Soon, Amira and Plum finished with the preparations and Amira said.
Amira: Sorry to keep you all waiting! So now we'll use Plum's magic to let you all into Her Majesty's dreams. To all of you who wish to awaken the Empress, please swear to the Pledges and bet all that you have, then touch the crystal!
…
Steph: Huh? Hey, what did you say?
Betting all that we have? Where did came from?! This was in Steph's mind.
Amira: Eh? Is there a problem?
Steph: Is there a need for that? We came to help you upon your request!!
Amira: *Sigh* Plum, did you bring them here without telling them everything?
Plum: Um… I'm sorry…
Xiao Qiangwei: *Sigh* It's too late, I am even obligated to do it since I lost to the game… 'Whatever, the Lucky Aura will make us win… I don't care about what I have to bet when I will always get the best results. And then, maybe this mess will be entertaining...'
Sora: Calm down, Steph, you're the one that doesn't understand.
Seeing how calm Sora was, Steph looked around and seen that everyone had an expression of understanding on their face.
Sora: The third of the Ten Pledges states that in games, wagers will be made on what both parties decide to be of value…
While the Empress sword on the Pledges to hibernate, since the requirements of the game to awaken her is to make her fall in love with the other party, a bet of equal value is needed for her to love, right?
Amira: Completely right, handsome man, not only your appearance, but your brain is handsome as well!
Xiao Qiangwei: '...How can brains be handsome?' Let's just start, the faster we do this, the faster I can do what the fuck I want…
Amira: Hooh? Really confident, I like that much…
Xiao Qiangwei: I don't care, explain the rules.
Plum: Y-Yes, ahem… After all of you bet everything you have, please swear on the Pledges and touch the block of ice… After which the Dhampirs under the platform and I will cast a spell and lead all of you into Her Majesty's dream… To perform the Love Magic I'll follow you as well…
SInce it's a dream, the surroundings can be set according to whatever all of you want… So, who will decide?
Everyone looked at each other and Sora nodded.
Sora: I will decide it.
Plum: Alright. As long as someone makes Her Majesty fall in love with him and awaken her it will be a victory, but if you get dumped it will be considered a loss…
Sora: With our current lineup and the conditions provided the possibility of us losing is zero, so hurry up and start the game already.
Plum: A-Alright, so Sora-dono, please imagine how you want the dream world to be like, and then please swear to the Pledges.
Sora began imagining it and he, Shiro, Xiao Qiangwei, Steph, Jibril, Miko, Ino, Izuna and Plum said.
Everyone: Asciente!
As all of them spoke that single word at once, their surroundings turned white. After which it turned from white to blue instantly, as though just waking up from a dream, they slowly regained their consciousness, and….
Sora: Aaaaahhhpffffftttttt!?
They were drowning… More precisely, Sora, Shiro, Steph, Izuna, Ino and even Miko were being tossed around by the waves, while Xiao Qiangwei, Jibril and Plum were unaffected from it.
Plum: Ah, s-sorry… I confused Sora-dono and Her Majesty's imaginations of what the dream would should be like, it takes time to create the scene… Please wait a while more…
Xiao Qiangwei sighed and tried to use his Qi to lift everyone above the level of water, surprisingly, he didn't felt any consume, it was like he was using another source of Immortal Qi, probably because he was in a dream. Some time later Plum said.
Plum: Ah, ah, the spell is complete, I'll construct the setting now!
In an instant the original scene of them drowning in the ocean was removed and changed immediately like flipping the pages of a book.
Now they were at the sea floor, and unnecessary things like breathing were removed. Xiao Qiangwei stopped helping and they started to calm down from the sudden scare from almost drowning.
Sora: T-Thank you, Qiangwei…
Shiro: ...Yes… Thanks, Wei…
Meanwhile the scenery in front of them constructed slowly, even at the bottom of the sea, one could see clouds and sky, the terrain was flattened and School buildings appeared on the seafloor originally filled with rocks and corals.
The schools of tropical fish swimming around them gradually transformed into nameless normal students, it basically became like an Underwater School.
Plum: What shocks me is that Her Majesty actually knows about Schools… Did she read about them in books?
Then Sora glanced at him and Plum understood what it meant. Then he said with a bitterly smile.
Plum: Haha… Oceando doesn't have anything like schools… What would those people need to learn anyway.
When the scenery stopped changing, everyone else showed changes instead. First, countless windows appeared in their field of vision, as if it was a game menu.
Steph: …? What is this?
Steph tried to grab them, but there was only air, then Sora explained.
