Vivian quickly snapped away the roaring purple flames beneath her with her fingers and fully sipped her tea. It seems that she was cleaning up, and finishing up her snacks rather than actual preparations, but I don’t really mind.
Once Vivian was finished preparing she had pointed to me the path we were going.
She pointed at a rocky path, “When we start walking, stay close Nifuji-kun.” Out of nowhere, she had suddenly grabbed my hand in a swift motion and began walking.
“Hey! Do you really have to hold my hand on this trip?!” I tried to shake her hand off, but she had an iron grip that I suspected to come from something that’s not just herculean strength. As it was a tough grip but it seem to not hurt my hand.
“If you stop resisting, I’ll make this as painless a trip as possible.” She said this then flashed me a cheeky wink. I feel like a pet on a leash, this sucks…
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At this point in the nature walk, it was getting quite dark; there were also strange noises that didn’t seem the usual ambience of the wind blowing, and more sounded like a bunch of creatures running about. Although Vivian stated that was simply the purple trees that did that.
I remarked, “It’s getting a bit dark Vivian-san, and there are strange sounds around us in this forest.” I hope no boss creatures or high-level mobs show up; I don’t want to know how Vivian fights while holding someone’s hand.
Oh, that’s right, I never really questioned Vivian’s prowess in battle. The only thing I’m sure of was that her talent was quite rare, as it was a 2nd talent. I feel like asking, but I’m not sure how it’s perceived in this world. Maybe it’s like asking someone’s age? I wouldn’t want her to blast me with a magic projectile or something if she took it the wrong way.
Vivian using her magic cast out what looked like a floating purple flame ball to follow us for light. Although it looked like an inanimate ball, it seemed to have some personality. I could’ve sworn it made puppy-like sounds and bounced around in the air while following us. It was actually kind of cute in an odd sense.
With this new light, I noticed some interesting landmarks. I saw this tree etched with a strange shape and another oddly shaped rock that looked pretty neat. It seemed that oddly shaped rocks were a common occurrence in this world.
“Are there any monsters on this path, Vivian-san?” I plainly asked.
“Hmm, perhaps.” She had slyly replied with a very terrible answer that wasn’t very helpful, but at least confirms that there are monsters on this path.
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It was a fairly uninteresting walk, my feet were getting tired, and my hands were still bound to Vivian’s. However, it looks like we had made no progress. I’ve been noting the terrain as we walked along the path, and noticed that I saw the same etched tree multiple times.
“Do you notice that Vivian-san? I think we’re in some kind of odd loop. I saw that rock like a bazillion times.”
“Yeah, I noticed that an hour ago, I didn’t want to say anything to worry you, teehee.” She shook my arm around, then said “Now that you’ve noticed, I can finally kill that stupid animal.” Her voice suddenly had a sadistic tone to it.
“The whuh-” Before I had known it, Vivian launched the purple flame ball with her free hand at a nearby tree.
A tall blue birdman creature had dived out of the tree. It had a beak and resembled a humanoid blue jay. It must’ve dodged the fireball as it seemed unscathed by Vivian’s flame ball.
Vivian had let go my of hand and began casting a spell. I saw a dark purple magic triangle burst, and a long dark snake-like beam chased after the bird. She gracefully use her hands to control the beam.
The birdman immediately dodged the beam and shot what looked like ice crystals at Vivian. Many purple leaves were scattered on the ground and the whole tree shook. The snake-like beam ate the crystals and wrapped itself around the bird. The beam darted at the bird, and it kept dodging until the bird accidentally slipped, and immediately got ensnared. The beam squeezed the bird tightly, and it seemed as if its organs would explode out of the creature. I heard the loud crunching of bones, and the bird soon became limp. The snake beam slowly let go of the bird and dissipated into the ground.
“Wow… That was cool.” I guess I can certainly say that Vivian is crazy tough. That beam or whatever seems impossible to avoid or outmaneuver.
“Say, Vivian-san, why didn’t you kill that bird earlier? It was following us around right?”
“All the conditions were fulfilled to kill that dumb thing. In order for it to present itself, everyone stuck in the loop must notice the loop. If I told you, the bird would’ve swooped in a slit your throat with its sharp wings. So I simply waited.”
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“Huh.” I was at a loss for words, this world is incredibly cosmic and otherworldly. Well obviously otherworldly, but I was expecting owlbears and goblins, I didn’t expect a space-warping bird.
Soon after the bird’s life finally disappeared, the path began to warp around us until I saw a hill that had a large black stone on the top of it.
“Welcome to the magical stone!” She gestured her hands in its direction. It was a marvel to look at, it was a large black stone that was actually shaped normally for a big rock. On closer inspection, it had runes that occasionally glowed blue and dimmed. It reminded me of something from the Older Scrolls. Maybe I’m able to shout words and kill people. I couldn’t help letting a small laugh out.
“Hmm, something funny Nifuji-kun?”
“Ahh, nothing, I’m just a bit excited that’s all.”
“Huh, that’s adorable.” She mumbled under her breath.
“Say again?”
“Go touch the big stone, have fun now!” Vivian gave me a cheeky smile and pushed me towards the stone.
I lightly jogged over to the large stone and looked around me. The hill it was on was high, so I could see around me pretty clearly. I looked to my left and saw a forest with trees that had purple leaves like from the path; When I turned right I saw some more forest but there was a mountain in a distance. It had snow on the top and looked like Mt. Fuji.
“Hey, Nifuji! HURRY UP!” Vivian yelled at me from the bottom of the hill.
“Uh right.” I almost placed my hand and then hesitated. What if I got some junk talent or something? It would really suck being a helpless mob alongside Vivian. While thinking my hand accidentally slipped and my hand fell into the stone.
What came was a vivid experience. My hand felt like it was being sucked by a vacuum and my hand was firmly stuck to the stone. The runes suddenly began to pulse and odd memories started appearing in my head. The runes that appeared on the stone were in my head, and there were all vivid colors. I saw purple, blue, red, green, cyan, and many others. It was like a drug trip almost, not that I have any experience with drugs teehee.
﹂ɹǝuoɯɯnS splɹoM-ᴉʇlnW ǝɥʇ ɟo ʇuǝlɐ┴ ʇsɹᴉℲ ǝɥ┴﹁
The odd text appeared in the head, but it slowly got translated.
「 The First Talent of the Multi-Worlds Summoner ✦ 」
The First Talent of the Multi-Worlds Summoner… WOW, THAT’S AMAZING! I got the greatest draw ever, I get a unique talent and I’m a summoner.
Before I knew it, my hand got unstuck from the stone, and a purple shock came from the stone. My legs turned into noodles and I collapsed onto the floor. I guess it was a rather physically draining procedure. Although mentally, I feel incredibly sharp.
Vivian quickly ran over to me, “Are you okay Nifuji-kun? I never saw that happen before to anyone.” She helped me get my bearings and gave me a hand.
“I’m not reaching for that hand again.” I already knew what would happen.
“Fine, then you can stay on the ground forever~★”
I tried to get up, but I fumbled and rolled down the hill.
Vivan laughed for a second, and said “I’m impressed, you’re moving quite well to say the least haaha.” Ouch.
My body was still limp, and I relaxed on the nice grass. It wasn’t a bed by any means, but the grass of this world feels nice and more tranquil than other grass. I also noticed my thoughts beginning to slow down, I guess that tiredness is finally getting to me, oh boy. My grand start to this world as a summoner begins here I guess, taking a nap like I usually do...