Adventurers Guild Adventurer's Guild - Raid Arena

Previously on Razer the News Reporter:

Shall I start my job now?

***Medical Tent***

A few minutes later after Razer eat the pill, most of the people who got sick from food poisoning have already been healed by the doctor and currently resting and gathering in front of the bed Tene currently sleeping.

"And then I punch like this! POW!!! The Undead Tontreant Dragon fly 100km to the north."(Razer)

"Ohhh!!!!!!"(The crowd)

"After that, I kick like this! BAM!!! The tontreant Dragon fly 100 km to the south."(Razer)

"Ohhh!!!!!!"(The crowd)

"After that, I give the dragon an uppercut, like this! Fwooosh!!!! The dragon flies up to the moon."(Razer)

"Ohhh!!!!!!"(The crowd)

Suddenly, the doctor who was checking Razer previously come to scold the group of people.

"Hey! Why are you people still in here? You guys are already healed, so you can leave the tent already! Don't talk nonsense in here!"(Doctor)

"Alright, alright. We will go after I finish this story. No need to be angry."(Razer)

"Where was I? Oh, after that, the dragon come back to the earth, slamming to the ground, creating 100 km of craters. After that, I cross my arm in front of my chest and shoot a laser beam, killing the dragon."(Razer)

"Ohh!!!!!!"(The crowd)

*Clap! Clap! Clap*

"Thank you! Thank you! You can read the continuation of my story, Ultraman vs Morian, in my next novel released! Don't forget to buy it!"(Razer)

"Alright! All of you, out of the medical tent."(Doctor)

After Razer get out from the tent, a fox is bringing Kynn accompany by a Foxkin in white oriental dress into the medical tent.

"Well, that was fun! Where should I go next?"(Razer)

"Excuse me, sir. Package delivery. Please sign here. Thank you and have a nice day!"(Postman)

What the? Who the heck send me a delivery? From the XXX Store?

..................

This is Taka store. This delivery must come from the friggin Ton. You think I will fall for the same trick twice? Fat chance! Let me put it in my item box for now.

Well. It's time for me to start my jobs for real now....

Oh! A ramen shop! Gotta check it out first~[

 

Announcement: Oakenlake Festival First Mini-Event~!!!
Raid Time : 82 Earth Hours from the start of the festival.

Missing child: While difficult to hear over the loud sounds of the festival, crying can be heard near the stalls. Looking closer, the source of the crying can be seen coming from a small child. She was too mesmerized by the sights and sounds of the festival, that she became separated from her mother.

The cute child is noted to be wearing traditional clothes which match her shoulder length blond hair, and her bright green eyes. For those onlookers with attentive eyes, it's possible to see a name marking her beautiful bracelet which reads: "Aisha".

Please Note the following:
Post on the raid thread as usual. The rules still apply.
The characters that are near the stalls can find her, and help her find her mother.
The time limit is 7 hours.
The conclusion of the event will change depending on the route the player/s take to help her.
The conclusion will be written by the staff.

Additional Note: Once Aisha is brought back to her mother, the event will close.

Another Announcement: Due to the unexpected complications it was supposed to be simple really of finding the mother, the time has been extended to 4 hours. Please get her there safely and with no troublemaking~

 

Uh, now this step, and then- ah! I'm sorry for stepping on your foot. Um... he doesn't seem to mind? Wait, I have to concentrate. Now like this, and- not again... I just can't seem to get this part right...

Time seems to pass in a rush, and slowly but surely I get used to dancing. Right now, it actually feels really easy and comfortable, partially because of Elias, being with him really is fun, even with his faults. I actually feel kind of connected to the music right now. But I think, I would rather create some music myself than dance to it. A drum...

In the end, we stop dancing after some time, but I still have to smile.

"Thank you, it really was fun."

