---This dungeon is a little odd, you'll hopefully understand shortly---
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We’ve spent three days out here in this adow waiting for Aesa to finish, she is clearly looking for the perfect optimized route through this but even then, it shouldn’t be taking this long. She still responds when spoken to but you always get a swift, Aesa is currently working.
Honestly, I feel a little naked without system constantly in my head. Sure, I know she can see us at any ti like a God but still, it makes feel uneasy. The mage Leone was right, I’m beco too reliant on it. Just because she’s right doesn’t make her twisted horrible mind any better.
Oh, there is sothing really nice about this dungeon though, our magic doesn’t drain. and Charlotte have endless amounts of magicka, I can light a fire forever! If it wasn’t for being in a kid’s body, I’d like this dungeon a lot, I really am a sucker for a good flathrower. I’ve also been experinting a lot with what I can do as well but can’t be bothered to show it right now.
None of us have a clue why this random family of three were in the middle of nowhere, Aesa included. It just makes our start even harder than it should’ve been.
Still, I’m getting to ignore the romance elents of this place so that’s extrely good, would like to see those two getting closer together but I might have to give a rest for a little while. This place is unknown territory, I’ve purposely been serious the last few days, there’s quite a simple reason for that.
This place is filled with bandits. Every day, a dozen of them or so stumble into our little camp the adults have set up. A romance novel filled with bandits, my best guess is that the protagonists would’ve had to stumble into them and the problematic encounters would have developed their relationship even further.
They provided no issue though, I cooked them with my fire and the priestess incinerated them with her orbital death laser, that’s what I’m calling it from now on. The knight couldn’t get involved since he doesn’t have a sword, he does have a wooden spear he crafted for himself but we always take care of any problems before he has the chance to help. Magic is definitely OP in this world, it kinda was back the continent of Sierra as well.
I doubt if I’ll get any EXP from this, I obviously can’t check since status doesn’t work inside here as well as my storage stuff. Also curious if we’re supposed to kill the bandits or not, so romance novels would have the prince be a bloodthirsty maniac and the commoner woman plead for their rcy, the priestess doesn’t understand rcy towards bandits and both and the knight are in agreent with her.
Anyway, back onto what’s happening at present, it’s roughly evening and I’m cooking a couple rabbits with fire coming out of my hands, no need using the firepit we’ve set up when I can just cook the creatures with my hands. I am a portable firepit after all, might as well make myself useful.
Both the party mbers are also sitting near , the priestess cut down a tree with her summoned sword so we’re using that cut up tree log for chairs, they also made a few good wooden and fur tents for sleeping in.
“How long will it be Ikarus-sama?”
“Depends… do you want raw rabbit or not?”
That ca across as snarky but who cares? My fire cooks faster than using a natural one so I’m allowed to be an aggressive chef, I do take after the best swearing chef in the world after all.
“Charlotte was only askin-”
Before Nathan has the chance to defend his love interest, a voice speaks from the heavens.
What is system on about? Forget it, I’ll ask in a second. The woman who has picked up doesn’t seem to have heard system so only the three of us can clearly hear Aesa.
“It’s unfair you’re this cute!”
She better put down in a second otherwise I’m going to burn her to a crisp. I’m not joking, she’s spinning about like I’m a two-year-old, I swear I look around eight-ish. Regardless, don’t be picking soone else’s kid like this.
“Ikarus-sama doesn’t like that”
“Yeah, it might be better to stop”
“Oh, are you two her parents? I’m so sorry!”
She puts down while apologizing to my party mbers.
“I’m really sorry, I just couldn’t help myself! Little Ikarus-sama is way too cute not to pick up!”
She bows down while apologizing this ti, then walks over to serve tables in the mostly empty inn we’ve co across.
(Charlotte) “It’s fine”
(Nathan) “Okay”
Now that stupid situation is over, I whisper a question to Aesa so that no one can hear talking to myself. I’m really concerned about sothing right now, when is system ever wrong?
“Aesa, what was that error about?”
“How the hell are we supposed to get out then!?!?”
I get a few looks from the people in the inn while I’m speaking really loud, similar feeling to when you’re on a plane and you have a screaming child kicking your seat. It can’t be that bad though.
(Charlotte) “Apologies”
“Ikarus is just a little cranky, sorry”
Aesa is apologizing to and my two fake parents are apologizing to the inn for as well, I might be looking like a kid having a tantrum but that’s for very good reason right now. Sothing isn’t right.
