My Parasite Skill System

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I'm nervous.

No, I'm relaxed.

Argh … still kinda nervous, though.

No, no, no.

Not at all.

I am relaxed.

I'm good, really.

Yeah.

That's true.

That's it.

That's just true.

It must only be that way.

It's just like you say, myself.

It's just like this.

I'm relaxed ... not nervous.

Wa--Wait a second, though... If I'm not the one being nervous, then what's the source of ambient nervousness, you ask?

Well, obviously … it's the guide.

Yes, it's the guide who is nervous.

Certainly not me, right?

Sigh.

I can only sigh.

Let us just concentrate on my footsteps.

Pit

Pat

Pit

Pat

The forest core, the deeper we went in it, the more its marvelous mysteries and wonders offered themselves to us.

Me, and Calming.

Our little duo had been treading along all the decorative wonders and curiosities of this confined forest.

Well, when I say wonders and curiosities, I'm mostly speaking for Calming.

Because, yes, it was mostly true for him.

The poor boy was seemingly astounded by anything he could get to see there.

That would bring him about excitement and happiness, plus the fact he'd told me he was very honored to do that with me.

And as I already knew, this privilege wasn't just given to anyone.

Accompanying me through these parts of the forest truly was a blissful thing to happen in his life.

He was grateful for this.

Visiting the mighty forest spirits really wasn't something he'd been expecting to do.

I waved a hand at him, telling him it was cool.

Yes, it was cool.

And among the cool things, any flowers--of the rarest kinds, let me tell you--were to be found lying about here and there, in the forest's core.

My guesses with regards to this place being highly concentrated in mana were to be true, by the way.

He'd told me that himself, making a point of reminding me that thanks to my and my brethren's leaking and surrounding mana or something, (I didn't fully understand it myself) all kinds of super rare and precious flowers would be growing here.

"Of course," I returned to him his appreciations.

Medicine, enhancing, laying runes, and many other kinds of craftsmanship, to sum it all up. Those would be the different uses in different fields of the flowers.

This was what would be the better part of their elven kingdom's riches and wealth.

At first, I was totally disinterested in what he was telling me, but with time, speaking about further economic things of their state and others and whatnot, he kind of got me into it.

Calming sure was talkative with me, now that I was his favorite noble spirit.

He talked a lot.

And the flowers, coming back to them, were a lot, too.

There weren't only flowers, here.

What was more distant and silent in the forest's heart was the faun.

And surprisingly, Calming was more receptive to them. He seemed even more passionate about it.

These little fluffy-looking and easily-scared creatures...

Were they rabbits?

I didn't know about that. I was more inclined to think of them as hamsters, but well, Calming didn't perceive that as a possibility in a forest.

Plus they were too big.

Rabbits were just a few, anyway.

Still disagreeing with him nonetheless, we went on talking about other creatures.

The more we saw in greater quantity here were the chirping birds.

With both our ears and eyes.

We got to see many of them.

To me, they weren't of great interest at all.

But to Calming, huh.

Enthusiastic wasn't even a word suitable for him.

His eyes sparkled as he peered everywhere around him.

Hmm…

And now, huh...

He must've been looking for the deers!

Yes, deers.

That's what he'd called her.

One female deer that we saw at some point.

Calming was passionate about it, telling me and enlightening me in regards to all sorts of things once again.

Just half-assedly overhearing his speech, I'd learned about how sacred they'd be to the elves in this and that period of the year; how precious were the males' antlers would be paying off big on the market, and some other things I didn't really care about.

Well, well, well.

Many creatures, and many flowers.

Oh and by the way, it wasn't on purpose, but I'd finally reached out to the monsters' home, heh.

All these creatures? They were magical. They possessed mana. They weren't just like any other animal, no.

(Author's note: In this world, everything is ruled by mana, thus everything has mana in itself, though a considerable amount of mana within a being or a thing is required to be considered magical. Just like intelligence in our world. Just so the reader understands properly.)

And so, in a way, Calming was correct.

This place? It was my brethren's place.

The monsters' home.

And that'd be it, though.

'Cause my goals have changed, for now.

