VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

"His name is Kivi?"

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Misha found Eve, and then, the little girls left the adults alone and went inside the house.

It was getting suffocating even though they were outside in the garden.

"He's so cute~."

"Isn't he~?"

Misha was showing her the new little partner that she got a few days ago, and the little white furball that was now wearing a funny looking bowtie, who was again sitting on Misha's head, was grumpy about the bowtie.

He did not like it. He was a bird, why did he have to wear clothes like them humans anyway?!

"Can I hold him? Please?"

Eve was meeting Misha for the first time today, but she had met Az and Miu before.

And, though not many people noticed it, she had seen how Misha was touching Miu.

It was strange how someone was touching a creature like Miu, but instead of being cautious of it, the little girl found it fascinating.

"Oh Eve… I don't know." Misha tried picking up Kivi and placing it on Eve but the creature did not stay in Eve's hand.

Misha even tried asking the little one, and the furball clearly denied going anywhere near her.

"Ummm…"

Misha was then confused why he was being like that. He had at least greeted the other people they met, he didn't like anyone other than her but at least, he wasn't as rude with others as he was with her.

"It's fine. I understand why he's like that."

She didn't know why the little bird was being like that, but Eve understood it. Enjoy new tales from empire

She had seen some other creatures doing it as well, so she knew.

"He's special, isn't he? He can tell something's wrong with me."

"Hmm? Something's wrong with you?"

Misha didn't know about Eve's condition. She was meeting her for the first time so she only knew Eve was an important nobleman's sole child.

And that was a big thing.

Misha knew that.

"Well… you see…"

Elio had at least asked her not to tell anyone about Az's special powers so she knew how important of a secret it was.

She wasn't going to tell anyone.

"I have this physical condition where I use my Mana. I can feel it, I can sense it, but I can't release it.

They call it [Mana release syndrome], but… I don't know… some creatures just don't like me because of that."

A curse, as the players called it.

Even some of the players had this condition for some reason where they cannot release any of the Mana that they accumulate in their body.

And it was worse than having a complete Mana opposing body like Alex does.

"Oh… I'm sorry."

"Why are you sorry, Miss Misha? I was just born like this. There's nothing wrong with accepting the way you are."

"But…"

She couldn't play with the little bird, but at least, Az and Miu didn't mind her.

They played with her well, and she was happy to meet them.

"Accepting something we are born with doesn't always mean you're accepting how you are, or how you want to be, right?"

Misha knew Kivi well enough by now, so she knew he wasn't going to mind even if she did something to him or forced him to do something against his will.

"Here."

That's why, even though he did not want to, Misha grabbed him and placed it before Eve.

"…"

And though Eve didn't understand why she was doing it at first, now that she had the chance, she patted the little bird with cotton like feathers.

"Soft…"

She couldn't help but be amazed at how soft, how pretty, how cute this creature was.

"I wish I had someone like him as well."

Ultimately, he didn't like her though, so when Misha released him, he went straight over her head and hid himself.

Misha found it funny, but seeing the behavior of that cute bird, Eve couldn't help feeling a bitter feeling inside her heart.

"You'll find a friend as well, Miss Eve~.

I know someone who's old and rude sometimes, but he's very smart and has a looooot of books.

He once told me how he also didn't have any friends for a long time!

He didn't even know much about his parents, and only after he was much, much older than us or Big sis Alex or brother Elio, did he meet his partner and his best friend~."

She was talking about the Librarian and his familiar, obviously, But Eve only saw this as something bad.

"Then… will I have to wait for a long time to have friends like you do as well, Miss Misha?"

"No, silly~. I'm just saying there's no reason to Accept something that can be overcome!"

Misha had her mom, she had Alex and Elio, she even had Az, Miu, and Kivi.

Odin just told her he'd stay with Elio and others for a while as well, she'd also have the fun black pony with her.

"You'll find friends as well.

I was alone with mom until I met sister Alex and brother Elio a few months ago as well.

I'm sure you'll find friends soon as well~."

Misha believed she was helping Eve and Eve wanted to believe that as well.

But sadly, Eve didn't really like all this waiting, and waiting and waiting.

"Friendship…"

It wasn't like she didn't have friends.

She had friends in this house, she had her mom and dad, she even had the Voice with her.

So, she didn't really lack any friends.

"Yeah. I hope I meet them soon as well."

Eve knew Misha meant well.

She knew this girl in that pretty red dress was simply a young child from a small town that didn't understand much of the Real world, or the lives that They lived, so she wasn't angry at her.

[ "Don't worry… we're here for you." ]

She just, had this weird feeling in her heart that she cannot explain.

It was something she didn't usually feel, but today…

"I think we should go out now. Dad and mom must be waiting."

"Yes~. Let's go~."

Today, for some reason, with all these people, with Misha around… that strange feeling was weirdly more Present there.

She, couldn't explain what it was but it might just be jealousy.

Yeah, that might just be jealousy towards what this Simple Girl had.