Aina: "You know how to cook huh?"
Haru: "Yeah, experience even though I'm not sure if it tastes good."
Haru places the food on the table.
Haru: "Taste it and give me your opinion about it."
Aina: "Okay."
[ Aina brought the food into her mouth and...]
Aina: "It's delicious. Thank you, Haru!
Haru: "No problem."
(Haru: It's weird why am I smiling for such a simple thank you?"
Aina: "Haru. Seconds! me more."
Haru: "Fast. You've finished already?"
Aina: "Yes, and I'm hungry too."
Haru: *All right. Here."
I give Aina More.
Aina: "Haru why are you not eating with me?"
Haru: "Well I'm just..."
Aina: "I don't need reasons just sit here."
Aina forces me to sit down and eat with her after that for the first time in my life I think I enjoy dining with someone.
Aina: "You!"
Haru: "What me?"
Aina: "Who do you think? Is around here other than us?"
Haru: "Me and you?"
Aina: "Yeah and that's why I've decided. You're going to work under me from now on!"
Haru: "Ah! There you go again talking big. I'm not going to become your servant. The end."
Aina: "Servant? Did I say, servant? If you think I need you to do some chores and force it on you I'm not."
Haru: "Why??"
Aina: "Why you're asking? Because I'm kind. And be grateful."
Haru: "Oh good. Because I still need to find what is the goddess gift for me."
Aina: "You know you've been repeating this "goddess gift" do you know what is it?"
Haru: "I don't know All she said is the go-to is the X mark which is supposedly your house."
Aina: "My house? Then maybe I'm your gift."
Haru: "You? Wait let me think."
(Haru: "If I remember correctly before I left the goddess said. "Be careful" be careful for what?"
Haru: "Wait don't tell me! *starts backing*
Aina: "Why? Scared?"
Haru: "No I'm not scared at all."
Aina: "Then why are you shaking?"
Haru: "B-because maybe you're trapping me here and then planning to kill me!"
Aina: "What a wild imagination you have. And if I plan to kill you. I'd already done it if it was my plan."
Haru: "You've got a point there. Sorry for doubting you." *bows his head*
Aina: "Don't worry about it. And if I plan to kill you you are already dead by now."
Haru: "Why?"
Aina: "Remember this mansion is full of my magic. I've been protecting this house."
Haru: "Protecting? And that's right. What's your magic?"
Aina: "Magic? It's far from magic I called it. Goddess skill."
Haru: "Goddess skill?"
Aina: "Fitting for a goddess like me right?"
Haru: "Yeah, whatever. I've lost interest I'm out of here."
Aina: "Don't leave. Just stay a little longer."
Young Haru: "Don't leave me alone here. *pounding* Dad.
Haru: "All right. Damn it. I'm remembering it again."
Aina: "If you don't want you can go."
Haru: "It's alright. I don't have a place to stay so this is good. And..."
(Haru: No use talking about it with others."
Haru forces a smile.
Aina: "Your smile is kinda stiff are you angry?"
Haru: "Yeah, just remembering my past. I hate it."
Aina: "Past? What have you got some interesting stories?"
Haru: "It's not interesting. Do you have any spare rooms here?"
Aina: "Spare room? Only one."
Haru: "Good. Then..."
Aina: "But you can't use it."
Haru: "Why? Then I'm just going to sleep here."
Haru then plops onto the sofa.
Aina: "Are you fine with that?"
Haru: "Yeah. I'm tired so I'm going to sleep now.
Time passed while their talking they didn't even notice that it was already dark outside.
Haru: "It's already night."
Aina: "Yeah, I love it."
Haru: "You love it?"
Aina: "Yeah. I like peaceful and quiet places."
Haru: "Aina I've got some favor to ask."
Aina: "What is it?"
Haru: "Please, Aina the goddess help me to understand this world. Please I'm begging you!"
Aina: "Understand this world? Weird are you not from this world?"
Haru: "Ah. I didn't mean that. I said help me find the goddess gift!"
Aina: "All right I'll help you. And don't call me Aina the goddess it's kinda creepy."
Haru: "Thank you very much. I owe you and don't worry you can ask anything for me if you need help."
Aina and Haru: Then it's a deal we're going to help each other when we need something."
Goddess: "Haru. You never cease to amaze me. Imagine being friends with Aina."
???: "Who is that boy? Damn it."
Someone is watching the mansion.
Aina: "First you need to know where you can find this goddess gift you talking about."
Haru: "Yeah, but I don't know where to start all I have right now is this map."
Aina: "Let me see it. Oh. I get it now."
Haru: "What?"
Aina: *flicked Haru's forehead* "But first let's rest for now. I'm tired."
Haru: "Okay, good night Aina and thanks."
(Haru:Since Aina is tired we decided to call it a day and talk about it tomorrow.)
Aina heads to her room.
The Next Morning.
*Birds chipping*
Aina: *yawn* "Haru. What's for breakfast?"
Haru: "Breakfast? Oh, it's ready."
Aina: "Oh, it looks delicious."
I guided Aina to his seat and we eat together.
Haru: "Aina. Can you teach me how can I live here?"
Aina: "What do you mean to live here?"
Haru: "I'm not sure if I can tell you this but... Don't laugh at me okay?"
