Chapter 22
<Inside An Unnamed Restaurant>
"Haaaa... It's nice to take a break from exploring the labyrinth." A girl with black hair and red eyes said.
"I know! I'm so tired of doing the same thing every day. We have to thank the King for letting us have a vacation week." Another girl said.
"You seem happy, Kaori."
"Ah? How can I not be, Shizuku? Nagumo-kun returned safely from the labyrinth!"
After Hajime teleported away, he suddenly stepped out from the labyrinth entrance and shocking the Heroes' Party. They didn't expect someone who they had thought was dead to walk out of the Labyrinth, much less unscathed!
"Still, how did he get out of there? All he said was that he managed to find an exit." Kaori asked.
"I don't know. It should've been impossible because Hajime status was among the weakest in our group."
Shizuku answered. Though, she might have an idea of who helped Hajime return safely.
'Thank you, Seal-san. For saving our friend.' Shizuku gave her thanks to Seal in her mind.
"Shizuku, you've been spacing out a lot, is there something wrong?" Kaori worriedly questioned.
"N-no, there's nothing wrong."
"That's good."
While they were talking, the door of the restaurant opened, and three people walked in.
"This food here looks pretty good!" Shea said as she looked around with shining eyes.
"Did you not just eat 2 hours ago?" Yue asked.
"Well... you know I have a big appetite."
"I'm hungry as well, so why not get some food?" Seal said.
They walked sat down at a table just behind Shizuku and Kaori.
Only then did the waitress returned to her senses after being unintentionally charmed by Seal.
"Um, what would you like to order?" The waitress showed them the menu.
"What would you like, Yue and Shea?" Seal asked while handing the menu to Yue.
"Hmmm, I'll order this dish." Yue pointed at a mushroom soup.
"I'll order this then." Shea pointed toward carrots on the menu.
"Alright, sorry for making you wait." Seal said to the waitress.
"I-it's okay." The waitress said. On the contrary, she was glad that Seal was taking his time. That's because she could continue sneaking peeks at him to admire his handsome face and toned body.
"Can we get a meat stew, some carrots, and a mushroom soup?" The waitress nodded and wrote down everything that Seal said.
"Certainly, is there anything else you want?"
"Yeah, and can we get 3 cups of water? Thank you."
"Your order will be right out." The waitress then left after glancing a few more times at Seal.
Meanwhile, Shizuku stared blankly at the table behind them, or more specifically, at Seal. Various questions ran through her head. What was he doing here? Where has he been these past weeks? No, more importantly, who are those girls with him?
"Hm?" Seal looked behind him as if he noticed Shizuku stare.
Two pairs of similar red eyes met and gazed at each other.
"Oh? It's nice seeing you here, Shizuku."
"Y-yeah, you too," Shizuku said with a slightly red face. She, too, noticed that she was staring at Seal too much, which made her very embarrassed.
"Who is this, Shizuku?" Kaori asked.
"Kaori, meet Seal Azathoth, someone I met when I went to the forest a few weeks ago."
"And Seal, meet my best friend, Kaori Shirasaki."
Shizuku introduced both of them to each other.
"Heh, you never told me you knew someone this handsome," Kaori said to her best friend.
Shizuku turned bright red and lowered her head when she heard Kaori's teasing. She couldn't help refute what Kaori said because it was her idea to keep it a secret.
"It was me who told her not to tell anyone." Seal suddenly said.
'Eh?!' Shizuku subconsciously raised her head to look at Seal as she did not expect him to help her. Moreover, she didn't know why he would help her in the first place. It was new for her because she had always helped other people and not the opposite.
"Ah right, this is Yue, and this is Shea." Seal introduced the two girls standing next to him.
...
After Seal finished talking with Shizuku and Kaori, he went to get a room inside an inn. Right now, he was lying on the bed with Yue hugging him on his left side. Shea, on the other hand, was sulking on a separate bed. She tried to sleep next to Seal, but Yue beat her to it.
While that was happening, Seal was checking his status for the first time in a while.
'Status.' He said in his head.
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Name: Seal Azathoth
System: Irregular System
Race: Human? (15%)
Age: 17
Title: [Limitless Abnormal]
Bloodline: [Human Bloodline]
Level: 156
System Points: 1,938,702
—Skills—
〈𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬〉
Status Conversion
Calm Mind
Parallel Thought
Appraisal Lv. MAX
Status Concealment Lv. MAX
Experience Boost (x1,024) Lv. MAX
〈𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬〉
Hand-to-Hand Mastery Lv. MAX
Dagger Mastery Lv. MAX
Martial Arts Mastery Lv. MAX
Quick-Step Lv. MAX
Extreme Stealth Lv. MAX
Regeneration Lv. MAX
〈𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬〉
Chantless Magic
Fire Magic Lv. MAX
Space-and-Time Magic Lv. 8
Creation Magic Lv. 4
Curse Magic Lv. 5
Water Magic Lv. 4
Earth Magic Lv. 5
Wind Magic Lv. 3
Lightning Magic Lv. 4
Support Magic Lv. 4
Light Magic Lv. 4
Dark Magic Lv. 3
Healing Magic Lv. 5
〈𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬〉
Fire Immunity Lv. 8
Poison Immunity Lv. 4
〈𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬〉
Photographic Memory
Cooking Lv. MAX
Forging Lv. 5
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'It's not bad. My level went up by a considerable amount.'
Aside from the increase in system points, his level, and most of his skills, everything else could be considered the same.
'System, how many lottery tickets do I have?'
『The host has 30 unused lottery tickets. Does the host wish to use them now?』
'Yes, and use five lottery tickets per draw.'
『Affirmative. Now using 30 lottery tickets for six draws.』
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You have received:
>Law of Life (5%)
>Incubus Bloodline
>250,000 system points (x2)
>Universal Magic
>Law of Space-and-Time (5%)
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'Hm...' Seal looked over the lottery prizes and was thinking about something when he felt a tug on his shirt.
"Seal... let's sleep. I'm tired." Yue said as she yawned.
"Alright, good night." Seal said as she stroke Yue's hair.
"Yeah... good night." She smiled before closing her eyes.
"Good night to you too, Shea." Seal said to the already asleep rabbit before closing his eyes.