ShangriLa Frontier ~ Shitty Games Hunter Challenges Godly Game ~

on was finally over, Katsu turned towards Saiga-0, who already reverted back to her “platinum armor” mode.

「Ahh, umm…… Right.
Y, you really made a short work out of Pencilgton! I was really surprised there! Is this the level of abilities of end-game players?」

「…… This is, there’s lots of unique skills out there…… Some weak, some strong…… so it really…… depends……」

「Are those skills that can be taught? Or maybe they are limited to certain players……?」

「…… That’s something that even I……」

「Ahh……」

Feeling completely defeated, Katsu returns to my side and gives me a light pat onto the shoulder.

「Sorry.
It looks like my communications skills are garbage-level in the end.
Maybe next time I should pick up a game that will allow me to develop some of my social skills to some decent level?」

「“Love Clock”.
Highly recommend.
Won’t be disappointed.」

「Isn’t that basically a shitty game!?」

Not really.
It is pretty much grounded in reality.
It basically tells you that throwing around sweet words and empty promises is easier said than done.
Still, I always thought that Katsu was the one who was more communicative than I was.
Since he’s a pro gamer and all that crap.

「Ahh, what the hell, umm…… Thank you very much for going along with Pencilgton’s selfish request.
Just like he promised, you can have all the items that are here.」

「……………… Umm.」

「Yes, what is it?」

「CAN.
I.
ASK.
YOU.
SOMETHING?」

「Oh, yeah, sure, go right ahead.」

I listened to Saiga-0’s words as her voice suddenly became pretty much robot-like and her body became suddenly tense.

「Umm, this is…… That Pencilgton…… What kind of… relationship do you… have with him?」

「Pencilgton and I? Hmm…… Game friends, I guess?」

I honestly think that description is rather accurate.
We played the game together, trained together, fought a strong enemy together and emerged victorious together.
If anything, I think it is relatively safe to assume that we are gaming friends alright.

「I, I see…… Friends…… Colleagues…… Buddies……」

Maybe Saiga-0’s character was bugged or something? But I wouldn’t even dare to ask such an insensitive question.
Feeling a strange kind of pressure coming from Saiga-0, one unlike even the Gravekeeper Wezaemon, I proceed to hand her the items that were scattered all over the place.

When I was about to hand AllSlot’s sword to Saiga-0, her body started to glow white.
It was the same kind of light that wrapped around her when she came here in the first place, so apparently now that the threat was neutralized, she could go back to wherever she was before coming here.
But if it wasn’t for her, we would be goners for sure.

「Ah…… It is, time……」

「Eh, yeah, once again, thank you for helping me out.
I’ll return the favor one day.」

「Um, umm…… If the opportunity presents itself…… I’ll gladly accept……」

And just like that Saiga-0 was gone, leaving me with this weird-ass sword in my hand.

「Hey, Katsu? What do you think that is?」

「It smells bad, but I don’t think it’s ALL bad.」

「Dude, I don’t know.
Maybe we should just throw this thing away? …… Or maybe not.」

It was a little bit heavy to handle with one hand, and its awkward appearance was making me reluctant to put it in my inventory.

「Right, let’s go home.」

「Sure thing.
Ahh~~, I feel like I’m going to have a really good night’s sleep today.」

「Just don’t go into a coma by accident, okay?」

「Worry not.」

That being said, since I had somewhere else to stop by, we parted ways at Thirdrema.