914 Greenie
My daughter and her friends arrived half an hour after the teatime started. They came to the guild because of the coordinates we had, as we were all guild members, we were able to naturally see where one another was located. She came with Anna, Monica, Elisa, and the only male in their party, a green-haired Brownie wearing glasses and a scholar suit. He was carrying a long wooden staff and a tome and seemed quite adorable with their big, blue eyes.
"Oh, your daughter? I had no idea you had a Blue Oni Demon as your daughter…" Granny Austucia was rather shocked to learn that. "Is she adopted?"
"She's not adopted!" I facepalmed. "Well, us Players can be related back in our original world, you know? These bodies are avatars after all."
"Oh, right! I almost forgot that! I see." She nodded. "How interesting! I wish I could learn more about that world of yours, I am quite curious myself. But I feel like something… Is kind fo blocking me from asking anymore."
"Must be the System's Restrictions. It allows for some small talk about it, but anything in deep is usually censored." Mark said. "We've tried talking about our world before to other people but it's always the same."
"How interesting, that this game's NPC recognize our existences outside of the game itself…" Angelina analyzed.
"It is truly a deep and amazing game, without a doubt." Gandalf nodded. "I wish I could work for that game company! I would love to know how they generated such in-depth AI."
"To be honest I would happily believe this is a whole different world at this point, nyah…" Anikitty laughed.
"Yeah, you're not wrong. It technically is at this point, right? When the blur between virtual and physical has become so thin nowadays…" Erdrich commented.
"Ahahah… Yeaaah." I nodded, just playing along. "It's such a good technology, right?"
Although we were growing closer every day with Angelina's party, they weren't people we knew IRL like my friends. So it was better to just keep this secret to ourselves and play along with their comments and ideas. Thankfully they're still very responsible, and genuinely care for the "virtual people" of this game, so they aren't barbaric like other players.
"Yeah it's amazing honestly." Mark nodded while crossing his arms.
"Pretty insane, I wonder… how much money it all costs." Said Rita.
"T-They definitely make it back with all the earnings the company makes!" Lily nodded along.
"You guys sound pretty dumb right now, why don't we just- Mffgh?!" Jenny was about to spill the beans but I grabbed her slimy body and covered her mouth.
"Jenny, it's better to keep this a secret, don't tell Angelina and her friends, okay? They might be our friends now, but we don't know them IRL!" I told her.
"A-Ah, okay, okay, sorry…" Jenny sighed.
Thankfully Angelina and her friends were too distracted by my daughter and her party's arrival. They immediately recognized my daughter; her friends weren't as popular as she was. My daughter was well known as the "Player Hunter" after all, a PVP obsessed Player that has many skills that are specifically honed to fight and win against other Players rather than monsters.
"Oh my god, is that DarkReaper the Player Hunter?!" Asked Angelina.
"Wait, did she ask for her mother? Is she Planta's daughter?!" Erdrich gasped.
"If this gets leaked to the forums it's going to be insane!" Said Anikity. "N-Not like we'll ever leak it!"
"Yeah, as friends, we should keep this a secret, don't be rude." Gandalf sighed. "Good to see you, girl. You're quite the menace in the community."
"Huh?" My daughter stepped back, looking at the group of friends we've made. "Who are these freaks? Mom, are they harassing you? Should I kill them for you?" My daughter already unsheathed her katana.
"W-Wait a second, we aren't here to fight!" Angelina cried. "Please lower your weapon… Ah, it isn't like you can just fight us if we don't agree either."
"I can." My daughter said. "If you kill a thousand Players you get a special title that lets you start PVP matches without requiring the other party's permission. I'm the only one with the Title though." She smiled.
"EH?!"
I had no idea a Title like that existed! I also can do the same because I am a World Boss, and therefore I also count as a Monster that can fight anybody without their permission, but this is quite huge… Good thing my daughter is good natured.
Right?
"It does set some restrictions on me when I do that but… It works." She smiled. "It is similar to how Guild Wards can start if another Guild invaders, forcing the other party to fight them even without their consent!"
"T-That's a thing? We've never had a Guild War before…" Anikitty sighed.
"Okay, enough with that, dear. They're my friends. Don't you remember I told you about Angelina and her friends? They're all Guild Masters of the Alliance we belong to." I explained to her. "You actually meet them before a while ago, don't you remember them?"
"Oh! So it was you guys! Your equipment and Auras look so different I thought you were different people. But yeah, it does say they're Guild Alliance Members." She nodded. "Sorry for scaring you. I just don't like creeps."
I can't believe my daughter is so bloodthirsty in-game… Totally different from my good-natured and slightly silent little Elena! DarkReaper is truly another persona entirely, huh?
"Okay, it's fine. I guess it makes sense you didn't remember us, we talked very little!" Laughed Angelina. "All good then?"
"Yeah. Anyways these are my friends. RedPhoenix, GoldenLady, Greenie, and Monica." She introduced her friends. I can't believe Monica just chose her IRL name as the Player name…
"Hey! You guys look the same as I remember, I only took a glance at you briefly back then." Anna said, she was named RedPhoenix in-game. Her appearance was that of a cute red-
haired elf girl with sharp green eyes. She was wearing a cute adventurer girl clothes that included jean shorts, a white blouse, and lightweighted red armor on top.
"N-Nice to meet you…" Monica greeted them shyly. She looked almost the same as her IRL appearance, with her long, curly and messy black hair.
But she now had even paler skin, sharp red eyes, and was wearing a slightly worn-down black dress that a noble lady would wear. Her legs ended into a little ghost-like phantasmal tail. She also had an oxidated black crown on top of her head, with a slightly shattered black jewel on it. This equipment looked a bit worn down, but it was part of its aesthetic. It was one of the best ghost player equipment Elena could get for her after they visited a lot of weekly bosses.
"Well, hello." Elisa greeted them, her Player name was "GoldenLady", and she was the same cute golden-scaled Dragonoid girl. She now had larger wings and a longer tail though, and much bigger and majestic golden horns.
"Hi… I haven't introduced myself before, I was unable to join the guild because I couldn't log-in. I am one of Elisa's distant cousins." The green-haired boy said. "My name is Greenie, nice to meet you, Planta. I've heard a lot about you!"
"Nice to meet you too, Greenie! If you're her cousin, let me add you to our guild right away! Tell me more about you too! I'm curious about your friendship with my daughter and her friends." I nodded, patting his head. He was a bit too cute.
"Hahah, sure!" He nodded adorably.
