The CPU Fencer

Disclaimer: I do not own Hyperdimension Neptunia or Fairy Fencer F

Chapter 7

Zagi had a huge smile on his face as he walked down a hall. Lady Marianna had given him a personal mission.

Find the No Fairy Fencer and convince whoever it was to join Dorfa and if he couldn't he was to give him the Dorfa party invitation. Zagi didn't know why she wanted him to find this person but it sounded like it came from president Hanagata himself.

Zagi didn't care as he was just glad to be of use to his Lady Marianna. However he did wonder if he could fight the No Fairy Fencer if the person proved to be hostile as he didn't have a fury or a fairy partner.

Despite being the leader of Marianna's bodyguards he had no Fury, he had a sword, a normal double edged sword. It was nothing fancy but it did its job well.

Zagi steeled himself at the thought of fighting someone who could power up without a fairy. He had to succeed for Lady Marianna. He will not fail, he would do this even if it killed him…but he preferred not to die.

That would suck and he wouldn't be there for Lady Marianna…but he would die to protect her though.

Zagi stopped walking as he realized something very important. "Where do I even start looking?" He asked no one.

Zagi decided to go and ask around or maybe ask an information broker. The white haired teen then continued down the long hallway, hallway 13.

Viridis stretched his arms as he rested at a table with Ethel and Karin. They were currently taking a break for the day. Viridis managed to find a few more furies around the nearby town and informed Lola about them.

The trio were sitting at a round table outside next to a café. They each had a cup filled with their requested beverage.

Viridis picked up his cup and drank from it before picking up one of the neatly made sandwiches on the table and began eating it. Ethel still wore he hood up and Karin was sitting right next to her as Viridis was on the other side of them.

"This tea is good" Karin said as she held her cup.

"It is" Viridis said. "At least it is not paralytic chamomile tea"

The two shared a laugh. "Who would fall for such a trick?" Viridis asked.

"I dunno but who would go out of their way to make it?" Karin asked back as the two laughed softly.

"Now that I think about it Karin looks cute when she smiles" The blonde haired god thought as Karin had a beautiful smile on her face.

"So where are we going next?" Ethel asked.

Viridis picked up another sandwich as he had a thoughtful look. "Good question" Viridis said. "I guess we'll probably travel around a bit and go to a few towns"

"I heard that there was a nice bakery near here" Karin said as her ears pointed up with a big smile on her face. "Can we go get something?"

Viridis looked at the gold in his inventory, they had plenty to spare at the moment thanks to the quests, monsters and Lola. Viridis nodded. "Of course we can get something" He told the fox eared fairy.

Ethel stopped eating her sandwich as she looked at the blonde. "I heard that there was a fishing competition here as well"

"Oi Ethel, do you want to join it?" Karin asked.

"I was planning to but I think Viridis would do better" Ethel said as Karin turned to Viridis.

Seeing the two look at him, one with a stoic expression and the other with a smile and hope, he agreed to it. "Yeah, I'll do it" He said as a small smile appeared on his face. "It may be fun"

"Then it's decided" Karin said. "We'll go to the bakery then to the competition!"

"Hey Karin"

"Yes Viridis?"

"What about the food?" Viridis asked as Karin blushed in embarrassment.

Karin apologized which Viridis and Ethel waved it off saying it was fine and finished their meal before walking to the bakery.

Once at the bakery Karin was looking around at the many cakes and pies while Ethel stood by Viridis' side. "It seems like she is having fun" Viridis said watching the fox eared fairy go from one cake to the other.

Ethel nodded as she looked to a nearby tray of pastries. She tugged on Viridis' shirt and pointed to the tray. Viridis looked down at her and looked to the tray she was pointing at.

Ethel wasn't that small but he still had to look down if she was right next to him. "Do you want one?" He asked as she nodded. "How many do you want?"

"Just one" She replied as Karin walked over.

"Did you find something you like?" Viridis asked.

"I did" Karin said as she showed Viridis what she wanted before she looked sad. "I'm sorry"

"Huh? Why?"

"I'm getting you to buy it when I can easily buy it myself, using my own gold and asking for permission…I'm like a child"

Karin was suddenly pulled into a hug as Viridis patted her head. "Don't be sorry its fine" He said. "Besides I have all the gold anyway so asking for money is no big deal, asking for permission is fine and completely normal, it's also a sign of politeness and it'll be my honour to buy you stuff" He said as the white haired fairy blushed as he let go and smiled at her. "Now don't worry about that stuff and if you do those thing just remember it makes you, you"

Karin smiled with a blush on her face. "Thanks I'll remember that" She said before she realized that it happened in public which made her blush darker but she easily calmed down when they were alone.

Viridis walked over to the counter. "Can I have one éclair and one chocolate cake" He said as he paid the person behind the counter and walked back to his companions.

