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Chapter 5

Koishi: Hurry mister Y/N, you're starting to lose!

She yelled to the man following her with the energy that a normal human would have under the influence of adrenaline, casually using the steep side of the mountain to jump up to a higher platform. Landing, he dashed forward and began performing a perfect act of balance by jumping on small pieces of the mountain sticking out, large enough for only a single foot to land on it. Not willing to lose the challenge given to him, he used that shortcut to get beside the youkai taunting him and ran past her.

Y/N: How about you catch up with me before saying something like that?

He showed her a grin and went ahead of the path, sparkling the competition between the both of them. Not willing to lose, the girl with green hair flew behind him and charged past the librarian, taking the lead a second time.

Koishi: Hurry up then if you want to be first!

Her figure began to gain some distance, leaving the librarian behind to himself. Unfortunately, with the speed she was going at, there was no way that he could turn the tide and was forced to give up, his lungs already on the verge of ripping apart.

Y/N: ...

Gritting his teeth, he jumped back on the path and felt his heartbeat going so fast that the oxygen was starting to damage his insides. With his lack of energy, that reaction was expected after running for around 30 minutes nonstop in an uneven mountain.

Y/N's mind: I don't think she realized that I'm not following her.

The air was whipping his face, torturing him even more in his current situation. With that pressed against him, Y/N stood silently in place and recovered from all the running he did in that short amount of time, silently looking down to the ground.

...Not much was done in that 30 minutes, he could even say that they did not even do 10% of the mountain but it was still high enough to give him an incredible view of the surroundings and see what was hidden on the surface of this world.

Y/N: Looks like there's a village in the distance, no idea who's living there though. With my luck, I can assume they all want to murder me.

He mumbled to himself, knowing that nobody will hear his opinion. He was courageous enough to seek for someone that could potentially kill him effortlessly just to remove a curse on him to allow himself to fight an even stronger opponent. Life's not that easy for him and it never was from the moment of his birth.

Y/N: And that way... looks like a forest of bamboo, what is that doing here?

It was another question that will be left unanswered. Ready to continue his journey to the top, he placed the palm of his hand on top of the katana sheathed by his side and looked in the direction where Koishi disappeared.

...She still hasn't come back for him, "She must be really oblivious of her surroundings." were the silent words he mumbled to himself. Meanwhile, the wind began to die down while the powerful Sun was starting to lower towards the horizon, less than 4 hours before the end of the day.

Y/N's mind: I suppose there must be a reason if she didn't want us to go there during the night, I should hurry.

He pressed onward and the small rocks beneath his feet fell down the cliff beside him, taking a dangerous shortcut to reach a higher level of the mountain. After a certain point, he jumped and dug his elbows into the dirt of the ground above him, pulling himself upward with that new anchor. Reaching a new axis in altitude, he glanced around and discovered an entrance leading inside the steep hill with a path leading inside.