Is this really just an RPG? !

Chapter 4 Meow's Answer (2)

Deja vu unfolded.

The four of me, Qiuqiu, Lilith, and Emily stood in a circle, with a lot of cards of different colors scattered in the middle. There were two cats, one black and one white, lying on the bedside table. It has been extinguished, it is now 07:00, and the bell for telling the time has only sounded not long ago.

So, why do I want to play board games with these people here!

"It's past 0 o'clock, don't you think about going to rest?"

"Anyway, the ship is for tomorrow, and you don't have to get up early, or are you afraid of losing badly, brave man, so you are going to run away?"

"That's what it says...but Emily, aren't we going to visit the manager?"

"That's true, but I can get up, Lilith, can you do it?"

"I'm fine. I used to stay up late when I was doing research in the palace, but I still have to get up early the next day to learn all kinds of knowledge that a princess must master."

"It's amazing."

It is indeed remarkable.

"I decided to learn from Lilith and play until 3 o'clock every night before going to bed!"

Hello! Is there a problem with the direction of your study?

"Okay, I will stay with Emily, two people are more interesting than one."

Wait! Why do you take Lilith seriously!

"Master, it's time for you to draw a card."

"... Qiuqiu, you are really focused."

Everyone here started talking about adjusting the daily schedule, but Qiuqiu still seriously observed the situation on the field, analyzing other players' cards and character cards. I really didn't know whether to say she was too attentive or slow to respond. Emily and Lilith finally discussed the short-term time plan and turned their attention to the game.

I was planning to take this opportunity to get away and take Roger back to the room to sleep, so I could only bite the bullet and continue playing.

To be honest, I'm really tired.

Although going back in time eliminated the physical fatigue, but the mental state was not very good.

"So, my turn..."

"...Doro?"

"What's that?"

Emily suddenly uttered a rather strange syllable.

"No, no, it's just a sudden feeling, please continue bravely."

"Ah good."

I don't quite understand what Emily is thinking, but since she said so, it probably doesn't have much to do with the current situation, so just ignore it.

"Then, I activate the action card [Recycling Ritual] to recover the cards that were used last round and are still on the field. Retrieve the item card [Valun's Little Hammer] and the magic card [Overload], activate the magic card [Overload use], consumes 2 points of HP, doubles the damage caused by the item cards and magic cards activated this round, and sends all the cards in hand and equipped item cards to the destroyed area after the end of the own round, Then equip the item card [Valen's Small Hammer] and the item card [Valen's Small Bell], and trigger the special effect 'When these two cards are equipped at the same time, all players present will discard their cards'."

Qiuqiu: "..."

Emily: "..."

Lilith: "Ah, the storytelling routine is a bit familiar, I know who Neil's character card is."

Oh, it turns out that Lilith has also played this chain.

"Next, activate the character effect of the character card [Nancy Warren]. When the equipped prop card is removed, each prop card will cause 1 point of damage to the players present. I removed two Item card, so it is 2 points of damage, plus the effect of [Overload], it will become 4 points of damage."

"Ah, in this case, I will lose first, and I only have 4 HP."

Qiuqiu flicked the character card away and handed me all the cards in his hand.

It's really nice to get all the cards in his hand when you kill a player.

"Well, since the effect of [Overload] is still there, I activate the magic card [Indiscriminate Funeral], causing 1 point of damage to all players on the field. Due to the effect of [Overload], it becomes 2 points of damage."

"The second one is me, Neil, are you really playing for the first time?"

"...I didn't say it was the first time, oh oh oh! Lilith's card is very good! Activate the item card [Piercing Blade] to attack a designated player, causing 1 point of damage. Ignore any special effects and props."

"..."

I breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Emily pop open the character card.

I didn't expect to be so lucky this time.

Then I was grabbed by the collar by Emily.

"Ah, who are you! You can't be a brave man! You're so lucky!"

