Super Spark of Duper Pride [OB] - Act I: Motivation

1-12: Luck Luck Luck Luck Luck (Spider 27)

Spider 27:

Inner Critic: Don't move, Hiiro! Don't move!

I am hiding under a layer of thread, or maybe I should say a sheet of thread from my wall base fell on me.

I was fighting the bees in a war of attrition, trying to build my way back to the top.

I couldn't leg it with my Speed with how many bees were attacking, let alone made any more progress with my nest.

Then That showed up out of nowhere and destroyed my base.

I somehow dodged the That's breath attack.

No, I lied, I didn't. Nai wa.

I was frozen in fear, I just happened to be near the top of my nest when That attacked the centre of it, missing me.

A whirlwind of destruction surrounded me as I tumbled towards the ground.

I couldn't do anything, I can only do nothing and pray I will be ignored.

Don't move! Don't move!

Divine Voice: "Proficiency has reached the required level.

Acquired Skill [Fear Resistance LV1]."

I can feel my body shaking less, but the fear I feel is still the same.

Divine Voice: "Proficiency has reached the required level.

Skill [Stealth LV2] has become [Stealth LV3].

Proficiency has reached the required level.

Skill [Fear Resistance LV1] has become [Fear Resistance LV2].

Proficiency has reached the required level.

Skill [Stealth LV3] has become [Stealth LV4].

Proficiency has reached the required level.

Skill [Fear Resistance LV2] has become [Fear Resistance LV3].

Proficiency has reached the required level.

Skill [HP Auto-Recovery LV1] has become [HP Auto-Recovery LV2].

Proficiency has reached the required level.

Skill [Fear Resistance LV3] has become [Fear Resistance LV4].

Proficiency has reached the required level.

Skill [Stealth LV4] has become [Stealth LV5].

Proficiency has reached the required level.

Skill [Fear Resistance LV4] has become [Fear Resistance LV5]."

After what feels like forever, I finally muster up the courage to check to see if That is gone.

It is and I breathe a sigh of relief.

I then immediately collapse and lay down on my back on the spot.

I got lucky...Lucky...

I didn't survive because I overcame the odds with my own strength, I got lucky.

I am at the mercy of fate because I am weak.

The only reason I made it through life so far is all thanks to luck.

I was lucky I wasn't at where That aimed its dragon's breath.

I was lucky I managed to level up before I died from my sting wound from the bee.

I was lucky the bees didn't care about me attacking the strays.

I was lucky to find a perfect hiding place here after dropping down here.

I was lucky that I managed to mindlessly weave my way through Monsters to escape from that Human.

I was lucky my Speed Stat was high enough for me to run away from him at all.

I was lucky I was in the perfect conditions to evolve.

I was lucky the snake didn't slam me into the ground or wall while I was biting it.

I was lucky the centipedes didn't get the jump on me.

I was lucky I levelled up right after being mostly petrified.

I was lucky the Humans didn't chase me down when burning my nest.

I was lucky to have the egg to use as a shield against the first lizard.

I was lucky the egg's parents didn't show up.

I was lucky those frogs never used their tongue attack on me in my first home.

I was lucky my sibling was bad at fighting.

I was lucky to have another sibling to eat when I also starved myself to death playing with my threads.

I was lucky I didn't run into any Monsters or Humans before making my first nest.

I was lucky to have escaped from Mother and my siblings at all.

I was lucky not to be targeted as food by them while I was panicking over becoming a spider.

And it's no different from my past life.

I was lucky not to be aborted given the circumstances of my conception.

I was lucky to have survived cancer at all when I was young and weak.

I was lucky I didn't get into trouble for starting a fight in middle school because I was a girl up against boys.

I was lucky two-third of the Good Boy Trio never found out who I was.

I was lucky Gay was nice enough to help me keep my secret.

I was lucky my chuuniness was kept a secret by the Otaku Club.

I was lucky to have anyone to share my weirdo interests with.

I was lucky to have the Arcade Gang keep my hardcore gamer loser side a secret.

I was lucky Clown never teased me in front of my other classmates except Lazy and Gung-ho.

I was lucky I never made a mistake in front of Showoff.

I was lucky Rihoko was willing to bear with my uselessness in PE.

I was lucky to have her protect me during lunch.

I was lucky Ringleader's bullying of me didn't escalate any further thanks to Kyouya.

Then I fell for him and broke my own heart over how I will never be good enough for him.

...

Even though I have levelled up [Fear Resistance] many times now.

I still feel like I am being choked to death by fear.

Fear over how little control I really have over my life.

I know it's pointless, since no one will help me and it just brings me trouble making so much noise, just like when I was a baby in my past life.

But I want to cry for help, darn it! I want to be saved! Nai wa!

...

It's been a while, I am lucky no one attacked me while I was laying here defencelessly.

I look at where my nest was once on the wall.

There is a crater, sideways, on the wall.

Funny, I thought craters can only be created by meteors, and only on the floor.

Ha...ha...ha...Nai wa...