Chapter 68 - Sheila is a God?!

"Hmm, she's really good at a sneak attack. As expected of an assassin, I guess?"

Sheila muttered while watching Sylvia's figure disappeared before reappearing behind a slime and land a few blows before backing away, the slime was too slow to catch up to her retreat figure and could only let her do as she pleased before dying and become a puddle on the ground. 

At first, Sylvia was quite awkward when she stabbed the dagger into the slime jelly-like body and make quite a few mistakes which resulted in her getting a few hits in the stomach. 

But after getting used to the slime movement speed, she eventually started to show a sign of getting better. It was also at that time that she's finally getting used to using the skills. 

Her walking steps toward the slime didn't make any single noise which makes it easy for her to plan a sneak attack behind an oblivious slime. It was one of her skills, Silent Step. 

The skill drained quite a bit stamina from her the longer it was active, so she couldn't possibly use it that often. And it is not as good as Sheila's Shadow Magic where she could literally hide within the shadow. But even so, it is still a good skill for a beginner like Sylvia. 

The reason she could easily kill slime is also due to her other skill, Fatal Strike. And this one is a passive skill for whenever her hits are fatal; the damage will increase by 10% at level 1.

Yes, a passive skill that has a level. Sheila also got some passive skill, but all of them is already maxed. She wonders what the reason behind the difference between her, the host of the system, and others who get access to the Trial Tower is? 

All ordinary people have a class of their own, but she didn't. There's a lot of things that she wanted to know, but the system has been silent since then. She could only keep her questions while aiming to get her level high up. 

"Umm, Master?"

"...what did you say?"

Sheila feels like she heard things. It couldn't be that the silver-haired girl in front of me is calling me as a master? Nah, no way. I must have been hearing things. Am I brainstorming too much now that the brain is changing the word that I heard into something else, like a ridiculous one like a master? I mean, who in the world called other as 'master' in real life? This is not a Maid Cafe on a Holy Land. 

"What did you just call me? Sorry, I feel like I heard it wrong."

"Master."

"Umm, is this that, the thing where only kids at your age understood, and that's how you call it for people older than you? And apparently, it pronounced the same as the 'master' that I know."

Sylvia shook her head at her remark. 

"I'm calling you as master as in the real meaning of it, Master."

"...just why?"

Like really, please stop it. My heart hurt so bad when I heard it. I don't want my otaku soul to regain itself, I'm begging you. Please stop it. But her thoughts weren't heard by Sylvia as she answered it as if it the normal thing to do.

"In a way, you saved me. And it wasn't just that; you also showed me that there's still a world out there that is beautiful than the dull world that I know."

"To show my appreciation, I think it's right for me to call you as master, Master."

Sylvia said and nodded her head before showing Sheila her pure and innocent smile. For the first time, Sheila feels like there's a light surrounding the silver-haired girl in front of her. It was the holy light that shines upon Saintess. Of course, that was just her imagination as when she looked again; the so-called holy light has long disappeared along with the smile on Sylvia's face.

"Is it bad for me to do so?"

Sylvia softly muttered while looking so sad. Sheila feels like she could see the cat ear above Sylvia's head flopped down in sadness. The otaku soul inside of her screamed at the illusion that she just saw. Sheila tried to calm it down by taking a deep breath, but it didn't work. 

In the end, Sheila raises a white flag in defeat. It was definitely not because the girl in front of her seems like going to cry the longer she kept her silence.

"...nevermind, you can call me whatever you want."

"Yes, master!"

"So, what is it that you want to tell me beforehand?"

"Ah! You see, I leveled up just now!"

『 Sylvia LV.2 』

『  HP: 45/45  MP: 25/25

Class: Assassin 

GOLD: 0

—STR: 6 —INT: 4

—AGI: 7 —VIT: 9

—LUCK: 5 AP: 5  』

"So I was wondering, how should I spent the five free attribute points?"

"Hmm, since your class is assassin, strength and agility is definitely a priority. Without strength, your attack won't do much. And if you don't have speed, you can't outrun your enemy."

Sylvia nodded her head repeatedly at Sheila's precise opinion. 

"Then should I go with strength and agility?"

"It's just my opinion. In the end, it's your choice to make the decision. I wouldn't stop you if you chose otherwise."

"Mmm, then..."

『 Sylvia LV.2 』

『  HP: 45/45  MP: 25/25

Class: Assassin 

GOLD: 0

—STR: 9 —INT: 4

—AGI: 9 —VIT: 9

—LUCK: 5 AP: 0  』

"Is this good enough, master?"

"I told you, you decide on your choice. I'm not an assassin in the first place so I wouldn't know other than my experience in the game which wouldn't be useful in this real situation."

"But since you decide to follow my words, I'll make sure to support you, and make you grow to become someone worthy of the assassin class— A Top-Class Assassin."

Sheila seriously said while she gives a pat on Sylvia's head. Sylvia just smiled while enjoying the warmth coming from Sheila's hands on top of her head. 

Sheila didn't say that as a joke or as encouragement, she meant it. Once she trained the girl and turned her into a specialised assassin, Sylvia would become a tremendous asset for the future. As for killing real people, that will have to wait. Sheila thought that Sylvia is just like any ordinary girl out there where if they were told to kill someone, they would freak out. But Sylvia isn't one of those. There's a reason why her class is an assassin, but Sheila didn't know about this at the moment.

Sheila didn't know that if she told Sylvia to kill someone, she would do it for real with no question ask. It was not that the girl is crazy or insane; she simply trusts Sheila very much. The girl herself didn't know how and where did all this feeling came from, but she didn't care. To Sylvia, Sheila is an existence akin to God.

After all, Sheila could make something appears out of thin air. It wasn't just that, Sheila also introduced her into this magical world that she thought was just fantasy in the past to actually exist. If that is not enough, she could also become stronger by slaying the monster inside this space to level up. How could an ordinary mortal have such power?

But she didn't want to freak Sheila the hell out by calling her as her God or something like that, that's why she went with 'master' instead. It is her appreciation and also the awe she feels the moment she entered this place.

"You haven't finished your quest yet right?"

"Mm."

"Then you should do so, if not you won't be able to leave this place."

"Okay, master!"

A sigh escaped from Sheila's mouth as she watched the girl figure slowly getting far into the distance. She didn't know why, but she feels like something bad would happen in the future if she ignored the fact that Sylvia called her as a master. But Sheila shook her head to erase the thought from her mind. She would rather put her mind to use for the plan on getting stronger; the other side distraction can be ignored.

『 Cilia has entered the Trial Tower! 』

"Hmm?"