"Ahem, wait a minute, what kind of person am I in your eyes!"

"Luck is so bad that it explodes, the existence of the super lucky E who can't even shake the lowest consolation prize if he draws a prize! The miserable person who struggles to clear a copy and only gets gold coins! That kind of Even if you charge a lot of money, you can’t get anything out, so you can’t get stronger. The kind of players who drink hot water can be choked and sprayed on the ground, and then they step on it and fall to cause a fire, causing everything to be burned dry Net, the hedgehog head can only shout 'unfortunate' to the sky!"

"..."

I can still understand the first one.

After all, that's what happened to me.

But what's behind it?

Especially the last one, that one is 100% a random fabricated example!

How could someone fall and start a fire.

Besides, the reason for the fall was too crude, any child wouldn't believe it, okay?

"But the master is really proficient, it doesn't look like it's the first time playing."

"It wasn't the first time I played."

Every time I go back, I will be caught playing several games, no matter how dull people are, they should be almost familiar with these things.

"Hey! I don't know at all! When did the master play it!"

"Well... when you don't know."

I said something casually, but Qiuqiu probably wouldn't believe it.

It was so obvious.

I'm going to think about how to answer if Qiuqiu asks me "when is the time when I don't know".

Why not just say "I played with my roommates in college"?

"I see!"

She actually believed it!

"It's no wonder the master is better than Chu Qiu, after all, the master started playing very early."

She also automatically made up a lot of plots!

I always feel that I will never be able to keep up with Qiuqiu's thinking circuit, and the two young ladies next to me are always in a state of thinking jump, and there is almost no connection between the previous sentence and the next sentence. It’s like they were talking about how to sleep less and get more done not so long ago, and now they’re talking about what to do when they go to Iceland.

"First of all, I must beat the dragon! Otherwise, what's the point of going to Iceland!"

"Then let's go visit the royal families of several countries in Iceland. I have already contacted my father. He is very supportive of my journey. With the help of the locals, it will be much easier to find the dragon."

"As expected of Her Royal Highness, I am a little bit impressed by you."

"Eh, just a little bit?"

"Well, to prevent you from being proud."

"That's right, I understand."

"Well, since you've gone to Iceland, you must not miss the specialties there."

"For example?"

"Pure natural shaved ice, it will be very comfortable to eat against the cold wind."

"Yes, there is also a special frozen wine. Although it is cold to drink, it only takes a few minutes for the alcohol effect to kick in, making people experience the feeling of being roasted in a stove!"

Northerners are really bold.

Does every human being living in the northern region belong to the fighting clan?

I dare not touch such a strange food.

"It's almost time to sleep."

I looked up at the clock hanging on the wall, and the hour hand on it had already pointed to the 2 position. Although the ship will set sail tomorrow, it is not good for my health to go to bed too late, and my mental state is not very good now. Qiuqiu sorted out the cards, and Roger, who was lying on the desk, rubbed the sleeping white cat, jumped down and lay beside me.

The delicate conversation between Emily and Lilith is also over.

"That's right, it's time to go to bed, although staying up late won't have any effect on me."

"Didn't you say that staying up late is a woman's natural enemy?"

"That's based on the premise that staying up late will affect your complexion. Does Neil think this will happen to me?"

"oh……"

Because the caster himself often stays up late to study books, which is a very painful thing for women.

So most female spellcasters have a set of ways to maintain their skin.

Of course, this can be done with magic.

Sure enough, demand will affect the development of technology, even if this sentence is put on an individual, there is no problem.

"Brave."

"Um?"

As I was about to leave with Roger in my arms, I was stopped by Emily, subconsciously stopped, turned around and bent down to meet her gaze.

Roger jumped out of my arms neatly.

Then Emily punched me in the stomach.

"...you don't have to work hard, you just bend over and bow your head."

"Uh, uh...don't hit me if you know I've worked hard."

"..."

"Hey! Ahem! Are you going to kill me?"

