My newfound slave girl looked at me as if I had grown a second head, her tail going rigid as she stared at me in shock and disbelief. She must've did a complete 360 and then some, because the first thing she did was stare at me in disbelief, then point at my shield, then at my face, take a step back- aaand now she's fainting.

Crap!

I rushed forth to stop her from falling, barely managing to stop her from falling onto the ground. She still went unconscious however, and thus I had to pick her up in a bridal position. Once my initial panic washed over me, it then dawned on me how the whole situation looked like to everyone around me... which was essentially no one, since I have to account for my slave. I waited a few moments after I took cover in a alleyway, waiting for the slave girl to wake up.

When she did, she once more spotted me, and recalled what had just happened. "This... this isn't a dream, is it?"

"Well," I started off jokingly. "Like me to pinch ya?"

That made her flinch, and cause her to lose a bit of trust in me. I laughed nervously, forgetting that this was a little girl who probably had bad stuff happen to her while she was enslaved. Or had already been abused. Actually, I should just be asking small questions now.

"S-sorry about that, I was just joking..." I then cleared my throat. "What's your name? I know you're a slave, but I'd much rather treat you like a person considering the circumstances."

"...U-um, my name's Raphtalia." She then rubbed her arm a bit in small discomfort. "What of you, master?"

"Naofumi. Naofumi Iwatani" I said, as I then helped her onto her feet. She stumbled a bit, but was otherwise able to keep herself up. "And please drop the master thing. I don't find it endearing."

"Yes mast- I mean Naofumi." Raphtalia quickly corrected, disguising the mistake with a cough, until she actually coughed immediately after. "Sorry, I'm still quite sick..."

Well, it's a good thing I went and gotten myself to be quite adept in making medicine , and that I've leveled up enough to safely gather medicine... in most cases anyhow. Damn that red balloon! "Don't worry, I got medicine that can help with that. We'll need to wander about outside to gather the materials to craft it though, which means fighting." I then handed her a small dagger, a weapon I carried around whenever there was danger, and I had one other person with me that was capable of fighting. Very low quality and was more blunt than sharp, but it was something. "Think you could handle the task ahead of us? We might not just be fighting balloons after this."

Raphtalia looked to be in some serious thought, her face contorted in a mixture of fear, and newfound hope for her own life. She looked to be torn between simply asking to be let free even though I'd just have to sell her back, and taking the chance in front of her. I hoped to whatever gods or deities that were watching me at the time that she'd make the right choice, as I held my breath in wait.

"Even the Heroes of our country needed us to fight for them, as they kept us safe." Raphtalia said, as she once more met my eyes. "If you're truly who you say you are..."

"I am." I once more asserted.

"Then please, Naofumi." Raphtalia said as she took the dagger, her grasp shaking as she held the weapon. "Please help me become the warrior you need to fight the waves."

I smiled and nodded at her in relief. "Thank you, Raphtalia. Though we won't have to-"

"-You mean the Shield Hero was just here?" I heard a voice speak my name, causing me to look outside the alleyway. Raphtalia followed suit out of slight fear and curiosity. There was a man dressed in robes out there, looking like one of those typical wizard characters you see in MMORPGs. Except this didn't look like a man who wanted to be an adventurer, as he lacked a wizard's hat. A noble perhaps?

The man in the circus outfit, Beloukas, nodded. "Why yes, he left not a few moments ago. Quite strange that he appears to be gone already." Beloukas then hummed in thought, as he then considered something. "You know, for the price of 10 silver, I could-"

"I'd much rather not I'm afraid." The noble shook his head. "It would be unwise to betray his trust by having his newfound companion alert us to their position. My goal is to simply document things. If the Shield Hero has gained a slave, then I'll just have to be a conscious objector against the catastrophes ahead. That is, provided I find them."

"Oh ho..." Beloukas rubbed his chin in thought. "And what if you don't get to travel alongside the other heroes?"

"The Shield Hero seems the most likely in all regards to accept, provided I don't betray him." The noble replied back almost automatically. "Judging from the recent actions from the other heroes, two out of the three are still idiots, while one is just insufferable. I wouldn't want to travel alongside a man who only thinks of indulging in things, nor a self-righteous hero and wanna-be tough guy. Someone with a shield would have to be more humble than them."

