like that?He already showed his ability to fight alone even eneear what kind of person who has full gear and triple his level would be okay with relying on hiht be prideful or petty but it wasn’t just that, it was cause as Hydra’s friend it would be even greater to walk beside hih

Now that Hydra, had been challenged, had a break fro low he had an even larger incentive to try harderHowever there was one thing he had to do firstHand in his quest!He e that he successfully saved the boy’s fatherSo as he didn’t knohere the father lived he asked the one person who escaped with him

“Do you knohat happened to the father I helped saved alongside you??”

“Oh right he told me to direct you to him when I found youActually I only found you because Pan started to act weird and I follohere he cutely I mean pointed with this tails”

“Ah right I will have to trouble you then please!”

“No,I arateful that you helped me in the first place”