Golden Experience

Rare and Lyla have been watching Keefa's city.

You can follow it at any time, and you won't have to do it again.

"I think I said the next city, Latifolia or something. Monica tells me there's a carriage out there..."

"A carriage. That's amazingly fast. Physically linear."

"... it's really a horse"

"It sounds like a horse-shaped demon. I don't seem to be 'serving' you, but I wonder if you have a big personality."

A journey in a carriage is an experience that can only be enjoyed in games. I can't imagine a carriage at the same speed as a linear carriage, but I wonder how it clears up problems such as air resistance, shock, and vibration.

I also have a curiosity about those parts and an interest in the carriage itself, and this time I decided to use the carriage.

Then Rare and Lyla left the inn for the station.

I knew there were people watching the rare ones from the inn's room, but I left them alone. I know who it is, and it's not particularly harmful.

Keefa's station is quite a large facility and still seems to be expanding.

As it is outside the outer walls that cover the city, there will be no problem no matter how much it expands, but safety remains in question.

In such cases, plans should be made in advance to expand or expand the exterior wall. I do this in the city of Refreshment.

"As for the safety measures in this city, it's other personnel and I don't care. I wonder if there are regular flights to Latifolia. Which one?"

"Isn't that it? That's what it says up there."

A sign hung from a roof that is built to keep passengers and horses from getting wet says something that looks like a destination.

From what I can see, there was no way to Latifolia, but there seems to be a platform for the Wang capital.

Since the destination is beyond the king's capital, it doesn't matter whether you stop by Latifolia or not.

The two men had just paid you gold and taken their seats.

They don't seem to have set a time for departure, but they're leaving when the passengers are full. Or even if it doesn't fill up, it seems to leave if it's a set time with more than a certain number of people.

They have a waiting room kind of place at the landing strip and will wait there until departure.

There were already a few passenger-like people in the waiting room, but they're still a little short on capacity.

It's a pretty long service for players to use.

It looks like we can charter the whole thing by paying just the right amount of gold. Maybe the players are faster.

Is that what you want?

Neither.

Then let's wait. You don't get to ride a carriage like that.

Lyla and I sat quietly on the bench in the waiting room.

I'm sure it's still a little short to the quorum, but it should fill up soon anyway.

My lord came to see me soon. It wasn't supposed to be time for the departure, so they filled the capacity.

From the waiting room, Margaret and the others were in front of the carriage. We pulled out the inn and followed the Rares.

"Hey, it looks like your friends are with you this time."

"... I really remember you."

"That's why I told you! ─ ─ Um! You're going to King's Landing! Ah, let me show you around!

Margaret Kuchi stares at Rae and approaches.

<... what is this? Rare, what have you done?

"No, I didn't do anything particularly strange..."

Precisely the destination is not the King's Capital, but the village of Route ahead.

Besides, the purpose of the journey is to hang out, and there is no need for guidance.

"─ ─ No, I'm fine. That's not enough."

"Really..."

Margaret seemed to be convinced of everything else.

It's a strange sight because it's silent, but it's probably a friend chat or something.

"Besides, are you also passengers to King's Landing? There are other customers, so let's get rid of them."

Among the carriage passengers, Margaret has strangely sat in a nearby seat.

"─ Um, by the way, what are you two doing?

"... as you can see, I'm in a carriage"

"If you insist, sit down, I guess."

"That's not it, but in that wetland ─ ─ Ah, that's right. There are other customers, too."

I convinced myself of something.

He seems to want to hear about the experiment he was bearing in the wetlands, etc., but there's no way he can honestly tell me.

That doesn't matter now that there are other passengers, but what is it?

"─ ─ Looking closely at this robe, there is no dirt at all. Besides, it seems very high-quality... Are they expensive materials after all?

Rare robes are made of Queen Araknea.

Especially it seems to have an anti-stain effect even if it does not have an enchant.

"... well, I'm pretty sure it's not sold that way..."

