Chương 275: Chapter 258. Big Sis Is Worried!

John Ericsson's Point Of View" Have to save them..." I look at him in front of them, I need to...... Everything went dark... What was I doing?" You were fighting an enemy that you shouldn't have even been near at this point! And even worse, now he wants to kill you!" A familiar voice answers my question..." Angela?"" Of course it's me!" /Whack! / pain!" WAAHH!"" AH!" I looked up to see Angela, only... She was crying giant tears the kind you'd expect to see in cartoons.

Once I had looked up, she smacked me in the cheek, the smack wasn't really hard or anything, it was more of a "How could you make me so worried!?" kind of thing. She wrapped her arms around me after smacking me." Angela, it's fine, I'm alive.... Still... Speaking of which, could you send me back? I reall-"" Absolutely not!" Shift! Shift! My question was rejected outright. I then felt my upper body being rocked forward and backward. Angela was shaking me. SHIFt! SHIFt!" Do you have any idea how worried I was!?

I had to sit back and watch you fight that lowest tier of scum! And worst of all! I couldn't help you! It was maddening!" SHIFT! SHIFT!" AnGeLa, StOp ShAkInG Me!" I call to her to try and stop the bout of motion sickness I was beginning to experience. I didn't even know I could get motion sick here in this world, but apparently, I can." How can I stop!? You're just going to try and go back there! Aren't you!?" Angela's face was covered in tears as she yelled at me. I felt bad, but I do need to go back...

I can't just leave Sarah and Anna to fight that thing by themselves, Holy Mantle won't last much longer." I need to go back, Angela. If not, he might kill Sarah or Anna or the kids that are still down there that can't do anything! They need my help."" No!"" Angela!" I was starting to grow exasperated by her. I can't just sit here while they fight, that isn't right. I need to get back as soon as possible." Angela, it's not right for me to sit here and do nothing, while everyone is fighting for their lives.

I need to go back... Wait! You know this guy right!? You called him the lowest tier of scum, right? Who is he?"" No, I'm not telling you!"" Angela, please..." She began to pout, it seems like I'm going to be here for a while, why can't she just tell me? I could really use the help right now." It's because you're going to immediately jump down there and try fighting him again! Don't you get it!? You can't beat him as you currently are! If you were more seasoned as a Paladin, then maybe... But not currently!""

But, Angela! I'm already there!"" Yes! But he can't take your Soul while I have you here! You're safe here!"" Maybe! But everyone else isn't!"" Aren't I important to you too!?"" Yes! But you're not at risk of dying right now! Sarah and Anna and the rest are! I have to help them!" The author's tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon." And I say no!" She's frowning... Oh no..." WAAHHHH!" She's begun crying again... I just send my head back and begin to think for a few moments.

Pat... Pet... I begin to rub her head to try and calm her down." Hahaha..." Angela looked up at me as she heard me laughing." What's so funny?"" Nothing, it's just that my "Older Sister" is crying and I decided to comfort and calm her by patting her head, and it worked..." I laughed again. Just thinking about how absurd the situation is, was making me laugh." It's not that funny... I'm worried..."" I know, Angela... But you need to trust me. I've survived so far." press... warm...

Angela gently placed her hand on my cheek as she spoke." You've been lucky, John... A normal person doesn't just get back up after taking a blast of Explosion Magic or nearly being possessed by a Goddess... You survived because of the Paladin Job and because that thieving cat angered me. I want you to be safe, John. That's all I want as your Big Sister." Press... I place my hand on hers as I begin to speak." My life is complicated, Angela.

I'm in a Country that's filled with people who dislike me, I may not know what that thing is, but I know he's something way above my paygrade, but I need to go back. The only thing I can do with my life is choose what I decide to risk it for. I want to risk it for My Family and My Friends. They don't deserve to die and my Holy Flame is a weapon that can hurt or possibly kill that guy." Angela shook her head, I thought I would be rejected again, but then she began to speak to me." Your Holy Flame won't kill him.

It'll only rob him of the time he currently has." She finally said something other than "no". This is progress. Squeeze! Angela moved her hand back around my back and hugged me harder as she began to speak." I wanted to reach out to you so bad when you first arrived in Zana, but I had to attend a meeting. I've been waiting since I arrived back to bring you to me so I could speak to you. And yet, all I could do was tell you to run earlier...

