The morning after Han Se-ah tried using - an NPC in a virtual reality ga - to masturbate but "accidentally" failed to reset the day.
Being both a professional strear and natural entertainer, she logged in looking composed after sorting out her feelings overnight. As her hidden quest window had indicated, a gate appeared on the previously empty cave wall with text stating this much ti had passed, so this cold should now belong to you.
Though ironically, the magic armor piece granting that "cold" slept peacefully in Han Se-ah's inventory before being gifted to Katie.
"Inside there was this huge wolf made of mana stones. Just getting close, the cold it gave off felt like it could tear your skin."
"Really? ...Ugh, I should have seen that with my own eyes!"
After that ca a natural return. Rather than wandering the snowfields for days, we found the dungeon surprisingly quickly and got what we wanted. The retired adventurer trio's grins stretched wide as they drove first the dog sleds then the carriage, feeling they'd earned easy gold.
Katie bead at receiving her ancestors' treasure, Grace and Irene smiled at our safe return, and Olek and Alisa grinned too, perhaps having made progress while waiting.
Only Han Se-ah occasionally shot complex looks my way. She cleverly kept the cara away when doing so, avoiding viewer suspicion. Seeing those looks, I felt the first step of my plan had succeeded.
"So Roland grabbed it in a headlock, and when I controlled mana to lt it, there was this flash of light and it turned into this armor piece."
"Oh, ohh... Were there, were there any other unusual things?"
"Hmm... Oh! The wolf kept moving in a pattern, and Roland said it seed like it would stop if you inserted a sword following House Wesley's swordsmanship."
Unless I'd gone insane, I was definitely a man from the 21st century before virtual reality gas existed. Whether that ditzy Goddess put here or was protecting after I arrived for so reason, I'd gone from human to ga NPC.
To escape being an NPC and return to reality, I needed to cooperate with Han Se-ah to reach the end of this ga - specifically the tower's top and defeat the Demon King there.
For this was a matter of life - or more precisely soul. But for Han Se-ah it was just a ga to stream. Though broadcasting wasn't trivial to a strear, at least she wouldn't lose her soul from quitting a virtual reality ga.
Consider the worst case scenario: What if Han Se-ah quit streaming and stopped playing due to sothing like an obsessive stalker harassing a pretty female strear? I'd have to live in this dieval fantasy world where people shit in streets and peasants keep livestock in their hos.
'It's different from when I had no hope or clues and gave up. Watching the internet, I know I want to return to modern society.'
So to prevent such misfortune, I needed to tell Han Se-ah my situation.
I couldn't just say "Hi Hanna, or rather Han Se-ah. I'm actually human trapped in this ga as a dinsional traveler, please save ." I had to give hints very slowly. I couldn't risk her panicking and deleting the ga, causing to cease existing.
This had to happen gradually. First getting an odd feeling, then growing suspicious, then finally realizing the truth but reacting with "I thought so..."
This was the best plan I could devise, not being particularly skilled with human psychology. Instead of gambling everything on a single revelation, giving ti to process the shock.
If the world worked like a ga fantasy novel, I'd have to act accordingly. Subtly hint at my situation to Han Se-ah, cooperate to defeat the Demon King, then wish to the Goddess for a happy ending returning to reality with my won.
"But how do we use this armor piece?"
"Um... maybe show it to the stone dwarves? They're craftsn, they might know sothing?"
"True, they can extract mysterious magic to enhance equipnt with special enhancent stones. But I should show father first."
"Ah right. There might be records sowhere."
As I thought this while resting my head against the carriage wall, the vibrations gradually faded. We must be reaching Margrave Sibedev's territory - we should return to the tower soon after leaving the Empire.
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As if heaven itself took my side, everything after went smoothly.
The retired adventurer trio left with their paynt, planning to compose songs praising House Wesley. The reassembled Ice Cross Knights eagerly welcod the casually proposed contract to "join monster army subjugation up to floor 60." Ꞧ
I'd succeeded in giving Han Se-ah hints according to my rough plan, recruited the Ice Cross Knights for the Goddess's quest, and secured Katie's enhancent item.
anwhile as we traveled north in the Empire, mages and knights who broke through the blocked tower reached floor 59 in an unstoppable advance.
"They've already gotten that far?!"
"Floor 59? That ans floor 60 with the boss monster is next?"
"Yeah. Imperial knights ca flooding in and broke through."
Ellis shared this shocking news when we visited the guild after returning to the Empire.
Wasn't the tower blocking gates between floors to stop our rapid advance the main reason we went north? And before that, there was that evil sche randomly kidnapping people to process into dark magic crystals.
From kind baker Johanna who helped as a novice adventurer to so noble house's knights whose nas I'd forgotten. Though Han Se-ah's quick progress revealed the kidnapping chanism and prevented more victims, the incident had unexpected consequences.
"Don't be shocked, but this was directly ordered by the Empire's Empress herself!"
"Em...press?"
The incident had disturbed the continent's ruler.
Evil dark magic kidnapping commoners and nobles alike. In other words, without magical defenses, even a kingdom's princess or empire's empress could be equally kidnapped... and the two high ladies had completely opposite reactions.
Though Bradamante, a natural 6★ like , expressed condolences for all victims, the suddenly appeared Empire's Empress Charlotte took this as a challenge to the Empire and personally ordered a conquest.
I didn't know what thods the Empress used to push knights into the Kingdom or what political diplomacy occurred, but one reality was clear.
"Hey, if we'd been a bit later, would imperial knights have stolen the floor 60 boss from adventurers?"
-Holy shit you can't let your guard down for a second in this world lololololol
-Wow if we'd waited for rainbows in the snow without knowing about the dungeon under town we'd have gotten robbed
-But if it's an Empress not Emperor in the Empire, isn't she 6★ too?
-Kingdom has Princess Knight and Empire has Empress, perfect character balance but then what's Roland?
-Please Empress specialty equipnt leather armor and whip please Empress specialty equipnt leather armor and whip please Empress specialty equipnt leather armor and whip please Empress specialty equipnt leather armor and whip
[Born and Raised SM Queen donated 10,000 won!]
Kingdom Princess, Empire Queen, wandering teacher - perfect balance?
[Blade Queen Whip Queen Night Queen donated 50,000 won!]
So the Queen's dress is bondage dress?
"Why are you all calling the Empress a Queen? I get your preferences but don't fixate too much. We might lose the boss monster and you care about an Empress we haven't even seen? Though you'd probably say yes if I asked that."
While Han Se-ah who knew her viewers well controlled the chatting growing louder and assessed the situation, I approached and tapped her shoulder.
No special reason - she just had bribes for Ellis in her inventory.
"But I care more about gate rights to steal boss monsters and gold shuttles from the Magic Tower-eek!?"
"Oh my, how startling."
"...You okay, Hanna?"
I hadn't expected such an intense reaction.
She jumped as if a bug had crawled under her clothes from a simple shoulder tap, even biting her tongue in unprecedented shock. Ellis giggled at how cute it was while viewers seed eager to edit and remix the high-pitched sound.
I did take things slowly, right?
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