I really don’t care how I look right now; I’m speaking as loud as I want.
“Aesa, did the people who were sent by the empire complete this place? It’s the only reason I can think for the story being completed”
It’s also the only thing I can think off that might help our limited knowledge right now.
So, she actually has records of this place as well then? Just what the hell is going on right now? This is giving a bad headache.
“We can figure out what’s going on in a second Ikarus”
“Let’s take a seat and calm down for a minute, okay?”
We all take a seat at one of the inn tables and I can’t help but start getting even more frustrated.
I just can’t figure out what’s going on, it’s just making more and more cranky.
I’m honestly just thinking of killing that Rebecca woman but I doubt it will do anything, the prince is already dead and his death was one of the conditions behind the ending. It might make my mood slightly better though.
“This dungeon is pure chaos and confusion”
“Agreed Ikarus-sama”
“If we slow down and take a quick break, things might beco easier to understand”
They both can hear Aesa too so they know sothing isn’t right, they have as little information as I do. Let’s do what Nathan says and slow down for a second, let’s give this a proper think.
This place is just full of plot twists and stupid confusing shit… Wait, that couldn’t be the actual premise of the dungeon, could it? If I were to assu all dungeons have a set the, could that be it? The other was perversion, this one might be to draw confusion.
Okay, let’s give it more of a think. All the knowledge were getting is from Aesa basically reading a book, it should be a massive cheat sheet but it’s not helping at all. My main problem with all this is actually Aesa, she isn’t wrong. I don’t ever rember her doing or saying sothing incorrect until now, I can’t even make a joke of it because of how serious this situation seems. She even said I should be ashad of her.
I feel like sothing or soone must be tricking us into doing or acting a certain way, it must be that. I an seriously, why would you give an AI a book to read through if the story had already ended? It’s clear we would listen to her to guide us forward yet now it’s pointless, it’s just feels like it’s trying to stir up confusion.
So, the real question is, how does it want us to act? Our intention was to kill the commoner but now, that would be pointless, correct? Aesa told us that to end the story, the prince must die, that obviously no longer works. Also, the information she is getting is incorrect and even if we still listen to her, the information will probably hold another twist or sothing stupid in it, like learning we can stop the romance in the novel, stumbling into the woman were supposed to kill or the prince already being dead.
I think I’m massively overthinking this but we’ve already had so stupid twists, who’s to say another one won’t happen?
Hang on, what if that’s another twist? The commoner who if we killed now, it wouldn’t make an inch of difference, right? There would be no point in doing such a thing seeing that we just learned that ending won’t work since the prince is already dead.
Fuck it, I’m going to replace the confusion in this place with madness. Madness made from deadly fire.
‘I swear… if this works, I’m not stepping foot in another dungeon for a long ti. Life is ant for enjoynt, not irritation and confusion’
The curse might just have wait, I know Minos still has tiny risk of getting it as well but I’m going to start losing my mind if I keep having to go through dungeons like this. Perverted dungeon and confusion dungeon, who’s to say the next one won’t be even more ntally exhausting?
Getting up to confirm my suspicions, I’m instantly getting a barrage of questions from my group.
“Where are you going Ikarus-sama?”
“Yeah, Ikarus?”
Ignoring everyone, I get up and make my way over to the barmaid commoner Rebecca who’s currently serving drinks to soone.
“Oh, if it isn’t adorable Ikarus-sama! If you wait a second, I can get you sothing”
‘If this doesn’t work, I might just burn this dungeon world down out of spite’
Plot twists are good and all but not when there stupid like this. It’s ti to work.
“Ikarus-sama!”
“What are you doing Ikarus!?”
Both my party mbers start getting fearful watching and for good reason, I’m about to do sothing really bad. The entire inn is staring with fear at as well.
A fire tornado starts enveloping as I’m getting even closer to the woman, I’m not doing this just because it looks badass, this makes the most effective use of unlimited magicka. This will be extrely quick and painless, almost like falling into the sun.
It’s built up enough now, I can barely see around through the cyclone of fire.
(Rebecca) “What… is happ-”
All the built-up fire surrounding gets released all aid straight towards the woman incinerating her instantly, even I feel slightly guilty but I would be a psychopath if I didn’t.
…
Thankfully, I was right.
“I fucking knew it!”
“What’s happening?”
“Ikarus?”
Everyone in the inn, us included starts going transparent till we all slowly fade from existence. I can’t help but give a little thought before disappearing though.
‘Cold blooded murder got us through this fucking dungeon’
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