{[ The Forbidden Series # 25 ]}
{[ Title: Before The Shattered Realities ]}
Staring at the screen in front of me, my face couldn't help but harden. I suddenly felt uncomfortable, like a prickling feeling from my skin, prompting my body to shiver.
"The Forbidden Series?" I stated, staring at the message with a weird look. "What is this place? Where am I? Is this place had something to do with that 'thing'?" I questioned myself, closing my eyes to think.
Though the answer to my question was obvious, I didn't realized this. It took me a few seconds to realize this fact and when I do, I took a deep breath to calm myself down.
"Hmm... I should probably try to look around for clues to find out more about this place... I'll check the dra--?" I was about to finish my last sentence when suddenly, a beeping noice cut me short, as a blue panel appeared before my eyes.
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[Quest]
>> Daily
>> Main
>> Sub
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๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต? ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ด ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต?
"I'll get rewarded whenever I complete one of the quest, right?" Squinting my eyes, I stared at the panel doubtfully. I was having a hard time because of the second thoughts forming inside my mind about opening it or not.
After thinking for a while, eventually, I called out, "Daily!" out loud.
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[Quests]
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-Meet new people (0/3)
-Locked
-Locked
[Reward after completion : +2 in every attributes]
[Punishment for failure : Get electrocuted to death]
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"....."
While remaining speechless, I rolled my eyes and sighed. "Kinda expected this to happen, but..." I exhaled my breathes to help myself calm down.
Nonetheless, I still decided to open the one below it to check on something. "Main" I called out.
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[Quests]
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-Observe your past self without interfering much with the story.
-Survive until your role is completed.
[Reward after completion : Hiatus Break]
[Punishment for failure : โฌ]
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Staring at the panel silently, I nodded to myself. "I see... If my hunches is correct, if I fail this <
Sighing, I once again tried to stand up from my seat, but failed halfway when I was about to get up, making me fall again on the butt.
*Thud-!*
Groaning, I thought, ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด '๐ฎ๐บ' ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ? ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต? While thinking about this, I rubbed my bottom and crawled towards the door.
When my body was only a meter away from the door, I noticed something moving inside the blanket right on the bed.
Turning my head around, I heard a soft muffled breathes inhaling and exhaling air, as the person who was hidden inside the blanket sat up.
"Mmm..."
Slowly, the blanket that was covering her face fell off, revealing her face.
It was a girl, probably 22 years-old or younger, wearing nothing but the blanket that covers her voluptuous form and lower body. She sat there silently with the blanket that was drenched in sweat. Her hair was a touch of silver and pink giving her a tender look, as she looked at my direction with a shy smile on her face.
"M-morning, Lucius..." The girl stuttered as she embarrassingly lowered her head before bitting her lower lips.
๐๐ค๐ฌ! ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ... ๐๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐จ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐บ ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต!
Awkwardly smiling, I turned my head away to hide my expression. "Yes." I answered bluntly, taking a deep breath to calm myself down.
I was currently feeling flustered inside. I didn't know what to say to the girl. So I kept silent, waiting for her to say something else to remove us from the awkward atmosphere.
"Umm... Lucius?" The girl raised her head and spoke. Her shy expression from earlier had disappeared, only to be replaced by anxiousness and troubled look.
"Will you finally be fulfilling our agreement?" She looked at my back, without averting her eyes elsewhere after I turned around to look at her.
"... Mhmm?" My brows raised as I asked her with a curious tone. "What agreement are you talking about?" I stared at her emotionlessly, hiding my true emotions inside.
"...I see." Suddenly, the girl began to tear up. "So, *Sniff* you lied...?" She gritted her teeth. She looked as if she was forcing herself not to let her emotions out, but failing to do so.
Because of this, I panicked. "No! ...I merely forgot about my promise to you because..." I tried to come up with an excuse. "I accidentally hit my head on the... desk. That's right! My head accidentally bumped onto the desk last night, making me forget about it. And I'm just asking you to remind me what is it?"
Although this excuse was TOO transparent like a glass, the girl still bought up this excuse and nodded.
"Thank God...." She breath out a long sigh of relief as she wiped the tears off the side of her eyes.
Seeing her finally calm down, I internally celebrated and spoke, "So... can I ask you what the promise was all about?"
"Ah..." With a look of realization, the girl nodded her head in understanding manner before saying, "Yes. You said that you'll help me deal with my father's business, and remove all our debt." She once again lowered her head, as she secretly took a glance at me.
I was still on the ground, staring at her completely silent.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ต... ๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ. I facepalmed internally.
As much as I wanted to beat the crap of the off 'that' guy, I couldn't because I was currently in his body in the first place!
She was about to say something when I shut her off by making a gesture while saying, "Okay. But, before that. Let's go put on some clothes first."
Saying this, I used a bit of my mana to help myself get up.
It was earlier when she was explaining her situation that I noticed that mana exist in this world. Not only that, the mana around the air are much more rich and refined than my current world, Sapte Cosmos.
I put on my underwear and shorts before walking towards her direction half naked. "Can you stand up? If not, I'll carry you." I asked, crossing both my arms.
Her face flushed red in embarrassment, as she cutely tried to hide her face away from me. Seeing this, my heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ต, ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ. ๐๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ!
Noticing my reddened ears and stiff expression, the girl raised her head slightly tilting it to the side with a questioning look. "Is there something wrong?" She innocently looked at me straight in eyes.
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต!
Feeling overwhelmed by her innocent gaze, I grabbed the blanket, that was supposedly to cover her voluptuous chest, and used them to cover her face as well.
She obviously looked hesitant, yet she leaned towards him, and he reached out to receive her...latching his arms onto her knees and back as he carried her.
"Kyaa!" She made a cute shriek, making me feel delighted. I made my way, while holding her in a princess carry, towards the bathroom.
I noticed that the girl's breathing inside the blanket was a little frantic as she concluded. Naturally, the heat rose up on my face.
When we were finally inside, I placed her inside the tub and took the blanket off her, revealing her naked whole body. Immediately, I turned my head to the side to not look at her after noticing few red marks down in her neck reaching... You know what I mean.
"You should take a bath." I took a deep breath to calm myself down. I'm a virgin back in my previous life, for god sake! I was already reaching my limit, fighting my urge back.
"Are we... going to do it here too?" She seemed a little bashful upon hearing my words, and stuck her forehead onto his elbow, hiding her face.
Flustered, I denied her words.
"Wha- No!"
At the same time, a notification popped out just above her head.
[Role Fulfillment : 0.1%]