Why is Emily so strong even with a small body!

Is her strange power innate?

"Can you tell me what's wrong with you? Before I die."

"Oh, I just wanted to ask if you would like to visit the manager with us, that is tomorrow... No, it should be today, and the departure will be around 9 o'clock."

"I'm sorry I can't do anything, I think I need to recuperate in bed for a long time."

It’s not perfunctory, because I clearly saw that the HP displayed on my left screen dropped directly from 27 to 7 under Emily’s two fists, and the damage was 10 points, which means that if she comes over with another fist, I may die?

"That's it, Lilith!"

Emily looked excited.

Probably because of her bet with Lilith?

"Yes, yes, I lost, but Emily, you really understand Neil."

Lilith who was called out still kept smiling.

Compared with Emily, she doesn't seem to care much about winning or losing the bet.

"It's about the same, anyway, the brave men of all ages are like this."

"..."

No, I actually kind of want to go.

Because there is a person I really want to see in Warren's mansion, I don't know if she is there.

As for rejection, the root cause is your fist.

"Oh yes, one more thing."

"Um?"

"Qiuqiu, I'll pick it up!"

"..."

Looking at Qiuqiu's face full of anticipation, I couldn't say no at all.

Is she my elf sidekick or Lilith and Emily's elf sidekick? Since the academy incident ended, this elf, which is said to be seen by almost no one except me, not only showed its figure directly, but also completely stuck to Lilith and Emily afterwards.

Great relationship.

Is this the friendship of girls?

"Meow?"

"Nothing, let's go back to the room."

"Meow!"

Hey, in this indifferent and desolate world, only this fluffy cat in my arms can warm my heart.

"Meow meow meow!"

"Meow..."

Very good, even so, this cat can still show a wave of affection.

Seeing Roger waving his cat's paw at Ron, I really had the urge to throw him out.

"Good night, then."

"Good night."

"Good night brave!"

"Master, don't be so lonely that you can't sleep alone!"

No way!

Closing the door of the room, I sighed deeply.

What's next?

Or what to do after waking up?

"Meow?"

"In the afternoon, accompany me to the central square."

"Meow!"

I want to see if there will be a new building where the original clock tower was.

And, is the city of Yvette, whose history has been revised, still as prosperous as I know it to be?

The correction power of the world maintains a certain balance. Even a slight change in history cannot affect the almost fixed future. This is the answer I came up with after traveling all over the city of Yvette. Even the loss of the two props that can manipulate time, the "Wandering Hammer" and "Wandering Clock", did not change the prosperity of Yvette City.

The only few differences are probably that Yvette City is no longer just the most important port city of the Alexander Empire, but also a city with developed alchemy; besides the clock tower, there is a statue of an old man in the central square; alchemy shops can be seen everywhere , and the alchemy union built next to the magic union.

Of course, the above content is all the information I learned from conversations with passers-by.

In terms of feeling, there shouldn't be much difference.

…………

No wonder.

What a big difference!

I almost lost my way!

"Meow?"

"Ah, it's nothing, I didn't think of anything strange, and I didn't get confused... I didn't say anything."

"Meow……"

"It's not my fault. Without a map, the road planning has become different from before. Getting lost is a normal thing."

"Meow."

"Oh, this way."

I don't know how on earth Roger remembers these routes.

Under the guidance of my black cat, I finally found the central square, but after seeing the statue, I couldn't help but want to laugh. Although it is said to be a statue of an old man, relying on the subtle familiarity, I can still tell that it is Cowper. However, in this way, it is also understandable that after losing the "Wandering Hammer" and "Wandering Bell", even if the residents lose hope, Yvette City can still be rebuilt.

He must have put in a lot of hard work! That's why it was carved into a statue and placed here in the central square as a memorial.

I wanted to go to other places to have a look, but was suddenly stopped by a woman.

"That... hello, are you a traveler?"

