The Insatiable - Chapter 25
The two headed straight for the audience hall where Nanako and Yasumi are waiting for Anna to come back and report Haruhiro’s situation. Along the way, Anna told Haruhiro all that happened during the time he was unconscious. He found out that not much happened during that time, however, the news about Nanako having an ability is something that he found surprising.
It seems to him that people with abilities are becoming a common sight for him. That doesn’t necessarily mean a good thing for him though. The more there are Evolved or Incarnates as the System classify them as out there, the more dangerous it is for Haruhiro and his group who so far only has four people with abilities. Three of these four doesn’t even know how to handle a fight.
Still, having Nanako gain an ability is a piece of great news for him. Here he was even thinking that the skill book he earned from the main quest “Prepare for the Apocalypse” should be given to Nanako who doesn’t have a way to protect herself.
[Main Quest: Prepare for the Apocalypse
Quest Objective: In order to survive the changing world, Greed’s Reincarnation must be prepared for it. Find a proper place to stay in and collect resources.
Rewards: +3 CON, Skill Book
Status: Complete]
[00:00:00 before the apocalypse.]
Haruhiro closed the “Prepare for Apocalypse” mission and opened another.
[Side Quest: Looting Resources
Quest Objective: In preparation for the end of the world, you must have enough resources to feed yourself.
Rewards: Inventory Slot Expansion, 10 Greed Points
Status: Completed]
Haruhiro has already used the Inventory Slot Expansion ticket. It increased his Inventory by adding 15 more slots, making the total slots of his Inventory 50. The Greed Points he earned in this mission is a measly 10, unlike the other quests he’s completed the day he fought with Sloth and that person in white or Angel Incarnate as the System says. The total amount of his GP is now 320 once the ten he got from this quest is added.
He also closed that after checking it for a while before looking at the two quests he still has not completed. The “Conquer the Sin of Lust” and “Kill the Sin of Sloth” missions. He failed to kill Sloth but it seems that the mission will keep on going. As for the other one, he doesn’t really understand what kind of “conquer” the System wants from him but he’s guessing that its that kind of conquer. Which is why he’s been hesitant up till today but he’s now determined.
He thought that he should take it slowly when it comes to Yasumi but just thinking of that adorable girl Haruhiro couldn’t control himself. ‘It seems like the moment I became Greed I also lost my self-control.’ Haruhiro noticed this but didn’t really care anymore. He’ll be greedy and he’ll do what he wants.
Name: Sato Haruhiro Age: 17
Gender: M LV: 5
STR: 15 INT: 15
CON: 24 CHR: 22
DEX: 16 SPR: 33
Ability:
Greed ->allows the user to have two or more abilities that are not part of the Sin Series
Devouring Shadows ->allows the user to control shadows to swallow other creatures and turning that creatures into user’s attribute points.
Haruhiro also checked his current status and felt surprised. It seems that since he hasn’t checked his status for quite some time his attributes rose without him noticing. Not only his attributes but also his level. Haruhiro thought about it and guessed that his attributes rose because his level rose up.
As Haruhiro finished checking the two arrived at the audience hall only to discover that Yasumi and Nanako are nowhere to be found. They saw one person there however, her name is Kobayashi Shiori, Anna’s cousin, and Nanako’s niece. She was the person who took charge when Nanako fainted after her confrontation with Akimasa. She’s still wearing her hair in a braided twintails but right now she’s wearing a pair of black pants and a white t-shirt.
“Sato-san, you’re awake. Aunt Nanako, Anna, and Yasumi-san have been very worried about you. It’s great that you’re alright.” She said so with a small smile on her face however Haruhiro feels that something is off with this person. He hasn’t really been close with her since the way she looked at him had always been somewhat weird for Haruhiro.
“Shiori-chan, where’s mom and Yasumi-san?”
“They went out to deal with those people outside, it seems that because we’ve been giving them some food these past few days they expect us to continue this service for them. Some of the men along with them started to disrespect our people even.”
When Haruhiro heard this, he felt annoyed. It was evident that these people are thinking too highly of themselves, it seems that he should be the one to solve this.
