Girl Paladin Jupiter

5 AM.

It’s a bit early to start the morning, but the small girl naturally opened her eyes and got out of bed.

Unlike her sickly appearance, the girl’s white hair was shining beautifully.

[Ellie. 3 missed calls and unread messages…]

Ellie. Yes, that’s her name.

The small girl nodded, listening to the AI’s voice echoing in the room.

This isn’t a game or a dream. Here, she’s just a small girl with a fragile body that can’t run for long.

Ellie jumped out of bed and said,

Her white hair fluttered and scattered behind her.

“I told you to call me Jupiter.”

[But…]

“The calls are all from Dad, right?”

[Yes. Master-nim…]

“I get it. Be quiet.”

[Are you planning to log into the game again?]

“Yeah.”

[Don’t forget. The medicine…]

“I’ll mute you.”

As soon as Ellie finished speaking, the noisy buzzing sound was completely cut off.

Silence fell in the room, which was excessively large for one person.

Ellie started preparing breakfast by herself.

Since she didn’t move her body much, the amount of food she prepared was very small.

She took peanut butter, a cup of milk, and a slice of bread from the refrigerator and headed to the table.

She was used to eating breakfast alone.

Ellie wiggled her short legs back and forth, munching on the bread.

After finishing her meal, she blankly let time pass in the quiet room.

Ellie liked this short time very much.

“I’m going to play the game. Block all incoming calls.”

No answer came.

Because she had muted the AI.

But it must have understood. It always did.

It’s the same routine as always.

Ellie fluttered her blue pajamas and crawled into the large capsule.

It’s time to become the Paladin of Light she imagined, not a small, fragile girl.

Ellie, or rather Jupiter, nodded and comfortably rested her body on the soft sheet.

It’s almost time.

She will face her other body, waiting for her with bright light.

That’s what she thought.

“Ah…?”

What came out of her mouth was a very dumb-sounding voice.

Jupiter stared at the character floating in front of her.

Nickname: Jupiter.

It was definitely her character.

The full plate mail that covered her body was also the same.

And what about the white cape hanging behind her?

The holy sword worn on her waist was also the same.

But why? Jupiter’s large and majestic figure had turned into a small and delicate girl.

Currently, in Deron, there was no function to change the appearance of a character except for race reincarnation.

There were rumors that customization items would be added, but they had not been added yet.

Then why, what’s the reason?

Jupiter glared at the girl paladin standing in front of her.

Inside her head, her brain tingled. It was a sign that the medicine was starting to wear off.

But Jupiter ignored the signal. The alarm would go off when it was time to take her medicine.

Now was the time to focus on the game.

First of all.

Log in.

Jupiter nodded and logged into the game.

It might just be a simple error.

When she logged into the game, she would be Jupiter in her original form.

As usual, she logged into the game. A bright light enveloped her body, and she felt like she was flying somewhere.

Jupiter moved her arms and legs, waiting for her vision to recover.

“Eek…”

She didn’t feel the sense of incongruity that she always felt when logging into the game.

Because the length of her arms and legs was the same as in reality.

“T-This…!”

Her voice was also the same as in reality. It seemed that the voice changer function of the character she had set had disappeared.

Jjeolgeureok- jjeolgeureok.

Every time she moved her body, the full plate mail collided and made a loud noise.

It was truly an absurd situation.

The character’s stats and items remained the same, but only the appearance had changed.

What the hell was the problem?

Jupiter pondered alone, thinking of various possibilities.

At that moment, Jupiter was able to recall what had happened at Deron’s offline event.

“Could it be!”

The employee who put on the bracelet said that it was necessary to link it to Deron’s account.

That’s it. There was no other way to explain it.

“Y-You damn bastards!”

Jupiter was greatly enraged. All the customization of the character she had painstakingly created had been lost.

Kwang kwang!

She stomped her feet hard, trampling on the city’s stone floor, but her anger was not relieved.

“Hoo…”

First, calm down-

Jupiter took a deep breath and used the GM call function in Deron’s game.

“Eek…”

But, the waiting time was the problem.

Just using the real-time chat with the GM alone took a whopping 2 hours of waiting time.

She had heard rumors that there were many problems with various functions after the server integration, but this was too much.

Jupiter thought so.

At that moment, a young girl ran up to Jupiter and fell over.

It was an ordinary NPC’s action that no one would care about.

But, the Paladin of Light is different. He must always extend a helping hand to everyone.

That was the Paladin of Light that Jupiter herself had set.

Even though her body was like this, she was Jupiter.