"I knew you would! Um, the luxury texture looks great on you!

I've heard the compliment that the texture suits me for the first time, but is the design of the robe not suitable?

"... hey, isn't this the guy?

What the hell is he?

Sometimes a child like this was in the gates. The kid who stole personal belongings.

I thought he had just taken it by mistake because he was close to me. I mean, how do you know that?

'Cause I asked your mother. Better than that, didn't you do something? It's usually weird to think that you've been indirectly killed and that you're only getting so close to an NPC opponent.

I didn't do anything.

Margaret's people are anxious, but they can't hide their curiosity.

The carriage continued to run at high speeds with strange air and conversation, and after a while it reached the latifolia at the relay point.

Though the Wang Capital side says there is a drop-off station on the way.

I didn't get much of a carriage vibe because Margaret was following me around.

However, since there was no concern about vibration or shock, does the carriage itself have such an effect, or does it have such an effect due to the horse's ability?

"By the way, are you going to King's Landing?

"Er...."

Margaret looks at her people.

My people are vaguely necked.

If their purpose is to explore the trends of the Rares, they will not be able to answer this question immediately.

Lyla also asked, probably to make it a different destination than their answer.

"Actually, I haven't decided yet! How far are the robes going?

"... strange encounter. We haven't decided yet."

I don't know about Margaret and the others, but at least Rae and Lyla are paying up front to King's Capital. It's not like I haven't decided.

And around the point where Margaret and the others don't try to get off immediately, even though they say they've arrived at the station, they've probably paid up to the King's Capital.

I have wasted a nervous exchange, but as rare as it is, it doesn't matter. King's City is not a destination in the first place, and there is no big difference if these players follow us.

I care more about the way you call Robe than that. I'm not at all cool with calling the mastermind.

"─ ─ Well, Mr. Robe, can you please stop saying that? It gives me a slightly silly impression."

"Oh, that's right! Excuse me! What should I call you?

I just got a name from Natural. It's all about communal power. Rae, this guy needs to be on guard.

I see....? Isn't that a normal conversation? I don't know what to call it.

(That's right... If you're not going to do something that's deceptive, you're going to answer the common name that you want the players to know as a mastermind. Oh, how about the Calamity Sisters? Sisters of disaster!

Did Lila forget her taste in her parents' bellies?

Rae has taste for that matter. Then let me hear it! Name and do it with taste for two!

What about Magna Melm?

A great disaster?... I think that's a good idea, but I'm definitely the pattern of Rae being told about Melm in Magna, like a combo artist.]

More than Lyla's.

No, it hasn't changed much. I still feel more artistic ─ ─

"You can just call me Magnum. That's what they call it."

Who do you think they call you? I told you, you win! Shit! >

"... a great disaster?

It's pretty old Latin, but one of Margaret's associates knows it.

"─ ─ Wait, disaster? Disasters are no good."

"No, no, no, no, no. I'm talking about horns and wings, and there's no such thing as human beings and human beings."

"─ I wonder if there's ever a country that can't even erase its horns and wings."

"─ That kind of problem?

"─ ─ Is it the black one whose wings, horns and armor are separated and condensed?

He seems so upset that he no longer even forgets to whisper in his friend chat, but it's generally hard to get into it poorly because he's right.

What are you talking about? Separated and condensed! I'm a support mechanic or something!

[... shut up]

After all, I am making a mastermind NPC movement, and there is no big difference whether it is a disaster or another suspicious NPC.

I don't have anything to tell you.

You just have to keep in mind that I'm not going to be particularly deeply involved with these players, and maybe I am, but the truth is, it's a mystery.

"Uh, so how far did you two end up in Magnumerm...?

"... Wangdu, I guess. For now."

"I see, then we will do the same!

They don't even seem to be willing to hide their tracks anymore.

There was no particular problem with the itinerary from Latifolia to King's Landing.

