A few meters away from the city, Roy was ordered to shift back to his human form by Rem. After all, Rem didn't want anyone to see a dragon. The first person Rem met was Nor, who was waiting for her in front of the school gate.
"Oh, you're finally back!" Nor said happily, walking towards Rem to greet her.
"Move, please."
"Why?" Nor asked Rem, tilting his head.
"Move!" Roy said fiercely, glaring at Nor.
"Fine, fine! Just this once!" Nor pouted, getting out of Rem's way.
Nor glanced at Roy as Rem walked towards the academy. Rem was carrying Yukino on her back. When she arrived at the entrance to the school, Rem noticed Yukio standing there. Yukio looked tired, as of he didn't get any sleep. When he heard footsteps coming towards him, he turned his head to see Rem carrying his sister on her back.
"Yukino!" Yukio ran towards Rem.
His voice cracked as he said Yukino's name.
"Don't worry. She's alive." Rem stated, still carrying Yukino.
"Thank you..! Thank you so much!" Yukio tried to hold back his tears.
'I've never seen him act like this. Did something bad happen in the past? What happened..? I probably shouldn't ask. This isn't a good time for that...' Rem thought, bringing Yukino to the infirmary.
Yukio was walking next to Rem's left while Roy walked next to Rem's right.
"She's unconscious." Rem said.
She was surprised that Yukio didn't ask her who Roy was but Rem understood his worry for Yukino.
'They must have gone through a lot together...'
"I'll carry her," Yukio suggested, looking at Rem with his tired, blue eyes with black bags under them.
"Alright."
Rem handed Yukino to Yukio.
"Thanks..." Yukio brought his twin to the infirmary and laid her on one of the beds there.
When they entered the infirmary, surprisingly, nobody was inside.
'003, how is Yukino?'
{She's unconscious. It's not life-threatening. She simply needs to rest.}
'Okay. That's good to hear.'
"You should rest too." Rem suggested, told Yukio, seeing his condition.
"No, thank you. I'll stay here until she wakes up..." Yukio replied stubbornly.
'How persistent of him.'
{You're also quite persistent.}
'I suppose I'm also like that sometimes.'
「Master, go rest.」
'I will, Crynric. After the mission. Before I do so, I'll check my stats. I ignored the leveling-up messages since I was busy. I'll take a look at them now.'
[Name: Rem]
[Race: Kager★★★ (Teen, Bonus: x25 Stats/EXP Gain, x5 UP Gain)]
[Role: Ruler Of Beasts (Trusted (x2 Stats))]
[Title: Reincarnator, Genius, Newbie>Learner]
[Level: 58>67]
[HP: 89,000/89,000>115,000]
[MP: 106,000/106,000]
[STR: 8,700]
[VIT: 8,500]
[INT: 10,000]
[AGI: 9,900]
[DEX: 8,200]
[DEF: 8,200]
[UP: 0>900]
[Elements: Shadow (Tier 4), Lightning (Tier 3), Wind (Tier 3), Ice (Tier 1)]
[Skills: Commanding (F), Teleportation (E), Regeneration (B), Beast's Fury (SSS), Death Judgement (SSS), Transformation (SSS)]
[Hidden Abilities: Leveling System V3 (SSS), Eye Of Truth (SSS), Creation Magic (SSS), Auto Fighting Mode (SSS)]
^The stats are a little messed up. At this point, I'm making up these stats. I'll try to think of better and less confusing stats. To be honest, even I'm confused about how the stats work now. Oops, my bad..!^
'I leveled up nine times from killing people? How many people did I kill?'
{You've killed 53 people in total.}
'Oh... I thought I killed more. I guess it just felt like I did even though I didn't.'
「Master, please take better care of yourself.」
'I'm a monster. I don't need much rest.'
「You're nocturnal.」
'I'm used to staying awake at both the day and night time. It's fine.'
「It's not fine!」
'Don't worry. I'm not that weak to feel tired so soon.'
「Yes, Master is very strong.」
'Trust me on this. I won't die...'
'Not until I get my revenge!' Rem thought, exiting the infirmary without saying anything to Yukio.
The school halls were almost always empty on weekends. Especially now, during this unexpected attack from the monsters.
