Sky World Vol 1 Chapter 3.03

 

VOLUME 1

 

 

Chapter 3: Team Battle
Part 3

 

 

“You idiot! Fool! Stupido! Don’t do such moronic things!”

 

 

About an hour later.

 

 

Jun revived at the bottom of the valley to hear Eri deliver an onslaught of verbal a.s.saults. After coming down from the cliff, Eri had used a revival spell. Jun, his bind point being his inn room back at Gazar, then put on his clothes and stood alert&h.e.l.lip;

 

 

For a whole another hour, Jun, now alive, ended up being continuously teased by Eri though his communication stone.

 

 

Aside from the revival spell that only white mages could use, there was no other way to bring characters back to life. The spell moved dead characters away from the spot where they died and where their equipment was dropped. They revived with a weakness debuff lasting a certain amount of time, but their tablet’s battery life was not lost.

 

 

However, if the bind point was far away, it was better than having to run back naked to where the other group members were. That made it easier to rejoin one’s party after dying in the depths of a dungeon. This was one reason why white magicians were so welcomed in dungeon groups.

 

 

That’s right.

 

 

Jun’s weakness debuff now wearing off, Kasumi and Eri approached him energetically.

 

 

“My heart nearly stopped! You had me in a fl.u.s.ter! Why did you jump off!?”

 

 

Kasumi’s eyes were all teary. She seemed extremely surprised. Jun smiled wryly.

 

 

“Sorry. I wanted to try diving off the cliff.”

 

 

“You say that, but you know, that causes trouble for us!”

 

 

Eri slapped him violently on his head. It hurt. While pain from taking damage from monsters was reduced greatly, pain incurred from normal things like this was not changed at all, so slaps on the head would obviously hurt. Kicking the corner of a desk would also hurt a lot.

 

 

“Okay, okay, I get it! We’ll be down the mountain in just an hour. This way!”

 

 

“Anyways, after we got all of the necessary information, we were going to leave. Doesn’t that make sense to you?”

 

 

“No! Idiot! You had me and Kasumi so incredibly worried!”

 

 

“&h.e.l.lip;Worried? You?”

 

 

Asking again in a more serious tone, Jun dropped his arm, having pumped his fist up earlier. He held his head and looked up. Eri made a ‘hmph’ sound, puffed her cheeks, and turned away. Her cheeks were red.

 

 

“I was worried.”

 

 

Eri then glanced over at Jun and frowned.

 

 

“What did you think I would do? That was different from what you told us you were going to do. I can’t trust you anymore. You’re the lowest of the low.”

 

 

“How should I put this&h.e.l.lip; it was a little prank&h.e.l.lip; or should I say, childish curiosity&h.e.l.lip;”

 

 

“If you do that next time, I definitely won’t forgive you. Never mind me, Kasumi was really crying&h.e.l.lip;”

 

 

“Okay&h.e.l.lip; I get it. Next time, I’ll tell you in advance.”

 

 

 

“And don’t jump off like that!”

 

 

At the instant he jumped off, Jun felt good, but he understood where Eri was coming from. From then on, he would make sure to be more careful and avoid any potential triggers.

 

 

“Uuh, Jun-san. I’m already really scared&h.e.l.lip; I lost all hope&h.e.l.lip;”

 

 

Above all, seeing Kasumi, her eyes overflowing with tears, made him stop smiling over what he thought was just a trivial matter.

 

 

“&h.e.l.lip; Uh, I’ll think about it.”

 

 

“I will not allow it!”

 

 

Her arms crossed, Eri was arrogantly looking down at Jun, who was sitting on the ground.

 

 

“What should I do?”

 

 

“Just answer this one thing&h.e.l.lip;”

 

 

“&h.e.l.lip; Hmm. Why are you perched up so high on your horse?”

 

 

“Because white magicians are proud and great. Call me White Princess-sama.”

 

 

Eri then went on to thrust her index finger at his nose and she started to laugh.

 

 

“Can you go calm Kasumi down?”

 

 

“Aaah.”

 

 

He looked up towards Kasumi. He still was unable to get up because of the weakness debuff. This was the second time he had died since coming to Sky World. The first time was because he just didn’t feel like trying&h.e.l.lip;

 

 

During the battle with the Dread Sphinx, Eri felt that way too, but still helped support him. Jun admired that in her.

 

 

“Ulp, I’m fine.”

 

 

Kasumi hurriedly shook her head.

 

 

“I told you not to say things like that.”

 

 

“Uh, t-t-that?”

