Alrain: As much as I love Log Horizon I won't bother with getting all the scenes in this chapter because I want to focus on some other things, so there will be some scenes missing since they aren't worth mentioning.

Chapter 7: Some Memories and Taking over Akihabara.

"Dead is what you are," said Shiroe as he cut down another player dead who had been cocky enough to go after him for being an Enchanter, just another one dying before him to take his place...no, the one he just killed was just going after him because he felt like killing him. After all, he was an Enchanter.

Looking at what the GM announced how many players were left it showed that he was one of the 5 players left, but in his eyes, it meant 2 more had to die, and then he would follow up to do it to take the 3rd place and while the 1st and 2nd place had good prizes he didn't want them. Not because of doubt about his class but the end fight that would surely tire him out and make the price not so worth it at all, nor was he in for fighting and aimed for the 3rd to get his own set of skills.

Being an Enchanter everyone went after him for seeing him as the weakest and mockery was sent into his direction, but he made them eat their words as he ensured chaos on the field and dodging and weaving causing many spells to miss him and end up killing others. No Healing-Classes were available it was mostly Weapon and the Main-Classes fighting, he had taken advantage of them unable to heal themselves and while he couldn't do that he went for dodging and range, traps and trickery, and beating them into doing the things he wanted them to do.

'Can't even find a friend in here,' he simply sat down and waited for the others to take each other out.

He wished he had some social skills to make some friends but he made his mistake of choosing his class of what he represented in real life, always independent, and not once did he ask for help at all because he was nervous and his eyes made others a bit scared. He had chosen this class because he wanted to become dependent on others but the Class revealed again the ugly side of humans, they criticized his choice of class and didn't find him useful forcing him to become independent again.

"1st place to the Empress of China: Wu Zetian, so she's winning again, 2nd place to the Avalon's Paladin: King Arthur, 3rd place goes to...me," he didn't bother to listen to the other 2 contestants that became 1 now. Meaning he had to go find the last one and kill him or her and claim the 3rd place and get his rewards, he knew this one would probably be wary and expect a strong class like the Assassin but never expect she would be killed by an Enchanter.

He would gloat about it as no person would team up with him, they would underestimate him again, just kill him for fun and nothing else.

"Yes! My darling, you can't trust anyone as no one will trust you~!" whispered a dark feminine voice with Shiroe not flinching yet wanting to like the mix of weirdness inside of him that told him he has never heard this voice, yet a part of him found the voice familiar.

"You're right...I can't trust anyone on Earth nor Theldesia..." muttered Shiroe a bit hypnotized as everything became a bit hazy for him insight.

"Elves and Dwarves are disgusting beings saying that they are loved children of nature but above all humans are the most disgusting beings..." the woman halted for a second as bad memories resurfaced back into her head and the scars and trauma she received from the humans, why she was kept alive and the things they did to her and unable to fight back as they used the technology and theories of HER people who worked very hard to attain that knowledge and to receive this comfort. "They have taken our land, drove us to extinction, and killed regardless of age, gender, or state!?"

"Humans...they are the most disgusting beings...even while access and the bounties of nature given to them they won't return the favor," nature has given them so much and taught them so much yet never received something back in return.

"They are the threat to Theldesia…no, the whole world, they will destroy it if they ever got their hands back on the lost information of us Alvs, thousands of precious lives, the beings loved by nature and advancement lost through those 3 races. Kill them all and make them all feel our pain as how we have lost our beloved ones and all the things we worked hard for to get...no, even better do what they did to us but leave the killing of the children out, don't want us to be completely like them," the woman hovered in front of Shiroe but wasn't visible as only her body was shown colored completely dark purple and her eyes glowing red and cupped Shiroe's face, leaning forward to him almost closing the gap between their lips but stopped at letting their noses touch.

"Yes...the day they took you away from me and our child is the day more of them died but I wished I had taken more of them with me to hell!" growled Shiroe.

Hell? What was he talking about?

A part of him got more aware of what was around him and that small part was thinking why he said that he had killed and had died but he was alive here in Elder Tales, right? No, there was a lot off about him aside from his attitude towards Humans, Elves, and Dwarfs...wait, why was he referring to them by their race names and not using the word races?

