Before The Party

"Shall we go?"

I said with unfound confidence as if nothing was wrong, but only I knew how much trouble I had to go through. Tara was at my back, the dungeons I and she visited were obliterated without any trace because I had to prioritize leveling up, I toppled the other continent upside-down, the 'rules' went mad because of what I did and made me go through multiple tribulations, all while I was rushing here and Julia was exposing me. No one knows the pain I went through except Tara. This feeling of loneliness seemed eternal to me. 

But that didn't mean it was a complete loss. I (Sou) leveled up a lot. He was now 334. 

"Hm? But Tara said that you went out?"

Please don't. Those looks of suspicion and doubt after going through unimaginable pain seemed to pierce and tear my heart in two. But still, I tried to look as if I was oblivious of everything and play 'the ideal child'.