Ayu has to accept the fact that this world is not an offline game. The place where she was standing was the real world which was almost the same as the G.O.W that the girl played in the past. Hiro had been watching her with worry ever since he tried to comfort her though in a different way than usual.
"Ayu?"
"Yeah, what's wrong, Hiro?"
"Don't think too much about it, someone will take care of the murder case."
"Hiro, I will change everything."
"Yes, sleep first, rest first," said Hiro.
Ayu pulled the blanket up to cover her mouth. "I'm still like I used to be, I'm always told to take a nap."
"Close your eyes, Ayu."
"Yes, thank you, why are you so nice to me?"
"Because I like you."
"I-I like you too, you were the first NPC I met back then."
"Ah, I remember the first time we met you said I was an NPC."
"If I remember, I still can't believe that I was able to talk to the NPC that made me love offline games."
"You mean?"
"Look, I told you from the start, I told you what an NPC is, but I wanted to say that we met before I came to this world, but you are just an NPC who always says the same words over and over again."
Hiro heard Ayu's story about the game Ayu played earlier even though it sounded absurd but Hiro believed she because he believed that Ayu always told the truth. Ayu is fast asleep, Hiro can breathe a sigh of relief because the girl he loves has calmed down.
"I will help you as best I can."
Hiro goes to meet Argeta downstairs at their inn to talk a lot about the future and what they should do with Ayu who seems to be in a mental shock.
"Her past is so heavy even though Ayu is strong but her mind is still a child who used to live in a safe place," Hiro muttered.
"I can't think of a next move," said Argeta.
They cannot ignore Ayu's quiet past, if the journey continues, it will be fatal because this world is so cruel, it is not suitable for Ayu to see everything. Suddenly Argeta reassures Hiro that maybe Ayu will slowly get used to it even though it's hard and can't stand it but if Ayu doesn't continue everything will fall apart in the hands of the four heroes. Hiro thought deeply that he should care about Ayu or the world he lives in and be selfish. In her previous life, Ayu was full of suffering and now it is indirectly repeated in a different way. Hiro clenched his right fist.
"I will always be by his side."
"You care about him a lot, I know you like him a lot."
"I even love him," said Hiro.
"Excuse me, may I join you guys? It seems you are talking about a Hunter named 'Iris' who became a murder victim."
A young man with purple hair and purple eyes suddenly asked to join the conversation. The young man recounted that Iris was a good girl who had never had any enemies in the village or among the Hunters. The young man looked annoyed, he didn't expect someone to kill Iris. The youth started to shed tears, Hiro looked worried and patted he on the right shoulder. "Don't cry like that."
***
The next morning Ayu looked cheerful again, making Hiro very happy at heart, he was very flowery. Ayu is no longer sad and looks childish anymore. Hiro introduces a new member named Zenku, he is a rank B Hunter. Ayu looks happy to welcome Zenku, this purple-haired young man looks very friendly, Hiro is surprised because Zenku suddenly kisses the back of Ayu's right hand. Hiro immediately got angry and forbade Zenku to do anything like that again in the future.
Zenku suggested going to the Guild to do the Nili forest explorer mission, as there was a good mission to attack the orcs. Ayu was suddenly very excited because she was going to slaughter a lot of orcs. Zenku was surprised because from the words of the massacre it was clear that it was very difficult it might take 2 or 3 days to destroy the orc village. Hiro explains that Ayu is very strong even this teenage girl is very inversely proportional to her appearance and strength.
Ayu, Hiro, Argeta and Zenku head to the Guild. Zenku didn't think that Ayu was a rumored S rank Hunter even said the nobles would look for her. Before Zenku's words were finished, an army of knights met them on the city street. The silver haired and blue eyed man got off the horse and asked Ayu to come with him but Ayu refused because Ayu was going to the Guild with the others.
"I am Knight Captain, Ed Suches. I was asked to escort you to the palace."
"Sorry I can't come with you, I have something to do."
"But this is from the palace, you must come with me."
"Sorry Mr. Ed Suches, Ayu is rank S so she can refuse your request," said Hiro, stopping he.
"I'm not talking to you commoners!"
"Tch," Zenku muttered.
"Hoo," Argeta muttered.
"The NPC I don't like the most," Ayu muttered.
"NPCs?" Hiro turned his head because Ayu said NPC, maybe Ayu knew about this knight captain.
"NPC, Ed Suches. I really don't like being controlled by strangers," Ayu said.
"You must come to the palace of the nobles and the King is waiting for you."
"I don't care, it's none of my business, meeting them won't change this world."
"Change the world?" Ed Suches did not understand Ayu's incoherent speech.
"How dare you yell at Hiro, I'm getting annoyed," Ayu said with a sharp look.
Ed Suches and his ten children could only be silent when they received Ayu's gaze. Ed Suches was actually a strong knight that could be equated with rank A, but somehow the difference between the two of them was huge.
"The pressure is so strong," Zenku muttered. "Is it true that Ayu is rank S?"
"Maybe on top of that she's strength can always give me goosebumps," said Argeta.
"..." Hiro was silent, he wouldn't be able to compare to Ayu.
"If you can't be asked nicely, I'll force you!" Ed Suches drew his sword from its scabbard. Ayu stepped forward at a leisurely pace. Ed Suches was well aware that his opponent was rank S but in the past he had fought on par with rank S was none other than his own father. When the sword swung at Ayu, Ayu just brushed it off with her left hand.
"What!"
"Get out of here quickly," said Ayu. "Your power is only the tip of my fingernail."
Ayu invites the others to go to the Guild. Ed Suches could only stare at Ayu's departure, Ed Suches' men could only be shocked and spoke hesitantly because what happened was too fast and there was no way that Ed Suches who was not far from rank S could lose in the blink of an eye.
"Let's go back to the palace," said Ed Suches, taking the others away. He gritted his teeth from being defeated by a magician in physical combat, their physical abilities and speed were completely different.