Aina: "Tell me about it I'm curious about you and it's like your not from this world."
Haru: "How sharp of you Aina. Indeed, I'm not from here. Because I got reincarnated here." *huffed*
Aina: "Reincarnated? You? Really? How?"
Haru: "Alrighty. First I'll answer how I got reincarnated. I died in my past I saved a little girl crossing the street. But I don't make it I died."
Aina: "You died? So did the little girl survive?"
Haru: "Yeah. I'm glad she's okay."
Aina: "Glad? You died saving that girl you don't even feel bitterness?"
Haru: "Bitterness? My life sucks there so I thought If I can even save someone important... Do you want to hear what my parents say after they discovered that I died?
Aina: "What is it?"
Haru's parents are always busy working. When someone important died others cry. But...
Mom: "Haru died?
???: "Yes, he got hit by a truck while saving a little girl."
Mom: "So at least he's been useful before he died."
???: "How can you just say that! Your son died you know!"
Mom: "My son? That? He's always been a weak one. Being bullied at school he let it gets to him.
???: "...And you call yourself a parent. Haru's been always hurting and alone." *crying* *sob*
"You said that he's weak? Your wrong he's been fighting all on his own. Do you even know that he works part-time jobs because all his money is being taken away by the bullies? And you know he's being bullied but you did nothing."
"You don't even know anything about him."
Mom: "You can go now."
???: "..."
The one who is talking with Haru's mother is the one who takes care of Haru.
Haru: *tears falling* "Thank you for being there for me."
Goddess: "Who's that?"
The goddess asks.
Haru: "She's been taking care of me when I was little." I survived being bullied thanks to her. Even though I'm not loved by my mother she loved me like I'm his son."
Aina: *crying* "What's with your mother and your caretaker is really good. Where is she now I want to hire her."
Haru: "Your crying?"
Aina: "Of course I am...
Haru: "This is the first time. Someone cried while listing to me... Don't mind my past too much.
Aina: "Wrong I'll remember it. I learn something from your past."
Haru: "What is it?"
Aina: "You've been fighting all alone right? *patting Haru's head* "You did well. Good work Haru."
Haru: *sob* "Damn it. My tears are starting to fall because of you...
Aina: "Let it. Sometimes we need to cry it out."
A few minutes passed.
Haru: "Okay. Let's do this!"
Aina: "That's the spirit."
Aina explained to me how this world works and the one I liked in this place is you can have powers. But unfortunately, I don't know how to get one.
Haru: "Ah! It's such a shame I thought I'm going to have some kind of incredible power."
Aina: "Do you want?"
Haru: "Well of course I want one. But let's talk about it at another time I need to find first the goddess gift."
Aina: "Yup, you don't know where is it. And you think you can travel alone?"
Haru: "Of course as long as I got some supplies I'm ready to go."
Aina: "Sorry to break it to you but it's really dangerous outside this town, and it's impossible that you alone can..."
Haru: "Hoh, are you worrying about me? Haha, you're such cute."
Aina: "C-cute? W-what are you talking about? *panicking*
Haru: "Eh, your not aware of it? You are beautiful and..."
Aina: "That's obvious because I'm a goddess!"
Haru: "Yeah, yeah. Aina-sama."
Aina: "As long as you understand and let me get back to it.
Aina's POV
This world is a dangerous place for ordinary people but for some people who have magic and are masters at swords. They live comfortable life. But...
Aina: "Because if you're strong you can do anything!"
Haru: "Strong? Magic? I don't have any of that."
Aina: "What!? That's a problem Haru."
Haru: "Problem? Why?"
Aina: "If you don't have magic then what will you do when you face a dangerous place?"
Haru: "Dangerous I'll just outrun them and exhaust them lure them to a trap then boom!
Aina: "Haah... Listen here you can't let anyone know that you've got no magic right now. Okay."
Haru: "Okay, if you say so but how will I find it?"
Aina: "You are right about that. Do you remember anything else that the goddess said to you?"
Haru: "Be careful thought" that's all she said."
Aina: "Be careful? So it's a dangerous place let me see the map."
Haru: "Here."
Aina: "Where's the X mark?"
Haru: "Here." *points out the X mark.
Aina: "It's my mansion all right. But the question is the gift here? Maybe there's a trick to this map."
Aina said that and...
Aina: "Goddess skill: True Nature.
After he cast Goddess Skill. The map changed and it's now
Haru: "What? It's like a different map than before."
Aina: "Interesting. So the one who gave this map to you is a goddess. Alright, I will help you.
Haru: "Eh?"
Aina: "What's with that look?"
Haru: "It's suspicious how you just changed."
Aina: "Changed? What do you mean?"
Haru: "I mean you are not interested in any of this before so I got a condition."
Aina: "Condition? What?"
Haru: "First let this relationship work we need to start first.
Aina: "Start with?"
Haru: "Let's be friends Aina." *holding his hands out."
Aina: "All right. But only this time okay!" *taking Haru's hands."
Haru: "Yeah, yeah. I know.
Both: Looking forward to working with you!
Chapter 3 ends
Next Time on The Skill of goddess. Haru finally makes a friend. And why did Aina suddenly get an interest in the gift? Find out in the next chapter.