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second month
099 – The Second Moon #1
Hyoong.
A strange sound came from the spider’s tiny mouth.
What should I say? It sounded like air being let out of a balloon, or like a small animal crying for its mother.
Anyway, it was clear that there was something strange and funny about the sound that a spider made.
Was Luna also bewildered by the unexpected crying sound?
“Hey, bark bark, is that what you just said? Try that again!”
Krrrrung-!
As Luna shook the spider in her palm, the creature jumped up and down to the first floor as if it was annoyed.
He must have returned to his home, the jar.
I ignored it because it was a creepy looking spider, but it turns out it’s a really smart kid. Anyway, I got help from someone I never expected! Sval, I can’t miss this opportunity!
“Look, I told you there was really nothing.”
“This is strange….”
But Luna still seemed to be unable to shake off her lingering doubts, sniffing and twitching her nose.
Yes, Luna’s specialty, smelling, is still there.
Swish.
Luna took off the blanket covering my body and sniffed me against the nape of my neck and side.
“Hmm… .”
And then Luna stops talking as if she is deeply troubled.
“Why, why?”
“I don’t know because there’s a smell everywhere… I need to ventilate a bit.”
And then he ended up opening the window on the second floor wide.
A cool breeze blew from outside for a moment, cooling my face, which was flushed with embarrassment and excitement. I felt good, but it was still too early to feel relieved.
“I told you nothing really happened. Didn’t you see the dog crying?”
“Well, that’s true, but….”
“Luna, there’s no one you can trust in this Sodomora, but there has to be trust between you and me. This is our party.”
“Right. That, that’s right! I guess I was a little oversensitive. Sorry, Hassan.”
Luna apologized to me surprisingly obediently, as if the words I had racked my brain for had moved her heart. Only then was I able to breathe a sigh of relief inside.
Sigh, I guess I’m the type of person who can’t cheat. When I lie to Luna, it feels like all the blood in my body is drying up and I feel like I’m going to die.
“I’m sorry for the misunderstanding, Hassan. Ho, have you come to dislike me…?”
Luna apologized again, as if she was truly sorry for misunderstanding the innocent me.
And then he glanced at me lying there, not knowing what to do, and it seemed very pitiful and sad.
I felt a really inexplicable sense of guilt towards him.
“No, what is that… That could be it.”
I was wondering if there was anything nicer and more reassuring I could say to Luna who was feeling anxious, but I couldn’t think of anything.
So I decided to turn the conversation to Luna, who was still hesitating somewhere.
“But where did you go? It seemed like it took a while.”
“Ah! Hassan, I brought you something good! Just wait a minute!”
Bang bang bang.
Luna went down the first floor noisily. Soon, Luna hurriedly appeared again on the second floor. Something plump, like the fingers of a fat person, was wriggling in her hand.
“What, what is that?”
“What is this, Jangsu-.”
“No, I’d rather not listen. But why…?”
Wiggle, wiggle.
It’s really grotesque.
I remember eating a few larvae while clearing a wasp’s nest with my father, so I should say that it tasted like that, but the texture that popped started to linger in my mouth and it was truly to die for.
“These are great for severe muscle pain!”
“I see….”
“That, and it’s really good for men too. Anyway, Hassan, I dug through the dirt at the park and got it for you. Get well soon.”
You dug up the dirt in the park to give it to me?
When I looked at Luna’s appearance at those words, I could tell that she had suffered a lot, as there was dirt all over her and her skin was red from being sunburned.
While Subal, Luna was suffering in the blazing sun like that, I was standing up and touching the soles of a woman’s feet. This is really that bastard Juji’s fault.
“ah-.”
So I opened my mouth wide.
“Why, why are you opening your mouth?”
“You said you brought it for me. Put it inside. Ah-.”
“But, but… .”
“Hurry up. Get better soon so we can go for a walk together and buy each other food.”
“But, but… .”
Luna hesitated as she looked at the creature in her hand. Why are you pulling it out now? Of course, I just want to repay Luna’s sincerity in some way.
