My Parasite Skill System

That girl was special. She was my elven princess.

When she asked me to save her from her ill, that was direct and straightforward: she asked me, the monster, to help her, accepting me for who and what I was; and in exchange, I said she would become my family and the monster's home.

I had learned you need a home and a family to belong to something or someone, after all. And I had learned everything had a price, too. So that's how I approached it.

I saved her from the intense bullying of her people by killing Calming Elf … and she had to become my home in exchange.

That was a fair trade since she wasn't discriminating and ostracizing me like the others.

"I–I was so blunt and shameless because I was feverish and delirious," she said, slightly frowning and pouting. "I told you this already, Emerald … and don't ignore my question: 'making a family,' what do you think that means??"

" … erm, it means … well–you're still feverish to me, though."

"See? You have no clue, Emerald, and you're trying to avoid the question; this is how you behave."

She was embarrassed, "you should be embarrassed–you aren't even aware of what the nature of your request is, Emerald … and 'making a family,' quoting your own words, is a very serious matter, mm-hm," she stuttered to me, somehow dignifiedly.

"I know what that is: I could be the big brother and you could be the little sister, for example–" she heavily snorted and frowned again; I continued,

"That's what family is."

I understood it was a serious affair. And I just wanted for the two of us to get this straight while we were at it … since she so much seemed disturbed and sickly to the point of blushing and hiding when we approached the topic.

I understand how serious that is. Although somehow, I guess there's something I'm not getting from this, hm. I'm willing to admit that in terms of commonsense, I'm not the greatest out there.

"Well, elven princess, you'll have to tell me, at some point … y'know."

"No, but I guess there is nothing wrong, Emerald."

"You say that–"

"Ahem! Disciples over there!"

Oh, crap.

So far, the master only had been giving his lecture without being interrupted. Few hands were raised now and then. Few questions were being placed here and there. And the lecture went on.

Now, though, the grandmaster went to a stop. He was disappointed and grumpy.

Were we too loud? Obviously we were. But I was just trying to get this straight with the elven princess. She always seemed either so irritable and disturbed when I approached this, or simply sick to the point of blushing this blatantly.

Well, that was weird.

"Disciples over there. Yes, you two. … Hmmmm. What a complicated matter. Truly."

And everyone either plunged in their notes or turned to look at us two.

"As I see it, the lady should transfer to another seat."

Oh. Well. I turned towards Leafana when she turned towards me. I nodded, she tilted her head to the side, then nodded too.

Without letting himself and his lecture be disturbed by me and me alone (poor elven princess had nothing to do with that) the old mage got back to his course.

The elven princess took her papers and stuff, smiled at me slightly avoided my eyes as always, then, "See you afterward," I read on her lips.

Staring into her eyes, I smiled back and nodded.

Then she went to sit on another seat, still in the back row.

But that 'see you afterward,' though, I wasn't so sure about that.

I'm a big man of my word. And when I say this comedy has lasted enough already, it means I shall end it at all costs.

I was seated in the back row. Which meant nobody looked at me. Aside from Leafana who'd just gotten her eyes on me, but soon turned them back minding the lecture–I was invisible.

And just as being invisible was being invisible, I tried to make myself as tiny as possible … before I canceled my Character's form.

I wasn't the Character that had been created after that first quest anymore–though I still was the Player.

And what was the Player usually doing?

The Player was playing the game. Following the system's quests.

Now, then, what am I doing here, not being playing the game at all??

Well, you know that already. When I said I didn't know how to end this comedy, now, it wasn't entirely true.

I could just escape, right? Who would stop me, ha? Who would?

Since there was the elven princess with me so far, at least I was spending time with her, so I stayed. That's correct: it was because I was with you, Leafana.

But now who retains me here? Or even what retains me here? No one and nothing.

Leafana turned back to me again, but when she saw the monster was nowhere to be found, she underwent a big frown trying to get a hold of me and shook her head letting go of me.

It wasn't the first time I actually did that in class. She must've guessed what I was up to. Probably. Or maybe she just thought I was fooling around and that I should stop–but regardless, I shall go.

Leaping my way up to the lengthy window of our lecture hall, I arrived at it. And I could see the outside world down there, in between buildings and homes, then I felt something.

That very same feeling I felt back when I first came to feel upon seeing a glimpse of the outside world. The outside was large and calling unto my name under the sun.

The same very sun that shone brightly onto the same very outside that opened itself to me back when I obtained the [Consciousness] passive.

Alright, I thought. I'm gonna head out and get to have fun again.

I just had to jump and be done with all the atmosphere of lecture and tedious learning back behind me.

I just had to go and fly and fall, and not die since I was as light as a feather–and I'd be out immediately.

But, no, I silently thought, darting down on the tiles of the ground again, this is not what I am to be doing.

And entangling all my supple legs together, I leaped again and again. First was reaching down the lowest point of this lecture hall getting to the grandmaster's feet.

Nobody took notice of the jumping and hopping around grasshopper.

And then was going out by the door–❮'Learning the ropes!' – The Player has had enough of all this tedious studying: head out by the entrance of the Amphitheater and meet with your Party. 0/1❯