Hey there readers! This is going to be very long :3 so enjoy! Congratulations to Card (ace) and Hanna (my sister) on their love confession (and relationship) for each other! :D [Card, you better read this! :l or else… *prepares a pillow*] The extra tale will be a flashback kind of bit for my main chapter, so it is not going to be in the winter season.


Lag and Disconnected (side story)

There was a couple who cross–dressed each other. Secretly, the two of them liked each other greatly, but each one of the two did not know this fact. What this means is that the boy loved the girl at first sight, but the lady did not notice that that. Like the guy, the female had a crush when they first met eyes, and wondered if the male liked her back. Perhaps that was the reason why they disguised one another, although this action was done without getting permission.

A girl with glasses stood in the invoke lair entrance. She had red-blue eyes and wore a dragon poe Toma set. A coliseum gumiho staff was carried around on hand. She was still, as if she was waiting for someone.

"Hey! I'm here!" a male voice called out. The owner of the sound had yellow, curly hair, and sky blue expert eyes. To many Jiendians, the boy looked like a girl, which caused many of them to ask her out and end in a shocked state. For equips, the guy wore a brownie set.

"You are late, my disguiser," the dragon set wearer mentioned, "What is your name?!"

"That's what I should ask you! You pretended to be me too…" the boy complained,"Anyways, call me Fen."

"Everyone calls me Ro. Now let's murderer that dragon, shall we?" the girl commanded as she used the big portal near her.

The two entered the instance, and somehow got miraculously teleported into the boss area right away.

"That is one big, fat lizard alright," Fen pointed out. The boss of the lair was…a dragon of course, which stayed in his lava-all-over room every single day. "Let's measure its remaining health first."

"Eh no need; it has three percent of its health left," Ro commented, "The person who attempted to murderer this guy died before us quit instead of finishing him off."

"That makes things easier at least," the brownie skirt wearer mentioned as he drew out a spear from his back and screamed, "SPARTAAAAA!" as he charged for the red lizard's heart. It pierced right into the core when the warrior threw his weapon; it was a critical hit.

"WOOOOOO!" Ro as Invoke disappeared in a flash of light. The evil mastermind of the fire lair was now gone.

"U-um Ro?" the male started as he sent the girl a relationship request,"W-will you go out with me?"

Pleased to hear, the glasses equipped female right away accepted, grinning like there was no tomorrow.

When those two got in a relationship, there was a lot of lagging and disconnection happening in all over Jiendia. Because of this, the male was called Lag and the female was permanently named-changed to Disconnected.


Chapter Four

"Oh by the way, Snowie and Koyu are going to join us in the party mission!" Kaila Mina mentioned. It was a guild-hang out time in the bar; after helping Sarah Ashelot with her job, the union led by the Highlander often gathered in the area. So, it was nighttime by this time of the day.

Because of the mission they were assigned to do, everyone in the guild were wearing their formal attire with their weapons hidden magically. The leader of this union wore a pink, frilly dress decorated with scarlet roses on it. Her head wear was a big red ribbon, and foot wear was hidden by her clothes.

"Really?!" Starmagi spoke as she got up from the barrel-seat. The female newcomer just simply wore a salmon colored one piece that went down to her knees. Out of pure laziness, she kept her doo dad shoes and orange ribbon on; they were comfortable, and Magi's possession of stuff to wear wasn't that much great. When she got stuff, Star always lost it or gave it away.

"Yep!" Orzelchopin answered. He was wearing a black tuxedo with a hot pink bow tied on his top. He kept his shaggy hat on, and liked that until Margaret commented on it.

Rose equipped herself with a simple orange garb, orange rose pin, and a pair of blank orange flats. To the Sorceress, it seemed obvious that the female Meister wore those garments to piss off her fellow male Meister "frienemy"; Orzel's least favorite color was the color of Rose's dress.

It was less than five minutes until their mission started. Strangely, the new king that reigned for fourteen years decided to hold his ball in the castle near the Guild Union. Odd King's personality fit his name, alright. Thanks to this, they could just simply wrap using the union's saving stones and arrive at the last minute.

"Alright, ready guys?" Mina questioned the whole guild.

When most people nodded in response, she used her mission-given capsule to transport herself in front of the entrance of the palace. The proud mates of Our Tale followed, and met up on the promised area.

The place in front of the gate to the castle was outside a grassy labyrinth. Although it was hard to tell because of a dark, night sky, different colored flowers of all various types decorated the bushes, trees, and ground. The main door seemed to be not this one; it was smaller and less grand looking than the one they saw miles away from the Guild Union. Why were they supposed to enter here?

