Chapter 290

A coffee shop in Ai Ai.

There are also quite a few NPC couples around the seats.

On the other hand, Ms. Darzorne and the bespectacled girl sit opposite each other.

We cannot grasp the flow of the event without looking at us, so all nine of us entered the shop. They are sitting at the four tables around us. This also exacerbated Dalzollene-san's frustration. You are an exposed person, completely...

"Thank you for being early.

My treat, so please order whatever you like."

"..."

Mr. Darzorne silently returned to the bespectacled girl's suggestion. I turned my gaze to Uranus and Bell sitting in the back seats. Basho and I sat in a position where we could see the situation.

"Hurry up..."

"Tell me, no, I will guard this place."

Mr. Darzorne maintained a gloomy expression,

"... No, this place is mine."

"No way!

I will thank you, so please order what you like, okay?"

I think it might be cute and chewy, but it is a lot of ruined glasses.

Over here, a clerk appeared next to the two's table.

"May I take your order?"

"I'll have an iced lemon tea."

"... What should I do?"

Mr. Darzorne exudes a huge sense of loss. Uranus has an indescribable face.

"You can ask whatever you want, but it shouldn't be too expensive.

Just order one item priced under 500 Jenny."

Following Bell-san's whispered Suggestion, he asked: "... Iced coffee."

"Understood."

Yes? Clerk, are you there?

"May I take your order?"

Ah... I see. You are treated as a regular customer. Is that so?

Pick up the menu and browse quickly.

"Egg Salad Morning"

"Are you going to eat in this situation?

... I'll have a blended coffee. Very hot."

Basho, sitting next to me, said in surprise. Because something is empty.

Until the order arrived, neither Uranus nor Bell-san resolved the question the bespectacled girl kept asking. As far as I know, it seems fine as long as you don't say anything strange.

Drinks were lined up on the two's table.

Mr. Darzorne tilted his coffee cup while watching the bespectacled child drink with a straw. If I hadn't relied on my two advisors, I would still be okay.

"That!

These glasses... do they look good on me?"

Finally, the core question.

When Bell-san tried to say something, he shut his mouth. Uranus just extended his index finger and said nothing.

Mr. Darzorne faced forward, staring at the sky.

... I see, so you are converting your breath into a sentence. I can't see it now, but if that's the case, all I have to do is read the text.

Hmm... that is to say, it was a move that couldn't be used at the time. Oh... the difficulty is getting higher and higher.

"............

No. It doesn't suit me.

A face without glasses is better."

From your tone, you can feel a disgusting atmosphere. I read as much as I can.

The bespectacled girl suddenly began to cringe,

"Eh!?

Oh no, but...

These are precious glasses my mom bought for me...

And my eyesight is poor."

"............

... But the prescription of the glasses is wrong?

Just now I would have fallen."

"Ah, that...

Not this one."

"... If you force yourself to wear glasses that don't fit, it's dangerous."

Dalzollene-san seems to have put all his nerves into reading the cane. No, it looks like it's about to erupt.

"..."

The girl didn't answer, just stuffed a straw into her mouth with a gloomy face and blew into the lemon tea. This is awkward. Is this okay?

"... Then, what do you want me to do?"

"............

Change it to a contact.... The glasses don't suit you.

I don't think your mother would want you to get hurt by forcing yourself to wear glasses."

"Yes.

That might be so, but..."

"... Don't you think so yourself?"

The young girl, who had been looking down in surprise, raised her face.

"...

Did you discover it?... Yes, that is correct.

I often trip on the road. I know I'm in danger, but—"

A girl who started talking to herself for a long time. Oh my, did you clear it?

"But, this is the truth.

Thank you for your support.

Well, if you don't mind, please take this. I won't use it anymore, so I hope you can accept it."

The young girl placed the round-frame glasses on the table.

Mr. Darzorne looked behind him, and Uranus nodded.

The moment Mr. Darzorne picked up the glasses, bon! And groomed himself.

"Then this is me."

A girl left her seat and walked out of the shop without wearing glasses. Yes?

Aren't you bad at seeing? Are you saying you were dizzy because you were forced to wear glasses that didn't suit you? Well, if I say something about the game event, it won't help either.

"Shu. Isn't it beautiful, leader?"

"Thank you for your hard work, leader."

"I can't leave it in the corner. This kind of date doesn't seem to be the first time."

"Shut up, you guys!

I will never do this again!"

I was just joking. Then he would get angry.

Mr. Darzorne took out the Binder, put away the card, and left his seat in a bad mood.

