That night, Aaron, who had prepared everything, was lying in bed. He found that even after a long day, he wasn't sleepy at all.
He thought he'd be calmer, but with only three minutes until 23:59, he realized that he was...
Panicking!
Who the hell knew what kind of dungeon he'd be sent to, or how dangerous it would be.
On top of that, while his teammate was strong, that was only compared to ordinary people.
If this system had a brain fart and threw him into some weird world, and the buffs it gave him were crap, wouldn't he just have to sing a sad song and wait to die?
Praying was clearly useless at a time like this. And since he didn't know where he'd be sent, he couldn't even prepare in advance.
"Forget it, I won't overthink it. Just take it one step at a time, live one second at a time."
Though, I'm not exactly living it up right now.
[Ding! The time has come! Teleportation beginning.]
As the system's voice sounded in Aaron's mind, he suddenly felt the space and scenery around him distort.
In the next second, he saw the scenery around him completely change to another scene.
Okay, this is definitely a hotel, but the decor... isn't very modern.
[Dungeon selection complete. Target selected: Akame ga Kill!.]
[Randomly generating mission. Please wait.]
"Y-y-y-y-y-you! Who are you!"
As Aaron was about to look at the mission panel, he suddenly heard a clearly panicked voice from beside him.
On the other bed next to him, Kiana Kaslana, seeing the drastic change in her surroundings, immediately glared at Aaron.
"You dare kidnap me! You've got some nerve!"
"...Sigh. I knew this would happen."
Hearing Kiana's accusation, Aaron, with dead-looking eyes, stiffly turned his gaze to Kiana Kaslana.
"Miss Kaslana, did you happen to hear the system's voice today?"
"The system's... voice? I heard a voice, but what's a system... Wait! This isn't the time to talk about that!"
Kiana, realizing she was in her pajamas, suddenly blushed and grabbed the bedsheet to cover herself.
"Pervert! Lewd! Shameless! Kidnapping an innocent, beautiful girl!"
Great. So she really wasn't paying attention.
I give up. I'm heading out on a mission, and my teammate doesn't even know what's going on. What kind of fresh hell is this?
Explaining it all over again would be a pain, and this Kiana, who was already wary of Aaron, definitely wouldn't believe a strange man's words even if she heard the explanation.
A headache.
A bad headache.
Watching the man suddenly cover his face and let out a long sigh, Kiana suddenly felt even more annoyed.
As an incredibly confident girl, Kiana knew she was definitely a beauty.
At first, she thought he was a creep who kidnapped beautiful girls, but looking at the situation...
At least a creep wouldn't be staring at her with such a disgusted look!
"This sucks. System, can you please repeat the rules for her?"
[Of course, tester.]
See? Now *this* is a good teammate.
At Aaron's request, the system replayed the previous voice messages in Kiana's mind.
Subsequently, Kiana's expression changed from shock and disbelief to a very strange look.
"So, I can assume this is another world, right?"
"That's right."
"Does this place have swords and magic like in those Far East light novels?"
"More or less. Close enough, anyway."
"Hell yeah! This is awesome!"
After getting this news from Aaron's mouth, Kiana began to mutter to herself in excitement.
"I knew it, I'm the chosen one! I actually get to travel to other worlds."
"Hmph hmph hmph, this is way more interesting than an amusement park... Wait! I promised I'd hang out with Mei tomorrow!"
Thinking of her promise to her friend, Kiana instantly panicked a little.
"What's-it-called... System! Can you pause this! Let me go home first! I'll come back tomorrow—"
[Apologies, but you cannot leave the dungeon while it is in progress. You must at least complete one stage of the mission, and both the tester and their teammate must agree to leave the dungeon, before you can exit.]
[However, please do not worry about breaking your promise. No matter how much time passes in the dungeon, only 0.1 seconds will have passed in reality. As long as you leave the dungeon alive, miss, you don't need to worry about being late.]
"Ah, that's a relief."
Hearing the system's words, Kiana patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief.
But at the same time, when Aaron heard this, he suddenly felt that something was off.
System, you successfully lowered her guard.
But by saying that, you've also successfully raised mine.
What do you mean, 'as long as you leave the dungeon alive'? That's a terrifying thing to say, you know!
Sigh, I'm suddenly feeling a little regretful.
Glancing sideways at the extremely excited Kiana, Aaron complained internally.
I'm not going to get totally screwed because she's too reckless, am I?
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