Chapter 2
“FUCK! THAT HURT!”
Why has the going trend been me making stupid decisions? I really need to learn how to think before I do stupid shit. Like fuck, shit, damn that fucking hurt. I’m one hundred percent certain that not even giving birth compares to that. It’s probably not even a thousandth, no, not even a ten thousandth of the pain I just felt. I’m not planning on giving birth anytime soon though. Wait.
“Sadie? Are you okay?”
Thankfully soon after I called her name her cute head popped just around the corner. A little curl of black hair blowing straight over her face.
“Good I’m happy you’re okay.” I check her over and move my hands to pull her in different angles just to be sure.
“Are you okay babe? I’d like to hear you say it from your mouth instead of what I can tell from looking at you,”
She looks deep into my eyes and shakes her head up and down. If I wasn’t paying attention to her face though I probably would have never noticed the small tears glistening the corners of her eyes.
That bitch.
“Did she make it hurt just as badly for you?”
After momentary confusion, Sadie shakes her head. “No babe. No. You just haven’t been awake for the past several hours and I got worried that you weren’t going to wake up at all. I started to regret asking if you could come with me. Why did I have to ask her to bring you with me? You would have still been alive and been able to live on happily even after I passed away.”
My heart seems to twist in on itself. Why out of everything did she think that?
“Babe, you know that isn’t true. That is just the stress talking to you, telling you things that would never happen. I would have been broken without you in my life. You know that. Please never question how much I love you okay? I would have never been able to get over you and would have gone to my grave loving you.”
I couldn’t help but grab her close and hold her in my embrace. Her small body fitting perfectly into my arms as I nestled my head closer to the side of her head. I could resist the urge to blow lightly into her ear as I finished my thoughts. “You are the love of my life and I could never be with anyone else. You bring my life the greatest joy I could ever ask for.”
She then yelped cutely in response and I couldn’t help but nibble her ear when I pulled away from her body.
“So babe, never forget that I love you. I love you too much to let you ever even think about leaving me behind.”
With a small hum, Sadie nodded her head. Muttering she continued in a more positive fashion, “Well don’t forget that I love you as well okay? My biggest regret would be you not being just as happy as you make me okay?” After she said that though her adorable face stared up at mine briefly and seemed to just twist into my favorite expression of hers. How is it possible to smile so sweetly and beautifully enough that it just makes my insides flutter? Gods I love her.
Of course I probably broke out into a goofy grin as well because her expression just continued to become more and more sweet. We probably stayed like that for a few minutes until eventually we calmed down a little. I then pulled her down and sat her down on my lap.
It was only then that I realized that we were currently inside a cave that had a small roughly carved statue of a hooded figure. There were a few of stalactites and stalagmites surrounding us but overall the area around gave a comfortable amount of space to move about. To the side a shallow pool with a glowing magical circle carved within its depths.
I couldn’t contain my curiosity anymore as I twisted my face closer to Sadie’s. “So what can you tell me about what happened? Do you know where we are or if we have any special powers?”
She nodded.
“Mhhm. Yeah before you showed up I was able to talk over what I’m supposed to be doing in this world. And I was given a few tips on how to get stronger and stuff. And look-” She held up her hand, causing a small notebook to appear out of thin air. “-, we gained a pseudo inventory skill. It’s not unlimited and the amount we can carry is based off of our stats but it's better than having to lug around our entire supplies.”
“Oh and you’ll definitely get a kick out of this next part. Say the phrase everyone who takes part in an isekai at least tries once.”
I felt a giggle burst out of my throat as the little part of me that still is going through 7th grader syndrome says, “Status.”
At that a small partially see through window shows up in front of my face.
Status Window [+] Name: Riley Frankins Race: Otherworld Human Level: 1 Experience: 0(100) Guild: None Spouse: Currently in a relationship with Sadie Olivers Job: [@^&#!]] Shrine Maiden’s Knight Alignment[+] Titles[+] Stats[+] Attributes[+] Elemental Resistances[+]
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Hmmmmm.
HMMmmmmMmmm.
I see a [+] button. This means there must be more…
In fact! I see many [+] buttons.
I can’t resist. I push my finger forward and press the first [+] button besides the status window. Of course it doesn’t really bring up much else. All it really gives me is my gender, how much fame I’ve accumulated(Which was none considering how I’ve barely been conscious for ten minutes), my age, what my astrological signs are and a whole bunch of other useless information about myself. I mean it’s nice to see that I’m still the same gender and all that but I wouldn’t really have cared much if it did change. And honestly I’m kinda shocked in a way that this whole isekai thing didn’t reduce our ages. I thought a standard part of the trope was to revert back to being a teenager. Shit. Well at least I don’t really have to bother with the late part of puberty again.
The more important part though is the other pluses. Those must be drop downs or something for the word they’re right next to. Whelp time to find out. One more button press and-
Alignment[-] Good: %&$^% Neutral: $(*&% Evil: %(*#(*
OKAY.. That’s not ominous. Why can’t I know my alignment. I quickly decided to press the [-] button and ignore that window for the rest of my hopefully long life. The next [+] button looked a lot more hopeful looking.
Titles[-] [@^&#!] Shrine Maiden’s Knight, Otherworlder, Summoned, One who annoyed [@^&#!]
Click.
I saw nothing.
Onwards.
Stats[-] Health: 370 H. Recovery: 106 per min. Magic: 285 M. Recovery: 40 per min. Energy: 320 E. Recovery: 123 per min. P. Attack: 48 M. Attack: 36 P. Defense: 25 M. Defense: 20 Speed: 4 Dexterity: 8
Attributes[-] Agility: 20 Charisma: 16 Intelligence: 18 Luck: [Unknown] Resilience: 28 Stamina: 22 Strength: 24 Wisdom: 11 Unattributed Attributes Points: 0
You know the more I’m looking at these the less motivation I’m starting to feel. Because honestly, I have no clue as to whether these numbers are any good. And seriously why the hell is my wisdom so low! I know I have basically no street smarts and I’ve been dense my entire life but seeing in a number form like this kinda hurts.
Okay. I can do this there’s only one more [+] anyways. I have to finish what I’ve started.
Elemental Resistances[-] Fire: 5% Lightning: 5% Metal: 5% Water: 5% Wind: 5% Wood: 5% Light: 5% Darkness: 5% Earth: 5% Moon: 5% Sun: 5% Life: 100%
Yeah. I honestly don’t know whether or not any of this is good.
Seriously. Who the hell was that hoodied figure?