I was looking forward to no burglars or bandits attacking the carriage, but there was no such incident whether I was afraid of horses pulling the carriage, or did not have the means to attack carriages running at high speeds.

According to The Devil's Eye, there may have been a suspicious group lurking along the street, so I guess that doesn't mean there are no burglars, but do they specialize in travelers on foot?

It wasn't even a huge sum for Rae or Lyla, but it did cost more for the carriage. If you're not in a hurry, you can say it's cheaper to hire mercenaries to travel on foot, or maybe that's more common.

Then you can walk from King's Landing next time.

"Is this the king's capital of the pair?"

The King's Capital, which I saw coming off the carriage that arrived, was quite different from what I had expected.

It may be because the king's capital of Hills, Oral, and Werth was built on the plains. Speaking of the Wang capital, it was somehow fixed in that image.

This king's capital of the pair was in the mountains, and its royal castle was a mountain castle built using a whole rocky mountain.

Surrounded by cut cliffs, it can be said that it is precisely a fortress of intransigence.

Although the castle town has many slopes, it flourishes like a mountain bottom, and there are no walls surrounding the city like the king's capital of other countries.

The station where the Raes got off the carriage was located in the outermost part of the city, with views of the Royal Castle, or Rock Mountain, even from the station.

"When things happen, it seems all the residents are supposed to evacuate inside the castle."

"Heh. That's sensible. At least it's cheaper than walling everything around you."

"It's amazing! When we first saw it, it was touching, and this is what the World Heritage Masada Fortress looked like."

"Yeah. I don't know what that world is."

I almost beat my gavel normally.

However, I had the impression that the dexterity of the species Wesen was more biased in combat than this kind of production, but as far as I can see, this might not be the case.

Was this really made by the Beast? You're still using a fortress that was built during the previous civilization? I feel as much history as Hugelcup Castle.

I see. Is that possible?

"But in this case, it seems impossible to enter the city, but not the royal castle."

"That's right. Huh? Can I help you with the royal castle...?

"No, I'm just curious. It's a tourist journey."

It is half a lie. It's not like I don't have the desire to try sightseeing, but it's not like I don't have anything to do with the royal castle.

As royalty reigns, it seems to me that he should have in some way a 'servant', that is, a species one step above the other beasts.

What is the species and how can other beasts get there?

Before we crush this country with an attack by Mongi and others, I just want to check it out.

"Well. Let's take it at the inn first"

"Inn!?

"... why the sudden shout out loud?

"Ah, no...."

Did you think you were going to do something like a kifa in the inn of King's Landing?

That's generally correct, but it's hard to do when you're on guard like this.

I'm starting to get in trouble, so let's sprinkle it properly. If you kill them now, they'll probably come back to Keefa City.

That's right. Let's do that.

The other passengers who got off at the station have already left while the Rares were viewed by the Royal Castle.

Unlike a real station, the arrival time is not constant, so there are no people at the station all the time. The carriage owner who just got off also went for a break or something.

Now we can do it with a minimal number of witnesses.

"Um!"

"... something"

When I was thinking about threading, magic, or penetrating my hand, my nose was frustrated.

"Um, can I help you with anything!?

"─ Hey Margaret!?

"... as I've said before, if it's a guide..."

"No, it's not, it's like it was in the Abu Hang wetlands... I don't know, I'm helping you with something bad!

<... I knew it was him. It's the kind of guy who gets caught by a bad guy and loses his body.

I hope you don't tell me as if I were a bad man to fool her.

Margaret stares at Rae with determination.

The fellows, too, had initially raised their voices to stop, but now somehow, they are watching what happens, feeling like they have no choice.

I couldn't nod anyway, so I killed them all ─ ─

No, Rare. Isn't this interesting?

What is it? Didn't Lyla not like this kid?

Not if it's worth it.

"─ I see. Okay. But there are too many people's eyes here, and we should still take a room in some inn once and talk there. I don't know what the hell you guys can do to help."

