Danmachi: Reaper

"Ugh..., where am I...?"

Kelvin opened his eyes with a frowning expression as he felt pain radiating throughout his body.

"Kelvin-sama! Are you awake?!"

"Ugh-!!!"

Before Kelvin could react, a huge weight fell on his body, making him groan in pain.

"Sylpha..., lighter..., you're hurting me...." Kelvin reached out his hand to hug the head of Sylpha who was currently hugging his body.

"A-Ah! O-Oh..., m-sorry ...."

Realizing her mistake, Sylpha hurriedly removed her embrace from Kelvin, slightly moving away but not taking her eyes off Kelvin.

It had been more than a week since Kelvin had fallen into a coma, and since then Sylpha had not slept at all and continued to look after Kelvin.

Because of that, her appearance now looked unkempt. Her face was quite dull with dark circles around her eyes.

"Did you always take care of me when I was in a coma?" Kelvin asked while looking at Sylpha.

"Yes. ...." Sylpha nodded her head lightly.

Even so, she was somewhat worried by Kelvin's stern gaze directed at her.

Would Kelvin scold her for that?

Had she done something wrong?

As Sylpha was thinking that, she suddenly felt a gentle pat on her head. Looking up, she looked at Kelvin who gave her a gentle smile.

"Thank you..., I guess I've troubled you, haven't I, Sylpha?"

Seeing that smile, somehow made Sylpha's lips tremble, tears gathering at the corners of her eyes as she couldn't help but sob.

"Uwaahhh! Kelvin-sama!!!"

******

Some time later, the news of Kelvin finally waking up spread throughout the Manor. And now, the executive members including Lefiya-except Bete and Loki-were in his room.

"Umm ...." Finn looked at Kelvin with a strange look.

And not just him, but everyone who was there, except Ais, was looking at Kelvin with a strange look.

The reason was, although Kelvin tried to act casual, but the fact that Sylpha was asleep on his lap using his thigh as a pillow could not be ignored by them.

"What's wrong, Captain?" Kelvin asked in confusion, as if not caring about the many strange looks directed at him.

No, it wasn't that he didn't notice, it was just that, Kelvin ignored it and acted as if he didn't know. It was also a form of distraction from his embarrassment!

After all, after crying for some time, Sylpha suddenly fell asleep on his lap. And at the same time, Finn knew that she had woken up from Sylpha's scream a while ago.

Because of this, Finn, Gareth, Riveria, Ais, and Lefiya were in Kelvin's room.

Loki was taking care of something outside the Familia, so he wasn't here. While Bete, well Bete was Bete. Tiona and Tione were in the Dungeon, so they weren't here at the moment.

"No, it's fine." Sighing, Finn decided to ignore the scene in front of him, "How are you, Kelvin? I heard you managed to defeat Goliath, that's great."

For a level 1 adventurer to be able to defeat Goliath, it was a very great achievement!

Even, Finn in the past couldn't do that!

"It's fine, it's just that my body feels a little sore." Kelvin sighed with a helpless expression.

After all, if he wasn't in his optimal condition, it would be difficult to go to the Dungeon for some time.

For now, Kelvin should rest to recover his condition again, then he could return to the Dungeon when his body had improved.

"Alright, then we won't disturb your rest. For now, you don't need to go to the Dungeon for a while, you can focus on recovering your body for now."

"Mn, I understand." Kelvin nodded.

Although he originally intended to argue because he still wanted to go to the Dungeon to increase his strength. But, Kelvin could still feel his entire body experiencing pain as he tried to move his body.

For now, it's better to listen to Finn's advice and keep resting for a while.

After all, he can consider this a temporary vacation, right?

Plus, an adventurer usually did not have a specific day off on their calendar. That was also the reason why they actively went to dungeons.

After all, the adventurer's source of income was from exchanging the magic stones and item drops they obtained from the dungeon. If they didn't go to the dungeon, it meant they had no income.