The guard guarding the entrance let us in, noticing us to be the adventurers from the large league. "Please protect Your Majesty…" the man begged us while he bowed his head.

"We will," Orzel promised as he passed by.

Inside the door of the castle, there was a giant dance room decorated with expensive, but fancy looking decorations filled with guests invited to the ball. Most of them were nobles and of royal blood, which made Star regret that she just wore a simple one piece. A chandelier hung from the ceiling, using candles as its source. The floor was made up of marble, and the white stairs in it held a red, velvet carpet that stretched all the way to the floor. One side of this huge room contained people moving around all the time, but the other section held tables and chairs. Drinks and food was on top of them in large amounts on plates.

"Let's dig in the food!" a red eyed Minister suggested. She had Chon Palm's head style and owned a red, but fancy clothing that was similar to Gota's. She wore huge, circular eye spectacles and fuzzy fox slippers. After examining this female's appearance, Star felt less negative. This La Talian didn't even think about being formal; whoever this was she was awesome!

"Agreed! Rose immediately sided, "I'll dance with Ugly first though."

"No I am not dancing with you," the pink-lover stated," You probably have something evil in mind."

"Scary cat, "the female vice leader, Margaret, told, "How do you know what's going to be the results if you don't try?"

"Fine…"the cookie, Oreo, (as the white haired newcomer called him), or Orzelchopin, then got dragged into the dancing area where foot-stepping was highly likely.

Soon, Star heard Oreo's voice scream "ouch" in pain pretty frequently. The male Meister's hypothesis was correct; she did have a evil plan. Knowing her, Rose probably was stepping on her partner's foot whenever she had the opportunity.

On Mina's side, she was seeing a handsome young man, with white hair, tied into a thin pony tail. The stranger owned sky blue eyes. A Sapphire badge stuck to his left side of his white tuxedo, while a blue ribbon was placed at the center it. He looked like a charming prince to most Jiendians, but for the fun guild leader, she looked at him differently.

"Oh Princess!" she called the white haired noble, "Want to dance?"

"S-sure…" that man replied, his face turning red. So, the two Jiendians held each other's hands and went toward the location where Rose and Oreo were stepping on one another's feet.

While the Sorceress was busy watching the couples dance, someone poked her shoulder. She turned around, and saw her parents. The person who caught her attention was her mom, Koyu. The female Meister waved a hand to say "hi" for action. She had a blue dress, with sparkles decorating the top, and the sides of the sea-colored clothing. Gloves came along with a pinned ribbon on the wrist section on each one. For footwear, glass shoes, like the ones in Cinderella, was worn.

"Hi, Mom!" Star waved back in answer.

Snowie, or Shigeo, was locking his wife's arm with his. This male was wearing his flaming glacier top and pants…but in a fancier and more formal way. The usual Toma set had been polished and had a shinier texture to it. The foot equip were different though; it was a tuxedo shoe, which was not the given part of the set. Also, that guy took off his royal bullet gloves. Now, it was just his bare hands showing under the sleeve of his long sleeved equip.

"Yo! Keep an eye open, Magi," Shig whispered as he walked casually off to the dancing location.

The ribbon wearer nodded in response, while biting her lower lip. This was going to be a long day. Sighing, Star walked to a dining table and sat down on an empty seat between the red-eyed guild mate and her childhood friend. The Minister was digging in to the free meal given and was fully enjoying herself, like a boss.

"Oh, hi Lazy!" Magi cheerfully greeted with a smile.

"Hello, Weirdo," the Ruin Walker casually told her, "You got assigned in this mission, too?"

The red-blue eyed teenage boy still wore the same NPC set as his female friend's father. However, this person equipped the whole set. His dark blue hair was still messy and uncombed, although his weapon was hidden by magic somewhere.

"Yep. I'm confused. What is this quest really about?"

"Protecting my dad- I mean Odd King, of course.

"Where did the 'dad' part come from?" the magic user asked with a laughing tone on her voice.

"I don't know," the boy lied, "Say, when did you get in this guild?"

Magi then explained what happened so far. After that, the two guild mates spoke short conversations of different topics and questions, while at the same time eating, and trying to make peace with the person next to them.

"You're making people lag, Fenek," Vetyver told the eating monster," So, Weirdo, do you want to dance?"

Lagging made La Talians think slower, which made things like walking, using skills, etc work very late and inefficient. It was disconnection that stopped the working of tasks.

"Sure, I'm not sure how to do it though; I've never tried it during my remembered year, "Star pointed out.

