If it was just a matter of being a crowd, Lumi wouldn’t be surprised. He knew there would be a crowd, he wanted a crowd. And he already knew that the players would act in abnormal ways, causing some issues.

He saw that they were making the locals very, very confused.

Fairies hovered nervously near their homes. Humans stood in doorways, watching the chaos with obvious concern. A good amount of magicians were watching, wondering just what was going on.

Because the players were being... players.

Of course they were. It was folly to expect anything else. Even with Lumi’s continuous advice, the simple truth of the matter was that they didn’t know this was a real world. To them, this was just a game. Which meant they acted in ways that would cement them as insane if done on Earth.

Lumi turned back.

"What’s wrong?" Lena gazed outside, too. "Should I kill someone?"

"Sh-should you WHAT!?" Eden couldn’t help but exclaim. Why had he suddenly heard Lena propose violence against some...

Some...

What was happening, anyways? He took a look out the window and was stunned. "Who... who are those people?"

Lumi took a deep breath. "One second." He walked further into the library.

When he returned, he was back with the airship. He gestured to his two companions. "Hop on."

"It’s a one per-" Eden started to protest, but he saw Lena cheerfully jump on Lumi’s lap. "Ahem..." He coughed awkwardly.

"..."

Eden seemed conflicted. "It’s already overcrowded. How do you-"

"Shut up and get on!" Lena exclaimed, her arms in the air. She patted her lap. "Get on mommies lap, boy."

Eden closed his eyes, took several deep breaths, muttering something. Only when he was done did he slowly approach, stacking himself ontop of the human pile.

"..."

There was a silence. Until Lena interrupted. "It’s like it doesn’t work!" She suddenly stood up, sending Eden stumbling into the control panel.

"H-hey!" He protested.

Lena instead hopped onto one the left wing. "There, problem solved!"

"Lena..." Lumi slowly whispered, unsure. "I can’t fly like that."

She put a finger up. "Solution." She slid over, and picked up Eden.

"Eh?"

She sat Eden down on the right wing, then went back to the left wing. "Did I fix it?"

"..." Lumi took a deep breath. Honestly? She did fix it. The weight distribution, while not even, would at most slightly slow the ship down now rather than becoming a catastrophe.

"Wait, wait!" Eden protested. "I’m not good with heights, you can’t just expect me to stay here while flying, I ca-" He found his face suddenly hit, just slightly, by a soft blow. Sol...?

He looked at Sol in shock and silence. Only after a few seconds, did he find his nerves again. "S-sorry..."

Lumi looked at Merath. "Could you open the window for us to fly out of?"

The old man nodded. "Of course." With a mere wave of his hand, the window opened up. He hesitated for merely a second, before giving a sigh of visible relief. "Thank you."

"?" Lumi was unsure. "For?"

Merath gestured at his window. "Not breaking my wall or window again."

"Oh..."

...

Now in the air, above the crowd, Lumi’s gaze swept across the crowd, taking in the scene.

In one corner, a group of about twenty players were dancing. Just straight up dancing at random in some random spot they had chosen for themselves. Half the dances, he didn’t even remotely recognize, being merely a strange set of movements. The other half of them were performing what looked like choreographed moves they’d probably learned from viral videos.

Which was a thousand times more confusing on Masteria than on Earth.

If you saw a random person dancing in an awkward spot on Earth, you might think they were making a video or performing. It would still be strange, but at least it was comprehensible.

But on Masteria? If someone was doing strange movements in the middle of town for no apparent reason, natives would think they had mental illnesses.

And it wasn’t as if anyone here would recognize Earth dances. When players copied viral video choreography, the Masteria natives just saw bizarre, unexplainable movements. It was entirely up to chance if they would even recognize it as a foreign dance, or perhaps some sort of ritual.

Lumi sighed.

If that was everything, he would be happy. Really, he would. He had entirely expected the players to entertain themselves through various ways, and dancing was certainty one of the ways. An especially tame way.

Which is why, unfortunately, he wasn’t surprised to see that wasn’t even the worst of it.

In another corner, several players had gathered materials and were building... a statue?

Now, while that was extremely confusing on its own, one might ask, what was the harm in a statue?

Well, what if the statue was of a certain dictator from Earth’s history? And what if the players were actively preaching his ideals to confused natives who had gathered to watch?

Yeah.

Lumi had to take a deep breath.

He already knew this was TAME by player standards. They had the potential to do so, so much worse. Torture and slaughter was the norm in his past life. After all, just a game, right? The only reason it was still at this manageable level was because of the following.

First, the game hadn’t been out that long.

Two, his various damage control actions, such as his repeated warnings.

Three, they couldn’t get themselves kicked out, for they still had to be here to join his party.

On the other side of the plaza, a bunch of players were having a cookout. They’d set up grills and were cooking food. Actually, this was the least bad thing the players were doing. It was inconvenient since it was the middle of town, but at least it wasn’t actively malicious. They even shared some of the food with natives, laughing and eating together. To an extent, that was actually good.