(On the day before the summer break started.)Early in the morning. Kaede wakes up from the bed.“I am getting excited about the game and could not sleep well … ”Kaede was unable to get a good sleep for the first time. She started walking towards school when she finished dressing up.“It’s pretty hot today,”Kaede advanced the way to school in a hurry to avoid the heat.As she enters the classroom, Yuki is already there.Since they are going to school early, as usual, there are only two people in the classroom.“Good morning Kaede”“Good Morning Yuki!”Kaede approached Yuki after putting her luggage in her seat.“I manage to come to school somehow, it doesn’t feel like seven days have passed!”“Indeed… Well, that will happen if you stay inside and play games for seven days … Oh yeah, Kaede should be careful too.”“Huh? What?”Even if she has been told to be careful, Kaede did not know what to watch out for.“In-game you always guarded against monsters and players all the time, right?
Five days before the summer cup. Kaede is currently in the middle of anguish. She keeps making her mind run thinking about the answers to the equation in front of her.“What should I do with this equation… Where did I go wrong? I feel like I wrote the wrong answer… But there is no way of me knowing if it's right or wrong.”Kaede put his finger on her forehead. Thinking thoroughly for a moment.Her brain is already toasted.She made a deep breath and closed the notebook. She did her best already and she is doing her homework for hours straight without any break. A nice change of pace will be great.“I wonder if Yuki did her homework already?”After saying that, she immediately made a cold face. She remembered Yuki knocking on her door again begging to copy her notes.Kaede didn’t let Yuki copy her homework, but Kaede help Yuki instead.That is something Kaede didn’t want to do anymore. Kaede has lots of responsibilities to do and prioritize. Yuki also needs to learn a sense of responsi
On the northern end part of the map. The two girls reached their destination. A giant ruined castle was located.Standing in front of it were Kaede and Ronie. Kaede gave a big smile and beside her was the opposite. Ronie is having a hard time chasing her breath.The speed felt is too extreme. She is still feeling nervous.“You did your best… now return and rest.”Kaede patted Biscuit's head. After that, Biscuit returns to the familiar's realm.“This is the first time I heard about this dungeon.”Kaede investigated the surroundings and location of the dungeon. She knows it because she used to train to the near mountain area and the lost forest where she found the girl named Layla before.“It's from the new update… The dungeon is not yet captured by anyone. The rare items that can only be found in this dungeon are not yet to be found. Many players already tried to capture this dungeon but none of them succeeded. It's said that there’s a lot of traps and dangerous monsters inside.”“Does
After escaping they fall three floors down from the dungeon. Ronie falls first and followed by Kaede falling on her body.“Its hurts.”“I’m sorry… Are you okay?”“My Vitality is high don’t worry about it, Master.”“I still feel about it…”Looking around Kaede notices how far they go down. The ceiling where they fall is too high. It's about 20 meters high from the floor they stand on.“Far down here they probably won’t pursue us.”“I think we should be careful Master…” Ronie said as she stood up and wipe the dirt on her skirt and armor. She continues. “… I heard bandits usually stole goods and items from other players. Most of them move in groups to accomplish their goal.”“That means the dungeon and rare item in this dungeon are not what they're going after. They are targeting me.”Ronie nods upon Kaede’s realization.“The spear user earlier might come down with other players.”“We need to hide our presence I guess… Smokescreen!”Thick white smoke was released on Kaede's white armor.
