"Hey, Makoto. Who is this one?" (Lucy)
"Sorry, sorry. This girl here is Sasaki Aya-san. An otherworldler like me and my childhood friend. Sa-san, this girl is Lucy. A friend and A party member of mine." (Makoto)
Lucy and Sa-san look at each other.
"…Nice to meet you, Lucy-san." (Aya)
"…Nice to meet you, Aya. For now, get away from Makoto." (Lucy)
"It has been long since we reunited. It should be okay, right? …Are you Takatsuki-kun's girlfriend?" (Aya)
"I-I am not!" (Lucy)
Sa-san breathes a small sigh of relief.
I see some spark going to them so I judge that it is the right time to meddle.
"alright alright, both of you stop now... By the way sa-san... What happened to you? Why did you become a lamia?"
Hearing my question.
Sa-san gets closer to me and...
"Takatsuki-kun, listen!" (Aya)
She hugs me tighter.
"…"
Lucy is glaring intently.
Then she take my left arm.
But it seems sa-san didn't mind it a little bit and then spoke her story as a lamia.
"You know, I…" (Aya)
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"…And that's what happened…" (Aya)
Sa-san spills all her life as a Lamia out to us.
"Unforgivable, those harpies and the traitor! I will blow them with my magic, Aya!" (Lucy)
"O-Okay. Thanks…" (Aya)
Lucy is a hotblooded girl. It looks like she got influenced by the story and is angry.
"…"
"Takatsuki-kun? What's the matter?" (Aya)
I was shocked.
The story of Sa-san being reincarnated as a Lamia.
Her life in the dungeon.
The daily fight with the many monsters here.
(She has had a far harder difficulty mode than me…) (Makoto)
I learned about how low my Stats were at the temple, and thought I was the one that was having the roughest time in this parallel world.
(Compared to Sa-san, I was having an easy time, damn it!) (Makoto)
"I should work harder…" (Makoto)
"It kinda feels like you have had it hard, Takatsuki-kun." (Aya)
For some reason, she looked at me with sympathy.
"You are the one who has had it rough, Sa-san. Compared to my life in the water country... You have it hard living here. You work hard sa-san."
Hearing me say that she hugged me even tighter.
"By the way, we want to go to the Upper Floor of the dungeon. Do you know the way?" (Makoto)
"Upper Floor? If it is about the way to go to the top of this underground area, I heard about it from my Mother-sama, so I know." (Aya)
"Alright! Let's go. Looks like we can go back." (Makoto)
"Hey, what about me…?" (Aya)
Sa-san made an anxious expression.
"What are you saying? Of course you include." (Makoto)
I won't be leaving you behind.
"Yes!" (Aya)
She hugged me again.
Lucy, don't look at me with those eyes every single time.
*****
Takki-dono!" (Fujiwara)
Fuji-yan runs towards us.
I raised my hand to greet him. I'm tired and Lucy is dozing off a bit.
"Lucy-sama! You were okay?! Oh? Who is the one there?" (Nina)
Nina-san's bright face changed into a sharp gaze.
Maybe she detected the presence of a monster from Sa-san.
"She is an otherworldler just like Fuji-yan and I. It is pretty complicated, so can we talk inside?" (Makoto)
"W-What?! Isn't that Sasaki-dono?!" (Fujiwara)
Fuji-yan raised a voice of shock.
Well, he can read minds so it's not that surprising.
I was tired from fighting monsters all night.
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"What… Something like that happened?" (Fujiwara)
"Sasaki-sama… You've had a terrible experience, haven't you." (Nina)
Hearing the story of Sa-san, Fuji-yan, and Nina-san were in tears.
They are good people.
They apparently waited for us the whole time last night.
Sa-san has changed already.
It seems like for women's clothing, there were only the ones of Nina-san, so she was on a tank top and shorts.
When looking at her in a bright place, her skin is bluish.
Her hair color is a somewhat purplish black.
Her face has the traces of Sa-san though.
How nostalgic.
