This water is magic.

"Okay, so we'll do another round to see if you're convinced this time"

"But this time I'll roll the dice"

Listening to her proposal makes me a little worried.

'The dice will not favor the one who throws it right'

I feel insecure at that point.

'I hope not'

"Okay but first let's drink some water"

"I do not need it"

"Come on, you can see the stress on your face besides the fact that I'm thirsty"

So without waiting for him to answer me, I go for two glasses of water.

So I pretend I'm taking something off the shelf but I'm taking a bottle out of inventory.

It is a bottle that brings normal water but the label says:

Friendship Water (Special)

'I have no choice, I must insure something in case I lose'

Then I pour it into one glass while I fill the other with plain water.

Luckily my hands are in a blind spot where they can't see what I'm doing clearly.

I then return to the table where I put the normal water next to me while the other one brings it closer to Satsuki.

"Here you have"

"..."

"What's going on, are you afraid that he's been poisoned? If so, don't worry, you can't see that the water is very transparent"

Then I bring the glass closer to her.

'Come on, drink at once, you must be thirsty after that battle'

"..."

After thinking about it a little more, she takes the glass, smells it, detects that there is nothing wrong with it, and drinks it.

She was very thirsty and she drinks it without leaving any drop.

'Well!'

'If the relaxation potion works well why isn't this 'friendship water' '

"Then let's continue, take"

------

I sniffed the water a little to see if it gave off a strange smell.

But don't get any of that, it's just plain water.

I was very thirsty and did not leave anything.

Drinking I feel as if the tension in my body is gone and the feeling of freshness comes.

The best thing is that I feel that my mind clears up a little more.

------

Without realizing the internal changes that Satsuki may have, I hand her the dice and the glass.

"Then it's your turn"

I watch as she picks up the dice and puts them in the glass, shakes the glass, and hits it against the table.

So she asks me.

"Even or odd"

"Odd"

Then without suspense, she s it.

1 and 5.

Seeing the dice I look up to see how he reacts.

------

'Do I win again? I'm not convinced'

'-Continuing with the problem will not solve anything, better let's go quietly and try to be friendly another time-'

'-We have to go-'

'Suddenly it occurred to me that we should leave so as not to make the problem worse'

'Yes, let's go'

Then I get up without saying another word.

------

To my surprise, she gets up from her seat without another word and starts walking towards the exit.

'As I predicted'

Seeing her go like this makes me happy.

'This water is magic, it's gone without even hesitation, I should save it for when things get out of hand again'

'I hope not to interact with you anymore Satsuki because now that I know you I see that you are a walking problem'

When Satsuki leaves, the atmosphere falls silent between Tenten and me.

"What a surprise"

Says Tenten as she puts her gun away.

"I thought it would be more troublesome"

"I also"

'To all this, since Satsuki returned, Tenten was strangely silent, I thought he was going to talk more'

"*sigh* then I guess the problem is solved"

"Yes"

"But I think we shouldn't be careless, it's strange that he left like this, I suspect he's up to something"

"Okay, I'll keep that in mind"

Then I start talking to Tenten for a few minutes.

"Then goodbye"

"See ya, be careful"

After saying goodbye to Tenten, I'm about to test the new skill that I got.

When I'm about to do it I remembered that I still had the ring on.

'I better disable it, I don't want to exploit its use and accidentally swallow a secondary effect directly'

When I deactivated it my body suddenly felt weak.

'I'm sleepy, it seems that I demanded a lot of myself'

So I went to my bed.

'I'll try the hardening at another time along with the other things'

With this last thought, my mind goes off.

...

..

.

When I regain consciousness I see that I am sitting on a stone seat.

The surroundings are covered in cracked surfaces.

"Welcome, I didn't think you'd be back so soon"

Then I hear a familiar voice coming from my side.

When I turn my gaze, I find that the butler I had met in my previous dream is standing with a firm posture.

"It's kind of happy to see him again, after all this place is very lonely"

Seeing him speak with the same attitude as the other time reminds me that this time was not just any dream.

'So it wasn't just a dream, I thought I was going to forget it like every time I dream but it seems I remember very well my stay last time'

The normal thing when you dream is that you forget everything you dreamed of the next day.

But coming to this place seems not to be a dream.

"So let's pick up where we left off last time, about the renovations you had to do to this place."

Remembering his proposal reminds me of the words he said to me at that time.

"About that, could you explain to me better that honestly, I don't understand anything"

"As I said, you just need to change a little and that's it"

Then I stare at him.

"More summed up is that all the changes you make in reality will be reflected in this place because after all this is just-"

"Yes, yes, this place is a representation of me, you have repeated it to me many times"

"So that simplifies things so we can move on to the next point."

Seeing that he is going to tell me something more Russian internally so that he does not complicate my life with his words/riddles.

'Please say something I can easily understand'

"About This Castle"

Hearing his words makes me curious.

Ever since I came here I have always been in doubt as to what this place was.

"To put it in simple words, it is the center of you where it shows how your life is on a daily basis"

Hearing his words I am stunned.

I look around the surroundings one more time.

'Is my life so mean?'