I narrowed my eyes at that. They aren't that bad! Sure, Motoyasu is a harem-loving arse, and Itsuki seems like kind of an idiot, but at least they're still doing the job! I've literally been doing nothing else but sitting on my butt letting them grind up!

"ACHOO!"

Suddenly, both Beloukas and the noble whipped their heads around to see us. The man spotted my shield, as well as the cuffs on Raphtalia, as we both stood there like deer in headlights. The man himself quickly made the deduction, as he quickly grew slightly worried, yet elated to see me. Beloukas however, immediately frowned at Raphtalia, before looking to me. "My good boy, is the girl already being a problem? I hadn't even heard any screams!"

"U-um, no sir. She had a bit of a panic attack and passed out..." I awkwardly replied as I kept my eyes on the stranger who then neared me.

"That's troublesome, yet fortunate considering the circumstances." The noble said, as he then held out his hand once in a close enough distance to do so. I managed to spot the handle of a sword, though there was no blade. "I would assume that is but your cheapest choice? You don't have to say you already tried the townsfolk, I could understand precisely why you went ahead and did this in secret."

"I-I never thought about it actually." I said as I scratched the back of my head. "What do you even want from me anyways, Mr...?"

"Formalities are unnecessary, though I question your intelligence levels since your action here was unintentional." The noble said as he cleared his throat. "My goal here is simple, Mr. Naofumi. I am here to simply document your journey, as well as get your story on what happened in the King's Court. You will not have to worry about feeding or watching out for me, and I shall only prove to be beneficiary by providing you knowledge of the world."

"But I-"

"I do understand that the book that brought you here gave you knowledge of this world, as well as future knowledge." The noble interrupted. "But let's be frank here, you don't remember it, do you?"

I stood speechless as I tried to think up some rather obscure details, only to find myself growing shorter and shorter on details until I realized that I don't remember even half of what the book talked about. This caused the man to smile victoriously.

"Then I think we both know this is a deal only beneficiary to you." The noble said, as he pulled out a book of sorts, writing in it as he spoke very quickly. "And should you find me a nuisance, while it would probably be unwise to let me go, I will leave in peace should you desire as well as keep your legend out of the book even though it would ultimately be pointless as someone else would document you. Do you find these terms acceptable?"

"I... what?" I couldn't help but let out, uncertain as to what he even said.

"Naofumi, this man is weird..." Raphtalia said, as she seemed to be intimidated by the noble's sudden intrusion.

The noble didn't seem to mind, as he then cleared his throat, as if waiting for a response. I folded my arms in response. "Shouldn't you introduce yourself first?"

The noble merely grunted. "Fine. Since you drive a hard bargain, my name is Luek, a historian who's been studying the history of both Melromarc and Siltvelt."

"Siltvelt?" Raphtalia couldn't help but suddenly speak up out of pure curiosity. "Why Siltvelt?"

"We shall save the topic for later use, now." Suddenly, a notification box appeared on my screen, asking if a 'Luek, The Historian' could join my party with minimal experience share. Oddly enough, the noble had rather high stats for someone who just seemed like the average noble. He himself was at least level 35, along with a wide arrange of skills and high stats for his level to boot.

I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "And you don't want to fight alongside us instead?"

"It's hard to write in the heat of the moment." Luek idly replied back, and it was hard to argue the point he brought up for me. Seeing as I could do little else, I pressed the check box and saw him join my party. When he saw this, he bowed in respect. "Thank you, Naofumi. I shall bring my knowledge up for use whenever you need it."

"Well, hasn't this just been a lovely exchange?" Beloukas said with a chuckle, catching our attention as we turned to him. "However, time's wasting out there kiddos. Every second is a copper lost!"

"Indeed. We have much to talk about if everything I've gathered so far is true about you." Luek said, as he began walking. "Follow me. I know a place that'll accept demi-humans, and a store with clothes for her to wear."

As Luek led us on, I first pressed him for information regarding all the countries and their backgrounds, of which he gave to me as if it was the most natural thing in the world, while also adding in a couple other details that even got Raphtalia interested in the other countries. The historian's knowledge seemed to be quite extensive, especially between that of Melromarc and Siltvelt, the latter of which he seemed to note with a lot of disdain. I wanted to chalk it up to him being some kind of racist, but he seemed to treat Raphtalia rather nicely, treating her and me to a rather expensive meal, her's in particular having Shieldfrieden's flag. Apparently the man was quite rich, and had been trading all across the land while optimally managing his wealth.

