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Chapter 4 - Yes Is There A Problem?

"What do you mean by make it go burst?", asked Sid.

Lily explained, "Try making one first, you'll know the feeling once you make a magic circle".

Sid tried to sense the Mana within him and he ordered it to go to the tip of his finger, soon the tip of his finger glowed white. Sid drew a star, and then he drew the circle.

'Wow, what's this? It feels like my body is being restricted'.

Lily chuckled, "Now then imagine yourself being filled with power, or destroying the seal".

Sid did as he was told, but something unexpect... err expected happened.

[-50 Mana]

The magic circle did burst, in fact it made a light explosion.

Boom!

Sid was thrown to the side, Lily chuckled as she was perfectly fine. She used barrier magic to protect herself, as if she knew it would happen. Sid on the other hand was now covered in dust.

"I told you didn't I, don't use magic without an element", said Lily as she chuckled.

Sid looked at his situation and decided to make another spell, this time the magic circle was green. When Sid released it, with a short breeze the dust on his body was gone.

"Thank you for teaching me Lily", said Sid with a bright smile.

Sid excitedly thought, 'Oooh I can finally use magic'.

In a game such as this one, who would want to be a warrior. Their equipment are also expensive and they easily break, why? The fact that they are close range fighters is the only explanation a person needs. Mages on the other hand can just attack from a distance, in this game even mages can fight close range.

'I don't know why players even use close combat classes, with the magic circle system of this game it would be a whole lot easier. Cast time? there's no such thing as cast time, only the Mage's ability to concentrate is needed'.

Sid looked at the system logs again and he finally noticed another two panels.

[Leveling Requirements Fulfilled: Unlocked Levels]

[You Leveled Up]

Sid opened his status window and indeed he did.

[Name: Azazel

Species: Human

Level: 1

Class: None

Health: 80/80

Mana: 160/160

Stamina: 80/80

Strength: 10

Endurance: 8

Agility: 12

Dexterity: 9

Intelligence: 16]

[Unused Stat Points: 2]

Sid pondered for a bit.

"I will be doing some solo grinding, I can't risk dying as I don't want to idle around for a whole twelve hours. So I might as well make my health reach one hundred".

[Name: Azazel

Species: Human

Level: 1

Class: None

Health: 100/100

Mana: 160/160

Stamina: 100/100

Strength: 10

Endurance: 10

Agility: 12

Dexterity: 9

Intelligence: 16]

"Oh right, I forgot that Leon didn't give me the gauntlets".

When Sid was about to walk away a small hand grasped his, "Where are you going?".

Sid turned to look and saw Lily grabbing his hand. He answered, "I wanted to go to Sir Leon's house, why?".

Lily spoke, "Then let's go together" as she brightly smiled. In Sid's eyes it wasn't a very cute one though, all he could see was a mischievous brat that does a lot of 'naughty' things.

Sid asked, "Could you let go of my hand now?".

"Nope".

'At this rate I'll be mistaken as a lolicon'.

Sid sighed and just walked normally, the eyes of the players that he passed by was ugly though.

One of the players asked, "Who is that cute little girl beside that guy?".

"I don't know, but she looks familiar".

"I heard we can get married to an NPC in this game, might as well marry someone as cute as her".

Lily heard the players and her eyebrows twitched, 'What are you people thinking, aren't you supposed to be mad that such a cute girl is beside a man such as... Now that I look at him, isn't he kind of handsome'. Lily shook her head as she blushed, Sid at some point felt that his hand was being gripped tighter than before.

Sid and Lily got to Leon's house without any mishaps.

When Sid saw Leon he asked, "Leon can I borrow a pair of gauntlets?".

Leon threw a pair of gauntlets at Sid, "I already have something better, you can keep it".

"Thank you".

"Oh right, why is Lily here? and why is she tightly holding your hand?", asked Leon.

Lily immediately let go and Sid released a breathe of relief, "She said she would like to visit you, as for why she was holding my hand... She was afraid of the pla... of the older men staring at her".

"Oh is that so, if it wasn't we would've needed a private talk".

Sid began to feel chills on his back, "Oh we won't need such things, anyway I'll be going now".

Sid turned around and was about to leave, but he felt weirdly. It was like a person was hugging him from behind, Sid turned around and was immediately shocked. Leon on the other hand had a nasty expression.

"Azazel I think we need to talk, pri vate ly".

"Oh there's no need for that, I don't like Lily".

Leon's expression turned nastier, and Sid knew that he said it incorrectly.

"Ah... I mean I don't like her in a sexual kind of way".

Lily's bright smile vanished, she was about to burst in tears and Sid obviously noticed her.

"Lily not to be mean, but you're too young. Maybe in the future once your a little older, like around 20".

Lily's expression turned bright again, "You promise?".

"I promise, here why don't we do this", Sid held Lily's hand high. He then curled his pinky finger on Lily's pinky finger, "With this, if I ever break my promise I will do one thing that you wish me to do".

Lily's expression turned brighter, but unknown to Sid that this promise he made will one day reach it's reality in more ways than one.

"Okay that settles it, when the time comes we will have a nice private chat Azazel", said Leon.

"By the way Leon, what is your relationship with Lily?", asked Sid.

"Oh I'm her brother", said Leon.

"Bruh...bruh...brother‽".

"Yes is there a problem?", said Leon.