5. Our luck is worse than Archer's...

"Yeah, fuck you too." Was the first thing I said in the world of Re:Zero, after reading the last chatroom notification.

I did a 360° to do a quick recon and noticed King and Miledi behind me.

We were standing in a alleyway close to the main street of what I assume is capital.

Turning to face them, I clasped my hands and said "Well, it's the first time we are actually face-to-face, sooo. Hi." I waved my hand "But we need to focus. Our mission is clear, but we need to know when we actually are. Miledi." I looked her in the eyes "I assume you took your glasses with you, right?" She smiled and started to search for them in her pouch.

After five seconds, her smile faltered and she started to search more violently and finally after around twenty seconds she slumped on the ground.

"I don't have theeeem!" Even King facepalmed at that statement.

"What do you mean you don't have them!!!" I shouted at her "Our job is now harder than ever! Fuuuuuck!" I slumped on the ground next to her.

"Ryuko?" King asked, retrieving me from falling into a deep depression.

"Hm?"

"If we know when we are in the story, you will be able to trace the reincarnator, right?" I nodded "So, what should we search for to know when we are?"

I jumped up "Yeah! We should look for a giant in the slums. If there is a small girl, it means that we are before the story starts. If she is not there, the story has started already, so we need to look for resets. If the world is not going back in time, it means that we are not resistant to the resets."

I grabbed Miledi and lifted her back up. "To the Slums we go!"

King was our google maps, as he floated high enough to see the city and we just followed the directions by jumping on top of the buildings.

We also discovered that our main chat group got disconnected, it seems that in every one of our worlds time is paused when we are on a mission and we are getting a Mission Chatroom.

We can chat there, send pictures and videos, but we are unable to access our previous chat. System explained it that way, when I used my admin privileges to know what's going on: [The moment that user's participate in a mission, they are getting disconnected from their timeline, which means that they will get back in time to the moment they left from their world. Mission chatrooms logs will be saved and shared to all the chat members that were not able to participate. System loves ya all! Good luck!]

It might not seem like much, but being disconnected from the timeline might be our most useful cheat in this world.

While we were running, something small leaped on the roof and collided with Miledi

""Eek!"" they both screamed and fell on their butts.

I quickly ran to them, just to see the little fellow we were looking for.

Appearing behind her, I held her to the ground.

[Mission Chat:

Ryuko: "King, get back down here, we found Felt."

King: "Got it."

]

I left the chat and looked at Miledi, rolling on the ground, seemingly in pain. "Miledi, you are not hurt, so please stop! We have someone to talk with."

She sat back up and looked at Felt. "You must be Felt. We were looking for you, you know?"

"Wh-Who are you people! What do you want from me? I don't have money!" Felt started flailing in my grasp.

"Damn, girl. We don't mean any harm, we just want to talk and help. Seeing a little girl like you going around slums by herself broke our hearts, y'know?"

'"' You are sure it's a good idea, Ryuko? '"'

'Don't have a better one.'

But felt has not stopped trying to break free, so I just loosened my grip.

She stood up and took a few steps back. "How do I know you are not lying?" she asked.

'And here goes my money…'

Yes, the system gave us all five Holy coins, and we decided to give her mine.

"Here" I said, pulling my coins out "we have money, we don't need yours. We want to help you in your life, our intentions are sincere. Are you in, or is there someone you need to take with you?"

We know about Rom, but she doesn't know that.

She again took a few steps back, but bumped into King's pillow there. Turning around she almost fainted seeing a flying human. "W-What kind of blessing's do you people have?" She asked in disbelief.

"We will tell you when you decide to go with us. We don't want to hurt you, or use you." I know, I'm repeating myself, but it is needed to comfort her.

She looked at us, examining us for a few seconds, but then finally said "Fine. But I need to get someone first."

I smiled at her "We don't see anything wrong with that. Lead the way."

We followed her to the Stolen Goods Warehouse, as she got in, the door shut.

'"' Knew it '"'

'I like you too.'

"Sooo. What are we going to do, Ryuko-chan?" Miledi asked.

"Obviously get in. Do the honours, Miledi."

She smiled mischievously and walked to the doors. Then she made a gesture of knocking, but with her first knock, the doors shot from brackets and made some cracks on the wall opposite of them.

"What a cheeky use of gravity magic." King retorted.

"Tehee."

I walked inside, to see Felt hiding behind the giant of a man called Rom. Seriously, this guy is big, like very big. Not One-Piece big, but big.

"It's not nice to close the doors on people trying to help you, you know?" I said in a downcasted tone.

"Old man, it's them." She whispered.

"So you are the people bothering my granddaughter?!" Rom said with his club tightly gripped.

"Well, we offered help. She is the one trying to make us look like villains." I retorted.

Then King floated in, sitting on his pillow, with Miledi following, beaming a smile that could put the sun to shame.

"Is that true? And what help are you offering?" Rom asked, but his grip has not loosened.

"Home, money, friends…" I started and King followed "form of family, no more dangers…" and Miledi "Of course more interactions with awesome ME!"

We laughed at her outburst, and Rom's grip on his club finally loosened as he sat down.

I smiled warmly at Felt "We can assure you that we want good for her."

Rom nodded and motioned for us to sit down, so we did.

{A/N: I'm on writing spree of some sorts. Praise me!

Anyway, I hope your day is going well and see you in the next chapter!}