The next day, all the girls seemed to be mad at me, this is starting to become a real pain.

“We aren’t eating with you today Papa Udon” Vnaa’s such a kid, what happened to her shy and quiet personality?

“Whatever, do what you want” I took my food back to my room, this all feels too familiar, back in middle school when the incident happened, I lost all my friends, they told me they hated me and didn’t want to be even seen talking to me.

“Creator if you can hear me, you can shove it!” I cursed The Creator, if he knew the life I had lived on earth, then he’d probably getting a kick out of seeing it unravel almost the same way.

“Sir Udon” Umi opened my door slowly,

“What do you want”

“I’ve come to have breakfast with you that’s all, Vnaa’s a little upset with you and Miko, she won’t eat breakfast with her either” She’s acting like a child of divorce, what is her issue lately!

“She’s just a kid, don’t worry about her, it’ll pass” Umi didn’t seem to convinced at that answer

“May I ask what happened between you and Miko yesterday” Umi sat on my bed and ate a piece of bread

“It’s none of your business, you and the girls should use the hot springs today, I want to head off tomorrow” The quicker I can get rid of these girls the better

“You aren’t going to join us Sir Udon” Join? Why on hell would I do that

“No, I’ve got other things I need to take care of” Umi and I sat in my room and ate our breakfast in silence, she didn’t seem to want to push the issue between Miko and I.

“Umi, you ready” I heard Miko call out, it was around lunch time now, the girls had all decided to head to the hot springs

“Papa Udon, we’re going now” Vnaa came into my room and gave me a hug, better mood than earlier today.

“Make sure you’re fully healed ok, I want to leave tomorrow” I ruffled Vnaa’s head, I couldn’t stay mad at her.

“Vnaa, you in here?” Miko opened the door carefully, she avoided eye contact with me

“Of you go” I rolled my eyes at Miko’s behaviour

“You two suck, boo” Vnaa stuck her tongue out at both of us, and back to that horrible attitude, everything has seemed to change once I got this stupid Ghost Seed, why are all our emotions all over the place!

“We’ll be back later Sir Udon” Umi called out, the girls left the inn and headed to the hot springs

“Guild Gem, health examination” I needed to see if something was wrong with my health, had I been cursed?

Help

Body examination completed-No sign of poisoning or curse symptoms

“Huh, really, why is everyone so emotional!”

Help

Hero Weapon Adjustment

When a player is granted a hero weapon, along with their party they become overwhelmed with emotions, this normally lasts 10-20 days depending on the player.

“Are you kidding me!” What the hell was that! Hero Weapon Adjustment! What BS is that!

“10-20 days! Thats far too long!” I finally got my answer for why we had all acted so emotional, Umi was the one acting the closest to her original self.

“Screw this, I’m going to get lunch” I left my room and headed to the market, the fruit was cheap and didn’t taste half bad.

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“Oh, Sir Udon” Umi waved to me down the market, wasn’t she supposed to be with Miko and Vnaa

“What are you doing here?”

“The other two are still recovering, I’m fully healed so I decided to hit the market, what are you doing”

“I’m just looking for lunch”

“We saw that Hero Adjustment notification, Miko seemed pretty embarrassed when she read it” Hero Adjustment notification?

“Do you mean that notification that said our emotions were over the place” Is that the one she meant, did the others get notified about it when I looked it up?

“Thats the one, even Vnaa got embarrassed, she had been acting a little more, stuck up lets say” Vnaa was the only reason I wanted to see if something was wrong, she was normally a sweet pure girl

“It still doesn’t explain why you and Miko had a fight yesterday though” She was still on that

“Drop it Umi” I gave her a quick glare, she avoided eye contact and changed the subject quickly

“So what are you getting for lunch?”

“I wanted some cheap fruit, shouldn’t you head back to the girls”

“Stop that Sir Udon, I know you love having me around” Damn it Umi, just leave me alone

“I did want to ask something though, it’s about when you got attacked by that Kori girl, did you know her?” Kori… that damn elf Ice dagger weapon hero bitch.

