Chapter 9 (1/2)
The key to saving Yasuhiko is in The World
At that ti when face to face with the girl
“…Could it be… that the ru
And it pervaded The World to the extent that it becah the Root Town and hear fro about the rued in to The World
I arrived in the same place as last time, Mac Anu
An official email from CC Corp announced that the movement in the area was restricted, but that worked in my favor I would not have to move far to talk with people
The toas croith adventurers just like last tiet to the town center and suddenly stopped
A tanned feht I recalled the text in the manual about the PC jobs that I read when I created my character There was no job called a “female warrior” in this world
She is a “Heavy Blade,” equipped with a giant sword
I focused on her because her behavior was so strange
She alking with unnaturally vigorousto walk, but it see a robotic dance Perhaps she was a new player, too
In ht et used to the controls immediately However, it seeive her advice
She stopped aze
“What? What is it? You got so to say?” she said in a harsh tone
“No…”
I quickly shooklooked at
She glared at h she had suddenly coet it now You are a newbie, aren’t you?” she said as though scolding uessed Well, are you or not?”
“……”
“C’mon now, don’t be shy, you can tellvery rude It’s impolite to stare at someone like that You have to understand that it’s the saet it?”
“……”
No answer came
I remained silent and she put her hand on her waist
“Last chance What is up with you anyway, huh?”
“……”
“Co already!”
She ran to the center of the city, gruht to ood reason can be found everywhere
When I pulledinforreeted a nearby PC who caught my eye and he told a story
However, it was really tedious and boring
I didn’t take into account that this is an online game This is decidedly different froners don’t have a reason to give direct hints and tips to passers-by
After about an hour, I realized that it would be less to listen to people aihts and walked with hunched shoulders down to the Chaos Gate I had gone around the entire route town
What’s this? There was the Heavy Blade near the Chaos Gate
I tried to turn away to avoideye contact, but I was too slow
“Wait a sec!” she said, raising her hand to get my attention
She otten used to the controls since her movements were much smoother than before
“…Me?”
“Yeah, you I, uh, I know soo with me, I’ll tell you what they are Do you want to know?”
“What’s interesting about the about thes”
She muttered for sos”
Suspicious
I refused with a tepid reply
“This is kind of suspicious, so I’m not interested”
“Oh, that’s okay then”
She turned away
“But, is that really okay? Such a good story is rare It’s really interesting I’lancing side to side
It was a bad performance
She must feel anxious about the words’ destination So she was asking someone to accompany her
“I’m sorry,” I said
“I have errands to run I don’t have ti adventure”
“It’s fine I’ll go alone”
Her voice trehed
“You know, I do want to know after all I really want to know”
“Yes, you have to do it! Honesty is the best policy for beginners!”
We exchanged member addresses
“I’m BlackRose Pleased toa party, I opened the Chaos Gate ” area words
Δ Delta Server Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground
The transfer destination was on a short bridge
We stood in front of a stone building
I looked at the double doors and then at BlackRose next to me
“…What next?” I asked
“Huh?”
BlackRose looked back at ht! Well, let’s go”
BlackRose puffed up her chest and pushed the door open with an aard motion
I followed her inside
The inside of the building looked like a deserted church
As I walked towards the center, I thought the atht, it looks like the place where Yasuhiko lost consciousness
One could say it is either tranquil or lonely Like it had been forsaken by the world
“Hey…” I said to BlackRose who had gone ahead of me
As soon as I said that, she was startled and wielded her weapon
“Huh, huh, huh, huh? Wha, hat?”