I just wanted you to leave Zana so badly earlier in the day, I know it's selfish, but aren't I allowed to be? I've given so much already! The battles! The wars! The imprisoning! The judging! Do I really need to let you walk into your own death to!? I can't accept it! I don't want to lose you after finally being able to speak to you. It... It's not fair!" There was a lot to unpack about all of that. Again, Angela was crying. Seems I'm making her emotions jump up and down... I again begin to pet her head.

In time she calms down." Angela, I understand that you care about me, but I care about Sarah and Anna just like you do about me. I don't know what I can say to convince you to let me go, but if you keep me here, I'd probably grow to resent you... I don't want to do that, Angela. So please, let me go and help them. I need to protect them." Tighten! Her hands gripped me tighter and tighter as I spoke, this really is turning into a younger brother trying to get his babysitting older sister to let him out of the house.

Again, we were at a stalemate... I know it would be easy to say something mean to make her want to send me back, or something that would make her hate me, but looking at how much she's crying... The fact she is crying because she cares so much about me, I just can't bring myself to do it..." John, hang on for a second." Pinch! Warmth!" Uogh!"

All of a sudden, Angela reached her hand into my chest, I felt a small pinching feeling at first, then I felt something similar to a warm blanket being wrapped around me, along with a warm feeling in my chest. I closed my eyes as the feeling began to overwhelm me. When I opened them again, I was on the ground. I could see the night sky. To my left... Sarah... She looked sad. She was covered in dirt, there was a small amount of blood falling from the side of her head... Sit Up...

I sit up, Anna is in front of us, she's using her eyes to look around. Wait, Sarah... She's still looking down at me." Sarah, are you alright?" She isn't responding... Why?" Because she can't hear you, John." Angela's voice answers my question... Kind of." Why can't she?"" Because you're not in your body, look behind you." I did as she said. I'm... On the floor? Sarah was wiping away the blood and dirt I was covered in. Sarah... My Beautiful Wife, that smile, with drool dripping down your lips, it...

It isn't very ladylike..." I'm showing you this to let you know they're safe, now then." With Angela's words, my right hand was raised... A Barrier appeared." You're just showing me that you possessed my body and used the Barrier Skill?"" No, I'm not possessing you, John. Because you're Blessed with my Favor and as long as I'm accepted by you, I can more or less give your body an instruction to do. Like giving a computer code a specific command. Now, come back to me." RAISE! /Whoosh! / I was just... Beamed up...

Man, that felt weird." It's because your Soul isn't affected by the things that your body would be. Even if it would be, I'm more or less Summoning you like you would Lily or Paula."" I... See..." I returned to Angela's embrace, her hand, now not sticking into my chest, was wrapped back around me. While I thought about how weird it felt to have her hand touching my heart more or less. I decided to ask her if she could do something that could even the odds against that guy."

Angela, speaking of Possession, couldn't you just Possess me and beat that guy?"" No, I refuse to do that." Angela looked at me with a deathly serious expression in her eyes." But why not? Can't you Possess me?" Angela closed her eyes and took a deep breath before beginning to speak." Yes, I could, in theory, possess you, the same way that wretch did to that Fracks guy... But I can't actually do it for 2 reasons. The first is that quite frankly, if I did, I'd kill you... Sniff."" Angela, this is a hypothetical.""

I know... I still don't have to like it..." Angela summoned a tissue to blow her nose before she continued to speak..." The 2nd is like I told you, I'm Forbidden from interfering in the World of Mortals. At worst, I'd be imprisoned for millennia or something similar in severity."" So, the bad guys get to do whatever and break rules, but you're stuck doing nothing except trying to hold me back here? How is that fair!?"" There're many reasons for the rule... Even if I don't like it...

But I think I have a solution to your issue now... Well, you have an answer to your issue."" What do you mean?" Angela seemed different than she was a minute ago. She seemed... More confident in me now. She began to explain what she meant." While I was busy making your body activate the Barrier, I took a look at your Skills, I think you may have unlocked an ability that can make you win this fight." A smile appeared on her face for the first time today.

I wonder what Skill I unlocked that can put me on an level playing field with that guy?