45 Old man Whi (1/2)

I looked back at Joker.

”I need to go. I can't allow my father to get suspicious.”

”Alright. You can go then. Don't get run over by a truck.”

I ignored his joke and headed to the door but his voice spoke up again.

”By the way....you don't need to tolerate being bullied any longer.”

I stopped and looked at him with no expression on my face.

I guess he did investigate me quite deeply.

”Since I've already found out, you don't need to use the bullying as a disguise anymore. Feel free to rampage to your heart's content. I'll make sure that none of my superiors notice what you're doing. Watching someone you love being abused 24/7 isn't nice you know. If you don't stop them I'll go in and beat them up myself.”

I raised an eyebrow. Really? He sure knows how to joke around. Someone who can say that they love you so easily is either lying or is your family or friend.

I don't believe what he says.

Although if he does beat Ryuu up after charging into school, that would be a funny sight to see.

Without saying a word back I left the room. I jogged to my bike which was luckily still where I left it and rode home.

The journey back was faster since I didn't hold back. I managed to arrive home a bit before 3:30.

After quickly putting away my bike and slipping back into my room through the window, I looked over at Eugene's sleeping figure and let out a breath of relief.

Good thing he's still sleeping.

Lots of things have happened in such a short period of time.

Tired of all that had happened today, I smoothly went under my covers and fell asleep.

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School went by surprisingly peacefully the next day. I was expecting trouble from Eugene or Tomoe about yesterday evening but they didn't do anything at all.

What's even weirder, nobody came up and harassed me.

I'm not used to it. It's too suspicious. Did Joker do something after all?

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This peace is making me twitchy. It's like the calm before the storm, I have an ominous feeling that major events will be happening soon. Both in and out of Sapphire.

I biked back home with Eugene and we both logged into the game after changing out of our school uniforms.

In the game, I appeared back in the middle of nowhere.

Alright! Time to continue walking aimlessly until I find a village or something interesting.

Half an hour later I really did find a village.

Speak of the devil. I'm finally starting to feel like the main character.

Walking into the village many of the inhabitants seemed to look at me weirdly.

Is it because of my cloak...? I have to admit it does look shady.

As I got closer to the center of the village an old man who was being guarded by two men approached me after observing me closely.

”Excuse me, honorable adventurer, what brings you here to our humble village?” He asked politely yet also cautiously.

”I'm lost. Sorry for the intrusion.”

It's true though. I honestly have no idea where I am.

His eyes opened wide at my unexpected answer and he suddenly started laughing.

”HAHAHA! Young man, I feel like I would get along well with you! I'm Whit. I remember back when I was younger.....”

His two guards suddenly paled after hearing him start talking about his past.

My condolences, it must be hard on you two.

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2. (very long) Hours. Later.

”....and that's how I ended up managing these folks here.” He ended with a large sigh. ”I've already long lost my edge. I'm only around level 40 or so ever since I've stopped adventuring.”

His eyes focused on me and he nodded.

”You look like a strong fellow. It's been a long time since I've gotten to tell my story to somebody, for some reason everybody is always too busy to listen to me!”

Yeah, no kidding. I regret ever stepping foot into this village.

[Affinity with Village Chief Whit has risen by 50]

See? Even the system understands how torturous this is.

”Kiddo, what's your name?”

”Lynx, sir.”