COI C180
“This is a three days special event, or until the evacuation starts. To our devoted visitors from the city states in Kinteinnou region, we are welcome to you to our city’s known and favorite convention. I hope you will support us to this memorable event being formed through the same interest we had back in our world. Merchandise, contests, meet and greets, and all in one place for our newly newcomers; mangaka, authors, artists, and more importantly our upcoming stars for the new anime to come. Don’t hesitate to see new projects and new products made from Mihayara district and Fuku City”
Citizens are cheering to see their anime convention opens up front at the entrance. Many are excited with their eyes see the new production showing it on posters around the building. Thanks to this world post-apocalyptic technologies, where both magic and technology working side by side to promote new levels of entertainment. Entire city is going to check and see as the convention venue is small, but lies inside, filled with realms and powerful spells to expand inside to see the grandeur of their efforts. A strange world they are going to step in, a jungle, a city, or a heaven they can’t believe in their own eyes. The first day of the convention begins.
For so long, after so many struggles and horrors happened in this city. The citizens have at least short days of excitement. Andui and her friends, who are working at their school, are taken a chance of their time having the school under suspension due to the return of the siege. Andui finally meet with Siren as the two cheers at each other and embrace themselves where they are now. Reya, Coral, and Iggy see them giggling at the convention as it is opening up. More while Quail joins them to see the convention with her own two eyes.
Siren greets them “You finally made it, I thought we’re not going to see each other after getting a huge crowd going in”
“I know, right? I knew my magic can detect you”
“Don’t forget I have one two. Cheers*”
Both exciting girls are cheering themselves as they keep having their reunion a blast. The promise they have making since the failed adventuring life they have. Going back to their roots as normal citizens, making products to please the hobbies of many fans throughout the city. They were lucky they are still interested, and many more surprises lie inside.
Coral breaks the sisterly love “Alright now, let’s go inside. I want to see those Agatheans react this convention. I can’t wait how confused they are going to be just like back at home were tourists see our country for the first time”
Reya takes it as a joke “Please don’t take them to that section”
Iggy pulls them in “Too late, Doujinshi it is then”
“AAH!” All screams getting into the spicy spot, and Quail just went along with them. To the moment she walks into the entrance, she saw one of her students. Surrounded by women, and without a chance to see the full group of them. She remembers he is in Haw’s guild and more importantly what she saw amazed her.
“Cosplay?” Then disappears inside of the convention.
Miyusuki’s uncle was too busy with work, and Haw and the others remained hospitalized. They did invite Rusic, but he declined as he keeps his eye on the city barrier, the future of siege will begin any day now. Miyusuki wasn’t part of their group as he has plans with his friends. Tabitha provides them cosplays to fit her excitement. Yet, everyone is looking at the women as they fit rather well from their appearances. Juela in a priestess cosplay, Kiege in a fighting game cosplay, Tabitha in a westerner school uniform, and Yui in a gothic Lolita dress. They look at each other as they have no idea it suits them, but Tabitha sees them to fit so perfectly, especially with Yui’s short height with her umbrella.
Yui twirls her umbrella “Cosmetics . . . Inside the place where there is no rain” She keeps twirling her umbrella
“You have to admit, Tabitha is fully aware our profession. For me at least” Kiege just accepts her cosplay even though how tight fit this is.
“I for one, didn’t expect me to think any costume without my sash. This called religious clothing, this is too extravagant”
Juela casts a mirror to herself looking how much of a priestess she is. It is amazing in this world that the clothes she wears are extravagant.
“I know I am a little exerted on you all, but this is going to be the last few days in this city”
Tabitha gives them a sweet smile as they all cooperating Tabitha’s interest. They shyly turn away as they go in. Their eyes were away a bit and they return back to look at her. Tabitha is blocking the view.
Juela was confused “Why are you blocking the way?”
“Yeah, you seem to be nervous”
“Wait a minute, a know that expression”
Kiege points out her finger as she remembers that embarrassing expression when she shows to Yui. She was furious about it and they entered the wrong parts of the convention. Kiege pushes her away and see the stalls. Shocked to see where the titles on the banner ‘Boys Love’ It is as big as it can be, where lies inside with hundreds of women going in with more spaces to explore.
Yui and Juela were stunned. Tabitha tries to explain herself “So uh, I was expected much. The first person goes in will pick to where to want to go. Nervously laughing*”
They look at her in disgust, fortunately, Kiege is tolerate enough to see what’s going on. It was hard for her to unsee it though. The well-developed animation, the cinematography, and the characters are better the ones she sees in her device. The women are awing the new production as they are excited the recently famous manga going into the process of adaptation. Kiege had enough what she had saw and drag Tabitha out from here. Along with the eyes of her companions seeking her out with good explanation for this interest.
