25 True Hero is a Pervert, prison is a yes for you~

Poker face? Check.

Fake username? Check.

Acting skills? Check.

A burning hungry spirit for justified revenge? Uhhh…...check?

I can't say that this revenge is justified, but I do feel the rage at losing my money!

My money is my life, you don't touch it unless you want to die.

Or suffer some other way of course.

Alright, I'm fired up.

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"Scuse me, I'm doing a quest so would you mind helping me out for a second~?" I politely asked True Hero with my best smile. "I've been stuck on this one part for quite some time..."

All five players in the party froze and stared at me after hearing my request come out of the blue.

I have a feeling that Lyssia is staring at me for a different reason than the guys though.

"O-of course! I will accept your request and use up my precious time, be grateful!" True Hero pridefully replied while puffing out his chest. "You can ask me for anything, I'm the leader of a guild that rivals Gemstone!"

"Ohhhh! You're really amazing sir, all I need is to lead five people to a guard. He's the person that gave me the hidden quest! Will you come with me?"

Fall for it, come on, I have my best puppy face on right now!

Right when he was about to agree, Tyrant stepped in with a suspicious look on his face.

"Boss, I don't think we can trust this stranger. Something smells really fishy right now. I suggest that we leave."

"H-huh, oh, if you say so Tyrant….she smells pretty good to me….."

No way!? Stop ruining all my plans you busy body, just leave your instincts in reality or something!

Cough, I'm purposely ignoring that creepily perverted mutter, it might break my act.

But now I want to send him to prison in real life too.

"Wait, I believe we may benefit from following her." The only female in the party cut in. "She said she has a hidden quest right? They're very hard to come across if we help her then she will need to pay us fairly as well. There's no way a simple solo player can stand against our guild."

Yes, you tell them Lyssia! Big brain!

"Lyssia, I knew that it was a good decision to let you join us! I'll give you a raise for bringing up good points." True Hero laughed while patting Lyssia on the back with a relieved expression.

"Thank you very much. But I have to warn you that there is still a chance she will do something unexpected, please don't hold it against me if she does."

"No no, of course, I won't."

…..

Lyssia, you're saving yourself huh. I was about to give you stuff as thanks but maybe I'll keep them and sell em instead.

But at least she got them to follow me. Their guild leader is easily swayed, how is this pervert fitting to be a guild leader?

I'll call him Pervert in my head from now on.

"Well then, if you got that all figured out then please follow me! It's not that far away from here."

The party of five cheerfully followed me as I led them skillfully through the town.

I've already memorized the entire city, it's not like there's a possibility of getting lost. But just in case, I've decided to lead them to the place I'm most familiar with.

The training grounds! Yup, it's time to go meet master! This way even if Tyrant does something, my master can help me out. He's been wanting to meet the guy that killed me after all.

What a nice mentor, huh.

"Where are you taking us, miss?" Tyrant asked with peered eyes as he surveyed our surroundings. "We seem to be headed towards the training grounds?"

Smart son of a gun. Go die.

"Yup! The guy that gave me this quest is waiting there, all I have to do is bring five people to him!"

"So…..what type of quest is this exactly? Care to share the information with us?"

....no.

"Sure! So apparently he's looking for someone good enough to be his disciple, I ran across him by chance while looking around town. He's giving me all these weird assignments, and if I do them then I get really nice rewards!"

See, I'm not lying at all, just twisting the truth a bit.

Not finding traces of lying on my face, Tyrant turned away with a disinterested tone.

"Oh, I guess I shouldn't have expected much."

Nice, he bought it too! Things are going so smoothly, it's getting me scared.

But that doesn't matter, I see my master!

"He's right there!" I exclaimed while enthusiastically pointing in Abest's direction.

Following my gaze, all five members of the party zoomed in on my master's back.

"W-wait a second….." The only ranger in the party stuttered. "Isn't that guy the only Marshal in this city?! Marshal Abest, one of the highest leveled NPCs, also one of the most respected people in Zircon. You're telling me that you're trying to become his disciple?!"

…...Master…...your reputation exceeds you. I'm so proud.

"Yeah! He's a pretty nice guy once you get to know him!"

"""""..."""""

Oh? The entire party is silent all of a sudden, how curious.

---M-master, how come I've never heard that you were the Marshal's disciple….?

---Hm? You never asked, did I forget to tell you?

---....Master…..

---Will you stop calling me master, makes me sound like an old guy living in the mountains.

---But you are living in the mountains, right?

---...Yeah.

---If I can't call you master, I'll just call you by your first name. Yuri.

---Oh, sure, everyone does that without my permission at school anyways.

---.....So sorry.

---Eh? You're forgiven.

---By the way, are you a masochist?

---That came out of nowhere.

---But you like getting bullied right…..? You can easily stop them after all.

---Uhhhh…..well that's beca—

"S-so you're this important guy's disciple, right? Introduce us, and get him to support my guild. I'll give you a gold coin if you do!" Pervert demanded after getting caught up on how significant my master was. "I will even allow you to join my guild, you should be honored!"

.....o-ohhh...? But I'm playing solo.....? I even promised the readers....

"What are you still standing around for? I told you to do it so go!"

…...a-re~?

This guy is trying to piss me off right?

Right, ~?

So that means it's fine now that my revenge is justified, hm?

"Sure, I can do that much as thanks for your help. Let's go over."

