First Unofficial Guild Gathering; The Girls VS The Blade Lizard (1)
Hey, Shun here!
The brain is really a mysterious yet wonderful organ that almost any living creature have. Lots of people put a whole lot of attention to the value of their Intelligence Quotient but, did you know that having a high Emotional Intelligence is also vital in maintaining a happy and healthy life?
A lot of Asian family put a lot of attention to the academic excellence of their children that, sometimes, their Emotional Intelligence is left undeveloped. It's quite interesting how intelligent people sometimes couldn't maintain their interpersonal relationships.
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(Shun's POV)
I accompanied Tsuka in leveling up her overall Senses. By the way, it seems like the Senses she picked up are: [Sword], [Magic Power], [Magic Talent], [Air Magic Talent], [Preemptive Knowledge], [Vital Points Knowledge], [Physical Attack Increase], [Speed Increase], and [Sensing].
A whole lot of them are kinda similar to what we all picked up but she also picked up some interesting Senses like [Sensing] and [Air Magic Talent]. [Air Magic Talent] is kind of useless early on since its basic spell is just basically creating a small breeze that could either speed you up for a teensy bit or push some things away with a gentle breeze.
It doesn't deal any damage and the speed boost it gives is lower than what a[Speed] enchant does. It gets more destructive as the levels go though so the Sense isn't considered a bust.
Anyway, although I said that I accompanied Tsuka to level up her Senses, I didn't really do much as I mostly just pulled some monsters for her to battle using my "Bow Skill – Gust of Wind". It's really easy to pull monsters using this skill.
While Tsuka is busy testing things out on the poor goblins and rabbits, I opened the [Group Chat] in an attempt to gather everyone's attention.
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Shun: Is everyone available? I have something to talk about with you girls. It would be better if it's said in person though.
Pochi: Pochi is present, nanodesu!
Tama: Tama, too~.
Mutsuko: I'm busy fertilizing the field but other than that, I don't have anything planned. I already went to Magi-san's place, after all.
Kaede: I'm here too! Rikka and I just finished our level up expedition with Satania-san, Pochi, and Tama.
Rikka: Yep, we got some level 30 Senses now. Aside from my amazing [Tyrant's Eye], I didn't expect that my leadership skills are this amazing too… No, is this the power of my eyes as well!?
Satanichia: Haaa!? It was my damage that helped us level up fast!
Rikka: What are you saying, you baka-devil? You were the one who made it harder for us to level up Senses!
Satanichia: What did you say!? Baka-devil!? I was properly helping by killing as many monsters as possible before they can even reach you!
Shun: I think that's what you did wrong, Satania-san. Right, where's Rokuko?
Rokuko: I'm busy with the inn, Shun. I'm going to play the game tonight.
Shun: Alright. I and Tsuka will wait for you to log in then.
Rokuko: Alright. I'm going to help Ichika and Seiko first. Bye everyone!
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Whilst Rokuko didn't find it was weird for Tsuka to be able to play the game, that wasn't the case for Kaede-san, Mutsuko-san, Rikka-san, and Satania-san. Once they were done saying their goodbyes to Rokuko, a torrent of questions almost immediately flooded my way.
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Mutsuko: Tsuka-chan is playing [Only Sense Online]!? Did she evolve or something? Kinda like Pokémon?
Shun: Uh, no, she didn't evolve.
Mutsuko: Not YET.
Kaede: Where is Tsuka-chan, [Admin] Shun-san? Is she online right now?
Shun: Yeah, she's busy playing with the monsters.
Kaede: Let's meet up! Be sure to bring Tsuka-chan with you, [Admin] Shun-san!
Shun: That's the plan.
Rikka: Be sure to bring her, you hear? I want to cuddle her…
Satanichia: My flames of hell won't be satisfied until it turned you into ashes if you're lying to us, [Admin] Shun.
Shun: Gee, no need to be so agitated. I'll properly bring her with me. I bet you all will be surprised.
Rikka: Uu… How frustrating. I hate cliffhangers.
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The older girls were quick to type in their messages whilst the two: Pochi and Tama, took their time typing. I guess they aren't used to typing messages yet. Given how clumsy Pochi is though, I bet she'd misspell something if she were to type words as fast as these girls.
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Tama: Tsuka is here~? Onee-chan will teach her~.
Pochi: Pochi is excited nodesu! Pochi could finally be onee-chan nanodesu!
