Desire

“... are you another guest? ”

Ribera tilts her head, her eyes facing Ajin. Only, there was no vigilance in her face. Ajin stares at her fluttering blue hair and her black eyes, simply filled with deep curiosity.

Beautiful. That's what I honestly heard. The world's body is an avatar, so you can customize it to your liking. Because of this, most players had an avatar that fully reflected their desires. There are many beautiful people who are rarely seen in real life. But Rivera had the beauty of what Azin had seen.

‘It was a pretty good ball. ’

Customizing your avatar is ultimately self-satisfying. He didn't bother with customization because he was confident that he wouldn't be exposed to reality in any way, not caring much about his appearance. Not all players have the same mindset as Ajin.

“.. called Ajin. ”

The smell of Raw Snow did not seem willing to introduce itself. She looks at Rivera with her crooked eyes, and sees a magic circle drawn beneath her feet. Even though Azin was concerned about it, there's no way he could have known anything by seeing the sorcerer. However, I could feel the immense magical power concentrated around the sorcerer.

“Oh, yeah. I'm Rivera.”

Rivera bows her head in a crouching posture as Azin lowers his head slightly. Bashrodel, smiling with his hands on his waist, applauded Azin and Rivera as they greeted each other.

“I've never seen so many people in my nest! ”

She seemed genuinely happy and a little moved. Basrodel shrugs and grabs his fist.

“I was always so frustrated to be with Jeremiah that I thought I was going to die! Now, why don't we celebrate? Do you want anything to eat? I don't know how to cook, but I'll work hard! ”

Vasrodel runs to Libera and shakes her hand and asks. Rivera shakes her head as Basrodel shakes.

“I'm fine, I'm fine. Vasrodel.”

“Again, again! Sometimes you just got to keep it together, okay? After being with me for three days, how can you not know what I want?! ”

Basrodel squinting at you. In response, Rivera takes a slight step back, and Basrodel splits his head.

“How much I've suffered for you..! On that subject, you will always refuse to accept what I ask you to do, and you will continue to expel me from my nest! ”

“Well, I don't really want to be here...”

“That's too much! Isn't it a long time for a human in three days? You mean it didn't cost that much in between?! ”

Basrodel sighs and shouts. Eventually, the cave was about to get worse than the smell of raw snow, and the flashing light brightened the cave briefly. Azin turns his head to the sudden burst of light, and Jeremiah stands where the light disappears.

“Ugh...! ”

When Jeremiah appeared, Vasrodel, who was mumbling, was frightened and kept his mouth shut. Jeremiah still has no face on the angled face. He blindly sweeps through the cave, looking at the azin and raw snow scents and pausing for a moment.

“... Master. It's called a dragon for a living.

“I know, I know! What are you going to do about it? ”

Basrodel yells loudly, interrupting Jeremiah's last words. Jeremiah gives you a big nod.

“Yes, that's right. Of all the creatures God has created, the dragon is the highest and closest to God. A dragon like that...”

“Okay, okay! ”

Basrodel shouts as he swings his arm around the roof. Rivera takes a step back, avoiding the gesture of her hand, smiling bitterly as she meets azin.

[Take her out and talk to her.]

I don't know what to do with Basrodel, who's all pouty and pouty. Raw Snow sent a message. She taps her shoulders and flinches her eyes at him.

[You have so much to talk about, don't you? So come on.]

[.. Thank you.]

In this atmosphere, I can't get information or anything. The black snow scent passed through the azine and approached Basrodel, kicking the ground with his bare feet.

[Just tell me.]

[.. Yes?]

The answer to the question was not returned. The black snow scent curled up over her shoulder, looking pathetic at Basrodel. Then, I felt a tingling sensation in Basrodel's ear.

“.. Rivera. ”

When the lips of the black snow fell from the ears of Basrodel, Basrodel changed his face as if he had just forgotten his previous trend. There was no more childish innocence or hitting her face. Her voice changes. Her voice is still high, but it no longer rings. Instead, it presses heavily around.

“Yes. ”

Basrodel's mood has changed. Rivera is not embarrassed. Rather, her expression sank peacefully, and Basrodel smiled slightly at Rivera.

“Do you want to go out for a while? ”

“Yes.”

Rivera did not dissent. She immediately turns around and approaches the pain. No, she wasn't coming for Ajin. Rivera was true to Basrodel's words. ‘Get out.’ Azin turns before Rivera, who is only going out of the cave without looking at himself. He stands naturally ahead, followed by Rivera.

The cave is long. Asin and Rivera do not open their mouths while walking through a dark passageway, lit only by that long, magical light. No one spits first, and no one asks about you. Azin's lips seemed itchy, but he didn't act rashly. It's a little awkward for them to open their mouths first while they close their mouths. There is no reason to show this frustration as long as what you want is information. At ease, that's it. Azin wore a mask like that.

