[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-life-in-a-fantasy-women-dominated-world":3,"chapter-my-life-in-a-fantasy-women-dominated-world-my-life-in-a-fantasy-women-dominated-world-chapter-31":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Life In A Fantasy, Women-Dominated World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1829195,2434,"Chapter 31: Educated guess, Semi","my-life-in-a-fantasy-women-dominated-world-chapter-31",31,"\u003Cp>\"What exactly was your internship about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mrs Clint’s smile was sarcastic, her eyes staring into mine as if she already knew that I was lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gulped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nancy had simply whispered to me the idea and gave me a few details about the internship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such as, its name was The Zephyron Beats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A glorious name for a small group of ragtag youngsters who wanted to make their own band.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless, that’s the story I was flowing with so it had to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was on guitars during the internship, mam.\" I tried to keep my tone as formal and polite as possible, \"But I was there just for learning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see, was it a paid internship?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No ma’am, as I said, just for learning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you have a certificate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven’t received it yet, but I can show it to you once I receive it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of guitar were you on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I paused, feeling a cold bead of sweat on my forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knows? There were too many kinds of guitars, but I personally know only 4 kinds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bass, Acoustic, Electric and Semi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I don’t know if the names of the guitar remained the same in this world too, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t even know how the guitar is called a guitar here, because as far as I know it got its name from some ancient greek instrument or something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I doubt that this was the case here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then how?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking my head inwardly, I removed the thoughts from my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t the time to worry about the rich musical history of Solaris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mrs Clint was still waiting for my reply, and I had to give one fast, lest I get caught and have more issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"During the time of internships, I was playing a semi, ma’am.\" I replied with a casual, confident smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Semi was a name that sounded ambiguous, so it seemed like the best option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Semi, huh?\" Mrs Clint looked squinted a little, judging my face before shrugging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever. You better not fail at the exams after getting such good practice, Mr Cross.\" she scoffed, sending me off with a wave of her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stepped back, speed walking out of the room before anyone could stop me or ask more questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her overbearing, erotic scent was still in my mind, bothering me and making me feel as if I should go back and stay close to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I held back my thoughts, standing near the exit door as I waited for Nancy to come out as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And sure enough, she walked out with a swagger, her bag slung behind her as she moved with a lazy gait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes brightened when ours met, lips curling into a small smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Semi, lalalala.\" Nancy strummed her fingers against an imaginary guitar, laughing as she moved closer to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was just going to laugh at her adorable antics, but then her next words made me shut the fuck up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s a semi?\" she asked with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blinked, gulping down my saliva as I looked into her smiling ash-grey eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nancy looked happy and casual, but her words were still worrisome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s a semi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could mean two things, one that Nancy was simply ignorant about the topic and was genuinely asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But fuck, we were 4th years of a freaking school of music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How would she not know the types of guitars?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which led me to the second meaning behind her question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one that I actually feared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if semi guitars didn’t exist in this world? I had taken a risk clearly, thinking semi was a safe answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was not a single safe way in which I could answer this question, without drawing doubts about myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on,\" I laughed it off, acting chill as if my heart wasn’t racing, \"It’s done. And thank you for the assistance inside there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled, putting my right hand around her shoulder in a side hug, while inserting the left in my pockets, searching for the mute-ring slider on the side of my phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most phones, when shifted to the ring mode from silent, made a notification beep that sounded quite close to the original.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was my aim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a couple seconds of fumbling, I found the groove of the slider under my thumb, swiftly sliding it onto the silent side, before sliding it back on the ring\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just making a few more beeps to show urgency, I faked a frown and pulled the phone out of my pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am sorry, I need to check this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smiling at Nancy while making some distance between ourselves, I could finally breathe in peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God-damn it. I hate not having the memories of the original Aaron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would have been much easier that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, beggars can’t be choosers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned on the voice mode of the ai search engine, placing it on my ear as if I was on a call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a great excuse to make further distance away from her, swiftly asking the ai for types of guitars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, sir Aaron. Some common guitar types for music students are:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hollow Songwood– (Acoustic Guitar)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hollow-bodied instrument made from resonance wood. No mana required. Best for beginners and lower levelled instrumentalists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Manachord Guitar– (Electric Guitar)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Requires mana or crystal amplification. Best suited for professionals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gravebass– (Bass Guitar)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep-toned instrument, used to support the music. Keeps the grooves and timings steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please let me know if you wish to expand on any type of guitar or go deeper into other kinds of guitars.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stood frozen for a good few seconds, before cold sweat began flowing down my forehead in torrents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How would I have known that the names were this different?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though in hindsight, I should’ve at least searched about this considering that I found out about my guitar interests way back in Ruby’s car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, there was nothing like a semi in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I tried to ask the AI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about the average proficiency? Is there a semi version which uses less mana?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hope there was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or my identity would be in danger, maybe.\u003C\u002Fp>",1034,"2026-06-09T06:09:26.870Z",1,"novelbin.me","5ee2507cad1a7e8774bb6304e466359a50bb404d06e5d5751a586b366d8da668","my-life-in-a-fantasy-women-dominated-world-chapter-32","my-life-in-a-fantasy-women-dominated-world-chapter-30",213,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-life-in-a-fantasy-women-dominated-world-cover.jpg"]