“Heueeeeng!”

Jupiter slowly approached the little girl.

And then, she reached out her hand.

“Little girl. Don’t cry and get up.”

“Huk…?”

“Where are your parents? I will help you find them.”

Jupiter took the fallen girl’s hand and helped her up.

If this was reality and not Deron, Jupiter would have fallen with this girl without being able to lift her up.

“M-Mom is…”

“Hmm…”

Jupiter looked at the girl and stroked her chin with a serious expression.

Because the girl NPC and her eye level were similar.

“I lost my mom…”

“Alright. I’ll help you find her.”

It was a sudden quest that occasionally appeared in the village.

Jupiter decided to help this little girl while waiting for the GM call function.

“Do you live in this city?”

[Lost Girl]

She couldn’t learn anything from the name floating above the girl’s head.

Jupiter, as always, immersed in her own settings, spoke to the little girl.

“Uh-huh. Mom said she had business at the temple and came to find it.”

“The temple, huh…”

She found a clue.

Jupiter took the girl’s hand and walked to the temple side by side.

However, unlike before, the gazes around her were cold.

Jupiter frowned and looked around.

There were too many users who stared blankly at her and the girl while walking down the street.

Just because her appearance changed a little…

Jupiter felt her face getting hot from the back of her neck.

“Hmm…”

“Oni-chan…”

“Oni-chan…? Ah.”

NPCs that give quests are basically given light AI.

Therefore, the title used to call the user who helps them is also changed through the user’s appearance information.

Jupiter’s appearance now was not a tall man.

She was a small and delicate-looking girl.

“Hmm… Call me Knight-nim.”

The title of Oni-chan was awkward and burdensome.

Jupiter spread out her white cape and covered her face.

Her gait changed clumsily because her vision was limited, but she thought it was better than having her face exposed to others.

That’s when they arrived at the temple.

“Huh?”

A priest who was receiving various buffs in front of the temple looked at Jupiter and was surprised.

Jupiter hurriedly turned her body and put the cape on like a hood.

Users who appeared to be his party members were standing with the priest.

“Hey, over there…!”

“What is it?”

“Isn’t that… Jupiter?”

“Sparrow? Chirp chirp?”

“Looking at the nickname, it seems right?”

“No, wasn’t that person’s character a huge Innam character? That person is too small…?”

“I’m telling you, look at that…”

Her body trembled at the whispers coming from behind her.

Jupiter stroked her flushed cheeks and hurriedly ran into the temple with the little girl.

“No, I’m telling you it’s right. Wait, excuse me!”

The voice following behind her slowly scattered.

Jupiter, who was hiding behind a large pillar, peeked out slightly to look outside.

Fortunately, the priest who had recognized Jupiter was being dragged to the hunting ground by his party members, unable to resist their urging.

“Hoo…”

“Oni-chan. Are we playing hide-and-seek?”

Jupiter smiled softly and shook her head.

Now that they had arrived at the temple, it was time to find this little girl’s mother.

But-

No matter how much she walked around the large temple, there was no one who looked like this girl’s mother.

“Heeing…”

After searching for about 10 minutes, she learned that this girl’s mother had left the temple.

Their paths crossed.

Jupiter took the sniffling girl’s hand and left the temple.

The next place to go was the guardhouse in the city.

If you don’t know the location of an NPC, go to a guard or guardhouse.

Then they will tell you the location.

Jupiter recalled the story she had heard when she was a beginner.

Of course, that wasn’t the only reason.

She had experience clearing various miscellaneous quests in Deron, so she knew well what actions parent NPCs who had lost their children took.

“Mom!”

“Bibi!”

It was as Jupiter expected. The parent NPC of the lost child was waiting in front of the guardhouse.

Jupiter watched the reunion of the two mothers and daughters silently with her arms crossed.

“Thank you so much… Thank you so much, Knight-nim…”

“Thank you. Oni-chan!”

The mothers and daughters, who were constantly thanking Jupiter, took out a small map from their arms as if they had remembered something.

It was the occurrence of a linked quest.

“Well, this is… It’s not much of a reward… My husband used to be an adventurer. It’s the map he kept until the very end.”

“This is…”

“He always carried that map in his arms… Until the very last moment…”

[Suspicious Map]

A map that an adventurer held onto until his last moment.

A faint lunar divinity is felt.

※Bound Item

“Huh…”

It was the moment she held the map in her hand. A transparent message that only Jupiter could see appeared.

[The old Lunaris Goddess Statue is reacting.]