In front of Name’s private room, a crowd of people was bustling.
The matter that arose was bigger than the age controversy surrounding her.
How on earth did they bring an NPC from the game out into the real world?
When the world was cleared, the NPCs who had been companions remained in the peaceful world of Woloa.
So, if they wanted to see them while playing another game, they could interact with them anytime by going to story mode.
The residents of Arseria, who showcased outstanding emotional connection, were widely regarded as worthy of being used as software for emotional robots in the future.
One of them had escaped from the game.
The broadcast remained silent.
Therefore, a few viewers accessed ‘VR SPACE’ and marked the coordinates of the Unspecified Gender’s private room, waiting.
“Open the Unspecified Gender’s door!”
“Is Adella really inside?”
“Didn’t you see the broadcast? It was definitely her!”
“Unspecified Gender, explain yourself! Explain yourself! Explain yourself!”
Ownership of the cleared open world belonged to each player.
However, can we really consider the act of bringing an NPC to one’s own VR SPACE a violation of intellectual property rights?
The public had no time to ponder such complex thoughts.
The galju of the world of Arseria. This was not just a term used in Korea.
Because Adella, the cat of dawn, was now vividly alive and moving.
[▶Private Mode – OFF]
[▶Communication Mode – ON]
Eventually, a green grassy area filled with a white background appeared.
A fence was erected to delineate the border, and the transparent house regained its shape.
At that moment, eagerly awaiting the door to open, a young girl was the first to step forward and greet the crowd.
“How many people are there?”
Name squinted one eye and tried to estimate the number of people in front of the house.
There had to be at least 500; combining those rushing from behind, it was certain that it exceeded thousands.
Despite such a large gathering of people, a heavy silence lingered.
No one dared to speak.
At that moment, when it felt strangely peculiar,
Another girl, dressed in a black cloak, stepped into the spotlight, and
“Waaaah!”
“Isn’t that the real Adella?”
A thunderous cheer erupted.
“Adella! Adella! Adella! Adella! Adella!”
One audience member shouted her name loudly.
Others joined in, their voices rising together, echoing her name in the space.
Adella felt uneasy about the situation.
“What… what’s going on…?”
As Adella unknowingly took a step back, Name gently pushed her forward.
“These are your fans.”
“I have fans? Why?”
Seeing the genuinely embarrassed Adella blush made Name smile softly.
“You were undoubtedly the most remarkable person in the world of Arseria.”
Adella’s brow furrowed slightly.
No matter how fake the world she lived in was, Adella thought that there were many better people than herself.
However, the name Adella that was endlessly being chanted.
“Do you still not believe it?”
Name took her hand and walked forward into the crowd.
As they walked, Adella’s head continually shook side to side.
Even her long eyelashes fluttering nervously were pitiful.
In the meantime, Name randomly brought one viewer inside the fence.
It had inadvertently turned into an interview situation.
“What’s your name?”
“Um… Oh! Eston Merlin. Please call me Merlin!”
“Alright, Merlin, let’s do a short interview. Why do you think Adella is so beloved in the world of Arseria?”
Hearing that, Adella felt her heart sink.
In a way, she was a person furthest from love.
Abandoned by the mother of the Defender and never recognized by the father at the Academy.
Until she turned eighteen, she had no friends, and her life was always full of betrayal and loneliness.
Just as she was about to tell Name to retract the question,
Merlin thoughtfully stroked his chin and slowly began to speak.
“I would rather like to ask. What reason is there not to consider Adella the most charming character in Woloa?”
Name smiled contentedly at Merlin’s words.
Adella, who had been drooping her head, gradually lifted it.
“The world of Arseria is wrapped in dreams and hopes, but examining it closely shows it’s not much different from a dystopia. All characters move with their own ambitions and beliefs, which presents various trials for us players.”
Adella and Merlin locked eyes.
Adella shuddered at the smile Merlin gave her.
“But I think the dream Adella has is dazzlingly beautiful. Even in a dark reality, she never lost her dream and always did her best at her tasks.”
She was merely lacking in skill and was overly enthusiastic.
Even though she had failed many missions in Abyss, she managed to rise again from those failures.
