It shook Jeff to his very core. Seeing what the Duke made the five do. First, he had them cut off their own pinky on their left hand. If that was it, he might have been able to stomach it. Instead, he had thetake it a step further. This was a wake-up call telling him exactly the kind of people he is dealing with, and how desperate they are. He would learn later this measure was only implemented within the last decade to ensure there is a next generation to fight the demons.
After that demonstration, they were dismissed and he took Rachael back to his room, where they found the constructs standing around. All except the boss, who seemed to be reading a book.
“ Right, clothing for the constructs, then I am thinking about dinner.”
“ Yea, I will leave you after we get the clothing on them... I have a lot to think about.”
Jeff closed his eyes and accepted this, which he would later regret doing instead of insisting that she stay for dinner and talk.
It was a unique challenge for the two to get clothing on the constructs. Ultimately they forewent underwear for simple pants and a shirt. Boots were impossible as well so they put them with the underwear and Jeff thought they needed either full facial masks or balaclava. After about twenty minutes Jeff took a step back as Rachael plopped herself onto the bed exhausted.
“ Seriously, it’s like dressing a child.”
Jeff ignored her as he read his pop-up.
Congradulations, you have unlocked ‘clothing’.
Clothing offers no tactical application.
You can now create cards with ‘clothing’ pre-equipped for 1 additional mana per card.
Mana-created clothing is destroyed when unequipped.
“ Jeff! You zoning out on me?”
Jeff jerked slightly as he heard Rachiel calling for him.
“ Sorry, I... just unlocked clothing to be pre-equipped to my cards now for an extra mana.”
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Rachael squinted her eyes at him before thinking better of it and sighing.
“ Fine, I guess since we put clothing on them that unlocked it. Wish we only had to do one though...”
Jeff looked at his elite before shaking his head.
“ Be glad it was just four instead of forty or something like that. Can you imagine?”
Rachael smiled at that before looking toward the door.
“ I really should get going.”
She motions for her three to follow her as she stood. As she did Jeff hesitated as he opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out. As soon as she and her summons were gone Jeff sighed and shook his head.
“ Right, back to reading then.”
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Rachael closed her door and took a deep breath to calm herself down.
“ So he saw me naked, but everyone saw me naked. He is not a perv. Which is nice, but... does he not find me attractive? Is he gay?”
Rachael slaps her cheeks before looking at her three summons. She points to the male one.
“ You stand outside as a guard. Let the maids and other staff pass, but block access to other otherworlders, unless they are with staff as well.”
The summon nods and leaves the room.
Your ‘nameless (M)’ card has unlocked ‘guard’ class. As this class is untrained, it is locked till trained. Exp will still be earned toward the class for the unit to be applied when the class is unlocked.
“ Well, that is something.”
She points to one of the females next.
“ You will guard inside the room. Same restrictions apply as well.”
This time she did not get a notification.
“ I guess you can come with me, I am going to take a bath and you can guard me in there, and attend to my needs.”
Your ‘nameless (F)’ card has unlocked ‘maid’...
Rachael quickly dismissed the pop up before sighing and going to her desk. She pulls out a paper and writes down a list of books she hopes will help her before thinking about her own future. After she is done with it she hand it to her ‘maid’ card.
“ Take this to the one outside, inform him to hand it to the maid when she comes. Then return to me.”
The summon does so, and as it does Rachael goes to the bathroom and strips down, and walks into the bath.
“ Seriously, is he gay? I mean I’m hot. A bunch of guys at school ogle me all the time. Maybe he's just the shy type.”
Her train of thought is broken when the door opens and her ‘maid’ card enters the room and took her spot beside the door.
“ Still, I am grateful for the helpers. But what to do with them? What do they call the front-line fighter... Tank... Yea, that will definitely be the guy. Front line with a shield. What else was there in that party synergy they talk about in video games? Damage guy... or girl in this case. Then some kind of utility. I guess I am a healer. So I got that covered.”
Rachael looks over at the summon guarding the door.
“ I think you will be an all-rounder. Able to do a little of everything. But how to get you to that point...”