After falling asleep I found myself in a white space. I knew that it was Akasha who called me here but I didn’t know why. Soon after I saw a shadow and I received an impact to my chest. I let out a muffled sound. I fell to the white ground along with someone else. I quickly looked at the person who jumped at me and unsurprisingly it was Akasha. I wanted to reprimand her but I saw her looking at me teary eyed so I couldn't say it. I instead unconsciously patted her head. While patting her I also noticed a nice fragrance drifting in the air. As I sniffed at it I realized that It was pretty refreshing. I could also feel her hills pressing on my chest.

After some time passed Akasha finally stood up and thanks to that I could stand up too. She immediately blushed realizing her actions, but I quietly rejoiced for this sudden benefit. Any man would rejoice if a beautiful woman hugged him tightly right? I waited for some time before speaking.

[So why did you want to talk with me today?](Satoru)

[I-It’s because you didn’t contact me, even though you promised to.](Akasha)

I immediately realized that it was my fault so I quickly came to her and hugged her. After doing so I couldn't believe my actions, but I didn’t regret it. I also didn’t know how did I become so bold. After hugging her I quietly apologized to her.

[I’m sorry, I forgot.](Satoru)

[T-then you need to talk with me at least every two days from now on! Understood?](Akasha)

This time she reacted in a happier tone than before.

[Alright, alright.](Satoru)

When Satoru released her, Akasha couldn't help feeling a little reluctant.

After releasing Akasha I stood in front of her and couldn't help asking something that was on the back of my head.

[Akasha, could you please tell me what country were the heroes summoned to?](Satoru)

[Let’s see, I will tell you, if you defeat the red dragon.](Akasha)

[Haa, then I must do my best huh?](Satoru)

[Yes please and good luck!](Akasha)

[Oh! One more thing. It always bothers me.](Satoru)

[What is it?](Akasha)

[Can you read my status and skills?](Satoru)

[Yes](Akasha)

[Then, please look at it and see, if something is wrong.](Satoru)

She looked at it but after reading through it she didn’t seem to find any oddities.

[I don’t see anything wrong with it?](Akasha)

[Really? You can’t see anything in the titles?](Satoru)

[No, besides those four titles, I don’t see anything else?](Akasha)

[Oh okay, that’s fine then. I guess I’ll see you in two days.](Satoru)

She wanted to ask Satoru what was wrong, but after seeing, that Satoru didn’t care too much about it, she didn’t continue to ask.

[Yeah! Be sure to get more mana so you can summon me.](Akasha)

My vision turned dark and I woke up on my bed.

I thought that after waking up I would be tried, but surprisingly I didn’t feel even a little tired. Those skills are great was what I thought after feeling that I didn’t have any problems with fatigue. I quickly did all of my exercises and went down to eat. Lisa was already waiting for me, so I joined in and ate quite a lot.

While eating I looked at the new title that I got yesterday.

[Sword Master]: Attacks with a sword deal 10% additional damage. You handle the sword better.

After seeing the description I felt great.

(I mean a ten percent bonus? Ain’t that neat? With all the buffs I have right now the power would be very strong and an additional 10% to that?)

I calmed down after eating my fill, I still didn’t know when will the dungeon break happen, so I needed to be on guard all the time. After we left the inn I didn’t go straight to the arena. Lisa seemed to have noticed that, so she asked me where are we going.

[Etto Satoru, we aren’t going to the arena?](Lisa)

[Yeah, I want to buy some potions first. I’m running low on them.](Satoru)

[Oh, is that so.](Lisa)

[Yeah, although I still have some mana potions but it isn’t a lot. They are also don’t replenish that much mana.](Satoru)

[That’s true, but aren’t the higher ones expensive?](Lisa)

[I guess they are, but I won’t be buying a lot of them. I will only buy enough for me until I have enough time to make better ones.](Satoru)

[You can make potions?!](Lisa)

[Yeah, I didn’t tell you that?](Satoru)

[No, you didn’t.](Lisa)

[I see, well now you know.](Satoru)

While chatting we already arrived at the store. We entered it and I immediately looked at the counter where mana potions were placed. I saw the price for one of them and I grimaced. One potion costs 20 silver coins. What the hell?! I thought that the potions were expensive but the price for a single medium potions costs four times the small ones!

I calmed myself down and bought fifteen of them. I almost choke blood while paying for them. I left the store immediately after and convinced myself that I wouldn't buy any potions in the future. I guessed that I could sell them to the alchemist shop, if I have a chance. As for me buying potions, the real reason is because I have a bad feeling that something will happen today.

On my way to the arena, I chatted with Lisa about what will we do after the battle festival ends. I proposed to go to a different kingdom and she readily accepted. I was secretly glad that she didn’t refuse, because I guessed that, if the kingdom is rotten then probably racial discrimination is very strong there. So if Lisa came with me she could suffer, but I decided that I would protect her at all cost. If they dare do something to Lisa… then they must pay with blood!

As we neared the arena I told Lisa one last thing.

[Lisa, if the dungeon break happens run from the capital as fast as possible.](Satoru)

[Why is that? Isn’t it better for me to be near you?](Lisa)

[No, if the dungeon break happens then I will have to face the fire dragon. It’s an A rank monster so I don’t think it will be that easy to defeat it. So I want you to say away as far as possible from it.](Satoru)

[But, I want to help too…](Lisa)

Her reply stunned me a for a second.

(Wait, that’s right. Lisa is also strong, maybe not as strong as me but she can take care of C ranked monsters alone. She should be able to fight a few monsters right? Why am I worrying so hard about it? Weird.)

[Okay then, if the dungeon break happens you can help other people, but… rembember! You can’t fight battles that you know you can’t win! If a B rank monster appears I want you to run as fast as possible!](Satoru)

[Thank you Satoru! I love you!](Lisa)

She made me a little embarrassed so I looked away for a second before going to the reception desk. I was informed that I should go to the same waiting room I was in yesterday. The fight this time are in a smaller scale. Ten of the fighters that passed the first round would fight on a stage and two last standing people will proceed to the next round. Just like that the participants number would go from 100 to 20.

[Then I’ll be going.](Satoru)

[Yeah! I’ll be cheering for you!](Lisa)

With that we split up. Lisa went to the spectator seats and I went to the waiting room. Besides the three people that were though to proceed to the next round there were six other people. Although they were somewhat strong they won’t stand a chance if they fight with me or the other three. We waited for around an hour or so when our turn finally came.

[The fighters for the seventh round please proceed to the arena!]

After being notified by a person, we came out of the waiting room and proceeded to the arena. I looked around the spectator seats and quickly found Lisa. When she saw that I looked at her she let out a beautiful smile and waved her arms. I smiled in response and stopped looking. For a second I felt a hostile gaze coming from the spectator’s, but I didn’t care too much. When I looked around the stage I realized that the stage is at least half of what it was before. Thankfully the rules didn’t change so I knew I wouldn't have any problems whatsoever.

[With the fighters on the stage, let the seventh round begin!](Announcer)