Sora: That's the UI (User Interface)... The Command Selection Screen… Since you could generate something like this this perfectly, then you shouldn't have let us drown in the first place.
Plum: Because this only causes any effect on the players… When the scenes are being constructed, it's actually the process of combining Sora-dono and Her Majesty's memories, something that took us quite a lot of effort to do…
Xiao Qiangwei: Speaking of which since what you're doing is reflecting the imaginations of the players, the settings should be rather easy to change, right?
Plum: Ah, yes, because the spell is being constructed… So as long as Sora-dono wishes it anything can be changed. But one's appearance, age and sex are unchangeable… Please take care.
While they were talking, their clothes changed too, Sora was wearing an uniformed suit over his usual T-shirt, while the others wore either male school uniforms or female school uniforms.
Ino: ...Oof, this clothing is rather stuffy.
Sora: ...A uniform that bulges tightly due to overly large muscles…
Xiao Qiangwei: Basically Jotaro in steroids…
Xiao Qiangwei looked around and noticed something strange on Steph, she wore a male school uniform.
Steph: Wait! Why am I the only female that's wearing male clothes?
Sora: Good question, this is what is known as "To kill a general, first shoot his horse".
Everyone: ...What?
Sora: First, there are two reasons why I didn't let everyone wear male clothing. If we're going to conquer the female lead, we want to have help from her friends, the girls.
Miko: ...You really say all these dastardly things without hesitation.
Sora ignored her and continued to talk.
Sora: Secondly, I considered the possibility that a trap like "the Empress was never interested in men in the first place" might exist.
Xiao Qiangwei: The Queen wants a fertile male, and if she was a lesbian then why the hell Plum would go to us?
Sora: We will never know! Next up is the reason why I let specifically Steph wear male clothings, Steph has strong communication skills, so she can be our scout for information.
Xiao Qiangwei had an expression full of pity and patted Sora's shoulder to comfort him. he turned around with a dumbfounded face and asked.
Sora: ...What?
Xiao Qiangwei: I know that your informations about dating sims are useful, but… You really need to get a girlfriend…
Sora: Fuck you Qiangwei!
Xiao Qiangwei shrugged and started to walk towards the school.
Sora: Eh? What are you doing?
Xiao Qiangwei: Just walking around, it will be boring if I always use the Immortal Senses to check the places, so I will look around personally.
Everyone accepted his answer and Jibril started to follow him like always, meanwhile everyone else checked their things.
Apparently the game was set up like this:
There was a bar that represented the affection gauge, like in any dating sim, the longer it is, the better it gets, and yes, it was a sexual innuendo.
There was a heart which represented the confession command, if you confess and get dumped its loss, while another heart with a + sign was at its side, which represented the magic spell of Plum, a cheat.
One can give gifts in the game to increase the affection gauge, there was a number that represented the number of days played, which was 1 right now, and… And nothing, that's all, what? You expected something special? The world doesn't work like that.
Meanwhile, Xiao Qiangwei and Jibril were checking the school, it was basically like a normal japanese high school, but made of the same materials that the buildings in Oceando are made of.
There were NPCs that were walking around, which were students, some girls stole a few glances at Xiao Qiangwei and whispered and giggled between each other, but Xiao Qiangwei didn't mind it since it was basically like his own high school.
Later he met with Miko, and talked about what happened with Ino…
[Flashback]
Ino immediately pressed the confession command, he wanted to do things as fast as possible, and rushed at the Empress, who was about to step into the school gates.
Ino: The pretty lady over there! Please wait!
The Empress turned around and spotted Ino.
Laira: Are you talking about me…?
Ino: …! Of course! Oh beautiful lady, please forgive me for interrupting you suddenly, if it's convenient for you, I would like you to hear a few words of mine.
Laira: Ah, and what would those words be?
She started to smile sweetly.
Ino: … Please! I beg you to spend a passionate night with me!
[Back]
Xiao Qiangwei accidentally spoken chinese with a shocked voice.
Xiao Qiangwei "What the fuck he did!?"
Miko and Jibril, not understanding what he said, looked cluelessly at him, he realized what he did and faked some coughs.
Xiao Qiangwei: Sorry, just a bit surprised and I started to talk to my native language, and what happened?
Miko: Nothing much… The Empress ran away, but since nothing strange happened to Ino then it means that she didn't dumped him yet, and now he is kowtowing at the same place where he talked with her.
Xiao Qiangwei: ...Jesus… I'll just leave from the school…
Then he opened his UI and pressed "leave the school".
