Chapter 3: Young Healer Problem

-Eastern Acronia Plain-

-My POV-

Fuck this Crawler.

Fuck that Crawler.

Fuck that Urchin.

Fuck that one particular Crawler too.

Oh, I leveled up. …Fuck this Pururu too.

I'm sorry for the curse word, but, honestly, fuck everything.

I consider myself to be a person that won't hung up on the past, let bygone be bygone, you can't changed the past after all, you can only remember it and then learn from it. But this time, it's just too much.

From the moment that I realized that I got isekai'd, it took my all to set my mindset to keep walking forward, start planning for the future. But then THAT happened.

KISS!

PROMISE!

AND THEN DISSAPEARED!

LIKE, WHAT-THE-FUCK?!

…To be honest, I already over the shock, all that left is just…frustration…and anger.

"DIEEEEEEE!" I shouted as I drop kicked another Crawler.

My ultimate attack blew the giant caterpillar away. It rolled to the ground and died, giving an edible caterpillar larva that people called "Kitin" upon disappearing.

"At least they died in one hit, base Emil 8 STR is reliable. …just kidding, in the late game, STR is a trash stats for Spell User. At least I'm more durable with base 10 VIT." I grumble to myself.

I pick up the loot and start changing my mind set to be more productive.

"Let's just go finish the quest. Defeating this monster normally now won't give me decent exp anymore. …BUT ONE MORE KILL WON'T HURT ME IS IT?! DIEEE!"

I drop kicked another Crawler.

"EEEEEEEHHHHHHH?!" she shouted.

I'm surprised hearing another loud voice near me. I search for the source, and I saw an angel, a Titania girl looking at me with an expression of shock and surprise.

"EEEEEEEHHHHHHH?! IT DIED TOO!" she shouted again as she sees the Crawler died.

"...So noisy." somehow her yelling…annoyed me.

I got up and walk closer to her.

"You! You got any problem with how I fight?!" I said as I walk.

"E-eh?! No! No, I'm not!" she denied my statement by shaking her hand left and right.

"You think you're hot shit because you're a Spell User, huh?!" I keep walking closer to her.

"N-no, I-I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Now she shakes her head.

"Because you use Magic, you're mocking people that use physical attack, huh?!" I keep getting closer to her.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Her shakes getting more frantic

"You're looking down on a HU-AN EMIL, HUH?!" now I'm in front of her.

"I-I-I'm s-so-s-so-so-so-f-fu-fue-FUEEEeeeeeEEEEEeeeeEHHHHHH!"

And then, she starts crying.

-3 minutes later-

"*sniff* …so cruel. *sniff-sniff*"

"I'm sorry, it was my fault."

"I didn't do anything *sniff* yet I got yelled at."

"I'm very sorry, I just got carried away by my mood."

"I even got called 'hot shit'. *sniff*"

"I'M VERY SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN TO CALL YOU THAT!"

I dogeza'ing to her, I can't believe I'm actually doing a dogeza in my life, after all, dogeza is the ultimate action of seeking forgiveness, I never imagine in my life that I'll be asking forgiveness to someone that badly, but here I'm, yelling at some girl because I can't control my emotion. Thankfully because of this, my head finally cool down.

I can't see her from my current position but currently I heard that she's drinking the stuff I gave to her just now to calm herself.

The liquid she's drinking is called Jerico Potion, a light-blue liquid with a clear glass container. The potion is an uncommon drop from Pururu. Imagine my surprise when that item actually dropped just like that, just like in the game. I tried to drink it, the stuff actually healed me, but then the container disappeared after its content gone. No free resource for people then, I guess.

"*sniff* …Are you seriously feel sorry?"

"YES! I'M SORRY FOR BEING MEAN AT YOU!"

"..I see, then please raise your head."

…She said it, I guess its okay for me to look up now, right?

I look up from the ground, and start examining my victim.

She has long blond hair, she wears a blue and white brown blouse, a white short pants, knee high socks and black shoes, and since she's a Titania, she has her light blue wings on her back. Right now, she's sitting on the ground with trace of tears around her eyes while also holding a half empty Jerico Potion in her hand. Her weapon, some kind of magic rod lays unmoving beside her.

'…She's actually cute, but I guess I ruined my first impression right off the bat.' I solemnly thought. "Sorry, I just got hit by multiple bad events, one after the other, so I'm very ashamed with myself to direct all of my frustration to you." I genuinely feel bad as I'm saying that.

"…" she didn't say anything and just stare at the Jerico Potion.

'This is bad, is she gonna tell the police? Am I going to the jail for this? Is there even a police in here? Is this count as sexism bullying? Or even racial bullying? Dammit all, it's all because I can't control my temper!' I thought.

After a while, the girl finally talks what's on her mind.

"…I-if I could somehow be useful to someone, then..." she starts smiling. "I don't mind taking the brunt of it."

I flick her forehead.

"Ouch!" she flinched from that.

"Bad." I flick her forehead again. I didn't feel bad doing this.

"Ouch! W-why?!" now she's holding her forehead.

"That's a dangerous mindset to have. It's as if you're asking to be tricked by bad people. Can you imagine what your parent and friend think when they see you get hurt? " I scold her seriously.

"…Uuuuu…" she looks down, you could say that she's perfectly mimicking a sad puppy, and I'm definitely weak to sad puppy.