Inside the ‘boy love’ panel, there is one person disguising or cosplaying as a woman. Sexy, and what the man loves to see. Pale white skin, long dark hair, curves all around, and extra thick to where it is golden. She admires the view of so many fan arts and doujinshi. Improved equipment that led to the beauty of such alluring men in full display together. She thought that this panel is going to be rough because the size of the convention, and now it is an actual full-blown realm that fits so many people inside. Now this niche genre that the women loved and adored is big enough for all the women and her to see.
Gossiping and hiding across the crowd, many women had protective measures in their magic items. They can see someone as a man cosplaying as a woman. A beautiful woman no less, the real body is chubby and disgusting from what they seen. They stay away from him as he continues admiring the advertisement
“One underdog mangaka writer and two Agathean artists work together to made the most popular boys love story with beautiful art style, and now plays along in a fantastic scenery as the first anime aired in this world. Both men, tempted, regretted, fought, reconciled, and in love”
A call from her device as she quickly answers it. Her voice comes out from experiencing heaven “Hello?!”
A moment of silent, hearing a strange voice then quickly calls out on him “Perb! Get your ass over here. We are going to sponsor everything we have in this convention. If you are still lost in your favorite panel, it’s fine you won’t going to miss it, but we have . . . What’s that music in the background?”
“Wait!? You heard my background music, it’s OK2BGAY . . .”
“Ah that fucking music, just roll over here. You just made everyone around here thought I’m into this stuff . . . NO! You motherfucker, this son of a bitch is at the fucking click*”
The Perb sighs with glee to hear his friend is taken serious of his work. He uses his magic to track them where they are. This massive realm is going to be the best experience they have after all the unrest and the chaos happened during his work. He prays to this convention to able to finished their projects for next year. Let this city returned to as the center piece of production and paradise like the world they are from. A tear in his eyes in his woman body as he left the panel. The last look at the ‘boys love’ as he moved on. Many of the men catch his eyes as he walks out going to the meeting place.
Miyusuki and his friends didn’t wear any cosplay, but there is a machine does make you in disguise as a cosplayer. There is also a safety precaution as the convention provide everyone a tool to identify everyone with their true appearance before entering. His friends prefer to use the machine as they all form into a uniform gentlemen’s suit with anime like appearance. One of them took the head of a wolf and the other is a charming man with glasses flashing light on his lens.
The boys go through the convention, a size that they could not interpret. It looks bigger than the building inside, purely vast and knowingly used a lot of mana to exist. In all awe across the horizon, they made to the end of each corner through magic. A size of a few huge stadiums as they speculate it. They stopped momentarily and saw that looks like Miyusuki’s guild was here.
“Hey, shield. Take a look at this food stall”
He followed them and saw a strange themed machine, cooking the food with Enders like magic. A man who cooks it with his face jollying with a sign says ‘try and test the cooking machine made from Enders Bridge’
They approached to the man to the side of the stall, where across the line is still filled in queues. “Mister, sorry for interrupting your work. We see some Enders things you’ve got here”
As his friends look at the man, he sees something on the logo. The guild emblem, his own guild branded on the equipment. Now it takes his interest seriously as he reaches out to him
“That’s the Raker Mawn Guild logo. How do you managed to draw that complicated emblem?”
The man smiles continuously and hears someone is calling it Raker Mawn Guild. A great and dangerous adventure he had gone through, he won’t forget how he survived along with the people he saved.
He never thought that the day will be his last because of that strange mana and his broken leg. The stall owner raises his hands and let the stove release smoke out of it, the magic he mixes with gives them a message. ‘First watch this’ The stall lights up and the machine hidden beneath starts to work. Runes and other mystical magic inside prepare the ingredients. It raises up with a viewing pleasure. The multi-purpose cooking equipment shift and changes setting up all varieties of street foods, with an added flavoring with secret spices made from the forest already dead by the dust.
The snacks are distributed and the pays going into the tray as the machine swallows it up to keep it going. It was fast, made it possible for him to serve customers with a given rate. When everything is done, it was the boys turn to get their order. Miyusuki and his friends watch the customers eat and enjoying it. Caught by the interest of good service they bought a few. The stall keeper said to them
“So, you guys know about the Raker Mawn Guild”
Miyusuki answers him “Yeah, there was a teacher who is a guild member. Say, is this you commissioned him for it?”
