Link spent the whole day in school studying. Even though a lot of information was being taught to them, Link didn’t mind it. For him these basic knowledge were more important than learning something he couldn’t understand.

If he had some doubts or lacked knowledge about a certain topic, he would ask Yumi for help. He was happy to have Yumi as a friend.

Soon it was time for him to head home, Link started arranging his school bag. Just as Link was thinking of picking up Amy from her school, he heard Yumi “Hey Link, are you going to the secret realms to hunt today?”

“Yes, I don't know the exact time but I will.” Link replied after thinking for a bit.

“Oh…”Yumi nodded while looking towards him. Link felt strange but after a while he understood what was happening.

“Do you want to form a party? It will be very convenient and safe.” Link asked with a smile.

Just as Yumi heard Link ask to form a party, a smile appeared on her cold face “Yes, I will ask Maggie to join us.”

Link smiled, “Yes, a priest will be very helpful.” Link said.

Yumi was happy with his response. She suddenly remembered something and said “Link, My father was not home yesterday, he was busy on the front line. So it will take time for me to return suitable equipment. If you need my help with something, don’t forget to contact me.”

Link shook his head and said “You don’t have to worry about that. I already told you that it was not necessary to give me something back.”

Yumi didn’t say anything after hearing Link. She already knew that Link wasn’t greedy. It was rare to find a kind person in this chaotic world. She was worried about his good nature, it will be a huge disadvantage for him in future. This was something she came to understand as she was surrounded by many greedy people.

Link didn’t know what she was thinking. Link wasn’t an overly kind person, he knew how to save himself from trouble before helping others. It’s not that Link didn’t feel pain after losing such a great Amulet, but he thought that it would be better to gain her friendship than short term benefits.

Soon Link arrived before Amy’s school building. Link saw Amy coming out of the building while talking with Cherry. Link greeted Cherry with a smile.

“Brother, did you come to pick me up?” Amy asked with a smile on her face. Seeing Link nod, she was very happy.

“Goodbye Cherry, see you tomorrow.” Amy said to Cherry.

Link and Amy returned home by bus. Link started preparing for dinner while Amy was watching Cartoons. Entertainment media has also evolved with the time, there is a lot of content about professionals. There are also events where Professionals fight each-other for money.

Just like the cartoon that Amy is watching, it’s about a young girl with the ability to tame different monsters. These types of programs are very famous among ordinary humans. Even though they can’t be a professional in this life, they still like to connect with that way of life. For them being a professional is the end goal of their life.

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“Amy, dinner is ready. Help me with plates.” Amy heard Link’s voice coming out of the kitchen. Amy turned off the TV and ran to the kitchen. Soon all the food was on the dinner table.

Link has cooked rice with curry. It was one of his favorite dishes in the previous life. Amy was also looking at this new dish and asked “Brother, what did you cook.”

“It’s called rice and curry, you have to put curry on the rice.” Link replied.

Amy followed Link’s instructions and finally put a spoon full of rice and curry in her mouth. This was the first time for Amy to eat such a food, but she liked it very much.

“It’s so good, brother. When did you learn to cook such a tasty dish?” Amy said while eating. Link was relieved after knowing that Amy liked and started eating his own portion.

After the dinner, Amy started doing her homework while Link returned to clean up the dinner table and plates.

Just as Link finished his chores, he heard a message sound from the mobile. Link opened his mobile and checked the message, it was from Yumi.

“Hey Link, what are your plans? I have already notified Maggie and she agreed to form a team with us.”

Link replied “Let’s meet at the dimensional hall in one hour.”

Soon he received an emoji with an okay ()sign.

Link started finishing all his tasks, and informed Amy about going to the training. Amy was very supportive of Link’s training, she told him to be careful.

Link called for a taxi and headed towards the dimension hall.

Link was deliberating whether to put on the mask or not. He didn’t want to attract attention, but the problem was that he knew Yumi in real life. So he had to be in contact with her at some point.

He would never be able to hide his own strength during college examinations and he didn’t want to. So it’s better to appear as a normal genius than feeding on the flamboyant identity of Zero.

So Link decided to use Zero only when he needed to protect his identity. Well Yumi and Maggie knew his identity but he wasn’t worried about them revealing it to others. Even if they revealed it to their family, that wouldn’t cause any problem. This was one of the reasons why he was trying to make a good impression on their family.

Link had an ordinary background, he couldn’t defend himself if someone strong wanted to plot against him. So he was trying to form a good network that could help him.

After traveling for half an hour, Taxi reached the dimension hall. Link paid the fare and started walking towards the hall. As usual, this place was full of professionals. Link called Yumi and asked about their location. Soon Link found both of the girls standing in the corner, but they were surrounded by many professionals.

Link smiled wryly after seeing this scene. But he didn’t hesitate and approached both of them.

“Hey Yumi, Hey Maggie. It’s good to see you again.”

Maggie looked at him strangely and whispered “Did you forget to wear the mask?.”

Link shook his head and said “No, I decided to not wear it for the time being.”

“What a pity, those fangirls will be disappointed.” Maggie said with a sigh.

Link looked at her strangely, not knowing who to respond to her. Yumi, who was standing beside them, didn’t want to waste any more time on this useless chit-chat.

“Let’s go for the hunt, we don’t have much time.” Yumi said.

Link nodded after hearing her “Yes, should we go to the undead plane again?”

“No, there is no point in wasting time there. We have already hunted so many skeletons, it would not help our training. So it’s better to train in a different environment while facing other monsters.”

Link also agreed with Yumi’s analysis. He was already sick of facing those skeletons.

“Which secret realm should we choose?” Maggie asked.

“What about Goblin forest?”