“Briana!” Oh, it was that meat shield Donald’s voice. Why did he come to our place? Shouldn’t he busy trying to win the tournament?

“Donald! How’s your preparation?” The silly Goddess asked. If he was in our home, he didn’t do any preparation at all, you silly Goddess.

“I’m fine. By the way… is she alright?” Was he talking about me?

“Oh, her? Don’t worry, she is alright. Right, Fey? Oh, if you don’t open your eyes and say that you are alright, I’ll throw you upward. I know you know that we are not indoor anymore, so, what will happen if I throw you to the sky with all my strength? Maybe you can be one with stars.”

That was a blatant threat!

“Cough, I’m alright, don’t worry about me. And sill… Briana, if you do what you said, I will kick you out of the house.”

“Hmph, can you do that? You can’t even protect yourself, and you want to kick me out? Should I try tossing you now?” The silly Goddess said with a fit of slight anger in her voice while grabbing my arms. She was seriously trying to throw me!

“No, no, please forgive me!” I immediately apologized. Apologizing was better than being tossed and never returned to the ground after all! Besides, I heard people murmuring all the time, so there must be crowd there. If they saw me crying because of it… geh, my stomach hurt just thinking about it.

“Alright, but open your eyes if you want me to forgive you!”

Ah, seriously, I should think how to avenge this humiliation! Silly Goddess, just you wait!

While thinking like that, I tried opening one of my eyes and my limp body… shook so much just because I saw that we were actually outside. Yep, even though I couldn’t move consciously, but just by looking at the open space, my whole body was shaking, no, perhaps convulsing was more appropriate. Even though logically speaking I knew that I would be alright, my body still reacting like this, huh?

“Is she truly alright?” Donald asked worriedly.

“…I’m not so sure now.” The silly Goddess replied hesitantly.

“…I’m definitely not alright at all.” I gave them the confirmation they needed at the moment.

“Should we go home?” The silly Goddess asked. I nodded slightly and closed my eyes again. However, even though I closed my eyes, realizing that I was actually outside still scared me and it didn’t stop me shaking at all.

“Donald, it’s almost your turn!” Someone suddenly called Donald.

“Ah, really? Well, Briana, Brian, Fey, I’m going first! Wish me luck!” He said as he walked away.

“Yes, as long as you are careful, you should be able to win this easily!” The silly Goddess cheered him up. Speaking of which, it was not that I intentionally didn’t mention that the silent God was there with us since the beginning, I just didn’t know about it at all. After all, I closed my eyes all the time and I never heard him speak at all!

“Oh, Brian, there you are! Can you help us with judging the Magic Competition over there?” Another voice called Brian. I could hear someone pulled him away, but I couldn’t hear his footstep at all. Was he actually an assassin?

“Ah, Briana, there you are! Come on, we need your help over there!” This time, another voice called the silly Goddess.

“Eh? Ah, wa-wait, a minute!” I could hear her voice drifting away… did they leave me alone here? Seriously? I didn’t dare open my eyes, so I wasn’t sure, but thinking that I was alone in open space while my feet were not touching the ground scared me so much. Yeah, first, I had to touch the ground. My body couldn’t move normally, but to force my body to fall to the ground, it should be doable. At least, I wouldn’t be too scared if I knew that my body touched the ground.

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And, I dropped myself to the ground. Yeah, feeling the warmth from the ground was truly comfortable. Even though I didn’t have enough strength to grab anything, but I didn’t feel like I would float at all… no, wait, I was floating?

“Idiot, stop struggling, I’m helping you back to your wheelchair!” This voice… the man with zero potential!

“No, no, please let me stay on the ground a bit longer!” I kept struggling even though it was useless.

“…you scared of something? Is it man?”

“No! Just let me stay on the ground for a while!”

“If not a man, then is it the sky? Oh, I know! You are afraid of falling to the sky, aren’t you? Yep, seeing that your body stiffen, I’m sure of it. If you are so scared of open space, why are you going out? Are you an idiot?”

“…it’s that silly Go…rilla.” I could only be honest about it since he already guessed it right. Well, whatever happen, happen.

“Briana? Your relationship with your cousin sure is weird, huh?”

I wanted to clarify that she was actually not my cousin but my nemesis, but on second thought, dealing with this problem was more important, so I didn’t say anything about it.

“More importantly, you now know that I’m afraid of open space, can you bring me inside a house? Or under tree? Please?”

There was no other choice. I couldn’t ask him to bring me back to my home as it was a little far away from this plaza. He should be busy with his matches, after all, so all I could ask him was bring me to a nearby house or at least, under a tree.

“Ah, I’m sorry but I can’t do that. I will be punished for trespassing after all, and there is no tree big enough for you to feel safe. Right, is it okay if I put you back to your wheelchair? The gazes are…”

He didn’t continue his words, though I could guess why. Anyway, he couldn’t help me go to a house and there were no trees, huh?