“.. I have a question, just in case. ”

‘Here I am.'

Rivera opens her mouth first. Azin steps forward slowly, eventually standing beside Rivera, and now walks alongside her. Ajin turned his gaze and looked away. I can see Rivera's side face.

You're a player, right? ”

“I'm a player.”

Do you check it first, too? In this world where there is no way to know whether the opponent is a player or an NPC, you have to ask the question yourself.

“So Rivera was a player, too. ”

“Oh, yeah. Didn't you know?”

“You wouldn't think of anyone with dragons as a player. Especially now. ”

The beta test is only half done. The idea that there is a player who has been in friendship with a dragon for a short period of two weeks, the average player does not. Even if you find out about it, you'll only think it's NPC with dragons.

“Well, in my case, it's a little unusual. ”

Rivera giggles as if her words were funny. Special, yeah. Her case is more special than unusual. Ajin has many questions, but he still does not see urgency. If you hurry, you'll ruin the hunt. I've known this for a long time, but the defeat Devello put in his body made it even more clear to Azin.

“What do you mean? ”

I see a light. The cave is almost over. Rivera shrugs, hesitating for a moment.

“.. I don't know how to explain it. I just... got lucky. ”

Are you spinning or what? ’

He was a little stuffy, but he was still persistent. He looks at Rivera with a thin smile.

“Well, it's definitely good luck to bond with dragons. Unfortunately... soon everyone will be back to the beginning. ”

First, throw the bait. Rivera sighs a long time.

“Well, yeah, whatever. I've been lucky since the beginning of the beta, so I guess there's a lot to be ashamed of when it comes to full service later. ”

Rivera scratches her cheek and chuckles. Ajin thought for a moment about how to accept the reaction. Lies? There's a good chance of that... No, no. Azin was convinced. In particular, it was Azin, not Rivera. Among the delegates, it is only now that they understand the nature of the game. Of course, I don't know about the other delegates, but based on the reaction Hassen had seen, Hiddenpiece doesn't think he's telling the truth to the delegates in line right now.

‘I'm not sure she's the proxy. ’

The cave is over. Ajin comes out of the entrance and looks at the dense blue forest. ‘Blue forest.’ Yes, the forest was actually green. The subtle blue bitten forest shines more beautifully than strange.

“By the way, how did you get here? ”

Rivera asks. Azin, who was looking at the forest for a moment, turns his head and looks at her. Rivera snorts and takes a deep breath.

“Whoa! It's been a long time since I've been outside. How did this happen?”

Rivera mutters and squats. There was no rug, but she didn't seem to mind that. Azin blinks at Libera and turns to face her.

“.. through the cliffs of the Seal. ”

“Cliff of the Seal? Wow, really? I heard that no one passed through that cliff.”

Don't you know? Azin thinks, watching Rivera speak with an admirable face. It happened yesterday, so the information hasn't spread widely. No, it can't be. The number of videos that Ajin posted to his homepage was close to 100,000 in the morning, and now it's even higher. Or are they simply not interested? It could be. But I don't want to believe what Rivera says.

“What brings you to Rivera? ”

I already know how, but I still ask. There's nothing good about knowing what the opposing Pokémon doesn't already know. Sometimes it is necessary to draw out the opponent's words by pretending not to know what they already know.

“I'm, uh, the boss of that crazy forest, right? Why, there's a lake. The cliff behind it! I went up there, and I got here. ”

“.. a very high cliff. Why did you come up here? ”

He shook his head, his tongue out on purpose. I don't know why I did what I did, but I was able to give it to the target. Rivera scratches her head with a chuckle.

“Yeah, well, I don't have much to do, so...”

I felt twisted inside. You climbed a cliff because you had nothing to do, and you got to the blue volcano first? Such meaningless impulsive behavior precedes you.

“... you don't hunt? ”

Azin asked again. Questions first, this way. But I don't intend to provoke Rivera. If they ask you a question, I will give you a good answer from this side as well. Of course, there's no guarantee that it's all true.

“I worked hard at first... Heheh. Come to think of it, this is a beta service now. I don't think I need to work too hard at it after all.”

Libera scratches her cheek as if she were ashamed to speak for herself. She tucks her knees together and lays her chin on them.

“So I went around and around. Go through the woods. Go to the Forest of Silence. I've seen a few harbour towns, but there's too many people and it's a little scary! I came back. ”

“.. if you don't mind. ”

Azin, listening to Rivera, opens his mouth, posturing a cautious expression.

“What is your level? ”

“26.”

Rivera smiles widely and replies. The answer made Azin's face a little blurry.