Chapter 15
CHAPTER 15
On this day, when I was walking around Mac Anu’s shops to get some equipment, I came across Balmung .
I tried to turn away, but I was too slow .
“Wait . ”
I stopped very suddenly at his firm tone .
I take a somewhat-firm posture .
He directed me to follow him and he walked back without looking over his shoulder . It was as though he knew I would follow him .
I hesitated a little, but decided to follow him .
We left the crowds and went to the riverbank under the bridge .
Balmung stopped there, turned around, and looked at me . His gaze was narrowed . I stood there, paralyzed with fear .
“We meet again,” said Balmung .
“It seems you’re a real-life acquaintance of Orca . ”
“I know him,” I answered .
“He invited me to start playing this game . ”
“If that’s the case, I want to ask you something . I haven’t been able to contact him since the server trouble the other day . What is he doing now?”
I looked at Balmung . His arrogant atmosphere has been replaced with an expression of concern for the safety of his friend .
“You don’t know?”
“That’s why I’m asking you like this . ”
“Are you an acquaintance of Orca, Balmung?”
“He…”
Balmung knitted his eyebrows .
“He is my partner . We formed a party together . ”
I remembered Orca’s PC which was operated by Yasuhiko .
His partner was a giant barbarian-type?
I talked about what happened the day Yasuhiko became comatose .
How I had met a mysterious girl and a monster chasing her .
How Orca had been Data Drained by the monster .
I talked about the book that the girl handed to Orca which somehow appeared in my hand and how I suddenly became able to use Data Drain .
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Immediately, a crease appeared between the eyebrows of Balmung’s handsome face .
“Why didn’t you say such an important thing sooner!”
“It didn’t seem like the right time to say,” I said in return .
When I met Balmung before, he was so upset that I felt that he would slash me if I said anything .
Recalling that moment, Balmung took a deep breath with his right hand on his forehead . He thought for a while, but eventually put his hand down and looked at me .
I saw a harshness, if anything hostility, in his eyes once again .
“I see… I don’t know how true the story is . ”
“I’m not lying to you . ”
Balmung ignored my objection .
“Remember, the power of your bracelet is the same thing that put Orca into a coma!”
At these words I took a deep breath . I thought he would thrust out his drawn sword, because I repeatedly wondered about this to myself as well .
“I’ll overlook this for now, since you’re an acquaintance of Orca, but if get too comfortable with cheats and other skills,” he said .
Balmung turned away from me .
“Then I’ll definitely kill you!”
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Then he walked back to the main street .
I was left alone by the river .
“I… get it . ”
I was suddenly no longer in the mood to continue the game .
When I was about to log out, I was called from behind .
“This is no time to feel down . ”
When I turned around, there was a female Wavemaster before me .
I said it was a Wavemaster just now, but I thought this because it’s the impression I got from the wizard-like look, and the PC model was the first type I saw . She was wearing mysterious goggles, the upper half of her face, including the eyes, was completely hidden .
“Oh, you are…?” I asked with a rising voice .
When Balmung led me to this place, I noticed that no one else was here .
When did this person get behind me?
“Are you friend or foe, hehe, meddlesome warner,” she said . Her voice gave a strange feeling of dignity .
Placing the cursor on her, her character name was displayed in the window .
Hel… ba… Helba?
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“You’re Helba? You sent that mail?”
She nodded .
“Yes, but more important than that, watch out for Lios . ”
“Lios?” I asked back .
“Lios is a human system administrator . He will treat your bracelet as a virus . ”
I chuckled a little .
“I wrote it in the mail . You are being watched . ”
I didn’t know how to respond .
“Why are you helping me?” I asked bluntly .
“Helping you? Hahahaha . ”
Instead of a muffled chuckle, Helba laughed out loud . The laughter of someone who knows something you don’t know . In other words, a condescending laughter .
“I don’t know . Maybe it’s better for me to help . ”
Then she transferred out without warning .
She disappeared, leaving behind a mysterious laugh like the Cheshire Cat .
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