The blue marker, that showed Schnee, approached the green markers. It was likely that they were told to leave, as the green markers left the plains immediately. And then, the blue marker instantly changed direction towards Shin. It pushed forward in a straight line.
Though she was slower than Shin, almost all of the Skull Faces that bumped into her were instantly killed.
Silently killing and cutting the approaching Skull Faces, Shin also went toward Schnee. However, his steps were heavy. There was a hint that she remembered him in the letter from Tiera, but he didn’t know what to say when they met again.
Schnee, in the game era, didn’t converse more than what she was programmed to. As a support character, although he had raised her charm setting to the max, he had no idea if that had affected her personality.
If he thought about it, the store had been left neglected. As it was, there hadn’t even been any news from him for 500 years. What did she think of Shin? It was impossible to guess. Instead, it would not be strange if she was angry and hated him.
But without thinking about it too much, Schnee arrived at Shin’s position.
――――While a black skeleton squirmed, the two people had their reunion.
Whether it sensed something or not, the Skull Faces’ movements stopped.
Even if it tried to move right away, it couldn’t move forward; as if it was blocked by a totally invisible wall. Though Shin, while perplexed, also noticed the surroundings, he was hit lightly by paws on his forehead as some kind of interaction. Judging from the thoughts that flowed to him, Yuzuha seemed to have erected a barrier somehow. It didn’t seem like it would be able to hold for a long time, but it was not the situation for a lengthy reunion, so it was not a problem.
When he conveyed “Sorry”, the feeling of the thought “It’s all right” was returned. The fox could indeed read the atmosphere.
That exchange of thoughts was finished in an instant, and Shin changed his attention to Schnee again.
While her silver hair swayed from the wind, Schnee stared right at Shin.
Seeing that, Shin thought, ‘She hasn’t changed at all’ which was indeed an ordinary impression. The silver, shining hair, the transparent blue eyes, and even the clothes she wore; not one thing had changed from the last time they parted.
“…Have you been well?”
Though he thought he should say something else, only those words came out from his mouth.
Those were foolish words, he thought to himself. If the game had been over though, he wouldn’t have met her again, an NPC. So he had been curious.
In a sense, she was the longest-lasting friend he had in the game, and the one he held the most affection for. She was totally similar to a player even if he only saw her because of the VR(Virtual Reality). Therefore, in the VR-world, where the SF(Science Fiction) was excellent, the AI could be equipped with a conversation function…and so on, he thought.
“…………”
Schnee didn’t answer.
Her eyes became watery, and her lips pressed together tightly, as if to suppress something. Seeing the figure which was desperately enduring tears, Shin panicked.
“Schnee…tsu!?”
The moment he called out her name, the flash of silver flickered.
He was embraced affectionately by Schnee, and Shin received an impact that was far stronger than expected. It seems that the outstanding stats, even among his support characters, was not for show. As expected, he almost yelled out “Gofuu!!” but barely endured it.
“Sc-Schnee?”
“Don’t you have something to say?”
Embraced tightly, Shin’s spine almost screamed in pain. Even if the question was asked abruptly, in this situation where he was surrounded by enemies, he couldn’t think of anything.
“Um, sorry for neglecting you until nowAaa!?”
“That’s not it.”
“Gisiri”, the force emitted by her arms intensified. (TL note: “Gisiri”, probably sound of crunching, lol)
“T-Thank you for protecting the store!?”
“That’s not it.”
The force from her arms grew further. It was not an apology, nor even gratitude.
What was it then? What does he need to say?
Shin frantically ran through his memories.
He recalled back to when he came into this world, the last thing that came into his mind was the expression of Schnee weeping and the place everyone once spent time together called ‘Tsuki no Hokora’, which she continued to protect.
(Ah..I see)
From there, it became simple.
What was he really thinking about before, he wanted to laugh at himself.
These were words that he would say in the game, and he had to say them now.
He left the store, disappeared, and then came back.
The first thing he should have said――――
“…I’m home.”
“Welcome back.”
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“I’m home.”
Schnee ended the hug with Shin after hearing these words.
There were no tears anymore in her eyes. It was the usual calm expression, that Shin knew well.