Amazing, there are also more of them inside this city. As a man has nothing to know about gossips and news, his part time job is his essence without a care to the viewing public.
“No, I haven’t met this teacher of yours. But I meet someone outside when I was an adventurer”
“Really, who is he like?”
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“A hero . . .” He answered without a proper explanation. The looks of their faces confused as he tries to explain to them. As the queues is getting bigger. His confidence grew boldly as the machine he had can still make him work with ease as he talks.
“You can’t imagine, it was back when before the siege. Strange monsters coming out from the dungeons. Scarce monsters trying to survive as they are thin and bones seen from their wrapped skin. Desperate creatures turned undead being parasite by the roots itself. I was there for a desperate pay. The lockdown made me went desperate. My part time job, my actual dream job having technical issues. Places you don’t want to go, but many ventured to find out to have little money. I was a scout, trying to map out the new tunnels made by the monsters”
“That’s when I hear voices, drawing for need of help. I listen, I follow, and I almost fell by a strange hole. The screams were still there, fresh, and still hope to save whoever are down there. I managed to rescue them, but it cost me my leg as the horde coming down on me and the people I saved. It feels like a zombie apocalypse down there. I thought we were done. I thought it was punishment for being greedy or too kind to be this stupid to enter a new area filled nothing but dangerous creatures. Until I met him. A Raker Mawn Guild with drastic strength with full force of his crossbow”
“The sounds of the gears reloading it with a loud clanging sound. Terrifying and effective when the bolt hits them, we were saved for now. As you should know, the place where I have been stops us using the failsafe. So be sure to listen carefully of why I called him a hero”
The students put their eyes on to him as they eat, others follow their ears and added some money on the tray to keep business going. A meal and a story, in this noisy area. With their magic to keep it clear to listen to his words. Others from short distance catch it without any problems.
“He has knowledge that I couldn’t thought of, a soldier of heart and a man dared to go deeper. I was that unlucky fool, to be baited along with him with that monster that chased the adventurers who are screaming for help. I don’t have a choice, my leg broke or was it my ankle. My hero carried me. I just don’t want to die there. We split up in order to bait the monster, until we failed to distract it. We took a daring approached and fought it, the exit where I came from was being sealed by the roots. That damn luck among those adventurers where a group of his people came and saved them, but I didn’t make it, the monster was there, and we went back deep through the underground, to east mountain”
The audience shook and others choke in disbelief. East mountain is the danger zone warned by the elves. This man goes through with an Enders going there in such a long distance. He wasn’t even finished as his life was always in danger.
“There I saw more of those monsters. The name I couldn’t describe them, when I get back and I know their names, demons’ puppets, and I was the scout who had gathered all the intel. So much intel, especially my quest had fulfilled. I don’t know what I did after that. The long run, me getting to use his crossbow with every reload attract them like ringing the bell as we’re both the monsters’ meals”
“Sigh* I can’t believe it, when that time we made it out and get inside the safe rooms made by the elves. We were saved, that man saved my life as my bones still sting after that crazy run. Day or night, with my head turned blank after the experience. I am glad I survive. Yet my opportunity wasn’t done yet. The man starts crafting for his future battles, and with my curiosity put myself for hope that the materials he had will be beneficial for my part time job to get it fix. He offered me, and this is the product I am using right now. A broken bone with a broken dream healing together. I am the man now here in this place with big success”
The story ends and everybody around him begins clapping. He looks around and sees his customers are eating and enjoying the story. With his cooking machine still able to keep finishing the orders they want. He was able to work while telling such a dangerous tale. Everyone is looking up to him as he achieved his goal, without an emotional moment to show, he is just glad he got what he wanted. Then someone came to the stall, a short woman in a gothic Lolita dress. She heard about his story and asked one embarrassing side of the detail.
“So, you’re the one who spread the religious concepts on him”
The stall keeper, never thought someone who knew his savior. “Sorry, do you know who is my hero’s name? I didn’t remember anything about talking about religion”
“It’s Voldemyr . . .”
He starts sweating and accidentally swear from his own mouth “Oh Fucking Shit!”
“What a coincidence, you’re now praising your god’s name”
A slap to himself out of a blue, Voldemyr is really that serious from what he said before. Now this woman in front of him looks like she is scheming something. As everyone is busy eating and didn’t notice what’s going on.
He leans to her and said “How many?”
