A gender-neutral Y/N is an introverted solo player who spends almost every moment they can grinding in the Fields of Aincrad.
Y/N find themselves distancing further from the people they say they're fighting to free; but what happens when those peopl...
Argo: "Soooo~ How was it? Hmm? A day of pampering and cute little moments, hmm? Who was the cutest? Who was yer favourite? I would be dyin' to know! I'll even pay ya good coin for that typ'a information! Nyehehe!"
Y/N: "...I am not answering those questions."
Argo: "Awwwww! Come on, ol' buddy, ol' pal! We go way back, don't we? Can't ya give me just this one thing? I'll pay ya double my usual rate!"
Y/N: "Not happening. No amount of Col will be enough for the headache that revealing such intel would give me."
Argo: "...Hmph. Yer've always been a tough cookie. But sometimes it's just the edges that are tough, and the centre is all gooey and warm. One of these days we'll figure ya out, ya better count on it!"
Y/N: "...The Floor Boss information?"
Argo: "Ugh. Always about business. Ya won't even entertain a little bit of chatter and banter before we get to the borin' stuff?!"
Although Argo complained loudly, she was still opening her menus and retrieving the information I had asked to meet her this morning to inquire about. Whilst I had spent yesterday running around from girl to girl for Valentine's Day, the unmarried Front-Liners had taken their loneliness as fuel to propel them all the way through this next Floor.
Apparently they had reached the Labyrinth last night, and all the relevant quests have been done to discover the Floor Boss' information; like the enemy type, weaknesses, and powerful moves to look out for.
Meanwhile, my menu still had unread Valentine's message I wasn't ready to open yet, and my legs still ached from sprinting between Floors yesterday...
Argo: "Here we go, got it! The Boss of Floor 81 is 'The Knight Of Darkness'. I'll give ya all the details we have on it to ya, totally for free, no cost. But—"
Y/N: "If there's a 'but', then there's a cost."
Argo: "Oh shush! Hmph, fine. The alternate cost is that I want ya to make me a promise instead. How's that soundin' to ya?"
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Y/N: "A promise...? What sort of promise?"
Argo: "Mhm, that's right, just a simple promise is all I'm chargin'! I want ya to promise me that yer'll marry someone before Floor 91, and not just a 'Marry me so Argo gets off my back' marriage. A real one. Like Ki-bou and Aa-chan have."
Y/N: "...I'd rather just pay the normal rate for the information instead."
Argo: "Too bad! I'm chargin' this particular Floor's Boss info at hundred-fold the normal rate. No, a thousand-fold! Betcha can't afford that!"
Y/N: "You... You are a real pain, you know that? A real pint-sized pain in the—"
