"Do you know how to use those hystal core things?" Swishroll asked as she sprung to her feet and stood on the bar stool. Thetho widened his eyes slightly at hearing Swishroll mention a hystal core.

"Oh, so you have one?". Swishroll nodded and opened her handbag before rummaging through it.

"That would explain your stats; but, how odd, normally people who are brought to this world come with it already-". Thetho was cut off mid-sentence by Swishroll's abrupt outburst, with her head practically halfway in her handbag, along with her shout catching the surrounding bystanders' attention for a brief moment.

"What do you mean it just disappeared?!" Swishroll shouted as she stared straight at the unphased Kai-TI.

"One minute it was here then the next it wasn't," Kai-TI stated coldly as she sat atop the glowing gold playing card with a chibi kitsune engraving with an uncountable amount of large tails on it. Swishroll groaned as she pulled her head out from her handbag.

"Is something wrong, Swishroll?".

"It's gone....".

"Oh... well don't fret over it. Although they're rare, people without an active one have a higher chance of obtaining them or so I've heard; so, you could use not having one to your advantage to get quite a few and live quite a laid-back life given how well they sell," Thetho said while Swishroll sulked.

"Can you just tell me how to use it if I come across one again?" Swishroll uttered with half her soul pitifully leaking out her mouth. Thetho's ears drooped a little at Swishroll's half-hearted state.

"Certainly, all you need to do is place it into your kyvieno card and then you'll be able to equip all manners of Korveins like my Monster Tamer one you saw earlier.". Swishroll nodded as she grumbled about when she could start that delivery commission.

A few minutes later, Swishroll stepped out of the large dome-shaped hanger as the glass sliding door behind her closed. Swishroll sighed as she looked at the letter in her hand

"At least he gave me an easy one since he felt bad for me.". Swishroll strolled over to the fence-like barrier at the end of the ring-shaped platform around the dome-hanger which sat atop a large goldish tree. Swishroll peered at the large city within the confines of the towering wall of large golden tree roots; above a large flowing river covered by a glass-looking floor, the city was a perfect blend of a rainforest and modern-esque architecture.

Swishroll glanced around one last time and noticed the tree-like golden lampposts around the city spring to life with a pale yellow light. She peered up at the orange part of the sky slowly creeping over the blue parts of the sky.

"I guess it's getting late...now which way is the place anyway?". On queue, Kai-TI poked her head out from Swishroll's handbag.

"Master, my basic mapping functions have synced up so I can give directions.".

"Oh... good," Swishroll said with a tinge of relief.

A few minutes later, Swishroll stood by the railing of a peer-like walkway which overlooked a section of the glass material-covered river. Swishroll glanced around and even over the railing before she sighed as Kai-TI glanced around with her head poking out the top of the handbag.

"Are you sure this is the right place?" Swishroll asked unamusedly as she continued to look around with a perplexed stare while the sound of a chattering crowd could be heard from below.

"Unit's navigation software states you are at the correct X and Y coordinates, Master," Kai-TI stated before she slunk back into Swishroll's handbag.

"Man...," Swishroll uttered as she rubbed the back of her head, and a set of light footsteps approached.

"You lost or something?" a feminine slightly high-pitched voice asked from behind Swishroll. Swishroll turned around before locking eyes with the person who was miraculously the same height as her.

(the girl is a feline oni[basically an anthro humanoid cat with one horn]; she has slightly pointy cat ears, a black cat nose and six cat whiskers, a super long cat tail, cat paws and feet, fuzzy pale purple fur all over her body, super pale elbow-low fluffy chestnut hair with pure white ends, pale violet eyes with black scleras, a thin blade-like light pink horn on her forehead, flat chest, and slightly thick thighs)

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(She is wearing an open black fluffy hoodie with various colour-changing squares around the lower half of her hoodie, a football-sized black ball of fur on the end of her tail, and black cat-paw-shaped fur slippers)

The duo silently stared at each other before taking a step towards each other and wrapping their arms around one another in a strong hug.

