Cosmic Champion
Prologue
Episode 5 – Sassy, Baka
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“What the F*** was that?”
When the three were confident that they’re safe, they decided to take a rest after a long run.
Zeke speaks out with serious tone and face while panting.
“I’m the one who should ask you, boy! …. The hell were you thinking threatening its mother like that!” the middle-aged man shouts. His brow frowned slightly; while sitting on a fallen tree.
“Thank you much very, boy! Let me see how big these are, making you that brave?” the archeress comes closer and thanks Zeke then she lowers her head to look at his crotch.
“Yo?! The heck are you doing?!”
Zeke shudders from her action causing him to turn away from her.
His face reddens slightly while his eyes staring at the girl with a frown.
“Ha…….…. Don’t take it too seriously, this girl is a bit off her head.”
The middle-aged man sighs dully. His mood is more calm now; he speaks with a faint smile.
“Who you calling crazy, gramps?! I’m just impressed that this dude was so bold for returning to help me, and used that thing’s kid to threaten it…”
The archeress, hands on her hips, pointed at Zeke and the old man back and forth before pausing halfway because her eyes meet with Zeke’s.
The blonde swordman, who’s been looking at her, realizes that this blonde lady is quite gorgeous.
He’s too busy with his gaze that he doesn’t even listen to her.
The blonde archeress is also captivated. She thinks the man in front of her is hot a little bit.
A love at first sight?
….
“What cha lookin at, bro?” She stared at him without saying anything for a while before breaking the awkwardness with her provocative tone.
“N-Nothing.” Zeke quickly turns his face away.
The middle-aged man, who has been observing, shifts his eyes between the two for a few seconds, and immediately knows what’s been up to.
“Let’s go. It’s gonna be dark soon.”
“Let’s find a safer place for our camps”
He stands up from the tree and says casually.
The three then continues their search.
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“…. Thank you both for helping my arse. I was only one hit away from seeing jesus.”
While walking, Zeke thanks both of them to relieve an awkward silence.
“No, you’re just lucky. Good thing we decided to come this far for any new information…..”
The middle-aged man says as he is leading the group.
“I’m Zekiel. You can call me Zeke…” Zeke heard the man spoke with a curt tone, so he tries to introduce himself to ease the situation.
“I’m Carlos. Just call me Carl.” The man still speaks with the curt tone.
“I’m Adria~” The girl feels like the atmosphere is strange, so she adds with a cheerful tone.
...
“I don’t know how the hell did the device make noises…. I literally closed it, though…..”
After they walked for a while without any further conversations, Zeke though that Carl’s still angry, so he says sincerely.
“How did it make noises if you closed it?”
The short hair old man says curtly once again.
“I really closed it! I’ll show you!”
Zeke’s afraid that Carlos would think he’s lying, so he tries to convince him; his tone is quite loud.
“Shhh!.... I’m not mad at you! Quiet down and follow me!”
Carlos gestures to Zeke and beckons his hand to tell them to follow quickly.
Zeke responds with his hand on his mouth and follows quietly.
“Booooooo….”
Adria slowly came closer to him before spreading her hands, wriggles her fingers, and screams lowly mimicking a ghost.
“Wow so funny.” Zeke tried his best not to smile before says sarcastically to her.
...
After a long walk, they’ve finally found a perfect open area to set up a camp.
The sky now glooms because of the clouds. The brightness subsides.
The dusk is coming.
Adria and Carl take out portable camping sets from the inventory system via the device, and the three quickly set up their temporary base.
The reason they don’t want to set up camps near a river because the slimes might return at any time.
…..
When they’re done, Zeke realizes that the tents are small. Its design is very simple with a light-green shade, perfect for camouflage with the surroundings.
However, to fit more than one people in there, seems difficult.
“Uh…..” After Zeke realized that the tents are too small for 2 people, his brain got stunned.
Many thoughts emerge in his mind.
“They brought out 2 tents… What does that mean?!”
“There are only 2 tents, but there are 3 people here…. It won’t fit…”
“They both should be sleeping in theirs…. Then I’ll have to sleep outside, right?...”
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“….Or with Carl…… but it’ll be hell lot of uncomfy…. I don’t wanna bother him too…. To be fair, I don’t think we can even squeeze in...”
“or……” After his mind strays until this point, Zeke’s face changes; because what’s about to come into his mind next would make him and them feel uncomfortable.
“Right, since they’re together…. If…. If they’re going to sleep together it won’t be weird…. Yeah! Why would I think they’re not in a relationship?!?!”
In the end, Zeke can’t help but comes up with the idea. He realizes it’s not strange, after all.
“Did I blush to other man’s woman…… Looks like I’ve been lonely for too long…..” Zeke feels guilty and embarrassed about his past actions.
