While we were walking down the road away from the “mess” that kana made, it made me wonder if she's been grinding in the game behind everyone's back.
The last time I saw her in the game, she was only around level 13, but right now Kana's is 32, she had somehow gained 19 levels since the Herrerasaurus mission.
I knew Kana was a skilled girl, but I never expected her to be smart enough to be able to hide this from Senko, Haruka and myself, or I'm overthinking this and she just plays a lot.
“Yuuki carry me on your shoulders!”
“Why?”
“Because I ordered it!” Kana placed her arms on her waist smiling pridefully.
“Sigh, Fine.”
“Yayyyyy!!!”
I lowered my back by kneeling down and helped Kana climb up my shoulders before standing back up and continued my walk towards the coordinates Hikari-san sent.
“I'm not heavy am I?” Kana muttered.
“You're extremely heavy, I'm just putting up with it because you're You.”
“Aww~ Yuuki is a better Onii-chan than my actual Onii-chan.” Kana toyed with my hair.
“Is there a reason your playing with my hair?” I can feel my legs about to start giving out.
“Ehh~!? What's wrong with Kana playing with Yuuki's hair? Is Yuuki no longer happy that Kana is playing with Yuuki's hair?” Kana tone got high.
“There's nothing wrong with it, if anything It's relaxing.” I reassured her.
“Then why is Yuuki complaining now?”
“Because people are gonna assume we are a couple.”
And that would be bad because it might give people the wrong idea.
“A couple? Can't the readers just see us as close friends without shipping us?” Kana put on some nerdy glasses and did the “Umm actually” pose.
“The wha?”
“Nothing~”
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I continued walking with Kana on my shoulders until I suddenly received a voice call notification from Hikari-san.
“Kana I need you to be quiet for a bit, I need to take this call.”
“Okie!”
I pressed the accept call icon.
“Yuu-san! Are you near the forest?”
“Yep, I also brought a friend along to introduce to you, I can tell you two would get along well.”
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“Haha, well if Yuu-San Insists so then I'll put my fate in it, ahh I can see Yuu-san from here, hurry look at the branches!”
The phone call suddenly ended and I looked around the tree branches above us.
“Yuu-san Over here!” Hikari shouted from the top of a tree before climbing down and heading to us.
“Hikari-san, This girl that's using my shoulders as a pony ride is Kana, we grew up together along with her brother and Haruka-senpai, I was gonna introduce him to you as well but Kana refused to invite him as well,” I lowered myself and helped Kana down.
“It’s great to meet you Hikari-chan!!! I'm Kana!” Kana, as enthusiastic as ever, playfully winked and did a bunny pose.
I wonder if Hikari is gonna think I'm friends with a weirdo,
“Uwah~ she’s adorable! Nice to meet you as well Kana-chan, I met Yuu-san and Haruka-san last month when they were on a mission!” Hikari-san’s eyes glowed brightly like stars.
I guess she doesn't mind Kana.
“Yuuki keeps LEAVING KANA OUT OF missions even though I've been playing this game just as long as he does!”
“Haha… sorry about that… I just had a different agenda.” I scratched my head awkwardly.
“Yuu-san! You shouldn't be leaving your friends outside of the fun stuff ever!” Hikari-san pointed at my chin as if she was some chief of justice.
“Hikari-san gets me!!!!” Kana pretended to cry and hugged Hikari-san trying to get empathy.
“There, there Kana-chan~” Hikari-san gave Kana a lot of headpats.
I guess I was right, these two really just bounce off each other…
“A-anyway Kana, Hikari-san, Do you guys want to do a guild mission? Or do you guys think we should just explore the world for fun?” I opened the Guild's UI and started scrolling through the Guild's commission list.
Previously, Haruka-Senpai and I went to the guild itself to choose the albertosaurus mission, but due to the hurry and the destruction Kana caused, It was likely better we just used the UI function and accept a mission from there.
Looking back at the two, I noticed that Kana and Hikari-san had completely ignored what I was saying and just started playing with the nearby juvenile parasaurolophus. Sigh… Whatever, I'll just wait for them to finish playing. After all, I'm pretty sure people just enjoy cute girls doing cute things… right?
Leaning back on a tree trunk, I just watched the two playing with dinosaurs, it was a very cute sight. I guess Kana really just befriends everyone she meets, except her own brother Senko who she sees as a pure evil being incarnated as a blight on mankind and all of its greatness.
