I Reincarnated into a Game Filled with Mods – Chapter 53

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“Erica, do you have a moment? I have something to ask you.”

“Ah, yes. Delta. That’s fine.”

About three days after the banquet and the day I received my new name, ‘Delta,’ I approached Erica, who had just finished a sparring match with Claudia in the training grounds, and casually spoke to her.

Erica said it was a bit uncomfortable for us to talk while standing, so we should sit and talk.

We walked to the long benches placed along one side of the training grounds and sat on one of them.

In the training grounds, a match between Iris and Lizé was in full swing. Ice mixed in with the swirling gusts, scattering frost.

The ice crystals reflected the sunlight, sparkling and shimmering.

It was a match of such a large scale that just the two of them took up nearly half of the training grounds, and what was even more shocking was that this wasn’t their full power.

The scale was much larger than in the game.

“What do you want to ask? Is it something important?”

“It’s an important question. Do you happen to dislike spiders?”

“Spiders…?”

Erica made a gloomy expression.

I knew this question would sound absurd when heard for the first time.

However, it was also something that had to be confirmed in order to determine the order of subjugation.

Whether Erica participated in the subjugation or not would determine which one we should defeat first between the Spider Queen Arachnae and the Burning Golem.

If Erica participated, we could go defeat the Spider Queen first, and if she said she couldn’t participate, we would have to defeat the Burning Golem first to obtain a certain spell before going after the Spider Queen.

In vanilla, you could just ignore everything and defeat whatever was closer, but that wasn’t possible in the Darkest Light Mod.

Going after Arachnae without an area-of-effect magic was simply a suicidal act.

“I don’t utterly despise them, but I definitely don’t like them either. Why do you ask?”

“It’s nothing major. There’s a monster we need to subjugate soon. I was thinking of taking you and Lizé with me.”

After it was revealed at the banquet that I was hiding some secret, I decided to blatantly reveal my knowledge and act shamelessly without being cautious anymore.

Since it had already been exposed that these actions were related to that secret, there was no need to come up with excuses anymore.

‘The more I do that, the more curious they will become though.’

That couldn’t be helped.

I needed more time to blend in here before revealing the truth.

If I were to blurt out now that this was actually a game world, that they were just bosses and NPCs that existed in the game, and that I was a user who played it, it would only increase their confusion.

“I understand what you mean. You’re saying we should go defeat a spider-type monster, right?”

The answer immediately came out.

The question of whether she disliked spiders, and the fact that there was a monster that needed to be subjugated.

Combining these two, it wasn’t difficult to reach that conclusion.

Perhaps recalling the memory of encountering centipedes as large as her own body in the rune dungeon, Erica’s expression contained a hint of disdain as she said those words.

“Correct.”

“Even as I said it, I was secretly hoping it wouldn’t be the case. But it seems my wrong premonitions never miss the mark.”

Erica let out a small sigh.

She seemed to shudder at the thought of the monster’s appearance.

Moreover, since it was a monster, it wouldn’t be of an ordinary size.

“I definitely don’t like spiders… but that’s not a reason to back down when there’s a monster that needs to be subjugated. When do you plan to depart?”

“Whenever it’s convenient for you. There’s no time limit. I’ve already planned everything out, so it doesn’t matter when we go.”

“I don’t mind when we depart either though?”

“……”

“……”

For some reason, it overlapped with the moment when a family would say they could eat anything when going out for a meal together.

It must have been my imagination.

“Well… I got it for now. I’ll talk to Lizé and let you know.”

“Understood, Delta.”

‘I can’t get used to that.’

It had been nearly three days since I started being called Delta, but the feeling was still strange every time I heard that name.

Rather than thinking of it as my name, the thought of an underwater city’s child protector wearing a diving suit and holding a drill in one hand came to mind first.

I didn’t know when I would be able to adapt to it.

“Erica, it’s your turn.”

“Yes. I’ll be right there, Iris. Then, let me know when it’s decided. I’ll be waiting.”

Erica left, reaching for her waist.

Iris was waiting for Erica, looking perfectly fine as if she wasn’t tired at all.

Clank, the sound of a Japanese sword being drawn from its scabbard was heard, and flames began to rise around Erica’s body.

“What were you doing with Erica?”

The empty seat was filled by Lizé.

