Chapter 414 – Access
As we got closer, the sensor flashed and the door opened by itself.
A neat entrance hall and a living room with a sofa welcomed us.
It was not an empty house.
The furniture was also nicely furnished.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been living in the big Great Devil’s Castle for quite a long time?
The atmosphere like a home on Earth seemed somehow familiar, and I felt awkward yet warm.
Perhaps this is what Suni set up.
This was possible because it is a comfortable world where you can sit still and buy a house if you set your mind to it.
“Master! I’ll guide you around the house!”
For some reason, Sunni looked quite happy.
“This is the master’s room.”
Sunni opened the door to one of the rooms on the second floor and said.
Of course, there was a large bed, and it was a neat and spacious room.
From the window, I could see the white sandy beach, the clear lake, and the splendid view of the city on the other side.
“Did you know that if you need anything more, you can order it online, right? I sent the address of this place to the owner’s smartphone. Most items will arrive within a day.”
She was an online shopper of her own on Earth, so it was easy to understand what she was talking about.
“And this is the room where the master’s capsule is placed.”
Suni opened the door to the next room.
A large virtual reality capsule was placed in a slightly smaller room than mine.
A virtual reality capsule dedicated to Pantera access.
It was a capsule that looked 30 percent larger than the one I saw in the hotel.
The price is also more expensive.
Maybe that’s why the exterior made of metal looks more luxurious.
She said, ‘I heard that it can be summoned as a mid-level demon…’
However, since Pantera could only create one avatar, it was a function that could not be used now.
I wondered if Pantera’s avatar was still doing well.
‘Has the day passed? Two days?’
I thought it would be nothing special, but…
Hardcore with no pauses or saves.
As a result, I wasn’t all that relieved.
I lay down in a virtual reality capsule.
I felt the comfort of not needing a bed.
It was comfortable, but the bed seemed better for lying down with a woman.
The cover closed softly, and I felt a floating feeling as if I was in zero gravity, which I had completely grown accustomed to.
[There is a record of using virtual reality.]
[Do you want to load the settings of the existing account?]
It seemed that I could call up the setting information of the virtual reality capsule I used at the hotel.
I chose YES.
Then, the virtual reality avatar I made at the hotel and the beach I had designated as my residence appeared.
Changing to a better device did not seem to make any special difference.
I sat down on the sandy beach and tried manipulating virtual reality.
It was possible to do things like web surfing and internet search that could be done in the avatar living space, which could be called a kind of waiting room. However, it was impossible to run other virtual reality games.
This was expected because it was a capsule made exclusively for connecting to Pantera.
The moment I was about to take a quick look at the function of such a new capsule and connect to Pantera.
[Titling! A message has arrived.]
[Cowra: Bark. Can I meet you for a moment?]
I got a call from Kaura.
Of course, the story we are asking to meet now will be in this virtual reality, not in reality.
Although we cannot meet in the Zerdia electric game like before, we could invite each other’s avatars or visit each other’s living space in this virtual reality.
[Bark: Are you coming? Or should I go.]
I sent a message to Kaura.
[Titling! Kaura invited you.]
[Do you accept the invitation?]
When I chose YES, a portal-like thing was created in front of me.
I put myself into the portal.
After passing through the portal, I felt the refreshing scent of grass and at the same time stepped on the soft grass.
A picturesque forest with tall tall trees and clear sunlight shining through them caught my eye.
A little away, I saw a small and pretty cabin made of wood.
In front of the cabin, Cowra, dressed in a white dress, greeted me with a light wave of her hand.
Cowra seemed to have forested her living space of her virtual reality.
She led me to a table on the terrace.
There were cute refreshments on the table.
“How have you been doing?”
She asked me how she was with a slightly awkward face.
“Well…Well.”
“How are you these days?”
“I did Pantera… And moved to Zefia.”
Cowra was quietly watching me.
It seemed that he was concerned about meeting me on the train.
“Don’t worry, I won’t report you being on the train.”
I roughly guessed why she called me, so she told me honestly.
“Hmm? Hey, a train? I don’t know what you’re talking about?”
Cowra let go of her pretense, showing a puzzled look to anyone.
