Day 573 in This World
Middle-tier Forest, 7 km from Sera City
In the pitch-black night, the area glows brightly from magic.
A super-cute girl in a pink adventurer outfit with adorable braids—who's actually a boy—slashes through monsters in this forest: ForestWolf, ForestGliz, ForestDeer, ForestBuerfly, ForestBurnet. Finally, the girl faces the brutal boss, Great Giant Slime.
"Don't worry, Grace! No way I'm letting that boss touch a cutie like you! [Damage Transfer]! My class's buff blocks nearly 100% of enemy damage. Go smash it!"
Nerim, the Defensor, age 13, LV.177, SLV.171, the shortest girl in the group, clad in SSS-grade ore armor worth tens of millions of zens, declares boldly. Her face beams with joy at being near the pink-clad boy-girl.
"[Stop Trap]! [Corrosive Trap]! Don't worry! I've set traps to lock its movement and lower its defense!"
Waan, the Trapranger, age 13, LV.177, SLV.171, the tallest girl in the group, wears light SSS-grade armor. With a flick of her hand, she deploys traps around the area, pinning enemies in place.
"[Power Up]! [Attack Up]! [Speed Up]! [Magic Up]! [Status Up]! [Lucky Up]! On Grace! [Defense Down]! [Speed Down]! On Great Giant Slime! Finish it, Grace!!!"
Rejeen, the White Mage/Red Mage/Blue Mage, age 13, LV.177, SLV.171, the most mature-looking girl in SSS-grade cloth robes, taps her staff lightly. She casts all buffs and debuffs at once, ignoring cooldowns and chant times, boosting allies and crippling enemies in a flash.
"Yup!!! Yaaaah~!!!!"
Slash!!!
Boing!!!! Splat!!!!
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Vwing~~ Flash
Sera City, Adventurer's Guild, Grace's Bedroom, 3:10 AM
Total haul for Grace this morning: EXP 11,800, SXP 8,200
[Grace LV UP LV.73 > LV.74]
[Grace SLV UP LV.64 > LV.65]
"Level 74, Big Sis Nerim, Big Sis Waan, Big Sis Rejeen!"
Fwing! Squeeze!
"As expected from my adorable little sister! Hug time! Fuddle-fuddle! So cute~~~ Nom nom~~~"
"Whoa, Big Sis Nerim! Nghhh~~ Thanks so much, Big Sis!"
"Arghhh~~~"
"Nerim, stop! Grace is a boy! Quit making him lose his masculinity like the guild girls do! Rejeen, say something!"
"Tch, I agree with Nerim, Waan. Grace is best as our little sister!"
"Resist, Rejeen! Don't join in!"
After the nighttime farming session (familiar model, huh?), Rejeen uses a warp skill—normally reserved for high-level users, rare items, or MP-heavy warp stations—to teleport the whole party back to the room.
When Grace (me) sums up the EXP haul for everyone, Nerim, who's obsessed with Grace, swaps her magic armor for casual clothes and dives in for a tight, nuzzly hug.
Waan adores Grace too and is the only one protecting Grace's gender identity. Meanwhile, Rejeen, who I thought would object, turns out to love Grace as a trap too…
Oops, forgot to say hi! Yo, everyone, it's Grace here!
Haven't forgotten me, right?
Wondering what's going on and why my levels shot up like crazy after nearly 20 chapters since XPQueen, spanning 144-145 days?
Short version: I cheated these three girls to cheat for Grace (me) in return, heh… Gotta keep up with the other heroes!
XPQueen's conditions are simple:
Have all four kids sign a semi-slave contract with a special "good deed" clause (I just made it up). Tris vouches for it, randomly picking someone for the three to help with good deeds. Guess who? Grace!
The three girls help Grace with XPQueen's random quests for awesome EXP and items. If no quests are active, they can do anything, but helping Grace grants random EXP or items.
Heh, this way, I cut Tris out of the equation to live normally while getting help for Grace!
At first, the three weren't thrilled, but when Tris said it's a huge benefit with no real loss—just a temporary party split—they agreed. My plan kicked off!
If you're wondering whether the Goddesses got suspicious, I was worried too. But after digging through books and info, there's precedent for items or prophecies about people boosting heroes (like other heroes get).
I used [CurseHBless]'s 5th curse sub-skill to check the Goddesses' reactions while the girls approached Grace with the excuse of a magic item that strengthens them by helping a prophesied hero. Verdict? Safe! Not only safe, but Melt was thrilled for Grace (me), causing my HP to drop like crazy (thanks to [CurseHBless]'s 5th curse, duh).
Man, these angels' rules are so loose! Great for me, but way too lax!
As for Grace, with this cheating and proper leveling methods—sneaking out to farm whenever possible (mostly 11:00 PM to 3:00 AM)—I've powered up like crazy!
Grace's current stats:
[Status]
Name: Grace, Male, Age: 9, LV.74, SLV.65
Stats (140) (kept low to avoid suspicion)
Str:20 Vit:70 Wis:80 Mag:20 Agi:20 Dex:20
HP:1180/1180 MP:555/555
Class: Novice Adventurer
Skills:
[Item Box] 2 [Create Clone] 7 [Perfect Shapeshift] 7 [Possession] 7 [Overlimit] 1
Novice Adventurer Class Skills:
[Focus] 1 [Throw] 1 [Cheer Up] 1 [Sparkle] 1
[Status]
Yup, skills as listed. Those free Novice Adventurer skills I somehow learned? Total junk! Especially Cheer Up and Sparkle—what even are those!?
"Alright, we're heading out, Grace. Don't want the guild girls getting suspicious."
Squeeze-squeeze
"Wanna take Grace home~~~"
"Whoa, Big Sis Nerim~!"
"Enough, Nerim! Let's go. Rejeen, open the warp!"
"Here's your sword…"
"See ya, Grace!"
"Bye-bye, Grace!"
"Sniff, bye-bye Grace! Same time tomorrow, 'kay~"
"Bye-bye! Thanks so much for today!"
Vwinggg Flash
And the three casually warp out, thanks to XPQueen's god-tier item.
Fwoosh Thud~
Grace strips down to custom-made, ultra-sexy women's lingerie and flops onto the bed, exhausted.
Phew, only 30-40 minutes to nap before waking up… Whatever, I've been sleeping early lately.
"All this is for you, Melt! Fight to the death!"
True Body: HP-6
Yup… That's the way, Melt!
Alright, Grace's daily life is the same, just spiced up with these nighttime sessions!
Next time, I'll sum up what happened with Heroes Ric and Chong. Straight-up, it's as big as the continent link-up—probably the main key, everyone…
End of Chapter 70
All for You, Melt! Fight to the Death… True Body: HP-6