“Brian, I o talk to you for a minute. Could you e with me?” Lua asked me after lunch.

  “Sure.” I responded. Not like I had anything else to do. They would just shove me back to that wahroherwise.

  And now I’m having that tour with Lua that I wanted.

  She took me a bit away from the town hall, into ahat seems to be the town's graveyard. Just judging from all of the stones carved with names and dates. The dates were in a DD/MM/YYYY format and the years ranged from 1331 to 1363. That means this vilge has been here for at least thirty years. And I guess this is also the first time I’ve gotten any idea of the date in this world. Not that it really matters, but still. I do wonder, what is the year 0 of their dar. Ahing I o find out when I get back to the city.

  Lua stopped in front of one grave that said Griffa, with the date 15/13/1359. Eh? 15/13? Like the fifteenth day of the thirteenth month? I thought the dar was the same, but it is not.

  Lua then got on her knees and said some things in a quiet voice. I just stood a few steps behind her, keeping quiet. I don’t o ask who that grave belongs to. I have a pretty good guess.

  “e. Let’s go.” Lua said after she got up. “This is no pce for a versation.”

  I just followed along.

  She led us to one of the houses, well they are more like huts. Very basic wooden building.

  “Is this your father’s house?” I asked.

  “Kind of. There aren’t really individual houses in this vilge. They are shared by multiple people.” Lua answered. “But the other person moved to a different house, so this one is currently empty.”

  “I see. You know a lot even though you haven’t been here for a while.” I ented.

  “I did hear some of the gossip earlier.” Lua said. 1 When she was going around, telling people new blood had arrived.

  Lua then turo me with a serious look on her face.

  “Brian, I got a system mission.” She said.

  A system mission? Lua got one? Nice. I’ve been w when she would get her first one. I assume this is her first one.

  “I wao ask what I should do about it.” Lua added.

  “Well, I usually do them, if they aren’t too difficult.” I said. I have done all of the missions I have gotten this far. Of course I also have the two long term missions and those are still ongoing. “So it might help if you tell me what the mission is.”

  “It says to teach dhampirs true blood magic.” Lua said.

  … isn’t that simple? Lua got true blood magic after like a few days of training with Vampire Lady.

  “Yes. Is that the problem? If I recall correctly, it took you only a few days, right?” I asked her.

  “No. That is not the problem. There is something strange about the mission.” Lua said. “... I just show it?”

  (Of course you , if you wish.) I heard Lua’s System Support in my head. (Just think or say ‘Open’.)

  “Open.” Lua said quietly.

  Mission: Teacher of BloodGoal: Teach Dhampirs True Blood MagicReward: ???

  It looks simir to mine. But there is ohing different about it. The reward se is ???. My missions usually have a reward that improves Pack Opener ives me cards, but Lua’s just has ???.

  “I see. It is simir to mine, but also a bit different.” I said.

  “Would you show me yours?” Lua asked.

  “Sure, I .” I then had Laura bring up my dhampir mission before saying: “Open.”

  Mission: Cure the DhampirsGoal: Cure dhampirs of their blood cursesReward: Grants a random Vampire card for each cured dhampirThis mission is repeatable. You gain the reward only once per person

  “Yours doesn’t have a visible reward. All of the ohat I’ve had have always had a detailed reward.” I told Lua.

  “Yes. I was w about it. But also, how much do I have to teach them for it to t?” Lua asked.

  “... not sure. Enough for the system t?” I theorized. “My missions have always had clear start and end points, except for the dhampir mission and oher.”

  “Could you tell me about them?” Lua asked. “The other missions?”

  “Sure. I had one for founding the dungeon, I had oo stop the wyvern attad then I had oo save baron Wat from the thunder sprites. They have all been very much time limited, or what I call them, emergency missions. But I also have two tinuous ohe dhampir one you already saw and another oo do with magical attributes.” I informed Lua.

  “Magical attribute mission? May I see that as well?” Lua asked.