The tale of the mercenaries that traveled with him were of no joke either, as he had plenty of stories about those he traveled with, and occasionally fought alongside against whatever was attacking them at the time. Most of them were familiar legends from my world, such as Robin Hood, Hercules, and Daedalus, though all with their own in-worldly spins on their histories. In this world, Robin Hood was Talon Cowl, Hercules was Titan and Daedalus was Ruka, with each and every hero having distinctively different abilities and backstories, with Ruka in particular being a king filolial. All in all, the historian seemed to be quite the lovely guy to chat with.

That being said, the mood was ruined a bit when he finally questioned me. "So, what precisely happened that led you to quitting, Shield Hero? And what brought you back into action?"

I cringed a bit in memory of what happened. "It was a mess. First, somebody was out to ruin my reputation by saying I didn't know anything about this world. Then nobody came forth to join my party, and once I had announced that there was a princess that was going to manipulate us..."

Luek simply nodded, as he ate a nutritious, cheap meal. "And so the other heroes are fine with it?"

"After they rejected the royalty and nobles altogether due to letting the princess join one of our parties anonymously, I heard something about a church having fallen apart in a matter of days, and the King being laughed at for having instantly ruined Melromarc's relations with us." I continued on after taking a bite of my food, feeling slightly bad for Luek having a worse off meal. "The heroes still encourage me to try and fight, despite me having a class that cannot attack. From what I hear, the Queen has been having a super hard time dealing with the other countries after that, as they're also trying to recruit the ones they're supposed to get into their countries."

Luek simply nodded in sympathy, as he writes it down. "Shield Heroes are often killed off via isolation from outside help. Considering the relations between Siltvelt, Shieldfrieden, and Melromarc, the King was probably intended to do precisely that, yet failed due to the mistake of trusting his overly pampered daughter."

"I don't think Malty was going to try and manipulate us all." I said whilst shaking my head. "I think it's just a rather unfortunate circumstance on her part. Maybe she could've been nice, and wanted to keep her identity secret until she looked like she was able to help us?"

"Never trust nobility, young Naofumi." Luek said in turn. "Politics will always try to stick a knife in your back, no matter the situation. I wouldn't doubt for a second that even the Queen is up to no good."

I couldn't help but frown at that. "That's a rather rude thing to say, since the Queen is currently looking out for her country."

Luek simply grunted in response, as he finishes his meal. He then gets up, and pays the tab. "I'll allow you two to have some private time together here. I shall prepare for the journey ahead."

I watched with Raphtalia as Luek left the area. I couldn't help but ponder precisely what he was getting that needed him to be elsewhere, however seeing that Raphtalia and I still had some food left, we decided to chat with each other.

"So," I started off, gazing into Raphtalia's eyes from across the table. She seemed to be a bit nervous as she stopped digging into her meal, swiftly downing some water before I continued. "What's happened to you? Had a lot of owners who would torture you?"

"I had some, yeah." Raphtalia said, seeming a lot more downcast at my inquiry. "It was the first wave that did it though."

"First wave?" I couldn't help but ask, surprised at the sudden mention of what came before us. "You mean we were only summoned after it?"

She seemed to pause at that for a moment. "My p-parents... they sacrificed themselves to save me. I wanted to try and rebuild the village... but then we were all captured."

"...I'm sorry we couldn't come sooner."

"It's alright, honestly..." She then went into a small coughing fit. "I-if what Luek said was true... then Idol Rapier's actions must've been found out, and justice served. The church wouldn't have been able to hide what he's done."

"A bad man?"

"He thought killing you would've guaranteed him a place in heaven, and tortured demi-humans for his own amusement. Tortured Keel and Rifana like... like..." Raphtalia looked down at her food, clenching the fork in grief and rage, before relaxing her grip. "He wouldn't have been able to do it. Even at your current level you would've been able to handle him easily."

I grit my teeth as my mind wandered too to how many he must've killed for his perverse pleasure. Dozens? Over hundreds? Whatever the case, what happened in the courtroom had unknowingly saved and helped many lives that day... now if only the country wasn't racist towards demi-humans, because then I would've been able to count this as an absolute win.

