In the morning as the sun is rising, I can feel the pain in my body slowly go away as I use <Ultimate regeneration-lv-1> to heal myself. My sore body slowly loosens and I feel relieved, as I look at the morning sky while laying down on the ground.

"Another sequence of failures, have I even accomplished anything by trying this?"(Protagonist)

I ask with a disappointed expression and a displeased tone.

"Yes, you are. If you need a sense of accomplishment to feel better with yourself, you could always reduce the time you spend training magic and practice with your short-spear."(Sophia)

"You didn't have to say it like that, but you do have a point. If I do something that gives me a bit of sense of progress I'll be able to take my magic practice slowly... You know what? Forget focusing only on earth, I'll improve the elements I already have and only put the time I have left on earth."(Protagonist)

I say concluding, I've been trying too hard on something that naturally takes time, and I should focus on more accomplishable objectives.

The wind is light and the leaves slightly wave as the grass beneath me tickles my skin, the morning now feels warmer for me.

(Since I have to give my mana stone some rest, I better go wash up.)(Protagonist)

I internally tell myself and processed to get up and go to the river wash up.

After that was done I went to the area where Sasha was sleeping and found her fondling her hair, with a floating water sphere, then wind starts surrounding her and her hair goes up as the wind closes in on it, and then the wind disperses. Her hair falls back to its original position.

(Magic can really be amazing)(Protagonist)

I think to myself as even though I can tell it's not a very powerful spell, it just looked amazing and beautiful. It's the fantastical element that always brought me to fantasy.

I couldn't control myself and then started tearing up, but I don't know if the tears are from sadness, happiness, or just relief...

Immediately clear out my tears with my forearms and take a deep breath, before slapping myself with my two hands on both sides of my face.

*pla!*

I sigh and shake my head.

(I shouldn't be feeling so weird, it's not the first time I saw magic... I even used it myself, then why?)(Protagonist)

I questioned myself, as I didn't quite understand what I was feeling at this moment.

(I guess I can't be bothered to lose time with it, I'll think of that later.)(Protagonist)

I tell myself before moving towards Sasha.

I approach Sasha and ask her if she's ready.

"So, are you up for the hunting, or do you need more time?"(Protagonist)

I ask as I don't know if she's ready or if she still has to do something.

"I'm ready, invite me to your party... Also, you could not be so rude and at least give me a good morning?!"(Sasha)

She said with an annoyed tone and expression.

"Hum.... Good Morning."(Protagonist)

I said surprised she even cared about that.

(I guess I haven't talked to anyone in a very long time, I'm losing my manners. I should be more careful.)(Protagonist)

*sigh*

Sasha sighs in what seems to be disappointment.

"Good Morning, you seem to be doing pretty well, no pain?"(Sasha)

She replies to my greeting, then proceeds to ask a question I don't understand the context of.

"What do you mean? Why would I be in pain?"(Protagonist)

I ask her confused by what she just said.

(Did she do something to me without me noticing? Or does she know I've been failing to learn earth magic?... Did she spy on me yesterday?)(Protagonist)

I'm curious about what exactly Sasha is implying with her question.

".... N- N-No, it's nothing... So, are we going to form a party or not?"(Sasha)

She says sputtering, then moves her eyes avoiding eye contact with me, even trying to very obviously change the subject.

(I guess if anything was wrong with me Sophia would tell, so I'll ignore this.)(Protagonist)

I decide to not mind her.

"Of course, I would tell you. It's my job."(Sophia)

(She's been getting more autonomous lately...)(Protagonist)

I think the moment I hear Sophia pronounce herself, luckily it seems she can't hear my thoughts unless I allow it. It's basically a subconscious mental switch, I guess.

"Yes, let's get this done with."(Protagonist)

I say to answer Sasha's question while ignoring her obvious lie.

As soon as I thought of inviting Sasha to my party, a floating blue window popped up in front of me. 

[Party]

Notice: Individuals of the same party can choose to show each other their information; Such as level, Job, C.Job, criminal status, and so on.

[Are you sure you want to invite individual Sasha to your party?]

[Yes] or [No]

(Doesn't this mean that if people are suspicious of you, they can just coerce you into showing them your info?.... Interesting, but scary. Anyway, Yes.)(Protagonist)

Seeing the warning from the system I understand that making parties doesn't just end with "I have to share my exp with other people", and there's more into it. I then proceed to not worry too much about it and press [Yes].