“No I didn’t know her”

“Why did you think Miko betrayed you then”

“She went to see Sylf, an elf that we met when we first arrived on the third floor, she healed my wounds when I was attacked by the Deer-Bear we killed”

“And Sylf was a friend of that Kori?” Did Umi not listen to Vnaa back there

“Yes, Vnaa and Miko both met her when they visited Kori, they must have told Sylf what we were doing and then Kori went out to track me down and kill me”

“Wouldn't that mean Sylf betrayed you, not Miko” What is Umi’s problem, why is she trying so hard to stand up for Miko

“They both betrayed me, what is it that you gain from knowing all of this” I stopped in the middle of the street and glared at Umi, this was all out of the blue, what was her plan?

“Huh, gain? I don’t think to gain anything from this, I just want you and Rival Miko to get along again”

“Why? You call her Rival Miko, you must not like her very much then”

“Is that what you think, my, my, for such an intelligent person you sure are pure” What the hell is that supposed to mean!

“2 Uccoli fruits please” Umi handed the food cart owner 1 Bronze Bear coin

“Why don’t we eat them over there Sir Udon” She had a way of just changing the subject when she wanted, it was starting to really piss me off.

“Right here” Umi and I sat on a bench on the edge of town behind the inn we were staying at

“These sure are good” Umi sat next to me eating here Uccoli fruit with a massive smile on her face, heh, she did look kinda cute

“What is your plan after we pass the floor boss, I heard the floors get bigger after that” Umi asked me, the floors get bigger? Thats the first I’m hearing of this

“To just keep going” I wasn’t going to tell her I was going to leave all of them and head my own way

“Keep going huh, nothing wrong with that I suppose, as long as I’m with you and Vnaa and Rival Miko, I’ll be happy” Did she see those two as her family? She hasn’t been alive long if you think about it, a couple of days, maybe just over a week.

“I’m going to get going” I stood up, I was finished talking to Umi about, anything really

“I’ll come with, I get lonely if I’m by myself” Arrr

“Go back to the inn and check on Vnaa and Miko” I didn’t want her around me

“Nonsense, they’ll be fine, in fact, there they are now” Umi waved her hands to Miko and Vnaa, they were walking back to the inn from the hot springs

“Papa Udon, I’m sorry!” Vnaa shouted out, her face was flushed red, Umi did say she felt embarrassed from how she was acting, Miko’s face also was flushed red

*Bang

“Ow” Vnaa tried to run over to me and fell down, it looked like she scrapped her knee

“Vnaa, make sure you’re watching where you’re going” Miko ran over to Vnaa and helped her up, she cleaned the wound with water form her water pouch and ruffled Vnaa’s hair,

“Maybe I am being too harsh, is it because of that stupid Hero Adjustment crap” She reminded me of myself when I used to take care of my little sister, she did take care of Vnaa like a big sister, she can’t be all bad.

“Vnaa, are you ok?” Umi ran over to Vnaa, she also treated Vnaa like a little sister

“Karrrrrr”

“Huh?” I turned into the sky where the screech came from to see a huge shadow hovering over me

“What is that”

“Sir Udon, get out of there!” Umi shouted, the shadow started to get closer faster and faster

“Papa Udon!” I heard Vnaa shout out to me then I felt myself being pushed

“What the” I looked at the person who pushed me, it was Miko

Miko

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“Miko!” I saw the shadow swoop down and pick her up, it was a dragon with a familiar face riding it

“If you want your precious comrade back, come face me on the tenth floor!” It was Aquarus, he had taken Miko hostage!

“Miko!” I shouted out standing back up and reaching for her, did she just save me? Miko put her own life at risk to save me, she sacrificed her self for me, that’s the first time someone has put me first… I should have believed her back in Jot’s shop when she said she wanted to make life easier for me! I even thought ‘I really want to believe her, just having someone, an ally that I can trust would change everything, it would lighten the weight I carried.’

“It’s ok Master Udon” Miko smiled at me, the dragon flew to the other side of town and out of sight

“Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!” I fell to my knees and punched the brick path, why Miko! Why would you do that!

“Sir Udon”

“Papa Udon, Big Sister Miko”

“Don’t worry, we’ll get her back, we’ll get her back and make sure that overgrown squid gets what’s coming to him” I stood up, a sinister determined look came over me, Miko had just put her own life in danger to save me, I don’t trust her but I can’t let that slide, I’ll bring karma to any of those that hurt my team!