“Give me the best for four people, please”
The three women watch Yui did it again. Her manipulative ploy was already found out, and the man don’t want to deal with it. They saw Miyusuki and his friends talk about the story they heard, and Juela says to them
“It’s better they don’t know we are here”
Kiege nods “Agreed”
They cast their spells and hide from plain view from Miyusuki. The young boy has limited requirement not to see them in plain view. As they approach the stall keeper
“Thanks for the story, and here. I think you deserved extra”
The extra they give it to him is the energy he used for the machine. Kiege gives him the most expensive fuel he needs to buy in order to power his machine. As he looks at Yui waiting for her order. Another luck coming into his side as he had saved the same amount to give this woman a premium special. Again, this man is the luckiest bastard he had ever experience meeting with Enders. Even though that he is no longer an adventurer, and this is the life he hopes he could continue to survive until they can go back home.
Miyusuki have enough of his fill and they move on. Their pocket money is losing so much in the first day.
“Wow, we just spend so much on merch. And I thought buying some snacks were cheap from the guy who is using a really unique cooking equipment”
“Still, the merch is as expensive as it was back in our world”
“How about you, shield? Got money left in you?”
They know that he is a Raker Mawn Guild member and expect having him a little cash. They know that Horsin money is low, but enough money to spend a few.
Without any hesitation, he shows only a few bills on his hand.
“As expected, how much your guild member income?”
“Why are you trying to talk about my salary? Like most adventurers being paid by selling loots, I’m using my loots as resources for my equipment”
“Yeah, but can you think about saving a few cash for this special event?”
“Then prove it, I’m seeing the covers and nothing that interest me”
“I can’t say to that, but judging only its cover is a mistake that most collectors thought . . .”
While they are talking, Miyusuki spot and recognized someone with an android, the couple who are in Taiyou Industries. The Dexter Guild provides him the best recreation of his android. The android is less robotic and more alive. Making him daze of how he is able to recognized them both. As they passed by, they bumped to one of their school mates.
“Oh, you there! Watch where you’re going!”
“Sorry I wasn’t looking . . .”
His friends stop him “I never thought you are interested here, Gilgas”
“Hmph, ugh, anyway wait a minute, it’s you. Shield, I heard rumors that you were in the city sphere”
“Well . . .”
His friends stop him again “Talk about it when we are at school. The convention has too much to offer and we don’t want to miss it all”
Flourance Gilgas, the lucky student who is given the potion from Haw. Yet, so unfortunate when he failed the hunt. The shield student was still amazed how he is able to get through the experience with many mistakes. His arrogance continues because how he is so jealous to the students who succeeded and now him getting access where he should be more oblige have the opportunity. This gifted high rank was there, but beaten out from the golems with runes. The hidden face of surprised as he heard of him coming from the Saint Heroes.
No words, they get on their way. Back to the topic “Your 30,000 Y cash on hand. I know is big, but as an adventurer, that’s kind of small”
“From what I heard. People get a huge chunk of it in a daily basis”
“That’s what I earn when I went into the city guild”
“Yeah, that’s right. That douche mention you were there. How come they paid you . . .? Oh right, you’re a Raker Mawn Guild member. I heard among the staff they’re mentioning to split the pay to the upcoming guild members”
“Where do you heard that?”
“It’s a man called the rat, you know the infamous runner, they helped them to get their research done quicker. There was a reward, but back then they don’t have enough money. So . . .”
“We get it, but man for a pay that low and the city turns into something modern with magic. I think he got scammed”
Miyusuki answers back “Well, the pay is 3 sylvs for them. That’s big, right?”
“I don’t know about the money exchange. I still guess he was scammed. Nice, we are already here. Take a look, guys”
They entered the animation panels, where the visuals are in 3d. They can watch all around like they are in the background. They see people carefully timed scene with them in it. The screen shows multiple attempts made by the guests. Funny scenes where both sides being the background characters.
They use generic characters between heroes and the demon lord. Both sides have turned something comical. The hero side is surrounded by his harem, ugly looking males in female cosplays. While the demon lord has a group of body pillows censored men sexy poses. The sounds of them disappointed that this panel is rated to everyone. It doesn’t matter, the fun continues and the boys are going to hop in. While they are having fun photobombing the generic characters, there is one huge crowd with the same photobomb facility. This one has an admission fee, where they can get inside their favorite anime and do whatever the scene they make.
It was so massive, and everyone with capable magic to use the tech screen to widen further showing the compilation of iconic scene to be better, others made it funnier, and more importantly making it so livelier along with their favorite characters. The advantageous to edit in is the known hated anime studio who keeps adding filler and background visuals in minutes of it without given a single motion to the characters. They added to their own taste, their own filler into the wide exotic fight they deserve to see. Others raised their devices and record it as their memento. The convention had shown to the citizens and the people of this region how much content it has.
