Chapter 3
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 3
Chapter Title: Bug..?
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I caught sight of my face in the fountain and finally realized I'd crossed over into the Valkyrie world.
I had no memory of who this person originally was. I'd possessed someone.
I plopped down in front of the fountain. I'd read plenty of novels about transferring to another world, but now that it was happening to me, I had no clue what to do next.
Sua looked down at me with worry in her eyes.
"Ha... right... I can't just sit here like this..."
Seeing Sua's face gave me courage. Having my favorite character right in front of me felt like a blessing.
Not just looking at her—I could touch her, talk to her.
'Yeah... that's enough. What more could I want? It's not like I lived some amazing life in reality...'
And above all... I liked this face. It was worth living a second life with.
"First things first... I need to eat something. I'm starving..."
I rummaged through my pockets again. Surely there had to be at least a single coin...
Something hard touched my hand inside the pocket.
"Smartphone...?"
What came out was a phone. Not the one I'd used—it must have belonged to this body's original owner.
Pressing the button on the right side lit up the screen. Surprisingly, it required fingerprint recognition. When I pressed my thumb to it, the lock released smoothly.
It looked like a standard smartphone in terms of functions. The setting seemed medieval, so having something this advanced from modern tech was bizarre.
But aside from the phone, this body had nothing else on it.
"Sua... I'm hungry, but how do we eat? Do we have any money?"
Sua was the only one I could rely on.
"Don't you have the Status?"
"Huh? Status? What's that?"
"The thing you're holding right now, Pilot."
"Smartphone?"
"Status."
Sua firmly corrected me.
"Ah... right. Status..."
What did the name matter...
"So, what am I supposed to do with this?"
"You can order food at a restaurant and pay with it."
"Like Samsung Pay...?"
"Sam... sung? I'm not sure about that, but you can settle payments with it. The reward from killing that orc earlier should have flowed right into your Status."
"Ah!"
Sure enough, when Sua took down that orc, its body scattered and seemed to go into my pocket. That must have been it.
As Sua said, fiddling with the smartphone—no, the Status—brought up various apps.
"Open the Bank app to check your balance. You can pay with that. The loot from the orc should be in the Spoils app."
The Bank app was a standard banking one. Inside, there was 600,000 gold, and the Spoils app had 20,000 gold and one experience potion.
"You can convert the gold found in the Spoils in the Bank, and items to the Items app."
Sua explained kindly. Following her instructions, I converted the 20,000 gold to Bank—it took a 10% fee, leaving me with 618,000 gold.
A fee too...? Who's taking that cut?
"Anyway, now we've got money. Let's go eat. You hungry too, Sua?"
"Y-Yes..."
In the Valkyrie world, Valkyries needed to eat too.
"Know any good spots?"
Sua quietly pointed with her finger at my question. She must like whatever was there. I'd thought I knew everything about the Valkyrie world, but these details were a surprise.
The place Sua pointed to was a pizza joint.
'No way... Pizza in the medieval era?? What kind of world is this?'
Being inside the game Valkyrie, it seemed like modern and medieval elements were fused together.
Well... better than weird food.
We entered the pizza place, and a server brought the menu.
"Let's see... Combination pizza's 22,000 gold... Bulgogi pizza 24,000... Prices are about the same as in reality...?"
My 618,000 gold was basically equivalent to 618,000 won.
"What do you want, Sua?"
Sua quietly pointed to one spot on the menu.
"Hm... Hawaiian pizza...? You eat that? Wait, does Hawaii even exist here? Ah... whatever. Let's get it. Is pizza and carbonara pasta okay? We can share right?"
"Sounds good."
Sua's usual curt tone softened, her lips twitching up just a bit. This tsundere...
After calling the server to order, I dove into the Status apps. With so many, I checked them one by one.
First, Contacts— who was this guy that not a single person was saved?
"Sua... where'd this guy live? Got a house?"
"This guy... you mean you, Pilot?"
"Yeah. Me."
"As far as I know, you don't have your own place—you stayed at inns."
Motel-hopping life, huh...
"Parents? Friends?"
"I heard you're an orphan. And honestly, today was the first time I met you, Pilot. I don't know the details."
"Ah, got it. Ha... alright then. Whatever, works for me."
I had no intention of chasing old ties anyway. Easier to think of it as a fresh start.
Looking at the Status again, there was a Valkyrie app. It screamed "most important."
Opening the Valkyrie app showed functions like the game: view owned Valkyries, and gacha pulls.
'Gacha's available??? How many diamonds?'
What kind of world even was this?
Checking the app, owned Valkyries: one D-rank Spear Knight. Just Sua.
I had 3,000 diamonds. The starter amount when you first boot up the game.
With only Sua owned, this guy must never have pulled. And yet he wandered dangerous forests? Insane.
Still, enough diamonds for a 10-pull. Lucky.
'In the Valkyrie game, first pulls guarantee SR or higher. Does it work here? Nah... probably not.'
The woman Isteir from the forest had no SRs or above among her Valkyries. She'd have brought them if she did.
Pizza wouldn't be out yet, so I went for the pull right away.
The familiar gacha screen appeared. A shrine maiden knelt in prayer, light gathered around her, then burst out.
Blue light: at least B-rank. Red: A-rank. Gold: SR. Rainbow: SSR.
White: dud.
"Hmm... how up-to-date are the updates here?"
I hadn't started Valkyrie at launch. About six months in, so later than most, but I ended up the strongest.
Early on, SSRs were rare; updates added them sporadically, along with SRs. They kept pumping out As for balance.
Sua seemed tense watching me pull, like she knew what it was.
The screen burst with white light, as expected. I was always trash at gacha... Never really hit big in reality either.
Thank god for pity systems, or I'd never have collected SSRs.
Sua actually looked relieved at the white light.
Did she think I'd ditch her if I pulled something good?
White light scattered: five Suas, one Shield Knight, one Mage, one Shrine Maiden, two Dark Knights, one Elf Archer.
Total dud. But five Suas—that was some consolation. Maybe.
Out of 11 pulls: eight D-ranks, Dark Knights and Elf Archer as C-ranks. Worst luck.
"Max Valkyries you can bring is six, right?"
"Yes."
Story mode limited you to six deployable Valkyries.
Isteir had six with her too.
Mining, arena, other content needed more, but main story capped at six, so probably stuck with that.
I could summon now, but I'm low on cash and I'm about to eat, so I decided to do it later.
Food arrived soon after: Hawaiian pizza and carbonara pasta.
We split it in the middle, plating our shares.
Never thought I'd eat Hawaiian pizza here, but the tangy flavor wasn't bad at all.
Sua devoured hers, looking happier than I'd ever seen her.
I ended up giving most of the Hawaiian to her.
"Pilot... you eat some too..."
She noticed me watching after wolfing down six slices, face flushing as she offered.
"Nah, eat up, Sua."
"Ahem... Th-thank you..."
Sua didn't hold back on the rest either.
"Love Hawaiian that much?"
"Yes... It's so good..."
Sua smiled shyly. She'd been stoic until now, but this pure expression was her at her prettiest.
I hadn't eaten much, but that smile filled me up.
Then my Status chimed: ding.
"Hm? What?"
I checked the alert.
30,000 diamonds have been charged.
'Huh? Charged? By who? Me? When?'
I was mid-meal when the random alert baffled me.
Then four more identical ones rang out in quick succession.
30,000 diamonds have been charged.
30,000 diamonds have been charged.
30,000 diamonds have been charged.
30,000 diamonds have been charged.
'What...? A bug?'