I noticed as my thoughts ran rampant, that Raphtalia was beginning to cry a bit. Seeing as she needed some comfort, I went over to her side and gave her a hug. She cried into my side for a nice long while as I sat with her. All the while, my own newfound hatred towards how this world was mistreating not only me, but even towards those who were nothing but kids, felt like a tornado of flame inside of me. There was little doubt in my mind that she didn't even have her purity because of that man; and yet there was nothing I could do about it.

But she reminded me of them. How I had left my own parents behind so suddenly. Sure, they had little reason to care about me since I was little else but an otaku, but I got my brother out of the wrong crowd. They're bound to forever wonder where I am, especially him.

I kept myself from laughing in bitterness at the memory, if only to keep Raphtalia from misunderstanding me here. When my mom said I get too immersed in manga and books, I never thought it would've wound up like this.

As we stayed there for a while longer, I noticed that the other three heroes had just came through the front door. Motoyasu was talking about how much of a hassle his party was, even though they're immensely hot and cute, of which he made light of. Ren was distant as usual, and Itsuki kept on talking about how he was going to take down a corrupt lord of a region. When they finally noticed me, the three of them paused at the scene before them, as they stared at my newfound companion.

Motoyasu in particular was glaring at me with suspicion. "Why's she crying?"

"Bad memories." I said as I held her close, her attempting to jump out and show she's fine as to not ruin my rep. "We got to talking about the night terrors she's been having. First wave."

Motoyasu noticeably relaxed, as did Itsuki and Ren. "Well, you don't mind if we join for a little meeting again?" Motoyasu then asked with a smile on his face, as he went back into 'big bro' mode.

"Since you'd been sitting around for a while, we've been thinking you might've been playing around with the system, seeing what else it has." Ren also pitched in his thoughts.

"Ummmm... you mean you guys never read the manual?"

"There was a manual?" Itsuki then opened up his screen to find the help section. His eyes widened in surprise, as the others looked as well. "Huh... never knew about that."

"At least this teleporting thing will allow us to properly prepare with whatever soldiers decided to work with us." Motoyasu commented as he quickly skimmed through the help section for info, before getting out of his screen. "Well, that aside I'd first off like to ask about the girl you got with you. She's dressed rather unkempt, don't you think?" True to Motoyasu's word, I noticed that I hadn't properly brushed her hair.

I sighed as I scratched my temples. "I legit just got into it today."

"Into what?" Ren inquired, curious as to what I meant by that.

"Well see, I just got into a rather bad scenario on my end, and it's kind of going to be forcing me into fighting... y'know?"

I let the pause hang in the air for a moment, before everyone at the table got what I meant. Before the others could get a chance to respond, Raphtalia almost immediately piped up. "Wait, you mean you're fighting the waves because you're in debt?!"

"Well I never said I was-"

"Well, I could see why she has a dagger then." Motoyasu noted as he had looked over to see the dagger strapped to her thigh. "Still, you couldn't have just asked some townsfolk around here?"

"In his defense, Naofumi kinda got a rep as a hero who quit too early on, so the townsfolk might not be open to casting away their lives to fight the waves." Ren stated as matter of fact, as he dug around in his inventory. "I have a few weapons for her to use that might be better than that pole."

"Personally I think a bow of sorts would suit her better..." Itsuki said as he dug in his own. "Such a small thing would work best with that."

"H-hey! Why are we all so okay with a little girl fighting the waves?" Motoyasu then commented, not at all happy with how Raphtalia has to be the one fighting.

From there on out, the conversation had heated up to a small argument, as they then fought over what weapons should Raphtalia really be using. She meanwhile was looking at me with the most incredulous look, as if surprised that was the whole reason. "Naofumi, are you really..."

"That slave trader guy pulled a nasty one on me." I muttered in distaste, as I recalled the events that lead up to this. How was I supposed to react when he came out of the alleyway with 150 gold worth of legitimate merchandise out of the blue? "Almost like he planned all this before we even met to the very detail."

"I-I see... so you're just going retire when the debt is cleared?" She seemed kind of relieved at the fact she doesn't have to fight all the waves, though slightly disappointed in me not wanting to continue fighting.

I hummed in thought, as I considered how long this is going to take. "Probably not."

"Eh? So we're just going to keep fighting?"