Ruling the inn was behind us, first we normally took the room and headed there.

I took the best room, but I had no choice but to take two rooms because the innkeeper didn't look good. Rare paid for all the gold coins.

The value was higher than Keefa's Inn, but the quality of the room and service doesn't seem very different.

─ ─ I wonder if anyone would ask me here.

"That's right. Soundproofing seems to be good, and there is no sign that you might be listening in the surroundings."

Rae and Lyla sat down on the bed and the four Margarets let them sit in their chairs.

"So what do you guys want to help me with, though? I wonder what you think we're doing in the first place."

In the meantime, I decided to leave the story to Lyla and keep an eye on things. It was Lyla who said it was interesting.

"Uh, doping the dungeon boss, doing some kind of enhanced thumbing, creating a nasty demon, or something?

"What else do you do to the residents of the NPC in the inn or the city?

From what they can see, that will be the case.

The ultimate goal was the resurrection of the Golden Dragon, for which the Spirit King and Holy King were needed, so they were actually just experimenting with bears.

I did something about the staff at the inn, but this doesn't make any difference from the outside. I don't have an in-laws to explain 'The Servant' to you, and you don't have to tell me.

"I'm not familiar with the staff at the inn. I left it to my sister to take the inn room.

But you guys played too, I'm pretty sure we enhanced on that leopard. I don't know what a dungeon boss is, but if that means a bear, "

Speaking of which, what the dungeon was all about was the players calling it on their own.

It was suggested that one day the system message was not an official designation.

It strikes me that there is no loophole in these details.

"Oh well. Is a dungeon just what players call it on their own?"

"Um, does that mean that Magnumerm's sister is being fed by her sister? Your sister paid for it earlier."

Margaret's feelings seem a little different from those of the other members, if you ask her.

"... I'll pay you right later"

"Margaret, I don't care. What's more, that bear suddenly got powered up...."

"Well, hold on. In the first place, we are just talking because you are willing to help us. I have no reason to tell you everything about us. You know that, right?

Let's change the way we hear it a little. I wonder what you can do to help me. "

The players look at each other and look at each other as if they were on some kind of patrol. I guess I'm talking to you in a friend chat.

Margaret alone seems to be out of the circle, but is there no unity of will?

What are these kids after in the first place? I wonder if the goal is to get in here and spread the information.

I don't know. Isn't that different? Maybe they're trying to pick an important option for the route branch right now.

"Route branch...?

"... we're ordinary beasts, pre-, uh, vault? I have something like that. You can carry anything, anywhere, so no one knows.

Besides, you can also eavesdrop on some of the conversations of people with the same vault, and then, uh... "

I kind of feel like I'm even doing a hiring interview.

What Margaret is saying is a benefit that is generally supposedly given to players, but not revealed but naturally given to both Rare and Lyla.

And I'm not willing to tell you this either, but when it comes to inventory, it's not really just a privilege given to players.

"─ I see, the Gentiles have heard of having a vault or something, do you mean that? I wonder if stealing is related to that.

But that means it doesn't matter to you. [M] It's the same for us in the form of catching and using another Gentile. "

Lyla is under pressure.

This is the so-called "What benefit would you bring to my company if you joined my company?"

Unlike regular recruitment interviews, this one has yet to reveal any post-employment treatment. I can say it's a very unfair interview.

"Yes, I think it's probably impossible to catch and use Gentiles. Threats and things like that don't work for Gentiles, and, uh, skills and magic and things like that probably can't be forced to follow. Besides, if you do that, there is a possibility that all Gentiles will be acquainted with the ability to communicate remotely that can only be used by Gentiles....."

"Maybe that's the conversation you just said you could sneak a peek at. In other words, Gentiles can sneak a peek at each other as much as they want. So we're exchanging information."

"That's right!

"But ─ ─"

Lyla reassembled her legs.

The luxury inn bed seems to be superior to the mattress, and Rare's body is also caught and moved when it moves about next door.

