Chapitre 75: Crime, Punishment, and Rewards
I wasn't sure what to do right now. Rose was looking at me and started to talk.
"I get that it was because of a mission, but can you tell me when you get it? And why you didn't tell me."
At least it started with the easy part.
"After you went back to your body, I received two missions from the system, both were the same, to achieve Soul resonance with Dante, and the second was to help you achieve Soul resonance with Lucy. Dante explained to me what the soul resonance was and how to achieve it."
"How did Dante knew that?"
"Because he talked with the system before."
I used Share thoughts to show her all the conversation between Dante and I. Including the fact that more people died at that time.
I Dante's explanation I asked the system about it and with both explanations I created a little theory about soul resonance, it seemed like it was the most important was working together, but it's not something that can be planned or forced."
Rose was looking at me and figured out the rest by herself.
"You somehow figured out with Dante's help that Lucy's power can destroy the chains but she was too weak to do it on her own."
"Exactly I can't explain why but I was sure that if you worked together with her everything was going to work just fine… but since it had to come in the most natural way possible, I could tell you beforehand."
"I get that… but Spence you can keep doing things like this, I'm grateful for your trust, but what would have happened if it didn't work? You took a risk that luckily paid off, but there were other ways, that could have worked without betting your life… you had 4 more days to complete that mission."
When I got that mission, I thought that it was the best way to do it, but now I understand that it was actually a was reckless …
"You are right I'm sorry."
Rose didn't stop there.
"It's not just that Spence when I left the night before you went out to hunt and almost died… I know this world is different and that there are risks everywhere, but besides the already existing risks, you are going head first into troubles. I know that at that moment you didn't have any way to tell us what was happening, just because of that and that I know that you did what you thought it was the best I'm going forgive you… I'm your girlfriend, and I'll be at your side no matter what, but even if I support you, I don't want to use astral portal one day and find your dead body on the other side."
I fell silent, at that moment I was really scared, and I really thought that I was going to die… what would have happened to Rose if I died? What would Hope do? Also, if I die Dante will die too…
"So next time at least tell me all your plan, now we can share thoughts so even if I'm not there you have no excuse to not tell me."
"Sorry Rose, I promise that I will never keep you in the dark about a plan I make again."
To be honest, I didn't feel bad about telling that I was just going to scout to the others, but I felt awful for lying to Rose. She supported me in all this, and she couldn't lie to me, so the least I can do is be honest with her.
After hearing my promise Rose smiled and kissed me, we went to bed and rested together, it was nice to have her between my arms again. We ended talking about Dante talking to the system, and we tried to come up with theories about who did I save, the mentioned price, but they were only theories.
When I asked her if I should tell the others that I somehow brought someone back from the dead, she agreed with me that only mentioning Dante's part was enough, but the fact that someone else died was meaningless and could potentially just add stress to the others.
We stayed there napping, talking and kissing for a while. I didn't want to leave, but I knew that they were going to get angrier and I couldn't dodge the second scolding of the day.
When I sat on the table Dana and Isabella weren't there, we were going to eat dinner early, and after the last two days, I almost forgot what a cooked meal is.
I was going to dig in when I hear Hope at my side clearing her throat and started to talk.
"Now we will begin… First topic… What were you three Reckless idiots thinking!!"
From all of us, the most surprised was Rose.
"Wait why I am included!"
"You knew all the time that Spence was going to do the mission and that he lied to us about it… you waited until last moment to tell us!"
"I'm sorry…"
At that moment Hope put her hand on Rose's shoulder.
"Don't' worry Rose we don't blame you… We blame Spence… and Dante."
She directed her gaze towards Dante
"Do you think that telling a little girl that you went out in a secret mission was a good explanation to us? We have to wait for Rose to appear half a day later to figure out what happened to you!"
G asked
"Why did you have to leave so fast?"
Dante looked at me.
'He was in troubles~…'
G looked at me waiting for an explanation.
"I got into a fight…" I showed the wound on my shoulder.
Hope got close to look at it.
I just told the short version of everything that happened, I included Dante's real power, but I haven't explained everything yet. When I finished, Hope asked.
"Why did you lied to us?"
"I didn't want you to be in danger…"
…Gerhard was the one that responded this time.
"Spence we are supposed to be a TEAM. You can't keep doing this, I know that we might not be strong or anything like that, but we can help you. I can tell you that if any of us were there, you wouldn't have been shot."
He is probably right. Hayley added one more thing after that.
"We might not as strong as you Spence, but if you keep leaving us here doing nothing we are not going to get stronger either, you achieved this fighting and going out there, we don't want to be watching from the sidelines while you risk your life for us."
Hope picked up before I could respond to any of them.
"You are not our protector Spence, you are friend and family, we protect each other… we decided that you are not leaving the house alone anymore, and Dante and Rose in astral form don't count."
After everything, they talked I knew that they were right…
Afterward, they asked for details about what happened, and I have to tell them about the reality of Dante's power, all of them were grateful of him so even if I don't have the tuna cans he shouldn't have problems with his supplies. I also told about the Soul resonance and how Dante almost died in the meteor shower and a part of the conversation with the system.
After a short time, the discussion hit a dead end, and it was Hope the one that asked me about the rewards.
I told them about all the rewards. Different kind of points, an E-Rank power ticket, and the surprise box…
"What are you going to do."
"I have decided about everything yet. To be honest, I have no idea, with 5 attribute points I can achieve the 25 points in Dexterity, Intelligence, and Endurance, I can use a couple of points on wisdom too. Dexterity obviously es the best for my fighting style, but endurance can help me heal faster my ear and arm."
"How much time is going to take to heal?"
"Usually 2-3 weeks, but I have twice the normal endurance so I think it should take 7-10 days."
"Mmm tough decision, and the ticket?"
"After the last fights, I noticed that even with all the enhances someone can appear and just bind you there, and you have no way to fight back… so I want to try the special category and see if I get something different that can help me in a more unconventional way."
Rose looked at me and smiled
"After seeing Dante and Jamie, I was planning on telling you the same."
Everyone agreed that this should be the best idea.
I used Share thought with Rose because she was curious about how the roulette worked
'System use the E(+)-Rank Ticket on the Special Category.'
The roulette started to spin and stopped on a pocket clock…
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