Rise of the Strongest Girl Next Door 1: LitRPG with a yandere twist by Yuki Knightley & Gwen Grayson

Author:Yuki Knightley & Gwen Grayson [Knightley, Yuki & Grayson, Gwen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eldritch Blade
Published: 2024-11-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Ethan - The Plot Thickens

Ethan’s muscles burned as he finished his final set of push-ups, sweat dripping onto the floor beneath him. He shrugged off the sandbags stacked on his back, letting them hit the linoleum floor of his new apartment with a thud.

The familiar ache of a good workout settled into his body as he rose. He kind of marveled at himself. Even today of all days—the day on which he watched his crush die, brought her back to the land of the living, then promptly smooched her, he still had the will to work out a second time. “Not bad, Harper,” he chuckled to himself, checking out his bulging triceps in the standing mirror.

Ethan grabbed a towel, letting the rough fabric scrape against his skin as he wiped his face and neck. The sweat came off easily enough, but he was sure he stank to hell and back. It was high time for a shower.

The bathroom mirror reflected a mess of a man back at him—hair plastered to his forehead, cheeks flushed with exertion. Ethan grinned at his rugged reflection, feeling that post-workout high coursing through his veins. As he stepped into the shower, the hot water hit his skin like a thousand hot needles, melting away the tension in his muscles.

Steam filled the small bathroom, and Ethan’s mind drifted to Lily. What a fucking day. Her soft lips, the way she’d blushed when he kissed her, how perfectly she fit in his arms—it was hard not to relive all those moments with her in his head. He smiled as he remembered how cute she was all day. It was hard to believe this adorable, bashful girl was the same badass Berserker who he watched regularly carve through hordes of monsters.

After drying off, Ethan threw on a comfortable pair of gray sweatpants and a loose t-shirt that still smelled faintly of fabric softener. He activated his comm-link and started composing a message.

“Hey, just got out of the shower,” he typed. “Gonna take a quick nap before we meet up. Totally wiped after today.”

Lily’s response came almost instantly—a string of heart emojis that made him laugh. Fucking adorable. Lily was so sweet and adorable, it was kind of mind-blowing. It should be illegal considering how drop-dead gorgeous she was.

Flopping onto his new bed, a marginal upgrade from his last one, Ethan sank into the tough but comfy mattress with a contented sigh. The cool sheets felt heavenly against his skin as his thoughts wandered back to their insane day.

The Nightmare Level. Aptly named, he granted it, if a bit cringey and on-the-nose. That was SlayerCorp’s doing, of course, but it wasn’t always clear just what part of things was up to them and which was up to the System itself. They didn’t give long talks on the subject, but his basic understanding was that Slayer System Implants existed primarily to interpret the System, but over the years, SlayerCorp’s technicians had gained some upper-level access to it, able to rename things, tweak descriptions, obscure details they wanted to hide, and so on.

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