Yvle her legs pound as she rushed to catch up to the boar and grab it by its thin tail. The pig grunted but didn't stop moving leaving Yvlena to be dragged along by its pace.

  She didn't have any potions with her, aanglia would have worked wonders right now to stop the pig from hitting the stubborn boy and her summon.

  Already she could see Kuti had lifted a hand to her fa Even if the doll ran, her little legs wouldn’t be able to carry her away fast enough.

  ‘If the boar hits, she’ll shatter instantly.’ Yvlena thought in dismay.

  "Sprite use bind as much as you , we o halt it before it reaches them! Rabbit Knight use Rabbit Volley!" Yvlena ordered.

  It wasn't often she ordered her summons, most of the time she trusted the game's very intuitive AI to do what was best for her but now they were all scrambling to avoid a potential catastrophe.

  'Because of this stubborn little NPC!' Yvlena thought, ohis fight was over she didn't know what she would do to him.

  [Sprite Cast Bind]

  [Sprite Cast Bind]

  [Sprite Cast Bind]

  Sprite cast bind a casting as fast as she could,

  [Kuti Cast Weaken (03MP)]

  From her p the ground, the summon must have read Yvlena's i and quickly cast the only skill she khat could help.

  Yvlena breathed a sigh of relief, at least one of them was using their brain.

  What a smart doll.

  The elven girl saw the effects of the skill in the form of a dark cloud appearing over the Boar’s head. In a moment it would slow down from the effects of weakening.

  "Good job, Kuti!" Yvlena called. The tail in her hand sed as it was no longer pulled taunt by the boar dragging her forward.

  The boar was slowing down now, its body tangled with the vihat shot out of the ground and ed around its appendages.

  It stopped in front of Dyn barely able to move but strugglie that, the NPC, with a great heave pluhe sword into the beast's head dealing the critical final blow.

  The boar disappeared in fkes of light, leaving Yvley handed and relieved. She fell to the ground, resting on the soft grass panting hard.

  "I knew we had nothing to worry about." He said puffing out his chest. As he looked around him he saw the faces of the summons were displeased except for Kuti who only ran to Yvlena's side wanting to be picked up.

  [Sprite Cast Sting (01MP)]

  "Ow!" he yelled as he was suddenly hit by a tiny beam of light.

  "What were you thinking?" Sprite flew up to him shaking a finger in warning. "What if you or Kuti got hurt?"

  "I guess we'll never know." Dyn said holding his hands out casually. He didn’t have so much as an apologetic expression on his face after thrusting himself and Kuti into danger.

  The forest sprite shot him a dirty look before huffing and flying over to Yvlena’s side.

  [Yvlena Acquired

  Exp:400/2070

  Pork x3

  Boar Tusks x2

  Moon Points x500]

  Kuti sat on Yvlena's chest, jingling as she did in a giggle.

  "Good Job." Yvlena said again, opening her eyes and deg to stand once more. She stumbled a bit as she did, sighing heavily as she looked back at her party.

  [Your panion gained a Level]

  [Rabbit Knight gained a Level]

  [Sprite gained a level]

  [Kuti gained a level]

  "That is a lot ression." Yvlena said, pg Kuti ba her shoulder.

  "Okay let's tinue on." Yvlena said, the fight with the boar had sapped her of any energy to scold Dyn but it seemed Sprite was doing just that for her.

  "We're almost at the outpost so you'll be able to pay your respects soon." Yvlena said with a tired shrug. The young man behind her nodded sensing he had done something wrong, he followed along quietly.

  Yvlena didn't say much as they walked, her miowards Risel and the esission she would have to embark on through the Verdant woods.

  Risel had a lot more sehan Dyn, she knew, but Yvlena worried about the variables she could not trol. No matter how many times she told Dyn to be careful he still did whatever he pleased.

  ‘He’s just like a real kid!’ she thought in frustration. It was annoying.

  “Why are you looking at me like that?” Dyn asked as he noticed the deadpan expressions Yvlena and her summons had fixed on him.

  “I’m w if yoing to run straight into danger for the millionth time.”

  “Hey! I haven’t been that reckless.”

  “Yes, you have!” Yvlena and Sprite yelled.

  “I haven’t been as reckless as I could be.” Dyn said, his face split into a wide grin as he held a finger up to correct her assertions.

  'Well that's why they're characters, you either work with them ainst them.' she thought, but right now Dyn seemed to enjoy w against her. Yvlena puffed up her cheeks, frustration tio bubble within her.

  [Dyn sense your mood]

  "Hold on...are you really that mad I didn't get out of the boar's way?" he asked.

  Yvlehe beginnings of a verbal shing oo held back. He was just a young man who wao pay his respects to his father. It was a quest she accepted.

  ‘I bought trouble with my own hands.’

  "I'm upset because you and Kuti could have gotten hurt, I know you want to participate in battles but at your current ability you could get...killed." Yvlena said with as much grace as she could muster.

  e to think of it, she didn't even know what happened when an NPC's HP hit zero. Would they burst into light like the enemies did? Or would Yvlena have to lug back a dead body?

  Either way, she was in no hurry to find out.

  "It doesn't feel right to just stand ba battles a you ha." Dyn mumbled.

  "Well, you entrusted me to be your escht? That's what I'm supposed to do. If you die what would I tell your mom? What would I tell Iris, or Twy when I find her? You're my responsibility." Yvlena said. once again it felt like she had a sibling albeit a stubborn one.

  But maybe that was the lesson of the esission, NPCs wouldn't listen to her like a summon would.

  "I know, I just feel pretty useless." Dyn said. "I see you order your summons around but you don't give me anything to do."

  Yvlena gasped, she guessed she uood that feeling.

  "On our way back, I'll leave you to fight some of the other enemies but please no more jumping into fights and I do mean it this time. No more."

  Dyn nodded but instantly had a bright smile on his face. Yvlena shook her head and cuffed him at the back of his head again.

  "That's for making me grab onto that boar. You're lucky Laurent needs his pork." Yvlena said.

  “I’m sorry!” Dyn whined.

  Sunghost