The two of them faced away from each other. Maia stood beside the bed while Misho sat on the bed. The heavy atmosphere from earlier was now gone.
Misho and Maia both wore their clothes while thinking about their conversation. Maia had a slight smile on her face.
She finally heard Misho say that he loved her. Although he didn't say it in a romantic way, she was satisfied. Those words told her that she wasn't wrong in continuing to support him after all of these years.
"Maia, if say… I got a harem. Don't fight them, okay?" Misho said in a low voice.
Maia stopped wearing her bra and turned to look at him.
"I will only fight them if they bully you. If they steal you from me, heh, I don't believe that can happen," Maia said, a little smug.
"Thanks. Also, I want to buy a gacha pull."
"Y-you're taking advantage of the moment!" Maia exclaimed as she realized what he was trying to do.
"Well? Do you agree or not?" Misho said and shrugged his shoulders while smiling faintly.
Although he wasn't facing her, Maia could tell that he was smiling.
"Grrr… Fine!" Maia gritted her teeth and agreed.
"I won't let you down, Maia," Misho said.
"You better make it worth it, or I will castrate you in-game," Maia threatened.
"Don't worry! After your words earlier, I believe my luck is amazing today."
Misho thumped his chest with his fist. He was feeling confident after finally facing it with Maia.
"I'm done changing. I will go take a bath. Show me something good when I return," Maia said and left.
Misho was left sitting on the bed. He stared at the closed door and smiled. Her proposal to get him a harem touched his heart. Other women would be the first to say no, but she was the one who proposed it instead.
He then opened the in-game store.
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Balance: 650 Gold coins
––Store––
Tier 1 Gacha Pull (100 Gold)
Tier 1 Loot Box (75 Gold)
Tier 2 Gacha Pull (250 Gold)
Tier 2 Loot Box (175 Gold)
––Drop Rates––
Tier 1:
[AN: Omitted. Check Chapter 11.]
Tier 2 Gacha Pull:
* T1 = 0.1%
* T2 = 98%
* T3 = 1.1%
* T4 = 0.5%
* T5 = 0.3%
Tier 2 Loot Box:
* T2 = 100%
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"W-what!?" Misho screamed in fright.
He stared at the price for the tier 2 gacha and loot box. He blinked his eyes and even rubbed them, but the price was still the same.
{Aphrodite, is this a mistake??} Misho asked her.
{You don't know it's worst for Tier 3,} Aphrodite replied with her sweet and mellow voice.
{H-how much?}
Misho was terrified when he heard her words. He had a hunch that it would be worse than he could possibly ever imagine right now.
{Three…}
Aphrodite's voice suddenly stopped midway.
{Three..?} Misho repeated it in confusion.
{Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty,} Aphrodite sped up her speaking. [AN: 3,980]
"WHAT!? No way!" Misho shouted.
He was so scared hearing that figure. He could barely get 200 Gold coins after solving a crisis in this village. How many villages does he have to save to get that amount??
{I'm not going to tell you the one for Tier 4, hehe,} Aphrodite giggled.
{And that is just for the gacha? There's also no guarantee you are getting an item from that tier?} Misho asked the thing he was afraid of.
{Correct. You may even get a Tier 1 item from a Tier 4 gacha in the unlikely event that you do,} Aphrodite replied.
{...I will save money now. Maia is right. I need to save money.}
Misho recalled Maia and couldn't help but nod at her words before. She was so-so-right he wanted to slap himself from the past because he got a useless flower from it.
Misho looked at the flower on the pot beside their bed and cringed at it. That useless thing cost 100 Gold. He could've saved it to buy a Tier 2 item instead.
Misho stared at the in-game store and pondered. Should he still buy the T1 Gacha pull, or should he save Gold coins for later?
He closed his eyes and focused.
He might get a spell art or a weapon if he bought it. Of course, there was also the chance of him getting higher-tier items. A few minutes later, he resolved his determination and ultimately decided to buy one.
Not to mention, he got two gacha pulls for free by completing the Special Realm Quest. And another one by buying it. With three, he was more confident in getting a good item.
"Goddess of luck, bless me!"
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Opening Tier 1 Gacha Pull!
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Misho opened his eyes and watched the animation in front of him with focused eyes.
Colorful specks of lights appeared in the room and gathered in front of him. It turned into a long rod, and the colorful lights disappeared.
"A spear!"
{Congratulations, QuarterPounder! You got a Tier 1 Magic Spear!}
"My luck is not trash! Ahahaha!"
Misho almost cried. He was so happy he didn't get a useless flower again. It was Tier 1, but it was still better than nothing.
"One more time!"
Misho felt invigorated by his first success.
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Opening Tier 1 Gacha Pull!
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The same animation appeared in front of him. The colorful lights slowly gathered to form an object.
{Congratulations, QuarterPounder! You got a Tier 1 Magic Spear!} [AN: I'm not making this up. The code did this.]
"!!"
Misho widened his eyes and stared at the two spears on his bed. He blinked his eyes and rubbed them once again, but his eyes weren't deceiving him.
"My luck is trash!" Misho cursed in anger.
"Again! I don't believe you will give me a third spear!"
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Opening Tier 1 Gacha Pull!
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Suddenly, the animation became more resplendent. The specks of colorful light were brighter than before. Seeing them made Misho's heart pump really fast. He opened his mouth wide and waited with bated breath.
The specks of colorful light gathered and formed a small object in front of him.
[AN: Proof.]