Have you ever been in a crowded room and still felt alone? That was exactly how I was feeling at this moment. The carriage ride back was one of the loneliest that I had ever experienced. I mean… I felt like I had truly lost everything.
When I was younger I had always been alone. I had close to no one to rely on and I felt like I was nothing but a burden. Here I made friends, got over what was holding me back and things started to look up.
Just when everything was going well… I had become alone again just as my inner demons said I would. It had nothing to do with me being gay and everything to do with no one caring about me to begin with.
Looking back and seeing the expressions on my " friends" faces made me realise this. In this world there was probably no one I could rely on. To get my father back, to find out who did such a horrible thing to my mother.
I would have to do it alone.
I stroked Kibbles fur absentmindedly trying my best to stop myself from tearing the carriage I was sitting in to pieces.
My plastic grin stuck to my face as if it were held on with super glue.
Ki was sitting across from me.
She tried many times to start a conversation but I ignored her.
I thought back to how she could have at least warned me about everything that was happening.
I thought about how she was supposed to be on my side but listened to my grandfather instead.
I thought about what she was doing while my mother probably died in agony.
[ Do I hate Ki? ]
[ Right now… Probably.]
I looked at her pitiful face as she stared at me and then looked out the window.
The shock from before set in and I finally felt numb.
[ Numb.. is this how the previous Yuki felt? ]
[ Status ]
I called out inside my head and all my stats appeared.
Name: Yuki
Current Doki Dollars: 360
Current System: Love Mode
Doki Dollars: 100
Strength: 12( Unlock: 30 DD)
Dexterity: 12 ( Unlock: 30 DD)
Magic: Level 1 Earth ( Unlock 60 DD )
Spells: Blank (Growth Available 50 DD)
Intelligence: 16 ( Unlock: 30 DD )
( Familiar ) Kibbles
Level: 3 ( Rank 1) ( Upgrade 500 DD)
Strength: 5 ( Unlock: 15 DD)
Dexterity : 20 (Unlock: 15 DD)
Magic: Level 1 Fire ( Unlock 60 DD)
Spells: Blank (Burst Available 50 DD)
I really need strength right now.
[ Wait why do I have so many Doki Dollars? ]
" Meowster Cupid gave them to you. He told me it was for surviving the magic trial." Kibbles said in my brain.
[ He did? I see.. ]
" You also have some new missions, you should take a look" Kibbles said excitedly.
[Okay let's check my missions. ]
I pretended to look at the window while I checked my new missions. They were written in bubble letters which annoyed me but the rewards were amazing.
{ Mission: Plant a garden 0/200 plants grown | Reward 50 DD }
{ Mission: Learn Spell Growth | Reward 5 DD }
{ Mission: Teach Kibbles a spell | Reward 5 DD }
{ Practice sword fighting once a day | Reward 10 DD ( Recurring Mission) }
[ Well I was planning on getting stronger to find father anyway. All of these are perfect ]
[ Lubu Lubu System, teach me the spell Growth, teach Kibbles the spell Burst ]
{ - 100 Doki Dollards | Current remaining 260 }
{ Loading… Loading….}
{ Initiating Incantation Teaching Mode }
I held my head for a moment. A sharp pain entered my mind making my head want to explode. Unknown characters entered my brain and just as quickly as the pain came it faded.
{ Teaching complete }
I looked at the mark on the back of my hand. It felt like I had always known how to make plants grow as if I was born to do so. There was nothing I didn't know about different flora as I looked outside.
I could rattle off any name of any flower, tree or plant just by looking at it.
[ This is amazing! How are you feeling Kibbles ]
" Uh Yuki, I can set the carriage on fire now if you want to escape " Kibbles said in a low yet cheeky voice.
[ It is not the time yet. I need to speak to my grandfather first. ]
The feeling of power flowing through my veins made the numb feeling disappear slightly. I kept silent so as not to alert Ki of any strangeness going on.
It would be time to leave in a few days.
[ System Upgrade Mine and Kibbles Magic Rank ]
{ - 120 Doki Dollards | Current remaining 140 }
{ Loading… Loading….}
{ Initiating Incantation Rank Up Mode }
Thump!
Thump!
Thump Thump!
My heart felt like it was going to explode as I grabbed my chest.
A green glow surrounded me while a red one surrounded Kibbles. I could feel my heart pushing blood down to my magic organ.
The pain was excruciating.
" Ahhhhh!" I couldn't hold in my voice as I screamed.
" Young Master!" Ki and Ren called as the carriage stopped.
" Don't touch me!" I groaned as Ki went to hold me.
She flinched back.
I grabbed Kibbles as he too seemed to be in pain.
"Ki what is happening to Yuki?" Ren said as he opened the door.
I completely ignored them both as I grabbed Kibbles and jumped outside.
Ren went to stop me but Ki held him back.
I tumbled to the side of the road where there were various grasses littering area and screamed again.
Green and red filled the atmosphere like two storm clouds and started entering under mine and Kibbles' skin.
"Young Master!"
"Yuki"
Ren and Ki called at the same time.
Whoosh!
The grasses started growing at a rapid rate.
[ I SCREWED UP! ]
All I could do was curse as I held the tiny Kithun in my arms who was screaming inside my head.
" Yuki, It hurts! It hurts!" Kibbles cried.
Ignoring my own pain I pet Kibbles' tiny head.
" It's going to be okay " I said over and over again like a mantra.
The grasses grew and then burnt up over and over again.
Kibbles and I were in the centre of it all while Ki and Ren looked over horrified.