Reincarnated With A Glitched System: Why Is My MP Not Running Out? Chapter 125 Aquarina's Resolve

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at was being cooked over the grill. The pieces of at were from all sorts of beasts, from Wild Boars to Six-Limbed Lizards, and even other sorts of creatures. There were so strong ones that father had gone to hunt by himself in other areas of this floating continent, but I had not seen them so I couldn't really tell what this other at is. In any case, most of it was red.

There were also so fishes, crabs, shrimp, and skewers with vegetables and mushrooms being prepared. All in all, there's a big feast today. I also heard my mother say that she would prepare a cake and that it was almost ready, so I can't wait to eat so delicious cake from mama.

For now, I followed Aquarina from behind.

"Aquarina, don't be mad at your daddy. I recognize your efforts. I won't get worried, don't worry," I told her.

"S-Sylph…" Aquarina ended up sitting near a tree as she looked back at .

We were quite far from the rest of our family. Zack decided to stay with the adults because my father offered him a piece of at to taste it. Plus, he liked to be spoiled by the adults a lot.

I sat near her and hugged her, rubbing my face over her shoulder.

"Co on, Aquarina…" I said once more.

​ Aquarina grew redder as she began to release steam from her ears, which got very red from the hug.

"S-Stop…" she muttered.

"Huh?" I asked.

Did she tell to stop?

She never had rejected my hugs before.

"O-Okay. Sorry if I made you uncomfortable. I won't do that again," I said while bowing my head a bit.

"Uwah! N-No! I-I don't an to stop forever… I-I love to be hugged by you…" she said in response.

"Is that so?" I asked.

"Yeah… it makes feel comfortable. Since I was a baby, we've always been together, right?" she asked.

"Indeed, I rember when we first t… there was that big and scary bug," I said, only to sigh.

"Oh… you're right, that thing was pretty scary…" Unsurprisingly, she also sighed.

"Yep, but we've grown out of that already… we even went through a crazy challenge by ourselves…" I giggled.

Aquarina looked at with a worried look after that.

"Y-You think what happened back then is a laughing matter?" she asked rather seriously.

"Huh? N-No… I… I didn't want to make fun of it… I just want to lighten up the mood," I replied while shrugging my shoulders.

"Hmm…" She let out a sigh after that, looking down at the grass while touching it tightly with her hands.

"Aqua…rina?" I asked.

"S-Since that day that I was left… quite… scarred… my life… your life… it was all hanging on a thread… we were so close to dying… for all our journey to end so soon…" she murmured.

"…"

"A-And… I couldn't… I-I… it made so frustrated when I saw you do so much for … because I was so useless… it made so angry with myself… I hated myself," she continued.

"Aquarina, you don't have to…" I muttered.

"B-But that's how I felt!" she replied, crying rather loudly.

"…I see." I could only say that in response.

"A-And… I know you also felt bad… even if you like to pretend everything is okay…" she said soon after.

"…"

"So, because of that, I decided to just grow stronger myself and help you out… I don't want you to protect , I want to do it the other way around!" she said, while blushing and looking into my eyes.

"Aquarina…"

"A-And… I asked papa to teach … his training is harsh… it hurt a lot… sotis I even started crying… Papa comforted , but he was also harsh sotis… he said that a person cannot grow stronger without bleeding and crying in the process… the path to grow stronger is harsh and filled with painfulness and bitterness…" she told .

"T-That's not really sothing a father should tell a five-year-old child…" I could not help but say.

"I know papa was a bit harsh there but… I wanted it to be that way," she replied.

"I see… so, you're dead set on growing stronger, huh? I already noticed it back then. Actually, you've grown pretty strong." I told her.

"T-That's not enough… I don't know if it's enough…" she said with a sigh.

"I think it's enough for your age so…!" I said in response.

"S-Sylphy!" she exclaid out of nowhere.

After that, she moved closer to and looked into my eyes.

But unlike the first ti I et her, where her eyes were filled with doubtfulness, fear, and timidness, there was now a strong conviction within them. She was different.

"Let's spar!" she said out of the blue.

"Eh?!" I uttered out of shock and confusion.

Spar?!

Wait, she wants to fight ? Why?

Is she angry at ?

"A-Aquarina, sorry for making you mad… don't get angry! I don't want to fight you…" I replied.

"I-I'm not angry in the sense you think… I just want to test my own strength, and see if I can compare to you, even if a little bit…" she explained.

"I see…" I slowly nodded after that.

It might be my birthday now, but I guess there's no point in arguing with her. I want to see how strong she is as well… but I had never truly imagined that she would ask to spar with her.

With that, I stood up and extended my hand to her.

"Then co," I said with a solemn expression.

Aquarina nodded in response, but instead of taking my hand, she got up by herself.

"Sure!" she said as she shook my hand instead.

After that, we moved to a clearer area above a small hill on the grasslands surrounding my ho.

Zack and our parents already noticed we were doing sothing weird, so they slowly walked towards us, finding both of us facing each other.

I unsheathed my blade, while Aquarina unsheathed her knife.

"Wait, what are these girls doing?!" my mother blurted out in surprise.

"Let them be," father said in response.

"EH?! B-But they're going to fight!" Mother was quite worried.

"Yeah, look at their eyes. They really want to." On the other hand, father wasn't.

"Aquarina… you're bolder than I imagined, my daughter," Shade could not help but say.

"S-She's really going at it, huh?" Nepheline said with a sigh.

"These girls are really crazy… ugh." murmured Zack while facepalming.

As the soothing wind caressed our faces, we faced each other, wielding our convictions within our hearts.

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