"Yes, my husband, soon you will sit on the throne and rule the world as even in death you left a plan and even gone through one to make sure all of those filthy races will die," finally the woman had a smile on her face which was just a red line that opened up and became a crescent moon and her eyes became the shape of crescent moons but turned downwards making her look evil, but the small part of Shiroe saw his body and face reacting differently as it smiled the same evil way as the woman. "And all of us will take our seats next to you and we will raise our children to become Emperors and Empresses of the world!"

Shiroe almost fell out of his bed as the moment he woke up he forced himself into the sitting position but the blankets that covered him blocked certain movements and almost constricted him, it happened and he fell off his bed and got into an awkward position with his senses in disarray and inside his head formed a small headache. "What in the name am I dreaming?"

He would never tell anyone about this dream because he certainly never had such dreams and if someone like KR were to hear it then he would never hear the end of it because he was certain that KR would shout nonsense out of the Villain in Glasses showing his true color and intents on to conquer the world and become the Emperor of it. The stupid part about it was that it was so easy to imagine him trying to do something like that and all the other images came and made Shiroe cringe into himself and plead to his mind to stop, too late as certain images came into his mind ranging from him wearing sunglasses and pouring money down on whoever is underneath him bowing, being surrounded by women dressed in scandalous outfits, and other things he couldn't think the words of.

His rescue was, however, one of his bad habits as his eye landed on the paperwork and woke his memory up of what happened yesterday and the plans on how to conquer Akihabara.

There were just a few documents he had to check and he forced his brain to remember and the information written on it, these had to be brought to Marielle but he was sure that she was exhausted too and still sleeping compared to him who was used to working late in the night. Getting up he carried all the paperwork towards Marielle's room and placed it next to her door and headed for the living room, a delicious smell invaded his nostrils notifying him that the Chief was awake and making breakfast for everyone, Akatsuki was awake and sipping some green tea with a delightful expression even if she wasn't smiling.

"Good morning, Milord, have you slept well?"

"Shiroe-cchi, please, tell me that you slept on your bed and not your desk?"

"Good morning to you both and no, I got too into my work and slept on my desk,"

Lying to Nyanta wasn't a good thing having noted that he was one of those people that could see through almost any lie and strangely enough he had discovered that Kanami had been one of those people, and he had learned luckily not through the hard way as KR was the unfortunate one to get her scolding (Or tackled into the ground to be precise and earning him virtually broken ribs) and everyone else learned to not lie. Well, perhaps Kuina would love a tackle from Kanami knowing her not so subtle obsession with her and that such close contact was something she would welcome with open arms.

"Shiroe-cchi, you need to get rid of that bad habit of yours," scolded Nyanta.

"Getting rid of such a habit I have been doing for years isn't going to fade away even if it is you, Chief...then again I might have to start with that soon when the situation in Akihabara has improved," while Kanami may not be here there were plenty of other people who would scold him for staying so late aside from Nyanta who just did, Henrietta, Hibara, Pinata, Sylvia, and plenty of other friends he had made on Elder Tales with exception of the few that had the same habit as him of staying late up the night.

"Nya~! It must be hard to be this popular, how I miss those youthful days~!" commented Nyanta with an amused smile.

"Popular? Well, I am the Infamous Black Heart Glasses or the Cheater as what most see me and still don't believe," replied Shiroe eating his food from the plate he had been given not noticing that Nyanta let out a silent sigh of disappointment, not aimed at Shiroe but how people could be this shallow when it came to a game and that they stereo-typed the weak Class as useless. Now being proven wrong they just don't want to admit the very tiny amount of shame that their simple thoughts were proven wrong, better not believe it than believing and admitting shame and that 2nd part was simply childish as most who accused Shiroe of being a cheater were already adults.

Children could be forgiven and besides that, they easily believed it.

