a day passes and I find Pheonix in the center rather than Philia. that's odd... I don't get the shift system here but if he's operating for today then I wouldn't mind.
"Ron, anything you need for today?"
"not really, thanks to you guys, I can manage myself for about a month from now"
"you did help in the sudden invasion. well? you have something for today?"
"I'm just asking, I'll tell you if I need something, don't worry."
really, he's just too uptight right now, wonder what made him like that
"so anyway, slow day huh?"
"Yeah, pretty much. today's Sunday and most of the adventurers are training in each other factions while the others are with their families. I don't really have a need to go back so I'm taking over for *yawn* Philia for today"
jeez, that was a big yawn. wonder if he's been working since the night... well, not I don't really care that much...
"ahh, wel-"
he cuts himself off and just bows... hmm? ahh... now I get it...
"that's one of the child's guardians, from what Rin said, she's called Arie and the other one was called Ingrid. just be cool and don't anger her no matter what, she's a top-notch assassin that even the scout sub-faction can't compete."
ahh... well as long as she doesn't mean any harm, we can live with them... by the way
"how come you all accepted them immediately? aren't there supposed to be some sort of groups? it's quite surprising to see the whole server just accept them this easily"
Pheonix was quite surprised by my question...
"We don't really mean any harm to them, at first, we were cautious about it but after that girl who can talk with us, Rin, we started to understand their primary goal"
which is?
"just to gain some info, Rin translated everything the other one who looked like somewhat of a scientist and said that they were just experimenting something and they're going to do some research about our way of life and methods of magic in the meanwhile, they really don't mean any harm in the first place, as long as there aren't any idiots that will oppose them, they're in the clear"
yeah... idiots... right...
the girl looks like he was done until the guy I met(?) earlier came from the back door
"Sorry to disturb you Phe- you got something with me?"
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"huh? sorry, I don't understand your language. where's her translator anyway?"
"she had to return so we might not understand a single thing they're saying"
as he said that, this lady talked in our language... surprisingly
"powerful..."
given, it was just one word... but that means we can talk to each other
"Woah, amazing... so we can still talk to each other huh? in the meantime, looks like you found yourself a partner Orpheus, care to show it to her?"
"damn you Pheonix."
they both left...
"I could tell from her eyes. she wants to see how powerful he is"
powerful? he's just a puppeteer, what power can he dish out?
"I don't really care either way"
he just returns to his usual form... well, nothing good might be coming up any later soon...
"hey? why don't we spar for a second?"
"sorry, I-... no"
"you were about to say you were busy but insisted on saying no... why?"
"it will be one-sided"
oh yeah... I haven't asked his weapon of choice huh? does everyone have them anyway?
"weapon of choice? everyone pretty much has one, they don't use magic like yours since it's way too one-sided in one type. like me, I use magic like fire and Ice and so on but I don't use it as is, it's too easy to deflect and cancel, I use some airsoft guns and pellet or non-lethal guns like paintball guns. if I just enchant the bullet in the barrel with magic elements then it would be better rather than using it without one"
I see... then...
"that's right, the weakest in the worldwide server is you right now"
that... that just hurts...
"wait! the first time I fought those guys, we were winning by a slight margin- no, it was one-sided! how could that be?!"
"from your reaction, then it's true that there was a group of people who somehow charged into their island without a plan... so it was you guys?"
crap! I forgot that it went viral!
"haahhh... idiots... well, what I can guess was they were quite surprised or the ones you guys were fighting were rookies... no... it couldn't be... it's probably because they still don't have a grasp on our way of magic and let you all go ham with it, thanks to that, they know how we fight."
ghk-... that hurts...
"haahhh... if you want, I can suggest you on what type of magic you can use, would you want to?"
"no... no, I don't need it, I think I need to do it myself but thanks anyway"
I walk out the empty guildhall... that's right, I got the obsidian dagger that was given to me... I wonder how powerful this is... well, I don't really need to test it today, maybe walk around the place? that could be nice...
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well, nothing really is happening much lately... the faction offices aren't even that filled, huh... I'm quite curious about the Orpheus guy though... Nah, I have a much better time rather than wasting it watching someone else's fight... what do I do...
"Hello..."
Gah! oh, a little girl? she looks robotic... more like... wooden... is that joints?
"ahh! hello, sorry for bumping into you."
「-----------」
wait, she's one of them!? wait, what!?
"ahh! sorry for disturbing you, 「----------」"
"aren't you... Rin? why'd you just come back?"
"hmm? who are you? bah, anyway, I'm sorry for bumping into you, she shouldn't really be outside right now but she managed to somehow get out from there... well, we'll be going now, see ya-"
wai-... they're gone... teleportation? how come they don't use it that often? wait, does that mean I can teleport too?
hmp-!!!
nope... I just look like an idiot... besides that, I'm quite curious about the robotic girl... wooden girl? well... if she's living then we could create the things we always wanted with our desires...
