To love a sword

Chapter 27: Accident Part 2 + Bonus part 2

Beta read by Shigiya, Paragon of Awesomeness and FabledLife

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[Bonus part 2]

-Archer's Emerald Inn-

Truthfully, Emiya wasn't sure how he ended up in his current situation. It all happened so fast-one moment, he was offering minor help to some of the game's NPCs while also taking the opportunity to gather information about how the world worked, satiating his curiosity regarding the culinary aspects of the game. One thing led to another: helping a random merchant gather some raw resources and clean up an abandoned building his family-owned, only to be gifted that same building because the owner had no other way to repay him for his service.

'Is someone really going to give me an entire plot of land just for completing tasks that take a few hours and gathering resources readily available near the village? Either the developers of these quest-giving characters have no common sense, or this could be some kind of fraudulent scheme without my knowledge.' Luckily, it didn't appear to be the latter, and he doubted that such a thing would occur in a video game. However, given that this game was created using highly advanced alien technology, he wouldn't rule anything out completely.

"Order up! Table four, roasted goat leg with a side of fries and salad," he called out, carefully placing the plate filled with an assortment of ingredients he managed to acquire thanks to the aid of some of the villagers. He had promised them a few free meals in exchange for a certain type and amount of ingredients, effectively becoming like them-handing out quests, in a way, and reimbursing them with coins he initially gathered from them.

Ding!

A sound came from within his mind, one that at first confused him, but he quickly figured out it came from the game system itself.

"Status...property...character sheet?" he muttered, uncertain about what these sounds even meant. He thought it had something to do with his status and leveling up system, but no matter what he tried-other than the menu linking to his inventory, quest details, and item descriptions-nothing else appeared.

"It's possible that there is a glitch in the system. It's interesting to note that even with civilizations far more advanced than ours, bugs like this one continue to exist." Not willing to let the matter slip his mind, he invented his own system, which included noting down how many times this sound appeared and figuring it probably meant he was leveling up. Taking a sheet of goatskin paper from his pocket, he marked it down.

"By that logic, I should only be at level 5, but it's weird this happens only when I'm done making a dish rather than completing a quest. Oh well, not like it's anything dangerous." Deciding not to dwell on it for much longer, he resolved to bring it up when everyone is gathered and see how they handled it themselves.

In the middle of his thought process, Emiya heard one of his assassin-turned-waitresses walk up to the counter. "Mission complete, awaiting further orders, Master."

"Don't call me master and go tend to the other patrons. Also please don't threaten to kill anyone who refuses to pay or starts trouble, just throw them out and ban them from ever coming back."

"Affirmative. What about the otokonoko?" She said with a straight face.

"Stop calling me that, Yami-san!" Ren's frustrated face punched another drunk customer whose hands were trying to reach somewhere they shouldn't. "I want to reset my class, damn it!"

He let out an audible sigh, "Let's not repeat the same mistake as before and attack him for dressing up in girls' clothes."

"I will try... Also, the princess's sisters and your siblings have finally arrived."