And this was also my punishment to myself.
“Come on, hurry up. My jaw hurts.”
“Oh… , ah, I see.”
Eventually, Luna stuffed three or four fat things into my mouth. I clenched my jaw and swallowed them, feeling as if I were truly dead.
I’ve eaten these kinds of larvae since I used to follow my father around the mountains and when I was Elfriede’s slave. Most of them don’t taste good, but they’re high in protein, so they’re good for your body.
But then something popped and I felt a strong, stinging taste, and I was startled for a moment. What is this? Is this some kind of bug that tastes like carbonated water?
I thought it would be absolutely horrible, but it was surprisingly edible.
“Hey, hey, are you okay Hassan?”
Gulp.
As I swallowed all of the contents, Luna was looking at me with careful eyes.
“Why, what’s the problem?”
“That, that’s so poisonous that you have to neutralize it before eating it…. T, you could feel it right in your mouth.”
“poison?”
The word poison makes my heart shiver. Sval, you said it stings in my mouth for some reason.
However, even though Luna was very scared, there was no noticeable change in her body.
“It’s okay.”
“You got stung by wasps last time and it went away quickly. Hassan, I guess you don’t respond well to poison! Then I can use all the other poisonous insects to make an elixir! You’ll get better in no time! Just wait!”
Luna was about to go down to the first floor as if she had made a really big discovery. If she kept going like this, she might have to keep drinking eco-friendly juice!!
“Oh, my, I feel stronger!”
I jumped up, shouting like a panicked person. Luna, who was about to go down to the first floor, stopped in her tracks, and soon her eyes looking at me grew as big as a bell.
“Hassan! What happened?”
“Wow, Luna. Move your body!”
“Oh my goodness, my elixirs must have worked!”
“I guess so!”
Now that I’m feeling better, Luna won’t be making potions or catching bugs for me! I’m smart after all.
“Hassan seems to be the type that responds well to elixirs! I’ll make it for you every morning from now on!”
* * *
Hippolyte, who had promised to bring the wallet, did not show up no matter how much time passed. And so, the evening came when the sun had set.
“I guess he ran away because he didn’t want to give me the three silver coins.”
Luna, who was waiting for Hippolyte, looked at the Silver Tier warrior’s chest as if she was really annoyed.
I just agree with him and say, “I guess so.” I think it’s quite important for women to empathize with him.
No, would you like it more if I sympathized with you a little too much?
“Hippolyte is a real bitch. She breaks other people’s stuff and runs away. She’s a total piece of trash.”
“No, Hassan. No matter what, you don’t have to say that. There could be circumstances. Since he’s a skilled adventurer, something could have come up.”
No!? I didn’t expect to hear an answer like this.
“Is that so? Luna, you’re much more generous than I thought.”
“Okay, anyway, it’s done! Hassan, take this! Moai!”
Luna, who had been carving wood while waiting for Hippolyte, handed me a small wooden statue.
As always, the shape is so crude that you can only vaguely tell it’s a human form. Still, it’s rather endearing compared to the Somnia horror totem or something I saw a while ago.
Again, this piece of wood, which seemed to me like a crude Paleolithic artifact, played a very important role.
Deering-.
『Consume the task’s numerical value-.』
Letters floating with sound effects.
As always, it means that you can spend 100 task points to raise a specific point. The task points I currently have are over 400.
Luna also said that she had accumulated a lot of karma or something from her fight with Somnia, so she said that she had the luxury of making three or four totems.
If I change all of these to my ability values, it will increase by at least 4 levels.
Then my current level is 12, so my level will be 16?
Subal, it seems like you were struggling at a single-digit level just the day before yesterday, but as soon as you became an adventurer, you broke through the double-digits and are now looking at level 20!
If things go well this way, becoming a gold tier adventurer won’t be a dream!
Of course, having a high score doesn’t mean everything will be solved. Still, I felt happy that I was growing steadily as my level went up.