A new window pops up.

[Party]

[Notice: As the party leader, you are the one who manages its members. Exp is managed by the [Univese's voice] and is given according to the contribution in the extermination of your foe, but regardless of it, there's a minimal set amount of exp that will be given to everyone. Finally, the one doing the last blow to a monster is one of the defining factors, of what's the quality and rarity of the loot fallen from a monster when inside dungeons, which depends on one's luck stat.

Members:

Waiting for response(Sasha)]

(That's a pretty interesting system right there, but exactly is the [Universe's voice]?)(Protagonist)

I ask very curious about its nature.

"It's a True neutral force of the universe that has full authority over everything and dictates the status and its changes, of course, Gods can meddle with the status of mortals through blessings and as such, but the [Universe's voice] is the one in command of everything."(Sophia)

(So, if let's say someone somehow managed to get control of the [Universe's voice], would they just be able to modify their status however felt like?)(Protagonist)

I ask out of curiosity.

"That scenario is literally impossible, but hypothetically speaking Yes. If someone got control over the [Universe's voice] they would basically have all of existence under their control, since the [Universe's voice] is where the [Akashic Records] reside."(Sophia)

(Akashic Records? As in the record of all the events and all that stuff that happened in human existence?)(Protagonist)

I ask to make sure I'm not getting things mixed up.

"Well, the actual [Akashic Records] go way beyond just recording all the events, thoughts, words, emotions, and intentions not only for humans but for everyone and everything."(Sophia)

(Yep, that's definitely too much power for anyone... )(Protagonist)

I say nervous knowing that something that powerful even exists.

(Well, no use in worrying about something that's completely out of my reach.)(Protagonist)

I conclude believing it's useless to think of something so out of my reach, and just as I was doing so a new window popped up.

[Party]

[Leader: Slime goblin.

Members:

Sasha-[options]] 

In the new window, Sasha's name is in the member's section and there's a button that says options right next to it.

"Good, now can we get going?"(Protagonist)

Seeing that it's all set with the party, I ask Sasha so that we can go search for our prey, as I pull out my short spear from my inventory and turn around.

"Are you really just going to go like that? You're not even going to ask what I'm capable of? Or try to at least decide what roles we will take in combat?"(Sasha)

She asked me with a disappointed expression and a slightly angry tone, as she seems to have taken it to heart.

"Well, I think it's pretty obvious I'm going to be on the front doing the close combat and you'll cover from behind, after all, I'm carrying a short spear."(Protagonist)

I say in response as I believe that it's pretty clear that I'll do close combat just from the fact I'm carrying my short spear.

"I'm not talking about that, yes you're carrying a close combat weapon, but that doesn't mean you understand my combat prowess or that I understand yours, for all I know you could be a mage, shaman, druid, spearman, or not have any combat ability whatsoever."(Sasha)

She said in response to my words with an expression of discomfort and a tone of what I believe to be worry.

*sigh*

(This is why I work alone in most of what I do, I hate having to explain myself to other people.)(Protagonist)

"In that case, I can use the short spear to a certain degree and I also know the spell <Flash>. Now about combat, I want you to cover for me with your water magic while I engage in close combat."(Protagonist)

I say wanting to end this so that we can go hunt.

"Good, I'm a mage, and right now I can use fire, water, earth, and wind magic. I'm impressed you can use light magic, it's quite rare. Also, I'm fine with covering for you from the distance, but what's the plan if I ran out of mana or if you fail to keep the enemies away from me?"(Sasha)

Sasha smiled when I answered and then proceeded to give some info about herself.

(She knows earth magic, she might be able to help me... I'll have to ask later.)(Protagonist)

"I see... And about the plan in case any of us fail to cover for each other, it's pretty simple. You can run for your life, none of us is bound to risk our life for one another."(Protagonist)

I say very clearly since this is the fairest choice in my opinion.

After I said that, Sasha stared blankly at me for a bit before nodding and saying nothing.

"If there's nothing else, let's go search for prey."(Protagonist)

I say as I get ready to leave.

"Actually, I can detect monsters in an area of 100 meters radius."(Sasha)

She says casually.

"That's extremely useful..."(Protagonist)

I say very surprised by what she just said.

"I know, I'm exceptional."(Sasha)

She says and I completely ignore her.

(This girl is way more capable than I thought.)(Protagonist)

I think to myself as we move to finally go hunt.