Ch.97We Need More Friends (3)

Looking at the appearance of this character I’d never seen before, at first glance she was “a nun in extremely simple attire.”

Unlike the others, she didn’t have any decorations or anything.

Her hair color wasn’t particularly unique—just blonde, which was fairly common among the many gacha characters.

Her height was roughly between 150 and 160 cm?

Ah, her pupils… no, her irises were golden, which was slightly unusual.

Though more elaborate than real-life nun habits, her outfit was incredibly plain compared to typical in-game nun attire.

‘Was there a character like this?’

I couldn’t figure out what character she was from my memory, so I could only tilt my head in confusion.

If there was one fortunate thing, it was that she was definitely a character from “this game.”

‘Wait a minute… looking closely at her clothes, they seem similar to Pashtra’s?’

The decorations on the nun’s outfit—the one who called me savior—looked quite similar to “something” Pashtra usually wore.

No, according to the lore, they resembled the decorations on her “heavily modified nun habit.”

And seeing that, I realized which “order” she was talking about.

‘Ah, that place—the Fanatic Order, one of those factions that only exists in the lore.’

Remembering that Pashtra was also supposed to be affiliated with that order, I nodded and welcomed the nun before me who was apparently from the same order.

“Hmm, I’m Icarus, in charge of this base and fleet… but who are you?”

“Oh my, I’ve been rude, Savior.”

For some reason, unlike the others, this nun addressed me as “Savior.”

Parting the surrounding steam, she came right in front of me.

Lifting the hem of her habit that reached down to her ankles slightly, she gave a light bow and introduced herself concisely.

“I’m truly delighted to meet the Savior recorded in our scriptures. I am Partia, a mere nun belonging to the ‘Mayahuel Order’.”

“Partia?”

“Yes, my Savior.”

The moment I heard those words, a status window for the nun who identified herself as “Partia” popped up before my eyes.

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<Partia>

<Level 1>

<Type: Anti-Personnel Close Range>

<Trait: Fanaticism>

<Stats>

Health: SS+

Attack Power: SS+

Physical Defense: SSS-

Magic Power: A-

Magic Defense: B+

Mobility: S+

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‘What the hell, Partia! These stats! Doesn’t your heart burn with passion!’

Despite her plain appearance, her stats were absolutely terrifying—she was a human weapon.

Considering her loose nun’s habit, she looked quite delicate.

Her limbs didn’t appear particularly thick, and only her chest looked extremely large, so I was internally very skeptical about how she could have such stats.

‘No, it’s stupid to question such things in a game.’

While they might not exist in reality, in the virtual world there’s the very convenient concept of “internal muscles.”

Thinking that Partia must be that kind of character, I nodded to myself while once again extending my welcome.

“Welcome. Let’s go inside and continue our conversation.”

“Thank you for your consideration, Savior.”

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After returning from the gacha room.

I ordered Jessica to show Partia around the base and explain what she needed to know.

Then I immediately opened the gallery to post a question about the character Partia.

At first, I tried checking the “Wiki tab” to find information.

Unfortunately, as I could tell from never having seen her before when I played.

Perhaps she was a relatively new production character in the game.

And maybe because users were busy with events, the wiki updates were somewhat lacking.

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Title: Partia Settings and Evaluation

Author: Wiki Historian mk-7

Content: [Partia’s face image]

I don’t have her full-body concept art, so I’m just posting a face image

She’s our gallery mascot

A complete close-combat character with no ranged capabilities whatsoever

By the way, despite appearances, she has the largest chest size in the game lolololol

Comments:

-[Chest size lmao]

-[Oh true]

-[This bastard was asked to write an evaluation but only talks about chest size]

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‘They’re just messing around on the wiki tab.’

With no proper information posts available, only these vulgar garbage posts.

Unfortunately, whether I liked it or not, I had no choice but to write a question post myself to learn about Partia.

Oh, and I also asked in the chat, but…

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-[What is Partia?](Questioner)

-[Oh, you know about the Parthian Empire!]

-[The Parthian Empire was a dynasty that ruled Western Asia from 247 BCE to 226 CE, and at its height, its territory… (Error: character limit exceeded 570,151/1,000)]

-[Oh there’s a character limit, let me continue

… … … … … …

-[…and so, the list of emperors, or “Shahanshah,” throughout history is…]

-[Aaaaargh]

-[This isn’t even spam, he’s literally reciting the wiki from memory wtf]

-[Is this spam or not?]

-[The guy answering]

-[I’m sorry, my mistake](Questioner)

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I had forgotten it was an o-pen chat.

And unfortunately, because I asked “What is Partia?” instead of “Who is the character Partia?”

I ran into a crazy history buff who wrote 570,151 characters in a chat that had a 1,000 character limit.

So whether I liked it or not, I had no choice but to post my question in the gallery.

Anyway, shaking off these thoughts, I browsed through the gallery window in front of me.

Clicking the write button, which felt awkward after not using it for so long, I diligently wrote and posted my question.

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Title: I’m a baby newbie, what’s this Partia character?

Author: Icarus

Content: [Full-body image of Partia turned about 45 degrees away, talking to Jessica who is off-screen]

I’m not trying to deceive anyone or anything

I quit the game and just came back, so I don’t know what Partia does

Looking at her stats, she seems like a close-combat specialist, but there’s nothing written in the wiki tab so I have no way of knowing

Can someone please tell me

Comments:

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‘Hmm, should be fine, right?’

After even stating that this wasn’t a deceptive post and writing my question (somewhat) diligently.

I thought this would be enough, so after checking it one more time.

I clicked complete and posted the question.

While waiting for answers to my post.

I decided to pass the time by clicking through the pile of quests brought by the pirates, frantically clicking the complete button.

But after processing only about 30 quest completions.

As I sat in the command seat furiously clicking away, I started to hear notification sounds.

‘Oh, responses are coming faster than expected.’

With notifications coming faster than anticipated, I smiled inwardly and immediately opened the gallery to check my post, but…

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Comments:

-[Congrats on meeting the gallery mascot]

-[Who would’ve thought the gallery mascot would appear here]

-[The gallery mascot deserves an upvote]

-[You’re just now seeing the gallery mascot? What a pathetic fellow]

-[One who has only now seen the gallery mascot is not worthy of being called a ‘ranker.’]

-˪[lololololol]

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All these bastards said in their replies was that Partia was revered as the gallery’s “mascot.”

Feeling frustrated, I demanded a proper answer.

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-[There’s no explanation about Partia, just saying she’s the mascot doesn’t help me](Author)

-˪[Her performance is good so just raise her lolololololol]

-˪[Yeah, as the comment above says, her performance is top-tier lol]

-˪[You returning old-timer, don’t you know this?]

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All I got back was “She’s good, just raise her.”

Looking at this, I couldn’t help but feel completely baffled.