Episode 6 : New Weapon

Is slime worth 800?

Wow, that's amazing! I'd love to eat this one-hole cake.

"Aya, wake up. If you don't wake up, I'll take it."

"Hey, that's my cake!"

I hit my forehead on the table with a bang.

"Ah...that hurts"

I didn't feel any pain, but it felt like pain.phantom limb pain(Genshitsu).Is that what it is?

"Aya, just kidding. Aya's property is hers. So don't worry."

Ringo puts her index finger to her lips with a small devilish smile. Ringo glares at him as she turns her gaze towards the kayak.

"Kayak, is that a fair price?"

"Of course. It's better to sell it at the market price than to cause trouble by cheating."

"I'm not like you," he muttered as he pulled out a bag that made the sound of metal scraping.

"I'll give you 8 million gil. As a bonus, I'll give you a one-time discount on the equipment here."

"Half the price. That's better for Aya."

"Don't worry about my pocket being lonely."

"Hmm, then I'll give you an 80% discount."

"That's worse than half price!"

"Um, I don't really like discounts or anything like that."

The two of them, who had been glaring at each other, turned their attention to Aya, Ringo's cheeks puffed out a little, and Kayak shed tears as if looking at a goddess.

"No, I'm sorry for showing you something so unsightly. For now, let's get back to the topic. Please choose any weapon you like from the store. Also, I'll customize it to suit Aya."

"No, but..."

"Aya, it's important to be kind."

"You're too generous with your kindness."

They glare at each other again, and Aya hurriedly pulls Ringo and takes her to a display shelf where various equipment is lined up.

"Ringo, I'd like you to take a look at a weapon that suits me. Is that okay?"

"Hmm, choosing equipment is my specialty. I also repair armor. I don't feel comfortable with the initial armor."

Ringo bounces her feet happily as she examines the weapon. She was just looking at things other than the hammer, so she may have forgotten the purpose, but Aya's mouth dropped as she saw that Ringo was having fun.

"Aya, how about this?"

Aya took a step back as the large hammer, like a condensed curse, emitted a sinister aura in the direction Ringo pointed.

"This is a bit"

"Hmm, then how about this?"

This time, Aya shook her head, pointing at the great hammer that had a curse-like talisman wrapped around it. Then I looked at Ringo's carefully selected weapons.

But I couldn't find anything good, so I searched all the way to the end of the store, and Ringo's face looked a little tired.

"Hmmm, this is the last one. If they don't have it, I'll have to buy it at another store."

The final hammer that Ringo selected through the glass case was decorated with fine silverwork, and one side of the striking part was flat and the other had a pointed tip, giving it the impression of high lethality. However, it is colored in blue and silver and has a mysteriously beautiful appearance.

Aya couldn't take her eyes off the weapon as if she were being drawn to it.

"...This. This is good."

Aya has a discerning eye as she has seen various ornaments, clothes and props made by top designers over and over again. The design was so beautifully crafted that it was incomparable to the ones I remembered.

"Hmm. Kayak, sell this to Aya."

Kayak approaches Aya and the others and looks at the weapon right in front of him.

"〈Star Fallen〉, huh? You picked one with a high reputation."

He took the weapon out of the glass case and handed it to Aya.

"Check the details. Yeah, the way to do it is to look at the weapon for three seconds."

Aya looked at the Star Fallen and confirmed the details.

〈Starfall〉

It is said that once upon a time, a nameless hero corrupted a planet and caused it to shatter. No matter how many eons pass, it never rusts and continues to search for its master.

​───[Status]​───

STR: 400

Weapon slot [4]

[Bloodline of the Lost Star] ──? ? ?

[Destruction] ──If you inflict 500 or more damage on the opponent, increase STR by 1.3x for that attack only.

〈Proof of Supernatural Strength〉 ─ 1.2 times the damage dealt to enemies whose HP is 50% or more.

Aya tilts her head and opens her mouth.

"Is this strong?"

"It's quite strong. It's indestructible so you don't have to worry about durability, the proof of superhuman strength is good, and if you use a profession with high STR, you won't have a problem with Hasha, and there's still room for growth since there's a unique slot for unawakened. "

Aya twists her head at Kayak's unawakened unique slot.

"What is a unique slot? What is unawakened?"

"Simply put, it's like a unique skill that is unique to that weapon. Ah, unawakened means that you can't use the skill yet."

"Skill...?"

"Maybe you don't know your unique skills?"

"I-I know how to use it, but the unique skills...Professionclass Skills etc.General purposecommon Skills etc.Alwayspassive Skills etc but I don't know what the skills are...

"Well, if you're a beginner, it can't be helped. Okay, then I'll teach you the basics of FFO, along with a practical experience."

"Kayak, I haven't finished choosing her armor yet."

Ringo comes in from the side and Kayak plays with his beard.

"I see. Well then, Ringo, I'd like you to choose her armor."

"Ryokai. I'll choose armor that suits Aya."

Ringo said that and ran swiftly to the place where the armor was lined up.

"Kayak-san, is it okay to let Ringo choose the armor?"

Aya was a little concerned about Ringo's choice of armor. After all, when it comes to choosing weapons, all of them look bad, and she worried that the armor will be bad.

"Don't worry. Once Apple(Ringo) understands the person's hobbies and preferences, she will choose accordingly.Of course, the performance is also good, so I sometimes ask for it."

"I see. Um...I don't mean any harm, but I thought Kayac-san and Ringo were like dogs and monkeys."

"Maybe that's what it looks like from the outside. At FFO, we often argue over trivial things."

"...Would it be better if I didn't stay here?"

"I can kind of understand what Aya is thinking. However, that's not the relationship between Ringo and me. Hobby buddies would be more appropriate as a relationship. Besides...I shouldn't say too much about the reality, but I'm married. "

Aya opens her mouth like a goldfish and looks at Kayak's whole body.

"As I said, it's just a game avatar. I played around with it a bit early on, but it doesn't really resemble me in real life."

"Ah, that's right. I'm sorry for imagining things so strangely."

"That said, the game creates avatars so that they don't look too similar to reality, but there are some similarities. For example... the face."

Aya's heart beats faster than it should. I never expected to be find out that it was Ayaka Sasagawa...

"In my case, it's the eyes and nose. However, you won't be able to tell unless you compare it with reality, and unless you intentionally make it look like it, it's unlikely that people will find out."

Aya took a breath of relief and patted her chest. I want to avoid being found out and not being able to enjoy the game as much as possible.

"Aya, what do you think of this armor?"

Ringo just brings the mannequin decorated with armor. Aya looks at the armor from top to bottom. Her top is made of fabric based on white and navy blue with a gold pattern drawn on the collar, and has open shoulders that show off her shoulders.Her bottom is a miniskirt with white ruffles that makes the most of its cuteness, and black tights. is more appealing. Her socks are black and have pointed ends like witches' shoes.

Although the clothes were fictional, Aya's heart was so touched that she wanted to wear them and dance in real life.

"Aya, how is it?"

Aya has only one choice to answer that question.

"This is good. No, this is the only one!"

Aya wanted to wear this as much as she didn't care about the performance.

"Hmm, I'm glad you liked it."

While Aya and Ringo were excited, Kayak was looking at them from the corner, muttering, ``This is the armor I got.''