Moreover, an adventurer, let alone a high-class adventurer like Finn generally spent a large sum of money beyond what they earned from the Dungeon every day.

And that was why, large expeditions to the inner floors were a very profitable thing for an adventurer, especially their Familia.

When they went on an expedition, it meant that they would be away from the Dungeon for several days or weeks, they would need large-scale supplies and bring many adventuring personnel with them.

Together, they would explore the deepest parts of the Dungeon that they could, and gain a lot of loot in the process.

It would be very profitable especially when they converted all their loot into money.

After some time chatting about Kelvin's condition, they didn't bother Kelvin anymore and let him rest.

Plus, they also had to prepare for the expedition that would start next month.

Loki Familia was quite busy these days. And an exhausted member couldn't make them neglect their work.

******

A few days later, Kelvin had fully recovered. He could move his body very well and was feeling energized today.

And, the reason why he was excited was-

"I'm going to Loki to update my status!"

-Kelvin had intended to renew his status from the start. But, Loki had some business to do outside of the Familia. And his body was quite difficult to move at that time.

So, Kelvin could only surrender and wait for his body to improve before finally going to see Loki to renew his status.

"Kelvin-sama, are you awake?"

Just as Kelvin was about to go to Loki's room, Sylpha entered his room, seeing him stretching his body.

"Oh, Sylpha. You came quite early today?"

Although surprised, but it was only a moment before Kelvin smiled slightly as he looked at Sylpha.

He was not surprised how Sylpha was able to enter his room, even though he had locked the door to his room in the first place. No, or rather, Kelvin gave Sylpha a spare key to his room, so it was not strange to see that Sylpha could enter his room easily.

"Yes, I originally intended to train this morning. But I wanted to see your condition first."

"Oh, you don't have to worry." Kelvin smiled as he raised his hand muscles, "I'm already feeling really good today!"

"Ah, I see. I guess I'll prepare breakfast before practicing."

"No, you don't need to do that. I can fetch it myself. Besides, I'm going to see Loki to update my status now."

"Is that so? Then, I'll wait for you in the dining hall before going to practice."

"Mn, no problem."

Feeling that there was no point, Kelvin finally just agreed to Sylpha's words.

After all, it was just preparing breakfast, and from the beginning there was a special picket among the lower members of the Familia to take turns preparing food for the other members of the Familia.

This task was especially done by lower-class adventurers or level 2 adventurers. That was because they were generally beginner adventurers who had just joined the Familia. And it was too soon for them to take care of other Familia's business.

So, Loki asked Finn to divide the tasks among the lower adventurers.

It was aimed at equality, and also to teach other Familia members about responsibility and cooperation.

While high-class adventurers and executive members take care of Familia's affairs; such as exchanging magic stones, negotiating, keeping track of weaponry, finances, etc. Lesser adventurers like Raul will gradually be familiarized with similar tasks, just not very often as they are more often assigned to accommodation matters.

****

"Yo, you finally woke up too."

As soon as Kelvin entered Loki's room, he was immediately greeted by Loki who looked at him with a grinning smile.

"Let me guess, you must want to update your status, right? I thought the achievement of defeating Goliath was enough to allow you to level up." Loki said jokingly as he swirled the glass of wine in his hand, "You should have seen Finn and the others' faces when they found out you had defeated Goliath-they were completely dumbfounded! Ahahaha!"

Ignoring Loki's last comment, Kelvin walked over to Loki while taking off his top clothes.

"Oh, being impatient, huh ...." Loki grinned as he looked at Kelvin, "well, I'm impatient too. Come on, hurry up and let me update your status!"

Pricking his finger with a needle, Loki dripped his blood onto his back, and with that, his Family's clown emblem appeared on his back, along with the hieroglyphics that showed his status.

"Oh, look at this! This really doesn't make sense!"

Loki's exclamation got Kelvin interested.