“I thought you wouldn’t come home anymore.”
“…Indeed. I also thought that I wouldn’t meet you again.”
He had understood this at the time he left the shop. If the death game was cleared, the data for both Tsuki no Hokora and the support characters would be deleted. He would never be able to meet Schnee, or her real side again if that had happened. (TL note: Real side means when Schnee gained her sentience or something like that)(Editor’s note: When the game turned reality)
Even though NPC’s could only receive it in the program as an example, Shin felt that it was the parting that was painful.
It was very difficult to express it in words.
No love and affection. The friendship would also be different.
More data, it could be said she was less than a human being. It was too complex, and personally Shin didn’t properly understand it either.
“Kyuu~”
A cry that lost strength, for the two people, resounded in the serious atmosphere. When Shin turned his eyes upward, he saw the figure of an exhausted Yuzuha above his head.
Apparently, by keeping the barrier up, it seemed to have reached its limit somehow. The barrier shattered, and they noticed the Skull Faces pouring in toward them.
“Though there is a lot to talk about, let’s get this situation under control for the time being.”
“Well. I had forgotten about it a little because of our reunion after such a long time.”
“Kuu~”
While smiling wryly at Yuzuha’s bark that said, “I will leave the rest to you~”, the two people faced the Skull Faces.
“The first blow. I want to execute something big.”
“Let’s do it. Now is just the right time.”
Shin said with a broad grin, and Schnee, with a pleasant smile, laughed. Then they held their hands up toward the sky.
“The manifestation for one to become pure.”
“The manifestation for one that becomes eternal.”
They invoked a magic system skill that was exclusive to cooperation.
Only 2 or more players, or support characters, were able to use it.
The name was ――――
“Sanctuary!!”
The chant melted the darkness.
And immediately the effect was visible in the sky above the whole area of the plains.
An enormous magic formation was drawn in the night sky.
Shin and Schnee. It could be said that no one in this world could rival these two people’s cooperation skills. That effect was more than enough to exceed the usage of skills of ordinary skill users by far.
Before the Skull Faces reached Shin, light shined from the heavens.
It cut the darkness, illuminated the earth, and the light cleared away the world’s impurity in the plains as the ones that were wriggling were purified without mercy. That light spread temporarily even into the veil of night, and it shone upon the whole plains as if the sun had suddenly appeared.
“AAaaaaa――――…”
Although various individual Skull Faces were hit by the light, most became sparkling demon essences and vanished. But as expected, the Lord wasn’t killed it seems. Though the unpleasant voice resounded throughout the plains, the moment the Skull Faces sprang out from the ground, they were exposed to the light of purification and disappeared instantly.
The two people’s magic power, which fueled the magic formation, kept pouring out as it was maintained for several seconds without fading away, it continued shining upon the ground with a powerful and gentle light. Under such conditions, it seemed that the Skull Faces couldn’t even act properly. The red markers that were swept away from the map were reflected in Shin’s field of vision, and a beautiful field was able to be perceived.
“Now then, since the nuisances are all gone, let’s move onto the elimination of the main culprit.”
“Does Master know the cause of this phenomenon?”
“Ah, it was caused by the monster named Lord Skull Face. Though I saw it for the first time just now, do you know anything about it?”
“…No, I too just heard of it now for the first time.”
Shin thought Schnee, who spent a long time in this world, would know something, but Schnee didn’t have any idea someway or another.
Since the Skull Faces disappeared, there was nothing that blocked the way to the Lord anymore.
They checked their equipment quickly and ran toward the target. Yuzuha had become completely energetic due to the recovery effect of 【Sanctuary】, and watched their surroundings while on top of Shin’s head.
Shin would have liked to hand over 『Blue Moon』 to Schnee, but it was already given over to Tiera, so instead a powerful anti-Lord ninja katana and dagger were handed over. Though the main job of Schnee was a Kunoichi(a female version of a ninja), she was able to equip any weapon she liked such as a ninja katana and dagger, because there was no equipment restriction on weapons due to her job. Most players were satisfied if their support character could use at most 2 or 3 types. However, Schnee was the support character of Shin, so unfortunately only 2 or 3 types of weapon mastery was out of the question.