"Ah, yes."

Walking towards me was a woman who looked about 20 years old. Although she had dressed up deliberately, as if to disguise her identity, but judging from her temperament, she should be born in a nobleman and trained in etiquette. More importantly, I don't know why, but I feel a little familiar, as if I've seen her somewhere.

"First time in Yvette City?"

"Come once, but didn't stay long."

"I see, then this is the first time I've come to the central square."

"Um."

After all, this is no longer the central square I am familiar with.

It's okay for the first time!

This noble lady is surprisingly easy to talk to.

"Need me to introduce you?"

"If it doesn't bother me, I don't know the city very well."

"Very happy."

The other party nodded, and then led me to the statue.

"This statue was created to commemorate Mr. Cooper, the savior of Yvette City. You may not know that 80 years ago, Yvette City was far from so prosperous. The residents at that time had lost confidence in rebuilding the city. This Then Mr. Cowper appeared, with those unimaginable masterpieces."

"He's really a formidable person."

"Well, even the clock tower was built under the auspices of Mr. Cowper. It was originally destroyed by a natural disaster and turned into ruins, but he seems to have rebuilt it in memory of someone. No one seems to know about it."

"..."

Is the natural disaster talking about me?

Considering the position and angle at which the magic was fired at that time, it was indeed easy to regard it as a natural disaster.

It's a good thing that he can continue to stabilize people's hearts in that situation.

"Actually, there is another secret. I always feel that Mr. Cooper and I seem to have known each other a long, long time ago... Ah! Although he is old enough to be my grandfather."

"Maybe, if you can travel through time, your feeling will be established."

I joked.

Surprisingly, the other party shook his head quickly.

"No, no, this kind of subtle familiarity already makes me very happy. Let's forget about time travel. Although I don't know much about magic, I think the magic that can control time is a bit too scary. ?”

"It's true...it's scary."

Endless bondage on the same day.

cut off from time.

Witness for yourself a future that has been plunged into darkness.

"Supposing, I mean supposing, some day you could see Mr. Cowper, what do you plan to do?"

"Well... I have a very important request."

She clasped her fingers across her chest, as if praying.

"A very important request?"

"Well, I believe he can understand my request, because I am sure that he is of the same kind as me."

"Eh?"

I suddenly had a bad feeling.

Shouldn't it be better not to listen to a girl's wishes.

"I hope he can modify this thing. Recently, I feel that the effect of squeezing juice is not obvious. I don't feel excited after using it for a whole day. Could it be that my body's stamina has been exercised to a super strength? How far? But people occasionally want to sell something in exchange for pocket money, and it’s been a long time since I’ve been satisfied.”

"..."

I saw the other party take out a vibrating cylinder prop solemnly.

That shape, let me feel deja vu.

The last time I saw it seemed to be in Nancy's room.

At that time, I chose to ignore it wisely, so as not to be brought up by Nancy on strange topics.

"Eh? Do you want to try it too? I brought a lot of them, and they're in the bell tower. Few people come to that place."

"...No need!"

Why does this person maintain such a bad personality after changing the past!

Even 20 years of etiquette education can't change her twisted habit? !

I suddenly felt the malice of the world.

"Just kidding, you are unexpectedly innocent, can you tell me your name?"

"Neil, Neil Franks Noyce."

"I'm Nancy, Nancy Warren."

really.

Due to the large age difference, I didn't recognize the girl in front of me for a while, but I felt vaguely familiar. It wasn't until I heard the unique lines that I realized that she was the grown-up Nancy. The administrator's daughter isolated from time.

"Hornby Warren?"

"Father."

"That's right, but why did the eldest lady come here suddenly, without... guards?"

"Sneaked out!"

Having said that, she stuck out her tongue playfully.

"My father wants me to be the next owner and manager. Although I don't want to live up to my father's expectations, I still have my own dreams. I want to learn alchemy and create more unimaginable alchemy like that pioneer Mr. Props, in this way, the residents of Yvette City will be happier."

