17 Chapter 13 ~ Helping Her Become A Hero (1/2)
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[Details]- Enemy defeated: 3 - EXP gained: 60
[Loot obtained]- Petitry's Legs x20- Petitry's Core x1
*croak*
Sounded the frog on Chika's head.
Caressing the broken door, ”Oh my gahhh!!” she shouted. ”This is pretty bad.”
”Mhm, that thing must've weigh—”
”I don't care how much it weigh, I mean look! The poor lock got smashed to bits.”
”...” Anko sighed, ”What should we do now?”
”Hrmmm... The door won't hold up for too long, I'll go out and find some woods, maybe Tenko can do something about it.”
”No, wait. I'll help you.”
”Mmrmph.” Noticing there is two damsel inside, she doesn't want to leave them alone, but at the same time, they might want to be left alone. Walking out as she said, ”fine.”
Has been given permission, Anko went to follow her outside.
Meanwhile, Tenko is healing Tokaya's ankle with [Healing Hands]. Physically, the injury is nothing major, but her life almost ended there and then. They have expected that this world will not be easy like a walk in the park, but they didn't expect it would be this hard.
Both Tokaya and Tenko was confident that they could make it, but now they are doubting it.
Demon lords, they must be some kind of transcendental beings that have surpassed all common sense, how can a bunch of high schoolers able to beat something like that?
They can't even beat a single boar, how could they ever hope for defeating something like demon lords, the question is why? Why would they risk their lives for it?
That was what they are asking themselves while amidst this silence.
Tokaya grabbed her wrist and then look her in the eye, ”…” a delicate warm smile formed on Tokaya's face. She said, ”Don't worry, I promise we'll bring us back.”
”But… that thing…”
Tokaya quickly grabbed her cheek, ”Hey, hey. Don't think too much. We can do this. All right?”
”…”
Tenko held her hands, feeling coldness underneath those fingers. Rustling on her silky skin, ”Miss Tokaya.”
”Hey, didn't I say not to call me that?”
”But… I can't just…”
Tokaya caresses her cheek, ”Again, don't worry too much, Tenko. Just call me… K. That'll be easier for you, right?”
”…” after a bit of thought, it would be disrespectful to refuse even further than this. Tenko nodded.
”Come here.”
Tokaya asked Tenko to sat beside her, and she did. Looking at their front, they see nothing but darkness. ”You know that… my hobby is playing games, right?”
”Mm.”
”I've been playing many things, more than fingers could count. I know many stories about how everything is going to end up, how the story will end, how the characters will become. I thought that with all of that 'experience', our journey would've gone smoothly, but it turns out, it didn't. And we're just a few minutes in. Well, it would be if it's a game” tears shed down to her cheek, ”But it's not.” Nodding her head as she bites her lips, she faced Tenko and said, ”It was my fault.”
Tenko felt strong emotion coming from her and it starts to strangle her as well, ”K, that wasn't—”
”No, Tenko. Stop defending me. Had I been a good leader, we wouldn't have gone through that.”
”…”
Tokaya wipes her tears, ”Sorry, I…”
Tenko hugged her sideways, stroking her arm gently. ”You were the one who supposed to calm me down, though. Don't cry.”
She chuckled, ”Hehe…” sighing, she rested her back against the wall, ”Haa… I guess playing it is better than living in it, huh…”
”...” shrugging her shoulder, ”Well, if you say so, then it might be?”
A smile was formed.
Tenko then asked, ”About those games, so like, you know how we can defeat something like demon lords?”