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Chapter 461 - Meanwhile: Side Two Swords

"—Mm…"

Roused by the sound of her alarm, she lifted her eyelids to pure darkness.

The silent cave was filled with cold air, but her avatar, far tougher than her real body, wasn't so fragile as to be affected by a mere chill.

Thanks in part to the fur blanket her buddy had fashioned with surprising skill, her third awakening of the event was a pleasant one.

Her small companion, still breathing quietly beside her, also seemed to be sleeping soundly, judging by her ever-placid sleeping face.

Then again, she had rarely ever seen her look anything other than placid.

As she ran her fingers through her avatar's hair, which remained smooth and tangle-free despite having just woken up without a shower, she glanced at the system clock. It was exactly 5:00 AM.

Yesterday—or rather, ever since the event began.

She wasn't sure if 'surprising' was the right word, but thanks to someone who turned out to be outrageously bad with directions (?), she had been through one unbelievable ordeal after another.

But an adventure that wasn't boring was, above all else, what she had wished for—

"…………Guess it was a good idea to invite her on a whim."

Watching her sleeping [Sword Saint] buddy with a strange feeling,

The [Sword Queen], Iris, who had woken up first, let out a single, amused mutter, not at all displeased with the situation.

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I drew the 16%, so here's another short interlude.

A brief summary of the 'unbelievable ordeals'↓
・Their combined fame is too high, so they decide to act as a duo, unattached to any group, to avoid causing chaos.

・From the starting plains, they see a 'mountain' and a 'lake' in the distance. They play rock-paper-scissors to decide where to go. The [Sword Saint] wins → they head for the 'mountain'.

・The [Sword Saint] leads the way and they get lost (utterly lost) (?!)

・While casually turning hordes of [Stardust Beasts] from night raids and such into dust, they find a cave to spend the night.

・They wake up in the morning and the [Sword Saint] is gone (?!)

・She finds the [Sword Saint] casually strolling through a deeper part of the cave. She swallows her lecture for a moment, smiles, and says, "Shall we head back?" as her companion follows.

・They wander into a massive underground labyrinth (?!)

・The [Sword Queen (younger)] lectures the [Sword Saint (older)].

・As of the third day, they are still lost.

Looks super fun. I might write about it in a side story someday.
By the way, it's not that two superhuman players would get lost so easily just because of a bad sense of direction; it's not that the Master is weird, it's that the 'mountain' is weird.

That being said, the Master is also pretty weird.