Vampire Princess and Shield Hero
The same hemisphere

Hearing Naofumi's answer about where he was confused to go because he did not know the place well, making Felicia shut up and come to think, about where they will look for monsters to fight, "Hem .... how about we go in any direction, who knows if we can find a suitable monster to level us up, honestly even though it is strong, I have never killed a monster before so I have no hunting experience," say honestly Felicia.

Naofumi just kept quiet and walked straight after Felicia and she didn't seem too surprised about Felicia having no experience fighting monsters, "As long as you don't betray me I don't care about your abilities," naofumi said as he turned left and right to make sure there was no surprise attack.

"I see, please guide him when we meet the enemy later, because I am afraid of the wrong estimate in swinging my weapon and even hurt you accidentally," muttered softly Felicia.

"Hem," Naofumi's cold response.

Felicia understood that Naofumi did not believe her yet, it did not give her much choice, other than to follow Naofumi, she did not ask Naofumi anything, because Feli does not want to interfere or get too involved with other people's problems.

"Feli tell me why you want to help me?" naofumi asked Felicia.

Felicia, who was asked this question, smiled and replied, "I'm just carrying out my will, she asked me not to run away from responsibility, so I'm helping you, because I felt that I was responsible for Naofumi-san's failure to level up during the explosion caused by my appearance" Felicia said in response to Naofumi's question.

Hearing that Naofumi was silent, he seemed confused whether to believe or be vigilant, because judging from any perspective Felicia looked suspicious. As for Felicia he doesn't seem to have much issue with the way Naofumi looks at her because Felicia realizes that she is suspicious, "I'm glad you're suspicious of me, because that's a sign you're not a fool, either, to be honest, I worry about being close to someone who trusts strangers easily, besides I was worried that he was planning something I was afraid that I was close to him and that time he was tricked I got into trouble" Felicia said in a flat tone.

Naofumi remained unresponsive and remained focused on the surroundings, he remained suspicious of Felicia as he had already been deceived and he did not want to be tricked a second time, "Just prepare your weapon, just prepare it, I could feel something approaching" Naofumi said as he prepared his small shield to fight.

Felicia instantly prepared the horses with both hands tightly grasping the black-colored steel scythe with the red crystal in the eyes of her knife, Felicia also realized that something was approaching, and she was also aware that something was approaching, his eyes were focused in one direction.

"Feli I know this creature is stronger than I have ever faced, so the plan is that I will withstand an attack and you will attack the monster whose attack I block" Naofumi told his strategy.

"I get it, but I'm sorry that I can't be relied upon later, because like I said, it's the first time I've ever faced a monster, I haven't managed to control my strength very well either and this is also the first time I've fought in a team, so I hope you can be patient if I don't seem to fuss or suck at understanding your command," said Felicia told me everything that would happen in her first fight.

Although feeling strange Naofumi still nodded in understanding, because despite being incompetent or strange, Naofumi felt that Felicia was quite honest about what was said to her. Then within three seconds the rubber ball-shaped monster with red teeth came out of the grass and shot towards Felicia with its mouth open.

Seeing that Naofumi immediately shot to resist the attack of the red ball monster by smashing his shield to make the red ball monster thrown into the air. Felicia who saw it immediately jumped into the air and in a blink of an eye Feli swung her scythe and broke the red balloon in one strike.

Oud!!!!

Naofumi looked at Felicia who could crush the red balloon with a flat look and she saw the words Exp 35 beside Felicia, then he also saw the same writing on him and even he also leveled up to level 3 in the blink of an eye.

'What the fuck, why did I get an Exp? Whereas the time with ****** that I did not get anything when he killed a monster and also his name is not in my vision. Cih could it be that he had indeed betrayed from the beginning, Naofumi's inner self who was reminded of her infuriating mass.

"Naofumi-dono is there do you look unfocused?" ask Felicia as she approaches.

"I'm just thinking of something unpleasant and you shouldn't ask me anything" Naofumi said.

"Alright I understand, but you better focus, because I can see there are other enemies coming," muttered Felicia who realized that the enemy was coming from various directions.

Naofumi just nodded and refocused around while preparing his shield to withstand the enemy's attack and sure enough did not take long hundreds of ball monsters with different colors began to come out of the grass and attack in a row.

