despite this outrageous message. Marv decided to just try on the rest of the armour and it fit him perfectly. with the set of armour, his stats gained a slight boost.
[dark elf knight armour set equipped]
[agility +6]
[strength +6]
[critical hit rate +2%; current critical hit rate: 2%]
[intelligence +6]
[magical presence +0]
with these boosts, Marv's power could now be considered equal to an E+ rank. but he wasn't confident in fighting a D rank not that he planned to anyways.
the blacksmith was shocked to see Marv wearing the armour with no issues and asked Marv questions about himself but Alyssa interrupted before he could put Marv in a corner. with their mission fulfilled the duo left the shop and headed down to the cafe they first discussed the party. Marv gained a few glances with his new armour glistening red in the afternoon sun. his greaves were a completely different colour from his rest of armour but the boots were the main attraction.
after getting a table outside the cafe they ordered tea once more and started to discuss what they should do from there.
"Mr Marvin, I do think that as we do our adventurer quests we should not forget about your main mission in this world... if possible I think we should accept quests that are capable of getting us information on the movement of the war. right now the angels and devils are clashing at the void plane of existence while the demons are keeping to themselves at the dark plane of existence...however I think we should also help you get stronger."
Alyssa let her thoughts be known but finding quests related to war would be hard if not impossible. after all, it was the adventurers guild that was responsible for watching over the lives of the adventurers. sending them to their deaths in the war was not something they would do.
"I wholeheartedly agree with you Alyssa but the problem is that...my system is one that has too many changes at once. I can't control how it fluctuates my power at random moments... I gained nine levels out of nowhere but I lost five levels as well... I don't want to trust my life with it so I think the best thing we should do is accept small quests and try to get stronger. now that the only difference in our levels is two we can share the experience that will help us get stronger."
Alyssa nodded her head in acceptance and drank the cup of tea before her. they then talked about different things and when dusk had finally arrived they headed back to the hotel. the receptionist stared at Marv's strange armour for some time before regaining his composure. with a smile he let them go upstairs to their rooms.
Marv entered his room while Alyssa lingered outside the door of her room before finally entering.
*******
I can't believe I have to share a room with Masha...she certainly is troublesome but I probably shouldn't be too hard on her...
I entered the room and lay down on the bed next to Masha's. she was sleeping in her pyjamas that she brought in a bag when she went to the knight outpost... honestly I can't believe she quit her job to join our odd group. but I must admit she has gotten stronger even if it may not be considered impressive back at home.
I sighed and sat up on my bed. the chandelier hanging overhead our beds had an illumination spell cast on it earlier and it would release light until commanded to switch off. I thought of several things mainly revolving around Marvin... what exactly was he? his system could change his race apparently and also make him weaker when it felt like it. not something many had the power to do. the only people I could think of who were capable were the five creator gods... but surely they wouldn't mess around with a mere mortal...right?
I eventually decided to head to sleep only to feel uncomfortable in the bed. I then decided to head to Marvin's room. he belonged to me so he had to share his bed unless he wanted to be...punished.
I opened the room door to see a similar room to mine with two beds and a crystal chandelier above, a desk and chair were at the side of the room but not worth my attention. I immediately walked over to the bed Marvin was sleeping soundly on.
he had removed his armour and clothes and was sleeping naked. but I wasn't in any mood to rape him today. I welcomed myself into his blanket and laid my head on his chest. his body was warm and comfortable and I rolled my body on top of his chest...my own bed.
******
Marv woke up to see Alyssa entering his room. he quickly pretended to be asleep and was silently praying that she wasn't here to rape him again. but to his surprise, she simply entered under the covers of his blanket and rolled on top of his chest. he felt her moving around a bit before settling.
he heaved a sigh of relief and also tried to go to sleep. he couldn't rest though and simply kept his eyes open. he looked up and was thinking of how to address the issue of his system...but he knew that he probably wouldn't find an answer till much later and put that issue to the back of his mind. he was caressing Alyssa's hair unknowingly as he was thinking and then he thought of an idea.
{so apparently my system recognises Alyssa as my partner...but when I touched the gauntlets she didn't react in any way...like as if her system wasn't recognising whatever order fluctuations are...
its almost like the issue is stemming from me. my system keeps changing while Alyssa's has been in perfect condition since getting it. she even had the ability to get experience before me...which means whoever is controlling this 'main server' is mainly focusing on me.}
Marv was repeatedly thinking of what could possibly try to do it. there was no one he thought of that could possibly do that...then it hit him. there was one person he knew who would possibly have more information.
the system master.