"Well done, Dalzollene.

Sorry, please take it easy. I'm still eating."

Uranus said this and stopped him...., giggle. Am I the only one eating this? Eat quickly.

"Mr. Dalzollene, do it!

Show me your card!"

I was just speaking according to the two people's instructions. I would still hate it. Or rather, Uranus, I finally remembered the answer that could be cleared. Maybe I'm not sure if I remembered it wrong.

Mr. Darzorne could not be unfriendly to his employer; he returned to his seat with a look of endurance and opened the Binder. Miss Neon sat down in the seat where the girl wearing glasses had been.

"1626: Turtle Shell Tortoiseshell Glasses

F-Rank Card limit 196

Tortoiseshell Pattern Round Frame Glasses

Strength

"Puff puff. It's an F-Rank card.

Is this rare?"

Mr. Darzorne trembled. Miss Neon, you know what I'm talking about...

"How much are these glasses worth?"

"How much, Uranus? Thirty thousand?"

"Nn. 35,000, if I remember correctly."

"Ah, let it be that."

Mr. Darzorne sighed after hearing the exchange. Well, I think this is better than just clearing it once.

Uranus stood up from his seat, walked to Mr. Darzorne's side, and stopped.

"This is roughly the event clearing process for this city; some involve combat, please be aware.

Any questions?"

Ba raised his hand calmly. Uranus looked at them.

"If it's a guy like this now, it doesn't seem like it would cost a lot of money, but if it were changed to another event, wouldn't it be okay? Luxury high-grade cheese or tribute rice seem to do it quite normally."

"Hmm, that's right, even if the other party is a man, it's the same.

However, there is also the possibility of being misled into a choice that leads to wasted expenses. At first glance, it seems to be going smoothly, but it's not uncommon for it to just be a tribute.

In some cases, it requires a lot of effort and time, such as being sent to retrieve items, and the event progresses over time.

That is to say, in any case, the success or failure of the conversation will ultimately decide."

After speaking, Uranus looked around. I kept staring at another seat.

"Uranus and Miss Bell are knowledgeable, but how did you know?

Even in the event just now, if that conversation was the only correct answer, I don't think it would be easy to investigate. Because you can only challenge this event once a day, right?"

Facing Mr. Senritsu's question, Mr. Bell waved his hand,

"Mine is intuition. After that, it's just a matter of repeated challenges."

"My answer is a little different from Uranus'."

"What do you mean?"

"I will explain that."

"When I speak, game characters basically judge based on keywords in the lines."

"For example, 'Do you look good in glasses?' The question comes up, and I say: 'No. It doesn't suit me.' Aren't you saying 'I prefer a face without glasses'?"

"In the previous situation, 'No', 'suits you', 'no', 'glasses', 'remove', 'good', I pick words around here. If you include that word, you can judge that it was rejected."

Mr. Bell tilted his head.

"That's right. My era is different."

"You say, 'You look good, but it's better without glasses,' and you pass, don't you?"

"Yeah, you can go."

"'It suits you', 'but', 'glasses', 'remove', 'more', 'good', the words you judge are all like this."

"So, I think this flexibility is a combination of a correct answer system and an evaluation value system. Bell's answer might have a higher evaluation value."

"Saying the right keyword at the right time, that is the correct answer system. It should be set as an event clear condition."

"In the evaluation value system, points are assigned to each keyword, and the evaluation value increases. It is not a correct answer itself, so you don't have to say all the keywords, but if you don't keep the evaluation value above a certain level, the event will fail. Certain words are designated as NG words; if you say them, your evaluation will drop."

"So if you say something very strange, the event will be forcibly terminated at that time. Afterward, if you are silent when you should speak, or if you answer slowly, the evaluation value usually drops."

"I am not the initiator of this event, so I don't know the details, but I tried to maintain some flexibility so that I could enjoy the conversation and reactions."

... Yes. I gave up trying to understand it. I understood it in a way, but my head refused to comprehend. Even if you look at everyone's faces, it seems like you understand or you don't.

"Do you have any other questions?"

"Yes."

"Do I have to return these glasses to my mother?"

"..."

Oh? Facing Mr. Neon's question, Uranus looked confused.

"Eh? This is just an event held for wearing glasses, right?"

"Is this wrong?"

Bell probably thought so. Uranus's expression was unclear, but it indicated "no".

"... I have already confirmed it once."

"Take the glasses, those glasses... well, I can't wear them anymore, but if you ask the girl wearing glasses, she will tell you her mother is in Sufravi."

