NEW FRIEND/GUILD MEMBER

Name

Imphi

Race

Beast

Gender

Female

Character class

Mage

LVL

23

HP

1350/1350

MP

4000/4000

"M-Maybe we can stop for now? We stayed here for so much time. I don't want to bother you." I said to this small mage, that was now standing beside me.

She had beautiful black hair, and big green eyes. When she heard me she moved her cat's ears.

"What are you talking about?! Look! We have so many new guild members! We just need a little more time, and we will have a really big guild." she said and smiled.

Imphi, my old "friend". Well, it's not like we were arguing in our guild. We were just avoiding each other. I didn't like girls like her, and she wasn't speaking with guys like me. Well, now she does.

"Hello! Somebody wants to join a guild!" she shouted, and people started going towards her. After that she would led them to me, and I would make them my new guild members.

"Don't you think it's something bad? I mean, they look really scared when they come to me." I said.

"Scared? Are you stupid? They are just embarrassed because you are so cute, and great." she said and smiled one more time.

She's weird. I need to get rid of her. She is really weird. Can't she see that everyone is scared of me?

"You don't need to worry about anything! After watching this video, and meeting you, I just want to help you! Just leave it to me!"

"O-Okay." I responded, and she started shouting one more time.

After maybe half an hour we were done. After all this time we recruited 20 people. Most of them had a class, that was dealing lots of damage. We were still short on tanks and healers. They had lower levels than me. Well, it wasn't weird. I played all the time, so only players that were the best could have a lvl like me.

Still, it was weird to see that Imphi had a 23 lvl. She must have been playing a lot.

"I'm really thankful, you helped me so much!" I said when she approached me. It was the truth. I don't think I could recruit anybody. I wanted a cute healer, and now everyone is scared of me.

"Don't be so shy! If you tried some more you would recruit anyone! You just need to go to them!" Imphi replied and smiled.

Is she making fun of me? Does she know that I'm a NEET? I'm not a NEET!

"Y-Yeah, for sure. Anyway, you should probably end playing for now. I mean, we played for some time, and it's late. I mean, I can play, but you know. You are not a NEET that can play so much. I mean, I'm not a NEET. I just wanted... Do you understand?"

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"Hahaha, you are so funny!" Imphi said and laughed.

She must have a weird sense of humor.

"Don't worry about me! I have a looot of time! We can go to a café! I know one that is near, and it's really great. We can talk there!"

"O-Okay?" I replied and she grabbed my hand happily. After that she started walking.

Her character was really small, but she was still bigger than me. Her expensive clothes were really beautiful, and they attracted the attention of many players. I could swear that even some NPCs were looking at us. After maybe five minutes of walking we came to a small, wooden building.

It was placed far from the center of the city, so there weren't many players here.

"Is it this café?" I asked and she nodded. After that she opened the door.

When I went inside I smelled some coffee, and sweets.There were many small wooden tables, with a white tablecloths on them. On each of them, there was a vase with some weird, red but beautiful flowers. They weren't normal flowers, but something you could only see in RaS.

Before us there was a counter, and behind it a young girl was standing. She was a human NPC, maybe twenty years old. She was wearing a maid outfit.

"Hello! I'm back!" Imphi said and approached the woman.

"Welcome back Im-mphi." she said and bowed a little. When she did that I could see her face more clearly. She had long, brown hair, and big blue eyes. She looked like a normal girl, but she was really cute. I don't really know why, maybe I just like maids?

"I told you so many times! Its Imphi, not Im-mphi!"

"I'm sorry Im-mphi." this girl replied and bowed a little one more time. Well, even if RaS had one of the best AI's in computer games, it still couldn't spell player's name without problems. It's still just a normal game.

When they were talking I looked around one more time. This place looked beautiful. It had a charming atmosphere, and everywhere you could smell fresh coffee, but for some reason it was empty. It's not like in RaS you can't taste things. Of course it's not like eating something in normal world, but still it could be really enjoyable. So why is it empty?

"Do you like it?" this maid girl asked me, when she saw that I was looking around.

"Y-Yeah, it's great. It's just that this place is really empty."

"Ah, don't mind it. As long as I can have cute customers like you, I'm happy! Oh, I have a great idea! I will bring you some of my cake! For free, for both of you! Just wait here!"

"I c-couldn't..."

"Yeah! We're waiting." Imphi interrupted me, and smiled diabolically. Well, it's not like I need to argue about this, so I just sat down at one of the tables with her.

"So, you wanted to talk with me?" I asked Imphi, when we were sitting.

"Yeah! Yeah! It's about this video! You really are a great player! And how you killed this player killer, I really respect you." Imphi said something weird.

"A-And?" I asked one more time. I don't think that meeting some NEET that killed someone in pvp is really that great.

"And?! You are great! You need to have sooo much experience in other games! No one just plays so good in a team, and you are a girl too! At first I thought that you might be some creep that is pretending to be a girl, but after reading this weird guys comments, I know for sure that you are girl. No one would say things like this one the forum if they were lying." Imphi said and smiled.

Sorry, but I'm not a girl.

"A-And?"

"And? Why are you so cold? I just wanted to meet and talk with you. You are so great, and I'm sure that you will become one of the best RaS players." Imphi said with a sad face.

Is she really telling the truth? I don’t want to trust a girl.

"A-Anyway, why won't you tell me more about yourself? You say that I'm so great, but look at your equipment." I said, to change the topic.

It seemed like she wasn't a bad girl. Maybe I was wrong about her? Maybe I was just a stupid NEET that doesn't understand women?

"Oh, those items? Don't worry about them! Some guys gave them to me." Imphi replied and laughed.

I wasn't wrong. I wasn't wrong. Every woman is like this. Why am I even trying?

"Something happened? You don't look well." she asked me.

"I-It's nothing." I said.

After that, this maid approached us with the cake. It was a shortcake with lots of strawberries.

"Are you sure we don't have to pay?" I asked.

"Don't worry about it. Just eat." she replied, and returned to the counter.

Then I started eating. The cake tasted great. It was sweet and really tasty. I felt a little bad that I didn't pay for it though.

"Don't feel bad about it. It's a great place, and when other players will level up, I'm sure they will hang out in here. Just look at this cute maid." Imphi said, as she stuffed her mouth with the cake.

"Maybe you are right?" I replied. It was weird, feeling bad for the NPC, but she was talking like a normal girl. Other NPCs weren't liker her, it was a little weird, but I decided not to think about this.

"Anyway, I'm sooo glad you are a girl." Imphi said, and looked at me.

"Why?"

"Because I hate men." she replied, and took another bite of her cake.

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