“Anna, let’s go. I’ll solve this issue already.”
Anna nodded her head and followed Haruhiro walk out of the audience hall leaving behind Shiori on her own again. Along the way, Haruhiro tried to summarize all that’s happened so far inside his head. The more he did though, the more he felt like the past two weeks have been too eventful.
He died only to be reincarnated in a dying person’s body. Haruhiro then discovered that not only did he reincarnate in the past where the apocalypse was soon to happen, he also discovered how he now has an ability. No, it wasn’t just one ability he gained. It was more like he gained an arsenal since once he gained enough Greed Points he could buy new skills from the system. This made him happy but it also confused him of course since he doesn’t know where it came from. All the System told him is that it wasn’t from the original Greed from Haruhiro’s timeline nor is it the result of him having reincarnated.
It was more like he reincarnated because of it, because of this he felt more confused. However, all the weird things didn’t stop from there. The System gave him missions to complete, once these said missions are to be completed he then could gain items and rewards for his work. He could even get stronger once he completed enough. Haruhiro completed the missions left and right, of course, he wouldn’t have been able to properly complete some of those if it weren’t for Anna and Nanako who’s guiding him.
He, of course, felt a bit of guilt for having to depend on them too much but now that the apocalypse has started, there’s no way that the way they know the world works would of course still work. Now is a completely different world, a world where the person with the bigger fist gets to be the one at the top. He can totally do something about almost everything for sure, including this issue they have right now.
After the missions, Haruhiro also remembered the night he killed Matsumoto Riku and his friends. He remembered how Anna looked a bit frightened of him back then. However, that didn’t last too long or at least that’s what he thinks. Thinking of that night, he couldn’t help but recall the feeling of having two beautiful girls around each of his arms as he sleeps. Haruhiro then felt that it should even feel better if Nanako was there that night. It was a shame is what he thinks.
There was also that… Anna, Yasumi, and Nanako. Women who say love him, however, it just feels too unreal for him. They were all so beautiful and perfect that it felt like its some dream that he wouldn’t wish to wake up from. He once even asked himself if he’s actually really dead and that this is part of the afterlife. Shaking those thoughts away, Haruhiro noticed how they’ve already gotten out of the tower at the center of the camp. Anna led the way for Haruhiro as they held each other’s hand.
Haruhiro unconsciously held her hands tighter making Anna smile brightly but she didn’t turn around and continued to walk instead. His gaze on her is filled with warmth, this scene of the two walking like this is like a beautiful painting.
He wanted to enjoy this even more but he then remembered what the person with brown hair said to him.
“Feed your greed.”
He doesn’t fully understand what he was trying to tell him back then but Haruhiro is of course very sure about this phrase. This is also what led to his current mindset. Haruhiro wanted more information about those two people but he knows that at his current level he’s not qualified to even know their names.
Haruhiro is then reminded of Sloth and that Angel Incarnate. He really regretted not fighting better that day but regretting anything about it will not and cannot help him so he can only promise to himself how he will fight better next time.
Anna and Haruhiro arrived at the gates, they saw the Sentry standing by the gate looking at one particular direction. In that direction, he can see Nanako and Yasumi along with some people of their camp talking to a group of people. These people clearly don’t look like a group with good intentions. Just basing it at the way a lot of these people were looking at Yasumi and Nanako could already say that. The two, of course, noticed this and they didn’t like it but they know that stooping on their level would not bring any results so they can only take it in.
However, these people thought differently. They’ve only seen these two and another teenaged girl leading their group and thought how there wasn’t any man in charge, which is why they dared to try and flirt with the two. If they didn’t have escorts holding their guns they would have become even more brazen.
Of course, not all would remain sane. One suddenly reached out his hand to try and caress Yasumi’s face. He thought that he’d be able to feel how soft and smooth the skin of this angelic beauty is but when his hand was about to reach her face, he felt how his hand stopped moving or more like he couldn’t move it forward any longer.
He looked at the reason and saw a teen staring at him coldly, his hand is being grabbed by the other party and he could feel the strength of this person. That man then heard the teen speak, “I’ve watched you disrespect my wives long enough.”