Shun: Sure sure, I'm sure you could teach Tsuka how to properly hunt monsters and how to level up Senses faster.
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I purposefully left out some things that I could've taught to Tsuka since I knew that these two would want to do their part as Tsuka's older sister. They might just feel upset if they were left with nothing they could teach her, after all.
Whilst seeing their expressions after knowing that they didn't have anything to teach Tsuka would be interesting and all, it's better to see them happy like this.
Ten minutes after Tsuka finished with the mass genocide she performed, I came in to stop her from killing more.
"It's already good, Tsuka. We need to meet Kaede-san, Pochi, Tama, and the others after this so we need to go now." I patted Tsuka on her head.
"Meet Tsuka friends~!? Let's go, Master!" Tsuka me by the hand before shaking it up and down non-stop.
Just like how the girls became attached to Tsuka, Tsuka also places great importance on them.
"Alright, alright. We'll go now."
With Tsuka trailing behind me, we traveled towards one of the eastern district's safe zones. This will be the place where we'll all meet.
"I should give everyone a call…"
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Once we arrived there, we had to wait for Miu and her friends, as well as Mutsuko-san, Satania-san, Kaede-san, Rikka-san, Pochi, and Tama. Some of them are quite far away from here so waiting is fine by me.
The first person to arrive was Mutsuko who was pretty nearby. She was carrying a portable smithy with her, as well as some items that she probably came across with during her journey.
Once she was only a few meters away from us, Tsuka sprinted towards her direction with a large smile adorning her face.
"Mutsuko-oneechan~!"
When Tsuka called out to her, Mutsuko-san was evidently confused. If you look closer, you could probably see some imaginary question marks floating above her head at this moment.
"Who's this girl, Shun? Eh, wait… You look reaally familiar somehow…" Tsuka tilted her head at the rather unusual response from Mutsuko-san. Normally, she would pat her head while smiling whenever she goes near her, even giving her some delicious treats.
"Tsuka?"
"Yes~! It's, Tsuka!"
After a few seconds of being in deep thought, Mutsuko-san finally hit the nail in the head. Recognizing that the little girl in front of her was her little bunny friend, she tucked away her loots and her portable smithy before patting Tsuka on the head.
"Nice to see you in this kind of appearance, Tsuka. You look even cuter now."
She was one of those group chat members who think that Tsuka would evolve eventually to take this kind of form. They've already seen many animes, novels, and mangas, that they literally saw this coming from a mile away.
It's not a surprise that she wasn't making a huge fuss about all of this.
Seeing that she finally recognized Tsuka, I approached the two of them.
"Hey, Mutsuko-san. It feels like it's been forever since I last talked with all of you. Time stuffs could really mess up your perception huh?"
"Uh-huh, totally. I even forgot what item I was working on making yesterday. Thankfully, I managed to recall what it was!"
"Hahaha! Me too. It was quite funny when Miu looked at me as if I was a different person earlier. I'll never get used to that."
Whilst we were talking, I suddenly remembered the plots of land that I have in the southern district.
"Right, I was planning on expanding the plots of land I have on the south a bit. My plan was to make it into some kind of holiday home but I think it would be better to make it into our guild base? What do you think?"
"It would be a bummer if we were to use so many great plots of land to build our guild base! Maybe we should think of another way?"
"Hmm… I want to ask the NPC first before deciding. He said something about becoming a land lord so maybe there's a catch or something when trying to build infrastructures in that plot of land."
"Oooh, yeah yeah, you're right."
Just as our conversation ended, a few familiar voices echoed all throughout the quiet forest.
"Oooi~! We're here~!" That was the voice of Kaede, I think?
"Hello, Master [Admin-sensei], desu! We're here, nanodesuyo!? Ah! Mutsuko-oneechan is already here, nanodesu!"
"Ya-hallo, Master [Admin]~!"
That should be Pochi and Tama. Hmm? Is that Miu and her friends behind them?
In response to Pochi and Tama's call, Tsuka waved her hand back at them.
"Pochi, Tama~!" Her response, in turn, made the two beastkins tilt their head.
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※~To be continued~※
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Author's Remarks:
※ That's it for today's chapters. I want to progress to the next big arc of the story, which should be the next world and probably the first even in [OSO] to a lower extent, so we'll skim through these happenings. Expect a few slice of life in between though.