Although it rained quite heavily that day, the atmosphere of the party accompanied all sides of the Muvill Town.
As for the NPCs, they didn't know anything about the Event triggered by Leen or Bluevoice and the existence of the Player.
The only thing they knew was that the Demon King's Army that terrorized the Fhotoir Rain had just come to attack and was defeated by their Town's strongest Adventurer, Red; The strongest mage in their Town, Qiqi; The most skilled summoner who for unknown reason loves insects in their Town, Vivi; A muscular Adventurer girl who is second only to Red, Stone; The strange man who admires the owner of the Black Leaf Company's trading company who is strangely proficient in using spears, Theven; and the commander of the corps of their Town's third army of soldiers, Rogan, as well as hundreds of other soldiers.
Red 4 and others received a warm welcome and great rewards from the Town's Regional Lord.
Bluevoice's whereabouts are kept secret for the sake of the girl's safety, while Leen is only introduced as a boy who survived the village destroyed by the Demon King's Army and the messenger of the Demon King's attack.
It was thanks to the information brought by Leen that they were all able to prepare very carefully, so the Regional Lord appreciated his services and gave him a number of rewards.
"Accept this, Kid. This is the reward from the Regional Lord."
One of the soldiers guarding the Town gate when Leen first came to the Town was the one who delivered a bag of silver coins to him.
"Thank you."
[Your services are appreciated by the ruler of Muvill Town!]
[You get +50 silver coins.]
[You get Title: Informant.]
[Title: Informant.]
[Opened after the information brought by the Player had a great impact on the lives of NPCs. This is going to give more credibility to whatever you say.]
[+50% Respect.]
The soldier smiled at Leen.
"You did well at that time, kid! If it weren't for the information you brought with you, this Town might have been destroyed because it wasn't prepared to receive an attack."
Leen could only laugh in response.
"You should also be able to live well with your friend with that money. Take good care of all that money, okay? See you soon."
The soldier waved and left after leaving words that would normally be said by any kind adult to a small child who had just received a large sum of money.
Leen kept the bag of money in his inventory.
Leen walked into his room at the inn.
On the bed, Leen found Bluevoice sleeping.
"It's been 3 days that I've been diving non-stop. It should have been almost 7 hours in the real world. Should I wait for Bluevoice to wake up, or Log out first?"
Leen pushed his finger on Bluevoice's cheeks.
The girl slept so comfortly that she didn't show any reaction to the touch on her face.
"She doesn't seem to be waking up anytime soon..."
Leen ultimately decided that Logout should take precedence.
In the status menu, even an icon that shows that his body has entered a state of hunger has appeared.
Leen locked the door of the inn room so that nothing unexpected happened to Bluevoice, then logged out.
On top of his bed, Lena opened his eyelids.
"It feels like a long time has passed, but in reality, it only happened for 6 hours in the real world."
Leen can't help but admire VR technology.
Then, let's eat.
Sure enough, Leen felt that his stomach had become very empty.
He needs to eat and do everything that living beings need to live a healthy life.
He stretched his stiff body, then walked to the kitchen, went to the bathroom, washed his face, ate an instant meal, rested for a few minutes, and then logged in back.
When Leen raised his head, a red blade had been pointing towards his throat.
Fortunately, the blade did not attack him.
"Leen?"
The owner of the blade is of course Bluevoice.
"Y-yeah..."
Leen broke out in a cold sweat as he looked at the blade of the dagger that was slowly moving away from his neck.
This girl has changed too much!
Leen was now forced to admit it.
Bluevoice looked around.
"Where am I? I remember I was on the battlefield with you, but I woke up in this room instead..."
Leen's expression turned serious as he sat down and stared directly into Bluevoice's eyes.
"Bluevoice, listen quietly to what I'm going to say."
"Yes?"
Bluevoice tilted her head, confused by why Leen looks so serious.
"It's about how you killed so many Demons."
Bluevoice blinked a few times, then smiled when she understood what Leen was saying.
"That's right! I killed a lot of them! Hehe, on that day, I was so scared, but they weren't actually that scary!"
Bluevoice held her cheeks that were starting to turn red.
"Ah~ I want to feel that again~..."
Leen frowned.
It seemed like the Virtual-Traumatical Changing that Bluevoice suffered was much worse than the one he expected before.
"Have you heard of Virtual-Traumatical Changing, Bluevoice?"
"Virtual... What is that?"
Bluevoice shook her head.
"I've never heard of it."
Leen began to explain.
"When I logged out a while ago, I had time to investigate this."
"Virtual-traumatical changing. Mental illness that occurs in players who for one or two reasons suffer from mental stimulation that are too strong. Without even realizing it, their way of thinking will begin to change. Some will turn out to be more positive, while most will turn out to be more negative."
Bluevoice thought about what Leen said.
However, she still tilted her head in confusion. She didn't see any reason why Leen had started talking about this.
"You, Bluevoice, should also have suffered this disease because of what happened that day."
Bluevoice widened her eyes.
"H-Hah?"
Leen spoke slowly but in a clear tone.
"Didn't your attitude change? You at first even looked very frightened by the Monsters and Demons. You're 100% Newbie. However, in an instant, you became a Demon slayer capable of even angering the Demon King's Army. This is not normal, Bluevoice."
Bluevoice shook her head.
"W-What are you talking about, Leen? I... I just want to kill the Demons..."
"Isn't the desire to kill itself already abnormal?"
"...!!"
Leen pointed out the main problem of Bluevoice's condition.
Leen sighed before continuing.
"To be honest, I also had the desire to kill them after what happened that day. However, it's not about wanting to kill because I like it or something. I just feel that the Demon King's Army is indeed the enemy of the inhabitants and the DOL's Player."
"Killing a Demons itself was not a bad thing. However, if you like killing itself, then you might one day start killing Humans."
Bluevoice is still trying to refuse.
"B-But this is just a game...'
Leen nodded.
"That's right. That's fine if it's just a game. However, what if you also start to feel the urge to kill in the real world?"