"Haruta! Dinner is ready!"
"I told you to stop calling me that!"
"But it's your name right?"
"I don't like it."
"Just sit down and eat dinner."
"My family's most likely not worried about me right now." I explained to Sakura and Yazoyo.
"Really?" Sakura questioned.
"Yeah. Anyway, why don't we go move to the higher leveled area?" I suggested.
"Oh, okay." Yazoyo hesitantly nodded his head.
As we made our way to the area, we ended up bumping into a surprise. While I was walking, an arrow suddenly shot into my left arm.
"Ah!!" I screamed out and fell to my knees.
"Haruta!" I heard Sakura yell you my name.
"Who did this?" Yazoyo yelled.
Suddenly, a person came out into the open. I had a hard time making out what she looked like due to the excruciating pain coming from my arm, but the person was wearing a hooded coat. The person the pointed their arrow to my face, ready to shoot.
"Give me all your food. If you don't, she is dead." The person said.
What should I do? I'm only level 24. What if this person is a higher level than me?
At that moment, I knew I had to do something. So, I grabbed hold of the person's arrow that was pointing at my face.
"What are you doing?" The person asked.
"I'm feeling a bit woozy." I informed everyone before passing out.
"Haruta!"
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"Haruta, this is your new little brother, Daichi. Greet him."
"I am glad you are my new brother." Daichi told me.
"..." I, for some reason, couldn't answer him. Would it have turned out differently if I did?
"Haruta!"
I opened my eyes to a white room. "..." I opened my mouth and tried to speak, but I couldn't say anything.
"Haruta! Are you alright?" Sakura looked at me.
My arm felt tight. It hurt a little, but it felt better than earlier. "Where am I?" I finally forced the words out.
"In the regeneration center. You are regaining your health points back." Sakura explained.
"Oh, I see." So that did happen. I was shot in the arm.
"You should thank me for taking you here." A person told me.
I turned my head to the right and saw a woman with dark red hair. "Who are you?" I asked.
"The one that shot your arm." The woman explained.
"Ah. That person." I sighed.
"Don't 'that person' me! I saved your life! You should be thanking me!"
"But you are also the person who shot my arm."
The woman paused and averted her eyes from me. "Well, anyway, just call me Yumi. That's my name anyway."
"Well, nice knowing your name, but you still tried to steal food from us." I shook my head.
"That's because I ran out of food, and without food, I would end up dead." Yumi explained.
"You could have just asked nicely. Sakura? Do you think it's fine if you could make food for Yumi here?" I turned my head towards Sakura.
"Of course! Coming right up." Sakura ran out the door.
"I'll help her out." Yazoyo chimed in.
After the two left, it was just Yumi and me. "So, Yumi, what level are you?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Because I wanted to know if you'd like to join our guild." I answered.
"You really want me to join your guild?"
"I mean, why not? The more the merrier."
"Alright then."
I sent Yumi the invitation to the guild, and she joined.
"The Powerhouse? What are you, twelve?" Yumi snickered.
"Did you want to join or not?"
Yumi flinched and nodded her head. "Yes, I did."
"Anyway, what level are you?"
"30." Yumi answered frankly.
"Wow. How did you level up so fast?" I asked.
"Well, there is this area in the game called, 'Desert Plains.' There, they have level 30 enemies." Yumi explained.
"We are back!" Sakura announced with hands full of food.
"Ooh! Food!" Yumi happily ran over to Sakura.
"What are we doing next, leader?" Yazoyo asked me.
I gave him a small smirk and then answered. "We are going to 'Desert Plains.'"