"Can I see it?"

"Sure, wait a minute!"

Loki quickly took a piece of parchment and pressed it against Kelvin's back, making the hieroglyphs that appeared on his back copied onto the parchment.

Seeing his status, Kelvin was a little surprised, but it was only for a moment before he finally grinned.

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Status:

Name: Kelvin Edelfelt

Lvl: 1

Strength: D511 > SSS1499

Durability: E432 > SSS1408

Dexterity: E456 > SS1109

Agility: F399 > SS1068

Magic: I0 > A850

Skills:

[Independent]

[Réduire Ajouter]

[Reverse Sight]

[Madness Increase]

Magic:

[Wound Manipulation]

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His status had significantly increased by leaps and bounds, and there were even two of his basic abilities reaching SSS rank.

Although Kelvin was surprised, but he felt that this was natural. Moreover, he remembered that the original protagonist could also do the same thing as him, moreover Alfia, who was the Protagonist's Aunt also had an unknown way to make her stats reach SS rank.

"You really are an anomaly, you know? I've never heard of anyone being able to break through the S rank restriction in their stats." Loki sighed.

He did not remember anyone else besides Kelvin being able to reach SSS rank, Loki thought Adventurers in Zeus or Hera Familia should be able to do it. But, Adventurers nowadays? Loki wasn't sure.

But, here he was, where one of his children could break that restriction, which made his status reach SSS rank in just a short time.

"I remember you have only been an adventurer for a month, even just a few weeks, right? And you were already able to become a level 2 in such a short time?" Loki rubbed his forehead as he said that, "I'm worried what will happen to the others when they find out about this, especially Ais."

Undeniably, other than Kelvin, Ais was the person in her family who wanted power the most.

If she knew Kelvin had become level 2 in just one month..., there was a possibility that Ais might interfere with Kelvin so that he could know how to increase his level, as well as have power quickly.

And that must be very troublesome ....

"Can you raise my level first?"

"Oh, of course." Loki patted his flat chest confidently, "By the way, what development ability do you want?"

"What are the options?"

"Let me see, there's 'Hunter', 'Abnormal Resistance', and finally 'Reaper'. Which one are you going to choose?"

"Can you explain about this 'Reaper'?"

"Oh, you're interested too? Alright." Loki grinned as he said excitedly, "Let me see, this 'Reaper' is a developmental ability that allows you to sense death. Hmm, that's all it says here."

Loki shrugged his shoulders with an indifferent expression. Even so, within himself, Loki frowned.

The ability to sense death..., that was really unusual, let alone possessed by a human.

"Then I'll take it." Kelvin said without hesitation.

'Hunter' or 'Abnormal Resistance' could be obtained at any time, and even if he couldn't obtain 'Hunter' again in the future, it didn't matter.

After all, the 'Reaper's' ability was to sense death. And the death referred to here is certainly not limited to the monsters themselves.

That way, this ability would be more useful than the 'Hunter' itself.

"Oh! Then it's decided! Hmm, you seem to have gotten a new skill, do you want me to add it?"

"Another skill? That's really unusual, isn't it? I'm sure there's no one who gets skills so easily like me?"

"I told you, you are an anomaly!"

Loki hit his head with his palm.

He sighed, it was true what Kelvin said. There was no case where someone could obtain a Skill so easily like Kelvin.

Loki even suspected that Kelvin might be an illegitimate child of one of the Gods..., but thinking that Gods should not be able to have children, he immediately dismissed the thought from his head.

"What is that skill?"

"Shinigami Eyes."

That one sentence made Kelvin pause.

"Is it just my feelings or have I been getting something related to death lately?"

Shinigami, that was the name of the personification of Death itself, just like the Grim Reaper.

Shinigami were said to invite people to death or incite people's feelings until they wanted to commit suicide.

"I don't know, I can't tell you anything about this anyway."

Loki shrugged his shoulders with an indifferent expression.