To Nyanta's opinion about Shiroe's infamous reputation he thought it as a great Metaphor that others should follow and should admire too as Shiroe's position had far more meaning than just a flashy title and game achievement, it was a symbol that the weakest could become the strongest as long as they worked very hard for it and Shiroe would never cheat, he had worked hard on combinations and techniques and loopholes that wouldn't be removed. He had read about this that the Developers laughed it off how the people accused Shiroe of being a cheater and revealed that it was through techniques and loopholes that allowed Shiroe to be this strong and that the loopholes did grant Shiroe power but not too much power but the desired combined effects of the spells he used, nobody could refute to this as the Enchanter-Class only advantage point was the huge amount of MP they had and nothing more while other classes had more benefits. Enchanters would need to have a Subclass just to have one more desired effect but this wasn't often practiced too. Threats were given to the developers by the ones who played Elder Tales but they laughed that off too as the majority didn't quit the game as they could only talk big, none of them were ever considering since all the hard work they put in their avatars would make all the time useless that they had spent on it.

"That's not true, Master Shiroe, you are popular across the seas," said Hibari standing behind Shiroe who almost jumped up at the silent approach of Hibari.

"And you're supposed to be a Samurai! Not a Shinobi!" complained Shiroe making Naotsugu laugh hard as he came down the stairs just in time to hear Shiroe's remark at Hibari's approach and how she went undetected to him and Akatsuki, the chibi seemed to be surprised as well as looked with envy how she was able to move without any noise to her steps.

"She's not the only one, right Sylvia?"

"What you said, Pinata,"

Shiroe yelped as he felt taps against his shoulders as Sylvia and Pinata sat next to him on both his sides while Akatsuki was left wondering how Sylvia was able to get in her seat and put her on another seat without noticing it.

"How do you do it every single time!?" shouted Shiroe exasperated as he'd gotten almost a heart attack at their sudden touch and appearance though he did hide how Hibari's chest against his back felt nice because he didn't have his cloak on he felt how soft they were and squished against his back. Though he wouldn't proclaim it out loud or think it out loud as he was thankful for the Alv-Racial Skill of being able to separate the mind and body from each other, so no worries about him speaking things out loud and enjoy Hibari's chest pressed against his back, he didn't deny that he didn't enjoy it as he was a healthy male with adult interests like every other male even if they denied it or bushed they couldn't deny their interest.

"That's a secret you will never get to know from me or the others," replied Hibari which was confirmed by Pinata and Sylvia nodding.

"Anyways, about in 2 hours the plan will be set in motion, you all know what you need to do and for now we start small but later on we will be able to expand further. If there are any questions on how to handle the situation or if there is any trouble then contact me at once, we will know the problems that aren't caused by the players after the 1st day of work so get on it everyone," ordered Shiroe.

"Sir, yes, sir!" responded everyone in the guild.

Forest.

"Alright! You know what to do and that is to not kill any of them but lower their HP a lot and capture them, because if we don't then we will be stuck here forever and have to do over hours of work!" said Naotsugu assigned to lead the hunting team to gather the ingredients along with Shouryuu; Hibari, Pinata, Silvia, and Hien, and he was taking this very seriously as being a former office man before coming into Elder Tales he had to work a lot of hours, not that he was poor but his job demanded a lot of hours of your life that he had hardly any free time and now way he was going to make a beginner's mistake even if these 2 things were very different.

"This is impossible! These damn Boars weigh at least between 100 to 130 Kg of meat and turn into a mere 2 Kg!" complained Hien who did want to help but capturing the boars was a big hassle but he preferred that then working hours and hours, even with his boredom he didn't want to work hours and hours hunting with his crossbow.

"Yes, but when you have a High-Level Chef, Hunter, of a Subclass that is related to cooking you get the whole package deal!" said Naotsugu cheerfully and shook his head before he would drool at the thought of eating so much boar meat, the boars, however, seemed to have read his thoughts and squealed angrily at the group and charged at them with various other mobs. "SUUWEET! Alright, boys and girls, our quota for today are 60 of each at least! Thanks to Shiroe lending us the item to summon Bicorns and Unicorns who return at our call we can get more if we want to!"

"Huh!? Then this won't be so bad then!"

"If it is for Marielle then I will catch 60 of each of them all by myself!"

"I won't disappoint you, Master Shiroe!"

"Bet I can get more than you!"

"Oh! Now it's on!"

