Is It Wrong For A Gamer To Be In The Dungeon? Familia Myth Of Zetta

"Zet-kun, Zet-kun"

"Hm?"

"What do you think about this world?"

"W-well, I say, n-not bad?"

"T-thats it?"

"I-Its... good then?"

"No! Whats with that monotonous answer!?"

"W-what do you expect me to answer, then?"

"I mean.. according to your experience in this world, not the real life but this world.. its been a quarter of a year since we've met, yes?"

"Uh.. uhm. I guess?"

"Kuh! Whats with that half-hearted answer, I hate it! Mou~" she pouted

"I-I don't know what kind of answer you wanted!" I retort

"No.. I don't care what kind but atleast be honest of your answer, thats all!" she's looking at me, determined to hear my answer

"T..then, where should I begin? I-I mean, I don't know when to start"

"Hmmm.. lets see?" She then put her hand into her chin and think..

This girl here who ask me was Asuki, curly dark and green hair, her skin isn't as smooth or as beautiful like any other girl, but I say, a fair skin? She has round green eyes and four diamond freckle dot below.

And like what she said, its been 3 months since we started as a stranger and here we've bounded by one guild. An 'All Girls Guild' called Amythyst Guild

And why am I the only one male on their guild you ask? I don't know. It just happen.. thats all...

For many men, this fateful encounter is what they've dreamed of. But for me? Well, I dreamed that too but, I have a problem. You know an illness called 'Gynophobia'? Well, not that my Doctor says I have one. But for me, that was my illness and was self aware about it.

I was afraid, afraid of watching their 'race' agonizing in pain inflicted by others in front of my very face.

F*ck, I look like a hypocrite for others or a foolish. But yes, I can't let down their offer —like a certain chef of a comic in a world of pirates, but my case is much lighter at least... this looks dumb on my part too but I partially don't hate it. It was all me from the inside and out. Afterall, I shouldn't hate my other half, should I? And after all this time, I already used it.

Though I can control it, to not help them, that is... But at the end of the day, I cannot abandon or face my back against them when 'they pleaded or ask for an assistance' personally.

Yes, I look like a two-face guy, but there was a woman who saw through me... after that, she tricked me 10 times in a row to do her bidding and it devastate my life until Mom and Dad died from an accident—in which made me even more afraid of getting a girl or even near them... Thanks to my friends, Nik, Jim and Jean, they thrashed her off away from me

That aside..

Asuki is a girl I found like a missing cat, and the chain that bind me to join their guild.

"Asuki, Why did you bother asking Zet-kun that much? Just ready for the raid and don't just focus your heal on him, 'kay?"

"Mou~ you also calling him Zet-kun, why???" Asuki pouted yet again. Why does she's Aggrieved in such a trifling matter?

And by the way, the one who replied is another girl with red long and straight hair and much m.a.t.u.r.e than Asuki, long story short, Asuki's biological elder sister Rimu, 'Scarlet Crimson' is her IGN. She's using dagger and sword as a weapon, and her style is like that of an speed type boxer, the strongest member of all girls guild, of course if I'm not counted

How'd we met you ask? Well, the day I saved Asuki from PK'er, I escort her to regroup with her Guildmate, but lo and behold, I was PK'ed.. yep, I was KIA by this girl without blinking... welp, its my fault to play being villain at that time and threatened to kill Asuki, her little sister if I saw her the second time.

Why? Because my gut feel! My Gut feel who never betrays me even once!

My Gut feel says I need to stay away from them, to not associate with them. But in the end, I can't face my back against them. The Chivalrous f*cking me resurfaced, and joined their Guild in the end without me knowing. And of course I don't hate those fated encounter. Because of them and thanks to them, with only 3 months, they helped me cure this illness of mine. Looks dull ain't it? But thats what actually happened, maybe?.

I skip the middle part of my life and as for why? Beats me.. thats too boring.. afterall, my life is only full of competitive games within the world of mouse and keyboard. long story short, I didn't live my life to the fullest

Either way.. here we are, gathers to a place where one of our Guild member discovers an 'Field Boss'.

And because Field Boss is a battlefield for all, once another guilds or player discovers them, they keep it for themselves and/or kill it in secret, and of course that too is what we were doing. Else, bloodbath will commence if the news spreaded through world chat.

In the end, I didn't have time to answer Asuki's question until we arrived to the said area and started the raid

"Battle formation.. Cyan, you were the second tank for now and I'll be the main tank, get the Aggro if you already know its pattern and I'll switch to DPS! Others who have magic and sniping skills, prepair for long range attacks and don't pull any aggro, stop attacking if neccessary, Asuki, you too! As a main Healer, please proceed as plan" all of them nodded in unison as their response, at that same time. My demeanor changed the moment our battle commenced, as a veteran in raiding and leading the 'Raid Party', I was commanding my guild full of girls, nonstop like usual.

But who would have thought that... that was the last time we gather to raid a Field Boss..

A monster with C shape downward Horns, flaming mouth, eyes and nose, trunk-like thick skin and two longed flaming wings, was standing in two feet and has a 15 meters in height. a Monster called, Balrog.