"But you said the Gentiles couldn't make them obey, and that's something you can say about yourselves. I mean, how can you prove that you really want our help? Besides, you can share this information with other companies as much as you want so that they don't find out."

Because it just seems like an interview anymore, Lila's line can only be heard by other companies, not others.

"─ I betray you."

"Betray?"

"I betray all the other players and play for Magnum Melm!

My people are sighing behind me.

Regardless of whether the unity of will is in place or not, we already seem to know about this determination of Margaret.

Lyla said, I guess the route branch option is about this.

This means that Margaret, while an animal man, stopped playing the game normally as a force on the human side and chose the route to leap in as a player on the mastermind side.

This is, in a sense, under Lila or, more precisely, under Liliene, but it's the same as Justine.

Justine wanted to be a knight and chose to serve Lord Hugelcup, whom she believed was an NPC.

Margaret also wants to serve the NPC, the mastermind, Magnumerm.

I also understand Lyla's words that it's interesting.

Sure this is interesting.

Many of them will be just players playing as mankind, but some of them play as demons, like Blanc and Bumb.

That's basically up to you when you choose an early race, but that's not absolutely true.

I can say that Rae and Lyla are. Originally it was an elf and a human.

And now Margaret is also trying to choose those paths.

I'm not going to reveal to Margaret that Rare or Lyla is a player, but it might not be bad to have her as an NPC subordinate.

─ ─ Player, is that a Gentile? I don't know what play is, but is it okay to interpret it as betraying Gentiles and working for us?

"Oh, yes, they do!

"But I can't prove it. How can you keep in touch with us so we don't know?

"Well, yes, but that's just going to have to show in action already..."

"─ Okay. Sounds interesting. I'll use it for you."

"Hey......"

Lyla glanced lightly at Rare.

But if you really have a complaint, you should be saying it in your friend chat, and it's Lila who said it was funny first. This is just a pose.

"It's not just her, it doesn't matter what kind of person you use, in the end, you just have to judge by your actions. If so, nothing changes, and you're just as good as motivated, aren't you?

"That may be true... but no, that's right."

"Um, thank you for recruiting!

It seems Rare wasn't the only one who thought it was an interview.

"She's fine. What about the rest of you? If we're going to reconsider, we're going to have to do it now."

"─ If you don't mind, we'd like you to join us. Well, Margaret and I have an old relationship, and there are places like One-Lotus Trustees."

"Sister Ja......"

That means that Janet Yasaka is the person of this leadership who spoke on behalf of us.

I don't know which one, including Janet Yasaka, but I'm staring at Margaret with a bitter smile at the wind of other Elizabeth swallows and Alison Yoshiyoshi.

"I think that Margaret has the option of convincing you to walk in the sun for all of us..."

"Uh. You can't. Maybe. Margaret, you look just like you did when you went bankrupt."

"Yes, yes. It's not the face of persuasion."

They are likely to be hired together.

That means we're behind the NPC, right?

Of course, if you're really going to play on the Dark Fallen route, check that the SNS doesn't say anything extra, and you can take the back.

In that case, you should try a search with the "magnumerm" keyword.

They should be the only ones who know this word as it stands.

In the king's capital of the pair, he intended to examine the conditions for the reincarnation of the beast man.

Fortunately, Margaret and the others are beasts, and if we want Pairé to find them, we can say it's a good idea.

But I don't intend to 'use' Margaret and the others.

It is too risky to directly 'play' a player, and it is unnatural to pinch someone in between.

Besides, players can deactivate their service whenever they wish to operate. Unlike NPC, 'serving' doesn't provide any coverage.

Nevertheless, as things stand, they are too weak. Whatever it takes to make you do it, it needs to be reinforced in some way.

You can't give rare experience to non-family members.

If so, the means of strengthening are limited.

Even in the sense of having the human side route completely cut off, isn't it just right that it is a human modification?