'Why do I feel so jealous?' wondered the 2 boys as they stared at the 3 busty women declaring they would not lose the fight to gain the attention of the man they fell for which was Shiroe as it had been quite obvious, and the fact that Henrietta was also crushing on him despite the business demeanor she held towards him it was easy to see the 2 of them falling in love.

"If it makes you feel any better they go back a long time ago," said Naotsugu but it didn't seem to work as anger clouded their eyes and with that, the boys charged forward and began slashing/shooting respectively as the anger and jealousy got them even more motivated. "I can understand the anger..."

By no means was he a jealous person and wished for the happiness of Shiroe but he hoped the Enchanter would catch on quick before their patience runs low.

Kitchen.

"Please taste this, Chief!" Girov the Head chef of the Crescent Moon Alliance offered Chief Nyanta a sample of the new sauce he had been working with looking at the Chief with full anticipation of what he would find of the sauce, his fellow chef Ninjin the Second was also holding a small plate with his own sample of sauce waiting for his turn to have it evaluated by Chief Nyanta.

"Alright, let's sample this," dipping his pinky into the sauce he tasted and let his tastebuds and experience do the work and what should be added to it. "Could use a little more salt and perhaps a little bit of coriander as a secret ingredient, nya~!"

"Thank you very much, Chief!" exclaimed Girov with happiness.

"Chief, please, taste mine too!" asked Ninjin the Second offering his sample.

"Alright, let's see how good it is, nya~!" laughed Nyanta who didn't take notice of Serara peeking from a corner watching him with full admiration and ignorant of everything around her.

"Chief Nyanta, you're so wonderful!" squealed Serara but then yelped and jumped up when a hand was placed on her shoulder and firmly planted on it, turning around she saw Shiroe deadpanning at her making her now aware of her situation because Nyanta and his fellow chefs looked and some of the girls of the Crescent Moon Alliance stopped by too.

"Serara...please, go back to work and admire Chief Nyanta in your free time because as much as everyone understands how he is a role-model the time isn't right to admire him now, we've got plenty of work to do and we need everyone's help for this," said Shiroe and left the room while Serara was straight-up embarrassed how Shiroe pointed so openly out what she was doing.

"Serara...if it makes you feel better...you are kind of obvious when you think you are being secretive..." said Liliana.

It had the opposite effect as Serara turned with a mortified expression to her fellow girls who all had sheepish expressions that told her it was common knowledge here in the Crescent Moon Alliance that she was being obvious, Girov and Ninjin the Second looked to the side while Nyanta was straight-up amused. "Nya~! Shiroe-cchi still has his snark,"

Crescent Moon Alliance.

By the Crescent Moon Alliance, there were plenty of things to do as some girls were redesigning the clothing that seemed to be a bit too uptight and formal looking and hard to move in, the cooks were learning underneath Nyanta and making and testing recipes of the food.

But Marielle seemed to have the worst among them all as her face was planted down her office desk and had a few flies flying all over her and some signs that she hasn't bathed for a while, she looked like she was about to die and go back to the Temple to respawns from the exhaustion of her work. Her fingers twitched showing signs she was still alive but barely as she slowly lifted her head groaning in discomfort.

"I-I haven't left the room for 3 days...and I have still plenty of work to do~! EEK!" before Marielle could complain further a few more stacks of paper were dropped on her desk and they weren't exactly short as they were half the height of her legs.

"And we need these documents to be checked and approved by you and all the necessary information and papers for the plan we are going to execute," said Henrietta casually as she lifted her glasses.

"...NO! I don't want to do any more paperwork!" complained Marielle hoping that Henrietta was merciful to let her have the day to have fun instead of doing all the paperwork she was given as it was like being back to college, but Henrietta didn't even look back and excused her self that she needed to do her part of her tower of paperwork.

"You are the Guildmaster, and while I certainly didn't expect this to happen it is still your job,"

"Shut up! Stupid Umeko!" shouted Marielle that certainly made Henrietta turn around.

"Don't use my real name!"

"Umeko! Umeko! Umeko!"

Before things could escalate Shiroe got into the room carrying 2 wooden baskets filled with paper making Marielle stop first as she looked with horror at the baskets filled with documents she had to fill in.

