Popular NPC in a Gender-Reversed Game – Chapter 14

—————————————————————–
Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
—————————————————————–

◇◇◇◆◇◇◇

 
As anyone who has played games knows, quests played a crucial role in RPGs.

They could provide experience points, rare items, changes in NPC relationships, skill acquisition, and more.

Furthermore, they often served as guides, connecting the character’s story and the game’s narrative.

And that was no different in the VR RPG, [Demon’s Saga].

To be blunt, this game didn’t have a clear storyline.

The only goal given to players was to defeat demons sealed throughout the world.

Players were thrown into this vast world with only that one objective.

To make matters worse, even after half a year since the game’s launch, there hadn’t been a single sign of a demon.

So, players were left wondering what to do in the game.

In that situation, quests were the only way to learn about the world and its setting.

Of course, since the NPCs’ AI changed in real-time, no two quests were exactly alike.

There were similar quests under the guise of repeatable quests, but… that was it.

Once a player received a quest, it was gone forever.

Quests were a rare commodity.

So how could players learn about the game’s story through these limited quests?

And where could they even find quests?

Thankfully, the game developers answered that question directly.

[There are two ways to obtain quests]

The first was to accept a mission from the Adventurers’ Guild bulletin board.

The Guild was plagued by countless problems, so you could find most quests there.

However, those missions were mostly trivial and rarely related to the main storyline.

The second was to obtain them from NPCs.

NPCs sometimes gave out quests.

They were often pointless, but the chances of getting a quest related to the main storyline were higher than those from the Guild.

No one knew what the developers meant by “main storyline.”

They were always a secretive bunch.

It could be related to demons or a quest that had a significant impact on the game world.

Anyway, the important point here was that quests given by NPCs were rare.

So, it was only natural for Yoo Chae-rin to jump up and exclaim,

“A q-quest!”

That precious quest had come to her!

And not only that, judging by the content of the quest, which was just a simple errand, it was definitely not part of the “main storyline.”

How much impact could a simple errand have on the world?

Then there was only one possibility.

[Wow lol a quest here?]

[What? Does that mean he’s an important NPC?]

[No no, we don’t know yet. It’s just a “possibility.” It could be a simple side quest.]

[Don’t get your hopes up, we’ve been disappointed many times before]

[But he looks important just based on his face lol]

“?”

The only one tilting their head in confusion was Yor, who hadn’t read the official announcement.

He understood that she received a quest because of ‘Player’s Eye.’

But what did that even mean? Was it really that important?

Yor himself didn’t even know how he triggered the quest.

He just asked, and a quest appeared.

“…Quest?”

“Ah, ah! It’s nothing!”

Uncomfortable with the fact that everyone else knew something he didn’t, Yor quickly changed the subject.

He would ask her about it later.

“So, can you do it?”

“Of course! I’ll be back soon!”

And so, Yor successfully outsourced his chores to Chae-rin.

He felt a bit bad, but… he would compensate her generously.

“Oh, and turn off your stream before you leave.”

“Ah, okay.”

Yor also made sure she didn’t reveal the path to his cave.

“Let’s see… tissues, soap, rags, cloth… pastries, holy water…”

After arriving in the city, Yoo Chae-rin turned on her stream.

Since she had told them she would start streaming as soon as she left the forest, viewers quickly joined.

She had a whopping 4,300 viewers.

That was a huge number, even though she wasn’t with Yor anymore.

It seemed the quest triggered a surge in viewers.

The viewers commented as they saw the list Yor had given her.

[He’s basically moving in]

[He could set up a new house with all that]

[Why did he ask for so much? He could easily live for a few months with all that]

[There was a reason for the quest lol]

Yoo Chae-rin agreed with the viewers.

As they said, the list Yor had given her was quite long.

Thankfully, he had given her money to cover the expenses.

Otherwise, she would have been broke.

Looking at the list, Chae-rin could deduce a few things.

