36. Arcana Online

36. Arcana Online36. Arcana Online

I turned off the loudly ringing alarm and stayed in bed for a while, feeling dazed.

It's a problem not having energy in the morning.

I wasn't like this before, but since my body changed, I've been like this. Could it be low blood pressure?

I struggled to get up and had breakfast with the leftover lunchbox from yesterday in the kitchen.

After visiting the bathroom, I went to my room, put on the gear, and logged into Arcana Online, where Yong-yong welcomed me.

"Kyuung!"

"Did you sleep well?"

"Kyuuung!"

I took out a magic stone for him, stretched, and got up from the bed to pack my things.

It's time to leave now.

I need to stop by the guild headquarters to report, and I have to do the task I was asked to do.

Last night, Grandpa Kraken asked me for a favor.

He was worried about his youngest daughter who left home without any news and asked me to look into it.

[A quest has arrived.]

Investigate the whereabouts of the runaway youngest daughter.

Reward: Experience, Affinity.

After finishing preparations and going outside, numerous Sirens were waiting.

The Siren Queen bowed her head to me, which surprised me, and all the other Sirens bowed their heads too.

"Savior, we thank you once again for saving our clan. The Siren clan will accompany you on your journey."

[You have acquired a title.]

Companion of the Sirens.

After the greeting, she handed me a bead.

«Commercial City of Thalassa Map»

It looks like a bead, but it's a map.

When I used the bead, a familiar voice flowed out.

[Route guidance will begin.]

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When I first set foot on land, I was moved.

How long has it been since I've been on land?

The emotional moment was brief. I took out a teleport scroll from my inventory and tore it, and with a bright light, I arrived in the commercial city of Thalassa.

Teleport scrolls can't be used for places you haven't been to before, and they're expensive, but definitely convenient.

"I'm back!"

I opened the headquarters door and entered, but no one was there?

Only my voice echoed, and there was no one inside.

Did everyone go out on quests?

I threw myself onto the sofa in the living room and felt its softness.

While playing and joking around with Yong-yong, the door opened and Sasha unni came in.

Her beast-kin ears twitched, and I wanted to touch them just once.

"Our youngest! When did you arrive!?"

"I just got here."

"Did you come early because you're looking forward to the party tonight!?"

"Huh? Party?"

We looked at each other with surprised eyes, and Sasha unni asked if I didn't know.

What party is she talking about?

"Didn't you hear from the leader? She said she sent a message."

"A message? I didn't receive anything."

After pondering for a while, Sasha unni took out a messenger bird from her inventory and used it.

After waiting a bit, a reply arrived from Rea unni.

"She says she sent it, so there must have been a mix-up. But it's fine since you came back in time!"

Sasha unni smiled brightly and stroked my head.

Our first meeting was as a stalker, but she's a good unni.

"By the way, youngest."

At that moment, Sasha unni looked at me with a serious expression.

"Why don't you call me unni?"

"Uh, unni?"

"Why do you call me 'nuna'!? Say 'unni'! Unni!"

She forced me to say "unni," but I exercised my right to remain silent.

Looking at me, she started out forceful but eventually began to plead.

Just call her Sasha unni once, she said.

"Sasha nuna is Sasha nuna!"

"What does that even mean!?"

"Explaining that itself isn't like you, nuna!"

"So what is it!?"

The conversation that continued for a while only stopped when Rea unni returned.

"Rea unni! Sasha nuna is bullying me!"

"When did I!?"

Rea unni smiled brightly and drew her twin dragon swords.

Seeing that, Sasha nuna ran away in fright.

"If she bullies you again, just tell me anytime."

"Okay!"

Is this what having a guardian is like?

It feels reassuring.

More importantly, didn't you say there's a party tonight?

"What's the party tonight about?"

"It's a regular social party."

Although it's a guild that focuses on individual activities, they gather periodically for parties to prepare for times when they need to work as a group.

As we set up food bought from the market area and prepared for the party, guild members started coming in one by one.

Among them, two guild members I was meeting for the first time entered the headquarters.