"I brought you more, Marielle," said Shiroe simply.

"Shiroe-bou! You're the devil!" shouted Marielle as she got back to her desk knowing she couldn't escape the both of them and accepted her inevitable fate to stay in her room for another few days when Marielle looked up a bit she saw that she accidentally shoved a small tower of documents away and gave her a sight to Shiroe and widened her eyes as she saw him wince and his eyebrows drop down a little and his smile a bit sadder.

"Yeah...you're probably, right," muttered Shiroe softly but before pity could be sent to him he changed the subject. "Anyways, may I see the calculations, Henrietta?"

Henrietta said nothing and handed Shiroe the papers and confirmed that the calculations were right and complimented that her skill was amazing as always and Henrietta simply thanked him and complimented on his skills, Shiroe then left the room and Henrietta sighed and looked at Marielle who looked very guilty.

"Umeko...it just came out..." said Marielle feeling already guilty about it as the situation had covered the hindsight that Shiroe didn't like being reminded of what others thought of him, she knew about his reputation on the sites where jealous people complain and how he especially was targeted like the leader of his previous party. The Debauchery Tea Party always will hold a special place in Shiroe's heart but so would it in Marielle's heart as it made their status as traders knew through Henrietta into friends, the party had done something to him that changed him from his usual gloomy and strict business Aura to a more cheerful and less reserved demeanor.

She remembered the usual garb he wore that covered his body entirely and left little to the imagination showing he had a slender and toned body like that of an athlete, his face covered in a menacing emotionless white mask that had only eyes on them, and the last item she has never forgotten was the short blades handing on his waist ready to strike anyone down along his way of speech that it wanted to know everything they requested.

Henrietta walked over to Marielle and pulled her into a hug.

"Don't blame yourself...I'm sure Shiroe understands, he cares a lot for you otherwise he wouldn't have said at the time that he trusted you and me," said Henrietta.

"I'm an idiot," muttered Shiroe planting his face on his office desk that he allowed that past grudge to get the better of him before he met the Party and especially in front of Marielle, he hated seeing her sad and he had promised himself not to do it and he had now ever since he got here in Theldesia broken it twice to her. There were plenty of things for him to do right now and yet he was focusing his attention and time on something like his personal problems while people needed him there, even if they didn't know and when he thought about that reason every time that same excuse came and that dark voice why he should help them.

Before he delved further into it the icon of his telepathic call rang showing it was Akatsuki calling to him.

"And is it true?"

'Yes, Milord, Hameling is dealing with EXP Potions and various other work like armor and weapons...their contract is with that Black Sword Knights,' reported Akatsuki.

So it was Isaac dealing with Hamelin in EXP Potions which had been easy to deduce as his Guild along with DDD and Honesty had been doing recently many raids to get quickly adjusted to fighting with their bodies, coordination, timing, respective assigned roles, using their Subclasses and everything else related to it including the item gathering that was also done by the 3 biggest Major Trading Guilds who would buy even the most simple ingredients. Food had now been still a problem and while it didn't have flavor any more vegetables, fruits, and even raw fish still had their taste and they had that over bland taste.

'Some Sashimi does sound good right now, better ask Chief to make some as a snack for later,' thought Shiroe before relaying orders to Akatsuki if there were any other guilds that did the same as Hamelin and guide them to the guilds that were far safer and not slavery.

Akihabara. (Like I said I won't do every single scene until we get to the good part.)

"Hey, before we go let's get something to munch on," suggested Dolce from the West Wind Brigade and as much as his manly appearance came forth with it was obvious he was a she, just a player that used the opposite gender in a game to feel what the opposite gender experiences in the game, sexual preferences, or simply because they had a favorite character and admire them to such a degree they would go for the opposite gender to play the game and feel like them.

