My Parasite Skill System

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Being strong and living by myself. Not depending on anyone. And once again, being strong, mainly.

To sum it all up, that's what Old had just proposed me. It was Old's solution.

I was fixated on that part too, actually. Being strong was a must. Glad we were understanding each other at least.

Being strong would get me going, everywhere I wanted, theoretically.

"You are weak," he stated.

You what?!

Dare you say that again?

"Hoh, don't misunderstand, this old uncle's just quoting this first enemy of yours."

"Hmm," my eyes softened, "Go on."

My first enemy--Swordsman.

He called me weak.

And he was right.

Weak hence dead.

That's just how it was. And I could agree with him, now that I think about it.

Swordsman taught me that.

What was Old's point, saying this, now?

"And from what I can perceive, aren't you already quite strong like that--Well, brute strength, that is."

I progressed.

I overcame death.

And now, I'm strong.

"Oh-ho?" Now I was interested, "So you can tell, old?"

"Mhm-mhm," he strongly nodded two times, "I can tell, yes, yes. It only takes two eyes to see, ohohoho!"

Hmm. This old man. I like him.

I know I'm repeating myself, but I like him.

He's cool.

"Hehehehe," I chuckled and blushed, "Don't even think of sweet-talking me with this, hehehehe."

"--But now," I regained my composure, "Solutions. You gotta give me some."

'Cause, yeah, even with that, how'd I do that?

'Cause, basically, I'd be doing what?

"I killed people at first," I could do the same with the elves in order to get them gone. "But even after this, it's not like I didn't think about going on my own, y'know, Old."

I don't even know where to go and more importantly, what to do.

"With that family of mine, I had something at least."

Well, it wasn't quite the truth, that part.

I know I had something else.

The Guide.

I'd follow the guide, mostly.

And so I kinda knew where to go and what to do. But there was no telling when it'd just leave me without instructions.

The Guide, wasn't it my path ever since the beginning, come to think of it, now?

"With that family of mine, I had something at least," I sighed, "Even though it didn't last for more than a day, huh."

"And so, will you be going out now or…?"

"Uh?" What did that mean, "You want me to leave or something?" The quest wasn't even completed.

"No, no," he calmly retorted, "It's always refreshing for old folks to be accompanied by young, calm folks like yourself."

Heh, I said it earlier but yeah talking to him at this point it wasn't even for the sake of the quest or anything.

He was being cool.

Still, I wouldn't just leave without completing the quest first, I'd thought.

"And, no," I still had the quest going on, duh, "I'm not leaving yet."

Not like I didn't hold any interest whatsoever in what he'd been talking to me about.

Going out on my own, huh.

Just like that, we got to discuss further my future.

Going about exploring the world, being a wanderer--What was a wanderer? I had no goals, no objectives, he told me.

It wasn't quite true as I pointed out earlier, but it was nonetheless an optional thing for me to do.

I'd be discovering things mainly, as I did in Sville, the first village.

Well, should I bring this up, now?

"I don't even know where to--Hey, wait," I said, " There's also that thing you qualified as mysterious I talked to you about.

"Hmm, I recalled you called it a guide, yes, why?"

"Yes," I explained, "That's actually the reason why I started to talk to you about all this."

"Oh? Most interesting, you picked my interest," he said, placing his wrinkled hand onto his slightly furry chin before he went on, "What do you want to know about it? To my knowledge, it must be some sort of ancient benection of some sort."

"Yes, whatever, that's not important," I said, "'Accompany the old man up until he decides on helping the Player,' or something along those lines."

"Hmm, not the most important, you say, hmm," staring off into space he continued, "I'll have to disagree with--"

"--My quest right now being just as I told you: have you been accompanied enough?"

"Oh, hm, you've entertained this old man quite well, yes, yes," he looked back at me, "I think you pretty much did, young lad"

❮Quest completed.❯

❮Keep company to the old man up until he decides on helping the Player. 1/1❯

Hmph.

I stood up.

Ahhh, stretching my body after this long time of sitting without moving much.

Damn, feels like an eternity I didn't move.

"Ahhh, feels good," my eyes went and looked at Old, "What are you waiting for, stand up, Old."

With a bewildered look, he said, "What might be the meaning of this, young lad? You have me lost yet again."

"I'm dragging you out of your loneliness, Old," I extended a hand to him, "Come on. Let's just go about doing these quests you talked to me about, shall we."

❮New instructions: ...❯

Hmmm.

❮New instructions: The Player needs to create his Character. Let the Dryad join in and lend a hand to the Player. They surely possess a great quantity of ways to help the Player creating his Character.❯

❮New instructions: Head up to Foret's core with the help of your new friend and meet up with the Dryads. 0/1❯

He didn't grip my hand, though.

"Uhh…?"

Only the silence of this place would be seizing me.

My 'new friend' is gonna help me, right?

Was I being weird again?

"Ohohohoho!"

"No, but you said you appreciated my company, so I just thought--"

"Oh! That's refreshing, mark you, I was just being surprised, young lad!"

"Oh, okay, fine then."

Being a wanderer or something.

That was the idea he'd offered me.

But well, the Guide and I had other plans.

I figured I'll be needing help outside. This old human, he has no relatives, no family, no nothing.

And he just agreed to follow me.

He'd be useful to me. That, I'm pretty sure of.

But now, "You know what, let's just drop it. I can't just impose that on you, Old."

I did that on purpose to see and understand.

"No, no, don't be like this now, young lad," he crossed his arms upon his chest area, "I took a liking in you already, you have to let me help you anyhow, don't you now?"

And he still insisted.

Now, now.

I don't have any commonsense, I know this.

But I'm pretty sure just following some random kid out of the blue, just like this, definitely is weird, right?

"We'd be circling the wagons together, young lad--You--You told me you enjoyed funny things, did you not? Doesn't it sound like a lot of fun, now?!"

That guide thing, I'm sure it's way more profound than what it'd make itself look like.

There must be more than meets the eye with the Guide.

Well, let's just not pay it too much mind anyway.

But yeah, Old must also just be as excited as I am when it comes to adventuring.

That's probably why he's willing to follow me, yup.

I can dig it.

Adventure time is great.

Bottom line is, I hadn't expected any of that--But it's good.

I mean, to be perfectly honest, that's what I planned on doing ever since I found myself chatting with that old person.

I thought I'd complete the quest, all by myself, only to then go back to Kind Ma'am.

As I'd been taken away by the duo of elves, why not just go and do the quest entirely in one single stroke, I came to think at some point.

This old man being following me though I had no way of predicting.

But like I said, it was good.

With Old Sipping accompanying me, I had food to my disposition for now.

And a shelter?

Well, sleeping on the streets wasn't that bad anyway, I guess.

Kind Ma'am, I'll be going on my own for now. Someday, I'll come back.

Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, maybe the day after that day, who actually knows, maybe a day even further away, I'll come back to you.

Dryads, I'm on my way.

All at once, and with much vigor, Old lifted his old body up, without showing so much as weakness in his demeanor.

So the plan is, doing the quest, just like I planned on doing, then follow Old for a bit, seeing what that grand wrinkled human has to offer me.

Then either go back to Kind Ma'am, or continue my way with him.

Tapping the dust off his clothes, he looked at me with his hearty face.

"I'm really looking forward to it, young lad."

I looked forward to that, too.

"Shall we get going, already?"

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