“Zeke, you can have my tent. I’ll sleep outside.”
Carl speaks up making Zeke wakes up from his imagination.
“Uh…. That’s not right. You sleep in the tent, leave the outside to me.”
Recently woken up from his mind, Zeke responds without thinking much.
“How can I let you sleep outside. Won’t it be a bit rude to you? Also, you’re still injured. Just get some good rest in there, we can take turn sleep in the tent later.
Carlos convinces Zeke with a serious manner.
“Uhh…..”
“WAIT?! WHAT?! HOW?! IF…if he’s gonna go sleep with Adria, why wouldn’t he just say so… or they’re scared that I might judge them?!!? … It can’t be… the horizon is broadened…. Why would they care about my worthless opinion?.... or did he really mean that?!?!”
Zeke is dumbfounded, but he still keeps his look cool despite his mind is in chaos.
“Don’t you dare thinking anything funny. My tent forbids boy!!!”
Seeing Zeke’s losing in his thoughts, Adria announces jokingly.
“What?!” When he heard that, he exclaims loudly with almost fused eyebrows.
He then quickly covers his mouth with his hand in panic, and tries to act normal as he can.
It looks like things are not what he thinks.
He blushes slightly because of his disgusting thoughts.
Carl and Adria look at each other in confusion after seeing his strange behaviours.
“You guys deal with each other. I’ll go rest my back.” Adria said before turning her back into her tent.
However, in her mind, cheeky thoughts are forming.
She doesn’t know if Carl realizes it, but just now, she saw his face reddened slightly.
With her feminine instinct, she could guess what Zeke’s thinking, leading into those weird actions of his, so she decided to hide in her lair first before attacki- deal with him later.
“You can sleep in your tent first, tonight. It feels a bit hot here, so I want to sleep outside…..”
Before Carl could say anything, Zeke took his chance and changed the topic.
“…Alright… then I’ll go look for something in the wood to make a bed for you.”
Seeing Zeke’s serious face, Carlos doesn’t want to insist him anymore.
He closed the tent before treading deep into the wood with a couple of daggers on his waist.
“Pheeeeeew….” Zeke found a spot to rest then let out a long sigh of relief.
“Pheeeeew..What?”
The next moment, he hears Adria’s voice near his ears.
When he turns his face in that direction, his cheek gets poked with her finger.
“N-Nothing?! And what are you doing?! How did you get here. Aren’t you already in the tent?!”
Zeke shudders immediately the moment he gets poked.
He recedes from her while saying in panic. Her grin makes her looks even more annoying.
“Yea? I could get in. I also could get out, no? What’s so strange?” She says with a cheeky face.
“….What’s with that grin?” Zeke stared at her cheeky face for a moment before calming himself down and asks curtly with his eyes sway away.
“Nothing~” She answers in a very high tone and cheekiness.
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“I’ll go help Carl.” After the two was being silent for a while, Zeke lets out a single noticeable sigh then stands up and takes a step.
“Wait~ Where you goin~ We haven’t finish talking, yet.” The second Zeke takes a step, Adria blocks him by putting her foot in front in midair causing him to stumble, but good thing the man restores his balance just in time.
“Hey! MY FACE ALMOST KISSED THE GROUND! What do you mean not done with talking!?”
Zeke feels slightly angry, so he shouts at her.
“Hmmmm~ Try to cover yourself with anger huh? I saw it, though~” She messes with him once again.
“Cover? Cover what? I’m really mad here! I almost tripped! If I hurt my knees, how am I gonna run away from monsters?! Good thing my back doesn’t get hurt also.”
Zeke speaks rapidly and seriously.
“Did you think me and Carl gramps have something together?~”
Seeing Zeke keeps trying to avoid it, she straight up asks him with the corner of her mouth lifted.
“No.”
Adria’s words penetrate through his heart in an instant. He answers bluntly, but his mind is on code blue.
“Arghhhhhhhhh S***t. How did you know that!!!”
“S***t S***t S***t S***t. Why did you have to bring that up!? I almost got away here!!!! Just let it slideeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!”
The thoughts on his mind are on a war in each second.
His look may appear calm and collected, but his face is flooding with his sweats without him knowing it.
His ass is too busy with waiting for Adria’s responds that he doesn’t even realize about the sweats.
“Oh really? …… nothing to talk anymore then~”
Adria said with a slightly cheeky tone before turning away from the sweating Zeke.
Of course, she saw it. She just wants to tease him even more.
“I’m going…”
Realizing his ass is safe and Adria has turned away, Zeke quickly flees from the scene.
“Then you sleep with me in there tonight.” Adria says.
“Ouch!”