"A great wish."

"More importantly, if this thing breaks, I can fix it myself. Now I can only ask the maid to help me take it out and find someone to fix it. It's a bit embarrassing."

"..."

Also know embarrassment.

Does it mean there is help?

Or is it my illusion?

I always feel that no matter what I complain about now, it will make the atmosphere more rigid.

"It's almost time, I'm going back too."

"Eh?"

I was a little overwhelmed because I couldn't keep up with Nancy's leaping mind.

"I planned to take you to the clock tower to have a look, but those guys have already followed, so I'd better go back first."

Nancy pointed to the people in black clothes who concealed their figures in the jungle not far away, and then grabbed my hand.

"If there is fate, we will meet again."

"Um."

"Although it is a bit sudden, please accept this."

Something was stuck in the hand.

is a hammer.

Obviously there is no place to hide things on her body, but she suddenly took out such a hammer. I really don't know how she did it. Moreover, this hammer seems to be very similar to the "prowling hammer", but the mana flowing on it is very strange, and it doesn't feel like a prop for manipulating time.

"This was given to me by my father. It is said that Mr. Cooper predicted my birth, and he hoped that I could give this thing to a boy who I would find very pleasing to the eye. I think it should be you! After all, it feels very familiar at first glance, like a friend I met a long time ago."

"Maybe we were friends in the previous life or the previous life?"

"It must be so."

Nancy nodded vigorously.

"See you soon!"

"Um!"

After speaking, Nancy waved her hand and ran away.

I was about to go to the clock tower to have a look, but when I turned around, I was suddenly pulled back. I didn't realize what was going on, but I felt a hot air in my ears, and my face seemed to be touched by something.

"Then, goodbye, Mister Brave."

"Ah, oh..."

So, what did that action mean?

Farewell etiquette?

"Roger, you know what?"

"Meow……"

"What does such a regretful tone mean! Please tell me if you know!"

"Meow."

"Don't worry? Then let's go to the clock tower."

I really mind Nancy's behavior before parting, but it should be similar to expressing blessings.

If you have the opportunity to meet again, you must respond well.

I didn't put the hammer in my backpack, I just held it in my hand. The gate of the clock tower is unlocked and can be opened with a light push. The inside is very clean. There are several platforms from the bottom to the top of the building, exactly the same as when Cobb lived.

It's just that the familiar things are gone.

empty.

It wasn't until I climbed to the top of the bell tower that I realized that it was different from what I remembered.

The wall that had to be passed through to enter Nancy's room was obviously different in color from the surrounding walls. When I walked past, the wall and the hammer in my hand seemed to resonate in some way. It didn't take long for the surface of the wall to be torn off, turning into a roll of paper and falling to the ground.

The wall full of contradictions becomes the same as other walls.

Only the roll of paper remains.

Cowper left it to me.

"To the brave 80 years later, thank you very much for your help.

The rebuilding work without 'Wandering Hammer' and 'Wandering Bell' is very difficult, I almost want to give up, because no matter how excellent alchemy technology is, it can't save the people who have lost confidence. But fortunately, there are still people supporting me. I want to repay the brave man for your help, so that even if the old history of Yvette City is modified, it can still become a big city in your memory.

Things went smoother and more fulfilling than I imagined.

So, I rebuilt this clock tower and made him the guardian of Yvette City.

I also left this letter to let you know about the efforts of the people of Yvette City.

The hammer in your hand is specially made by me. Although it is only a durable hammer, I hope it can be used as a souvenir.

Finally, please give my regards to Nancy. "

Very simple message, nothing superfluous.

It fit Cowper's character well.

I rolled up the letter and put it in my backpack along with the hammer.

"Meow."

"After that? Go to Roy, talk to him about this incident, and have lunch by the way."

"Meow!"

"You also think this idea is good! Then let's start to act."