Chapter 1582 - 1578: An Interesting Girl

Upon hearing the boy's completely unruffled tone, the Fire Elf could only respond with a wry smile:

"No, I can't beat you, so let's forget it. If you want me to leave an item, I'll comply. My magic skills are just about to reach 900, and I don't want to lose experience points now."

"You're really quite honest."

The boy laughed briefly. Then he looked over at Qiuya and said:

"What do you think, big sister over there? If you want to duel him, Ye Qiu won't interfere."

After solving two problems uninvited, he actually said something like this, making Qiuya only able to smile wryly. That determination to take at least someone with her also quietly faded away.

"I don't mind either, but next time I'll definitely show you something, Mr. Fire Elf."

"Honestly, I probably wouldn't be able to win in a duel with you either."

After saying that, the red Heavy Warrior spread his wings, leaving a trail of sparks as he flew away. Skimming over the treetops, he gradually disappeared into the night sky. This left Qiuya and the black-clad boy, along with two lingering fires on the scene, which extinguished after a minute.

Qiuya looked at the boy's face with a tinge of tension again.

"...So what should Ye Qiu do now? Should I thank you? Or should I run away? Or should I fight you?"

The boy swiftly swished the sword in his right hand to either side, then sheathed it with a clink.

"Hmm—I kind of feel like this situation is like a righteous knight saving a princess from the clutches of a villain..."

The boy pulled one side of his mouth into a smile.

"Then the touched princess tearfully hugged Ye Qiu..."

"A-are you an idiot!"

Qiuya couldn't help but shout. Suddenly, her face felt hot.

"Then I'd rather fight you!"

"Hahaha, just kidding."

The boy's face was so filled with happiness that it made Qiuya feel a little irked. As she tried to think of how to retort, a voice suddenly sounded from somewhere.

"Yeah, that's not okay!"

It was a young girl's voice. Qiuya immediately looked around but still couldn't find anyone. The boy said a bit hastily:

"Ah, I told you not to come out!"

Qiuya's gaze fell on the boy, and she noticed a glowing object flying out from the pocket on the front of his clothes. The little thing flew around the boy's face, making a tinkle-like sound.

"Only mom and I can hug Ye Qiu!"

"Mom? Ye Qiu?"

Though surprised, Qiuya walked a few steps closer and upon closer inspection, realized it was a fairy that could sit on her palm. So it was a navigation fairy that could be summoned from an auxiliary window frame. But such fairies were supposed to only provide set answers to questions about the game.

Qiuya forgot her wariness of the boy and kept her eyes fixed on the fairy flitting around.

"Ah no, this is..."

The boy nervously cupped the fairy in his hands, a twitchy smile appearing on his face. Qiuya asked, watching his cupped hands:

"Hey, is that what they call a pet fairy?"

"Huh?"

"It's a prize from the beta testing promotional lottery... Wow—it's my first time seeing one, Ye Qiu~"

"Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu is... wow!"

The little fairy seemed to want to say something, but the young man's hands covered her face.

"Yeah, that's right. Ye Qiu always gets lucky in lotteries."

"Hmm..."

Qiuya glanced again at the boy.

"What's up, what's up?"

"It's nothing, but I think you're really a strange person. Since the closed period, only these initial devices have participated in the test. But the power is so strong..."

"Aha—that's because Ye Qiu just opened the account before and only recently started playing the game. I've been playing other VRMMOs for a while."

"I see."

This still seems a bit odd, but if you're accustomed to entertainment in other games, it could explain why he has such a different reflex speed.

"It's fine, but why is a Shadow Elf lingering here? Your territory should be in the far east."

"This little guy and I got lost..."

"Lost?"

The young man answered with a lot of meaningful expressions, making Qiuya laugh.

"This road, even without understanding the path, should have some degree—you're a real oddball!"

Seeing the boy's hurt expression, Qiuya laughed heartily. After laughing for a while, she sheathed the long knife in her right hand into her waistband. Then she opened her mouth to say:

"But anyway, thank you. Thank you for saving me. My name is Qiuya."

"...I'm Ye Qiu. This little one is Dong."

When the young man opened his hands, the fairy on his palm appeared. She nodded and then flew up to sit on the young man's shoulder.

Qiuya didn't know why, but she wanted to talk more with this young man named Ye Qiu. Once she realized this, she even surprised herself.

At this point, Qiuya just thought that the man in front of her merely shared the same name as her brother, as it was indeed a very common name.

Although she wasn't afraid of living, she was not good at making friends, and she could still say that time was quite precious. Moreover, the other person didn't look like a bad guy, so she directly asked:

"What are you going to do next?"

"Well, nothing..."

"That's it. Well... Ye Qiu invites you for a drink as a token of gratitude. How about it?"

The teenage Tongren smiled at hearing this. Qiuya sighed inwardly. In such a rugged virtual reality world, it's rare to find someone who can smile so naturally.

"Great. Ye Qiu is looking for someone to tell him all sorts of information about the game."

"All sorts of information about...?"

"It's about the world. Especially about..."

The boy ceased smiling and looked northeast.

"That tree..."

"The 'World Tree'? Good. Don't look at me this way, I'm actually an old player. Well... although it's a bit far, there's a neutral village to the north. Let's fly there."

"Why? Isn't there a town called Luban that would be better?"

Qiuya looked at Ye Qiu's face in surprise.

"That's right... but you really don't know anything. That place is the domain of Wind Elves."

"What's the matter with that?"

Hearing Ye Qiu's indifference, Qiuya couldn't help but speak up for a while.

".... What's the matter? You can't attack Wind Elves in the town, but the Wind Elves can attack you."

"Oh, is that so... but it doesn't get you killed immediately, does it?