Her words bring him a great shock, and as if the goddess wants to tease him too, his foot trips upon a rock on the ground making him loses balance and falls to the ground.
Although his arms saved his face just in time, he still exclaimed in pain because the force that transfers to his back through his arms.
“HAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH”
Adria, who has seen everything, laughs out very loud.
She laughs so hard she starts to cry. Even her jaw hurts so much she can’t smile anymore.
“Ahhh…. very funny, huh…” the suffering Zeke scorns Adria with an annoyed face while carefully cleaning his hands from the dirt and the grasses.
“Ahhh…. Very funny, For real, for real, funny…. What a man who’s off his head HAHAAHAHAHAHHHAHAH”
Adria’s still laughing. Her voice almost couldn’t form words; only wheezes come out of her mouth.
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“…. Are you out of your mind? Tent is so small, we won’t fit..”
After letting Adria indulges herself for a while, Zeke remembers what she said and answers while trying to make his face looks serious as possible.
“….I’m small. We can fit.” Adria says while trying her best to hold her laughs.
“Nonsense… that’s your tent, how could I use it? I don’t wanna bother ya.”
Zeke realizes that the words were a bit odd, so he frowns slightly for a second.
He then tries to come up with an excuse with his serious face once again. His back’s pain now starts to subsides.
“Then I’ll sleep outside with you.”
Adria teases him again. She can now stop her laughing but her mouth’s corners are still in ebb and flow.
“For whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat……”
Zeke let out a long and noticeable sigh once again before dragging his word with a seriously annoyed face.
…
Adria hasn’t responded anything but stares at Zeke with a faint smile.
This silence is making Zeke nervous. He thinks it’s time for her to stop messing with him.
“Are you happy now? Stop messing with me! Or else Carl will scold you!”
Zeke sternly states to her with a strongly displeased face.
He doesn’t know what their relationship is like. He just couldn’t care less about it now.
He only knows that he shouldn’t get closer to her anymore.
This weirdo woman makes him feel like she can’t be trusted.
“What’s he gonna say? Why so grumpy?” Adria says with serious tone and manner…… or at least what she’s trying hard to pretend.
The corners of her mouth jerk from time to time because she’s holding her laughs again, but this time she tries to hide it by covering it with her hand.
“I don’t wanna talk to you anymore. I’ll go find something.” Zeke rolls his eyes at her before getting up from the ground.
“Don’t chu wanna sleep with pret-ey girl?~” Adria tries to mess with him once again by mimicking his British accent while he’s standing up.
“No. Forget it.” Zeke cuts the conversation curtly before turning away from her.
“Why~? I don’t get it! There’s nothing to be afraid of, ainnit?” She presses him to give her an explanation while blocking his way.
“Hmph!” Zeke glared at her and growled fiercely before stomping pass her without saying anything.
“No answer? Then I’ll seriously do it… See you tonight, dear~”
Adria quickly walked ahead of him before leaning on a tree while trying to provoke him again.
“…….” Zeke is fed up with her shenanigans that he lets out a long and loud sigh intending to let her know.
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“Annoying! Why are you being this bold!? We’ve just known each other like hours ago!”
With Adria staying silent and keeping her eyes fixed at him for a while, Zeke roars angrily with his face starting to redden.
“Bold? Bold what? Dude, are you from B.C.!?” Adria acts innocent while frowning.
“Grrrrrrrh!!!! I’M NOT! BUT IF YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT ME, AT LEAST CARE ABOUT CARL! WHAT’S HE GONNA THINK IF HE SAW US SLEEPING TOGETHER?!”
Zeke has had enough with her and shouts loudly again with his face go beet red. He points at her while shouting.
However, the man has forgotten something very important.
“So, what you’re afraid of is “WE SLEEPING TOGETHER”, huh?...”
Adria tries to make her face as calm as possible while saying as serious as possible.
“…..”
“Pfft! .. Ha….”
“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA”
At first, she was able to endure it, but after seeing his so-serious face, she couldn’t hold it anymore.
“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAH”
She busts out. The jungle is now lively.
Zeke’s face gets redder every time she laughs.
“How long are you gonna laugh.” Zeke tries to say with a serious manner, but he’s so embarrassed that his voice is shaking slightly.
“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH…..AHHH…I’M DEAD….I’M REALLY DEAD HAHAHAHA”
“HAHA… this is a game, dude... Not a real life… Why would ya care about that? HAHAHAHAAH”
Adria explains while laughing. Her cheeks are getting numb.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…….”
Zeke has completely forgotten that he’s in the game.
If the game has system like that, they won’t dare announce it to the public.
When realization hits, his face is growing even redder.
He places his head and body to the nearby tree in order to maintain his broken pride.