  “Sure.” I said and again Laura brought it up for me. “Open.”

  Mission: Granter of MagicGoal: Grant a magic attribute to hard w people who don’t have oneReward:Grants 1-5 monsters of the attribute given.If the recipient is aremely hard worker, cards may e in sleeves or toploadersThis mission is repeatable

  “Yeah. So if you know ahat doesn’t have an attribute but deserves one, just call me.” I told Lua.

  “... I … yes. I will.” Lua said.

  “And now that we are talking about magic attributes, how about I finally give you light magic.” I offered.

  I promised to give Lua the light attribute all the way back when I first tried to cure her, but I just never did. Now is the perfect time for that.

  “... would you? I already have the water attribute, so you won’t gain a reward, right?” Lua asked.

  “I know that. But Lua, you saved my life. Nothing will ever take that away. So giving you a magic attribute is nothing.” I told her.

  And it is true. With a pack token factory tained within my unique skill, I have o hold onto singur copies of some cards.

  “Then, please.” Lua said.

  “I’ll just warn you before hand, but this be a bit intense.” I told Lua. “It will feel like a mix between pain and sexual pleasure. Are you ready?”

  “... what are you actually going to do?” Lua asked carefully.

  “It’s nothing sexual, I swear. But that is what it feels like.” I told her.

  “... I still want it.” Lua said.

  “Good.” I said as I pulled Luminous Spark out of the colle. “I’ll do it now.”

  “Please.”

  “Install.”

  The card in my hand turned into light aered Lua’s chest.

  “Ah.” She let out a small moan as it did.

  … yeah. Why does it have to feel like that? Couldn’t there be a better way? Something that won’t cause misuandings if someone overhears it?

  As I was looking over Lua, I also made a quick sear the colle for any light attribute mohat heal life points. Surprisingly, I only had one. White Magi Pikeru.

  I guess I never really thought about it, but Dang Fairy is in fact a wind attribute monster, not light. But in terms of mohat heal life points, I have Cure Mermaid, Dang Fairy, Fushi No Tori (but it only heals via battle, so it is more of a life steal), Skull-Mark Ladybug (only when it goes to the GY), Spirit of the Breeze, White Magi Pikeru and Griggle. Griggle does have an effect that triggers when its ownership ges, so I do wonder about that. If I summle, then transfer trol of it to someone else, like Alex gave the summoned Red-Eyes bae back during the sprite i, would Griggle’s effect activate? It probably should, but I’m not sure.

  Spoiler

  [colpse]

  Also, I do remember the Trial of the Princess spell. It is something that upgrade White Magi Pikeru to Princess Pikeru. But I don’t have access to either of those cards. They just are in a set I haven’t unlocked yet.

  “That was … a lot.” Lua said after she had recovered from the install.

  “Yeah. But the first one is generally the worst, so if I ever install another card into you, at least it won’t be as bad.” I told her.

  “Have you installed some into yourself?” Lua asked.

  “Yeah. Four in total.” I answered.

  “Four? You use four attributes?” Lua asked.

  “Eh? No. Why would you think that?” I asked.

  “Because an install gives a magic attribute, right?”

  “Well yes, but actually no. Installs have many different effects depending on the card I install.”

  “Like what?”

  “Well I’ve only seen two differeions. One is gaining, or more like altering the magic affihe sed is gaining a skill.” I expined.

  “Gaining a skill? Like just getting a new skill?”

  “Yes. Exactly like that.”

  “Brian?”

  “Yes?”

  “Are you a god?” Lua asked.

  … where is this ing from?

  “No. Of course not.” I denied.

  “But you do things only a god should be able to do.” Lua said.

  “Don’t skill orbs exist? I’m detly sure they do.”

  “But they only e from dungeons and the dungeons are a gift from the Goddess.”

  “I thought the first Great Sage could make them as well.” At least that is what I took away from aulina said yesterday.

