Wait, do girls judge people by appearances too?
Wu Yan felt bewildered, he’s not sure what’s on this blushing girl’s mind. His confusion morphed into helplessness.
“Fine, let’s assu I am not a villain. What makes you so sure I can enhance your survival odds?”
Wu Yan crossed his arms and he stared into her eyes.
“I already said I am not a beta tester, don’t you believe ?”
“No, it’s not that…”
The girl flailed her arms in panic. She’s clearly not used to doing sothing like this, sohow or the other, she managed to voice her thoughts.
“With such an impressive set of equipnt, I believe that even if you’re not a beta tester, you should be soone who is skilled enough to attain that equipnt on your own. Either way, whether or not you’re a beta tester, I am very confident that you will be able to help !”
The girl said as if she’s got this analyzed. Wu Yan asked her another question.
“Okay, what makes you so sure I will allow you to beco my follower?…”
“I am not sure…”
The young girl lowered her head.
“I don’t have a lot of choices…”
“I am very weak and I am not good with using my skills, my gaming skills are also very poor. Those guilds and capable squads all rejected my application…”
“No way…”
Wu Yan supported his chin while praising her.
“Has the world gone mad? I an you’re so cute, I find it hard to imagine no one wanted to protect you…”
The young girl didn’t expect this so she wasn’t sure how she should respond. Similarly, Wu Yan regretted his sentence.
He is okay with such a cute girl wanting to follow him. But, carrying her is going to slow him down.
Right now, every second is very precious. He could be raiding dungeons or getting tons of treasure instead of rearing her. If he fell behind other players, that would be bad. He’s not cocky enough to think that he would be able to maintain his no.1 status by resting on his laurels. He didn’t forget that there’s a certain original protagonist who’s busting his ass trying to advance as far as he can.
As much as he wanted to do so, he couldn’t bring this girl with him…
“You know, you could just stay at this town until soone clears this ga…”
Wu Yan tried to advise her.
“There are almost no dangers in the town. Just focus on your sub-classes and life skills, inco shouldn’t be a problem once you reach a high enough level, I don’t see why you should put your life on the line like this if you’re that afraid?…”
“But my sub-class is a potion master…”
The girl said with frustration.
“I need expensive materials to make potions and I lacked the skills to get the materials on my own, I just don’t see this working out for .”
“Well, that’s how it is during the beginning…”
Wu Yan tried persuading her.
“The prices of materials are bound to go down given enough ti. anwhile, your skill level will also increase steadily. I am sure you can pull through, isn’t that right?…”
The young lady then asked a very obvious question with a puzzled look.
“How am I going to survive until that point?”
Wu Yan was stumped for words.
The girl knew she was asking too much. It’s already magnanimous of Wu Yan to entertain her until now. She lowered her head as sadness brewed within her. Wu Yan is also not sure how he should turn her down.
At this mont, a squad made of 5 players ca out of the town and they encountered the two of them.
“Ah?…”
A guy with nunchucks saw Wu Yan and he was stunned by him. His eyes quickly brightened up.
“That’s him! That’s the beta tester!”
“A beta tester?”
Another male player with a Warhamr confird this after taking a closer look.
“Yeah, that’s him!”
“He looks like he’s by himself…”
“Guild master!”
The guy with nunchucks mused to himself while the Warhamr guy cried out in surprise.
“Don’t tell you’re…”
“Don’t go thinking about nonsense!”
The guild master explained himself.
“I just wanted to invite him into our guild!”
“Our guild?”
The guild mbers around him exchange looks of doubt.
“But, he’s a beta tester…”
The nunchucks guy lifted his head after clearing the hesitation in his head.
“In any case, we should greet him.”
The others nodded. The guild master led them over to Wu Yan’s place and they disrupted the private awkward mont between the two.
“Hello there…”
Wu Yan already noticed them before they arrived and he asked them.
“And, you are?…”
The nunchucks guy stopped and he greeted Wu Yan.
“Hello, I am the guild master of Moonlit Black Cats, Keita!”
“Moonlit Black Cat?”
Wu Yan stopped and he noticed a familiar feminine figure standing at the back of this group. She was the only female mber of this group.
“Sac-chan!”
Wu Yan called out with an ‘O’-shaped mouth
“Sac-chan?”
The other mbers were surprised that Wu Yan knew her. Keita gasped.
“You know Sachi?”
Wu Yan returned to his senses. He heartily laughed while trying to change the subject. He is still secretly pleased with their encounter here.
He didn’t think he would encounter them after just a day in SAO. The Moonlit Black Cats guild had a very tragic outco in the original story. Mostly, people weren’t pleased with Sachi’s fate.
“Well, what business do you have with ?”
Wu Yan asked.
Keita stopped and he continued with an unsteady tone.
“Erm, we just wanted to see one of the legendary beta testers…”
“Legendary? Beta tester?”
Wu Yan shook his head.
“I am not sure what’s the big fuss, I am not legendary nor am I a beta tester…”
“But, you…”
Keita looked at Wu Yan’s equipnt.
Wu Yan shrugged.
“I got it by luck…”
“I see…”
Keita then made up his mind and he told Wu Yan.
“Since you’re not a beta tester, I want to extend an invitation!”
“Enter your guild?”
Wu Yan flinched in shock.
“Everybody wants to get to join because they think I’m a beta tester. I am just surprised you guys don’t want beta testers in your guild.”
Keita rubbed the back of his head in embarrassnt.
Wu Yan recalled how Keita cursed Kirito when his guild got wiped out. He cursed Kirito for being a beater (beta cheater portmanteau). He told Kirito that soone like him wasn’t qualified to join Moonlit Black Cats. Wu Yan looked at Sachi who was sneaking peeks at him.
His eyes shone when he saw the girl who wanted to be his follower.
“Well, Keita…”
Wu Yan smiled at him.
“Sorry, due to various factors, I can’t participate actively in your guild so I don’t think I can join as a mber…”
Keita’s disappointed look was t with Wu Yan’s shoulder pat. He pointed at the girl.
“But, I hope you will let her join your guild!”
Moonlit Black Cats were astonished but they listened anyway…
“See, it’s like that…”
He explained to Keita about her situation. Keita was very open-minded and he imdiately ca up with a decision.
“Sure, Moonlit Black Cats only have 5 mbers right now, if this miss wants to join, we will welco her with open arms!”
“Really?!”
The young girl was clearly overjoyed with this. She bounced around energetically. Sachi looked like she found her soul sister.
“Thank you, you did a solid with this…”
Wu Yan extended an arm towards Keita. He took out a large amount of Cors and so excellent equipnt he got from mob hunts and he put them in the exchange tab for players to do trade.
Keita jumped in surprise.
“Th-this..”
“Maa, just take this as a small gift from to soone who helped …”
Wu Yan chuckled.
“With so much money and equipnt, the guild should be able to survive for quite so ti…”
“We can’t possibly accept sothing so big!”
Keita tried to reject his gift. Obviously, Wu Yan had no idea how precious his gift was.
“Well, I don’t see why not!”
He walked towards Sachi and he rubbed her head.
“I just hope you will be able to escape your fears with this little gift from …”
Sachi looked at him in a daze. When she ca to herself, Wu Yan was already so distance away from .
Subconsciously, Sachi yelled after him.
“What’s your na?!”
“Wu Yan…”
He yelled back
The follower girl ca back to her senses.
“Hey, nice guy! My na’s Shion~~”
The figure in the distance tripped and he fell not unlike those codic characters in comic strips.
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