Judging by the sheer quantity, he didn’t leave the forest often.

He might just be lazy, but… she felt like there was a reason why he was reluctant to go to the city.

She didn’t know what that reason was, but…

Among the items on the list, Yor specifically requested pastries.

He insisted on pastries with strawberry jam.

It was understandable that he would crave pastries, considering how rarely he ate them in the forest.

‘But what’s with the holy water?’

The only thing she didn’t understand was the holy water at the bottom of the list.

He even wrote “as much as you can buy with the remaining money.”

She couldn’t figure out what he needed it for.

Holy water, as everyone knew, was an item made by priests.

It was made by infusing pure water with divine power.

Since it required a considerable amount of time and effort from mid-level priests or higher, it was quite expensive.

As a result, there wasn’t much of it on the market.

Its usage was even more ambiguous.

It was said to weaken and deal additional damage to evil-aligned enemies.

But there hadn’t been many evil-aligned enemies in [Demon’s Saga].

There hadn’t even been a single demon yet, so what more could one expect?

Therefore, holy water was a useless item in the game.

It was so useless that buying holy water was considered a sign of being a noob.

[Our Yor oppa is a noob too…]

[This is real life for him, idiot]

[But seriously, why is he buying so much holy water?]

[Who knows? Maybe there’s a demon sealed nearby lol]

“…Hmm.”

She was a bit curious, but she didn’t dwell on it.

Completing the quest was her priority right now.

She had to return to the Forbidden Forest before nightfall.

With that thought, she continued shopping.

I should use a delivery service next time.

“Huff… huff… I got everything… Haa… haa…”

A few hours after sending her on the errand, I finally received the items from her.

She opened her inventory, and unloaded the items.

I helped, but there were so many items that I was exhausted.

I looked at her and thought,

‘So she does have an inventory.’

Well, it was a basic feature in most games.

It wasn’t that surprising.

Even in this world, subspace pockets were common.

Her inventory was probably a variation of that.

[The streamer’s going to die lol]

[Haa, I have to unload boxes at work tomorrow, and now I’m watching someone unload boxes here sh*t]

[Idiot hahaha]

[I’m getting off]

[Go unload your own boxes]

Since we were in the cave, the stream was on.

I had allowed her to stream, as long as she didn’t show the path to the cave.

I had decided to partially reveal myself, so I could handle this much.

“Phew, it’s hot… hot… Maybe it’s because I was moving around so much, I’m feeling flushed.”

As I was thinking to myself, she unbuttoned her jacket.

Revealing her ample breasts.

For some reason, she was only wearing a brown tank top under her jacket.

So her cleavage was on full display.

Maybe it was because of the sweat, but it seemed to glisten slightly.

I cleared my throat and asked her,

“Ahem, uh… why are you wearing a tank top under your jacket? What about your armor?”

“Huh? Ah.”

She looked down at herself and scratched her head sheepishly.

“Well, I always unequip all my items before coming here, just in case I die. Hehe…”

“…”

I see.

Now I understood why she did what she did before.

Maybe they felt the same way I was feeling now, but the bigger problem was that I seemed to be the only one who was embarrassed.

[She’s such a scaredy-cat lol]

[Look at her sweating lol]

[Button up your shirt, it’s unsightly]

Her chat was as calm as ever.

Moments like this reminded me that the world had changed.

“…Wait here. I’ll get your reward.”

It was a nice view, but I didn’t want her to see me blushing, so I quickly headed to the storage room.

I might look like a beggar because I lived in the forest, but I was actually quite wealthy.

This place was teeming with dangerous monsters, and their corpses were valuable.

And I regularly eliminated those monsters.

‘I’ll just give her a few.’

“Here you go.”

With that thought, I tossed her a few items.

“Huh? What??”

Her eyes widened.

◇◇◇◆◇◇◇

[Casually tosses her some of the most broken items in the game. Him: yeah whatever lol]