VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

"I didn't expect them to be so cool."

Unlike their expectations, the little girl did not come down running when she saw the two of them and these two special creatures.

Well, she did hurry down as soon as she saw them and came to her father to ask him if they were the ones she had been looking forward to meeting.

She even asked his permission to play with them after she greeted Elio and Alex in a graceful manner.

"A slime's mucus body is mostly made by a simple natural membrane that varies depending on their kind and type, but they are unique creatures so not all slimes are the same."

He was telling her about the slimes as well as about the Mana beasts that are practically made of Mana.

"Miu…"

"Miu's saying you're pretty, Miss Eve."

She was like a princess from the fairytales.

A short stature of a nine year old, fresh green hair that seemed to have never been cut almost touching the floor, eyes that were far deeper than Alex's eyes, a unique aura that made her much like her father, while the bright smile she had resembled her mom's.

"Oh? You think I'm pretty? You're pretty as well."

Eve Andrew Deborah Cromwell. The famous child of the Cromwell viscounty, the precious gem that was famous all throughout the north west.

"Miu~."

As pretty and adorable as she might be, there was a unique maturity in her behavior.

The two of them who had seen children grow up before their eyes knew well how this precious child could have experienced things that were beyond that of her own age.

"Muuuuu~."

"Az says you're pretty as well. It wants to touch your hair, if it's not a problem."

"Oh, of course not. You want to see my hair, little one?"

She was a calm child, the pureness in her eyes and the unique kind of calmness she had as she looked at the two little creatures was quite something as well…

[{ "Is that longing, Alex?" }]

Elio could tell there was something this little girl wanted.

'She's not a simple child, and being from noble families while having completely different characteristics than the people around you is quite a difficult thing.'

He knew it well. Complicated things were never his cup of tea.

[{ "That's not longing, Elio… well, it is longing, but I think it's more like a wish. She wants to have something but she knows she cannot have it.

These two little creatures have it, or more like they were born that way. And, she's envious of them." }]

She cannot Use Mana even though she had it and could feel it in the surroundings… The natives called it [Mana release syndrome] but the players had a different name for it.

[{ "The [Curse of Mana]... it's not fair how someone cannot do what they could do well just because of a condition." }]

[{ "It's a natural condition, Elio. she was born with it, and there is nothing one can do to change that." }]

There was no cure to what is part of your being itself. There was no way to cure or treat it since it wasn't an illness but how her body functioned.

[{ "I know. I'm just… sad." }]

If this was reality, they could associate this condition with an abnormal physiological anomaly caused by gene mutation. And, there was no cure for such conditions even in their modern society.

These things weren't something they could cure. They were simply how one was born.

[{ "Don't be sad, dummy. Just look at her… she knows her condition, she knows she will never be able to use magic like the rest of you, yet she is smiling." }]

Eve of Cromwell… She had seen magic and magical elements all her life.

Her father, a magic knight, could use his spells unlike most of the people present in this kingdom. And though not as special as him, her mother was also a simple mage that had her own unique magic.

Both of them were amazing people, and since she had lived with these amazing people, this little girl most certainly never had a simple life.

[{ "If you are sorry or something about this child, don't be. She doesn't need your pity." }]

In Alex's eyes, this little girl was a warrior.

A valkyrie that had fought against her natural limitations all her life.

"Miu~!"

"Muuu~!"

"Hehehe, hey that tickles~."

She was good with these little creatures, and they liked her as well.

"Do you two want some snacks?"

"Oh, no. We will directly have our lunch later."

"Is that so?"

The viscountess seemed sad that they weren't going to stay for as long as she wished them to. But, it was alright.

She knew they were going to come back soon anyway so, for now, she just smiled at her little girl that had a slime and a little gecko playing on her hair.

"She's adorable…"

She was still in her night clothes, there was a teddy bear with diamond as its eyes with her when she came down, but now she was happily playing with their little friends.

She liked them, she liked their owner and the pretty looking sister sitting before her as well, but for now, she was busy playing with the little creatures.

She could tell just how amazing these creatures were from the pure and abundant Mana they possessed, and even without that energy, she could tell these two were different from their kind.

"Isn't she?"

They were like her in a way, unique entities that could not be considered normal even from an abnormal perspective.

"Hehehe."

Both of them now knew why she might be so precious to this person sitting before them.

And, since they understood it, they knew they would have to be extra careful about everything they do.

"Oh, looks like our guests will have to leave soon." Her mom knew they had to leave soon, so she started preparing for their departure.

They would have to leave for work with her husband early in the morning, so they must have a lot of things they needed to take care of.

She understood that.

And, the two of them were thankful for her help.