And also... an answer to Asuki who leaves as a cliffhanger.

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"Huffff... a dream, huh..." waking up while gasping heavily early in the morning, I open up my eyeslids and realized I was dreaming as I was showering in wet.

Attempting to raised up my body, I failed because I discovered, something someone is pressing against me, who else could it be but my Goddess? She learned this kind of thing from that unruly Hestia ever since before the war game, but I honestly don't actually hate it, really.

Breathing heavily for an nth time, I brushed off of my face and look at my sleeping Goddess.

"Oi, Artemis-sama" and at the same time, pinch her nose to confirm if I return back to reality or still dreaming... —a dream, a place, that I can never go back again...

"Mou~!! M'why n'dyou haf to pmintch my nyoshhh that munch" She awake up and answers as I still pinching her nose.. fufufu.. ah, my Goddess is very cute like usual.

With that remarks, I unconciously smiled.

I then carried her and leisurely drop her body down. She yawned like that of a child.

After a while and we finished eating breakfast, we walk out of the Mansion and as for me, I am ready to venture inside the dungeon for the nth time now.

Before I step outside "Goddess-sama?" I called her out

"Hmm?" She answered while munching one slice of bread and was following me.

"We just finish our breakfast, why are you still eating?" I asks

"We..well, this looks cool ain't it?"

"Not cool at all jeeez" I subconciously hit my head.

Just tell me if you're still hungry alright, after all, thanks to that lucky rabbit, we're not short in cash. Unfortunately word didn't come out.

After then, we walk side by side as she always sent me away everytime I went through the dungeon in each and every morning, without fail.

"Goddess-sama..." I then look at her and determined

"Hm? Is something bothering you?" She curiously respond

"W-well, I wanna ask something... and I want to hear your honest answer"

"Uhm okay. I'd never lie on you, did I?" I smile hearing her words.

"Y-yup, you never did *cough*" "Alright, then.." I pause for a bit and continued "..what do you think.. about this world?"

Snickered, she ultimately answers merrily "fufufu, what do I think you say? Well, it was fun.. veeery fun~" and full of fervor

Right.. a very straightforward answer. Why I didn't think of that? never did I get boring in that Game with Asuki and Rimu, right? A simple answer yet that word didn't come out from that time...

So, the sayings were true after all, [Regrets are felt when it's just too late], so they say.

she continues "At Tenkai, all we did is to scratch our asses, debating, or guiding the soul for their next cycle of life. But here? It was fun.. especially after meeting you, Zetta-kun" thereafter, she stride forward and facing me while started walking backwards.

'Thats dangerous you know?!' Is what I thought

"It was veeeeery fun~ I thought after coming to Gekai my worth only is to kill monsters from everywhere until it exhausts me and my Familia's manpower, not until I felt that my life are getting dull"

"That time, I never realize I disregarded my own happiness from the very start... and its funny how I stick to my own decree, and actually find the happiness by breaking one of them and thats when the time you arrived"

"As a God, we too are selfish at some point, you know?"

"The person who dies, they can resurrect in an endless cycle. But the happiness of a person when they were still alive? That was the most precious experience they ever had. Thats why we Gods envied humans, even with their trancient life they find their happines, thats why we decided to descend here to exprience them too, just like how humans did and to live beside you, by watching you"

"The truest treasure, the most valuable experience... it was very fun indeed.. thats why, when the time you suggests an idea to me? I asks myself multiple times... it looks rush from the others outlook and it pains me when some of my Familia left, but then I realize, why am I in this world again? so, hearing you at that time. I felt like I found my happiness at last... for humans perspective, you called them an intuition, and for the first time in my life, I break my own rule... thats why all of them is your fault..."

'My fault!? Is what I thought

"...but I didn't hate it" while she continues.

"T-thats why, I decided to find you when you resurrects and then, we creates hundreds of thousands of l-l-love", her answer sidetracked to another topic at the end but I didn't care much. Also, her voice lowered that I didn't hear the last line.

"Sigh", watching her joyful and genuine ear to ear smile, I sigh...

I see... The most valuable experience.. Ones happiness... Ones treasure...

My treasure —this time, I clenched my fists hard...

In two different worlds.. I'm very lucky to find them, my hapiness and treasure, I experience them both.

In the end, the former world is no more and cannot be reverse like time that are always moving forward...

So, all I have to do now is to reach out and grasps the present so it won't slip like the last time.

With a smile, I take a look and walk towards her "Don't worry my Goddess, I won't die that fast, and there are more happiness that will arrive in our future, I assure that" Hearing my words while c.a.r.e.s.sing her hair, she blushing in red while continuing her wide smile.

Yup, that smile... is the most precious and is the one I valued the most..

I don't have any goal other than coming at Orario after arriving in this world and kicked out by that Old man, but after meeting her. I realize, I now have something to protect.

Well, I hope I didn't raise any deathflag in here.

After that hearful of words from my Goddess, I went straight at the lower floors and start the hunt.