＜ 5: Awe and Fear (1) ＞
What do people need to live?
Probably no matter who you ask this question, most will give you a similar answer.
It means that people need food and shelter to survive.
eating. to wear. And to a safe place.
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Many things are needed to ensure a minimum life.And it seemed that the character being projected right before my eyes was no exception.
The first character who developed the ＜Cultist＞ trait, Yutenia High Lost.
She had been keeping food emoticons floating above her head.
“It was said to be an idle game, but now it’s acting like it’s left the food.”
The catchphrase I saw when I first encountered this game was an idle game that anyone could play.
Idle game.
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Most of the time, it was possible to proceed without difficulty even if nothing was done.But looking at the character in front of me, it didn’t seem like the answer was to leave it alone.
Day 3 in-game time.
Eutenia had been locked up in a cave until now and was starving without eating anything.
The physics of this game is not much different from reality.
If you don’t eat for a long time, you will surely starve.
In that sense, it didn’t seem like a good idea to leave it alone.
“If I leave it alone… I’ll probably starve to death. I can’t let it starve to death.”
Only one character
I wonder what’s important when a character disappears, but I also feel like it’s going to be a pity when it disappears.
Wasn’t that the first ＜Cultist＞ character you got?
It wouldn’t be too bad to save one character and try to raise it.
I moved my finger and pressed the inventory button in the corner of the screen.
tyring.
The appearance of the inventory in which the item was registered with a light notification sound caught my eye.
– [Rusty Iron Sword] x 3
– [Hard Black Bread] x 4
– [Torn Cloak] x 1
– [Crude Dagger] x 1
All items in the inventory are obtained through drawing 10 times in a row.
It is impossible to acquire items other than drawing in the shop.
Therefore, the contents of the inventory were not significantly different from a few days ago.
I dragged one [hard black bread] out of them.
When I clicked and moved the bread-like graphic, the bread that came with my finger moved out of my inventory.
tuk.
The bread that came out of the inventory fell right in front of Utenia.
When she brought out the [hard black bread] in front of Yutenia, her gaze went straight to the [hard black bread].
– (question)
The first reaction that Eutenia showed when she faced the bread I had taken out was to put a question mark above her head.
From her point of view, bread suddenly appeared.
It was right to question the normal AI response.
However, as if she had just finished judging the situation, she picked up the bread that had been lying on the floor.
The speech bubble of Yutenia who raised the bread quickly changed.
– (thank)
– (impression)
– (thank)
– (impression)
When the sloppy dot graphic lifted the bread, its appearance was indistinguishable from the character.
After holding the bread, Yutenia expressed her gratitude and began to eat the bread slowly.
The graphics of Utenia are rather small, and the graphics of Bread are much smaller than that.
By looking at the screen, he could barely understand that he was eating bread.
Still, seeing the bread disappearing little by little, it was clear that Utenia was eating bread.
“Is this the feeling of feeding a pet?”
Watching Euthenia eating bread made me feel happy.
I remember feeding the fish I had when I was a kid.
When you put food in, the fish will squirm and squeal and their mouths will twitch.
Because the graphics were crude, it was difficult to feel any more emotion than that.
I kept watching Yutenia’s meal with my chin fixed.
It had been about 20 minutes since I left the bread.
Euthenia ate all the bread and got up.
– (satiation)
– (impression)
– (thank)
After finishing the meal, Yutenia once again handed her thanks.
I thought the AI was a bit weird, but I was more active in expressing gratitude than I thought.
If this is the case, it doesn’t matter if you show a little more mercy.
I opened my inventory and took out other items as well.
[Crude Dagger]. [Torn Cloak].
Each of them was a necessary item to live in a cave.
At the sight of the dagger and cloak rolling on the floor, Yutenia blinked and watched it.
“I will give you the by-product of the 10 consecutive draws.”
To me, it’s kind of useless stuff.
Because I couldn’t use any of them except for the magic book.
But for Utenia in front of them, they were worthwhile.
When I presented the item to Yutenia, she once again responded violently and offered a prayer.
– (impression)
– (thank)
– (impression)
– (thank)
Even if you lend money to someone in a hurry, it would be difficult to see such a reaction.
I was satisfied with Yutenia’s response and closed the inventory.
I don’t think she’ll be here forever.
But while living in the mountains, they are useful items.
If I want to see a different reaction later, I’ll have to kick it out of the mountain by touching it.
Anyway, it was quite enjoyable to see the reaction of Yutenia who received the items obtained by drawing.
Except for the fact that those items come out by drawing.
“Evil bastards. You plan to take my money like this.”
Review the items you obtained from the past draw one by one.
Bread that can be fed to the character.
A weapon that can be given to a character.
And then there’s the magic that I can use.
Except that the price and probability were unreasonable, it was a configuration that I wanted to press more often than I thought.
