Nero, the Legendary Hunter

"No, no…" Jana blushed and waved her hands over and over and said, "I confess this caught us off guard, but it's not your fault at all. After all, none of us knew this monster was capable of standing up tall and then attacking so fast."

"Thanks." Seeing that she wanted to comfort him, Breno smiled softly as he thanked her.

Jana's maiden heart pounded at the sight of Breno's smile, and she looked away. "Okay, no need to thank me, haha," she laughed awkwardly.

"Better get away from here and find a place to pitch a tent," Jair suggested. 

"Yes, we will, but before that," Jana was able to breathe normally again after resting for a while, and said, "I'll see if there's anything useful left from the centipede." After all, it was a shame not to gain anything from killing such a monster.

"Okay." Jair nodded.

Not long after, Jana found a Monster Core.

"Look at this, doesn't it look a little different from what we're used to finding?" It was more oppressive and also bigger than normal. Even though the centipede had been a monster at the peak of level 5, that size of the core was a bit big compared to what they were used to.

"That... Taking the Monster Core directly instead of using the Hunter Card on it might be better." Jair reached this conclusion.

"Could be…" Jana didn't discount that possibility.

"Anyway, let's get out of here. Let's think about it later." Jair was quick to recover and had Breno climb onto his back. Breno thanked him for being carried.

"Don't mention it." Jair smiled and started carrying him as he walked alongside Jana.

Minutes later, following Jana's guidance as she looked at a map, they found a spot where monsters above level 4 rarely appeared.

"Let's camp here." Removing the Hunter Card tent, Jana began to assemble it. Jair also took out a tent by making Breno sit, leaning against a tree.

After some time passed, Breno was already a little better. Luckily his body was strong and he had a high regeneration rate. The effect of the ointment also worked a miracle; now at least the rest of him was no longer sweating like crazy, and although he seemed to have a little fever, it didn't seem to be very serious.

"Okay, I'll keep watch first. Jana, can you come in and take care of Breno?" Jair winked at her.

Jana blushed at this, but looked at Jair gratefully and entered the tent. "How are you feeling now?" she asked Breno.

"Much better," Breno said with a weak smile.

"Oh yeah, drink some water." Jana took out the thermos of water.

Breno didn't need to be fed the water, but seeing that she was determined to do this for him, he could only surrender and let her do what she wanted.

"Thanks," he said after he finished drinking the water.

"Hehe, no need to thank me." She smiled and said, "Lie down, I'm going to put a damp cloth on your forehead. It will help your fever go away."

"Okay." Jair laid down.

Jana wondered if they became married, if she would do this sort of thing when he got sick... Shaking her head, shaking off those thoughts, she wet the cloth and wrung it out, then placed it on Breno's forehead.

"You were amazing before," Breno said suddenly. The way Jana literally destroyed the centipede was very dominant.

"Oh... Thanks, hehe." Jana was embarrassed and began to curl the end of her hair with her index finger shyly.

"Yes, it was very…" Breno's eyes got heavy and he fell asleep.

"Very, very what?" Jana wanted to know, but seeing that he was asleep, she put a hand to her chest, wondering what he was going to say…

'Wow, wow, what was he going to say?' Jana felt her heart race at the sight of Breno's beautiful face sleeping.

'I'm glad you survived...' She rubbed his face lovingly, and thought, 'If you hadn't...' She didn't even allow herself to finish what she was going to think and shook her head hard or else she'd end up crying.

"Breno…" Jana muttered a few minutes later and then…

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"Mm? Sister, is Breno sleeping? And why is your face so red?" Jair thought this was strange. After all, hadn't he given her this chance to be alone with Breno in the tent? Why did she leave?

"Mother nature calling!" Jana was very embarrassed and left without warning.

"Oh…" Jair was not suspicious when he heard this, as it was normal for girls to be embarrassed when talking about these subjects. 'Number 2, maybe?' Jair thought, as she was so embarrassed to leave.

In the tent, Breno opened his eyes and his face was redder than usual, even though he had a fever. Sighing, he clenched his fists and closed his eyes again. After a while, Jana came back. Now she looked calmer and her face was her normal color.

'Definitely number 2...' Jair thought as he saw how long Jana took.

"How is Breno?" Jana asked.

"He's fine, I looked just now," Jair replied.

"Excellent." Jana sat down next to Jair.

"Mm? Aren't you going to enter the tent and stand by your loved one?" Jair said jokingly.

"Oh, did you say something?" Jana closed her hand into a fist.

"Nothing, nothing at all…" Jair shuddered. He started to wonder if his sister was prone to being violent. She already was somewhat, but it seemed to be getting worse...

Silence took over. Minutes later, almost an hour passed and Jana finally said, "I'll go check on him."

"Okay." Jair didn't make any weird comments this time.

Entering the tent, Jana noticed that Breno was still sleeping. She walked over and noticed that the cloth that was supposed to be on his forehead had fallen off. She took it and twisted it. Wetting it, she wrung it again and placed it on his forehead.

"Get better soon..." she muttered and left the tent.

*

The next morning Breno's fever passed and he was better. Despite some pain, he was able to walk.

"It will be better if you don't participate in the next fights, at least for the next two days," Jana said.

"Err... Okay." Breno was not stubborn and agreed.