The tiny Sapphira tried to hug the girl who, according to the nametag floating above her head, was called Cinera, but noticed her own head only went up to Cin's belly and so she didn't actually try it. Nevertheless she vowed to do it someday.
As such Sapphira resolved on just smiling and shrugging.
"To be totally honest, no. No I am not scared at all nor do I actually have any kind of notion to actively seek the exit of this game."
She paused and her expression took on a serious tone.
"First of all, I know that, if I should actually try to get out here, I will be killed in the process and I want to enjoy this as much as I possibly can and as long as I possibly can, so death would be a major bummer there."
A cheeky grin found its way onto her face before becoming solemn again.
"But secondly, and most importantly, when I put on that helmet this morning, I didn't plan to remove it for a long, long while. My real life sucks, so much so, that I am actually afraid of life itself."
The usually happy and joyful look on Sapphira's face had completely vanished, replaced by an expression that could easily be interpreted as depressed or even mourning.
"I'm the second daughter of a pretty rich man, in my case one would assume me to have a happy life, but no. I never saw any of dad's money, nope. All went to my older brother, who will inherit dad's company, whereas I get nothing. I had to work all day after returning from school, but in school itself nobody actually believed me. You know, why would the daughter or a rich father not have any money at all. So, of course, I got targeted by everybody any anybody who wanted to squeeze out a few bucks from my family by doing all kinds of nasty stuff to me."
One could clearly see not sadness in Sapphira's eyes now, but anger, very strong anger.
"Just about two weeks ago I was kidnapped again, this time by somebody who really wanted to force a lot of money out of my family. Naturally my father and my brother didn't care about my fate in the slightest. And right now, I am in the hospital while this game got gifted to me by the maid of my father's house, who was quite angry at my father for kicking me out as soon as I was able to work."
In the time she had needed to tell this tale, Sapphira had sat down on her cart her feet becoming unable to carry her anymore right this moment.
She looked up at Cinera, her face being a vile grimace.
"I guess, my story was a little bit counterproductive, eh? Well... now you know why I am not scared at all."
After a long drawn out sigh, a smile managed to creep back onto Sapphira's visage.
"If you don't know what to do right now, you can follow me to the inn, where we can surely rent a room at least for this night and I can introduce you to my comrades. I plan to form a guild as soon as I possibly can, you know."
Sapphira winked at her and stood up again motioning Cinera to follow her.
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