"Hidehei"
Winter break looming, school holidays.
Even if I approach Hidehei's seat and call, there is no response.
It's supposed to be sleeping on my desk.
"Hidehei. Get up."
I shook my shoulder as I called.
Eventually Hidehira rose cursorily and stared at this one blurred with her bloody running eyes.
"Lord Hynd... Awkward Evasion Score, How Many Now...?
"Oh, come on..."
He had a pretty small voice, so I'm not willing to stand there blindly... but honestly, I just want him to stop calling his in-game name in real life trying to fall asleep.
It seems that Hidehei looked around and was finally able to recognize the current situation.
Apologizing small, I rubbed my eyes as I breathed to distract my drowsiness.
"I knew you were tired of the game because of what was happening."
"I can't believe you fatigued me so much for getting through so many games Ibe...... TB, horrible game!
"Hey, I don't know what you're talking about"
When I sighed, I went back to my seat and put my hand in my bag.
I could have let him sleep because there's no classroom travel, but this is the one who told me to speak up for the rest of the day when I came to school critical in the morning.
I'll pour the hot tea from the water bottle into the paper cup I've always prepared and put it on the desk in front of me.
"Thank you, wow. Caffeine."
"I'll take advantage of the reflections during this time and compliment you for not sleeping in class...... do you even have an afternoon class with that zama?
"Ahchi...... Phew, delicious. I'm gonna have to make good use of my lunch break. Let's just eat at noon and go to sleep for the rest of the day."
"... was that so critical? Your dodge score."
Hidehei laughs and shows off his bloody eyes as I enter the listening position.
No, no, that face is a little scary...... what? What am I not gonna do to you now?
"... That was bad, wasn't it? I can still see a minimap of the combat logs in front of me."
"Danger, danger! You didn't get caught up in the VR gear health maintenance system often!?
"There you go, in temper"
"Don't be unreasonable like you haven't... can you fool the machine with temper"
"In the first place, right? For dodging scores, you have to leave when the Heavy Warrior Defensive (Guard Type) is at the party."
I don't know what Hidehei is trying to say, and I will be silent for a moment.
But right away, I went to the answer...
"Oh, you mean that. With more than one wall player, less attacks from enemies and less good scores, right?
That's not a concern in the 'support score' where you didn't pick a relatively party configuration.
Precisely, the trouble is about when the cleric dabs...
The wild and most trusted as a wall player is the heavy warrior's defensive (guard type), so the evasive (avoid type) light warrior who lacks stability tends to be turned second.
"When I have to stop and get out of the party, there's a lot of mental damage when I get tongued or something. I think it's a little too late to explain why one thing happened in Noa Pa..."
"That's fine, so if you can pull it out, people will be sure to just pull it out. Virtual space, but face each other directly, is it a weakness of the past?"
"In other words, that's a drawback to TB's matching system. If you come up with a name and a simple status, and everyone agrees on its organization, then merge is the form -"
Apparently, Hidehira was struggling with a previous stage of party organization than the score earners themselves.
I wish I could give details up to the hope of job allocation, but the wild party in the sky tower was a format to be determined and distributed on the system side.
Is it possible to set the ratio of men to women and the possibility of mixing fixed parties that I have touched before?
"I see. But that's going to be a hassle with players showing up to overindulge in organization."
"Uh... sure. Let's choose the dark pot format on the system side. It's great for reducing matching time."
"If there's a common perception that it's random, the majority of players are willing to give up. Even in a somewhat skewed organization, there were many cases where we would leave as is."
"Some games have penalties for falling out. It's not on TB, so like I said, I've done it a few times."
"Personally, I think it would be better if we fought more and more, as long as we weren't."
It feels like there have been a lot of experimental attempts at this event, including rewards.
I could see how the TB operation was rotten so as not to let go of players moving in the wild center instead of fixed.
"... wow. I'm the player on the side that was missing one way or another, so when they say that, my ear hurts? I'm lost, do you want to go gangster even as a wall dub..."
"That's bad. But it was worth it, wasn't it?
To my question, Hidehei responded by silently thumbing up.
Apparently, the results just came to this.
"We were already cheap on the way, weren't we?
"What, were you watching? Ranking of Support Scores"
"I was watching. Top solo, you were finishing with no movement this afternoon. You can afford it."
"Uh... well, sure. The example drug score..."
"Notice pills?
"... I'll talk to you later. Oh, yeah, yeah."
Message Hidehei...... and I finally remembered something I wanted to ask you.
If you cared about ranking, you might already be looking at the name.
"We came together in the wild, and there was a player named Medius. Hi, I know you. It was the wind."
……
... Oh?
It was unusual for Hidehei, and the moment he heard his name, he silenced himself.
Could it have been a name you didn't want to hear?
"... Oh, I'm sorry. Wow. Go on?"
"Ah, oh. Are you sure about this?
I pressed because my expression was bitter for words.
Are you glad that it fulfilled, Hidehei lifted her gaze as she unfurled the wrinkles between her eyebrows and pointed down.
"Hmmm...... wow. Are you a little troublesome and willing to listen to a long story?
Don't wear it.
This is how I decided to cut back on a series of unsound behaviors.
"You think you're not a pain in the ass?
"Terrible!? I'm drowsy all at once!
"Even on the subject of games I don't know about, it's always a long story. Not now."
"... remains, well, right? Why, we always listen to each other properly..."
Whatever, if you're awake.
It suits Hidehei better to have an uncluttered look that way than a serious face.
"Even so, what the hell is it? Time off, is it over?
"Well, I'll talk to you after school. Wow, you were on part-time leave until today, weren't you?
"Oh. The student council... there shouldn't have been either. We can go straight home today."
"Well, come home for a little while on your way home. We'll talk about Medius there."
Hidehei's house... it's been a long time since you've been there.
Speaking of which, I hadn't even thanked Hidehei's sister yet...
Either way, I had planned to visit soon.
Nodding back, Hidehei recovers the paper cup that drank the contents.
"Okay. After school."
"Oh, of course, you're welcome to talk about gaming relationships other than Medius! Talk about yesterday's chase of Unblessed, and more -"
"... Chime, it's already ringing. Math next, but you ready?
"Whoa!? Yabe!
Put Hidehei down and I'll leave the place in a hurry to start looking for textbooks.
Still... Hidehei's one, though, seemed somewhat difficult to talk to.
The impression I made of dealing lightly with Medius is that for the type of person who makes people feel okay with unpleasant feelings - oh, no, let's not be prejudiced.
Anyway, wait till after school and we'll see.
Side by side with Hidehei still fishing in the bag, I trash a paper cup.
Returning to his seat, which was already ready, he put out his chair and lowered his back.