Ren is lying in bed at the Inn, Liza clinging to his side while naked under the covers. She has a peaceful smile on her face as her eyes are resting. Ren, she's…really trying to get pregnant. Never in a million years would I have thought I could possibly be a father this young. I know there were people who were in my world, but I always thought It'd never apply to me.
Liza, a girl or a boy? The state of world dictates a boy...but I'd love a girl. I hope we could have a close relationship like me and my mother. What am I thinking about? We could just keep going until we get at least one of each...after beating the Demon King of course. They both just bask in the afterglow while thinking to themselves for some more.
Ren eventually breaks the tranquil silence, "we should probably get up". Liza, "unfortunately", I could cuddle and lose myself in my thoughts for hours. Liza reluctantly gets up and gets dressed. Ren follows suit, I should probably train my magical capacity whenever I can. It also serves as training my electromagnetic field.
Ren, sitting on the bed while Liza checks herself in the mirror, casts a weak and invisible electromagnetic field around him, is this what a computer simulation feels like? It's the only thing I can think of comparing this to.
Liza, having finished sorting herself out, reaches for her spear, but get hits by a big electric shock. She quickly retracts her hand, "what the hell???". Ren, opening his eyes at her yelp, "ah, sorry. I think I put too much power into it".
Liza raises an eyebrow, "that was you?". Ren, "most likely". Liza, "but I didn't see you do anything". Ren, "I...", it's hard to explain this. She probably has no idea what an electromagnetic field is, "I'll show you basically what I'm doing".
He gets up and grabs his cloak. He faces her and gives her one corner to hold while he holds the other. Ren, "basically, what I'm doing is making an invisible force that lets me see...but not actually...more like detecting movement but seeing it…feeling it. Something like that". Liza, yep, no idea what he's talking about.
Ren pokes into the cloak, "you can't see me doing this from one side, but you can tell that I am doing something. It's not like this exactly, but kind of similar". Liza, looking at moving cloak, "I don't really get it…but I see what it allows you to do. But creating something...invisible, you'd be invincible attacking like that", that make beating the Demon King super easy, right?
Ren, "it doesn't work like that, unfortunately. Putting more power into it makes it more visible. That electric shock, a side effect, is the most attack power you can expect from my electromagnetic field". Liza, of course it's not so easy, "unfortunate. Well, be careful not to zap anyone", I'd rather not get accidentally fried.
Ren, "I'll be more careful. Now, we should get going". They then leave their room to go eat. Liza, I have no idea what he's doing, but I can tell it's something amazing. Just hearing about it makes me tingly all over. I really need to use this chance to get pregnant before he takes on any other women! And so, Liza decided to seduce Ren again after dinner.
They discuss over dinner what their plan should be. Ren, "right now, I have no combat experience. I think we should do something about that". Liza, "we should probably go on some hunting requests. I could train you, but I wouldn't be able to teach you what it's like to take a life. That's why you should start with monsters and then work up from there. Our rat extermination request should be perfect for that".
Ren can't help but feel the weight of her words, even if she said them unusually lightly, taking a life...I've never done anything but accidentally squish a bug. Adam said that you'd be surprised at what humans are capable of, but I hope I can pull through. This world is in dire states, so I probably can't afford to hang onto the morals I had in my old world.
The next day, they go to hunt the rat monsters in a forest. Liza, "as I said, this forest is a foraging ground. The presence of monsters deters foragers from venturing deep into the forest. I won't be of much use in the forest with my magic, so it's good practice for you not to rely on me right from the get go". Ren, "fair point", it's also the perfect opportunity to practice my field.
In the forest, Ren tries out his field, but it proves quite difficult, I'm currently only able to determine if there are moving things, so I can't pinpoint which moving things are the rat monsters. Field has a lot of potential, but I need to work hard on it, otherwise it would just be a waste. Hearing noises might also be possible depending on how far I take it. Improving accuracy, expanding the range, and picking up audio frequencies. This is what I need to focus on.
Sometime later, and after much trial and error, he finds some rat monsters by trying to recognise the types of movements they make. Ren tries out some of his techniques to kill them, mainly shooting off lightning bolts, lightning arrows might be good as they'd explode on impact and gain back it's natural speed at that point, but I would need a bow made of rubber to shoot them. I'd take far too much concentration making a bow and arrows. Just throwing like I did with the javelin is too slow. Doubt I'd find rubber here though.
After a few hours of hunting, they return, and Liza collects their reward alone. The receptionist hid and trembled until Liza left. Liza starts a chit chat once she returns to the inn, "that was a low difficulty quest, the most difficult thing being the actual finding of the monsters". Ren, "it was good to get some practice in, but I need more practice with my other techniques since I can practice my field any time", hunting an animal was easier than I thought, as long as I don't look at the bodies. Thank good Liza was ok cutting off the tails for the reward!
Liza, "let's go after some higher reward targets next time. They won't be so hard to find...probably. Wait...since you can shoot off lightning bolts into the air, we should hunt wyverns! One typically hunts wyverns by finding a nest and ambushing them once they return, but you can shoot them out of the sky, so it should be a much easier way to obtain their hide". Ren, "airborne targets huh...they would make good shooting practice". Liza, "then it's settled".
After hunting wyverns the next day, they finish eating at their inn and Liza spreads out a map, "we can't spend all our time just hunting. We should use our time efficiently. Our next order of business should be to search for comrades. I'd like for you to be able to travel with people we trust while I'm pregnant if need be", hopefully within the year.
Ren looks over the map, but his mind is elsewhere, I still can't get over those wyverns. When I heard 'wyvern', I thought maybe there are dragons in this world...but they were just oversized flying lizards that could breathe fire. They were basically flying Komodo Dragon.
Liza mumbles while looking over the map with a serious expression, "hmm...where should we go...I've already checked a lot of places". Ren snaps out of his thoughts and starts to properly look the map over. After a couple of seconds, he then suddenly points to an area on the map saying, "we should go around here". Liza contemplates it, unsure why, and then remembers, "Ultra Instincts?". Ren replies with a nod, they say that someone we need is there.
Liza, "O-K. I forgot we could try that. I'll buy everything we need in the morning and then we can set off for the next town as soon as possible". Ren, "what about me?". Liza, "we'll do it once when we wake up and once when I get back, so rest up". Ren, "ah...ok", Is this how women normally are? I have no idea...not that I'll ever say no her advances, so it doesn't really matter.