Chapter 38 Each person's side.
[Quest cleared]
[All stats increased +1]
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Finished with the daily quest he committed to every day. The time has come for him to do the trial he must clear to get the skill he needs. After spending all night preparing the things he needed to bring. He stored everything inside his ring, and after asking Mr. Ito about something he needed to know. The silver ring that Mr. Ito gave him along with the equipment he wore for exploring the dungeon had the function of stoppage time. So he doesn't have to worry about the ingredients, and the food will spoil as long as he puts it inside.
The item was listed as a high grade. Once again He wondered why Mr. Ito had so much care for him. Anyway, the matter aside, Soma already placed everything he needed to bring. The clothes he used today were a set of old sports clothes that had a blue hoodie, and a simple plain white jersey. For the lower part, it was the same blue long pants and he planned to wear sneakers that had prepared in the front door. He bought the clothes last year so it was a bit short in a certain part but well, it was still affordable at least.
Then for the last part, he once again looked inside his house. The room gives a lonely vibe because of the sole human that lives inside it. He closed his eyes, hardened his resolve, and opened his mouth.
"I am leaving".
Soma said those words to no one in particular. He just wanted to do it even knowing that there would be no one that would answer it. Open his eyes then he turns his back leaving the bleak house that has no single soul in it.
"I will succeed".
Inside a harmonious house there lived three individuals who sat at the dining table enjoying their tea time after savoring their breakfast. The three people mentioned were Hiroshi, Hisako, and Hina.
The Akabane family starts their morning fast. The three of them usually start their morning at five and then do their training as Awakeners. Hina also had her own training routine she kept every morning.
Hina, since she was little, had undergone harsh training to become an amazing awakener like her parents one day. But, her reasoning was not just that, there is a fundamental reason behind her hard work that she keeps it hidden even from her family.
"Hina, what will you be doing for today?"
"Hm? Nothing, probably just training in the home later and living in this house as usual".
"Are you truly fine, Don't push yourself, Sweetheart"
"I am okay Dad. I am perfectly fine".
"But..".
"Zip it, Hiroshi!".
Hisako opened the conversation between the family, Hina only replied curtly and Hiroshi looked worried about his daughter's well-being.
Yesterday, after hearing the news about their daughter in hospital, after getting involved with a robbery incident that involved an awkeners as the culprit. Hiroshi was shrieking in panic and he went mad as he stormed off toward the hospital to see his daughter.
Different from Hiroshi who had panic-stricken in his face. Hisako was furious beyond words. Then, after she knew the details that got caught on camera by the investigation team she coincidentally met in the hospital, her anger reached a peak and she began to scold Hina in place knowing she was injured. Hisako reason is that as long as she can still sit upright on the bed she is healthy.
Hina is indeed in good health, because of the potion she drank after getting the wound on her ribs, and after she got checked. The doctor said that there were no problems with her bones and internal organs. So later that night She already released from the hospital.
Hisako observed Her daughter's reaction while she was still busy reading some textbooks and preparing for the exam she would be facing when she went to the academy. She connected her thoughts with the ring on her finger and took something.
"Hina, hold these!".
"What is this?".
It was a box that had been wrapped in a fancy package with a luxury ornament. It was written Wagyu A5 on the box. Hina opened her eyes wide and soon her mouth loosened with a twinkling star in her eyes when she faced her mother, trying to confirm something.
"It was not for you". But got cut off brutally by her mother.
"Eh, then who?". Hina deflated as she began to flop her but toward the wooden chair again.
"Go to Soma's house and give it to him".
Hisako once more demanded.
"Hmm?, …HA?! Why me?".
"Your mother and I agreed to give him something after what he has done for us. Then yesterday's incident happened so..".
Hiroshi interjected on the side. He and her wife agreed to invite Soma to their house yesterday but after hearing the news of their daughter in hospital they canceled it and now the present was still unprocessed.
As for today, they had something to do, they couldn't invite Soma to their house and decide to just give it to him, and Hina was the one who would do it.
"Like I said, Why me?".
Hiroshi flinched upon seeing the fierce aura that coming from his daughter's eyes. Those eyes reminded him of his young wife. At that time Hisako was still the same age as Hina. She had the same temper as her and now it was passed on to Hina.
"Ha,, Why are you so flustered? Just give it to him as a thank you for rescuing you yesterday, and you can go home after that, and don't forget to say 'Hi' from us".
"I-I am not flustered at all".
Hina with her face that had a tinge of red shouted at her mother and Hisako chuckled seeing her daughter state.
"Don't you dare fool me little girl. I know everything about you, or what, did something happen between you and Soma?".
"No- Nothing of the short".
"Ahahaha…".
Hiroshi could only smile wryly, seeing the two people who had the same trait as he remembered, began to bicker with each other.
"Then Go to his house already. You're free right now right?".
"Who said, I am free? I am studying right now".
"You said you will train later in the day and will just stay in the house for the most part. As for studying you can do that at night right, like you always do".
"Ugh!".
The two of them began to liven up the atmosphere at the dining table. Hiroshi couldn't stand her daughter being teased much longer, lending his help.
"It's okay Hina, you could just give it to Soma and go home straight away. It was also a good way for you to gain a new friend".
Hina kept her mouth shut as she began to hesitate about the choice she should make.
"Or what, are you embarrassed seeing him, after what he did to you?".
"What?!".
Yesterday memories began to flash before her eyes. Hina got the princess carried and when the two of them got away from the two robbers, she with her exhausted state rested her tired body in his embrace, and the faint whisper he said at the end made the blood on her body begin to gather in her face. Her heart began to throb wildly recalling those moments.
She gritted her teeth seeing her mother's smug face before putting her tough front once again.
"Fine, I will deliver this meat to him. There is nothing going on between him and me".
"Hm, I didn't mention what your relationship thought?"
"Ugh, that's it. I am leaving"
"Have a safe trip".
Hiroshi watched her furious daughter sprang up from her wooden chair and begin to strode off from the house. Hisako who watched the scene trying to suppress the trembling in her body before eventually couldn't hold it back any longer. She began to crack a laughter.
"Ahahaha.. it's so much fun teasing her".
"Hisako, You are really".