Book 1: Chapter 52: The Hotel Fracture Part IV

Book 1: Chapter 52: The Hotel Fracture Part IV

Scarlet

Who knows how much time passes as I slaughter my way through the fifth through tenth floors, not even stopping to talk to the few people I do once in a blue moon find as it would only waste my stacks. But eventually I do have to stop since despite the nice effect on my mana that Blood Thirst has, the drain on my mana from fighting is still greater than the stacks in the end, albeit only by a little bit. So I do run out and have to take a break.

I lean up against the window as I let all of the System messages flow by.

{Level 3 Demon Spawn defeated. An EXP penalty has been extracted for killing a creature below your level.} x29

{Level 1 Demon Spawn defeated. An EXP penalty has been extracted for killing a creature below your level.} x11

{Level 2 Demon Spawn defeated. An EXP penalty has been extracted for killing a creature below your level.} x14

{Level 4 Demon Spawn defeated. An EXP penalty has been extracted for killing a creature below your level.} x23

{Level 5 Demon Spawn defeated. An EXP penalty has been extracted for killing a creature below your level.} x12Ñøv€l-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.

{Level 6 Demon Spawn defeated. An EXP penalty has been extracted for killing a creature below your level.} x4

{Level 7 Demon Spawn defeated. An EXP penalty has been extracted for killing a creature below your level.} x5

{Congrats, you have leveled up to level 18. Two Free Points have been awarded to you and your stats have been updated.}

{Congrats, you have leveled up to level 19. Two Free Points have been awarded to you and your stats have been updated.}

[Skill Blood Claws has leveled up to level 4.]

[Skill Life Drain has leveled up to level 3.]

Well, there goes my Skill Points.

I did tell you at one point that Skill Points would become harder to come by at later levels, Tar says while simply looking out the window at the moon.

You also sound like you respect this queen Titania?

Tar immediately nods his head, showing a rare smile on his tanuki face as he gushes, Oh, yes! Titania was amazing as a Queen! She was fair to all of her people and let the fae do as they pleased, giving us absolute freedom before father took over!

I blink in surprise.

Wait, so your father took away the freedom she gave with his tyranny, yet you still respect him?

Of course. Hes my father, and he is the most powerful of all the fae by leagues and bounds, Tar says, defending his father with a frown. Whats not to respect?

I stare at the tanuki for a few seconds before rubbing my temples.

This is starting to give me a headache.

What is? Tar asks, making my headache grow worse.

Oh, nothing much.

I think we just have vastly different ideas of whats normal and whats respectable.

Oh, the tanuki mutters, seemingly growing contemplative as he lies back with his head resting against my thigh. Come to think of it, you seem to dislike physical contact with others, but also seem fine with me lying down on you. Why is that?

I blink in surprise at the sudden shift in topic.

Well, because youre a cute tanuki. Not a human. No other reason.

The tanuki in question sits up and glares at me as he complains, But Im not a tanuki. Im a fae, and my form in-

Youre a tanuki. It doesnt matter if you look like a blue human or a humanoid bat in your realm, youre a tanuki here, and thats all that matters tanuki.

Tar grumbles about something, but I just chuckle as I lie my head up against the window, simply waiting for my mana to regenerate.