Vetyver grinned as he extended a hand, "Hey, I've been with you before you even lost that memory. I'll teach you again how to do it!"

The ribbon wearer knew that he was trying to control his perverted mind, but she accepted his hand and went anyway. It was a matter of time when she kept squishing her partner's foot accidentally.

"Sorry!" Star told Vet every time."

"It hurts…" the male adventurer complained each accident.

Slowly, time after time, the Sorceress got used to the tempo and the beat, and improved more every step. Finally, the music stopped and it was time to trade partners or step out of the play.

"Um, Lazy, be right back!" the newcomer said as she went away rushed away from her guy friend looking for a restroom, "I drank too much water…"

Starmagi went in search for a restroom, but failed to find one. Giving up, she looked around her. No one was in the hallway. Magi then evaporated some water particles inside herself and let it out. Just as the magic user was about to return, the teenage fire Sorceress noticed a strange part of a wall. It was bricked, unlike the painted places beside it. Also, it was fairly old; for sure no one had even touched it for a couple of years.

Slowly approaching the unique wall, the ribbon-wearing Our Tale member pulled a lantern near it out of curiosity (it was also busted and dusty) and experienced an unexpected result. There was a room behind this ancient barrier.

-MEANWHILE-

A girl stood in front of Dora, the Elias MISC item provider, with long, shiny white hair. Her iris's color was different on each side; one eye was silver-white, and the other was light purple. Judging from the coliseum spear she was carrying, the female was a Dragoon. For an outfit, a black sleeveless top, star slipper, a flower pin, and a pink short-short were equipped. Her skin was clean as a white sheet of blank paper, and the age seemed to be eighteen. Wind was blowing her head's mane as she stood up looking at the town at night.

"Damn it Ace! You're stalking me aren't you…" the lady warrior noticed.

A boy about the age of fourteen revealed himself from behind a building nearby. The guy owned white, spiky hair with the same colored eyes as the Ruin Walker Vetyver. Flaming glacier set was worn with a mini royal bullet crown on top of his head. His skin had pigment of a light-peach color, which made a good physical combo with his facial appearance. A large two handed sword rested on his back.

"You got me alright, Hanna," the male Dragoon spoke.

"Mhm, so what did you stalk me for?" Hanna replied with a grin while her hands were on her hips.

"Nothing just...here, let's get to the rooftop first. Walls have ears after all."

The pin wearer agreed by nodding, and ninjaed over to the miscellaneous shop's roof. The male soon followed.

"Phew you're good at climbing these!" the teenage boy mentioned as he sat down next to his lady friend.

"Thanks, I had lots of practices," she thanked as she also stopped standing.

The sky was filled with stars, and fall air danced to the aura of the brilliant night. Everything was silent around them, leaving the two alone together. Hanna realized this, and felt her face turned red. She was alone with her crush. The two did their 3rds together and acquired the golden emblem job. How they knew each other? Well, they were guild mates that belonged to the same league.

"Um…Hanna…" Ace started, his face also red, "Do you hear what I want for Christmas?"

"Isn't that about a month away? Why focus on it now?"

"U-um…"

Giggling, the slipper wearer added, "Yes, I would love to hear it, Ace."

The boy who held the name of a card smiled and spoke, "I wanna get a girlfriend; a specific girl, too."

Surprised, Hanna replied, "Sweet! Who's the lucky girl?" Despite the cheerful answer, the female Dragoon felt disappointed inside. It couldn't be her; he probably didn't like her because of the age difference. Suddenly, a request sign appeared in front of her. "I Ace Reborne requests a relationship. You have 60 seconds to accept" the letters on it shaped.

Hanna accepted, mixed with both confusion and happiness. Her head turned to her new boyfriend and asked, "Is this a joke?" She sure hoped it wasn't.

"Nope," Ace grinned," I like you."

"You told me you didn't like any girls."

"This was supposed to be a surprise…"

"Oh," Hanna answered, her face turning into a tomato again. The boy carrying a sword was turning into a redder fruit, making his new girlfriend wanting to giggle at it a bit; it looked cute to her.

"Well, I'm going to go to sleep. Good night!" the male dragoon then kissed her on the lips, and teleported fast before Hanna could respond.

The face of the female warrior had a smile on it by this time. After that, she disappeared to continue with her quest she was assigned to do, leaving the top of the miscellaneous shop quiet and peaceful.


Sorry readers! The side story was boring… x_x I hope you enjoyed it though :3 Also, Our Tale is a small guild at this time, so please understand if not all members are introduced. We are going to gain more people as the story goes on~