While everyone is enjoying their time, many didn’t show up yet. People from Fuku City hadn’t come in and see the demonstration, Enders never visit it and was offered after finishing the restoration to one of the districts. High rank adventurers aren’t there to see it as they are busy with the ruins. The first day is a huge success and this is not even the beginning. Somewhere inside the convention where is also a stage, a woman with charms and time within the internet. It is finally her time to go live after all that is happening. Her new sets of costumes switch in a fly and magic improved to the best of her abilities.
Music plays harmoniously with theirs and the Horsin’s. The tap of her foot, feeling the beat of the music. Waiting for the spotlight to come, and everyone around her seeing the groove is coming in. Idols, music performers, and staff are going along with the rhythm. The sounds of the beep ticking down, many were too busy enjoying so much what they have saw and buy. The anticipation of fame closing in as they are getting feel like that this world is better than their own world. Pulsing in the minds of having such innovation to keep this life going.
The last tic from the timer, there they pop up on screen. Everyone stops as facility turned off, their eyes focusing on the lights on screen. The girl is there and she shows to everyone what this realm can do. Cheers*
“Hello, everyone, this is Cecilla Brightstage. Welcome to the first ever anime convention plus. Why the plus you ask? You’ve seen never before inventions made by your city truly. Don’t hesitate to look only your favorites. Try everything where you go”
“Including the adult section?” She stops and look at the other idols laughing as she is embarrassed as she forgot about it.
“Haha (sarcastically) This is no joke, everyone. Dare to seek an adventure through this humongous realm. Not only you can move back and forth, there is also going up and down as well. Search your way to the place that you can’t find and the place you almost there but can’t reach it. This amazing place will show you the best merch, service, and . . . Concert!”
The intermission concert begins and people started squander around the place. Leaving the first day the most intense experience with new discoveries.
The Agatheans step aside and let the crowd flow through. They watch them go around excited, but these people are more ecstatic than them. They find a corner as they are taking a rest after hours of sight-seeing.
“You look at that, it’s getting wilder than their summer festival”
“Only the summer festival. You don’t even see the other events they have in south shore bay”
“But that place where the wealthy resides”
“That’s where the city guild is. Are you not an adventurer?”
“An islander, you know. I was there for the goblin festival”
“Oh yeah, that place. I forgot that the fourth moon cycle is coming”
“Yeah, I got caught news about this convention of theirs and I wind up here. The ruins should be over with their plantation/infestation problem”
“Sigh* So, your intention was about the ruin after all”
“No, no, no. I am here for the food”
“For the cheap price?”
“As an Agathean, we all know we are eating what we shouldn’t allowed to”
“Scourges! The inner realms and with their classes. Many come here because of the freedom to eat the meal we should’ve”
“And now we are here, spending it cheaply than buying it like gold”
“So, anyway about the entertainment here. Is it good?”
“Loud, mostly using female mannequins to attract customers, and everything else is more expensive than the inner realms”
It was odd for Agatheans to see like this. It is more like advertising brothel when they look at it. The characters are young, and younger ones that seems look sexual. It feels odd for people dressing costumes with different genres they couldn’t know of. However, there are enjoyable content with rare antiquity of the show. Dark and grim stories that they caught their eyes on. Good stories from what they read so far and everything else where people are very polite and informative from their interest.
These make them wonder “Why are they’re here exactly? What purposed did the summoner wants them for? It doesn’t make sense”
“You know what is worse, they chose to stay here”
“The foundation was given to them from what they called him . . . city lord?”
“It’s mayor if I got myself right”
“That controversy, it seems someone is holding him hostage as the key bearer to let it open. It will get worse when the foundation won’t be activating correctly”
“Ssh* Quiet down, I saw something staring at us”
They look around and saw cameras are looking at them. They see many of it is eyeing on them, and proceed to scatter. The camera still persists to look at them one by one. It is very unclear why they are looking at them and they were forced to join along the crowd and try not to be suspected of. It was suspicious experience. The convention continues to go on for its first day. Where there is no problem whatsoever. The people who organized the convention is watching from the different building.
Mihayara personnel are watching them. Along with the guests, there is the man who are forced to do this. One of the officials, named Justice, is taking care of this matter. With his eyes annoyed to maintain the order of this convention. As he had done so many works when securing the districts, except Fuku City. His hate for outsiders grew
“Horsins, still questioning about the Foundation. I can ignore Enders to keep to themselves, but those guys are more annoying when they can’t understand the way of life in this city. If they want to change it, then I won’t be acting nicely for them to leave”