After Alyvard finds her, Jane's chance to use this kidnapping incident as a veil from her escape plan has been wiped out without a trace. Really, that opportunity is very easy to die!
Jane is escorted by Alyvard and the 12 Elves he brought back to the Spirit Forest.
Alyvard and the others couldn't see Seearial, so Seearial was able to casually sit on Jane's shoulder as they continued to exchange words through mind transmission during the journey home.
Whenever Jane saw her Status, she always couldn't help but smile.
However, how could she hold back her smile if she was given so many things from Small Golden Treasure Chest and Rogio's Player Treasure Chest?
Rogio for some unknown reason had kept Blob and Wild's Player Treasure Chest as well, so Jane got a big harvest this time.
[Name: Jane(Jane Emereen).]
[Race: Elf.]
[Sex: Woman.]
[Age: 37 y/o.]
[Level: 1.]
[Job: Forest Hunter Level 8]
[Strength: 10][Defense: 10][Magic: 10]
[Speed: 10][Stamina: 10][Wise: 10]
[Luck: 21]
[Remaining SP: 842]
[Divine Soul: 1/12]
[Soul Skill: Nature Authority.]
[Contracted Fiary: Seearial.]
[Blessings: Nature Goddess' Bless.]
[1st Job Skill: Archery; Plantea Magic.]
[Title: The Lost Daughter of Nature Goddess.]
[Inventory:]
•Platinum Coins ×9
•Gold Coins ×3,980
•Silver Coins ×23,780
•Bronze Coins ×506
•Rose Wind Bow ×1
•Boots of Rose ×1
•Robe of Green Rose ×1
•Despair Crystal ×25
•Mithril Long Sword ×2
•Dagger of Accelerate ×2
Jane obtained a lot of items especially from the Player Treasure Chest belonging to the three men.
They donated SP, money and items in large amounts. In an instant, Jane had become rich.
Unfortunately, because her inventory is not enough to accommodate everything, Jane keeps most of the items she gets in her room.
As the saying goes, misfortune comes with great blessings.
Being kidnapped by the three was very unexpected, but Jane gained a huge harvest because of it.
She also managed to make a contract with a cute little fairy like Seearial during that time, so the results of this incident were all very good, except of...
"From now on, Jane, you aren't allowed to go hunting alone. You have to call me every time you want to hunt, okay?"
As what Alyvard told her, Jane was now not allowed to roam alone. At least she should not as long as all the traitors or deviant players in the Capital are successfully found and executed.
Apparently when the news that Jane had been kidnapped was discovered, the capital was in a state of mass panic.
The Elven King and Queen sent an army of Elves to give chase, but as Blob and the others moved quickly, they failed to find their trace before Blob managed to get Jane out of the Great Greast Forest.
All the higher-ups of the Elf kingdom were furious over this incident.
Even the ordinary elven residents of the capital became anxious because of this incident. They all knew Jane and saw her whenever the elven princess was hunting, so they were very worried about her safety.
At first, the Elf King ordered the formation of a large army to retake Jane.
However, because Alyvard thinks that when the army is successfully formed it will be too late to save Jane, he forms his own small team and sets out to pursue the kidnapped Jane.
As a result, he managed to prevent Jane from being killed at the hands of Rogio.
Well, this and that being said, the bottom line was that Jane would be forbidden to leave the Spirit Forest alone no matter what from now on.
Jane collapsed onto her bed and sighed.
"Everything will go back to the original plan, huh?"
Seeing Jane gloomy in her eyes, Seearial floated closer with a worried expression.
"Are you alright, Your Holiness?"
Jane smiled at her.
"I'm fine. I just thought that everything seemed to have to be done manually in the end."
"Is that bad?"
"No, it's mean a lot of work."
"?"
Seearial is a fairy. A fairy was unfamiliar with the concepts of conspiracy and politics, so she didn't understand why Jane was involved so exhausted and worried.
Jane laughed at that little fairy's innocent behavior and brought her into her arms.
"Let's go to sleep."
"Yes!"
Actually, morning was almost when Jane managed to return home after a long journey of 3 days.
But because they were exhausted, Jane and Seearial managed to fall asleep soundly.
At the same time, Lena chose the time to log out.
Almost 9 more days in the game... In other words, it's been more than 21 hours in the real world.
When Lena woke up, it was already night again out there.
Massaging his tired head from spending too much time without sleep, Lena limply walked out of his room and grabbed something to eat before dropping himself back on the bed.
He needs enough sleep for the sake of a healthy life, so he will sleep for a few hours.
Since today and tomorrow he didn't have any activities, Lena was able to sleep comfortably without worrying about anything.
In his sleep, Lena saw a strange dream.
Two strange dreams.
He felt he had been split in two.
The former lives with the Seearial and takes care of formal affairs in the Elven lands, while the other lives in a strange dark world alone, spending time studying magic.
***
-May 28, 2086.
Lena woke up once again when it was already noon, around 9 o'clock.
After that, Lena went to take a shower, had lunch, then rested by watching television and searching.
After he felt his fatigue completely gone, Lena eventually decided that this was the right time to log in.
Just before logging in, Lena remembered his other VR games.
Lena is a VR Gamer who is quite famous.
He has his own streaming channel and has over 200 thousand subscribers.
The name of the channel is, of course, Leen Brawn.
"Should I broadcast when I play DOL?"