She held the ninja katana in her right hand, the dagger
The blue marker, that showed Schnee, approached the green markers. It was likely that they were told to leave, as the green markers left the plains immediately. And then, the blue marker instantly changed direction towards Shin. It pushed forward in a straight line.Though she was slower than Shin, almost all of the Skull Faces that bumped into her were instantly killed.Silently killing and cutting the approaching Skull Faces, Shin also went toward Schnee. However, his steps were heavy. There was a hint that she remembered him in the letter from Tiera, but he didn’t know what to say when they met again.Schnee, in the game era, didn’t converse more than what she was programmed to. As a support character, although he had raised her charm setting to the max, he had no idea if that had affected her personality.If he thought about it, the store had been left neglected. As it was, there hadn’t even been any news from him for 500 years. What did she think of Shin? It was impossible to guess. Instead, it would not be strange if she was angry and hated him.But without thinking about it too much, Schnee arrived at Shin’s position.――――While a black skeleton squirmed, the two people had their reunion.Whether it sensed something or not, the Skull Faces’ movements stopped.แม้ว่าจะพยายามย้ายทันที มันไม่สามารถก้าวไปข้างหน้า ถ้ามันถูกบล็อก โดยกำแพงที่มองไม่เห็นโดยสิ้นเชิง แม้ว่าชิน งง ในขณะยังสังเกตเห็นสิ่งแวดล้อม เขาถูกตีเบา ๆ โดย paws บนหน้าผากของเขาเป็นบางชนิดโต้ตอบ ตัดสินจากความคิดที่เกิดขึ้นกับเขา Yuzuha ดูเหมือน เกร็งอุปสรรคอย่างใด เพราะไม่ได้ดูเหมือนจะสามารถเก็บได้นาน แต่ก็ยังไม่สถานการณ์การชุมนุมยาวนาน ดังนั้นก็ไม่มีปัญหาเมื่อเขาใช้ "Sorry" ความรู้สึกของความคิด "นั้นถูก" ถูกส่งกลับ สุนัขจิ้งจอกไม่สามารถจริง ๆ อ่านบรรยากาศเสร็จสิ้นในทันทีที่แลกเปลี่ยนความคิด และชินเปลี่ยนความสนใจกับ Schnee อีกในขณะที่ผมเงิน swayed จากลม Schnee จ้องไปที่ชินเห็นว่า คิดว่า ชิน 'เธอไม่เปลี่ยนไปเลย"ซึ่งได้แน่นอนภาพธรรมดา เงิน ขัดผม ตาสีฟ้าใส และแม้กระทั่งเสื้อผ้าที่เธอสวม สิ่งหนึ่งที่ไม่มีการเปลี่ยนแปลงจากครั้งนั้นศึกษาธิการ“… คุณได้ดีหรือไม่"ว่าเขาคิดว่า เขาควรพูดว่า อย่างอื่น เพียงคำเหล่านั้นออกมาจากปากของเขาเขาผู้ได้โง่คำ คิดว่า ตนเอง ถ้าเกมที่ได้รับมากกว่าแม้ว่า เขาจะไม่ได้พบเธออีก NPC ดังนั้น เขาเคยอยากรู้อยากเห็นในความรู้สึก เธอเป็นเพื่อนยาวนานเขาในเกม และเขาจัดจิตส่วนใหญ่สำหรับ เธอเป็นทั้งหมดคล้ายกับเครื่องเล่นแม้เพียงเห็นเธอเนื่องจากการ VR(Virtual Reality) ดังนั้น ใน VR-โลก ที่ SF (นิยายวิทยาศาสตร์) ถูกดี AI สามารถมีพร้อมการสนทนาฟังก์ชัน...และอื่น ๆ เขาคิด“…………”Schnee ไม่ตอบตาของเธอก็แฉะ และริมฝีปากของเธอกดเข้าด้วยกันแน่น ว่าจะระงับสิ่ง เห็นตัวเลขที่ถูกหมดยืนยงน้ำตา ชินพอ" Schnee...