"W-well, there's must be something bothering you if you think that way. I'll hear it and give my thought about it, just think of this as my payback for my mistake just now." I hurriedly tried to console her.

"…R-really?" she asked unsurely.

"Yes, go on, it's okay, just talk, I'll hear it." I urged her.

"T-then, I'll take that offer." She starts calming herself before starting her story. "…I…until now…actually feels useless." she said her piece.

"'Useless'? In what sense?"

"In a sense that I can't contribute more to my party."

"And your Job is?" I look toward the rod lying next to her.

"Vates."

"Vates? …Ah, healer, and a Titania as well. I think I could see the picture more clearly now, so what's your level and job level?"

"6 and 3."

I blink.

"6 and 3? You mean Base Lv.6 and Job Lv.3? "

"Yes, wasn't that what you asked me?"

"You're already a Vates but your Base Level still Lv.6? …Don't tell me you immediately changed your job when you MAG reached 10? And since you're a Titania, you immediately changed yours without any battling at all?" I asked still in disbelieve.

"Y-yes, i-is something w-wrong with it? Isn't that what everyone does?" she titled her head.

…I'm triggered, again.

I closed my mouth shut and keep it cool. This is a sign I'm doing better than before, but it still hurt nonetheless. I'm a min-maxer person, so it hurt my soul that I heard such blasphemy occurred in their life.

Here's an explanation about what happened, if this world worked just like the game, then that mean the level cap also the same.

Novice is what everyone starts as when they first created their character, it's the basic tier job before you advance to the 1st tier job. There's a cap for Base Lv and Job Lv, and as for Novice, their cap for Job Lv is 10, you guys could see where this is going right?

If you keep leveling that Job Lv to 10, then you'll eventually gonna get 10 skill point. But in this game, the requirement for advancing is not based on your Job Lv, instead it's based on Status.

The requirement for advancing to the next tier list for the 1st tier Spell User job is having 10 MAG.

Emil has base 3 MAG.

Dominion has 8 MAG.

And Titania has 10 MAG.

YOU COULD SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING RIGHT?!

You totally wasted those 10 Skill Point if you immediately changed your job when you started as a Titania. You could say that this is a "Newbie Trap", back then I usually just shouted "Just delete your character and make a new one" to the Newbie that made this mistake, but right now I can't do that.

If I shouted those words, then she probably gonna take is as "Just kill yourself and come back after your mother birth you again", which is a pretty cruel thing to say to someone.

So here I'm, trying not to shout at her for being stupid because it's actually the norm here, a stupid norm, a trigger for any min-maxer player.

"U-um, h-hello? Are you okay?" she wondered.

"Yes, yes, I'm okay, I'm a okay. I think I got it now." I rapidly cool myself down. "Correct me if I'm wrong, so based on what I heard, your problem consisted of, being literally too weak to attack, can't take a hit, and have low stamina. This is all because of your race constitution."

She nods.

"Based on your Job Lv, you only knew Heal, and the only attacking spell for Vates this early is only available at…6, right? Until then you have to make due with only having Heal for a skill, but since how low your mana is, you can only use it 2-3 times before you're spend."

She nods again.

"And because of that, almost no one wants to team up with you because of how you can't contribute to the team, and being useless too in a fight."

Now she's on the verge of tear.

'Seems like I was right, I understood how she feels because I also created a healer character in the past. Early leveling as a healer in the game is brutal. Unless you knew what you were doing and knew where to farm exp, then the only way to level up is by joining a party.' I thought.

"Well, I can't add anything actually. Just keep joining a party for easier time leveling up, prioritize joining with people that's fighting in melee distance because they're the one that'll appreciate you the most." I gave my piece.

"But the teacher told us not to form a party with the other Job group yet, so what do I do now?"

"…Teacher?" I asked.

"Yeah, the teacher from the Adventure School, don't you also enroll in it?" she curiously asked.

I start thinking about the implication to this.

'Adventure School? I kinda vaguely remembered that there's a place with that name in the game. I think the place actually not that important besides housing one of the NPC for certain quest line. In here, the place actually becoming a functional facility, a real school for adventure. I wonder what else is different from the game.' I thought.

While I'm thinking, apparently she draws her own conclusion based on my silent.

"Ah! I see! I'm sorry! It's rude for me to think that not everyone have the money to attend a school!" she bows in apology.

…She's not doing this on purpose doesn't she? If not, then she's definitely got talent with pissing people off. Although, she's not entirely wrong. All I had is just the clothes on my back and Beginner Weapons inside my Beginner Waist Pouch, but I believe I had what other people don't, it's knowledge!

"Nah, don't worry, beside, even if I didn't go to your school, I'm actually the most knowledgeable in the whole world!" I smile confidently as I point myself with my thumb.

"What does that mean?"

"It means, I know where to hunt monsters easily to level up!"

"R-really?" her expression turned hopeful.

"Of course, even though I'm still a Novice, I'm confident that I knew all of the area in Acronia continent."

"…I'm sorry, can you repeat the part about your Job?" her expression froze.

"Hm? Sure, might as well introduce myself, the names Ligoya, an aspiring Wizard, although I'm a Newbie at the moment." I said embarrassingly.

"…EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHH!"

She really likes to scream didn't she?

Author Note:

I'm trying so hard right now to not overwhelm you guys with info dump in this chapter, and that's the same for future chapter as well.

One more chapter before I go back to write my Touhou fic.