Chapter 4- Planning our Next Move

"Okay, let's do this..." Umairi said has he took his first steps on the cobblestone road.

(Lineiest Break in the history of Line Breaks)

Floor 1

November 7th, 2022

Umairi walked towards the entrance of The Sleeping Sheep, he had been gone for only an hour since he forgot that he was broke. They needed a way to get some money because only a 100 Col wasn't going to last them very long. Umairi entered the Inn and was greeted by the NPC, but he wasn't alone this time. Another player was currently at the desk. The player was, obviously, a female, with short, light brown hair. Umairi tried to walk past without being noticed but that damn NPC gave him away. The girl turned around and looked at him, she had reddish brown eyes and was surprisingly pretty. She had caught him staring right at her.

Well shit, he had to put himself in an awkward position, it's kinda hard to just walk away when somebody sees you staring at them.

"Uhh, hi." Umairi said, failing horribly at trying to act normal. "How do you do?"

The girl, who couldn't be any age over 12, replied "Good..."

"My names Umairi, what's yours?" Umairi asked still somehow making it sound awkward

"Umm...Silica." She responded being wary of Umairi.

"Silica, like the element Silicon?" Umairi asked has he relaxed, sort of.

"Yeah, like the element. Where did you get your name?" Silica asked, also seeming less tense.

Umairi replied "It's just my real life name spelled backwards."

"So your real life name is I-ri-amu? That's an interesting name." She responded, almost all tension leaving her atmosphere.

"Yeah, I don't know where my parents got it from, but I don't question it." Umairi responded.

He walked up to Silica and extended a hand for a handshake. She took his hand and shook it. What really surprised Umairi was how short she was, she was at least a head and a half shorter than him.

"Okay, I got to get back to my friends, I'll see you around." Umairi stated has he let go of her hand and started to walk back to his room.

"Okay, bye!" She called while turning back to the NPC.

Umairi mentally sighed, he thought he had handled that situation pretty well. That was probably the best time he had ever avoided an awkward conversation.

Has he entered room number One, he was immediately greeted by Haruto, who was sitting at the table. "Well, your back." Yoko said nothing, has usually.

"Warm welcome I see. I hope you've finally calmed down." Umairi replied, sarcastically.

Haruto shrugged. "Mostly."

"That's good enough for me." Umairi responded while pulling up a chair and sitting at the table in front of Haruto. "Okay, if we are going to survive this, we need to plan our next move. I say we move to nearest town away from here because soon, the fields will more likely be crawling with players."

"Not a bad plan, but I think we should stay here and gain new members for our guild." Haruto responded matter-of-factly.

"We're only on floor one, and besides, 3 of us versus a couple of monsters, we can handle that." Umairi replied.

"You know what, I don't want to argue, so whatever." Haruto stated while leaning back in the chair and crossing his arms.

Umairi just realized something, today was his birthday, he will be turning 15 at 3:25 pm. "I just remembered something, I'm 15 today." Umairi told no one in general.

"We'll good for you, you're now has old has me and Yoko." Haruto answered, he sounded like he didn't care.

"Thank you, but anyway, we'll be leaving in an hour so rest up." Umairi continued only shrugging off Haruto venous remark.

"I still think we should get more members." Haruto mumbled to himself.

"Like I said, we're 3 people, we can handle it." Umairi answered, even if the question was rhetorical.

(Ze Line Break)

2 hours later

"God damn-" Umairi cried has he jumped backwards, barely avoiding the dire wolf's bite. Yoko was standing far behind him, Haruto's health was in the red and was next to her. Umairi kicked back another wolf and used his bastard sword to swing at another. 1, maybe even 2 wolves they could handle, but a whole pack. He didn't have a shield since It would hinder his movements, which would have be really useful now.

The wolves backed off for a second, giving him at least some time for a breath. "I could really use some help, Yoko!" He yelled while preparing for the attack. Umairi saw the first few wolves creep their way towards him, getting ready to pounce. Just has it shot up, a blur flew by and killed it instantly. Before he knew it, all the wolves were dead, windows above their death spots showing the reward gained from them dying. The unknown killer turned out to be Yoko.

Umairi sat there, his jaw practically to the ground. "Wha...Wha..." Umairi didn't know how to react.

Yoko simply nodded and put her one-handed sword back in its scabbard. She walked pass Umairi and whispered "You're welcome."

A/N That is the end of chapter 4, Planning. I know, I'm not the best writer, but this story is outside my comfort zone, okay. I'm the comedy writer trying to write something serious and in the end, I still end up making jokes. I thought having a run in with Silica would be pretty cool and since Umairi is basically me, with a different personality, I thought "How would I act in a situation like that? Awkwardly of course!" I changed Yuuki's name to Yoko since I didn't realize that 2 other characters in the anime already had that name, so yeah, derp move me. By the way, if you don't know what a bastard sword is, it's basically a sword which you can use one or two hands to wield, I also call it a hand-and-a-half sword. Please Follow, Favorite, and Review you gorgeous readers. Bye!