‘How am I so stupid to not know?’ I mull over to myself.“Look, if it’s such a big deal, I’ll treat you to lunch for a month. But can we just forget that problem? I really want to be friends with you.” Kanon said, looking away and looking a bit nervous.“Uhh… You don’t have to do that.” I said. I look at her. ‘Now how should I move on with this?’She looks at me. “But you seem so serious. You must be upset.”I gulp and nervously look away. “I’m just not expecting you to be here.”She looks at me curiously. “No… You’re not expecting me to come up to ‘you’, are you?”“It’s the same.” I pop a samosa into my mouth. The delicious chicken curry invades my mouth as soon as I chew.She smiles knowingly. “Aww. You’re a sucker for sweet gestures. I know exactly fifteen guy who are just like you and trust me, they all melt after they know me.”I hum. “Mmhm. You’re gonna have a hard time melting me.”“And why is that?” She asked, taking a step closer to me with a smug smile.“Because I’m a diamon
Early in the morning, I checked my menu right away and realized that on the hidden mission last night, the Tygris did get beaten. Because my level had reached 15 and I had 10.000 Ecras beside my name.“Is this real? I thought we haven’t managed to beat the cat?” I wondered.[You have. Ollie’s magic helped you lower its HP by half, then your attacks gave it critical damages due to the Ice element, and Khione finished it with her skills. The reward is yours.]I grinned satisfactorily. “A’ight… Hahaha!”But I couldn’t enjoy my victory for much longer because I was immediately called to the Counseling Office. I immediately changed into something more presentable and left my dorm.As soon as I arrived, the headmaster was there, also Fay, that old Cornell, and lastly, Harcourt. I greeted them equally before taking a seat as instructed. Harcourt was the first to speak.“Terrence, I realized that my words may have hurt you—”“It had.” I nodded calmly.Harcourt looked taken aback while the oth
After I’m done enjoying the treat I deserved, I asked her. “So what do you want to see me for?”“I’m assembling a team.” She said in slight whisper.I instantly recognized this as a canon dialogue. But isn’t she supposed to be discussing this with Rean instead of me?“Wait, why are you talking about it with me?” I immediately asked.“Well, you’re the first person I know here and you’re good. You beat the Ice Fairy.”“ ‘We’ beat the Ice Fairy. ‘We’.” I corrected her.She rolled her eyes. “Yes, but it’s mostly you. Anyway, I’m assembling a team, and I’d really like you to help with it. Since you’re from here, I’m sure you know some cadets that are exceptionally good.”As far as I know, the team is canon. It would never change even if she ask me. But the problem was that ‘I’ need to get in this team somehow. So—“Me? Are you asking me to join or just my opinion?” I try to open the gate myself.She looked conflicted. “Well, I kinda heard that the teachers had already found my long-ranger,
*** Mission failed! You’ve failed the mission “Get in Rean’s Team”! You may not claim the rewards! + Mission changed! Finish the mission and… *** I couldn’t bring myself to continue reading the notification as the only thing on my mind is ‘FAILED?! WHAT THE FUCK?!’ After talking to the girls, also Natalie (again), because I passed out at the banquet and I remembered I had to apologize. But thankfully, she didn’t mind at all. Although she did hear that I went to the training center, and she wanted me to spill about it. I didn’t, of course. She didn’t like it, of course. But I don’t care and she didn’t press further. Then I had a talk with Rean and Ian. Their reactions were mostly the same as the girls. Overall, they had good impression on me. So then what the hell is this? “What is wrong with him?” Guinevere asked, looking at me nervously and slight disgust. “Probably intercepting his escaping brain cells.” Rufus replied uninterestedly. The comment made the plum haired girl
After that short briefing, we were dismissed. Rufus and the others went on their own way while I left to plan my own strategy.‘Ozzie. Did you catch when the event is going to happen? And can I have a map of the venue?’ I asked the System as soon as I got off the elevator.[It will happen at the end of this week. Map will be available for free when you are at the place. But you can buy it at the Shop if you are desperate.]That means I have less than a week to raise my level to at least 16, and work together with… I gulp. Rufus’s team.I never liked them back when I was still a player or now. Rufus is such a… Character. He’s a real bully and bad, and… I don’t like him. Period.Pierce is the only one tolerable. He is the one who has more sense between the three of them. But I still can’t trust him because he still has a dark side that he hasn’t shown yet.While Guinevere... Well… She’s Princess Annoying. F minus. Bleh.I whisked them away from my mind for now and opened the System’s sh
After delivering the food, the number 7 instantly filled the quota which means there were 13 people left for me to help.There were only 5 days left before the big day, and I need to plan my strategies fast. Not to mention the teamwork I have to increase with those jerks. If I couldn’t open the map within tomorrow, I wouldn’t be able to prepare efficiently.Then I thought of Ian. He was so determined to help people and raise the society’s view of the academy. Maybe I could ask him for help.I opened the map of Orion Terrace to find the guy, but I saw his name right on my dot.“Huh?” I frowned.Then I felt a poke on my shoulder and appeared in front of me was the guy I was looking for.“Hey! You took my job!” He crossed his hands on his chest and looked a bit upset.“Sorry. I just kinda had the epiphany to help people.” I said, pretending to be nervous.“Just kinda…?” He frowned. “No one ‘just kinda’ had an epiphany to ‘help’ people.” He said.I shrugged and pointed to myself. “I did.
In the end, that SE stood for South East because we ended up going to the forestry near Rowan village.I didn’t take them to be people who like cold temperature, but I think they picked this area because the monsters are less wild than the southwest.Southeast region has Bearons, bear like beast monsters, that while don’t move as fast as Direwolves in the southwest, are essentially more powerful. Added with a couple of Prantas, vine-like plant monsters that crawl on the ground and could grab someone by their feet, this area is a perfect place for training.“The target today is killing a Bearon. Then we’ll bring its head to the local hunting lodge. It’ll fetch some money for dinner.” Rufus said.I’ve always wondered how did the game reward the characters’ team money while all they do is just killing. But here, I found out that monster corpses could be exchanged for money through instances such as Hunting Lodge in the forest.But luckily for me, I didn’t have to do that because the Syst
“How can monsters enter the village?!” The villagers panicked. Rufus’s group tensed. Everybody knew that monsters couldn’t get into villages because there are wards installed. The only chances they could enter are only if those wards were destroyed. Which is obviously what happened here. “The wards… They’re broken…” Pierce mumbled in disbelief. The cadets immediately left the restaurant to look at the situation. When they reached outside, Prantas and Cassories were running around, chasing the villagers and making a mess in the village. “Waaarrkk!!” The Cassories screeched as they were making chaos. “Aaahh! Help!” “Monsters!” The villagers screamed. Some of them were running into their homes, some were hiding behind a cart, or even defending themselves with whatever they could. They were trying their best not to get hurt. “Ah! Duck!” Guinevere dragged Pierce down in time as a Cassory jumped at them. “Wark—ARK!” The freakish bird was immediately slashed by Rufus and fell to t