Anyway, anyway.

This place, once again?

Very interesting place, right…?

It was a cool place, really.

Super really cool.

But yes, just like you understand, it was only as far as Calming was concerned.

Because … me … come to think of it, now … maybe I'm nervous, after all…!

Only slightly nervous, though...

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

This notification? I got it a while back ago, already…

And now, all I got is this, ❮New instructions: ...❯

And it's been more than an hour already!

I was being scammed.

I must've been.

And this Old Sipping...

He's set all that up.

I mean, of course he has!

And I … I'm way too young and naive…

Thus, I was being woefully and regrettably scammed…!

Oh, my life is a tragedy…!

And yet, I have to continue marching on, with that stupid elf acolyte of mine…

Meh.

Would you look at this stupid and innocent look on his face.

He was being scammed too, ugh.

And he still is scammed … by myself.

He has yet to understand it … poor boy.

The quest has been validated.

And yet, nothing happens.

Aside from keeping me going on, throwing each shoulder in front of the other as I walked with discontentment, I could do nothing.

What else was I to do in this situation…?

Brooding over it was all I could do.

I mean, what should I just tell Calming…?

The quest isn't apparently going through, and I've been waiting more than an hour, already.

Argh.

Of course, I'm nervous.

And not just a tiny portion of nervousness, believe me.

However, as frustrating as it may have been, I still had to drag one foot before the other, following in Calming's footsteps.

If I just stopped, things would be even worse, let me tell you.

So I just walked, going along with him.

But you know what??

No.

Let's just stop.

And just like this, I couldn't be more abrupt, and my stomping footsteps had to come to a stop.

"O--O Noble Spirit…?"

At some point, Calming had noticed something was wrong with me.

I gotta speak up for myself.

"Ca--Calming!"

"Ye--Yes, O Noble Spirit!"

Childish wonders and enthusiastic endeavors to observe more of this place instantly were wiped out of his complexion.

On Calming's face, now, all that remained was discipline and restraint.

The faithful acolyte of mine was listening.

"Calming … there's something I gotta tell you, though…"

I was tense.

I'm sure he could understand that.

His looks only aggravated.

"Look … Calming …"

And lo and behold...

"The truth is … I…"

She just appeared!

"And may I inquire, elves?"

A dryad did!

Was it out of nowhere...?

We just walked. I stopped. Calming stopped with me. And she appeared, just a few meters away, in front of us.

"What might be my business with you two...?"

Yes ... seemingly out of nowhere, she just suddenly appeared.

Wild and rapid-moving branches just gushed forth out of a nearby tree.

Was her voice coming out of the branches...?

Apparently, she had yet to show up.

Though, I could understand … that person was a dryad for sure…!

But it still couldn't be more sudden.

"I believe you must be acquainted with the fact that, as we speak, the Older Sisters are busy … repairing all your … this isn't the point."

What kind of entrance was that...?

Calming was just … speechless.

All at once, there were a ton of them--No, seemingly even more…

Many many green branches with their leaves sort of bursting out of the tree in front of us, in a sudden move.

These branches didn't just stay branches, though, parting away from each other, they opened up, and let the creature appear.

A dryad.

Long, silver green hair falling down on her shoulders, covering her whole fairly feminine and gentle back, with her eyes shut down, she just appeared out of nowhere.

Calming was speechless, yes.

I could understand the man.

Only a snort was to be let out of my mouth. I didn't speak a word either.

"Elves, shall I repeat myself?"

❮New instructions: found❯

"... About time!"

Taking abrupt steps in her direction, I could only sigh in relief.

❮New instructions: Speak to the dryad and allow her to help yourself in your adventure.❯

"What is it, Angry Little Elve?"

Heatedly pointing my index finger at her,

"I--I'm--I'm not Angry…!"

Regaining a suitable composure, "Ahem.

"How dare you call me that?

"Plus I wasn't panicking, no, not at all.

"I didn't doubt all of this, no, far from being the case.

"Me? Being scammed? No way in hell, huh.

"However, about time you showed up, yeah, seriously, dryad."

"Hmm?" she replied.

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