Mr. Bell snapped his fingers.

"Oh, so that's it!"

"Did you really go to check?"

"... No."

"I really have no interest in continuing to do this; selling glasses every day would make money faster."

"Then okay! We—"

"Miss, I will sell that item."

"Ensuring funds is the top priority."

Mr. Dalzollene stopped his chatter. I stopped Mr. Neon.

"Uh..."

"Sell."

Uranus looked down at the exchange between the two and shrugged.

"Alright, let's leave here for now and go to the next event."

"I will take care of everyone's accounts."

"Dalzollene, solve it when you decide on the share."

"Do you understand?"

... But is it Sufravi? I wonder if it's that child's mother. Thinking about it carefully, it seems there was a character wearing glasses like that... hmm.

Leaving the coffee shop, I came to the corner of the building, where the child with bread in their mouth was waiting.

Four men gathered together saying no no no no.

"I won't do this again."

"... It doesn't matter this time, but since there are only four of us, we will be forced to participate again after one round."

"What are you planning to do next?"

"Are you going to decide who goes to play Scissors-Goo-Stone again?"

"... I was forced to participate..."

"Give up. I don't like it either."

"Well, this event is A-Rank in the designated pocket, so it will definitely fail. If you are going to try again and again, then the order will be decided by Scissors-Goo-Stone.... Well, Dalzollene is pitiful, so I don't mind if she doesn't participate in this event."

"It is unpleasant to be used like this."

"Then, do you want to do it too? Rank fourth."

"I refuse."

Sorry, it's interesting to see something like this from a high place.... I don't know what to do if the other party is a man. I don't want to participate, but it's hard to say. Meleoron is absolutely impossible, so it's hard to reduce the number of people again...

──Basho vs. Girl eating bread──

The foul-mouthed girl and the rudely-speaking Basho seemed to get along unusually well, making the conversation lively. I have a hunch it will go surprisingly smoothly, but—

"Damn it, why don't you wear some plaid-patterned clothes?

If it were you, you should have clothes that suit you better."

"What!?

What the hell... these are my favorite clothes.

I don't even know anymore!"

The girl running away, ta-ta-ta.

Basho was left behind, and Uranus shook his head behind him.

"... Huh? Has there been any progress on this matter?"

"Nnya. Failure, failure."

"Little by little...

I am just speaking according to the instructions."

"... I don't like it.

You aren't doing it right; you are talking to the arrangement, aren't you? So this isn't the expected value.

That guy changes his arrogance based on the evaluation level, so the evaluation was higher than I imagined, and I fell in love before I knew it. I shouldn't have praised him at this time."

"What is that...

What do you want me to do?"

"You either speak exactly according to the instructions, or you realize it yourself.

You might be able to tell from the subtle changes in his facial expressions and gestures, but he is difficult...

If you want to try again tomorrow, speak in the same way, praise him when the time comes, and you can be on your way."

--Seam vs. Bread Girl--

It's probably because he lacks self-confidence. Sometimes I almost bite, which is dangerous.

"I think your clothes are cute..."

"Hmph, you're wearing a playboy outfit, right?

I don't mind talking to you. I don't want to be Together with you again, goodbye."

A stuttering girl leaves.

As if shocked, Seam suddenly hugged Uranus behind him. Uranus was flustered.

"Oh, hey Seam."

"No need, I am Killer Kid!!"

"Ah, yeah... that tsun might be very harsh to you... with the way you talk, I can't even tell how the evaluation value is changing.

... No, no, get away, Seam."

"Squishy, I am fine here."

"Pah! Ha-na-zai-ro!"

The two were like this, but Meleoron's complex sigh was indescribable.

--Uranus vs. Bread Girl--

The two continued their date side by side. It was almost like a battle, but...

"These days, the trend for plaid clothes is... I won't...

I must follow the trends more."

"What is that!? It doesn't matter what you wear!

And? Like, what's popular now?"

"What are you worried about?"

"Just listen!

I'm not a fan of following trends!"

Oh, you broke through the eastern light you two just sank into. Basho and Seam are listening.

After chatting for a while, Uranus suddenly changed direction. It seems they are going to a clothing store.

And it's a boutique. It's a very small shop, so as expected, nine people can't get close. Three men with the right to challenge are listening to the conversation of the two on their date at close range.

"The explanation is enough. After all, which piece of clothing do you prefer?"

"..."

Uranus returned to silence for the first time after hearing some words. Yes? Are you worried?

"What's wrong? Tell me quickly."

"............

.............. This one."