สึ? "ขณะที่เขาเรียกชื่อเธอ แฟลชเงิน flickeredเขาได้กอดด้วยความรัก โดย Schnee และชินได้รับผลกระทบที่มีมากแข็งแกร่งกว่าที่คาดไว้ ดูเหมือนว่า สถิติที่โดดเด่น แม้กระทั่งในตัวของเขาสนับสนุน ไม่สำหรับการแสดง ตามที่คาดไว้ เขาเกือบ yelled ออก "Gofuu !" แต่แทบไม่ทน"Sc-Schnee""ไม่มีสิ่งที่จะพูดไหม"กอดแน่น กระดูกสันหลังของชินแทบกรีดร้องในความเจ็บปวด แม้ว่าคำถามที่ถูกถามกะทันหัน ในกรณีนี้ที่เขาถูกล้อมรอบ ด้วยศัตรู เขาไม่คิดว่า ของอะไร"อึม ขอ neglecting คุณจน nowAaa ? ""ที่ไม่ได้เรื่อง""Gisiri", intensified แรงออกมาจากแขนของเธอ (หมายเหตุ TL: "Gisiri" คงเสียงของถูกกระทืบ ฮ่า ๆ)" T ขอบคุณสำหรับปกป้องร้าน? ""ที่ไม่ได้เรื่อง"แรงจากแขนของเธอเติบโตต่อไป มันไม่ใช่การขอโทษ หรือแม้แต่ความกตัญญูอะไรมาแล้ว สิ่งที่เขาไม่จำเป็นต้องพูดหรือไม่ชินเมามันวิ่งผ่านความทรงจำของเขาเขายกเลิกไปเมื่อ นิพจน์ของ Schnee ร้องไห้เขามาในโลกนี้ สิ่งสุดท้ายที่มาถึงจิตใจของเขา และการทุกคนเมื่อใช้เวลาร่วมกันเรียกว่า ' โรงแรมสึกิไม่ Hokora', ซึ่งเธออย่างต่อเนื่องเพื่อป้องกันการ(อา... เห็น)จาก มันเป็นเรื่องอะไรเขาจริง ๆ คิดเกี่ยวกับก่อน เขาอยากหัวเราะตัวเองที่เป็นคำที่เขาพูดในเกม และเขาจะพูดตอนนี้เขาซ้ายเก็บ หายไป และจากนั้น กลับมาสิ่งแรกที่ควรมี said―――“… ผมบ้าน ""ยินดีต้อนรับกลับ"◆◆◆◆"ฉันบ้าน"Schnee สิ้นสุดฮักกับชินหลังจากได้ยินคำเหล่านี้มีน้ำตาไม่มีอีกต่อไปในสายตาของเธอ มันเป็นปกติสงบนิพจน์ ที่ชินรู้ดี"ฉันคิดว่า คุณจะไม่มาบ้านอีกต่อไป"“… แน่นอน ยังคิดว่า ฉันจะไม่รู้จักคุณอีก"เขาก็เข้าใจได้ในเวลาที่เขาออกจากร้าน ถ้าเกมตายถูกล้างข้อมูล ข้อมูลโรงแรมสึกิทั้งไม่ Hokora และตัวสนับสนุนจะถูกลบ เขาจะไม่สามารถตอบสนอง Schnee หรือด้านข้างของเธอจริงอีกถ้าที่เกิด (หมายเหตุ TL: ด้านจริงหมายถึงเมื่อ Schnee ได้รับ sentience ของเธอหรือสิ่งที่ต้องการ) (หมายเหตุของบรรณาธิการ: เมื่อเกมเปิดจริง)แม้ว่าของ NPC สามารถเพียงรับในโปรแกรมตามตัวอย่าง ชินรู้สึกว่า มันอวยที่เจ็บปวดมันยากมากที่จะแสดงในคำไม่เสน่หา มิตรภาพยังจะแตกต่างกันข้อมูลเพิ่มเติม พูดอย่างเธอน้อยกว่ามนุษย์ได้ มันซับซ้อนเกินไป และตัวชินไม่ถูกต้องเข้าใจมันอย่างใดอย่างหนึ่ง" Kyuu ~ "ร้องที่สูญเสียความแข็งแรง สำหรับคนที่สอง resounded ในบรรยากาศจริงจัง เมื่อชินเปิดตาขึ้น เขาเห็นภาพของการ Yuzuha เหนื่อยเหนือหัวของเขาเห็นได้ชัด โดยทันอุปสรรค มันดูเหมือนจะได้ถึงขีดจำกัดอย่างใด อุปสรรคการแตกเป็นเสี่ยง ๆ และพวกเขาสังเกตเห็นใบหน้ากะโหลกศีรษะหลั่งไหลมาสู่พวกเขา"เป็นมากที่จะพูด เถอะสถานการณ์นี้ภายใต้การควบคุมในระยะนี้""ดี ฉันได้ลืมเกี่ยวกับมันน้อยเนื่องจากการชุมนุมของเราหลังจากใช้เวลานาน"" Kuu ~ "ขณะยิ้ม wryly ที่เปลือกของ Yuzuha ที่กล่าวว่า, "ฉันจะทำให้ส่วนเหลือให้คุณ ~ ", สองคนประสบการกะโหลกศีรษะใบหน้า"เป่าครั้งแรก ต้องดำเนินการบางสิ่งบางอย่างขนาดใหญ่""เราทำ ขณะนี้ เป็นเพียงเวลาเหมาะสม"ชินพูดทะเล้น และ Schnee ดีเลิศ หัวเราะ แล้ว เดิมมือขึ้นสู่ท้องฟ้า"ในยามหนึ่งเป็นบริสุทธิ์""ในยามที่เป็นนิรันดร์"พวกเขาเรียกทักษะระบบวิเศษที่ร่วมให้ความร่วมมือ2 เท่า หรือมากกว่าผู้เล่น หรือสนับสนุน อักขระ มีความสามารถในการใช้ชื่อถูก―――“Sanctuary!!”The chant melted the darkness.And immediately the effect was visible in the sky above the whole area of the plains.An enormous magic formation was drawn in the night sky.Shin and Schnee. It could be said that