ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 329 Part 1
ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 329: Encountering Big Name Part 1
The first entry of the distress diary of Sanraku (Shit Chronicles Online version): Dear Diary, today I got into trouble because of the excessive murderous intentions.
「…… Emul.」
「There are no reactions all around us…… We must have escaped for now. We should be safe!」
Alright, alright. We could still hear the might roars sounding in the distance, but we managed to put enough of a distance between us to rest for a while. Besides, the roars were coming from the opposite direction towards which we are heading.
「Now then…… Was this something that was bound to happen no matter what? No matter if you are playing solo or in a group?」
It’s not that much of a surprise that if we were to challenge that thing with a whole group, say…… fifteen people, it would have been much easier to defeat a monster like that. …… But no, could it be because it is a request from the Saint? Or maybe that the difficulty level of this quest depends on the amount of people that participate in it? Damn, I should have confirmed if it was possible to form a party for this quest or not…… And it may actually work against me that Emul is here. He is an NPC, but technically we form a party together.
「Well then…… Your Majesty, Your Highness, for now we have succeeded in escaping the ambush. However, we have ran away in the opposite direction to the Pioneer’s frontline base, so walking back there is going to take a while. We also must assume that there are going to be “obstacles” that we are going to deal with on our way back. …… Is that okay with you?」
「Yes, of course…… right about now beggars can’t be choosers, after all.」
Hmm? What is it, Princess? Is there something on my face? Why are you looking at me like that? Could you stop doing that? You make the darkness inside of my heart writhe and start to reawaken.
「Blade of the Avenger…… Allow me to offer my sincerest gratitude for rescuing both myself and my daughter.」
「Ah…… Right, I’m honored.」
I have little to no knowledge when it comes to role playing knights and such…… Aside from the United Rounds, that is. But that’s about it. However, I have seen some top quality knight role playing in those last few days, so I may be able to pull it off here just fine.
So I kneel down and accept the King’s praise.
If you do not show proper etiquette in moment like this one, it is quite possible that you are going to lose favor with those at power. And it would be wise to not invoke the wrath of any such person in here if I can help it.
「Now, please state your name.」
「I do not like to give my name so easily and come into the spotlight, but…… My name is Sanraku. And this little fellow here is Emul. He is a Vorpal Bunny. He may look like a monster, but he is a reliable companion that I would not exchange for anyone else.」
「Fufufun!」
For some reason, Emul stands proudly on top of my head, puffing his chest forward. Fortunately, the King must have seen stranger things in his life for he left the fact that there was a Vorpal Bunny on my head without comment. However, the First Princess seemed to be staring at Emul with mixture of both astonishment and curiosity.
「Sanraku…… Sanraku-sama, is that right?」
「Nguh!?」
Ugh, I think that I’m going to have a seizure here.
「Umm…… Your actions, you have really impressed me with them!」
「Nguguguh!!!」
Uguah! Yet another dark memory I would like to forget!
「Back there, you were like, yes, that’s right! Like a Hero straight up from the world of fairy tales!」
「Kuh……」
Calm down, calm down, me…… Stay, STAY, don’t do anything stupid…… No stand by, and aim well, stand by and aim well, you only get one shot at this…… HUH!? What the hell am I doing here!? Why am I thinking about aiming my blades at the Princess’s carotid arteries all of a sudden!?
She has nothing to do with Shit Chronicles Online! Don’t get people mixed up or confused! She is certainly not a character that would die on you the very next second after she just got introduced into the story! Even the Gods of the Dead have more respect for people than that!!!
「Y-You certainly overestimate me, Your Royal Highness. After all, I am merely a rootless blade of grass…… a simple Pioneer who’s only redeeming quality is his ability to fight.」
Ahh, it’s no good. The more I look at her, the more she starts to resemble the princess from Shit Chronicles Online. The only difference here being the fact that Shit Chronicle Online’s Princess was more Elf-like. This was due to the fact that she was a Greater Spirit that just got transformed into a human by the last boss.
But this Princess right here is entirely human, and as far as I was able to estimate from our interactions thus far, she was just your normal and typical Princess character. She was just your beautiful girl, with nothing shady or bullshit going on about her under that pretty façade of hers. Or at least that was something I was hoping for here.
However, her facial features were just like Shit Chronicles Online. Was it really a coincidence here? Or could it be that someone is screwing here with me?
For example, if you know the true nature of Pencilgton, you will know that this perfect smile of hers that you can see on the covers of magazines is nothing more but a fake, a front she puts up for the sake of her work. Same with Katsu. If you know that he really is passive to a fault, and that humoristic side of his is fake as well, you will have no trouble in dominating over Uomi Kei in any interview. It is all really laughable when you start thinking about it.
It’s all but a matter of cognition and concept imprinting, really. I think that there was even a name for such a phenomenon. What was it, again? Pavlov’s dog? Yeah, I think it was something like that.
「With an ability to fight quite like that…… Sanraku-sama, should it please you, would you consider becoming my knight and……」
「Now, Aphilia, please calm down. This is hardly the time and the place for discussing things like that.」
「Ah…… Yes, Father. That’s right. I’m sorry for showing you such a shameful display.」
I’m sorry as well. I’m at my limit here. I cannot role play a noble knight all the time nearly as efficiently as Joset and her people do.
「Anyways, I do realize that this may not suit your tastes and preferences, but you must be prepared for the possibility of us having to rest at the local inn should we find any around here.」
「Certainly…… Mhh, I should be grateful that we have managed to escape death here, so luxuries are hardly of my concern right about now.」
Emul’s “Gate” ability can basically transport the player and his/her companions only to places they have previously been to. Of course, certain events were an exception to that rule, and it was also impossible to teleport out of the locations that were all part of the Unique Scenarios EX. I was also able to open a simple gate, but I needed a magic scroll for that.
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