Volume 2 Chapter 0 prologue (1/2)

Volume 2 prologue

In this world, something called a “Status” exists.

A person’s status is determined by luck.

Their stats will increase by a value from 1 to 3 whenever they leveled up.

I was unlucky. From the beginning, my stats only increased by one and occasionally two until I was level 50. However, I didn’t give up. I continued to train, eventually obtaining other skills and strengths beyond my status.

[Munya,muna, youya seconds please!] (Luna)

[fufu, it’s fine to praise me more you know!] (Til)

When I woke up in the morning, I was being embraced by two beautiful girls. One of them was a cute fox-girl with fox ears and a fox tail, Luna. She was suffering from amnesia and a girl who I picked up in a dungeon. The other girl is a beautiful Elf, Til. She is a girl who ran away from her village in the forest to become an adventurer. Things happened and she joined my party.

Currently, we are in the town of beginning, Rumberg in an inn serving as our base.

It sounds great and all. But..

[Luna,Til. Why are the two of you in my bed?] (Youya)

I pinched the noses of the sleeping beauties in my bed.

After a while, their faces distorted and jumped out of bed.

[Youya, Horrible.] (Luna)

[You should wake girls up more gently!] (Til0

The two girls woke up with faces of contempt.

[I thought that I said no one is to enter my bed when im sleeping?] (Youya)

[I was envious of Til and couldn’t help it.] (Luna)

[Once you get a taste, you can’t stop asking for more!] (Til)

Both of them gave a ridiculous excuse.

During the festival, the two of them were competing to see who could find the most delicious food. Secretly, the two of them made a bet and for some reason I was the prize.The winner, Til asked me to sleep in the same bed with her for one night. I obviously refused, but after she cried claiming that she was lonely after running away from her village, I gave in to her request.

[Listen here. Men are dangerous and vulgar creatures. You should be mindful of your own actions.] (Youya)

The two girls tilt her head. Til started laughing.

[Youya isn’t dangerous. I feel safer when clinging to you.] (Til)

[Right! And hasn’t Youya said it over and over? That Youya isn’t a lolicon! So Luna is safe!] (Luna)

The two girls were stuck on me in the bed.The two of them were still children around the age of 13 or 14. And I do not feel attraction to children. However, because of their nightwear, it is highly likely to make a mistake at night if I don’t watch my own actions.

[If I find the two of you in my bed again, expect to eat the daily set meals at the inn. And only the cheapest bread with cheese will be prepared for lunch.] (Youya)

[Youya, unfair!] (Luna)

[This is blasphemy! I plan to eat all of the delicious things in Rumberg before leaving!] (Til0

Also, the two of them are gluttons. They will only listen to me when their food is at stake. After groaning for a while, the two of them finally let me go.

Now that I think about it, how did the two of them sneak into my bed? As a veteran, I’ve trained myself to stay aware of the surroundings even when I am sleeping to prevent anything dangerous from happening when I’m most vulnerable.

[Once you are done eating, head to the courtyard for your training.] (Youya)

[Okay.] (Luna)

[I understand. I’ll do my best!] (Til)

The two of them replied obediently. I finally understood how. The two of them don’t harbor any ill intent towards me, so I wouldn’t notice them when I’m asleep.

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After completing our morning training, we headed towards the guild.Although statuses existed in this world, it is important not to neglect our training and discipline. Speaking from experience, a person’s status isn’t everything.

Having proper training and a good status has a synergistic effect that improves a person’s fighting prowess even further, separating the first and second class adventurers.

Having the techniques without the status, or the status without techniques would only get you so far. However, having both would propel you to the top of the bunch.

As usual, we headed directly towards Phil’s desk.

Phil is my former party member and Rumberg’s number one most popular receptionist. Although her appearance is similar to a beautiful girl in her late teens, her actual age is around the mid-twenties.

[Youya, I’ve gotten a good quest for you. It’s an emergency ingredient collection quest in the seafloor dungeon. The requester is offering three times the market price for the item.] (Phil)

[Ah that sounds extremely good. If it’s the seafloor dungeon, we can earn a lot of exp as well.] (Youya)

The target this time is the Long Arm Shrimp which is a shrimp the size of a child. The item requested is the flesh that it drops, Shrimp Meat (Average). It is extremely tasty and easy to collect as one drop is about 2 kilograms. Furthermore, even after 2 months the food’s quality doesn’t deteriorate, so it’s often used more as compared to standard shrimps.

[That isn’t all. After completing the quest, you will be given an invitation for a free meal up to four people at the client’s restaurant. It is a shop that specialises in shrimp cuisine, and because their usual supplier ran into a bit of a problem, they are currently in a bit of a pickle.] (Phil)

I received the documents from Phil and began checking it’s content. It is an extremely tempting quest as they are offering three times the market price for 20 Shrimp meat (Average), roughly 40 kilograms. It is quite a large amount but we can manage somehow.

[Alright, I’ll accept that quest.] (Youya)

[The deadline is the day after, please make sure not to fail it, so do your best!] (Phil)

[Leave it to me, the guild is in big trouble after all.] (Youya)

[Yes. It isn’t quite like before the incident, especially since we don’t have a guildmaster now. But that is why I have to work twice as hard!] (Phil)