"Why does it matter, Dolce, it is all going to be tasting bland,"

"Yeah, still we need to eat in the game so better get the cheapest junk to spare on some gold,"

"And what will you do with that gold you are saving up? Aside from buying equipment, potions, and all of that?" asked Dolce and he got no response from either making the mood even darker that the only thing they could still take joy in was killing mobs or go on a raid, but since the West Wind Brigade hardly had done those their experience to completing one was relatively low even with skilled members like Nazuna and Soujiro. That mood vanished once a loud and cheerful voice got all the attention of all the present players, it was Marielle dressed in a white-pink uniform that you would usually see in a cafe and she certainly filled and pictured the outfit well.

"Hello there! Citizens of Akihabara!"

This got the attention of all players present around the stall with all of them wondering what was going on.

"Would you like to try our Crescent Moon Burgers?"

That got mutters to come as many of them looked surprised that somebody was promoting to sell food even though there was no taste and of course, suspicion was there, Smash had been reading the prices of one of the menu's given to him by one of the girls and raised his eyebrow finding it more suspicious at how high the prize was, the thought of fast-food made him salivate in his head but he wasn't about to give his money so easily in. Now that the Dread Pack was denied by the bigger guilds to hunt anymore they couldn't earn any more gold meaning they couldn't buy food, between losing his money and the option of joining a bigger guild and disband his own the latter was more attractive.

"And~? Have you made your choice yet~?" asked Marielle getting up close making Smash blush at how pretty she was.

"A-Actually I did! I will have a Crescent Moon Burger...for her!" said Smash pointing at Rikopin who looked at him with a betrayed expression of being ordered to eat the food with no taste and horrible texture, but she herself could not find the words to refuse as Marielle's smile affected her to and how happy she looked made it hard for her to even consider seeing that happy face turn sad.

"1 Crescent Burger coming up!"

Handing Rikopin the burger she looked at it and it was salivating to look at but in her head, there was no expectation. 'Not that I have anything to lose if it doesn't have any flavor, just sparing gold to do this since it is food that I need,'

Better finishing it quickly she took a huge bite and chewed and took another big bite and made a satisfied hum, and before Smash got an answer Rikopin was stuffing her mouth with the hamburger like it was the last meal she would ever have in her new life that she looked forward to eating.

"Rikopin-!"

Smash stopped talking seeing the crying yet satisfied expression on her face she exclaimed in happiness. "It totally tastes like a freaking hamburger!"

Shouts came of disbelief and soon shouts of orders came and people lined up to the stall and the girls began writing down the orders, remembering faces, handing over the meals as everyone began eating and shouting in the happiness of the food having taste and quickly ordered again.

'Step 1 is done, now I have to wait until everything is sold,' thought Shiroe looking from a building, and left the place as he had to enable the next step of his masterplan as others dubbed it.

West Wind Brigade.

Dolce, Isami, Kawara returned to the Guild building having brought a burger for their Guild Master Soujiro for him to taste it and while the West Wind Brigade wasn't a production guild they too wanted the secret of creating food with taste, the would only act once the Guild Master made his decision and with that Soujiro took a bite and his eyes widened as the familiar flavor of a burger entered his mouth.

"This is good...how did Master Shiroe do it?"

"What?"

"Sou-chan, you know who has made this?"

"Indeed, of all people, I can think of there are only 3 of them and Master Shiroe is definitely one of them," said Soujiro who smirked and continued enjoying his burger and would wait to see a miracle happen again from his senpai. "Don't worry, we will get something to see good and I don't think this will continue for long before we can make tasteful food, Nazuna, try this,"

Nazuna who had entered the room came over to Soujiro and took the burger and her eyes widened up at the flavor and laughed out loud startling the 3 others. "Delicious...Shiroe is definitely going to show something amazing as usual!"

Open Field.

"Have you tried the Crescent Moon Burger!"

"It is food that tastes like food!"

"So it doesn't taste like a dog crap, for real?"

Outside several players were eating the food with joy on their faces and Isaac was seen eating one and clearly enjoying it.

"Such flavor at this price...I wonder what it would take to get a piece of this action," muttered Karashin

Marine Agency.

"Chief! We've got trouble, you've gotta see this!" shouted a Marine Agency member running into the storage room to report to his Guild Master.

"You're a little late to the game, Kayu, it is a tasty burger," said Michitaka revealing he had bought a Crescent Moon burger too and eating it. "Keep an eye on that shop and find out how they get their supplies, anything you can get your hands on so move it!"