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While waiting for them to finish, I suddenly received a message from Toda-kun.
“I didn't expect him to be online.”
Opening the messages tab, I opened his message.
“Yuuki-san, I found something you might enjoy.”
“Yeah? What is it?”
Toda-kun sent me an attachment, opening it, it shows a family of Gigantopithecus around the forest.
“What's the coordinates? I have 2 friends with me right now, I'm sure they would love to see that.” I asked.
“It's a few kilometers away from Gunhildr town, I can just send you a quick invite to teleport here immediately.” Toda-kun responded.
“Thanks, I'll tell you when to send it.”
Finishing the message, I immediately went to Hikari-san and Kana who were now laying on the grass cuddling the singular parasaurolophus like it was an oversized reptilian teddy bear.
“Kana, Hikari-san, a friend is inviting us to see a family of Gigantopithecus, do you guys want to join him and watch them?”
“Gigantopee te cas? what?” Kana raised an eyebrow.
“The largest ape to ever exist.”
“Oh I wanna see!” Hikari-san's eyes shined.
Me too!” Kana joined in.
“Alright hold on to me.” I reached out.
Hikari-san held on my left arm while Kana, Clung tightly to the right. I then started a voice call with Toda-kun.
“Toda-kun we're ready, send me the invite.”
“Got it.”
An invitation to teleport to Toda-kun appeared on my UI to which I immediately accepted, causing us to teleport inside what looks like a dimension between space and time and travel beyond the concept of speed.
Landing at what seems like outside a different jungle, I couldn't help but observe the lushness of it all.
“Yuuki-san what's up?” Toda-kun waved.
“It's been a while since Senko and I asked for your help, thank you for that.”
“No problem, and uh… who are these… girls with you?”
“Oh right, the girl on my left is Hikari-san, a friend that Haruka-senpai and I met last month.” I explained.
“Nice to meet you!” Hikari-san waved.
“While the girl on my right is Senko's little sister.” I introduced Kana and Hikari-san to Toda-kun.
“Wait, he has a sister?” Toda-kun had a confused look.
“Mhm!” Kana pridefully smiled.
“Cough, Yuuki-san, can you come with me over there for a moment?” Toda-kun pointed near a bush.
Heading behind the pushes Toda-kun suddenly pulled me down to crouch.
“What's the meaning of this?” I asked.
“I thought you were gonna bring over Senko and another dude over here! Why did you bring two cute girls!?”
“Is there a problem with that?”
“You- i-” Toda-kun stuttered.
“You're planning to ask one of them out on a date aren't you?” I facepalmed.
“No I'm not! I'm just expecting an adventure with “Ma Bros!” Not a bunch of ho’s!” Toda annoyingly crossed his arms and tapped his foot on the grass.
“Uh…huh…” I rolled my eyes.
“And as for you! How did you pull two super cute girls to cling so tightly around you!” Toda-kun pointed at me.
“Tsk.” I looked back at Kana and Hikari-san who were waiting for us to come back.
“Don't click your tongue at me! Answer the question!” Toda-kun kept pointing at me accusingly.
This behavior was nothing new to me whatsoever, Toda-kun has always been shy and extremely awkward around girls, back in middle school and early highschool he had bad dating experiences with girls he met.
I wonder if he had developed Gynophobia.
“First off, Kana and I had been friends since childhood! And Second of all, Hikari-san and I are just friends!” I tried my best to explain it calmly.
“You're lying you harem-having bastard! First it's Haruka-Senpai, then it's your best friend's imouto-chan, and now you have pulled another girl you met a month ago!”
“I'm going back, come join us if you're done being butt hurt.”
“Fine.” Toda-kun glared.
I left the bushes and headed back to Kana and Hikari-san who were chasing each other around the grass.
“Sorry for the wait, Toda-kun is very expressive.”
“Oh don't worry about that, Kana-chan and I just enjoy being around each other!” Hikari-san beamed a happy smile.
“Yep!” Kana pridefully nodded and crossed her arms.
I suddenly received another message from Toda-san.
“You
traitor.” -Toda
Why does this guy make a big deal about being friends with girls?
“Just get out of the bushes and tell us the location of the Gigantopithecus!” I responded.
“Sigh…. Alright.”