My Goddess Mother Gave Me A SYSTEM AND KICKED ME OUT

Having turned into a Dhampir Zero used his chaos transfiguration skill to hide his vampiric traits. What he found out is that when he used the skill to disguise himself as a human his stats lowered to match those of a normal human. This was quite fortunate as he wouldn't have to go about his daily life trying to control his strength every waking moment. He would learn to control his strength over time but for now, he was glad.

Today was a weekend and Soma came to visit Hakuba Shrine and see Mina. Although he came he had missed her as she had gone out earlier on an errand for her father. Soma then asked Zero to take a walk with him to kill some time until Mina returned.

As they walked there was a tense feeling in the air. It seemed like Soma had something to say but was unable to say it. They continued to walk for about 30 more minutes before he blurted it out. "I'm going out with Mina and I'm sorry I didn't tell you until now!" Soma had apparently felt like he betrayed his friend by not telling him this secret.

"Yeah, I know. I'm glad for the both of you and I wish for the two of you to be happy," said Zero with a smile

"You knew! How did you know?" asked Soma

"Well, it's pretty obvious and I'm sure even Uncle Yuto knows too. Although you might want to tell him face to face today," said Zero advising his friend

"Ah, I can't believe everyone knows! I was such a wreck just trying to figure out how to tell you," said Soma as he crouched down and held his head. He had been agonizing over this for a day and had practiced how to break the news. However, when the time came he became too nervous and couldn't find the right words.

"It's okay, you two make a cute couple I guarantee it. So when's the wedding?" said Zero trying to cheer up his friend.

"Hey stop making fun of me. Rather than that, when will you get a girlfriend?" asked Soma

"Do I need one?" asked a surprised Zero

"Well no, but it's nice to have someone to share your life with," said Soma

"I already do that with my family so it's fine," responded Zero

"That's different. At some point in life people go out and create their own families with someone that they love," said Soma

"So, I need to find some to love and one day become a family with them?" asked Zero

"Yeah in the future. Are you interested in anyone? Anyone caught your eye at school?" asked Soma

"The only interesting person at that school is Mrs. Belnades," answered Zero not knowing that Soma was asking in a romantic sense. This caused Soma to stop walking and stare at his friend.

"You know that she's our teacher and that she's 7 years older than us?" asked Soma

"Yeah what does that have to do with anything?" asked Zero in response. 'Although technically she's 24 years older than me not 7.' Zero corrected Soma in his mind.

"So long as you are aware of the difficulties that will show ahead," said Soma as they continued to walk back to the shrine. Arriving Soma went straight to Mina's Father Yuto and let him know that he wanted to officially date his daughter. Yuto agreed on the condition that he not hurt Mina or that he would kill him and make sure his soul wondered about this world forever.

Soma was asked by Mina to join them for dinner and he said yes. The atmosphere was a bit awkward at the beginning but as they started eating and talking it started to loosen up. It turned out that this was the first time Soma had eaten Mina's home cooking. As they were finishing up dinner Zero received a notification that he had been waiting for since he arrived in this world 4 months ago.