Chapter 131: Tis but a Scratch!After that interaction, Marvin punched me.

    "Argh!" [Marvin]

    "...Ow?" [Solace]

    It came without warning, but I was left unharmed. On the other hand, Marvin clutched his hand as it shone red with pain.

    "You want to try again?" [Solace]

    "Don''t mock me!" [Marvin]

    He punched me again.

    "Urgh!" [Marvin]

    The result: His other hand being injured.

    "...I think you should stop this. This is getting kind of sad." [Solace]

    "Shut up!" [Marvin]

    He then proceeded to kick me. Surprisingly, the shoe made it so he didn''t get hurt.

    "Aw... You made my clothes dirty." [Solace]

    There was a dusty shoe imprint left on my clothes. It was kind of nasty so I used |Cleanse| to get rid of it.

    "Can you stop it? I have other things to do." [Solace]

    "Like what?" [Leyhna]

    "Study with Fina." [Solace]

    I turned around to talk to Leyhna, allowing Marvin to strike at the back of my head. Honestly, it felt like a light tap.

    "You? Study?" [Leyhna]

    "I should be asking you tha-" [Solace]

    I was trying to speak, but was interrupted with an elbow to the jaw.

    "Hey! I was talking!" [Solace]

    I flicked his forehead, causing him to reel back a bit.

    ("Oh. He stopped.") [Solace]

    He stared at me in shock. It made me wonder if that was his first time ever getting hit with a finger flick.

    "What are you even going to be studying?" [Leyhna]

    "...Words." [Solace]

    "You''re not going to test out the Heroic Trials?" [Leyhna]

    "What''s that?" [Solace]

    Leyhna looked to Fina.

    "Can the honor student do the explaining?" [Leyhna]

    "Of course." [Fina]

    Though she was pushing the work onto her friend, Fina actually seemed happy to speak.

    "The Heroic Trials is a system that transfers your mind into another plane of existence. It will make you experience the trials heroes would have gone through." [Fina]

    "I don''t get it." [Solace]

    "It''s a simulation. You can fight alongside heroes in their stories. For example, you can fight against a hydra with Holy Blade Nyke." [Leyhna]

    I wasn''t sure who Holy Blade Nyke was, but I assumed it was a hero.

    "So it''s kind of like VR." [Solace]

    The two gave me strange looks.

    "VR?" [Leyhna]

    "Ah. Nevermind." [Solace]

    I really need to fix my habit of bringing up stuff from Earth.

    "Does this give me any |Experience|?" [Solace]

    "It doesn''t." [Leyhna]

    "Aw." [Solace]

    I thought I could grind some levels if I went there.

    "It gives stats in willpower though." [Fina]

    "I think I might give it a try then." [Solace]

    "Want to go right now? We have time." [Leyhna]

    "Sure." [Solace]

    As we began to leave, Fina pointed behind me.

    "What about him?" [Fina]

    I turned to see Marvin still in a daze.

    "...Let''s leave him. He''ll probably snap out of it soon." [Solace]

    "Sounds good." [Leyhna]

    "Wait, we can''t just leave him-" [Fina]

    Leyhna patted Fina on the shoulder.

    "Look, I know your good point is being nice and stuff. It''s just that sometimes you shouldn''t show kindness to some people." [Leyhna]

    I nodded in agreement.

    "Especially if they try to hit you." [Solace]

    I recalled all the moments I''ve been attacked on my three month journey. It was a little traumatic remembering Jukhan and Vanport. ...Especially Jukhan.

    ("That was the first time I''ve ever felt my spine snap. Not something I ever wanted or expected to experience.") [Solace]

    Although Fina attempted to protest, Leyhna just dragged her along.

    "Now, let''s go check out the Heroic Trials!" [Leyhna] Sёar?h the N??elFirё.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.