Gaps and the Great Demon

"You're wound too tight."

Watching the employees of several merchant associations on the island load the local specialty spices they had purchased onto carriages and carts, then deliver them into Dog Egg's hold, Xu Shilan recorded the inventory list and quantities while speaking to Wu Pifu.

Wu Pifu looked completely bewildered.

What was he wound too tight about?

Xu Shilan looked at Wu Pifu with a hint of pity, then glanced at Dog Egg. "Other than killing monsters, all you do is fight. Your mind is stretched to its limit. All that talk about not being human, not being human, not being human... really, you just want to be a person. Listen to your big sister. Relax for the next few days and let me take the reins."

Wu Pifu still asked blankly, "What does that mean?"

Yamadai burst out laughing beside them. "It means you don't move, she moves. You still don't get it?"

Face flushing crimson, Xu Shilan turned and kicked Yamadai in the foot, only to hurt her own foot badly. Ignoring Yamadai after that, she merely said to Wu Pifu, "Use this Dream World to properly experience life. Other than fighting and killing, there are many pleasures in life. Good food, chatting with friends, games, reading... even just fishing. Enjoy life properly."

Wu Pifu fell silent.

Life... that word seemed far too distant from him. So distant that, in his life and understanding, killing monsters, leveling up, and running dungeons seemed to be everything he had.

Although he possessed most of his past memories, this personality of his had actually only just been born. He had never truly experienced the various things of the twenty-first century. After awakening in this era, he had basically either been fighting or risking his life. If he wasn't in a