“What the heck is Kaede style? Is that a unique skill?”While the player was complaining as he fall. Kaede slashed his body in half. Defeating him in one stroke.“She’s attacking!”“That won’t work on me! Hound!”Light orbs appeared beside the player who activated and multiply into a smaller orbs of light. The light orb was then fired to Kaede’s position.This is the first time Kaede saw the skill Hound.The light speed is inevitable to avoid.“Cover!”Ronie came to block the attack and Kaede held her hand to Ronie’s shoulder gripping it tightly.Cover move skill instantly made the player appear to the teammate she wanted to protect. The radius of the skill was 10 meters in distance.“Shield Thruster!”Ronnie’s shield move’s forward crushing toward the player in front f her. The shield attack doesn’t do much damage. But it immobilizes the player by cornering down on the pillar.“Crap! I can’t move…”“Sword slash!”Kaede slashed down the player together with the pillar.“Having the abi
Without my arms and feet, Kaede was unable to move from the position where she is laying face down to the ground. Seeing the familiar face going for her rescue put an ease on Kaede's mind.“This is an unnatural occurrence… The sword demon was defeated by a normal player.”Elise said as she turned her glance on Kaede.“He not ordinary his swordplay is unpredictable. His sword is stretching out in incredible length.”Kaede told Elise and Melida the information she got while battling Jix.Jix after seeing the two players show no hint of astray trouble. His body remained calm and he smiled like she always does.Melida made a stare at Jix and said:“Blindfold and long stretching sword… I read this from a blog post before. This player is formerly a top player in the first season of the game. Former top 8 player Jix the Slasher.”“I’m happy that someone still recognizes me in this day and age. It's been a year since I stepped down from being a top player. Being a top player is nothing but t
After discovering the boss monster, Kaede and Ronie immediately jump out from the point of their standing to avoid the diving Centipede monster.It curls around the whole boss room. After a moment it stopped and rise its long body. The towering body of the centipede and its intimidating stare leaves Ronie in anxiety. Cold sweat fell and she trembles in fear she plans to close her eyes and cover her whole body with a shield.“It's hopeless… We’re unable to win this battle…” Ronie muttered in an extremely low tone voice. Even Kaede whose nearly beside her was Unable to hear. “…”While Ronie is losing hope. Kaede's optimistic look toward the Skull Reaper Centipede. She made a smile and her outfit already changed.Now Kaede is in her staple black knight armor set. On her hand was her moon piercer sword.“Let’s do our best Ronie.”“...”Ronie seeing Kaede. Can’t take her eyes off Kaede’s smile. Even in the middle of danger. Kaede was still smiling.The shacking on her hand stopped and stan
After defeating the boss monster. A giant golden treasure chest appeared right in front of them.“A loot box.”“More importantly, A extremely big treasure chest. This is the first time me seeing one.”Ronie and Kaede turned their head to each other and nods with grins on their face. Before they entered the dungeon, the two girls already come to an agreement that Ronie will take any material that she likes and anything left was taken by Kaede.Without messing around. The two girls both pushed the lid of the chest. Opening with gleaming effect. Their eyes were fascinated by what they saw.Skull Reaper ore: A kind of material specialized in defense. A weapon made or forged with this material will obtain a damage absorption effect. (50x)Bone sword: Sword made with Skull Reapers Centipedes body. The durable sword can hold three skill slots. (STR +100) (Damage +550)Skull wright shield: Durable shield that can absorb 50%of damage. Plus, the ability to summon skull ghost minions for every
Night after school hours, I go straight to Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital to visit Yunami. I send my phone number to Yunami online and using my email she can message me if she is awake. Knowing that he is awake for the tonight, I rushed to rent a cab to see her and make an apology. What I did to her and her mother last time must’ve upset both of them. I should explain myself properly. Lying is the only way. I can’t definitely tell them that my heart is broken as the reason why I rushed back home to cry.At this rate, I became a blunt liar.I heaved a deep breath to refresh before meeting Yunami in her room. Thankful, today the elevator wasn’t broken. I’m still hesitant as I grab the door nob. But there is no turning back now.The door make a clicking sound and there I saw Yunami reading a fashion magazine. Beside her was her mother who gave me a nod greeting me.“I’m so sorry for the last time…” I bowed my head immediately.“No worries here. There‘s probably some sort of emergency that h
Ren came here just to ask me for something. All of the time we spend together. Time we smile and laugh together. The time we both share together. All of those times as if they all disappeared into ashes.Alice thought while walking together with Yuki Harusaki back to their office. As for this time, Yuki was anxious about her sister's mood, because usually, Alice will never make such an unpleasant face to anyone. Alice always remains her calm demeanor and acts in her code of conduct all the time.“Big sister… Big brother is just…”“I know… His blinded by love. Love is the most twisted curse there is. Anyone whose enveloped by this curse is destined to do stupid things. Just like those others surrounding him.”Alice then heaved a deep breath and stretched her arms upward. Her piercing blue eyes connect to Yuki. Blue eyes that resemble the blue sky.Yuki don’t know if she will be terrified or glad seeing those eyes of hers. Whenever Alice made this specific wide glance, Yuki knows that s