It was a temptation that I understood only after getting used to the game to some extent.
I struggled to put up with itchy fingers because I wanted to press the draw at any moment.
It was all for his own wallet.
* * * * * *
Utenia High Lost.
The gray-haired girl with dry lips looked up at the sky.
It has been three days since I was locked up in the mountains with a sense of disappointment for the ruined village and hatred for the world.
An unknown god saved her life from danger, but that did not bring her life to a happy ending.
family. droughty. Relationships.
Everything that supported her has already collapsed.
Now all that was left was a god watching over her and Euthenia herself, who had become a solitary loner.
Even that was only living thanks to the unknown god who saved Euthenia’s life.
Had it not been for the unknown god who saved her by striking a lightning bolt at the last moment, she would have given up her life long ago.
“ha…….”
A sigh escaped from Yutenia’s mouth as she looked at the cave locked in darkness.
The unoccupied cave was a damp and dark place.
gurgling.
She hadn’t eaten for three days, and her stomach was screaming.
cold. and hungry
Have you ever been starved for such a long time?
At least not as far as she remembered.
This experience was unfamiliar to Euthenia, who was always facing a rich table.
However, he could not look forward to the sudden and abundant table, so all he could do was to mourn his hunger to forget his hunger.
“……”
Yutenia’s gaze passed through the empty cave.
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Moss. damp floor. damp air.Nothing but Euthenia.
Once again, Yutenia’s gaze moved.
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Moss. and damp floors.tuk.
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Moss. floor. Hard-looking black bread.Vitality returned to the eyes of Yutenia, who had been moving with the power released.
“…the bread ran out.”
What fell on the floor was bread no matter how you look at it.
It looks like a lot of time has passed, but it was still bread that people could eat.
Yutenia picked up the bread that had fallen on the floor and looked up at the ceiling.
There was no way that bread suddenly appeared on the moss in the middle of the cave.
It wasn’t that he was missing something rolling on the floor, so it must have fallen from the sky, Yutenia thought.
However, from the ceiling that Euthenia looked at, all he could see was a crude-looking stone.
“It’s clear he gave it to you.”
A smile bloomed on Yutenia’s lips as she lifted the black bread.
The lightning strike wasn’t the last.
The unknown god was still taking care of the affairs of Utenia.
Besides, she knew that Euthenia was hungry, so she prepared bread for her to eat.
Yutenia brought the black bread to her lips and bit it lightly.
tuk. tuk.
The teeth that touched the black bread bounced off without being able to dig in at once.
The old bread was harder than she thought.
“Should I lick it slowly?”
It seemed that there was no choice but to wet the bread enough to eat the hard bread.
clap. Euthenia’s tongue ran across the surface of the black bread.
It’s a hard bread that you wouldn’t normally see without even helping out.
Even so, the bread obtained in a hungry situation was delicious just by lightly touching it with the tongue.
Yutenia slowly melted the hard black bread and put it in her mouth.
It wasn’t a relaxed situation that could be solved in an instant, so there was no choking or pretending to be Yutenia eating black bread.
‘I wish there was milk.’
Because the bread was hard, I felt a little disappointed that there was no milk to soak.
However, the bread eaten in a hungry situation was not as delicacy as this.
What’s more, the black bread I’m holding now isn’t the food of love given down from heaven.
To say any more complaints than this, she thought, was worthy of punishment.
“Um, umm…”
It’s been quite a while since Euthenia started eating bread.
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Most of the black bread, which used to be large, disappeared into Yutenia’s stomach.Now all she had left was the last loaf of bread.
Yutenia put the remaining pieces of bread in her mouth, and looked up at the sky with satisfaction.
It felt good to be full after a long time.
Holding her hand, Yutenia raised a short thank-you to the sky.
“I ate well. Thank you.”
I don’t know which god is looking at me, but I’ve already been helped several times by him.
Today’s Euthenia was ready to worship and worship whatever god it was.
It is the last remaining milestone in the life of Utenia, where there is nothing.
It must have been foolish to anyone not to follow the only path left.
Even if the opponent is a god full of atrocious rumors.
As Yutenia, who was slightly excited, was praying toward the sky, she heard the sound of something falling from the sky.
“yes……?”
tuk. fight.
A shabby cloak and a crude-looking dagger fell in front of Yutenia.
A light dagger that anyone can use.
And a warm cloak to cover the body.
Her god was worried about not only eating, but also living in the mountains.
Seeing the object in front of her, Yutenia raised her dagger with tears in her eyes.
“How can I say thank you? Really, it’s difficult.”
They say that after trials come sweet rewards.
She thought that all the trials up until now were for the present meeting.
A devotion to a god who doesn’t even know his name.
That was the path of her own chosen by the gray-haired girl.