 

"Thank you comrade-sama! I and my other fellow comrades will not forget your great deed!"
Goddamnit, just let me leave.
I finally sold the disgusting porn books to the crazy asshole (was even happy about it, too. what kind of freak is he?) ,just to get it off my hands (The ridiculous amount of gold offered a small bonus. Okay, a big one)
I had to leave immediately though, because I really wasn't sure if the looks from the crowd could get even uglier.(especially the mothers, I swear I could see the glint of true death itself in their eyes)
Now I was finally in safer territory, where I should be okay if nothing else happens to me and the news doesn't spread...*sigh*
Huh, is that crying in the background, I didn't notice as I was in-
*Bonk*
"Uwaa!"
..Yikes, did I knock over someone?
I look down
It is a little girl, sitting on the floor.
"Uwaaaaaaaa"
Oh shit, the kid is crying, must have hurt.
*sigh*
Well, its only right for me to help her up.
"I'm sorry, are you okay?"
I pull the kid up, as gently as possible so as to not hurt her.
*Sniff sniff* "I lost my mamma..."
...Huh, seperated from her mother?
I then took a closer look at her.
The kid's had shoulder length blond hair, bright green eyes and wore traditional clothes.There was also a bracelet on her hand, which I checked.
It had the name 'Aisha' on it.
"What is your name, kiddo?"
*sniff sniff*"Aisha...."
Well, that was to be expected.
Now, how do I find her mother.
Looking at the huge stream of people, I groaned.
This is like finding a needle in a haystack.
But then, I stopped and a idea came to my head that made me nod unconsiously
Well, why not burn the haystack?
...Of course, not literally.
I immediately grabbed her hand in the middle of the road, took a deep breath, and yelled at the top of my voice:
"DOES ANYONE KNOW THIS CHILD? SHE WAS SEPERATED FROM HER MOTHER!"
Immediately, it garnered a lot of attention and bystanders started murmuring and coming forward.
This should hopefully be quick.
Why waste your time finding one person in a crowd yourself when you can attract the crowd and the one person to you?
OOC: Well, to get the ball rolling.

 

While I was walking around the festival with Maligno, I heard a sudden yell.
"DOES ANYONE KNOW THIS CHILD? SHE WAS SEPARATED FROM HER MOTHER!"
Turning to the direction it came, there was a crowd making a small commotion while surrounding an unknown man and little girl.
“What is that? Did that child got lost?”
I mumbled to myself, but somehow Maligno was able to hear it.
“Want to help~?”
“No, that’s not it… but...”
“So you want to help.”
As he said it, Maligno started walking towards the man that yelled, making way through the people while dragging me by my arm. When we reached them, he proptly asked.
"Mister, we don't know this girl, but we might be able to help~. Although I am a cat, my nose is as good as a dog's."
"Maligno, I don't think we will be able to help, so-"
"Don't worry~ Can't we at least try~?"
"Ok, but just for a bit..."
For some reason, I was slightly annoyed by his attitude...
"So~ strange mister, can we be of any help~?"

 

Amongst the crowd, one Kuma and Maligno appeared and came forward
"Mister, we don't know this girl, but we might be able to help~. Although I am a cat, my nose is as good as a dog's."
Hmmm...good smell? I wonder if we can track the mother of this kid down with smell...might be possible?
"Maligno, I don't think we will be able to help, so-"
"Don't worry~ Can't we at least try~?"
"Ok, but just for a bit..."
"So~ strange mister, can we be of any help~?"
I furrowed my brows a bit at 'strange' but I sighed and passed it off.
Eh, I'm one of the more normalish people in the guild, although interacting with the more more...'unique' members of the guild so frequently must not be healthy.
"Well, thanks for offering to help out Maligno, so you say you have good smell...hmmm..."
I thought for a moment, Before I spoke to the sobbing kid.
"Aisha, could you please lend your bracelet to him over here? He can help find your mother."
*Sniff sniff*
Wordlessly, AIsha took off the bracelet and handed it to Maglino.
"Well, you said you have good smell right? Sniff the bracelet and see if you can track down someone with a similar smell somewhere around here."

 

"You are most welcome, mia bonita." replied Elias who then bowed smoothly and kissed the back of Chambui's hand with his mask, ignoring the battle going in another part of the dancing area.

Continuing on, they once again toured around the festival, going from stall to stall. The festival was indeed quite large as one cannot simply scour everything in just a single stroll. As they were about to try out a "VR Shooting Game" in order to satisfy Chambui's curiosity and Elias' longing to shoot something/someone, they were interrupted by a loud shout from not too far away...

