GLITCH

Lucy Fleming and her Tragic Past

CRYSTAL CITY

Monday, November 15, 2500

7:24pm

After the mess was cleared, Natalie went home with his father after giving the captured Venom Claw guild members to her fellow guild colleagues and was "sent straight to prison".

If it weren't for my eyes, I wouldn't know the truth.

The ones who portrayed as guards to take the "prisoners" back are just in the same league as those scumbags. It's a given that within the guild, hostile and opportunistic fools exist. I looked at their stats and gracious me; they also have criminal titles attached to them. Is it just me or is it the security here is so lax that they didn't care about the criminal acts of these craps?

"Rylai, are you heading home now?"

Sven asked me with a troubled face. Why make that face anyway?

"Yes, I guess. Why?"

Before Sven could answer, an elderly woman with blue eyes and has a height slightly lesser than mine popped out from his back. She smiled gently, as if her smile is enough to sooth your troubles. She's wearing a brown, seemingly ragged dress and a pair of sandals. Her white hair (due to age I guess) is fixed in a bun.

"Oh, Sven…is this lovely lady the one named Rylai?"

"Yes, grandma. I'm Rylai Lux, Sven's friend; nice to meet you."

I bowed slightly to express my respect to the elderly.

"My, my…what a refined lady you are. I'm sure that Sven himself considered his life lucky to find a wonderful lady like you – oh what do we have here, a silver-eyed one", the grandma smiled earnestly as she pay her attention towards my eyes.

"I see, so it's around the time the world needed someone who can resist fate once more."

"What do you mean by that Grandma Lucy?" Sven asked his grandmother as he wonders about what's the meaning behind those words.

Apparently, even I am curious as well.

"My, if you are truly interested of a certain old legend, I can share it to the of you. Looking at your faces, you certainly want to know about it do you?" Grandma Lucy said with a sharp gaze aiming at us.

"Indeed I am curious grandma, but I don't think Rylai –"

"I shall accompany you to your house."

"See? She said – wait…what?"

"Just give me a moment and I'll message the receptionist of the place I'm staying that I won't be able to go back there for a while."

"Is that even necessary?"

"Well, it might be strange to you Sven but I've grown accustomed to the system in lodges, inns and other temporary shelter of Emerald City. Whenever you go out and can't come back on that day, you must tell it to the receptionist and you can even tell to not let anyone seek me know my whereabouts. It's some sort of security stuff."

This is the usual scene when I'm still in Miss Syakila's place. My experience as a receptionist has exposed to me the existence of that system. It appears that the receptionists do have that kind of job, but none of the guests do the same thing I did just now, and that role is almost eliminated to the receptionists' task list.

"I-Is that so? It's my first time hearing this."

"Let's put the topic aside now, it's already past seven o'clock. We should go now."

The three of us started walking with Sven and Grandma Lucy – I'll call her Granny from now on – to their home. Along the way, Granny started a conversation.

"You should follow her example Sven", Granny said as she chuckled and poked Sven's waist. For an old lady like her, she doesn't have a cane or something that serves as a support. Well her status gives me the hint as of why.

Lucy Fleming HP: 10000/10000 MP: 25000/25000

Mantle: Battle Mage Lv. 068

Strength: 129

Dexterity: 217

Constitution: 172

Intelligence: 243

Skill:

BOMARDMENT [ACTIVE]

- Launches a total of five balls of a certain element; the caster can use any type as long as the caster's affinity allows it

SPELL BOOST [ACTIVE]

- Spell damage is boosted thrice

SHIELD BASH [ACTIVE]

- Attacks by bashing a shield towards an opponent; the nearer the caster is from the opponent, the lesser the damage (attack range: 5 meters)

SLASH [ACTIVE]

- Attacks with a heavy slash

MANA PRESERVATION [PASSIVE]

- Let's the caster cast spells with 40% less mana used

KNIGHT'S ASSAULT [ACTIVE]

- A powerful strike that can pierce through the enemy's defense

ENDEAVOR [UNIQUE PASSIVE]

- A good countermeasure against opponents during a crucial situation; the lower the health bar the stronger your physical and magic damage will be

These stats are way too crazy.

"Hmm…have you taken a good look on my stats Rylai?" Granny noticed my gaze. Oops, I did it out of habit.

"Sorry for peeping Granny. But how did you know that I am?"

"Well you see, back in my younger days, I'm a full-fledged Glint just like Sven is. I used to travel to various places, and even got the ticket to enter the premises of the Land of Ruins. But then a lot of things happened, and one of my companions, a person with the same eye color as yours met her demise there."

Hearing it made me keep my mouth zip. Granny continued her story.

"We may have the greatest party during our heyday but still it's not enough to conquer that particular labyrinth residing there. Well, if it weren't for that good friend of mine, the rest of us, a total of four, would probably have died. She put her life to an end as she made herself as a bait to divert that monster's attention from the wounded us."

With the atmosphere becoming heavier, Granny stopped the conversation, saying that she can't tell the rest of it since Sven and I were so attached to the story that the depressing atmosphere made our faces frown. She said that she'll tell more tomorrow.

It made me think for a moment.

Will that same tragedy happen to the future me too?