"Right boss!"

"Now that is a tasty burger,"

Lab.

Roderick was eating a Crescent Moon Burger and nodding and writing down everything he could taste from the burger.

Crescent Moon Alliance.

"Hurry up! I want to know how much we made today!" said Marielle excited at the amount of gold they earned today.

"Today we've earned about 47.044 Gold, that is 1235 Customers who have to spend an average of 38 Gold, we've sold all the Crescent Burgers and the other menu items except for the Black Rose Tea," revealed Henrietta as she stacked the documents of today's earnings.

"That is amazing! We will have that 50.000 gold in no time with this business!"

"Actually, it is going to take a lot more time than we actually have on hand," it would take a bit less than 120 days to earn the 50.000 gold he needed to enable his next step of the plan and Henrietta revealed that they barely managed to serve a bit over 1200 customers, the guild wasn't big enough even if they wanted to sell more the secret would be found out sooner or later and there were in total of 15.000 players who have to eat every day too and not all 15.000 players were here in Akihabara.

It was about the money this time and based on expectations they would have to get more manpower but not from the players otherwise they would just reveal the secret and the plan would fall in the water too.

As Henrietta went to deposit the gold they earned Shiroe decided not to stay not knowing how Akatsuki would react to him having sold her off to Henrietta, he wanted to speed up his plans a little bit further and he knew who to ask for help but...it was complicated and he had sounded quite rude back then and he wasn't even sure if this person he could rely on wanted to help him after that interaction.

"Would he still be willing to help me?"

"What's on your mind, Shiroe-cchi?"

"Gyah! Chief Nyanta, you're a Swashbuckler, not a Ninja so leave the sneaking up to Akatsuki!" groaned Shiroe as he calmed down from his minor heart attack if something like that was possible within the game.

"Sorry, Shiroe-cchi, but when you frown like that I gotta know what's on your mind, and it is my duty to ensure the youngsters don't get too many wrinkles early in their life," Nyanta snickered and Shiroe glared at Chief for telling him the thing he didn't like being reminded off and that was his habit of frowning when in deep thought, you get wrinkles when you frown too hard and others have pointed out his deep thinking moments too often out and it honestly annoyed him they did that and he never got rid of that habit.

But what he didn't know was that Nyanta was sweating a bit when Shiroe was frowning.

'We better need to find out what caused the Half-Alvs to go berserk all of a sudden since it does have some lasting effects,' the rampaging of the Half-Alvs was known even if Suskino and it had surprised him that even members of Demikas his guild also attacked, he had noted that only the Half-Alv race was the only one inflicted with this and Shiroe came immediately in his thoughts and just prayed that whoever was with him would not suffer the same thing as what others suffered. After all, he knew about Shiroe's identity as the strongest Enchanter and that was not regionally or nationally speaking but his title was Global and another thing was when Shiroe was thinking his frown wasn't gone but his eyes turned incredibly scarier and seemed to emit light. 'Preferably I wished not to push you this quick, Shiroe-cchi...but if it comes to shove then I will have no choice but to do so,'

"I'm scared,"

"Nyah?"

Wait, Shiroe easily admitting that he was scared...that was rare as he was a person that like to keep the problems to himself and not openly share his backstory with anyone not even trusted friends.

"You probably experienced the sudden rampage of the Half-Alvs...I wasn't an exception but the worst thing I have done was trying to use one of my strongest skills and openly declare that I wanted to kill them..." a look at his hand and it was trembling in fear and not many things could unsettle Shiroe but this was completely out of control and no clue to answers what happened and how did it happen, like the beginning of Elder Tales and how all these players ended up transporting into this world with no means of escaping it.

"Shiroe-cchi, it is best not to think about it as of right now you need to fix the problems that you currently have and not do this at the same time, this isn't like using your skills so focus on one problem at a time and then we will talk about it," spoke Nyanta in a stern voice yet caring one.

"B-But!"