  “So you are admitting that you are as powerful as the first Great Sage. Is that it?” Lua asked.

  “No. Of course not. I have no clue how powerful the first Great Sage was, so I ’t exactly pare our powers.”

  “I don’t think you are denying that it is possible.”

  “Lua, anything is possible. I don’t think I, at this moment, am strohan the first Great Sage. Holy. But I think it is more than possible that I grow to be more powerful than he was.” I said. With all of the BS my cards allow me to do, I should be able to do that. Probably. Level Up! to gain levels, installs to gain skills and just summoning moo … well, to fight for me. And if I do gain that st Exodia piece, I’ll have the god-like power of Exodia by my side as well. And perhaps at some point I’ll get the od-like entities of Yugioh, like the Egyptian God Cards, the Sacred Beasts or the Nordic Gods. I guess the Wicked Gods are also a thing, but they might be too dangerous to use.

  “... you really are an anomaly.” Lua said. 2 Lua is too smart. We must execute her immediately.

  “I’ll take that as a pliment.” I said. “Also, I want to give you a few cards.”

  “How much are you pnning on giving? I don’t think I’ll ever be able to pay you back.”

  “And who said you’ll have to?” I asked.

  “I did. When you got me this magic bag.” Lua said as she patted the maginy pack I got her.

  “Well that is different. My cards only be used by those with Card Summoner. Well, not really but still. I want them to be used and I ’t use all of them myself. So I want to give you a few more to use.” I told her.

  “... I’ll accept them.”

  Now as for what I gave Lua, first was White Magi Pikeru to teach her light magic, sed was Cure Mermaid because I think it fits her. Then I gave her a copy of Vampire Vamp and Vampire Grace. I got two of each of them from the dhampir mission, so I give one of each away without too big of a worry.

  “I think these four will do.” I said as I hahem over. I had, of course, put a toploader on each of them.

  “I uand the vampires, but what about the other two?” Lua asked.

  “Well, they are to help you with healing magic. Cure Mermaid uses water attribute healing magid White Magi Pikeru uses light attribute healing magic. You will need a teacher to learn light magic, won’t you?”

  “I … yes. Thank you. But I didn’t expect a mermaid.”

  “Actually, I have awo if you want them.” I offered.

  “... two more? I … please.”

  “Here. Mermaid Knight and Enting Mermaid.” I said as I hawo more cards to Lua.

  “Thank you.”

  Spoiler[colpse]

  We the around the vilge, Lua showing me everything. Not that there was much.

  The most iing part was this rge-ish flower field that grew deep red flowers.

  Lua told me that the ar they produce is used as an ingredient in healing potions. I was a bit surprised because I haven’t seen them anywhere else and they are quite beautiful. But Lua said they need blood magic to help them grow, so only a dhampir grow them.

  So that is why dhampirs are still around. I’ve actually been w why there hasn’t been some sort of racial extin caused by hate for their blood drinking ways. But if they are the only ones capable of produg materials for healing potions, that makes more sense.

  As we got back to the town hall, I saw that the vilgers had decorated it. Just a little.

  There were some sorts of mps, but they weren’t the usual ntern style that most pces use, or the dle holder style that the noble houses use. These looked more like LED strips. Where are you getting LED lights?

  There were also some clearly handmade decorations that bined with the LEDs, made the building look like a starry sky.

  I have to say, I’m impressed that this backwater vilge has decorations like that. I really like how those LED lights look. … Yes, I know they aren’t actually LEDs, but I don’t know what they are, so I’ll call them LEDs until I actually find out.

  We got inside and I was taken to the seat at the end of a rge table that could seat the entire vilge.

  I ended up having to hold a small speech before more snake meat was brought for us to enjoy. Most of the vilgers took Lua’s advid drizzled blood on top of it before enjoying it.

  I have to say, seeing the looks on some of their faces was quite fasating. I guess eating solid food for the first time in your life be quite the experience.