Recognizing the voice, Elias and Chambui squeezed through the gathered crowd and found Hubo, a bear and her cat lover, and a child who was sniffling. It was evident that she was lost. Seeing as they were already there, Elias and Chambui approached to try and see if they could help.

Taking initiative, Elias crouched down near the child and said in the gentlest way possible: "Hello. May I help you?"

However, the response he got was...

"Wu.. Wuu... WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

"Godfkingdamnit! Every fking time!"

Seeing as he somehow made the child cry, Elias could only stand there and curse out loud.

 

"Well, you said you have good smell right? Sniff the bracelet and see if you can track down someone with a similar smell somewhere around here."
As soon as Maligno received the bracelet, he started sniffing it and mumbling.
“Oh, so they have this kind of food too. I’ll have to find this stall later~”
“Please don’t say that with a straight face and do your job properly!”
He looked me back as if I had said an outrageous thing. Fortunately, he quickly went back to sniffing the bracelet.
After a while, he raised his head and said.
“The scent is really faint. It seems that she’s quite far...”
“Can you find her?”
When I asked, he smiled wryly.
“Of course I can! I think...”
“Oi!”
“Don’t worry~”
Maligno looked to a direction while saying this. Probably the girl’s mother was that way.
“Hm… we need a way to clean the path. Or else, I might lose track if we get stuck on the crowd….”

When he said it, I heard the sound of the little girl crying. I easily found out the reason.
“Flirter Devil, are you a bully too?”
Mister Elias and Chambui had approached and tried to talk with the girl, but it seems like she reacted as a normal person to Elias appearance.
“Mister Elias, that’s perfect! Can you help us make way scaring everyone~?”

 

"Well, you said you have good smell right? Sniff the bracelet and see if you can track down someone with a similar smell somewhere around here."
As soon as Maligno received the bracelet, he started sniffing it and mumbling.
“Oh, so they have this kind of food too. I’ll have to find this stall later~”(Maglino)
"Not the time." I mumbled.
“Please don’t say that with a straight face and do your job properly!”(Kuma)
He looked back at Kuma as if she had said something outrageous.
He quickly went back to sniffing the bracelet.
After a while, he raised his head and said.
“The scent is really faint. It seems that she’s quite far...”(Maglino)
“Can you find her?”(Kuma)
When she asked, he smiled wryly.
“Of course I can! I think...”(Maglino)
“Oi!”(Kuma)
“Don’t worry~”(Maglino)
"Well, just try. We could use other methods even if you fail."
Maligno looked to a direction while saying this. The direction where the scent leads to, perhaps?
“Hm… we need a way to clean the path. Or else, I might lose track if we get stuck on the crowd…."
Hmm...As I prepared to shout for the crowd to clear the path, two more adventurers I was familiar with came.
Elias and Chambui came forward, with Elias crouching down in front of the kid.
"Hello. May I help you?"(Elias)
...Hmm..Why do I sense that things might go north
"Wu.. Wuu... WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"(Kid)
"Godfkingdamnit! Every fking time!"(Elias)
...Wow, really bad with kids eh.
Not that unexpected, how do you think a normal kid would react to a shady looking guy with a skull mask and wearing completely black stuff, including a cloak?
“Flirter Devil, are you a bully too?”(Kuma)
“Mister Elias, that’s perfect! Can you help us make way scaring everyone~?”(Maglino)
"..What, you think that would go down alright? We might be arrested by the guards or even the staff, and things could only go messier from there, especially with the latter..."
I then notice the perculiar gazes of the crowd.
Lets not potentially cause this simple case of a child getting lost become a mess that hits the frontlines of the newspapers tomorrow.
(@fuzor100 sneezes)
Deciding not to dilly dally continuing to watch this rag tag group of adventurers that I know trying to help a lost kid find her family potentially cause a real headache, I decided to take initiative.
"People, please clear the way so we can track down this child's mother. We have a lead to her whereabouts."
Thankfully, people started to clear apart, apparently getting the message. Thank goodness, this went surprisingly smooth. (OOC: flag triggered)
"Maglino, lead on."

 

As the child began crying Elias immediately started to regret even trying in the first place. Truly, a man who was trained to fight and kill at the age of 7 by a clan known in their territory as the most ruthless and effective killers never really did make for the friendliest nor most amiable of people.