Felicia who saw it immediately cast her blood magic and flowed her blood with hamon, "Haaaaaaah," Felicia seemed to start regulating her breathing and her blood seemed to emit a yellow light with sparks like electricity, "Scarlet blood Punishing of overdrive!" After that Felicia immediately threw a blood clot out of her body due to blood magic towards the enemy and.

Yduaaarrrr!!!

Felicia's blood containing Hamon exploded and gave a very destructive acid effect to destroy fifty of them.

Deng deng deng deng

"Feli now!" naofumi exclaimed when he managed to resist the attack of the orange rubber ball monster.

Felicia darted with a body covered in red light that looks like blood exploding around her body, making felicia immediately to the right of Naofumi, then Felicia quickly slammed her scythe horizontally from right to left piercing the monster held by Naofumi, which finally made the four balloon monsters break and the sharp part of the scythe belonging to Felicia also directly hit Naofumi's shield, well as Felicia said, as Felicia said, although he was strong he was a beginner so it was very difficult for him to control his own strength.

Duaarrrrr Deeeeeeeeennnng

The sound of balloon explosions and steel clanking sounded extremely loud. Naofumi was also directly dragged backwards five meters from where he was standing while holding down the swing of the scythe from Felicia.

"Ugh," Naofumi's new ringist first felt pain when he received pressure from the attack he was holding with his shield.

"Dono-nofumi!" exclaims the worried Felicia.

"Don't think about me, there are still a lot of enemies around us!" exclaim Naofumi with a serious face.

Felicia who heard that immediately put on a serious face and tightened her grip towards her scythe. The two of them began to work together to clear up the dozens of remaining monsters in order to rest safely and it took around a minute for Felicia and Naofumi to be able to annihilate the enemy. However, on the bright side, Felicia's control of her physical strength is getting better and their cooperation is also getting neater as time goes on.

After all the monsters had been wiped out. Naofumi collected the fragments of the rubber ball monster and stored them in a special bag and some of them he absorbed into his shield, Felicia just silently watched, she did not want to question anything about what Naofumi was doing at that time.

"Am I helping enough?" asked Felicia while putting on a gloomy face, "Or am I even more troublesome for you?" ask again.

"It's been quite helpful, at first it was troublesome, but in the end because of you I can get a lot of hunting, by selling this we will get money" Naofumi replied.

"Thank God, I would feel very guilty if my presence would be a bully to you and I'm very tired now, besides being tired I'm also hungry for too much blood magic" murmured softly Felicia.

"If so, you'd better come with me to town, we'll buy some food there," muttered Naofumi who saw his level had already risen to level 7 and he saw the level of Felicia also rise to level 5.

"Eh what can?" ask Felicia

"Hem," Naofumi responded.

"But wasn't it before-"

"I told you before that you wouldn't get any money. However, even so I'm not saying that you can't get rations, so even though I won't give you money from the sale of monster skins, I'll give you money, I can still give you a meal as a sign of gratitude for helping me" Naofumi said.

"Does that mean you want me to be a permanent member of your party?" felicia asked somewhat hesitantly.

"Hem, that's if you want, otherwise I won't force it" Naofumi said, stating Felicia can leave or leave her group whenever she wants.

"As long as I have a place to live and can eat for free, even if I don't get paid for the money, I'll keep working for you, because I don't know anyone in this place but you," respond to Felicia while smiling at Naofumi.

"To be honest there are other heroes who are better than me, they have stronger weapons, it would be better if you join them, because if you join me, if you join me, you will only suffer because I do not have a house and will only stay at the inn once a week due to limited money" Naofumi said.

"Maybe they're better in gear and wealth. However, what I need is not a strong friend, but a friend who can lead me to be better, and that is in you, even if you are weak you are a great leader, all your commanders are not in vain, as long as I understand what you're planning then everything goes smoothly, you understand how to harness my power in a fight, you know how to use my power in a fight, you can control me so as not to waste my strength in a futile attack, so I will stay with you" Felicia said.

Naofumi was quite surprised by Felicia's words which made her look at Felicia with a gaze, whether I can trust you, I want to believe you but because I'm obedient I find it hard to trust anyone, that's what Naofumi's gaze meant to Felicia.

Felicia who understood what Naofumi was thinking immediately said, "You don't have to trust me completely. You can be suspicious of me, because there's no harm in being wary of strangers, and also I don't want to brag, so about whether I can be trusted or not I leave it to yourself who judges it, because you feel whether I can be trusted or not."