"Well, it's more like I'll still be unable to." I couldn't help but shrug. "After so much struggle trying to clear it, we'd probably be too high a level to excuse ourselves from the fighting, and even then I'd probably come to miss working with everyone. It's like how army soldiers miss being in the heat of the moment, you know?"

"Except we don't work for the King anymore." Raphtalia noted with a nod, and smiled a bit. "I think... I think I'd have to agree with you on this. It wouldn't feel right for me, either if it goes on too long."

Once the argument had finally dispersed, we went back to talking after Raphtalia gained herself a shortsword from Ren that was only slightly heavier than the low quality dagger, though of course the issue here was that it was longer. They told me about the weapon copy skill, and what places to visit for extra powerful shields for me to use, and in turn I told them about my crafting system. This then led to a conversation in regards as to how we all do things, of which they then proceeded to argue on whether or not it was best to level up certain weapons, focus on elevating stats, or level up the weapon by giving it a variety of materials from monsters. The conversation was beginning to get quite childish at this point, so I excused myself from the table by saying I had to get an early start in the morning for my mercenary work. They simply nodded, and continued on talking about the weapons themselves after handing me small portions of their own money to help get me and Raphtalia some armor, of which was actually rather big for me since I hardly even managed to get a total of 160 silvers.

By the time I exited the tavern, Luek was back and was ready to pay the tab and get moving. That was, until he saw my face, and after studying it for a moment he made a quick deduction. "I gather the heroes are in there?"

"Go ahead and knock yourself out getting their sides of what happened." I said as I pointed to the still bickering group. "Maybe you could get them to stop acting like kids for a few moments for an answer."

"Their stories aren't worth the time." Luek waved off the idea, continuing to lead us on without another word. "Lets get equipped and rested. You two have a long road ahead, and I'd hope this legend wouldn't be one that decides to fall flat again."

"My findings indicate this shop in particular is the most viable choice." Luek said as he opened the door to a rather humble looking weapons shop, though the weapons themselves were anything but ordinary. Swords, maces, axes, and other things of the sort that screamed powerful from their very appearance laid dormant in their weapon stands, waiting for a user to pick them up and use them for their purpose. Various shields and armor adorned the walls, and a middle-aged man with scars on almost every part of his body with a beard was standing at the desk in front of us.

He looked up to greet us with a small smile, while we were too distracted looking at everything, save for Luek who simply stared ahead. "Welcome. Your first time in a weapon shop I presume? You sure know how to pick 'em." As we turned to look at him, we noticed that his eyes fell upon Luek. His smile disappeared, as he regarded him. "Luek."

"Erhard." Luek regarded him in return.

"I'd wager you brought them here?"

"If only because you're more competent than I in this craft. You left us for that blacksmith after all."

They stared at each other for a bit, before they seemingly forgot about each other, and Erhard took his focus to us. "So, what'll it be you two?"

"A chainmail and a breastplate would be nice." I said, as I looked through the money they gave me, quickly recounting it. I had enough left for an iron dagger of my own, so I decided to ask. "Anything of that between a range of 160 silvers? Oh, and a dagger for me to use as well."

"Can't do that, Naofumi." Luek said almost immediately, causing me to turn to him in confusion. When he noticed, he swiftly answered. "Summoned heroes are cursed to use only their weapon, according to the ancient texts. It's why you cannot get rid of your shield."

"I can't?"

"You seriously never tried taking it off before bed?"

I then tried to throw away the shield I had on. Sure enough, it glowed with light, and in just a few seconds, it was gone, back on my hand again. "Dang... so I really need others to fight for me."

Luek then turned back to Erhard. "You needn't worry about me abusing the system to keep them low. I'm merely recording their adventure, as their start is quite unlike any hero thus far."

I turned to look at Luek. "Is that so...?"

"Indeed. Why, not only were all four of you summoned at once, an event that only happened a few times in the course of this world's history, but you also quit. Such cases would be Shield Hero Rogers, whom arrived with Edward, Johnathan, and Janet, those of which being Bow, Sword, and Spear respectively, along with a few other groups, but even then not a single hero had quit thus far. Not even the great warrior Zavala, the hammer of Rogers, completely gave up, despite constantly wanting to live a normal life."

I paused as I looked at him, bewildered by how familiar those names were. He turned to look at me. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"That sounds like the middle names of all the founding Avengers, with the exception of Hulk."

"Ah, the Knuckles Hero! So the book had told you about him too, hm?"