As she plopped down on the bench, her slightly sweaty breasts bounced vigorously up and down.

The already tight-fitting white sleeveless top clung even more to her skin, and a bit of bare skin could be seen through it.

It was an even more suggestive appearance than usual.

Strangely, there was no smell of sweat, only Lizé’s unique scent of flesh.

“There’s a monster we need to defeat next. We were talking about that.”

“You’re going to defeat a monster? Again?”

Lizé had a puzzled look in her eyes.

Well, they probably wouldn’t have the concept of defeating enemies to level up and increase their stats, so they must be wondering why we were going out to subjugate monsters so frequently.

Just the day before yesterday, I had spent the entire day leveling up.

Anyone who saw that would think I had a deep grudge against monsters.

“We rested for a day. It’s about time to start moving again. This time, it’s a bit of a big one.”

“What about me? You’re not taking me?”

Her face was pushed close to mine.

Lizé’s unique scent of flesh rushed into my nostrils.

“I was going to ask you anyway, so don’t worry. So, by the way, do you dislike spiders?”

“Spiders? Hmm… I wouldn’t say I can’t stand them, but I don’t like them either. Erica probably answered the same way, right?”

I was surprised that their answers were so similar.

“Yeah. How did you know?”

“Erica and I have similar tastes. As expected of sisters, we’re alike even in this aspect. What I dislike, she dislikes too, and what I like, she likes too. She always says we’re not alike and that our personalities are so different that it’s hard to tell, but she can’t fool my eyes.”

‘…I never expected that.’

They seemed to be sisters with opposite traits down to the smallest details, but their tastes were similar.

It was quite unexpected.

“But you know, Delta. There’s one thing you should keep in mind.”

Lizé pulled her face back a little.

Gone was her usual playful demeanor, replaced by an extremely serious expression.

It wasn’t the first time I had seen Lizé with such a face.

“If we’re going to defeat a monster, our preferences don’t matter. No matter how repulsive the monster’s appearance is, no matter how familiar it is to us, a monster is a monster. We will never refuse to do what we must because of their outward appearance. Remember that. Got it?”

A serious voice to match her serious expression.

It was something I had never expected to hear.

I newly realized that Lizé was also a knight commander.

It meant she valued her duty as a knight more than her own emotions.

Thinking it was quite admirable, I reached out and patted her head.

“…What? Why?”

“Because it’s admirable.”

“…I roughly know what you’re thinking right now, but I’ll let it slide because it feels good.”

I patted her head appropriately and let go, then watched Lizé being called over by Claudia for a sparring match.

Lizé was skillfully parrying Claudia’s greatsword, which was nearly as long and heavy as a person, with her daggers that were at most the length of her forearm.

The point was to deflect the attacks that could be deflected and never engage in a battle of strength.

She seemed to be properly exploiting the fact that Claudia’s greatsword was so heavy that it was difficult to change directions quickly.

‘I’m glad I told them in advance that I don’t need sparring.’

Among the knight commanders, they could take heavy hits without sustaining more than scratches or minor injuries until their HP was fully depleted due to the HP adjustment, but I would die just from being grazed by an attack.

I didn’t want to take that risk.

Moreover, there was no reason for me to spar with the knight commanders when I wouldn’t be fighting boss battles with them.

What meaning would swordsmanship or such have for me?

“Let’s take a short break. Good work, everyone.”

As soon as Iris spoke, the elements that had been scattering all over the training grounds abruptly ceased.

The wind died down, the flames subsided, the ice melted, and the lightning dispersed.

The knight commanders who had finished their sparring matches walked over to where I was.

They all had sleeveless tops slightly dampened with sweat, clinging seamlessly to their bare skin.

Each of their unique scents of flesh quickly filled the surroundings.

It was natural for Lizé to take the seat next to me, but the other knight commanders also sat around me as if surrounding me.

For a moment, I wondered why they were doing that.

Weren’t they feeling hot?

“Oh, right, Delta. Since we’re taking a break, why don’t you explain that monster in more detail? What are we going to defeat this time?”

Lizé poked me with her elbow.

Iris and Claudia, perhaps hearing about it for the first time, reacted with “Monster?” and turned their ears towards us.

“Well, it’s nothing major.”

Yeah.

Except for one specific pattern, it’s a boss that’s not a big deal.

“We just need to defeat about a thousand spiders.”

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