The conversation with Aoi-chan, which included stories from the past, as expected, ended up leading to the topic of MMO. She had actually been playing for quite a long ti, and even though her daily log-in ti was short, she had many fond mories of the ga.
[Co to think of it, I was busy during that gathering event. I logged in so little ti that it was hard for to narrow down what I wanted and collect the requisite number of materials.]
[I tried to give you mine because they were transferable, but you adamantly refused.]
[At first, I refused because I thought it would bother Kaito-san, but once we went gathering together, I learned the reality of the situation. By the ti I gathered 10 pieces, Kaito-san already gathered 1000.]
[I was playing quite a lot at that ti, so I had all the latest equipnt. I had a lot of ti to waste, so I was able to collect the number of items needed to trade for the main items in 2 or 3 days.]
[However, you know what? My character is far stronger than yours now.]
[Well, after a few years, what I know about the ga would already be outdated.]
As is the case with MMOs, inflation in online gas is considerably fast. Of course, it’s aningless if the new equipnt is weaker than the past equipnt, so the new equipnt is made stronger little by little while making adjustnts.
Even if the changes within 6 months or so don’t look like much of an inflation, if you compare it to equipnt from 2 years ago, it’s obvious that the damage isn’t the sa.
[Speaking of which, I don’t know much about the latest news regarding that ga.]
[Nowadays, you can easily hunt Raid Bosses from the past by yourself. Compared to when Kaito-san was playing, the amount of damage dealt isn’t only one, but two orders of magnitude higher. Well, that still depends on your Class.]
[Hearing all these information makes want to play again, but playing it…… I wonder if that black box also has that MMO……]
[No way…… is what I’d like to say, but it’s made by soone whose human common sense doesn’t apply to, so there might be a possibility that that would be the case. Let’s try it next ti!]
[O- Ohh, you’re quite motivated.]
If just as Shiro-san said, I could play all kinds of gas from that thing, it wouldn’t be surprising if I can play that MMO as well. I couldn’t help wondering how we can play that here in another world, but just like Aoi-chan said, the one who created it is soone who can probably do anything.
However, Aoi-chan snapped on this topic quite hard. I an, her eyes are sparkling.
[……Ahh, errr, ummm…… Actually, you see, I still have the equipnt Kaito-san…… Ciel-san had given to ……]
[Eh? The equipnt I gave you at that ti? With that amount of items, wouldn’t your storage space be insufficient?]
[I thought about creating a separate account and storing your items there, but after Kaito-san retired, the expansion of the warehouse system ca a little later, so my storage space turned out enough.]
[……Or rather, you could have just sold them.]
At that ti, those were peak-class equipnt, but now that many years have passed, it wouldn’t be strange if those equipnt ended up being sold anywhere for dirt cheap. Aoi-chan, who was a Mage, shouldn’t have been able to use most of my equipnt, which are oriented for vanguard Classes. I was thinking she could sell it and help her out with the money to buy new equipnt…… but for her to have actually stored them instead……
As I was thinking that, Aoi-chan, looking a bit embarrassed, muttered.
[……After all, if I sold it, I feel like that would be admitting that Ciel-san won’t co back anymore…… and I didn’t want that so……]
[Were you waiting for to co back?]
Frankly speaking, when I passed my exams, went to college, and got used to my new life, I felt the urge to play the MMO again and even thought about returning.
However, after saying goodbye to everyone I knew, giving up all my equipnt and retiring so that I wouldn’t have any lingering attachnts, I felt like it would be shaful to go back, so I ended up not playing again.
[……I was waiting for you. To be honest, I really didn’t want you to retire, and wanted to ask you to stay.]
[Is that so…… I was under the impression that you had consented to my decision, but it was actually not the case huh.]
[Well, saying such a selfish thing would be troubling you…… But well, I was actually crying quite a bit back then.]
[Urkh. I’m sorry, I didn’t realize that.]
[Fufu, as expected, even Kaito-san wouldn’t be sensitive to the subtleties of emotions of players in an online ga.]
I didn’t think she looked up to so much that she waited for to co back. If I had realized that, I would probably have played the ga again after getting used to college life, so I couldn’t help feeling apologetic. So that’s why she clung that strong just now when I ntioned wanting to try playing that MMO again……
However, how should I say this…… It seems like Aoi-chan had fun when we were playing. That “I was actually crying” like just now was said while smiling happily, so even though she said she was crying, it felt as if that ti was a good mory for her.
[……Speaking of which, I’m going to change the subject but…… Kaito-san. Do you rember what Hina-chan just said a while ago? You know, about my first love and how I haven’t been able to forget about him?]
[Ahh, she certainly ntioned that earlier.]
[……Now then, here’s a question. Who is my first love?]
[Eh? Why are you suddenly……]
[Please guess. Don’t worry, I had properly given you hints after all……]
Aoi-chan, as she said that, looked sowhat mischievous, yet with a truly joyful smile on her face.
Serious-senpai : [Wait, calm yourself there…… Stay! Kaito, stay! Think about her age, she’s underage……]
? ? ? : [And how is that related to the other world?]
Serious-senpai : [Stop with that talk…… Seriously.]
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