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hmm... I the restaurant I visited isn't open right now huh... well... whatever...
"oh? ahh! Ron, over here!"
hmm? miss Philia? what's she doing here?
"Philia, why are you here today? aren't you supposed to be in the real world?"
"yeah but Han-... Phillip, whoops, almost said his real name, anyway, I was bored so I came to visit this place"
hmm... that so ehh?
"well, don't let me disturb you then, before that, what are you doing here anyway? any plans?"
"I'm just going to a nearby cafe here. the music is amazing, some of the less popular ones are here too... oh wait, the songs I mean"
hmm... I've never seen this cafe...
"what's the matter?"
"ahh, it's just... how come I haven't seen this cafe?"
"oh, that? it's just a recent establishment here. also, it only opens probably once or twice a month every Sunday, it's quite rare but the food and drinks along with the music are high quality. the pricing is also quite reasonable so you can splurge happily here"
is that so... "mind if I come with you? I want to see this, is it open today though?"
"oh? don't worry about that, there's always a notice in the guild board about it, it's like an advertisement kind of thing for us attendants, they give us tickets or money and we advertise in any way we want as long as it puts the establishment in a good rep."
well... I guess that's reasonable... so the cafe is open today? I may have found the ad but didn't care much about it... I wasn't really the type to hang out in popular places...
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we walk to the cafe but from what miss Philia said, it's quite far from here... so I strike a few conversations along the way
"so... Philia, you said yesterday that you were capable of fighting with a glaive, I haven't seen you in a fight so I have no idea on how you play"
"is that so? hmm... I did say that my glaive was modified yes? I don't have it with me right now but picture this, there's a large barrel the looks like it's wide like a shotgun's barrel, then there's the tip of the glaive where it can fold 180 degrees and cause an ignition yeah? the way I control it is with a mechanism inside the large part of the back of the glaive. I don't know the full details but from the creator of it, it was pressurized so it could make a large impact"
I... didn't get any of it...
"I-I see... well, how do you fight with it exactly?"
"hmm... I mainly use propulsion from the explosion of the glaive to backstep or front step whenever I wanted... if I ever ran out of bullets for it, I could always use my magic as an extra way..."
"wait, then why do you use bullets in the first place? aren't those expensive?"
"well... yeah, they're quite expensive actually, the main meaning behind it is so that I have extra energy to fight since using magic takes extra focus for me, the more I use it, the more it's mentally taxing"
I see... I don't feel any mental fatigue when I use magic though... maybe it depends on every person?
"then what about Pheonix? isn't he capable of fighting as well?"
"well yeah, he's much stronger than me in terms of fighting prowess, he can use guns and mix i-"
"Sorry, I already heard half of it from him, I'm more curious about how he fights"
"ahh... I see, then he uses a knife or a sword or anything really as another means of fighting in melee but when it comes to range, he's known as the Dead center specialist. his bullets always hit its targets no matter where you are, be it a wall or another person"
"he... sounds scary..."
"I know right? but besides that, he's also known as the gunner in the guild attendants and as an observer and an operator, he's the highest-ranking of all of us. the mortality rate when he's operating a team drops to a whopping 80 percent compared to us with 10-40 stats"
wow... I didn't know there were stats such as those... so that's probably why he's always managing at night...
"There are still quite a few people right now, there are even some that don't bother sleeping, that's what the cafe is for, speaking of which, here we are"
the cafe... we enter the establishment and-
"everything... looks so rustic... it's like we're back in 2015..."
the cafe's called cafe de blanc and I can see why...
"Almost everything has a white tinge to it... the food especially..."
"Why don't we hang out here for a sec? and before you ever think about it, no, this is not a date"
aww... well, I did come here on my own accord, it'd be a different story if I was invited to go here
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「the usual please, along with coffee cream」
"I'll... order the special..."
he leaves post haste... quite formal for a cafe... there are not many employees here either...
"continuing to our talk, do you have any skillset in a fight? just so I can raise your mortality rate a little"
talking like that makes it seems like I'm being interrogated here...
"hmm... I mainly use magic raw... I'm still beginning a this, I never knew that using weapons could power you up further"
"true... half a year ago some of the adventurers in our place doesn't use weapons, now they have their own personal weapons like mine..."
she's still looking at me quite intently...
"I... umm..."
I really don't have anything to think about...
"haahhh... let's just talk about it sometime soon..."
「your order's here」
"thank you..."
a cake? that's the special
"that's quite expensive, although you probably have the money for it right now, it'll be cut 1/4 right now"
hmm? I check on the price of this and-
"1... a thousand for this!?"
"good bye check, that's why I went with the usual, it's good though, mind if I taste?"
"sure... whatever..."
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that day wasn't that bad, nothing much happened but it seems like I'll be working again tomorrow... wonder what quest I should take... maybe zombies? or flying demons?