Resisting the urge to just warp away and shoot at some trees, Elias tried to calm down and listen to Maligno

Hearing this, Elias' mood turned for worse.

"You shitty cat! What in the nine hells do you think I am, a bedtime story to scare kids into obedience! I'm starting to think I should have drowned you in that river myself!"
However all of these were said by Elias inwardly. Outwardly, he nodded and drew his revolvers. He was already feeling mentally exhausted and was to lazy to think about anything. As he prepared to fire them into the skies, Hubo immediately interrupted.

Remembering that one wrong move could cause the fragile relations between the guild and the kingdom to shatter, Elias could only begrudgingly holster his revolvers while cursing the ancestors of whoever he could curse in his head as Maligno took the lead in searching. As they walked, Elias immediately spotted a familiar face that stood above the crowd.

"Hey! Treehugger!" shouted Elias as he called out to a man that stood atop a wood golem that resembled a stump with 8 legs.

"Master! Please don't call me that. My name is..."
"I'll get to remembering your name when you stop calling me master."
"But you are indeed my master. You have shown me the true path in cook-"
"Pipe down, hippie. I could use a hand."
"Anything you say master. By the way, it's not Hippie; it's-"
" 'don't give a shit. Give this kid a ride and that runty bear too. We're looking for the kid's mom."
"But-"
"No time to be stumped. Get a move on!"
"Y-yes. However-"
"Just shut up and giddyup!"

And thus, with the addition of the mage/cook and his golem, the group searched on.

 

<???'s PoV>​

Sigh, it's been an annoyingly long day today, instead of hitting on girls and enjoying the food stalls, we're stuck patrolling around looking for unattended children. Tsk, the boss is a total slavedriver, this was suppose to be my day off as well, at least my shift ends in an hour.

Continuing my patrol I noticed an increase in couples, how irritating, if they want to show affection why not do that in there own homes. Walking by a chocolate banana stall I encountered the 67th couple, sigh, what's so great about pretty boys? If I had known earlier I would've avoided going to the gym.

Finding a large tree, I stopped to take a short break under its shade.

"Uhhh, I want to take my break already!" (???)

"Shhhh! Don't shout, you'll blow my cover!" (Small girl)

Ehhh?! There was someone on the other side of the tree... Walking around, I saw a small cloaked figure peeking at something.

Bobbing down, "Umm, what are you doing?" (???)

Shooing me away with her hand, "I'm trying to collect useful blackmail, so quiet down and give me some space." (Small girl)

What the hell is this brat on about? "Hey, are you playing a game with someone, do your parents know that you're here on your own?" (???)

"Of course not! I'm working undercover." (Small girl)

It looks like this brat is playing make-belief, "How about this, come with me and we'll look for your parents." (???)

The child finally turned towards me, "Oi, Big guy. I appreciate you hitting on me, but you're still wet behind the ears. If you want the charm me to -" (Small girl)

*Cough, cough, cough*

I almost choked, what the hell is up with this child's ego? She she a noble or something? Shifting around in my pockets I took out a couple of lemon drops, "Here, now come with me." (???)

Grabbing her small hand I lead her away from the noisy crowd...

<Small girl's PoV>​

I guess I can't really help it, even disguising myself and covering my prized tail, my charm is still overwhelming. Another unfortunate soul has been bewitched, oh the hardships of being me, if only I can share my greatness with my fellow brethren.

Being lead through the busy streets away from the packed crowds, we eventually reached a quiet area. This area had less people and a lot more buff men stationed around, and this buff guy seems to be leading me towards a large group of sweaty muscles.

"Hey, Big guy, my name isn't Taka." (Small girl)

The guy stared back at me confused, "What?" (Big guy)

...

It seems like this Big guy is a coward who's unwilling to express his true self, shaking my head, "You've yet to true understand your true colours." (Small girl)

Giving him an understanding look, "Don't worry, deviants like you aren't that rare. One day you'll be enlightened. One day..." (Small girl)

<Big guy's PoV>​

I think there's something wrong with the girl I've just picked up, aside from her comforting gaze she gives me very so often, she's way too calm for a lost child. Ignoring her misunderstandings, didn't her parents teach to not follow strangers. Sure she made my job easier, but I feel something every off putting about her. Especially when she gives me that understanding look, damn it, just what is it that you understand?