"Numerously others will try to gain my trust, why do you seem to ignore my attitude towards you?" ask Naofumi.

"Because trust does not come through persuasion and coercion but trust will arise when the person is absolutely sure that the person who is always with him can be trusted or not. Therefore I do not force you to believe me, you can refute my opinion if you feel your opinion is more correct, because I am not a person who is good at dominating things," Felicia softly muttered in a low tone, "I also understand my position as a stranger, so if suddenly it was close and familiar it was a bit strange, that's why I trust people who suspect me more than people who trust me in one look."

"I'm not going to sue you for telling me about your past, because I understand it's your privacy and I don't want to judge people by their past so you don't have to tell me about your dark past, even though it might be important, to me it would only be a burden on the mind, keeping someone else's secret was too much for me, so let me know nothing about you so that I don't hate you for your past and so that I don't sympathize with you for your past, let the past pass now start new things and do not be afraid to always try, as long as you are alive nothing prevents you from doing the things you want to do, because I will always help you," felicia muttered with a smile looking up at the sky and walked along with Naofumi

"Heh you're talking like a motivator on tv" Naofumi murmured.

"I'm not just talking, I'm going to prove that by my actions, you can't trust me for a year or more forever, but as long as I'm by your side I won't let the person who attacked you live, as long as you don't forbid me I will kill anyone who points his sword at you. That's my vow for now, if I lie then the divine lightning will kill me before your eyes" Felicia said confidently and then suddenly a lightning strike sounded.

Naofumi who heard there was a lightning sound directly staring towards the back or the source of the sound. But there was nothing there, Felicia just smiled at Naofumi who was staring back with a face of wonder and confusion.

"Naofumi-dono, if you look at a glance maybe we look like a father and son who are walking, right?" felicia said with a faint smile.

Naofumi who heard Felicia's words was silent for a while until she looked towards Felicia, "Ah I think what you said has a point," muttered slowly Naofumi.

Arriving in the city of Meleromarc. Naofumi and Felicia immediately became the center of attention of the townspeople, they seemed to stare intently at Naofumi and gave Felicia a look of pity. Felicia who understood the meaning of the other people's gaze towards her, became astonished herself, as to why they were feeling sorry for her and why they gave a look as if they didn't like Naofumi, wasn't she a hero, that's what Felicia thinks.

However, despite Felicia's confusion reluctant to ask Naofumi, because Felicia was afraid that it would offend Naofumi and make Naofumi's trust go down, well she did not expect Naofumi to believe her, but he also did not want Naofumi to hate him.

Before long they both arrive at the place where Naofumi will sell the balloon monster skin they got , there they both saw someone selling a sheet of balloon monster skin and getting paid two copper coins. After the young man left, Naofumi and Felicia came and put a bunch of orange balloon skin to form a fairly large ball, Felicia who is quite good at assessing people's minds through the expression they realize something, if the merchant looks to put on a suspicious smile which means he wants to cheat Naofumi.

"This person seems to want to deceive us," Felicia murmured as she stared flatly at the person who was going to buy the monster skins from them.

Naofumi just stood still and looked at the man, then the man said, 'heem orange skin balloon, there are twenty pieces in total, how about two copper coins?" ask the guy.

The irritated Felicia immediately wanted to kill the person with her scythe, but Naofumi directly blocked Felicia. Felicia kept quiet and asked nothing because she believed Naofumi had good reason to forbid him from attacking people who tried to deceive them.

"The man just gave a sheet and got two copper coins" Naofumi said, questioning why he was treated differently than others, because obviously the goods he brought much more and the income he had was even the same as the person who only sold the same piece of balloon skin.

"Well about that how well, because you're a criminal, so I guess that's a fair price" the man said with a grin.

"I see, Feli did what you wanted to do just now," said Naofumi who was upset at the merchant's words.

Felicia who heard that Naofumi was not holding him back, teleported and sat down on the counter of the cheat merchant and stared intently at the person who cheated Naofumi, "People like you don't deserve life I curse you from tomorrow you won't be able to live happily" Felicia said, giving off a red aura and strangely that aura can only be seen by the merchant Felicia was looking at.

"Hu huaaaaaa!!!!!" the man shouted until he fell unconscious and Felicia took as much money as the merchant could save and returned to Naofumi.

"What did you do to him?" asked Naofumi who received the money from Felicia who had taken the money from the merchant's storage.