Lena remembers that she often sees many Players broadcasting their DOL games. Thanks to DOL's popularity, their streams are often crowded by viewers even if they are not actually a popular Streamer.
After pondering for a moment, Lena decided to give it a try.
He watched the tutorial to stream on DOL for a while before getting everything he needed and then logged in to DOL as Jane.
When Lena logged in, he found himself in Jane's room, sitting behind a desk with a stack of papers and documents.
"Ah, this is the first time Jane doing her duties as an Elven princess."
Lena remembered that this table was not in Jane's room before. It seemed like when Lena logged out, Jane had started moving and somehow changed her lifestyle from before.
Jane looked around to look for Seearial and soon found the little fairy sitting on her bed with a pile of berry-like fruits in front of her.
"Seearial."
"Hm?"
Jane beckoned Seearial to approach. Seearial tilted her head in confusion, but she flew closer shortly after.
"Can you tell me what I've been doing since we returned to the Spirit Forest?"
"Alright!"
Jane had previously told Seearial to remember what Jane did and told her when she asked.
Seearial clearly did not understand why Jane, her master, wanted to hear others tell her about what she was doing.
However, she did not refuse and happily told her everything Jane had done since returning to the palace.
"I see, I understand. Thank you very much, Seearial. You helped me a lot."
Jane patted Seearial's tiny head with one finger.
Seearial looked red and became agitated by it.
"N-no... I just did what I was supposed to..."
Seearial muttered with a red face, but she looked happy.
Jane left the little fairy herself and began to digest what Seearial said.
After Lena logs out, Jane begins to carry out the plan that Lena originally thought of calling off the engagement between herself and Alyvard.
She began to spend a lot of time in the study room, consuming a lot of important knowledge.
She began to take on the duties of an elf princess in general like now, checking the report documents and so on.
This was all done in order to increase her presence and power in the palace.
Lena originally planned to take this step as camouflage while he honed Jane skills and leveled up.
So, by letting the elven higher-ups think she was preparing to fully become an elven noble, Jane actually created an invisible zone where she could train as she pleases without provoking their vigilance.
But who would have thought that Jane herself, when Lena logged out, could continue the plan on her own.
Lena felt very strange with that.
Even the most advanced AI should not be able to read the human mind. They may be able to estimate and calculate the possible actions that a person will take, but it is impossible to be as 100% accurate as Jane's character does.
Instead of AI, it feels more like Lena herself is actually playing it... It was as if even without Lena Log in, Jane still acted like when Jane played it.
Like a real person, she thinks and is aware of the situation she is in. Like Lena, she also intends to break off this engagement and gain freedom. It is also possible that she intends to search for another fragment of her soul now after the truth that Jane is the reincarnation of the 12th daughter of Goddess Grassia is revealed.
Jane closed her eyes and calmed her mind.
Her huge chest moved up and down as she breathed slowly.
"Dungeon of Logoss... It seems like this game is indeed not just an ordinary VR game."
After Lena remembers what happened when he tried to play Niyailla, he suspected that he would find out what was special about this game when he reached level 5.
No, maybe if Lena managed to raise Jane's level to level 4 and could play Niyailla better, then he might be able to catch a glimpse of the truth.
Jane sighed, banishing all those thoughts.
"Well, whatever it is, in the end my current problem hasn't changed."
She still had to get rid of the identity of this Elf princess, no matter what.
Also... She is currently trying to do her first Streaming while playing DOL.
Jane created her Status menu and scrolled through the menu options until she found the cable icon.
This icon will only appear after one's DOL Device is paired to the relevant streaming device.
By pressing this, all the actions of the Character in the DOL will be recorded and broadcast as the Player wishes.
Jane firmly pressed the icon.
Shortly after, an interface screen showing Jane's face and her surroundings is displayed along with several tools icon that appear to be present to help make the process of preparing for streaming easier.
Jane sets everything like camera angle, stream type, ratings, tags and so on for a while and sets the title of her streaming video.
After all that, Jane started her stream.
Once it starts, a notification will be received by all Lena's Subscribers that he is live streaming.
"Hello, everyone! This is me, Leen... No, now I am Jane Emereen! I'm an elf princess this time!"
"... Y-Your Holiness?"
When Jane greeted some of the audience who began to arrive with her best smiles, Seearial who was unaware of what was really happening looked at Jane worriedly.
Jane suddenly stiffened and looked at Seearial with a blank face.
"..."
Seearial also looked at her with a confused face mixed with anxiety. Her face asked, "Are you alright, Your holiness?" Innocently!
This was his first time streaming as a female character, so Lena was a little nervous.
He finally forgot the fact that DOL is different from games in general.
The NPCs here are very real and will react to what they hear and see.
Seearial can certainly see and hear Jane, but she doesn't realize that Jane is doing live streaming.
To her, Jane looked like a strange person who suddenly smiled and shouted at the ceiling of the room when it could be seen very clearly that no one was there.
Jane can see the comment log that is starting to form on the streaming interface screen.
Anonymous: "Wow, this is Leen's first time using a female character! She's so beautiful!"
Anonymous: "An Elf? It's great!"
Anonymous: "Damn, she shocked that little fairy, lol."
Anonymous: "DOL? Isn't this the most popular VR game right now? Cool, I love it!"
And various other types of comments.
Jane grimaced.
"Ugh..."
It seems like I have to change my streaming style to recite minimal words and interactions between streamers and viewers in order not to be labeled as crazy by NPCs.