Chapter 21: I like melons (2/2)
”Do you want to learn it?” Sandra asked with a slight tease.
”If it's a job that anyone can do with a laptop, then maybe my sister or mom could do it… It hurts to see mom always coming back late while tired. And when I wake up, she is no longer at home... ” In a nutshell, Michu's mom worked too hard and had no time for her family or even herself.
”That's…” As Sandra was at a loss for words, Michu suddenly blinked his eyes.
[Bright Firefly has taken a liking to you. It has never been scared within your hands and you allowed it to absorb enough sun rays. Your tender heart has reached him!]
[Bright Firefly will guide you in this dungeon.]
[Each time you enter the dungeon, it will guide you to the boss.]
[Bright Firefly has become your friend!]
Shrouded in the orange light, the firefly got its freedom and soon landed on Michu's shoulder. It waited for him to speak!
Michu's face instantly brightened and a pure smile spread itself. He looked at the blonde witch while giggling, ”I can fight! Here I go, dungeon boss! Ah, wait… Yumi!” The monke rushed to Venomous to share the news.
Meanwhile, Lazy Bum said, ”He is a rollercoaster of emotions, isn't he?”
”Yeah… I don't know if we are lucky or not,” Sandra laughed, but just for a little.
Lazy Bum corrected her, ”You are lucky. If I couldn't bring you out of your lair, then it's naturally someone else's job to do it.” As Sandra avoided his gaze, Lazy Bum yanked her arm, ”Teach his sister a little. It sounded like she is younger, so girls her age already play around with photos.”
”I will think about it.” Sandra shook off Lazy Bum's weak hand, then ran away from him as he spoke too much about real life's situation.
The archer sighed, ”I wonder how he would react if he knew that you are lazier than me.”
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On the other side, Venomous bit her lips.
She wanted to shout at her friend for being so loud. He had valuable information within himself, but all of this became known to everyone including the tank.
Her eyes saw how the tank typed on the keyboard, so Venomous said, ”Let's reunite with others first.”
”Okay! And why are you angry?” Michu asked, his voice quiet.
This time, Venomous just pulled him closer and whispered to his ear. Her voice was mild as Michu realized his mistake.
But all he knew was that Yumi was angry.
”We are going to be working with a lot of players until we form our party. But even if we get a party, we will also stumble upon a lot of players, so this kind of information must be kept within our circle. Who is the foreign one right now?” She asked, her breath tickling the monke's ear.
”It's that dude,” Michu answered, but he also raised his hand to point at the tank.
Venomous quickly moved, her hand slapping that stupid hand back to its proper place. Then, she pinched Michu's waist, ”Keep everything to yourself and in our party chat. Open it up and type.”
A system spread itself before Michu's eyes, but within those, black magic was reflected.
”T-type... ” Michu's trembling finger found 'I', then his eyes went several times through the keyboard to find 'G'.
He also forgot about the space bar so his whole message looked like an enigma.
”From now on, you and I will exchange messages every day. I will be the one to call you in the morning. You will do it after your school… And whoever comes first in the evening.”
”But nothing much is happening at night… I guess I will send you goodnights every day…” Michu concluded, then the party moved to reunite with other players.
That was when the tank spoke first for the first time, ”How about we slow down? If we don't clear everything in this corridor, then those monsters will come back at us…”
”I refuse,” Venomous instantly refused, her green eyes merciless, ”If you want to stay behind, then go ahead and good luck.”
The tank bit his lips, then shouted at Venomous, ”Who are you to decide it anyway?! In the party, every member decides!” He knew that Lazy Bum and Sandra were new additions to Venomous' side.
He turned his eyes at them and said, ”Boss is not close by! It's so damn far away! We all know it since it's not our first time in this dungeon. Let's clear every monster and keep ourselves safe. Are you with me?”
Sandra didn't want to argue. Her eyes just averted to the side and looked at Michu who was quite conflicted inside. The dude, in his eyes, was quite weird, but he couldn't tell more. It was quite harder in this whole dungeon.
His friend was also quite merciless, but Michu found no reason to question her. She had been so helpful to him that Michu just accepted that side. It also wouldn't cause many problems to the tank.
Thus, Michu's confusion cleared up by itself and he stood close to Venomous. A smile spread on her lips as she noticed that.
Lazy Bum then said, ”If we look behind, then for the whole time you'd been the least useful. Fair, you can taunt and make some monsters busy. Alas, you can't keep up with these two and I feel much safer with them rather than you. If you don't like it, then good luck. We can manage to survive with Sandra's water traps somehow.”
The tank trembled, the fury within his heart billowing, ”Fine… Let's go as fast as possible…” His eyes seemed to be under control, but one could see many curses within those. Michu felt like this guy was no good immediately after glancing at those.
He secretly whispered to Venomous, his breath now tickling her ear, ”He might be a gangster.”
”Haha!” Venomous laughed, which was rare, ”I remember it well… We met with dead gangsters around us. I strongly believe we will see the same scene soon... ”
”It's too early for nostalgia, though!” Michu laughed too and both of them entered the world unique to them.