Pointing at the tent in the centre, "Head in there first, I'll meet with you after I collect a few things." (Big guy)

Pushing her through the entrance I caught a glimpse of a group of crying children, sighing to myself, "This is why I can't handle children." (Big guy)

 

"Maglino, lead on."
“Aye, sir~!”
The rascal cat yelled and prepared to run.
“Oi, you don’t plan on just running, do you?”
“And why not? The faster, the better~!”
I sighed as I heard it. This cat, does he doesn’t know that it’ll cause more ruckus?
“We might not be able to keep up with you, you know? Or the opposite can happen.”
We started walking through the crowd, but it was slower than what I expected.

“Nice idea~!”
Maligno jumped in the centaur, dragging me and the girl together. I was quite surprised by the number of people that fit on the centaur’s back, but that was not the time for it.
We cut through the crowd and continued searching for a while.
“Oh, is near! It’s near! We. Are. Near~!”
“Stop it! You sound like a weirdo!”
A bit ahead there was a woman that looked like she was searching for someone.
“It must be her...”
I muttered while frowning. She was heading to a place full of people, probably thinking that the child could have gone there.
“Can someone stop her!? I might lose track of her scent!”
Maligno suddenly shouted, making me worry a little.

 

***In Ramen Shop***

"And then I throw punch like this! *POW!!!* But he evades it.(Razer)

"Oh!!!!!"(Crowd)

"Then the guy throw a powerful punch that can break a mountain at me, like this, *WATAAAA!!!!!* But I evade it with ease."(Razer)

"Oh!!!!!"(Crowd)

"After evading the punch, I throw another punch at him, but he evades it, then he throws punch at me and I evade it."(Razer) *This repeated for 100 times.*

*How long you two evading each other punch? Just skip that part!"(One of the crowd)

"What? OK then. We throw each other a punch and evade it for 1000 times. But it only happens for 1 seconds, because both of us is too fast for the eyes to see."(Razer)

The crowd didn't Ohhhh this time. The story that told by the teenager is just too ridiculous, but they just keep listening since they were originally just eating ramen in this shop when the teenager come in ordering ramen and then start telling the story out of nowhere.

"We just keep fighting, kicking, punching, throwing kame-hame-ha, flipping all the turtle we can see and eat dragon to replenish the stamina for 100 years without sleeping."(Razer)

The crowd didn't Ohhh anymore. At first, the teenager tells a really interesting story. But the more they listen, the more bullshit this kid is spouting.

"After that...ACHOOO!!!!!! Sorry for my sneezing. Which beautiful gorgeous immortal female that talks behind my back just now?"(Razer)

"What beautiful gorgeous immortal female? I'm sure it just some hobo talking bad behind your back!"(One of the crowd)

"GET LOST! What hobo talking behind my back? I'm sure it's a beautiful older girl who talking behind my back just now. Now where was I? Then we fight from southern pole to north pole, then from the Sun to the black hole from P*K*M*N Red to P*K*M*N Sun."(Razer)

"GET LOST! You bullshitting have reached the apex!!! Can't you exaggrated it too much?"(One of the crowd)

"What? In the novel, it is important to exaggerate as much as you can! The beautiful female becomes beautiful gorgeous moon breaking, palace destroying, nation calamity beauty. The normal punch becomes Super breaking 4th dimensional, 5th galaxy, 6th ultra punch."(Razer)

After arguing with the crowd for awhile, Razer gets out from the Ramen shop and was surprised with what he sees.

Ton is parading children to coax candy from every candy stall she found.

What the heck? I though Ton is busy selling plushie?

Let's ignore Ton for now. I have jobs that I need to do.(*Cough* How many times did I say this line already?)

OOC: Totally not because I was bored....

 

After my question, I wait. And wait some more. After a few minutes pass without anything happening, I conclude that I will have to take action myself. Let's try to stand up. Slowly, as to not disturb the person next to me, I lift my upper body and after that, equally slowly, I move my legs away from the person lying next to me until they fall down and reach the floor. Ever so slowly, I push myself off the bed and stand up.

Well, that took a lot of effort and time. We really depend on sight a lot in our lives. But what now? I don't even know where I am, and it doesn't seem like the other person is awake.