"Heh, I actually wanted to kill him. However, considering this was a public place, I held back and only gave Felicia an endless curse of misfortune and fear" murmured softly.

"Isn't that a bit excessive?" ask Naofumi.

"You don't have to worry about the people who have scourged you, if they are not taught a lesson will not be kapok and even more so," murmured softly Felicia

"You're .. ah, you're hungry, aren't you, come with me I know where we can eat" Naofumi said.

Felicia who heard that smiled a little, she was sure that Naofumi had a little faith in her, "Naofumi, I want you to know one thing about me," murmured softly Felicia.

"What's that?" ask Naofumi.

"I am a mixed race, that is, half Vampire and Human, indeed I can eat human food and be immune to the sun, he said, but because my vampire part is more dominant so I get full faster and my energy will recover faster if I eat blood and I will also weaken if I eat something containing onions, he said, that's all I want to say" Felicia said.

"What do you want from me after telling me that important thing?" ask Naofumi.

"I just want you to know, anything that can weaken me, because I already believe in you. so I'm sure you know what food you can give me and what you're supposed to avoid from me, because I'm sure you still need me to level you up, so I hope you understand and don't give me food that contains onions" said Felicia.

"I understand and are you not compatible with the Church?" ask Naofumi.

"Yes there is a lot of holy energy that will weaken me, I may not die but being there will make it hard to breathe" Felicia said.

"It seems you have a troublesome weakness" Naofumi murmured.

"I'm sorry if it makes you disappointed" Felicia responded, turning her face away.

"Just calm down, like you said I still need you, so I won't throw you away" said Naofumi, who seemed to begin to understand what Felicia was thinking as she turned her face away.

"Thank you," murmured softly Felicia.

"Hn" Naofumi murmured softly, and Naofumi honestly wanted to say that she wanted to thank Felicia for being her partner, but because of his bad experience he became difficult to say he also still did not trust Felicia completely.

After that they reached the only place to eat there and Naofumi ordered the cheapest food there for him, he also asked what menus did not contain onions and ordered the cheapest food from the menu without onions for Felicia.

After finishing eating together and paying for the meal, Felicia and Naofumi walked out of the humble medieval restaurant and went somewhere together, "Do you have no armor, you have no armor, to just wear a thin white cloth dress to cover your body?" ask Naofumi.

"This is a gift from someone important, it is indeed thin, but because I am also rarely exposed to attacks I do not mind it, and also I have you who will be a walking shield that will protect me from a surprise attack from a direction I cannot predict, so even though my defense is weak with you I'm pretty sure we can defeat a lot of monsters and despite being as weak as your attack with me by your side there's not a single monster that can't be killed, either, aren't the two of us quite a perfect combination and complement each other?" ask Felicia.

"Only you think about it, because everyone here thinks that I am not a useful figure in the fight" Naofumi murmured.

"Stupid, everyone has their own role, in the mobile game if in one team does not have a tank, then the possibility of them being swept clean is high, the probability of them being swept away is high, mah but there are many players who do not know themselves out there where they will always blame the tank when they lose, though they did not know if their tanks were fighting hard in holding the enemy and keeping them from ko quickly," softly muttered Felicia who unknowingly offended something she should not have said.

"Game, Player, how do you know the things in my world?" muttered asked Naofumi while glancing towards Felicia.

Felicia who realized that she had just made Naofumi question her origin immediately looked towards Naofumi, "Yes it is because in my place there is also such a thing and I live on earth and in the Asian country that most gamers are mobile game players," murmured softly Felicia.

"Is there a game in your place that is similar to this world?" naofumi asked expectantly.

"No, no, no game I've played there's nothing like this, at least in my country and on the phone I had before I reincarnated here, no game that's this place," muttered softly Felicia.

"What are popular games in your country?" ask Naofumi.

"Quite a lot, but I don't fully remember. But there are some that are often talked about, namely Free Fire, Mobile Legend, Genshin Impact, Player Unknown Battle ground, Minecraft and the one I often play, Action Taimanin," replied Felicia.

Naofumi was speechless to hear it, "It turns out we are from the same earth," Naofumi's soft muttered slightly moved.

"Well, she meant?" ask Felicia.

"Well out of all the games you've said, there are two games that I know as well, which means that we might have been on the same earth before" Naofumi murmured with a smile.

"Ah so well," murmured softly Felicia.

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