Chapter 009

(TL notes: I was having a headache from the author POV . . It’s like third person, changed to first person from Yu to Nina without explanation @,@)

The time that Yu would usually spend on gathering herbs, he now spends it on hunting goblins .

Using the long sword and armor set he has gotten from Hage, it became easy . What’s more, the equipment set size changes by itself to suit the wearer .

However, hunting goblins consisted merely of throwing rocks and killing them from a distance . In the meantime any nearing goblins would be easily handled because of [Swordmanship] .

After killing the goblins, he collected magic stones . Sometimes, when a monster gets killed, they will drop their magic stone . It could be used later to power a ‘magic tool’ . He also didn’t forget to cut off their ears . Even if he couldn’t reimburse them at Resser village, other guild halls will accept them .

“Fireball!”

I have also practiced using magic, but the damage was still low . The goblin’s face got burned down and I had to use “Heal!” to recover it’s ears . Then I have casted fireball once again . The cast time isn’t so bad .

He has tried doing it once again, but during the next battle he wasn’t able to cast the fireball . There was the issue of concentration . Attacking, defending and casting magic at the same time wasn’t going well . He has decided to just simply cut their necks .

“You’re pretty strong . ”

I have raised my guard at that comment . I looked at my surroundings and there was Nina .

“Hey Yu! How can you use magic and sword?”

She was standing three meters away from me . When hunting in the mountains, I would always raise my guard and when facing goblins it was further increased . Where did she come from?

“You . . Where did you come from?”

However, there’s a more pressing issue .

“Please forgive me and forget what happened yesterday . ”

“I’ve been here all along for about an hour . About yesterday, Stella already told me about it . ”

What? I didn’t notice her for one whole hour?

“I’m sorry . . After I talked to grandma, I found out about what really happened . She asked me to apologize to you . ”

(TL notes: it seemed he could be controlled by his grandma lol . . And I’m curious how could he learned about ‘fear’ from her lol . . Is grandma Stella a witch? Hahaha)

“I really don’t want to forgive you, but I respect Stella . However, I’ll forgive you if you become my friend . ”

“Friends . . You and I? Ha . . Ha…”

Yu glared at Nina . He couldn’t have cared less about her and what he did to her before .

(TL notes: slapping her ass and running away lol)

However, he respected Stella . Only her .

“Friends?”

Having said that, Yu ran away once again .

“Strange guy! Strange guy! Strange guy! Just how Stella have told me . ”

Nina remembered her conversation with Stella . It took place after Yu got out of the house . Stella tried to apologize to her .

“Well, just use this as a chance to be friends with him . ”

“But… He has… Has… What am I going to do… Huhuhuhu…” she was crying and being consoled by Stella . Stella patiently talked to her and explained about Yu’s situation . She also apologized over and over again .

“I’m sorry . Yu is still lacking common sense and his attitude appears bad, but he didn’t mean to do those things . ”

Nina has also realized that, when he did that thing (slapped her ass) yesterday, he wasn’t being lustful like the other men .

“Yu is basically shy and tends to do things opposite to what he means . He is also straightforward and hotheaded sometimes . But if you get to know him, he is a sweet boy . Please try being his friend . Good luck Nina-chan . ”

That day, after I have encountered Nina and ran away once more, I went back home . At home, Stella has told me stories about Nina, but it fell on deaf ears . (tl ramblings: stella is like a matchmaker lol)

Since Stella had brought the tools I have asked for, I could start working on the bath .

Since that day, Nina has already been stalking me for two weeks . When I managed to check her status, it has been increased .

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Status window

Name:Nina LeversRace:Human

Job:ThiefLevel:12

HP:76MP:21

Strength:21Agility:53

Vitality:21Intelligence:16

Magic:11Luck:22

Passive Skills

Dagger mastery:Lvl . 1

Trap search:Lvl . 1

Awareness:Lvl . 1

Silent step:Lvl . 1

Active Skills

Steal:Lvl . 1

Disarm trap:Lvl . 1

Stealth:Lvl . 1

Stalking:Lvl . 1

Special Skills

None

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Nina’s agility has been increased and she has gotten a new skill from following Yu . While Yu was trying hard to increase his skills, Nina earned them easily .

“Hey… Stop following me . ”

“What? Are you ready to become friends with me?”

“Become friends with you? Why would I?”

“Firstly, even if you kill goblins you couldn’t turn in the quest . I’ll do it for you and will give you the rewards . Secondly, I’ll show you a cave that’s better to level up and earn money in . ”

Whoa . . This cowgirl actually came up with such thoughts . It would be good if I could get the rewards from the guild and the monsters in the cave may give me new skills . Yu wasn’t so stupid as to refuse something that would only benefit him .

“Okay, I’ll make a party with you . However, I don’t trust you . So don’t try to do anything strange . ”

Nina replied while blushing a little .

“Not a party . We’ll become friends… And… If I can’t get married anymore . . You have to take responsibility!”

“What?”

(TL notes: it’s so tiring translating their conversation but it was fun . Hahaha)