 

<Small girl's PoV>​

Crying children, crying children everywhere.

"Mama! Papa!" (Child 1)

"I want to go home!" (Child 2)

*Crying* (Child 3)

"Wait until my father hears of this! You'll never get away with it!" (Child 4)

*Nom Nom* (Child 5)

"Umm, excuse me, I'm really not a child. I'm just a hobbit." (Child 6?)

"zzZZZzzzZZ" (Child 7)

*Crying* (Child 8)

"..." (Chi-)

Wait, scratch that, seven children, a hobbit and a Kynn body-pillow. We seem to be in a white tent of sorts and there's a food table placed right in the centre, the first thought that came to my mind was "terrible childcare services". Feeling bored I started listening to the conversation outside, "Ms. Blanc is requesting the festival staff, adventurers and volunteers to find Aisha-" "Oh? I don't think she's in our lost and found tent." "Yeah? Do you think that one of the other sectors may have found her all really?" "I can't be too sure, we're just volunteers after all."

Oh, it turns out I'm at a temporary lost children's tent...

Since this isn't my problem I headed to the back area, slit an opening and left. I'm definitely not a lost child, Ton is too old to be a lost child.

After reaching the main road someone tapped me on the back, "Ummm, miss, where are we going?" (Hobbit)

Turning around I noticed a group of brats following me in a line. Staring blankly at them I suggested, "How about we..." (Small girl)

<Big guy's PoV>
​

After collecting my forms and reporting to the leader, I finally had time to check up on the little weirdo I picked up. Holding a bowl of caramel apples, I entered the tent to find a large gaping hole at the back. The tent was virtually empty, aside from the bowl of liquorice in the centre and the body pillow leaning in the corner.

"I better report this to boss..." (Big guy)

Leaving the tent I rushed off to the main office, and... why the hell was there a body pillow in there?

<Ton's PoV>​

After walking around for a bit, a kind elf lady pointed us towards a building where we can get free candy. After entering, the door was slammed shut startling everyone.

Looking worried the hobbit approached me, "Miss, I think we've just been kidnapped..." (Hobbit)

I was about to ridicule the hobbit when I noticed that he was genuinely concerned, shaking my head I patted him on the shoulder and pointed to a corner, "It's fine, look over there, they have candy." (Ton)

"Ah, miss I think you don't understand our situa-" (Hobbit)

Cutting him off with my finger, "Worry not, I assure you that we're fine." (Ton)

"How can you be so sure?" (Hobbit)

"Duh~ This is obviously a non-battle oriented raid~" (Ton)

Flustered, "What? What do you mean non-battle oriented raid? A raid? Are we getting attacked?!" (Hobbit)

Calming him down and pointing behind him, "Hush hush now, lets just take the candy and leave through the back. See, everyone else is doing fine~" (Ton)

The hobbit finally noticed where I was pointing, the other children were collecting the candy while we were arguing over nothing. Seeing that we finally cleaned the place up, "Ok people, MOVE OUT!" (Ton)

And so we headed off to find more people to give us free candy.

 

Because of the sudden slow movements of the person next to Kynn, Kynn slowly woke up. Noticing that it isn't the park anymore. Kynn nervously looked around looking for Yuki and his other Foxes only to see Yuki sleeping in a chair and the Foxes laying on the ground.

Sighing in relief, Kynn once again begins to look around, surveying the new location out of curiosity, then after a few moments of looking around, Kynn saw some familiar back. Seeing someone familiar next to him sitting on the bed. Kynn slowly reached out towards the person and-

"Tene? Is that you?"

 

"Truly this world is a small yet diverse confinement of blooming panoramas, expanding until the end of one's view. As there were no objects nor structures that obstructed the scene, it occupied the view without hindrance; the sun illuminated the entirety of the surface, while the curtains of the night shrouded the skies in adjacent, dotted by shimmering stars forming a perfect constellation. The permeating bliss surrounding the air around this season did not pale in comparison to this wonderful view ― all was in harmonious combination.

The impression it gave was certainly magnificent, likewise to a torrent comprised of speeding gales which whirled in absolute turmoil. The elevations on the ground sprang forth, stretching its mass in equivalence to the altitude of the floating masses of vapors.