"T-that's right, you should be filled with gratitude towards me! I'll even let you become my girlfriend, you should be jumping for this chance!"

What? Why should I be jumping for a chance to become the girlfriend of a stupid perverted guild leader who lives at the bottom of a well?

"Terribly sorry, I'm afraid I already have a boyfriend."

I was hoping that would stop his talking for good, but unfortunately, it only made him hesitate for a split-second.

"That's no problem, I'm definitely much better than any other man. Break up with him, he'll understand!"

...

"Hahaha.....no thanks, I'm not willing to become your girlfriend."

"....you're funny as well, I like it! It's no problem, we can talk about this after we finish your quest."

"O-oh…..okay."

Not even in your dreams.

Calmly strolling up to Abest, I tapped him on the shoulder and changed my tone.

"Sir, I've brought the people for my quest!"

My master turned around with a poker face, he stared at me for a second and then directed his gaze towards the party behind me.

"I see…...so you've got them. Good job, Yuka."

Nice acting! Master, you really catch on quick! And judging from how your gaze is directed towards Tyrant, you've already figured out who was the one that killed me.

I would give you applause, but I doubt you want it.

I turned around to face the party with an innocent and cheerful smile.

"Now off to jail you guys go! Bye bye!"

"W-w-wait what?!?

"Everyone get behind me! No wai—"

"Eh.!?"

Tapping Pervert and the ranger on their shoulders, I promptly sent both of them to the NPC jail.

Have fun in there for an hour! Or more, I guess it depends on how much people you guys killed.

Dashing towards the mage in the group, I blocked off his escape route and cut off his chant with a swift kick to the abdomen.

That's another one going to prison.

Now there's only one left, leaving the best of last after all.

I turned around and found Tyrant loyally standing in front of Lyssia with a guarded stance.

How cute, I ship them~

But sadly, your relationship will have to be long distance!

And through prison bars.

I bent down and rushed towards him, feinting to the right while pretending to try and reach Lyssia. Desperate to protect the last member of his client's party, he lunged to the side to block off my path.

Just what I expected, sending Lyssia to jail wouldn't work anyways.

"*Bye-bye*!"

Grabbing hold of Tyrant's outstretched arm, I sent him straight to jail right after his boss.

Standing straight back into my normal posture, I calmly chuckled and looked towards the last member of the party while dusting off my cloak.

"Hey Lyssia, you sure that that guy doesn't have the hots for you? If he did, it would be easier to manipulate him. Love is scary, you know?"

I don't speak from experience though, to all the singles in the world, I promise to never betray you guys. Death to all the flirty couples that need to find a room instead of making out in class or on the streets!

Toku, I hope I taught you well.

Alright, back on topic.

".....I cannot be certain. But if you order me, I can easily make him fall for me." She stated while still having her expressionless look on her face.

"Ohhhh~! That's my girl, I knew you would be able to do it!"

That's Lyssia for you! Here, have a majestic thumbs up.

"Well then, I will be heading back to my guild 'headquarters'. Please feel free to message me if you need anything at all." Lyssia said while giving me a light bow.

"Sure thing, oh right, just another question real quick."

"?"

"Are you in the school track team? Can I call you Sia instead?"

Tilting her head at my random question, she answered honestly with a bit of confusion.

"That was two but….in fact, I am, and feel free to call me anything you desire. Tanaka-san has asked me to run in the 100m at the next track and field event. Why do you ask?"

Oh…...Akane is really serious about the fall track and field meet.

"Hm, I do remember that you were quite fast. Alright then, I'll look forward to seeing you run!"

"Are you perhaps participating as well?"

"Mhm, Akane found out my Lynx identity and threatened me. I'll be doing the hurdles."

"W-what a sly and cunning woman, to threaten maste-...you like that! The girls in the team won't be happy with you though….."

Ah. That's right, I forgot about the track team girls. What a pain…..but if they don't approach me then I'll just ignore them for now.

"No problem. As long as nothing major happens, I won't be taking any action."

"Alright then, I will leave it to you. If you need help, I'm willing to step in at school."

Awwwwww…...she's so nice!

"And uh, why do you call Tanaka-san by her first name? Are you two close at all?"

"? No reason. Seems for natural and she doesn't seem to care. I'll make sure to address her normally in public though."

"....I see, then I will see you later, Yuri."

"Okay! Bye then!"

…..wait, later? Isn't it the weekend…..we don't have school…..heh, Sia can be funny sometimes.

I gave her a wide grin and teleported back to my house with a scroll. Today was weird, I lost a ton of gold, met Pink, went on a drinking spree, and also successfully got my revenge.

I think today has been quite a busy and random day for me.

Oh! I almost forgot that my mask is finally leveled up, so it lets me turn into an NPC for a few minutes…..that could be very useful. Sadly, it has a long cooldown.

But that's fine, I'm still weak right now. I can't even protect myself from someone lower level than me, and I died in three shots.

I need to pick up the pace. After meeting Toku's girlfriend tomorrow, I'll make sure to get stronger.

I need to get more skills.

Or else I how would I protect the people close to me? Or even protect myself.

I don't want the past repeating itself.

I'll be sure it won't.

I bet my life on it.

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Uh, quite literally bet my life on it. No doubt I'm going to be targeted soon.

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Awwwww, I got so serious. Hehehe~!

Although I really did mean everything about getting stronger, being serious tires me out.

Time to log out!