no one in this world could rival these two people’s cooperation skills. That effect was more than enough to exceed the usage of skills of ordinary skill users by far.Before the Skull Faces reached Shin, light shined from the heavens.It cut the darkness, illuminated the earth, and the light cleared away the world’s impurity in the plains as the ones that were wriggling were purified without mercy. That light spread temporarily even into the veil of night, and it shone upon the whole plains as if the sun had suddenly appeared.“AAaaaaa――――…”Although various individual Skull Faces were hit by the light, most became sparkling demon essences and vanished. But as expected, the Lord wasn’t killed it seems. Though the unpleasant voice resounded throughout the plains, the moment the Skull Faces sprang out from the ground, they were exposed to the light of purification and disappeared instantly.The two people’s magic power, which fueled the magic formation, kept pouring out as it was maintained for several seconds without fading away, it continued shining upon the ground with a powerful and gentle light. Under such conditions, it seemed that the Skull Faces couldn’t even act properly. The red markers that were swept away from the map were reflected in Shin’s field of vision, and a beautiful field was able to be perceived.“Now then, since the nuisances are all gone, let’s move onto the elimination of the main culprit.”“Does Master know the cause of this phenomenon?”“Ah, it was caused by the monster named Lord Skull Face. Though I saw it for the first time just now, do you know anything about it?”“…No, I too just heard of it now for the first time.”Shin thought Schnee, who spent a long time in this world, would know something, but Schnee didn’t have any idea someway or another.Since the Skull Faces disappeared, there was nothing that blocked the way to the Lord anymore.They checked their equipment quickly and ran toward the target. Yuzuha had become completely energetic due to the recovery effect of 【Sanctuary】, and watched their surroundings while on top of Shin’s head.Shin would have liked to hand over 『Blue Moon』 to Schnee, but it was already given over to Tiera, so instead a powerful anti-Lord ninja katana and dagger were handed over. Though the main job of Schnee was a Kunoichi(a female version of a ninja), she was able to equip any weapon she liked such as a ninja katana and dagger, because there was no equipment restriction on weapons due to her job. Most players were satisfied if their support character could use at most 2 or 3 types. However, Schnee was the support character of Shin, so unfortunately only 2 or 3 types of weapon mastery was out of the question.
She held the ninja katana in her right hand, the dagger
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