"Shiroe-cchi, do you honestly not think that we are worried about this too as you are affected by this...worried that you might enter that state again and never come out of it and just always be like that? That we will never see the Shiroe we once knew is completely gone and controlled by this...entity or whatever thing is that controlled you and the other Half-Alvs," interjected Nyanta no longer smiling and having his serious expression on that demanded Shiroe to listen to him and not interrupt while he was talking. "Right now you need to fix a few problems away that may give you a bit more time and I say that this is a very risky move and that you might lose control again, have faith and trust us that we will find this out and you are not excluding us out of this..."

"...You're right, Chief Nyanta," replied Shiroe noting that Chief Nyanta wasn't adding the suffix behind his name showing how serious he was about this matter and revealed how worried he was but had to put it down, right now a lot of people needed Shiroe to help them even if they didn't know about it and he knew if he didn't problems of now it will stay like this. He had heard about the other problems and one in particular where one could harass another and that made him enraged, so enraged he was about to equip his old gear again and kill them over and over and over again while they begged for mercy, he never liked PK's and this was way worse than losing EXP or Items and combined too as this was a problem he wanted to be gone.

"Chief Nyanta, I need you to arrange a meeting with Soujirou to get the problems to be fixed right now," said Shiroe, and Nyanta acknowledged it and made the call.

"It has been quite a while, Chief Nyanta, Master Shiroe," greeted Soujirou as he came out of the bushes greeting his senpai's.

"It sure has been...are you still popular with the girls?" asked Shiroe but regretted it instantly as he put off Soujirou and cursed his inability to make a good conversation with a fellow former party member he trusted, luckily that is where Chief Nyanta comes in and snickers at the flushed state of the 2 younger men.

"S-Sorry for mentioning that,"

"It's okay...but I have to ask you, Master Shiroe...why suddenly call me?" asked Soujirou and Shiroe was ready to answer and it was exactly like he thought that Soujirou had mistaken his refusal as not akin to not liking him at all. "When you refused my invitation...I thought you didn't like me at all,"

"No! It isn't like that at all! You're my favorite Kohai!" way to be subtle Shiroe that you genuinely care for him because Soujirou was blushing and Nyanta quietly snickering at his blunt statement and while Shiroe may not know it was no secret to the others, that Soujiou admired him from the bottom of his heart and some of the Tea Party thought that he even had a crush on Shiroe himself but that was never confirmed. "Ahem, Soujirou...it's not that I dislike you at all...but joining a guild so soon after the disbandment of the Tea Party was a bit too sudden for me, I needed time to settle my thoughts down and search for a place for myself,"

Soujirou just listened on and wished that his blush was gone.

"Im sorry for letting you think that I disliked you...perhaps I would've accepted if my head was straight,"

"...okay, so what do I need to help with," asked Soujirou surprising Shiroe and continued to talk. "I don't need to know the whole plan since it is you, Master Shiroe, just tell me where I can help since I want to see this spectacle with my very own eyes so please no spoilers of what you are planning,"

"S-Spoilers!?" exclaimed Shiroe surprised.

"Always a good kid, aren't you Soujirou, but I have to agree with you, Shiroe-cchi," cut Nyanta in as he caressed his cat whiskers. "I also want to see this spectacle of yours to happen, so no spoilers~!"

"Am I an entertainer now!?"

"Kanami said you are!" chimed Nazuna in.

"When were you here!?" shouted Shiroe who hung his head that he was now replied by Nazuna that he was like the villain of a show that everyone wanted to win and see what next miracle he would make, and Nyanta laughed at that and Soujirou smiled in confirmation that he thought like that too. "Ugh, I don't want to be a protagonist!"

No luck on that part since KR did tell him he was one of those people born underneath that star.

Alrain: Sorry for not updating this story but I was lacking motivation again and I need to do some other things in the meantime and yes I do have things to do, one of them is Fanfiction, and how lately there aren't any more new stories that can be considered good. I like Watching SCP Fanfiction but there was just one that horrible it made me want to comment on the author to delete it, there aren't any good gamer stories that don't involve Naruto or Jaune and I don't want to Jon Snow, Percy, or Issei anymore.

I will perhaps delete the Percy Jackson story that involves Leo and rewriting it.

I will soon post more stories that are hopefully enjoyable for all my dear readers, Akame ga Kill will be updated too and some other stories.