Game Youjo ~Yaku Atte Kougekiryoku ni Zenfuri Suru~

"I'm here..."

I log in and then enter a base built in the field area. Then there, all the clan members were already there.

"Good luck, Shanan. It's too late for night, are you okay?

Yes, Sylvia asked. Currently, the time is after 21: 00.

"Yeah. I've been finishing my homework, and I'll be asleep as soon as I get confirmation from your father"

"Really? Then let's get it done right away. First of all, there are two people I'd like Shanan to check with."

"Two!? Oh, there are two!?"

"Yes, because I searched only on the condition of 'an untrained senior clan member in the past'. Sorry, I still squeezed quite a bit of this..."

"Yeah. Thanks for looking. Let's check one at a time."

That's right. Sylvia and Wu worked hard to find me, so I have to check the rest!

"Let's start with the one I looked for. I'm meeting you, so follow me."

That said, Sylvia went outside. I follow after that, but all the clan members were following me further from behind.

... I don't want to...

"I'm going to see you now for ninth place in the last event. He's a clan member of The Black Cat Pirates, and his name is Mr. Bucky."

Take a short walk through the field area towards where the trees soar. Then someone stood under the tree.

"Good evening, Mr. Bucky. Sorry to call you at this hour."

"No, no, it's nothing. It's okay. More than that, what's the story?

The man was a bandit-style young man with a quiet look on his face. The tone is very gentle and the friendly attitude is very impressive.

From behind me like that, the foxes are watching me as I hide in the grass. Clearly, I'm finding out because I'm not hiding, but now I decide not to worry about it.

"I'll ask you straight in. You've been untrained in the past, and you keep this game going while you drag it, right?

"Become!? How could you do that!?"

As Sylvia cut in, Mr. Bucky obviously started wandering.

"Zubari, you are here now, abandoning your loved ones. Different?

"Fuck! Chi, no! I didn't throw it away! I was gonna be back in a minute!

"I may have intended to go back, but I still can't go home. Right!"

"Ugh..."

Mr. Bucky holds his head.

Ho, maybe this guy really is my father!?

"Come on, don't you recognize this kid? I'm here to see you!

I have eyes for Mr. Bucky. Then he got a very surprising look.

"No way, I can't believe I'm here to see you..."

"Oh, Father...? Hey, is that your father?

"Oh yeah. But I want you to believe me. I've never forgotten a day before! That's true!

"Father!!"

Finally! I'm really your father!

I ran out to hold your father!

"I'm sorry I ever left you, Selene!

It's your father... Huh?

Who's Selene?

"Ugh...... good for you Shanan...... gussssssssss"

"No, no, no, Sylvia, I'm sorry I'm impressed, but something's going wrong!? Maybe this guy, not my father!

"Is that it? Is it not?

It felt like it until I was on my way, but I'm starting to get suspicious!?

"Eh, this kid is Shanan. Who is Selene?

"Huh? The heroine in the novel I thought about?

Doyuko and -!? Why did you mistake the heroine in the novel for me -!? It doesn't matter what you think -!!

"Is Shanan's father a novelist?

"No!? Because your father is just a gamer! Mr. Bucky said something about me being his own daughter, but why?"

"Huh? But you're like a kid for producing your own work? Because the heroin image was perfect for you."

"No, no, no! Still, it's impossible for a heroine to come and see you in the game!?"

"Eh... but it's been so popular lately, I thought my work was coming to see me."

That's crazy! No, I think it's a good thing to have love for your work!? But it's weird that you're seriously thinking about anthropomorphizing and coming to see yourself!!

I'm a novelist, so my imagination may be important, but I want that to be the only thing in the book...

"Is Mr. Bucky leaving out the novel he's writing right now?

That's what Sylvia heard.

"Actually, it is. Even though I'm a novelist, I'm just an average person posting on the Novel Posting Site. But I'm serious about bookmaking, and I keep thinking about novels every day. I'm an amateur, but if I'm gonna make funny stories, I'm not gonna beat a pro! That's why I've been working so hard!... but the reality is tough. It doesn't matter how funny you're going to make your own story, if your readers don't appreciate it, you're going to lose motivation."

Mr. Bucky leaned down with a sad look in his eyes. And I kept talking.

"That's when I met this game. I was just going to take a little breath at first. But when I realized that I was so upset with this game that I realized I hadn't updated my novel in a long time. I tried to write it right away, but it doesn't make sense unless the reader reads it where I wrote it anyway. For whatever reason, I've been playing..."

Really? Novelists are tough.

"What stories does Mr. Bucky write?

I asked that with pure interest.

"It's a wizard's story. In a world where magic exists, all sorts of magic comes out and fights enemies with that magic, falls in love with fellow players, competes in team tournaments with fellow players against other teams…"

"Wow, that sounds so funny! I think it'll definitely get popular."

"Ha, thanks. I'm getting kind of motivated. All right! This game is retired today! I'll try to write a novel again tomorrow!

"Yeah. I'll read it when I'm free too."

Mr. Bucky thanked me and logged out.

He was kind of weird, but I'm glad he got back on his feet.

"There are all kinds of people in the world, aren't there? And today, Shanan saved such a lost person. That's great, isn't it?"

"No, I didn't do anything. Mr. Bucky just motivated me."

"Hehe, Shanan is a good attacker of the game, but he's also a good attacker of people's lost minds. Excellent work."

"Also - if you had Sylvia"

Ugh.

Haha.

Laughing at each other like that, Wu suddenly grabbed Sylvia's shoulder with a gutter.

"Sounds like you're trying to put something together beautifully, but don't be fooled, Lord! Lord Sylvia was good at finding the Father of the Lord, but wasn't he actually a novelist who escaped reality!

"Ahhh... that's the..."

Speaking of which, I was. I'm here to find your father. I almost got deluded with some good stories.

"But don't worry! What I have found is the truth, the Father of the Lord. I think this is going to happen, and I'm asking you to make some time after this, so please see if you can find out."

"Wow! Thanks Wu!

That's how I followed Wu.