"I NEED A GOBLIN GF!"

This story is Fanfiction, and I don't own 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗮!, if I did, Aqua would be even more useless. 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗮! Is owned by 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗻 and 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗸𝗮𝘁𝘀𝘂𝗸𝗶.

-<[𝘼𝙝, 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙥!]>-

*-𝙚𝙥*

...wuh?

*-𝙀𝙀𝙋*

But-... 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬??

Lemme sleep.

…

Ah, sweet blis-

"𝚆𝙰𝙺𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙵𝚄𝙲𝙺 𝚄𝙿 𝙹𝙴𝙽𝙽𝚈!"

"𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗛!" I shot up from my bed, covers flying off of me, and I grabbed my magnum from the bedside

"WHO-... oh. The 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 Alias?"

She glares at me, her eye twitching. Is that bad?

She takes a deep breath, "𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕," Her eye starts twitching faster, "𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚃𝚁𝚈𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚂𝙾𝙼𝙴𝙾𝙽𝙴 𝚞𝚙, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍…"

Ah.

"𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚃𝚆𝙾 𝙷𝙾𝚄𝚁𝚂 𝙹𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚢!"

…

"Uh… sorry?"

She just sighs, "𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝- 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚛." and she disappears from view.

"Uh… alright I guess."

I need to get dressed.

-<[𝘼𝙝, 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙥!]>-

I climb through the hatch, and drop from the ladder, over to the door.

Now, normally the Bar is a gathering spot on the ship. 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦. But~, I have had some… friends over every now and again.

As in, I'm no longer a bumbling virgin.

You can thank lesbian human love hotels for that.

Sorry, going off-topic, As I entered through the dark-wood paneled door, I spot Alias resting on a barstool, hands swishing a digital beer, an old-fashioned bottle of cold sprite next to her, in front of an empty bar stool.

"So, what did you find?" I asked slinking over to the barstool near her, sitting down and flicking off the cap of the Sprite.

"𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜?" She asked after a moment of silence.

"Hit me with the bad. My expectations can't get any lower." I said, taking a sip of my drink.

"'𝙺𝚊𝚢… 𝚂𝚘, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 '𝙻𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚄𝚗𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜', 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝… 𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 '𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚍' 𝚐𝚞𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚞𝚙 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗 #𝙴-𝟺𝟻𝙳."

A beat passed.

"...How many backup plans do you have anyway?" She looked me in the eyes and said, "𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑."

"𝙰𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘 𝚘𝚗… 𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑? 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑, 𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑."

I looked at her, an eyebrow raised, "Well?"

She manifested some glasses onto her avatar, and a holographic whiteboard appeared next to her, "𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚡 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚒𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝙰𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟹𝟷𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚕𝚕-𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜."

"All-Hallows?"

Isn't that another way to say Halloween?

She tilts her head in confusion for a second, before remembering, "𝙰𝚑! 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚝." I gestured for her to continue, "𝚂𝚘, 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜; 𝙴𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚚, 𝙷𝚘𝚘𝚣, 𝚄𝚜𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚡, 𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚛𝚔, 𝚅𝚛𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚛𝚏, 𝚃𝚕𝚊𝚞, 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚗, 𝚆𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚗, 𝙱𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚗, 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚞𝚜, 𝙷𝚞𝚓𝚎𝚖𝚜, 𝙺𝚢𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚔, 𝙰𝚕𝚕-𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚛."

"Okay, so, going off of a guess, I'm guessing All-hallows is October, and Starr is December?"

She smiles and nods, "𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝! 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔, *𝘈𝘩𝘦𝘮*, 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎,"

"Damn right! hehe!" I said.

They were so fun to mess with!

"𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚜, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙵𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚢 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍-𝚝𝚘-𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜."

So basic fantasy races?

"𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙿𝚒𝚡𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢. 𝙷𝚢𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚍𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏-𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝."

I snorted.

"Ah yes, Hentai Orcs." I replied with as much sarcasm I could muster, dramatically stroking my non-existent beard.

"𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢. 𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗."

I did a spit-take. "*𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴*, W-what?!"

"𝚈𝚎𝚎𝚎𝚊𝚑. 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚏 '𝚎𝚖."

"Huh. Guess Selena doesn't owe me those favors anymore then. Continue with the 'Teaching' 'Ma'am', Heh."

"𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚜, 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗 '𝚁𝙸𝙿 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝚃𝙴𝙰𝚁!'" She yells, and a slice of 'The Only Thing They Fear Is You' plays, "𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚏𝚞𝚕, 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎-"

"GOBLIN GF!"

A beat passed

"𝚆-𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝?"

"I NEED A GOBLIN GF! I'm getting a Goblin GF and there is nothing you could do to stop me!" I practically yelled in excitement and determination.

She stared, a dumbfounded look on her sapphire blue face.

"𝙸-... 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎. ("sorry…") 𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜! 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚕𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌, 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚢 𝚞𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜, 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚝-𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚜, 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎."

"Is that why no one batted an eye when I strolled into the guild hall?"

"𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢."

I looked out of the porthole, a view of mid-day Isseoroth shown through it.

I look back to Alias, and ask my question, "What time is it?"

She looked back with a smug smile, "𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎 𝚘'𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔. 𝙶𝚎𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗~"

"Ah, Crap!"

-<[𝘼𝙝, 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙥!]>-

"This isn't the life I wanted!" Kazuma loudly complained, "We've been doing nothing but construction for the last week!"

Aqua just stared at him, an eyebrow raised.

"Don't look at me like that! We need to take a que-" a finger tapped him on the shoulder

"Yo." Jenny did a two-finger lazy salute.

Kazuma was surprised, he hasn't seen Jenny for a week since she came back to give him the rice.

"Where've you been? It's been a week!" I snorted in amusement

"Well, I've been looking for lore, and I found it."

"Lore?" Kazuma questioned me.

"Yeah, basic info on the world we're in, the months, the races, all that jazz." I did jazz hands in the last bit, then handed him a pamphlet.

Kazuma wasn't amused, "... 'Isseoroth for Dummies'? Is this supposed to be an insult?"

"Nah, I had Alias make some pamphlets for when I need to explain things. Too lazy." Kazuma just gave me a deadpan stare.

I sat down at their table, Aqua passed out drooling from her mid-day drinking, and Kazuma sitting there reading the pamphlet. He looked up and locked eyes with me.

"Jenny, this will affect our friendship. When Alias started talking about 'Sentient' goblins, what was the first thing you said?"

I steeled my expression into the most serious I've ever made it, and answered with a serious tone, "I need a Goblin GF."

Kazuma gave me a thumbs up.

"𝑆𝑜, 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡."

-<[𝘼𝙝, 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙥!]>-