"A fellow shorty!" the two cried out. As the two hugged, their faces started to turn slightly red; Swishroll from feeling the slightly lean muscles and toned body of the oni under her fur, and the oni from feeling how soft Swishroll's body was and the overpoweringly sweet aroma of her hair. The two continued to awkwardly hug in silence before Kai-TI poked her head out from Swishroll's handbag.

"Is unit included in this short people hug?". Kai-TI's words seemed to snap the duo out of their nerve-racked states and quickly broke the hug, with the abrupt movement causing Kai-TI to fall back into the bag.

"Ahem... name's Lynnzi... Sakimontio," Lynnzi murmured as she rubbed her face to remove her blush as much as possible.

"Oh... I'm... Swishroll," Swishroll muttered half-heartedly.

"That's a nice name," Lynnzi said with a poker face while internally screaming about Swishroll having the name of her favourite food. Lynnzi blankly stared at Swishroll before she looked to her side and strongly exhaled from her nose hard enough to make a little blood come out.

"Heh, you must have thought of something inappropriate just now didn't you," Swishroll remarked cheekily, causing Lynnzi to flinch.

"Pardon?" Lynnzi said with a stoic tone and expression, making sure not to show even a hint of her embarrassment.

"Kidding, I was just trying to alleviate the awkward air with a joke," Swishroll blurted out as she waved her hands.

"Oh... must be a culture difference then.".

"You could say that.".

"But back on to my original question, do you happen to be lost?" Lynnzi asked.

"Sort of... I was looking for a shop called Golden Bear Bakery," Swishroll explained as she held the letter in her hand. Lynnzi tilted her head to the side before glancing to the railing overlooking the glass floor-covered river far below.

"You mean that one?" Lynnzi asked as she pointed over the railing. Swishroll hurried over to the railing and glanced over to see the marble platform protruding from the wall. Swishroll followed Lynnzi's hand and spotted the golden bear-themed bakery along the path below.

"Oh...," Swishroll uttered as Lynnzi said she'd show her the way to the bakery.

As the sun was close to setting, Swishroll walked out of the Scale Carriers Company's Xylolight branch building. She stared at the bag of Olume rings in her hand before sighing and placing it in her swish roll handbag. Swishroll glanced up at the S.C.C. insignia above the sliding glass door.

"I feel like he gave me more than the commission...," Swishroll murmured as Lynnzi balanced on the nearby railing.

"Yeah, he's a big old softy for those in need, a bit too much if you ask me," Lynnzi remarked as she hopped off the railing, "Sooo...?".

"Soo?" Swishroll muttered in response.

"What do you plan to do now?" Lynnzi asked cheerfully. Swishroll placed a hand on her chin before half-heartedly shrugging. Lynnzi amusedly and half-heartedly shook her head as she placed her hand on her hips.

"Well, if you don't have anything planned, why don't you try applying for Heliodawn Academy?" Lynnzi offered. Swishroll amusedly swayed her head from side to side as she thought it was funny Lynnzi's first suggestion was an academy of all things.

"And let me guess, this academy is where people learn how to safely explore monster-infested places?" Swishroll remarked jokingly.

"... I'm surprised you know that," Lynnzi remarked in surprise, leaving Swishroll to half-heartedly giggle.

"It's pretty obvious isn't it?".

"I suppose so.". As the duo continued their conversation, a sudden screeching alarm bellowed through Xylolight causing all the residents to rush into the nearest buildings. Swishroll swung her head around before she felt Lynnzi grab her wrist.

"We need to get inside!" Lynnzi exclaimed frantically before a hallowing howl drummed through the air. Lynnzi rushed off, pulling Swishroll behind her towards the Scale Carriers Company branch's entrance.

"Why what's attacking?" Swishroll blurted out.

"Don't know, don't car-". Lynnzi abruptly crawled to a stop before a large reptile-like bone-armoured monster with winged arms landed on the wall above the S.C.C. branch building's entrance.

"A Crizeal Crawler!" Swishroll mindlessly blurted out, making Lynnzi turn her head at her.

"Wait, how do you know what it is?" Lynnzi asked in astonishment before she sensed the crizeal crawler raring to attack. Lynnzi glanced to her side as the crizeal crawler lunged at the duo.