“Those who truly did not recognize her worth were busy denouncing her, but in the end, her true value was revealed in a noble sacrifice that no one expected.”
The noise of the audience slowly dwindled as the serious interview continued.
“There has never been a situation where NPCs took the lead like this. If Adella had taken over Unspecified Gender’s body, she could have achieved her dream. But Adella did not do that. What she wished for was not wealth and honor, but rather recognition from her companions.”
Approaching the quietly trembling Adella, Name quietly asked if she was okay.
She nodded slightly, biting her lips tightly.
Merlin, having confirmed the girls, concluded his interview.
“There are many NPCs with outstanding skills and stats. But do you remember the catchphrase of the world of Arseria?”
– Purity, exploration, and the last remaining is companionship –
Many, including Name, nodded in agreement.
“Ultimately, the person who realized ‘companionship’ in its most perfect form was only Adella. Because it is a heroic virtue that ordinary people cannot possess, she deserves all this praise. Adella, you’re the best!”
“Waaaah!”
“I love Adella!”
“You were so cool when you defeated Asmodeus!”
“You’re so beautiful, Adella!”
The sound of whistles and unarticulated cheers echoed in the cat girl’s ears.
Merlin, having stepped back outside the fence, waved her hand in a gesture similar to the others.
To the petrified Adella, Name casually said,
“They all cheered us on wholeheartedly to save you. Because you are worth it.”
“I… I…”
Adella’s voice was slightly choked.
It was no doubt because of an unfamiliar sensation she had never experienced before swirling through her body.
“If you want, I can send you back to your world. There, you would become the hero who vanquished the demons, and the royal family would offer you all kinds of wealth and titles.”
That was the right of an NPC who had cleared the game.
“You would sleep in the best inn in the capital, and you could eat any food you desired. A whole world would become yours.”
However, Adella, who seemed to frown slightly as if the outcome was already decided, shook her head vigorously.
Still, Adella asked out of courtesy.
“What if I say I want to stay here?”
“You would get to meet your many fans in this world. Although this is virtual reality, since real currency is involved, you would still have to sleep in a ‘small room’ for now.”
“What kind of backhanded comment was that…!”
Adella wiped her tears and smiled brightly.
“But it will take time until I can save your physical body. I can’t use golem magic like I used to, so I’ll do my best.”
“Right now, it feels like it’d be great to live here.”
Her legs began to move slowly.
The thousands of people who had come to see Adella were now surrounding the fence.
Taking in each of their appearances, Adella felt an inexplicable surge in her heart.
“It’s going to be… really fun here.”
“VR Space is a fun world too.”
“Can I go out right now?”
“Wait a moment; I’ll set your name first.”
[▶Please enter your nickname.]
“What does our cat-human lady’s name be?”
Name asked playfully while manipulating the interface.
Adella responded with a bright smile.
“My name is Adella. I’m Adella, the cat of dawn!”
After 17 regressions, the name was preserved.
The name of the first AI living in a new world, Name commented as follows.
“I don’t know who named it, but it’s quite a silly name.”
“Oh, Sister!”
*
[▶Would you like to connect to the world of Arseria?]
[May the blessings of the World Tree be upon you.]
While Adella was having fun playing, I immediately logged back into the game to check my inventory.
[Memories of Mephistopheles – α]
[The memories of Mephistopheles scattered in the fog of death. There are no curses to be found in the fog.]
[Cast: Emotion]
It was a completely useless item given as a kind of loot for clearing the final boss.
Unfortunately, the admin rights vanished along with logging out, but it seemed that using emotional magic to peek was still acceptable.
A simple item code of ten lines appeared, just like before.
It was short, as it had no significant abilities.
However, when I opened the file that indicated 57,344 bytes, there was information totaling 57,345 bytes.
One byte had been added in between.
Could I take a look at the information that was added last?
I could.
[search: 4]
“So that’s how it was. No wonder they kept telling me to defeat Mephisto.”
Messages sent to an unspecified number of people.
And Mephistopheles usually appeared as an object predominantly at ranks that were Challenger or higher.
It seemed that the Woloa broadcast would last much longer than I had thought.