'I'm still curious about why and how the portals are acting like how it is currently. Why is it so similar to the portals from my past life? I'm positive I've been reincarnated into a world different from the world from my past life. However, I'm a hundred percent sure this world and the other world are both connected somehow. 003, are these two worlds connected?'
{Yes, they are. I can't tell you anything else other than a simple yes as an answer.}
'I see...'
"Icy, you do know you have to accept this mission, right?" A familiar voice said.
'It's him... Again.'
Nor appeared behind Rem, out of the shadows.
"Yes, I'll accept it. If you don't mind, please give it to me right now." Rem said, turning around to face Nor.
"It makes me so sad that you're accepting this mission late. This was created by the grandmaster himself!" Nor stated, handing Rem the letter.
Just as Rem was about to grab the letter, he pulled his hand away with the letter.
'Are you serious..?'
Rem used her shadow magic and bound Nor. Nor was now unable to move.
"This isn't a good time to be joking around." Rem said sternly, snatching the letter from Nor's hand.
She wasn't in a mood to joke around or deal with Nor.
"You're no fun..!" Nor pouted.
Rem applied some force on Nor's hand.
"Aw, don't be like that!" Nor said, looking at Rem with his piercing cat eyes.
"Leave." Rem demanded, releasing Nor.
"Not until you tell me why you have a dragon with you." Nor looked at Roy who was standing next to Rem.
Roy noticed Nor's stare and glared at him.
"Roy, it's rude to glare at others." Rem scolded.
"Sorry, I just don't like him. His presence is annoying by itself." Roy said honestly.
"Same. I agree completely." Rem nodded.
"Why are you people so mean to me???" Nor whined.
"What are you?" Roy asked Nor coldly.
'What does he mean?'
"Why should I answer you? You didn't answer my question yet. Let me change my question a little. What is that thing doing with you, Icy?" Nor asked rudely.
'Thing?'
"Excuse me but he's not a thing. Clearly, he's alive." Rem replied.
"To answer your question, he's my companion now. I've made a contract with him." Rem answered.
"Hm... Okay..." Nor looked at Rem suspiciously.
"What are you?" Roy asked Nor again, repeating the same question he asked a minute before.
"I'm just a human." Nor replied simply.
"You're lying," Roy stated.
"Hm? How do you know if I'm lying or to?" Nor asked, raising one of his brows.
"I just know," Roy answered bluntly.
"Pfttt!" Nor softly laughed, amused of how Roy answered his question.
"Well, whatever. We can chat another time Icy and Rudy. Don't get blood all over yourself when you do the mission, okay? Barely anyone likes the smell of blood." Nor smiled, disappearing in the shadows.
"Who's Rudy??!" Roy asked, clearly annoyed by the nickname Nor gave him.
"Just ignore him. he's always like that. It's his thing to give people weird names." Rem replied, trying to hold back her laughter.
"What are you laughing at???" Roy was enraged.
"Rody sounds like a name that would suit you perfectly, Roy." Rem laughed.
"S-Shut up! He must have called me Rudy because he thinks I'm rude..." Roy groaned.
"That's why it's funny!" Rem replied, continuing to laugh to her heart's content.
"Whatever..." Roy mumbled.
He wasn't amused by his new nickname but he was happy to see Rem laugh.
After a few minutes, Rem finally calmed her head down.
'Maybe I should have told Nor about the men in black and red clothing... It seems like they're from the Organization. Hm... Should I tell him? I'll think about that after completing the mission.' Rem thought, opening the envelope.
Inside the envelope was a small sheet of paper and a map.
[Objective: Take over one of the Organization's bases. Kill everyone who is in your way.]
'These commands are pretty simple and surprisingly way shorter than the last one. Good thing they gave me a map. 003, locate this place on the system's map.'
{Understood... Done.}
「Master, I've been wondering... How old are you? I know you're not a human. I can feel that you haven't been in this world for a long time either.」
'I think I've been here for about a month.'
「Only a month???」
'Yes.'
「As expected of Master.」
'Anyway, let's get going. We have a mission to do. These people from the Organization are definitely planning something... What are they planning?' Rem wondered, using her stealth to exit the city without anyone noticing her.