“…how about you bring me back to my house? I’ll give you more EXP Potion than when you win this tournament, how about it?” I offered.

“Are you really that afraid of open space? Well, alright then. Let’s go back. Is it alright if I put you back to the wheelchair?” He asked.

“…it should be okay.” I replied hesitantly. Yes, it should be okay, as long as he wouldn’t leave me alone like that silly Goddess.

He carefully put me back to the wheelchair and pushed me back to my home. I didn’t dare open my eyes, but I could feel intense gazes from all around me. It seemed that everyone was glaring at Zero… sorry, but I would pay you back for this.

“So, mind sharing why your cousin brought you outside while you are sick?” He asked, perhaps to clear the awkward atmosphere. His voice was shaking after all.

“…I think she hates me? You can think it as a form of bullying.” I replied nonchalantly. My relationship with that silly Goddess was not good since I made countless Heroes of her went crazy, so it was normal for her to attack me psychologically like this. Though I thought that I was not as cruel as her, as it was definitely her fault for sending her Heroes and Champions to disturb my sleep incessantly.

“I thought you have a close relationship.” He muttered. If our relationship was closer, hm, wait a minute. I cooked for her (and her brother), I cleaned the place we were living (including her and her brother’s room), I made money (ninety-nine percent of the money we had was from me), I also gave her potions and I also washed her clothes (fortunately I didn’t have to wash her brother’s clothes too). I did everything for her, right? And then, she bullied me?

“…by the way, are we there yet?” I asked, changing the topic forcefully. As for that silly Goddess, I wouldn’t think about her anymore. If I got my power back, I would bully her back for sure, but not now. Now, I had to be patient. Yep, I had to be patient.

“Almost there.” Zero shrugged.

Fortunately, I didn’t have to wait for a long time before I could feel that we were finally inside the room. After all, not to mention that there was no breeze or the warmth of the sun, I also heard the sound of the door opening and closing, so I opened my eyes. Yep, we were inside the room.

“You seem relaxed.” Zero said as he pushed me to my room. My room was where he beat me fiercely as he panicked because he couldn’t breathe yesterday. There was only a single bed here.

“Need any help?” He asked as we reached the bed. I shook my head and climbed to my bed before I tucked into it… or at least, that was what should be happening. But the reality, I couldn’t even push my body from the wheelchair and I struggled quite a bit, alright, a lot while trying to get to the bed.

Zero scratched his head and helped me on my bed. His face… was red.

“Are you thinking something lewd? Or the fact that a girl is defenseless in front of you turns you on?” I asked out of curiosity.

“…a little girl like you will never be able to pull the string of my heart!” He denied while looking away.

“Oh, so if it were not a little girl but rather a mature sexy woman, it would…”

“Hmph! Why are we talking about this?” He hit my head and it hurt so much!

“Ouch… you don’t have to use a lot of strength, you know?” I pouted as it hurt like hell. I rubbed with my hand, but it didn’t lessen the pain at all.

“It’s your fault for talking about things like that, idiot! Besides, what’s a little girl like you understand about it?” Zero snorted and looked away, but I was sure that his face was completely red by now. Interesting. I wanted to tease him again, but I didn’t want to be hit again, so I should stop for now.

“It’s like that in our first meeting too.” He added silently. Our first meeting… ah, right, I teased him too. It was because he was annoying, acting high and mighty just like chuunibiyo, so I wanted to give him a little lesson.

“Ahaha… let’s forget about that, shall we?” I laughed awkwardly as I remembered about that. “Besides, I have already apologized and tried to clear your name, right?”

“You trying to clear my name is…! Forget it.” He sighed and sat by the window. “It’s my nature to be a wolf after all.”

“…er, what do you mean by ‘to be a wolf’?” I asked cautiously.

“Little girl like you won’t understand the solitude of a wolf who lives by itself.” He looked at me as if mocking me. Annoying. I should tell him the truth then.

“…no, don’t you know that wolves move in a pack? I assume you are talking about a lone wolf, right? Well, a lone wolf, you may say, an outcast? Anyway, it means a wolf that is excluded from its pack, and usually, this wolf dies early because, well, because it is already in their nature to hunt in a pack.” I explained. After hearing my explanation, the silly Zero was dumbfounded. Yep, that expression was priceless. Should I console him? Let’s try consoling him.

“I suggest, rather than using the wolf as a reference, it is better to use the bear as the bear is well-known to live by itself and perhaps its family…”

“Sh-shut up! I’m a lone wolf, alright? No matter what you say, I’m a lone wolf! Hmph! What a ridiculous thing you said. I will be a lone wolf that will stay alive no matter what happens! Even if I die, I will come back even stronger! Just you see!”

…well, alright, you are a Player, so it’s natural that you can be revived countless times, was not something that I would say to him at this moment.