Apparently from there I had opened a large can of worms, as while Erhard was getting measurements for me and Raphtalia, we got an earful from Luek about those summoned heroes. All the while I just couldn't refuse the information, as the ball he had on the conversation would just keep going and going until Erhard had to interrupt, probably to save us from the headache that was going to come. "Luek, as much as they'd like to listen you prattle on about old books again, don't they have an adventure to do?"

Luek looked at Erhard as if offended, before finally realizing the lost looks on our faces. He crossed his arms and went silent.

"Well, best I can offer ya two would be an iron dagger and chainmail. Dagger for the little lady in case she's lost her sword, and chainmail." Erhard said as he put the items on the counter. "She can't have armor yet because she'll outgrow it quickly. And the dagger is because she's not able to use a sword just yet, dunno who's the idiot who gave that to her."

"It is kinda heavy..." Raphtalia sheepishly said, holding the scabbard up with her left hand as it was already close to the floor, despite being on her hip.

...On retrospect, maybe that sword I got from Ren should've just went in my inventory.

"Now... just one last thing." I said, as I neared one of the shields in the shop, one of the best looking ones in particular. I followed their instructions to the letter in regards as to how to use the weapon copy skill, and sure enough...

SKILL COPIED:SHADOWSTEEL SHIELD

...Probably should avoid telling Erhard about this right about now, as I'd get angry too if someone copy and pasted my stuff. But it's for the challenges ahead.

I went about the shop while Erhard looked at me with a raised brow, me making sure I didn't equip the shields I was technically stealing in the slightest. "What are you doing?"

"Just inspecting other options. I think I might have a bit of silver left..."

"Some of them actually cost gold... but I guess it's okay to look as long as you don't damage them kid."

I'll pay you back for this Erhard. Even though I'm in so much debt that buying a small house of my own would be a dream, I'll come back and pay for each and every one of these shields I've copied.

Never expected this to gain the traction it did, but here we are.

Sorry for the late review response here, I had a hard time sleeping for a while and forgot to do what I usually do. So, here we go!

Victor John Foxfire:Heh, so Naofumi is gonna get a Crash Course in Demi-Human Biology, and I doubt he'll have the excuse of depression to blind him from Raphtalia's growth this time... Especially since Naofumi also treated her like a daughter in Canon, and Raphtalia STILL wanted to get into his pants anyway!

And Naofumi will still be oblivious. :3

SETHRX7:One-shot with potential to be new series. Very nice job and actually an original idea. Not even once I've seen fic with this setup so I'm very curious about possible continuation.

Like I said early on in the responses, I never expected this to go as far as it did. T'was mainly just a joke as I saw that Naofumi was told about things. Not that I blame him for not remembering details, but he definitely could've had the potential to outright deflect the whole beginning plot of the series.

drmcgraw186:like the set up with the other heroes backing him while up on the party selection and accepting walking away from the roll he was put in (also how they are wise enough not to just accept the king view on thing, working to save the world but not being a tool for the kingdom

I see Naofumi and Raphtalia having a similar set up as cannon except now they be mercenary merchants doing odd jobs and selling goods, and even though he doesn't register at the dragon hourglass he still end up at the waves due to bad luck (good luck? or destiny) he fight and saves the villages

On note of the other heroes, they're not gonna differ much from here on out. It wouldn't be a fanfiction if I didn't stay somewhat true to the canon material, after all.

You can expect Motoyasu to not be such a butt, though. And for the curse series to go to different heroes, due to lack of Malty's influence. (I'll let you guys figure out which curse series is going to who now).

Shield Bro:the one about party tricks seems hard to place... Pinkie Pie or Aqua? Probably Aqua since she's a priest, and priests heal.

It's Aqua. I have never watched MLP.

umbreonblue: Prediction:L'Arc would be curious about the hero who quit.

Yep, got that right!

umbreonblue:...and cuz of that curiosity, he talks more with Naofumi. Naofumi's interested in him too since he feels different from everyone else.

There'd be small curiosity, but nothing of note. Just curiosity as to why he quit being a hero.

Thanks for all of the support thus far everyone! I have other on-going works atm and college, so I cannot promise I'll be able to update on a consistent 2-week basis. However, I shall still try my best in ensuring you all get another chapter before we get to the 3rd week.

Hope to see you all next chapter! Remember your protection!