It really makes me want to try.
『You can obtain additional values with a 40% probability.』
I pressed the number of strength, trusting in my luck.
A strength value that increases by 1 with a diring sound.
Sval, it’s a dud.
So I used the next totem and held down the power button again. Diring. The power value honestly went up by 1 again.
“Oh, shit!”
What is the probability of failing twice in a row with a 40 percent chance? It’s a very complicated calculation, and I can’t even think of it. But isn’t it a very absurd probability?
Anyway, as I was frowning and yelling in anger, Luna, who was digging the square tree again, flinched and shook her shoulders as if she was startled.
“Why, why? You don’t like the Moai…?”
“Oh, no. Um, uh, Luna. Choose one out of 1, 2, or 3.”
“That again? Hassan sometimes says really weird things.”
“No, there are some circumstances….”
“circumstances?”
“Hmm… no.”
Even if she was Luna, I had no intention of talking about this strange ability I possessed.
In the first place, I didn’t like talking about myself to other people, and I also wanted to avoid causing unnecessary controversy and misunderstandings.
“Anyway, choose.”
“I’m number 3!”
3 times? Is 3 times stamina?
I pressed down on my stamina as Luna said.
Deering-.
Then, with a sound effect, just one more number goes up honestly.
“Oh, this is useless… .”
“Why, why again… .”
Luna is trembling while watching me. I think she’s scared because she’s still angry about failing the gacha.
“Luna, then choose one last one!”
“Then, this time too, number 3… .”
You want me to press stamina again?
There was something about it that I was a little reluctant to do.
Since it’s the last one, should I follow my choice this time? No, I hesitated because I thought it would be better to lower the stamina value like Luna said since she hit the jackpot last time.
Finally, I pressed the stamina bar with the feeling that I should hear Luna’s words one more time.
Deering-.
Deering-.
Then, this time, indeed, two sound effects were heard and my stamina stat went up by two!
“Long live chaos.”
I suppressed my joy and shouted a ridiculous spell.
『Name: Hassan Lv. 12 17
Strength: 5 7
Agility: 4
Stamina: 3 6
Task: 22
Grace: Blessing of Chaos》 Shining Hands》 Cloak of Night》
“Oh, shit!”
“Why, why!?”
My overall score reached 17? I had a few failures, but I’m still so happy!
So, I hugged Luna’s waist tightly from behind like I used to and spun her around. No matter when I looked at her, her waist was really thin.
Boohoo, boohoo.
“Luna, you are truly the goddess of luck!”
“Me, me a goddess!? Hassan, don’t say such irreverent things!”
While I was spinning Luna’s body like a ride for a long time.
“Hey, stop it! I’m dizzy! Ugh!”
Luna groaned as if she was in a lot of pain. I was so surprised by that that I put her down on the floor.
“Why, why?”
“My stomach hurts a little….”
She frowns and hunches over, wondering if it really hurts. Did I press on a bad spot while hugging Luna’s waist?
It was when I was so worried that Luna sat up straight and pretended as if nothing had happened.
“Huh, it’s nothing. I guess the moon is just near. Come to think of it, it’s been a while. Ugh…”
“The moon?”
What is the moon?
As I was wondering what the moon was, I soon remembered that there is a week in a month when women are sensitive and suffer. Luna calls menstruation the moon.
Anyway, menstruation, or menstruation, is a pretty big problem for women.
During that period, my sister was really miserable and writhing in pain for a whole week.
Because it was running wild and acting viciously like a bear that had been interrupted from its hibernation. I was the one who saw the damage being done right next to it.
Shit, I get goosebumps thinking about that time.
I don’t know who my sister’s boyfriend will be, but I really thought he had to treat me really well so I wouldn’t return it.
Not only my younger sister from the old world, but also Elfriede, who used to whip me in this world, became even more vicious during her period, making me feel like I was going to die.
I was wondering if Luna’s hidden destructive personality was coming out.
Luna’s moonwalk took on a habit I never expected.
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