Viridis handed the éclair to Ethel. "Make sure not to eat it in a flash" He said as he turned to Karin. "Do you want to save it for later?" He asked as she nodded as Viridis placed it in his inventory.

The inventory was probably one of the best things he could have, things like food stored in the inventory basically put them in a place where time has stopped. If you bought a hot pie and placed it in the inventory and got it out five days later it would still be like hot and fresh like the first day you got it.

The inventory also stored other useful items like their potions and energy shards, their gold and other trinkets and equipment. It was a very useful thing to have, however it was kind of unique here as food didn't actually count as items. Viridis managed to put the cake in his inventory as an item was a feat in itself.

"So why did you decide to get a chocolate cake?" Viridis asked.

"Well I thought it would be nice to have the three of us eat cake together" She said.

"Isn't that thoughtful of you" Viridis said as he rubbed one of her ears, she really liked it.

They turned to Ethel who was eating the éclair before the three walked out of the bakery. "Now for that fishing contest" Karin said as she grabbed one of Viridis' arms and Ethel grabbed the other arm after she finished the rest of the éclair in a flash.

Ethel and Karin then took Viridis towards where the fishing competition would be after asking around. Viridis however had a smile on his face as the two girls lead him around town to the fishing competition.

Viridis was now at the place where the fishing competition would be taking place. The rules were simple you had to find a place to fish in the deep and large pond, you can catch a total of three fish and the biggest one of the three would be the one counted for.

You can if you wanted to stop at one or two if you think you caught the largest fish and if you won you got to keep the fish you caught as well as a nice sum of gold. However there was a rumour and old legend about a large fish in the pond.

It was called the King of the Pond, no one ever entered the pond in order to look for the King of the Pond but it did show itself every now and then. It was said however caught the King of the Pond would be granted with amazing luck and unique ability or trait.

The town people forgot what the second part actually was as according to the townspeople they had many different stories about the King of the Pond, in all actually the King of the Pond could have actually have no special ability granting powers at all and could have been used to attract tourists.

Karin and Ethel decided to watch Viridis fish at a reasonable moment. Viridis held a fishing rod in his hands standing near the body of water far away from the other competitors before casting the fishing line into the water.

Viridis had a high luck stat so he could win the competition with any of the three fish he would catch but there was always the possibility of losing, his luck could go either way, good luck or bad luck but it was usually good luck a majority of the time.

He didn't really care if he won or lost the competition, he joined the contest because Karin and Ethel wanted him to as well as having fun. It was a nice change of pace.

Viridis closed his eyes as he let the wind pass through his hair, he really felt at peace as he stood there in silence. His eyes opened as he felt a tug on his line, a pretty powerful one at that.

Viridis pulled the line trying to catch the fish on the line. "I hope this isn't a green tailed frog right now!" Viridis said to himself as he reeled the fish in as it fought back.

Karin and Ethel silently cheered for Viridis as he was reeling in the fish. "Man you sure are putting up quite the fight aren't you" Viridis said. "You possibly can't be a green tailed frog"

Viridis pulled back on the fishing rod. "Isn't that right King?"

Suddenly from the pond a large fish easily larger than Viridis himself jumped out of the water, its scales were a beautiful golden coloured that glowed in the sunlight. It looked like a large Koi.

"So this is the King of the Pond?" Viridis asked himself. "It is truly magnificent"

Viridis held the large golden koi in his arms. "It will be fine" Viridis said as he walked over to Ethel and Karin. "Let's go win our prize"

The trio went back to the contest holder and they were shocked that his first catch was the King of the Pond. Karin took the prize money as Viridis took the King of the Pond and he managed to get the King of the Pond into his inventory as a quest item.

"Man I am really bringing game mechanics into this chapter aren't I?" Viridis asked.

"Hey Viridis what are you going to do with that fish?" Karin asked.

"I was going to put it back into the pond but I thought it would be nice to have a pet"

"But where will you put it?" Ethel asked.

"And where did it go?" Karin asked.

"I'll buy a large fish tank or something and don't worry about where it went" Viridis said. "We'll probably never bring up those mechanics again…maybe"

"Where do we go now?" Ethel asked.

"Maybe back to Zelwinds for a bit" Viridis replied. "It's been a while since I've been there and brought buy a house or rent an apartment or something, it'll be nice to have place to call home"

"That sounds really nice" Both Karin and Ethel said in unison.

"But then there are those towers nearby" Viridis said. "So let's go check them out"

The trio then left the town heading towards the towers before making their way to Zelwinds. Meanwhile Zagi was panting as he stood in a hallway.

"Why must hallway 13 be so long" He said to himself. "I'm not even halfway there yet!"

Zagi after taking a break continued down the long hall that Dorfa had for no special reason.