A sister with black hair and alluring ruby-like eyes, wearing assassin's clothing and a mask.

Following her, an elderly grandfather wearing knight's formal attire.

It's my first time seeing their faces.

The masked sister who was looking at me intently suddenly picked me up.

"Hello? My name is Luna. Nice to meet you."

"Hello. My name is Yuna."

Luna unni stared intently at me as I dangled.

As I was feeling awkward, the grandfather helped me.

"Isn't the new member uncomfortable?"

"Shut up, old man."

"Who are you calling old man!? Is this how you treat your elders!?"

"False teeth."

As the two of them fought back and forth, I just wanted to be put down.

The grandfather, whose face had turned red, introduced himself as Richard.

"You can call me uncle comfortably."

"Do you want to be called that by someone who could be your granddaughter?"

"Then what should I be called!"

"Clack clack dentures."

Just as they were about to come to blows, Rea unni intervened and stopped the fight.

"Those two are always like that, so don't worry about it."

Rea unni took me from Luna unni and put me down on the floor.

"Leader, that's mean."

"Who do you think is enjoying this!? I've been saying this for a long time..."

"Really. Are you going to keep doing this in front of the new member?"

Now the three of them were fighting, and it was a mess.

Still, thanks to Rea unni saving me, I was able to escape.

As I entered the party room to finish the party preparations, someone was eating the food.

The pervert with his upper body exposed. No, Balak oppa.

"How can you eat when we're preparing for the party!?"

He glanced at me, then approached me holding a donut.

What's this?

"Mmph!"

"Now the youngest is an accomplice too."

After forcibly putting the donut in my mouth, he whispered that I was an accomplice.

A pervert, an exhibitionist, and shameless.

"Mmph mmph mmph!!"

"That's right, eat a lot."

I waved my arms in rebellion, saying to stop putting more in, but he kept putting more in while laughing, until he saw Rea unni's twin dragon swords behind me and ran away.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm so full..."

As I was rubbing my stomach, which had become bloated from the donuts, Rea unni told me to rest.

As I was resting on the sofa, it seemed like it was time, and guild members started gathering one by one, starting with Sasha unni who had gone out.

Guild Master Catlleya.

Fighter Sasha.

Mage Hecate.

Berserker Balak.

Nun Aria.

Assassin Luna.

Knight Richard.

Summoner Yuna.

All 8 members of the Frey Guild, consisting of a total of 8 people, gathered in one place.

Starting with Rea unni's toast, we chatted about various things.

"By the way, is it forbidden to talk about unique characteristics in this game?"

"That's right! That's why I got kicked out when I entered the youngest's broadcast."

The game company, which doesn't interfere no matter what you do, only forbade talking about unique characteristics.

They say that even if you post it on the community, it gets deleted within 1 second, so you can't know unless you actually meet and talk.

"Unique characteristics are meant to show that every human is noble and special."

"That's why there's only one rank."

"What? There's only one rank?"

Even equipment items have various ranks, but unique characteristics only have one rank?

"I can say this. The rank of unique characteristics is the same for all players. EX rank."

This is the first time I've learned about this.

Listening to Rea unni's explanation, there are many people in existence, but while there may be similar people, there are no identical people.

The game company also wrote in the notice that all players, that is, travelers, are all special, noble, and have infinite potential, but why didn't I see it?

I must not have looked.

"How to utilize your unique characteristic is entirely up to the player."

After listening to Rea unni's explanation, I thought about it carefully, and it makes sense.

I used my unique characteristic to gain favor and used magic stones to strengthen it.

Even low-rank magic stones start from 100,000 won in cash, and top-rank magic stones are priceless.

If I had converted all of that to cash, it would be enough to build several buildings.

But I used it all on monsters.

Saving monsters living in suffering, and further creating a world where they can live peacefully. Sёarᴄh the NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

For that, a revolution is needed.

Sasha unni, smiling, asked me what my future plans were.

"I'm going to wave the flag of revolution!"

Hearing my words, everyone was surprised but laughed it off, thinking it was a joke.

It's not a joke though.