Gacha No Life

Chapter 27 - What's Due

Puck's eyes suddenly snapped opened as he took in a sharp breath, as if he hadn't taken one in a fairly long time.

No one noticed the fact that his eyes had flashed to the same color of those of the beast's in the dungeon before returning to their normal colors.

He slowly pushes himself into a sitting position while holding his head, his mind was fuzzy and he forgot where he was for a moment....

But that was all the time he had to himself before he was quickly surrounded by a hoard of screaming reports with flashing cameras, despite the Awakener Bureau's protests.

Even Rebecca, who had tried her best to get through the crowd of people to get to Puck's body in time, was lost in the chaotic sea of people and camera flashes.

But before Puck or anyone could even begin to register what was happening, he was suddenly pulled by his arm into the all too recognizable limousine where it swiftly sped off without a second thought.

Leaving behind a confused and stunned Rebecca to wonder what the hell had happened.

"That's the last time I worry about that brat!" She hissed to herself, glaring art the ground as her hands balled into fists.
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By the time Puck had finally managed to rearrange his thoughts and turned to thank his rescuer, only to come face to face with one Olivia Weepingbell.

She gave him a small smile at his confused and shocked look before gently whispering. "Take all the time you need, I've heard that being in a dungeon for so long can take a toll on your body...."

Puck simply gave her a thankful look before letting out a long sigh as he sank into his seat.

Olivia couldn't help but give Puck's body a quick once over before thinking to herself, "He seems....different somehow."

Puck, on the other hand, simply stared out the window at the passing scenery for a moment before closing his eyes as he began to think back to what happened as soon as he regained control of his body.
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Flashback: Inside the Remnants of the Dungeon~

Puck sat in a daze, his vision was murky and his head was spinning as the memories of the dungeon tried to settle down in his brain.

Though it didn't seem like any of them were his own, which made it that much hard for his brain to organize his thoughts.

Just as he thought everything had settled down, a jolt of pain shot through his body.

He struggled to even to breathe as multiple system notifications began to cloud his vision.

~System Notifications~

~Congratulations! You have successfully defeated a high ranking dungeon! All rewards have now been calculated!~

~Would you like to receive your rewards? Y/N~

~System Notification~

"H-Huh? That's weird....why would it even ask something like this? Something doesn't seem right...." He thought to himself, holding the side of his head as he tried to stop his world from spinning before finally shaking his head to clear it.

"It's whatever. I've already gone through hell, what's the worse that can happen?"

He promptly clicked the accept button with this thought, not even realizing that he just committed the biggest cliche known to man.