The beginning of the tutorial

It's been sometime since Silvia went to sleep.

Maybe around and hour. I'm now figuring out a way to survive the tutorial with her. The first stages information wasn't told to us by the goddess, so I tried testing the system, asking questions about the tutorial and even thinking of it, but all I could get was a voice in my head saying "Fiture has yet to be unlocked." Making me clear that I can't get any information about the stage beforehand.

I need to test my 3-time loop skill too, like see if I can bring something or someone back with me when going back. I need to know everything about my current abilities or it's going to be hard to survive.

[System Massage]

Attention all players, the first stage of the tutorial is about to begin in 30 minutes.

The way to pass the first stage is to survive until 6:00 P.M.

You can check the time in your status screen by simply saying or thinking "time".

We wish you all the best of luck.

[Massage END]

After reading the massage, I gently wake Silvia up.

"Hey, wake up. The first stage is going to start soon."

"Ngh, huh... Oh, good morning...um, Oh."

Realizing the situation, she jumps out of my lap.

"Oh, I'm sorry, looks like I fell asleep."

" Good morning. Its fine, I could tell that you needed it.

Looks like she's mentally stable now. Damn, now that I look at her wearing a cheerful smile on her face, she really is cute.

"Oh, by the way. I don't know your name, can you tell me please?"

"Sure, I'm Leon Walker and I'm also from USA, Las Vegas, to be exact."

"Leon, huh. I see."

She's repeating my name under her tongue over and over again. Um this is kind of creepy.

"S_So, what's your name?"

"Oh, I'm Silvia, Silvia Silverlane. As you know by now, I was born in Britannia and raised in San Francisco. Its nice to meet you leon."

"Yeah, its nice to meet you too, Silvia."

Without wasting any time, I come forward with my proposal.

"Hey, Silvia. I have something to ask of you."

She immediately responded:"What is it Leon?"

"Um, I was wondering if you would like to pass the tutorial together?"

"Yes, of course."

Wow, that was quick. I'm really happy she accepted it though. Being her ally is really important.

"Thank you for excepting, it really means a lot."

"No problem. You helped me gain some self confidence, so I'm happy to repay you back."

Well, that's nice of her. I need to make a good impression on her to gain her full trust.

"But I have a request, if you don't mind."

Damn it, I thought this was going to go smoothly. I have no choice but to agree now.

"Yes, what is it?"

Her face going red, she smiles shyly and says:"Can I hug you from time to time? I know it's weird and we met for only a short amount of time, but when you hugged me to cheer me up, I felt really relaxed. So, will you do that from now on, please?"

Is it just me, or is our relationship moving forward a little too quickly? Well, as long as she tags along, I'm fine with doing something like this.

"Sure, I don't mind at all. But now we have something bigger to worry about."

Checking the time, there are exactly twenty minutes left until the start of the first stage. The first thing I need to do is to make Silvia aware of her own skills. I don't have time to waste.

" Oh, when you were asleep, the status screen announced the first stage is going to begin soon. We have about twenty minutes, so I suggest we get to know our abilities. What do you say?"

"Sure! I don't have a problem with it."

That was a quick response.

"Alright can you open your status window and make me see it too?"

She does just that.

All the information displayed is the same as what my appraisal skill told me.

"Wow, Silvia! Your title and abilities are amazing!"

"Oh, yes. Thank you."

For some reason, she doesn't seem that happy about it. Instead she asks me:

"Can I see yours?"

"Sure."

Of course, I wasn't going to show her everything. With my hide stat skill, I hid my appraisal and hide stat skill. Although my 3-time loop title and skill is still visible, hiding these abilities is more important, since she would find out I lied about not knowing her abilities.

After sometime looking at my status screen, she spoke up with a distorted voice:

"H_Hey Leon, just what is with your title and ability?"

"I don't know. I think these abilities were randomly given to the people here, so I guess you could call it luck."

"Hmm, I guess so.'

"Alright. Since we are short on time, let's talk about how we are going to pass the first stage."

Not much information was revealed to is in the latest message, but we now know that we need to survive until 6:00 P.M."

It's 12:00 P.M now, meaning we need to survive for six hours to pass this stage. My stats are really low, and compared to the stats of the majority of people that I checked, Silvia's stats are way above average.

Well, with Silvia in my side, passing this isn't going to be that hard. And even if I die, I have three chances to try every event all over again.

The thing that worries me now are what are we supposed to survive from. For all I know we can come face to face with a strong monster while wondering this forest. I just have to be on look out and try not to make any mistakes.

I made sure Silvia read the messages and told her my plan afterwards which is to let her dominate a safe area that doesn't let anyone threw it. With her current skill level, she can only deny human access to her taretory. My stats and abilities are pretty much useless for now, but I will make sure to help Silvia defeat any monsters that enter her domain.

I need to make myself useful so I won't be left alone by her. Fortunately, me approaching and comforting her was a huge success, but I need to keep supporting her you gain her full trust.

I checked the time. Only five minutes remaining.

I turn to Silvia and say: "Let's go set up a domain in a less popular area without much trees."

"Okay." She responds.

We find an area near the barrier wall without people and two to four trees. Silvia amidiately sets up her domain by saying:"Set domain."

One other thing to mention is that the senter of the area covered by the barrier has a ruin like structure resembling crumbled ancient buildings with solid ground, and we are currently residing in the closer side to the forest.

The remaining time passes and now the tutorial will begin.