The 25th floor of Aincrad, the main street.
Lizbet's Weapon Shop.
When Fangzheng walked into the shop, the first thing he saw was Lizbet's lifeless face.
"What's wrong? You look like you've been raped. "
Fangzheng greeted Lizbet with a smile as he looked at her, who was lying on the counter as if she had been raped. When Lizbet heard Fangzheng's voice, she opened her eyes and looked at him, then let out a long sigh.
"Sigh ….."
After sighing, Liz closed her eyes again and rested her chin on the counter, motionless.
"What's going on? You got dumped? Don't worry, you'll find the right man. "
"Who's looking for the right man!"
Hearing this, Liz stopped pretending to be dead. She slammed the table and stood up, glaring at Fangzheng angrily. At that moment, Yui poked her head out from behind Fangzheng and waved at Liz.
"Hello, Sister Liz."
When she saw Yui, Liz's lioness expression suddenly turned into that of a house cat. She glared at Fangzheng, then smiled and waved at Yui.
"Yo, isn't this Yui? Hello? I hope I didn't scare you. "
"No, but Sister Liz, what happened to you just now?"
"Nothing, it's just that ….. I thought of something unpleasant."
Liz replied helplessly, then looked at Fangzheng.
"You're here to pick up the goods, right?"
"Yeah, you should be done with them, right?"
"Of course I'm done …."
As she spoke, Liz opened her inventory, but after looking at the weapons in the inventory, she could not help but complain.
"What's wrong with your brain?"
"Huh?"
Hearing Liz's complaint, Fangzheng was stunned for a moment.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean these weapons!"
Liz's saliva almost flowed out of her mouth as she looked at the various morphing weapons in her inventory. Not long after the boss was defeated on the 25th floor, Fangzheng came to Lizbet's shop and gave her a few weapon blueprints for her to build.
At first, Lizbet didn't pay much attention to the weapons, but after they were made, the more she looked at them, the more she couldn't bear to part with them. Not only were they beautiful, but they were also easy to use. Fortunately, Liz knew that she had professional ethics. Otherwise, she would have run away with the weapons!
Because these weapons were too good looking!! Why isn't it mine!!!
Right now, Liz was like a bank clerk, watching as the bills flowed through her hands like water, but not a single one belonged to her ….
This feeling was not good at all!
"I'll give you half the price. How about you build one for me?"
"Of course. As long as you join the Darkmoon Sword, I'll forge it for you."
In response to Liz's request, Fangzheng calmly gave an answer. Hearing Fangzheng's answer, Liz pouted in dissatisfaction. Fangzheng had previously invited her to join the Darkmoon Sword, but as a production-type player, Liz was not willing to join a specific guild.
She had only forged a Beast Cutter for Fangzheng before, so she didn't particularly care about it. But this time, when she saw the various gorgeous and cool weapons Fangzheng designed for others, Liz, as a craftsman, could no longer hold it in. How nice would it be if she could have such a cool weapon … .But ….
Selling my body for a weapon?
That's a bit cheap ….
"Let me think about it."
After hesitating for a long time, Liz still couldn't make a decision. After all, her current life was pretty good. Although the Transformable Weapons were great, Liz felt that she was at a disadvantage if she had to trade herself for them. Fangzheng didn't care. Liz was indeed the most skilled and highest-leveled blacksmith he knew, but it didn't mean that he couldn't forge weapons without her. If worse came to worst, Fangzheng could just practice forging himself ….
But it would take a lot more time.
"Forget it. Let's finish the goods first."
Liz shook her head and threw the matter to the back of her mind. Then, she clicked on her item bar and began to hand over the goods to Fangzheng.
"I've made these weapons according to your requirements. I used the best materials, so there shouldn't be any problems …. Of course, I can't do anything if there are problems. After all, your weapons are too strange …."
Listening to Liz's complaints, Fangzheng just smiled and did not say anything. After putting away the weapons, he patted Yui's little head and led her out of the weapon shop.
As they walked towards the Teleportation Crystal, Fangzheng also brought Kuri with him. He listened to her giggling as she described the nearby shops. Unlike Fangzheng, Kuri enjoyed strolling along the streets. She knew all about the shops, restaurants, places to eat delicious food, and hidden shops on every level's main street. She knew all about it. This made Yui quite popular with the girls. Every time they went shopping, they would bring Yui along to enjoy themselves.
But ….. they still had no clue about Yui's background. Fortunately, as the days passed, Yui gradually became familiar with the others. Apart from the fact that she had not recovered her memory, Yui was no different from an ordinary child.
"Daddy!"
Just as the two of them reached the end of the street, Yui suddenly stopped and pointed curiously not far away.
"Look over there! Sister Ying Lili is there!"
"Ying Lili?"
Hearing Yui's words, Fangzheng stopped and looked in the direction where Yui was pointing. Sure enough, Ying Lili was sitting at a table not far away with a bottle of drink in her hand. Her eyes were staring blankly at the sea and the sky beside her. Her expression seemed a little gloomy.
"Sister Ying Lili doesn't seem very happy …. Did something happen?"