After three days of crying and reflecting in my bedroom, I immediately went back on my feet and accepted the reality. There is nothing I could do about it after all. Human emotions are not meant to be controlled by someone. I can’t control Ren’s feelings.If Ren and Kanna were in love with one another. There is nothing I could do about it. Remembering my past conversation with Noah. I heard stories that Ren is desperate in his research to save someone special. Ren doesn’t notice girls in love with him because he already has someone in his heart.Putting all of the things I know about Ren. It all started to make sense.Ren landing himself an actress is a surprise. Ren is cool, but he's not someone I can see as actor material. No, I think he is, but not in the pretty boy section. Ren is masculine and cute in a strong way. Kind and nice, and looks younger than his age...“Why am I still thinking about that man?!”*Slam!*I slammed my head on the table. I hate these dark thoughts. Please
Tokyo metropolitan general hospital. The hospital where Clover is currently confined in. Upon entering the hospital I saw people in various circumstances. Most of them are grieving in the waiting area and others in joyous expressions. This is a hospital what should I expect? Most of the despair and hope can usually be found in this place.I don’t want to waste more time and go straight to the information desk and asked about the room of Yunami Kanade. That’s Clover’s real identity. The nurse asked for an identification card and after I handed my student ID.“Miss, do you have some sort of special request? Yumani’s room is not allowed for visits without permission.”“Oh, I do have…” I get my smartphone in my pocket and presented an email about my visit personally sent by Yunami Kanade.After some checking the nurse told me the room and inform The girl that she have a visitor coming.Yunami’s room is on the 10th floor. So high. Now that I think about it this hospital does look more like
Today is the day. Who am I kidding? I’m just excited to go back as Blackraven in the game. My imagination was filled with cool things to do. I would say that I was very very busy that last day. First, I had the training with Clover, hanging out with Yuki in the game and in real life, Consoling Ren, and laying down a proper build for this account.No wonder my grades in school are plummeting down the slope.My build is already complete and I’m going for an assassin build inspired by the Fuyuno and Tenjo, but, of course, with my own twist. I want to look like some kind of mysterious underground player. Something similar to a bad-ass anime character that stole the show every time he appeared on the screen.Everything is done. My visualization of my character and what I could do or my abilities.“Calling Blackraven!”The referee called and I hopped into the small stadium in a random town on the second floor.Each town and city will only have ten chosen players to participate in the sword
Urgg… What is this feeling? I feel like everyone is not being trusted by me lately. It's not that I'm doing something so obvious that would make them untrustful of me. Ren and Clover can just tell me what’s on their mind, but they always want me to go through some stuff to find my answer. Talk about a hassle. The class was lively as ever. Groups of people flock together and talk about their interests. Right now, I am surrounded by a group of normies. It's not that I hate it. Well, I don’t hate talking about girl stuff sometimes. Darma, popular boys, actors, actresses, the most handsome school, and more. I laugh about it because I barely know anything about what they're talking about. “Kaede, there is a rumor that a hot guy in the second year really likes you.” “Gosh, nothing like that is happening in my life,” I replied to my classmate, who I don’t know. I usually called her friend A in my mind though. Not very interesting. The guy I’ll be dating is a competent guy who can do thin
Days after. I’m back in "Fantasy world online" as Kaede. I never thought that I’ll be coming back as Kaede in this game. Not in my wildest dreams. I thought I’ll stay as Aki and have a long long adventure together with Ren. Speaking of Ren, I wonder why he looks so gloomy and desperate. I tried to cheer him up, but I feel like I was being pushed away. It was like Ren is having a problem that he cannot tell me. Urggg… It pissed me off. Why is he always like that? Sharing his problems with me is fine. I’m willing to listen day and night.Could it be that Ren doesn’t fully trust me yet? After all the shits that we went through together.Thinking about things that I could not control will only lead to despair. I should heave a sigh and try to relax. I’ll focus on what I can do for now.Right now, I’m in a second-floor mountain area with Clover. I'm here because of the promise I made to her not long time ago. She wanted me to teach her how to fight like me. I could teach the basics and how
Hello, I’m a former middle school student Kaede Kishimoto. Today I’m here at the popular free apartment with zero security deposit and zero rent.Its build with concrete blocks, something like river rock. It comes with a bed, but the drawback is that it's way thinner than I usually use back home. I’m not in the place to complain about it.It's also equipped with a toilet. I was happy because I can have some privacy within it. As a modern kid, I’m concerned about my hygiene.I can call this place a bargain, the rent is zero after all.It’s worth mentioning that it comes with breakfast and dinner. The food here is quite nice. I don’t know what kind of meat I was eating, but for anyone living a year in this world, you’d find it delicious.Now, let's talk about this apartment's reassuring security. Just look how sturdy these walls and iron bars are. No thief would look at this and want to get in.But ama
“My creation has destroyed… What kind of human are you? I believe your not the hero.”Astonished on what his body became stiff for a brief moment. He then cleared his throat and compose himself again.“... You got me there… Time to get serious.”That’s a useless people catchphrase.A huge purple magic circle appeared on the ground. From the magic circle, an undead witch appeared.“Come forth, my creation… Great mage from hundred years. Witch Marian.”“This is bad Kaede, that undead has a dense magical presence on it.”Alicia warned.The magical presence it has is indeed powerful. I can feel it on my skin. Its magical presence is as terrifying as its rotten face.I still have lots of Mp with me. I better make use of it.“Fire Sword!”My sword sliced his creation once again in half.“This can’t be…