Vol 1 Chapter 3 (2/2)
“And well…”
“You had too ?” Ren said, laughing to himself
Motoyasu snapped his eyes open in surprise then nodded
“Yeah well… Wo”
“Goddaer and foundhim off He could die for all I cared… or wait, I suppose he already had Is that how they got here?
But wait… Itsuki placed his hand over his heart and began to speak
“Now it’s my turn I was on my way home from prep school I went to cross the road, but a du around the corner at full speed And then…”
Again, we all fell to silence
So he was alo…
But wait… Wasn’t I kind of an outlier in this situation?
“Uh… do we really all have to talk about hoe got here?”
“Well, we all already have”
“I guess Well… Sorry everyone I was at the library, flipping through a book I’d never seen before Before I knew it, I woke up here”
Again, silence
They were staring at me, cold as ice
What was that supposed to mean Did I have to coroup?
The three of the the
“Yeah… but he… he has a shi+eld”
“I knew it… Motoyasu, you too?”
“Yeah…”
I started to feel like they were e of subject
“All right, so is it fair to assuood idea about how the system in this world works?”
“Sure”
“Done it a thousand times”
“I think I get it well enough”
Well, there you have it… but wait! Am I the only amateur here?! This sucks
“W…Well… Maybe you guys could teach ames like this where I’m from”
Ren narrowed his eyes and glared at ain, ice-cold For whatever reason, Motoyasu and Itsuki were looking at me with kindness
“All right then, your big brother Motoyasu will, as best he can, teach you the basics” He sounded fake, with that big smile on his face Soon his hand was onaway
“First of all, and I’ame I know, Emerald Online… but you’re a ‘shi+elder’ Basically, your job is to use the shi+eld and protect people”
“Uh huh”
“In the beginning, your defense is super high, which is great and all, but as you go up in levels, the daets a little unbalanced”
“Uh huh…”
“There are no high-level shi+elders At higher levels, it’s a useless class”
“Noooooooooooooo!”
That was not what I wanted to hear What ith the death report? All they wanted to say was that I was doomed? Hey, no thanks!
“What about updates? Were there no updates?”
Like… to balance out my class?!
“Nope Because of the gaame’s population, the class was abandoned pretty early on It’s really not good for much I think they had even planned to delete the class altogether…”
“And I guess I can’t change jobs?!”
“Well the associated jobs are all… how to put it? Dead”
“And I can’t change?”
“Nah, the game never let you switch to another job tree”
WHAT?! Was I really stuck with the worst job in the ga Was loomy?
“What do you guys think?” I asked, turning to Ren and Itsuki, but they both turned away from me
“Sorry…”
“I feel the same…”
No! So I really was stuck with the short straelling on this, absentmindedly, when I saw the three of them in the corner of ame
“What about the geography?”
“The names are different, but the map seeh probability that the division of efficient monsters is the same also”
“The best hunting grounds will be different for each weapon Probably best to o to different places”
“True We need to focus on efficiency”
Did they all know enough about the gaure out how to cheat? It started to look that way Hey, there’s a thought If my class was so weak, I could just depend on them to support me
There were plenty of ways to do it Even if I eak, fighting with the party would get me experience to level up What is another world, if not an opportunity to fight with your brothers, to deepen your bonds? That’s hoas supposed to work, right?
Now, if only there were a girl or two in the party Then things would be perfect If I was a shi+elder, I wouldn’t do the fighting I’d just protect ht? I didn’t really have a chance to ht be different here
“Hmm… Well, it will be fine I est character, I’ ork out”
They looked atpitiful… or at least, I thought that’s how they were looking at ot started Besides, I was equipped to defend, and this wasn’t a gaet a weapon instead
“All right, let’s do this!” I forced umption
“Heroes, we have prepared a meal for you”
What’s that? Looks like ere going to get a nice dinner
“Nice”
We opened the door, and the attendant guided us to the knight’s dining hall for dinner
It was like soreat castle! There was a large table in the center, laid out like a buffet with all sorts of food
“Everyone, please eat whatever you like”
“What? I guess we are eating with the castle knights?” Ren mumbled to himself
How could someone complain about a dinner like this? damn he was rude
“You hts will not be permitted to enter until you have had your fill,” said the attendant
I looked around the room only to find that the boisterous croe’d assumed were other diners was actually composed chiefly of cooks I suppose this was her priority than the castle knights
“Thank you Let’s eat then”
“Yeah”
“Right on”
And so we began to dine on the food of this neorld The culinary sensibilities were not what I was used to, but it was certainly not disgusting There wasn’t anything I wasn’t able to stomach
And yet, soes, and ether where I was from
We finished eating, and found ourselves growing sleepy on the way back to our rooms
“Think they have a bath?”
“Well, it looks like the Middle Ages around here They h”
“If you don’t request it, I doubt they will provide one”
“I guess I can let it go for one day”
“Yeah, I’et a good night’s sleep”
Everyone nodded in agreeestion, and ent to our beds
The four of us, including me, were obviously excited for the next day to come Still, we fell asleep very quickly
Our adventure began the next day!