I was a man of manners.
I had no intention of interrogating her for that.
“If you want to think so, you can… Well, I have to connect to Pantera, so stop.”
I got my butt off the chair.
“Hey, wait!”
Kaura urgently called me and stopped me.
“Why?”
After she hesitated for a moment, Kaura sighed and opened her mouth.
“…How did you recognize me?”
“Your body is not something I can easily forget.”
“…What?”
She thinks for a moment about the meaning of my words and puts on an absurd expression.
“Only with that?”
“That’s just it. That’s enough. You can have confidence in your body.”
“Ha…You’re the only one who recognizes people that way.”
Is it a compliment?
“…What do you think of Rebellion?”
“Rebellion? I have no idea.”
“Then…Why did you ask about Helena before?”
“Helena? And why Helena? Is that important?”
“You know that Helena freed the demons, right?”
“You know… Do you really want to free human slaves like Helena?”
“That’s right. They are people just like us. Their skin color is only different. Does it make sense to enslave them?”
I don’t think there’s anything wrong…
If you see such things happening regardless of Earth, Pantera, or Pandemonium, wouldn’t it be safe to say that originally humans… No, if they are creatures with intelligence?
“Bark… Do you have any plans to come to Rebellion?”
Kaura looked carefully at my face and asked.
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After talking with Kaura, I connected to Pantera.
She said she would think about her invitation.
She wasn’t interested in Libel, but she was interested in Kaura, so she wanted to leave a string of ties.
The avatar was in her cross-legged position as before the first logout.
Fortunately, it doesn’t seem like I was attacked by surprise.
What… The person who will aim for my life.
Maybe it’s because I’m still living kindly, I can only think of Hestia, who noticed that I was a demon.
I saw Karen sleeping in an uncomfortable position at the bedside where I was sitting cross-legged.
In the name of her training, she logged out and gave her another room to make her feel comfortable.
Even so, I came here and fell asleep like this.
She doesn’t want to fall with me.
I don’t know why.
Just because he’s a black magician… I don’t feel it.
If it was the original body, there would be a corner that would be a little understandable, but this is an avatar.
That’s not to say I have any complaints…Just minor doubts.
In any case, getting a good woman like Karen from the beginning is a huge benefit.
I stroked her hair while she was sleeping.
Feeling my touch, Karen opened her eyes. I could see the joy in her eyes as she looked at me. The corners of her mouth were also raised slightly, which made her feel good.
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I headed to the mercenary guild with Karen.
It was time to level up by requesting a mercenary since I had a rough look at the errands outside.
I looked at the mercenary request board.
With the quest to subdue the last goblin village, we went up to D-class in one shot.
It seemed that the mercenary guild paid attention to whether they judged me to have the skills of a knight.
The mercenary level cannot be raised simply by force.
When requests are accumulated and reliable credit is built up, the grade goes up.
It’s not like it’s great to be promoted as a D-class mercenary at once.
It was a bit more reliable than an F-class mercenary, worth watching.
You have to be a C-class to be able to say that you belong to a real mercenary guild.
The actual mercenary guild treats it that way too.
From then on, I can do missions like escorting the upper ranks.
Entrusting escort missions to F- or D-class mercenaries who don’t even know where they came from is crazy.
D-class or F-class mercenaries who don’t know when they’re going to be stabbed in the back, even if they fail, there are many simple monster subjugation requests with no risk to the mercenary guild.
I tore off a suitable D-class request attached to the request board.
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The scandal between the Holy Knight Hestia and Bark reached the ears of Franz Crea, the son of Lord Crea.
“The noble Lord Hestia is dating a lowly mercenary?! What kind of monstrous thing is that!”
Franz saw Hestia and fell in love at first sight.
If it were an ordinary nobleman, he would have tried to include marriage talks, but unfortunately, Hestia was a paladin of the Church of Terra.
It was not something that could be done carelessly.
Franz was trying to build a friendship with Hestia by going in and out of the Terra Church temple in the name of donation.
She was doing her heartburn like that… Hearing such absurd rumors that blemish her nobleness, she just couldn’t let it go.