"What are you doing staring at Aya?" (Lucy)
Lucy retorted.
As if pulled by this, Sa-san turns this way.
Her dumbfounded face is the same in this world too.
"So, Sa-san, what are you going to do from now on?" (Makoto)
Well, don't even need to ask though.
"I will be avenging my family." (Aya)
I could feel a strong resolve in her voice.
She is stubborn once she decides on something.
She hasn't changed since middle school.
"But going there alone is dangerous."(Nina)
Nina-san seemed like she wanted to say something as she looked at Fuji-yan.
Lucy looks at me.
Don't look at me like that.
Help Sasaki Aya
Don't help Sasaki Aya ←
Don't even need to think about it. Sa-san is an important friend.
"Alright if that's what you want sa-san, then I will help you."(Makoto)
But there's one point that's piqued my interest.
It seems like this RPG Player skill's options appear at moments when I am about to face dangerous situations.
In that case, the harpies are strong enemies?
(You noticed just now?) (Noah)
I heard the amazed voice of the Goddess.
Honestly speaking, I thought it was a power that was only for the mood.
(Noah-sama, thank you very much. Thanks to your guidance, I was able to reunite with an important friend.) (Makoto)
(Ara, is that so.) (Noah)
Yeah... I'm really thankful Noah-sama...
Saying this to the Goddess, I look at Fuji-yan.
"Fuji-yan, I will think of a way to conquer this." (Makoto)
"Fumu, for the sake of that, we would need to gather information." (Fujiwara)
We both grin.
That's my friend for ya... He really knows what I'm thinking.
So the both of us plan what are we going to do.
"Now that I thought about it... You dodge my attack so easily back then... Your quite stronger than the normal lamia Sa-san."(Makoto)
"I think so as well."(Aya)
"I was interested in that as well. According to Sasaki-dono's story, she thought that she died, but she ended up being alive. I feel a mysterious power from that. Let's use this." (Fujiwara)
What Fuji-yan was holding was a Soul Book.
"Aren't those supposed to be given by the Church or you can't get them?" (Makoto)
Or more like, you can't purchase them unless you are from the Church.
"Fufufu, there's a lot of routes. Go ahead, Sasaki-dono. Please hold this book." (Fujiwara)
"Okay. What is this?" (Aya)
"With this, we can tell the Status of Sa-san." (Makoto)
While I was saying this, the Soul Book released light.
It looks like her Status and Skills have been identified.
"Hm? How do you look at it?" (Aya)
"Lend it here." (Makoto)
I borrowed the book of Sa-san and we all looked at it.
[Race: Lamia
Name: Sasaki Aya
Level: 34
Stats: XXXXXX
Skills: XXXXXX]
"Your level is above 30?!" (Makoto)
"Uwa! What's this? Her Stats are crazy high too." (Lucy)
"I lose to this…" (Nina)
Nina-san is shocked by this.
"Does that mean Sa-san has also gotten the Isekai benefit?" (Makoto)
That I don't have?
Well, she got it rough. I think she more than deserves it.
"Is this impressive?" (Aya)
Sa-san tilted her head.
"Her Stats are crazy, but her skills are also interesting-desu zo." (Fujiwara)
"Uhm, Unique Skills: [Transformation Skill] and [Evolution Skill] and…oh?" (Makoto)
That last skill…
"Hm? This is…" (Lucy)
Looks like Lucy noticed too.
It said [Action Game Player].
*****
To make the story short...
The [Action Game Player] of sa-san is a cheat skill.
That gives her a five lives. Since she died once.
Now she only have, Four lives, and included in that skill are [Dash], [Charge Attack], and [Mid Air Jump].
The skill is so fit her, because of her strong stats.
That makes her a total cheat.
Since our talk is over.
I said to them that we should rest now.
This time it drained, my mental and body too much...
So I'm really tired now, plus hearing the cheat skills of Sa-san.
Make me want to rest and train again to raise my water proficiency.
But all of all...
It's a fun and happy adventure.