Seeing Ying Lili's expression, Yui approached Fangzheng uneasily and asked in a low voice. During the days he spent with the little one, Fangzheng found that Yui was very sensitive to other people's mood fluctuations. She could immediately sense whether others were happy or angry. Obviously, she was a very sensitive child.
"Hmm …. Let's go and take a look."
Seeing Ying Lili in such a daze, Fangzheng felt that something was amiss. After all, Ying Lili was a very lively and cheerful person in the guild. It was rare for her to be like this. Could she have gotten into a conflict with someone in the guild?
Thinking of this, Fangzheng held Yui's hand and walked towards Ying Lili.
The blonde twintailed girl seemed to be in a daze. Even when Fangzheng and Yui walked up to her, she did not notice them. Seeing Ying Lili like this, Fangzheng sighed helplessly. He stretched out his hand and knocked on the table.
"Ying Lili?"
"Hmm …. Huh? Who is it? "
Hearing Fangzheng's voice, Ying Lili was stunned for a moment. Then, she suddenly jumped up and looked at Fangzheng in surprise. When she saw the two of them, she let out a long sigh.
"Really, it's Mr. Fangzheng and Yui, don't scare me …."
"I didn't mean to scare you, but what's wrong with you?"
Fangzheng pulled out a chair and let Yui sit down. He then sat opposite Ying Lili and looked at her curiously.
"Did you quarrel with the people in the guild? Or is there something on your mind? If there is, why don't you tell me? Maybe I can help? "
"Hmm …. It's not a big deal …."
Hearing Fangzheng's question, Ying Lili hesitated for a moment. She reached out her hand and swirled the straw in the cup. After a while, she whispered.
"Mr. Fangzheng, if we clear the 100th floor, we'll leave this world and return to the real world, right?"
"That's right."
"…. To be honest, I don't know ….. if I want to go back."
"Oh?"
Upon hearing this, Fangzheng pricked up his brows in curiosity.
"Why?"
"… Because I have a boy I like."
Ying Lili paused for a moment, then continued.
"To be precise, I 'used' to have a boy I liked. His looks are far worse than yours, Mr. Fangzheng. He's a common, unremarkable guy. He's an otaku, an idiot who knows how to relax in the library, an idiot who holds an animation seminar during the school festival. But it was such a guy that I fell in love with. Or rather … I've always liked him. "
"…."
Fangzheng did not interrupt. At least for now, he had already guessed the ending.
"Then, that idiot came to me one day and said that he met 'that person' and planned to make a game with her as the main character. To be honest, at that time, I didn't really care, because I knew that he was an idiot who only had 2D in his eyes. The reason why he liked that girl was probably because he wanted to see her in 2D, and not the real her. But, I was wrong …. "
Ying Lili lowered her head and clutched the cup tightly with both hands.
"… Although many things happened in between, in the end, I still lost. Just like Gabrielle said, I'm a loser. Although I'm proud of being his childhood sweetheart, in fact, we've only known each other since elementary school, and he has a childhood sweetheart who has been with him since he was born. Compared to her, I'm just a fake …. Besides, he also found his' that person '…. "
"… To be honest, I was really upset and sad, so after I came out of the Stealth game, I used the excuse of collecting materials to enter the game. Unlike others, when I learned that I might never be able to leave the game again, I even felt a little happy deep down. If I lived in the game forever, or if I died in battle one day, I wouldn't have to return to that hateful real world, and I wouldn't have to face all those troubles again. He wouldn't have to worry about me anymore, and he could date whoever he wanted …. "
Having said that, Ying Lili turned her head and looked at the sea not far away.
"I've thought about it before. Maybe it's not a bad thing for me to die like this. That guy might feel sad for me. But they'll still date each other, and one day, they'll get married. Maybe ten years later, they'll bring their children to burn incense for me, and then they'll reminisce about all the silly things that happened when we played the game together in front of my grave …. And all I need to do is become a picture on the gravestone, blessing them with a smile on my face …. "
… …..
You've arranged yourself too clearly, haven't you?
Fangzheng was speechless as he looked at the cold aura Ying Lili exuded. However, it wasn't that he couldn't understand. After all, girls of this age valued love more than life and death. Just look at the novels written by the poor. The heroines who jumped off cliffs, rivers, and seas for love didn't even blink. They were even named as "the generation's master who understood love the most" …
"You're still young and so cute. Why are you talking about death?"
Thinking of this, Fangzheng shook his head.
"You still have a long life ahead of you. You have to think about your parents. Falling out of love is painful, but as long as you find a new one, won't it be solved? There are plenty of fish in the sea, so why do you have to be so attached to a single flower? There are so many men in the world. Do you really have to hang yourself on a crooked tree? With your qualifications, isn't it a piece of cake to confess to any man? "
"Really?"
Hearing Fangzheng's words of comfort, Ying Lili turned her head and looked at Fangzheng curiously. Fangzheng nodded.
"Of course. If you don't believe me, you can find a guy on the street who doesn't have a girlfriend and confess to him. See if he'll agree."
"Then …."
This time, Ying Lili hesitated for a while before she stared at Fangzheng and spoke again.
"What if I want to confess to you, Mr. Fangzheng?"
"… Huh?"
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