Soon, Amira and Plum finished with the preparations and Amira said.
Amira: Sorry to keep you all waiting! So now we'll use Plum's magic to let you all into Her Majesty's dreams. To all of you who wish to awaken the Empress, please swear to the Pledges and bet all that you have, then touch the crystal!
…
Steph: Huh? Hey, what did you say?
Betting all that we have? Where did came from?! This was in Steph's mind.
Amira: Eh? Is there a problem?
Steph: Is there a need for that? We came to help you upon your request!!
Amira: *Sigh* Plum, did you bring them here without telling them everything?
Plum: Um… I'm sorry…
Xiao Qiangwei: *Sigh* It's too late, I am even obligated to do it since I lost to the game… 'Whatever, the Lucky Aura will make us win… I don't care about what I have to bet when I will always get the best results. And then, maybe this mess will be entertaining...'
Sora: Calm down, Steph, you're the one that doesn't understand.
Seeing how calm Sora was, Steph looked around and seen that everyone had an expression of understanding on their face.
Sora: The third of the Ten Pledges states that in games, wagers will be made on what both parties decide to be of value…
While the Empress sword on the Pledges to hibernate, since the requirements of the game to awaken her is to make her fall in love with the other party, a bet of equal value is needed for her to love, right?
Amira: Completely right, handsome man, not only your appearance, but your brain is handsome as well!
Xiao Qiangwei: '...How can brains be handsome?' Let's just start, the faster we do this, the faster I can do what the fuck I want…
Amira: Hooh? Really confident, I like that much…
Xiao Qiangwei: I don't care, explain the rules.
Plum: Y-Yes, ahem… After all of you bet everything you have, please swear on the Pledges and touch the block of ice… After which the Dhampirs under the platform and I will cast a spell and lead all of you into Her Majesty's dream… To perform the Love Magic I'll follow you as well…
SInce it's a dream, the surroundings can be set according to whatever all of you want… So, who will decide?
Everyone looked at each other and Sora nodded.
Sora: I will decide it.
Plum: Alright. As long as someone makes Her Majesty fall in love with him and awaken her it will be a victory, but if you get dumped it will be considered a loss…
Sora: With our current lineup and the conditions provided the possibility of us losing is zero, so hurry up and start the game already.
Plum: A-Alright, so Sora-dono, please imagine how you want the dream world to be like, and then please swear to the Pledges.
Sora began imagining it and he, Shiro, Xiao Qiangwei, Steph, Jibril, Miko, Ino, Izuna and Plum said.
Everyone: Asciente!
As all of them spoke that single word at once, their surroundings turned white. After which it turned from white to blue instantly, as though just waking up from a dream, they slowly regained their consciousness, and….
Sora: Aaaaahhhpffffftttttt!?
They were drowning… More precisely, Sora, Shiro, Steph, Izuna, Ino and even Miko were being tossed around by the waves, while Xiao Qiangwei, Jibril and Plum were unaffected from it.
Plum: Ah, s-sorry… I confused Sora-dono and Her Majesty's imaginations of what the dream would should be like, it takes time to create the scene… Please wait a while more…
Xiao Qiangwei sighed and tried to use his Qi to lift everyone above the level of water, surprisingly, he didn't felt any consume, it was like he was using another source of Immortal Qi, probably because he was in a dream. Some time later Plum said.
Plum: Ah, ah, the spell is complete, I'll construct the setting now!
In an instant the original scene of them drowning in the ocean was removed and changed immediately like flipping the pages of a book.
Now they were at the sea floor, and unnecessary things like breathing were removed. Xiao Qiangwei stopped helping and they started to calm down from the sudden scare from almost drowning.
Sora: T-Thank you, Qiangwei…
Shiro: ...Yes… Thanks, Wei…
Meanwhile the scenery in front of them constructed slowly, even at the bottom of the sea, one could see clouds and sky, the terrain was flattened and School buildings appeared on the seafloor originally filled with rocks and corals.
The schools of tropical fish swimming around them gradually transformed into nameless normal students, it basically became like an Underwater School.
Plum: What shocks me is that Her Majesty actually knows about Schools… Did she read about them in books?
Then Sora glanced at him and Plum understood what it meant. Then he said with a bitterly smile.
Plum: Haha… Oceando doesn't have anything like schools… What would those people need to learn anyway.
When the scenery stopped changing, everyone else showed changes instead. First, countless windows appeared in their field of vision, as if it was a game menu.
Steph: …? What is this?
Steph tried to grab them, but there was only air, then Sora explained.