 

 

Her face completely red, Kasumi flailed her arms around. Eri teased her about it.

 

 

Jun shrugged his shoulders, sighing.

 

 

Eri was making playthings out of both Jun and Kasumi.

 

 

(Doesn’t she feel bad though?)

 

 

It felt nostalgic.

 

 

It has been a long time since they felt so at ease. That’s right. If with close friends, just sitting down and talking could become fun.

 

 

(The memories of times pa.s.sed&h.e.l.lip;)

 

 

If they wanted to be together longer, then they would create a guild. Everybody would be able to have fun and they’d be unable to separate themselves from the game.

 

 

He remembered the time when he first started playing online games.

 

 

(But&h.e.l.lip;)

 

 

Jun shook his head.

 

 

It didn’t work out though, between that group of good friends.

 

 

In the end, it was just Jun and Kai. The two of them discussed amongst themselves and moved onto a different game. There, they had more fun&h.e.l.lip;

 

 

They did that many times.

 

 

Kai. Jun’s best friend. No, one could say that he was Jun’s other half.

 

 

One day, he said, “We make the best combination ever!” Those words really came from his heart.

 

 

While it may be true that Kai was actually a girl, that would not change their relations.h.i.+p.

 

 

“Hey, Kasumi-san. If you leave this island, you’re going to go back to Sakuya-san’s guild, right?”

 

 

“&h.e.l.lip; Right! I’d like to be with Sakuya-chan&h.e.l.lip; but I don’t think we can adventure together anymore&h.e.l.lip;”

 

 

“Because you need to work on the Fuelfai campaign?”

 

 

“&h.e.l.lip;Yeah.”

 

 

“Then I’ll help you with that too.”

 

 

“Hmm?”

 

 

“I want to clear it too. Hey, when we get off of the island, your time penalty will have been over.”

 

 

“Ooh, Jun-sensei, you’re really nice, huh.”

 

 

“Eri, you come too.”

 

 

“Huh?”

 

 

“What? You’ve been with her all this time. Are you saying that you want to abandon her once you get off?”

 

 

“Even if I were saying that, Kasumi has to get back to her group&h.e.l.lip;”

 

 

“Sakuya’s probably on the 4th island ring by now. What do you think will happen if you don’t help her?”

 

 

“I get it. &h.e.l.lip; Hey, what are you thinking?”

 

 

Noticing something, Eri put her hand on her chest.

 

 

“Could it be that&h.e.l.lip; you&h.e.l.lip; want to take advantage of our situation and do something perverted?”

 

 

“Nope. I like big b.o.o.bs, remember?”

 

 

“You’re an idiot that likes to talk about b.o.o.bs! Die! Seriously, die! Hey, Kasumi-chan, you should drink more milk to make your b.o.o.bs bigger.”

 

 

“Kasumi, don’t listen to her! Don’t let her powers of persuasion make a fool out of you!”

 

 

“Hey! What are you saying?!”

 

 

“Don’t make a big deal out of it.”

 

 

Jun realized that he had put his hands, unknowingly, onto his chest, and then Kasumi, her face completely red in embarra.s.sment, hid her own breast with her hands.

 

 

“Huuuu. Uh, I&h.e.l.lip; uh&h.e.l.lip;”

 

 

“Wait, it’s just a misunderstanding.”

 

 

Since Kasumi was pretty nervous, Jun instinctively winced at her. Eri, seeing that, lifted her eye.

 

 

“Jun’s an old man and a s.e.xual hara.s.ser at it! We’re just two innocent girls. I knew it!”

 

 

“Ah, my bad, my bad. I made a mistake joining with you.”

 

 

“Are you done arguing?!”

 

 

Eri bared her teeth. Kasumi was getting more and more fl.u.s.tered.

 

 

“Hey, wait a moment. Eri-chan. I don’t want to make this uncomfortable for anybody. We all know that Eri likes making dirty jokes. Uh..”

 

 

“Kasumi, you can’t take her side.”

 

 

Seeing Eri, her eyes firmly fixed onto her, Kasumi said “oof,” and stayed still.

 

 

“I mean, you are very attractive to Jun&h.e.l.lip;”

 

 

“Huh? Uh&h.e.l.lip; That&h.e.l.lip;”

 

 

Kasumi started to hide herself. Seeing Jun, Eri glared at him.

 

 

Jun looked away.

 

 

“You good for nothing brat&h.e.l.lip;”

 

 

“Shut up!”

 

 

Jun glared back at Eri.