52 Vol 1. pt. 52 Patch 9.0: Preparing for the Tournamen (1/2)

Crew? Fully staffed.

The Shoebill? Given an engine and something on the front of the ship covered in a tarp now that Tabitha refuses to let anybody see underneath. Also reinforced, repainted, and polished by Tabitha.

Rock? Rock.

Cassiel and Serra? Getting better at fishing.

Oleander? Sneaking off with Corwin every other hour.

Bonekraka? Asshole.

Fishing rods? Four of them.

Tournament registration? Completed.

Preparation status? Prepared.

Fenrir? Realizing that the tournament is about to happen, knowing that it is going to be dangerous and that death is possible, and remembering that he is going to lose everything if he dies.

Without a rebirth counter, if he dies, he's done for. He will respawn in a random location somewhere in the game's world with none of his acquired stats, skills, nor items. He will essentially be a brand-new player without even the benefit of getting to choose where he spawns.

Oleander was in the same situation as him until he started dating Corwin. Now, he's apparently acquired three counters, so he's safe.

Everybody has slept on The Shoebill as well, so if anybody dies, they'll respawn on the ship assuming that it doesn't get sunk.

Fenrir is the only one without a counter.

He has the confidence to compete in the tournament without dying, but he's not so cocky that he believes he's above all odds.

He needs more counters.

Yet, the only options he knows of to get them are: have sex, kill bosses or other elite NPCs, use rare and valuable items, or kill a player far stronger than he is. The easiest of these would be to use one of those items that Saya told him about, but he has no idea what the item is, what it looks like, where he could find it, and he's sure that it would cost far more than he can afford to lose.

Killing an elite NPC or boss, or killing a player much stronger than him, are all out as possibilities as well. He can't just go kill a random player and hope to get lucky with getting a rebirth counter, and it's not like there are going to be any elite NPCs nor bosses around one of the game's largest and busiest cities.

Basically, his only option to get rebirth counters right now is to have sex.

Just the thought of it makes his face burn red.

There are only two girls he could realistically have sex with unless he wants to go and pay for a prostitute in the city. He's learned since his time here that sex is a very profitable business in this game. Some players model their characters to tailor to specific fetishes, the game itself allows for kinks that would be either impossible or illegal in real life, and then there's the fact that there are so many possible races for characters to be.

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As annoying as it is to Fenrir, he's realizing that a large portion of this game's player base only cares about the sexual aspects of it. On the surface, it looks like an average fantasy world with people going about their daily lives, going on adventures, living out normal lives, and so forth. But, when one looks beyond that shallow surface to find what players are doing when they're not out killing monsters or each other, the answer is simple: having sex.

Serra and Cassiel are his only two real options. Even if it's a game, he still believes that sex is something valuable that should only be done with those he is romantically involved with. Right now, the only girls he has any romantic interest in are Serra and Cassiel.

He knows that they each have feelings for him as well. Oleander likes to tease him about being dense, and he admits that he can be dense regarding some things, but even he knows that they like him. And they know that he likes them. After all, he already admitted to it and said that he would properly confess to them soon.

There is one problem with this.

He has never confessed to a girl before – not properly, anyway. The only ”girlfriends” that he has ever had were all online and they made the first moves since they wanted to take advantage of him and his status as the Divine Brigade's leader.

Just thinking about it gives him a headache. Never before had he believed that he would someday end up with a harem. Sure, he loves harems in anime, but he never thought he would get one in real life. His dad always lectured him against harems, but his mother always told him that he could love whoever he wants and however many people he wants.

Then there's the doubt of if he can even properly love two girls. How does he make sure they both feel equal and like they're getting enough attention from him? How do sleeping arrangements work? What if one of them gets jealous of him giving the other attention?

How is he supposed to afford dating two girls?

Does he confess to them at the same time, or separately? Wait, if he does it separately, wouldn't whoever is confessed to second feel less important or jealous?

”Ah! This sucks!” Fenrir shouts from The Shoebill's crow's nest. Nobody else is online right now, so nobody can hear his frustrated shouts aside from the random people walking by on the pier. Even Rock is sleeping, curled up against the bottom of the mast.

As great as the idea of dating two awesome girls is, he can't help but feel it would be so much easier to only date one of them. Yet, he can't even begin to think about who he would choose if he had to. They both have their flaws, but they both have so many more pros.

Besides, he's already been learning sign language for Serra and he punched a guy for Cassiel.

”Wait, aren't I actually kind of awesome?” he asks himself in a moment of self-realization.