"Huh!?

No, these clothes! Are they really popular!?

You've lost your mind! I've heard enough! Goodbye!"

Ah. The sunken Uranus. The girl stepping away. It's hard after all... hard to obtain.

"Hey hey, it was useless for me to scold you in the end, wasn't it?"

"It can't be helped...

Well, the correct answers vary. Fashionable clothes change from time to time, so go accordingly.

There are too many choices, I can't remember them all at once."

"Even Uranus is no use. This is difficult."

"If you keep trying, you will eventually be able to do it.

If it's the beginning, that's even better. By the way, there are three scenarios left."

"Ugu."

"Uranus, cheer up."

"…Shim, why do you look so happy? Don't touch my back."

The men smiled lightly while talking to Neon,

"Mr. Uranus and Xin-jun, your relationship seems very good."

"I think so too.

And what about those two?"

Mr. Bell looked at me and Meleoron and asked.

"Hmm… do you think we have a good relationship?"

When I answered, Mr. Bell tilted his head. What exactly do you want to hear? I can't say anything else.

"Shim is unilaterally interested.

Uranus doesn't seem to know if he is being teased or liked, so I'm in trouble."

Mr. Bell thought about Meleoron's words. Neon was still laughing.

"So, Darzorne won't participate in this event, right?"

"Don't be like that, that's what you promised."

"Excellent.

Since that's the case, it's unfair to do nothing but be a man, so Attila-san should do the same."

Uranus's words and gaze made the other person tremble. Have you finally come…

10 people gathered outside the boutique and started consulting.

"I will never do that, you know?"

"Well, Meleoron is useless…

Can the remaining 5 people participate?"

"It's the boat I'm on, it doesn't matter."

"Bell is fine. What about the people over there?"

"I think this is interesting, so I want to try it."

"Ha, it's hard to say no.

Leader, you are just staring at me…"

"No way, Wese.

Even if the boss wants to participate, we can't help but participate."

The gaze gathered on me. Hmm, this is really bad…

"Hmm…

Don't you just want a cutting model? I don't want to cut my hair."

"Is there such a thing?

I don't like that either."

"The boss isn't doing it, so I'll pass too."

"Me too… I don't have much hair to cut."

"If no one participates, I won't do it either. You can cut hair, but you don't have a favorite hairstyle, right?"

"Are all the cutting models absent?

That is to say, Bell, do you have any Suggestion?

I don't know much about events that female players can do, and it's troublesome if I'm picky."

"Hmm.

If this is an event for female Hunters looking for dates, that's it.

One that encourages male Hunters who have lost confidence. That is also a designated Pocket Card, isn't it?"

"As expected.

Bell recommends soot. If you do that, I won't object."

Well, if that's the case, that's even better… it's not that I don't have resistance.

I turned to Uranus,

"By the way, what card can I get?"

"The one for the Hunter event?

Well, I think it's an A-Rank '3D Camera'.

The Connection Pad is B-Rank, no need to force it, but if I can, I want to pick it up."

"Uranus.

I want to ask, how do you plan to distribute the designated Pocket Card?"

Mr. Darzorne asked a question. Of course, this is a place that seems to have encountered a lot of trouble. However, the prospect of clearing it at the moment is slim…

"It's just a calculation, if I can get it, I will use 'Copy' to increase it, and then sell the original.

You can decide how to distribute the money you sell and get between Bell and Darzorne."

"That's fine. I had a lot of fun."

"Wouldn't it be better to bring your whole family?"

"Are you sure?

We are in a position to obtain information, so we cannot be very protective of our rights."

"It doesn't matter.

I am seeking help; even if I have this information, it is difficult for me to obtain it on my own.

As long as we can get the card, it is enough for us; being able to enjoy the bell chimes is enough. If Dalzollene and the others can guarantee the budget, that's just good luck, right? Our interests are aligned."

"Hmm..."

"Regardless, if you can't clear it, you won't have a share."

"Well..."

"I am happy, including my failure."

"Come on, don't enjoy people's misfortune.

At least don't say anything."

"Tehpero."

"Tsk tsk..."

"This time you are in the position of being mocked. Do you understand? I feel it is inappropriate. Please give me a correct Suggestion."

"Oh, yes.

Just do it correctly and seriously."

"... Uranus.

After all, wouldn't it be better to promise an appropriate reward?"

"No, this guy is the type who chooses to enjoy it even if he kicks the reward away.

I can't trust you anyway."

"Wait a moment.

I didn't say you would do a good job."

I am arguing...