However, it is indeed lacking of a vital feature. But it seems I have been talking for far too long, so I will digress on expressing my opinion regarding what has been told. More importantly, how did I end up in here I wonder?"

 

Hearing Maligno, Elias immediately warped to where he pointed. Unfortunately, the crowd was indeed to dense in this large festival and Elias, not clearly having seen who Maligno exactly pointed at, immediately lost the trail. Not wanting to give up, he then immediately stopped every blonde woman he could find; assuming that the child's mother would most likely share the same traits as her daughter.

“Are you the missing kid’s mother?!”
“No! I don’t even have a child!”

“Are you the missing kid’s mother?!”
"What? Mother?!” “What does he mean by mother?! What have you been doing while I was away?!’

“Are you the missing kid’s mother?!”
“I’m a guy!”

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Elias, though wanting to settle this issue was again hindered by his lack of diplomacy and impatience with such things. Witnessing this scene, Hubo immediately jumped in to calm everyone down.

 

"Tene? Is that you?"

Startlingly, the person thought to be asleep seems to have woken up, and I recognize his voice. "Kynn?" I say as I turn around, my eyes still closed. If Kynn is here, it most likely is no dangerous place. One less thing to worry about and one Kynn more to worry about. But it seems like he was brought here after I was, as he didn't know I was there.

"Yes. It's me, Tene. Do you know what happened while I was unconscious? And also, I can't see, taste or smell right now, so I'm a bit confused about where you are right now, or where exactly I am." After thinking for a bit, I say another sentence. "Could you, by chance, guide me? Being unable to see is rather confusing. Perhaps I could use a staff to test the way...?"

 

The door to the metal house suddenly opens, and from the inside two figures dash out, one small girl in an oversized hooded robe and one blonde girl in maid outfit, surprising the line of people waiting outside for their turn. The small girl at the front turns around and shouts at the crowd.

- I'M GOING OUT FOR A BIT. THE SHOP IS ON SELF-SERVICE. (Small girl)
- COME BACK HERE YOU FAILURE OF A MASTER!!! (Maid girl)

Taking advantage of her stature, the small girl quickly navigates between the mass of people in the festival to escape. On the other hand, the maid girl uses her kinetic vision and response to avoid incoming obstruct. Their tag game continues for a while, before they reach a certain shop.

- Oh look, it's apple candies. It's a staple of every festival. (Small girl)

The small girl stops at one candy shop and check the stuff on the shelf. The maid girl also stops and replies.

- Is that so? I would like to try one. (Maid girl)
- Excuse me sir. I'll have two please. (Small girl)
- Got it. Here. (Middle-aged shopkeeper)
- Thank you. So, what do you think? (Small girl)
- It's good. (Maid girl)
- Right? (Small girl)
- Then...... (Maid girl)
- ....... (Small girl)

As suddenly as they stops, the two suddenly run off, leaving behind a trail of dust. Of course none of them lets go of their big apple candy as they occasionally lick it while chasing each other.

Their next stop is a beverage shop.

- Oh hey Izuna. (Young shopkeeper)
- Hey there. What are you doing here? (Maid girl)
- Who's this? Your acquaintance? (Small girl)
- Yes, I met him at Distance Steppes. (Maid girl)
- Heeeehh... I'm not giving Izuna to you. (Small girl)
- And I'm not here to take Izuna either. I'm selling my village's wine. (Young shopkeeper)
- Geh, I'm not fond of wine. (Small girl)
- I may or may not like it. (Maid girl)
- What's that supposed to mean? (Young shopkeeper)
- Well then, if you excuse us. (Small girl)

Like that the tag keeps on going. Needless to say, they stop at every stall that catches their interest. By the end of the day, the two somehow still have the stamina to run while carrying a stupid amount of goods: masks, fans, goldfish bag, candies, takoyaki boxes, plushies.... Their end destination is the metal house. After putting all the stuffs on a table, the maid girl calmly walks to the careless small girl, grabs her head and slam to the wall.

Spoiler: It's not very effective

- No more strange game from now on. You got me? (Maid girl)
- ....yes. (Small girl)

And that's how the VR shooting game has its mental attack removed and receives a difficulty upgrade as a replacement.