Friday.

After returning home from university and getting everything ready, Shiori immediately logged into the world of "Fantasia World."

"Well then... let’s head to the ’Guild’ first."

The quest she’ll be doing today is "Capture the Bandit Gang (Recommended Level 25)".

The starting point for this quest is the guild at night.

Therefore, Shiori left the inn and headed toward the guild.

And then, after arrival, Shiori quickly went inside.

"As expected, there’s nobody around at night."

During the day, there are NPCs hanging around to liven things up, but as expected, there was no one there at night, and the place was deserted.

In that empty space, a glowing window appeared on the counter directly in front of her.

"Um... Ah, so this is how I set it up."

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a window for setting up NPC companions to act as support in the ’Guild’.

It seemed possible to meticulously customize everything from the gender, level, and personality of your companions to their detailed settings.

"Well... what should we do now?"

Since three NPCs will be accompanying Shiori on her mission to "capture the robber gang," three separate character profiles will be needed.

Therefore, Shiori crossed her arms and began to think.

"Yes..."

The first one is a guard NPC.

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Level: 25

Weapon: Sword

Personality: Serious

Name: ’Heisy’

So, let’s keep this simple without overthinking it.

The second one is an adventurer NPC.

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Level: 23

Weapon: Dagger

Personality: Irresponsible

Detailed settings: "Actually a spy for a gang of robbers."

Name: ’Eas’

Since we’re at it, let’s throw in a little curveball.

And that’s how far she’d decided.

Shiori noticed something when she was about to enter the third person.

"...If you set the NPC’s gender to female, it seems that not only can the NPC be attacked, but you can also be raped together with them..."

That was the case when the NPC’s gender was set to female.

According to Shiori’s understanding up until now, the helper NPCs were simply "beings who fight alongside you" or "beings who attack you along the way."

However, by manipulating the settings, it was possible to have them be violated together as allies.

When Shiori learned this, she considered adding it to her list, but decided against it.

"Hmm... If you consider being raped by the gang of robbers and the spy, there are probably quite a few people involved."

"In that case, it would be better if there were other girls besides me who were also raped, as it would give me a greater sense of defeat... but preparing someone solely to be raped is a bit cruel, isn’t it? Let’s not do that."

"For now... let’s just assume this person is also a spy for the gang. If we do that, they’ll have virtually no chance of winning."

It seems her good intentions were judged negatively, so she stopped.

This is the third person she thought about and decided on.

The third one:

Gender: Male

Age: 20

Level: 21

Weapon: Dagger

Personality: Irresponsible

Detailed settings: "Actually a spy for a gang of robbers."

Name: Girari

She wrote down the settings.

"Well then... come on over...!"

After completing the settings for all three characters, Shiori pressed the confirm command and started the quest "Capture the Robber Gang."

Then, the empty guild hall suddenly glowed brightly for a moment.

Three figures appeared.

"...You’re the last one. I’ve been waiting for you. My name is ’Heisy’."

"Yes, thank you very much."

The first person to speak to her was a serious-looking man named ’Heisy’.

He was wearing sturdy armor, had a sword hanging from his waist, and was dressed like a guard.

"Oh, look at this beautiful girl. Want to hang out with me later?"

"...That’s fine."

The next person to speak to her was a grinning man named Eas.

He was dressed in light clothing and had two daggers hanging from his back.

When he saw Shiori, he grinned and tried to put his arm around her shoulder, so Shiori firmly pushed him away.

"Hehe... Nice to meet you, sis."

"...Yes, nice to meet you."

And then the third person.

Dressed in the same light-looking clothes as Eas, the grinning man, ’Girari’.

Girari greeted Shiori, casting lecherous glances at her face and chest without hesitation, to which Shiori responded with a curt greeting of her own.

"Now that everyone’s here, let’s get started. I assume everyone understands the details of this quest, right?"

"Ah... First, we should patrol the town to see if anything’s happened, right?"

"So, if a gang of robbers shows up along the way, you’d rush to the scene and fight them, right?"

"...Yes, that’s fine."

Once everyone was assembled, Heisy asked them that question.

As if in response to those words, Eas and Girari spoke, and since Shiori no longer had anything to confirm, she nodded in agreement with them.

"Understood. Let’s depart then."

"Ou."

"Hey there."

"I understand."

Then, with Heisy leading the way, the four left the guild and began walking around the town on patrol.

"..."

"Well, considering what happens in random quests, I guess a gang of robbers will break into a house somewhere during this patrol. And then we’ll chase them and fight."

"Last time I lost here and got caught... I wonder what will happen this time."

While walking through the city, Shiori had begun to think things through calmly.

Shiori herself has become stronger since last time.

Furthermore, there are also friendly guard NPCs.

Looking at this alone, it seems like we could win, but since there are two spies, there’s a possibility they might betray us just when we’re about to win, so we can’t say for sure that we’ll win.

There’s also the question of what happens to them after they lose.

"Hehe, hehe."

"She’s a beautiful woman."

"I don’t know what’s going to happen... but I’ll just go with the flow and lose where I’m supposed to lose...♡"

While feeling the lecherous stares of Eas and Girari walking behind her at her buttocks and back, Shiori continued patrolling the city, following in Heisy’s footsteps, while waiting for the moment of defeat.