(Saber POV)
"Mmm..."
After drifting into the unknown space for a while, I finally felt my physical senses slowly coming back. My eyelids felt heavy when I tried opening them. When my eyes were suddenly hit by a faint ray of light from the cracks above the cave, it prompted me to close them again before raising my other arm to cover them.
It wasn't too bright. The gentle light gently brushed past my skin as I felt the heat similar to the rays of the sunlight in the early morning.
"Ahh...."
I'm finally back.
"Gaaah...."
I unconsciously let out a groan as my body numb. But unlike the numbness back then, it wasn't painful. My shoulder both felt stiff as I tried raising it upward.
Crack!
"...Feels good... Mmm? Where is she?" I turned to look around in attempt to look for Otuko. However, she was nowhere to be found.
As soon as I stood up from the thing I was sitting on, "How long did I stayed th— Eh?" I blurted out, my sentence cut short by a most inconvenient misstep. In my attempt to retreat a step, my foot managed to tread on weird cloth below.
My footing betrayed me, however, and suddenly I found myself sliding backwards. It was as if the world had slowed down while I was falling.
Before my head had a chance to form any coherent thought, my déjà vu sense tingled like a persistent alarm clock.
"Not again..."
Thud!
And soon, I found myself kissing the ground as I laid there flatly.
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Why does this keep happening to me?
***
Moments later, Saber finally regained his consciousness. His eyes darted around and noticed Otuko sitting on the ground with her back against the mossy wall, her eyes were shut.
"Otuko...?"
Saber slowly stood up and approached her. She heard his faint voice and weakly raised her head to look at him. When her eyes met his', her expression wavered as the light in her eyes came back.
"What happened here...?"
While he was walking, Saber glanced around and saw that the place looked empty. The three angels from back then were gone. As for his undead, Lyra, he could feel her presence resting inside his domain for his pet bosses.
"What did you do back then?"
Otuko's voice prompted him to return his attention back to her. He saw that although her expression show relieved, he could faintly sense that she was wary of him.
"What do you mean?" Saber stopped walking when he was just a meter away from her. He closed his eyes to think for a couple of second before he realized what her question meant.
"Oh, you mean the ability I used...? It's called [Auto]. It basically activate the auto-battle feature and seals my consciousness, taking control of my body until the chosen target is neutralized."
When he explained this, her ears perked up. The corner of her eyes twitched, brows furrowing as she looked at him as she frowned.
"Do not use that skill ever again..."
"Is there a reason why?"
"Just don't... Unless it's absolutely necessary... Please."
Though confused, he slowly nodded his head. Before he could crouch down and reach out for her, he once again lost his balance and fell on the right side of his face.
"Why can't I move...?"
Adrenaline.
When he woke up earlier, he felt his body full of life for some reason. And now that it was slowly wearing off, he was left in that state until his body is completely free from fatigue. But he was unaware of this fact.
Feeling the awkward atmosphere between them, Saber decided to quickly come up with a new subject.
"So... How was my fight?"
Which was a mistake...
"Fight? That wasn't even a fight... You just slaughtered everything on your sight... You almost killed me multiple of times! If I didn't manage to enter your Pet Domain, I wouldn't be here right now!"
While saying those things, Otuko revealed that she was missing a right arm hidden under her cloak. There were burns on the side of her abdomen, indicating that she had been blasted with fire magic, and a scar beneath her neck.
Her clothes underneath were torn off. If it wasn't for the tattered cloak covering her, her pole skin would have been out in the view.
"...Sorry." Saber then bowed his head to her slightly. As soon as he said this, Otuko's piercing gaze began to soften as she heaved out a deep but short sigh. She accepted his apology and waved her left hand in dismissal.
"Hey...?" Though hesitant, Saber slowly raised his head. "Can you get me some rejuvenating potion? Not the healing potion, but the rejuvenating one... My don't seem to be injured, so using healing potions would only be a waste for me."
"Alright..."
After taking his ring and looking through the stuff he has, Otuko didn't find any.
"You don't have one..."
"It must've ran out. How unfortunate... "
Heaving out a sigh, Saber closed his eyes for a moment to think. While he was thinking deeply to himself, he suddenly remembered about one of the feature of the system.
How could I forgot about it...? He thought to himself as he opened his eyes to look at the panel before him.
"System, how many BP do I currently have?"
[Calculating...]
[Ding!]
[You currently have '54,125 BP' in your balance]
"Hell yeah!"
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Fuck!