Sora: That's the UI (User Interface)... The Command Selection Screen… Since you could generate something like this this perfectly, then you shouldn't have let us drown in the first place.
Plum: Because this only causes any effect on the players… When the scenes are being constructed, it's actually the process of combining Sora-dono and Her Majesty's memories, something that took us quite a lot of effort to do…
Xiao Qiangwei: Speaking of which since what you're doing is reflecting the imaginations of the players, the settings should be rather easy to change, right?
Plum: Ah, yes, because the spell is being constructed… So as long as Sora-dono wishes it anything can be changed. But one's appearance, age and sex are unchangeable… Please take care.
While they were talking, their clothes changed too, Sora was wearing an uniformed suit over his usual T-shirt, while the others wore either male school uniforms or female school uniforms.
Ino: ...Oof, this clothing is rather stuffy.
Sora: ...A uniform that bulges tightly due to overly large muscles…
Xiao Qiangwei: Basically Jotaro in steroids…
Xiao Qiangwei looked around and noticed something strange on Steph, she wore a male school uniform.
Steph: Wait! Why am I the only female that's wearing male clothes?
Sora: Good question, this is what is known as "To kill a general, first shoot his horse".
Everyone: ...What?
Sora: First, there are two reasons why I didn't let everyone wear male clothing. If we're going to conquer the female lead, we want to have help from her friends, the girls.
Miko: ...You really say all these dastardly things without hesitation.
Sora ignored her and continued to talk.
Sora: Secondly, I considered the possibility that a trap like "the Empress was never interested in men in the first place" might exist.
Xiao Qiangwei: The Queen wants a fertile male, and if she was a lesbian then why the hell Plum would go to us?
Sora: We will never know! Next up is the reason why I let specifically Steph wear male clothings, Steph has strong communication skills, so she can be our scout for information.
Xiao Qiangwei had an expression full of pity and patted Sora's shoulder to comfort him. he turned around with a dumbfounded face and asked.
Sora: ...What?
Xiao Qiangwei: I know that your informations about dating sims are useful, but… You really need to get a girlfriend…
Sora: Fuck you Qiangwei!
Xiao Qiangwei shrugged and started to walk towards the school.
Sora: Eh? What are you doing?
Xiao Qiangwei: Just walking around, it will be boring if I always use the Immortal Senses to check the places, so I will look around personally.
Everyone accepted his answer and Jibril started to follow him like always, meanwhile everyone else checked their things.
Apparently the game was set up like this:
There was a bar that represented the affection gauge, like in any dating sim, the longer it is, the better it gets, and yes, it was a sexual innuendo.
There was a heart which represented the confession command, if you confess and get dumped its loss, while another heart with a + sign was at its side, which represented the magic spell of Plum, a cheat.
One can give gifts in the game to increase the affection gauge, there was a number that represented the number of days played, which was 1 right now, and… And nothing, that's all, what? You expected something special? The world doesn't work like that.
Meanwhile, Xiao Qiangwei and Jibril were checking the school, it was basically like a normal japanese high school, but made of the same materials that the buildings in Oceando are made of.
There were NPCs that were walking around, which were students, some girls stole a few glances at Xiao Qiangwei and whispered and giggled between each other, but Xiao Qiangwei didn't mind it since it was basically like his own high school.
Later he met with Miko, and talked about what happened with Ino…
[Flashback]
Ino immediately pressed the confession command, he wanted to do things as fast as possible, and rushed at the Empress, who was about to step into the school gates.
Ino: The pretty lady over there! Please wait!
The Empress turned around and spotted Ino.
Laira: Are you talking about me…?
Ino: …! Of course! Oh beautiful lady, please forgive me for interrupting you suddenly, if it's convenient for you, I would like you to hear a few words of mine.
Laira: Ah, and what would those words be?
She started to smile sweetly.
Ino: … Please! I beg you to spend a passionate night with me!
[Back]
Xiao Qiangwei accidentally spoken chinese with a shocked voice.
Xiao Qiangwei "What the fuck he did!?"
Miko and Jibril, not understanding what he said, looked cluelessly at him, he realized what he did and faked some coughs.
Xiao Qiangwei: Sorry, just a bit surprised and I started to talk to my native language, and what happened?
Miko: Nothing much… The Empress ran away, but since nothing strange happened to Ino then it means that she didn't dumped him yet, and now he is kowtowing at the same place where he talked with her.
Xiao Qiangwei: ...Jesus… I'll just leave from the school…
Then he opened his UI and pressed "leave the school".
