Some distance away from the central plaza where the untainted fountain of beginnings, perceived to be the depiction of and inspired by the Fountain of Youth, was situated, an enormous amount of Qi suddenly exploded. The peaceful earth trembled, and a pillar of violent light blue energy emerged and swallowed the known Zerem Tavern of the Town of Beginnings.
However, contrary to the alarming signs of impending destruction that would welcome this cold evening, the light blue energy was instantly overshadowed by serene ruby-hued Qi, a testament to Princess Luna's overpowering strength and aura disposition against the watchwoman who failed on her duties as one of this town's rules regulators and civilian protectors.
'I was too focused on Princess Luna that I neglected the dying Clara! B–but, isn't this the Town of Beginnings?! These watchpersons are its protectors against rule-breaking players of the game because even if this town is considered a safe zone, arguing with NPCs that are too human-like still occasionally occurs...'
In the renowned worldwide VRMMORPG: Cosmic Nomenclatures and maybe in other full–dive virtual reality games that had yet to be developed, the watchpersons or guard NPCs, would only act against the players if an unwelcomed behavior within the safe zone caused environmental and civil disruption or if the NPCs were involved in quests that required the players to subdue them.
Either way, those kinds of predetermined settings were no longer applicable.
'I should have expected this… Fuck!' The common trope about a knowledgeable someone facing [unknown variables] in a familiar otherworld be it of the game world or novel world following any fixed genre that became reality was something that Ryder had read an indefinite amount of times.
But then, being confronted with such reality was far more complicated than just reading it somewhere or experiencing it in a game devoid of any real-life, intertwining consequences.
Princess Luna in her flawless disguise faced the already wounded Clara. On the other hand, slowly gaining his footing at the shock from earlier, Ryder only had one thought…
'I have to leave or I will die for real! Damn it! I know I'm considered socially dead in my previous world, but I don't want to go out this way, being collateral because of these maddened Awakeners!'
It was easier said than done as an important question still remains.
'B–But how do I escape this Qi barrier? I'm fucking doomed!' Ryder's heart trembled at such a realization, especially when the seemingly inevitable fight between the two women was about to begin at any moment.
It was then that Clara's voice echoed within the considerably spacious attic, garnering Ryder's attention, "H-how dare you meddle with my business?! Do you even know him? Do you like him, too?! Then you can have him after I'm done with him!"
'For fuck's sake! Is the effect of my [Title] permanent or what? Maybe I should have knocked some sense on her, but how…' Ryder paused, his mind seemed to catch onto something as he recalled Princess Luna's Sincerity Meter.
'W–wait! Is the Princess perhaps not affected by my [Title]'s damn cursed effect? Considering her strange reaction earlier when the side effect of my Attribute acted up, then that might be the case. I am not certain, but I think I know now how to get out of this situation unscathed…' Ryder thought of a gamble that might be irreversible depending on the result.
***
"I couldn't care less about what you think, but I cannot ignore the fact that you just tried to cause a mess while disregarding the presence of civilians in the area. You have failed as a watchwoman of this town and such an unprovoked act shall be unforgivable and punishable by death!"
Princess Luna said, her voice icy cold. She then tightened her grip on the blood-red blade on her grasp, covering it with intense and thick crimson Qi that seemed to disrupt the order of everything in the surroundings despite its exuding serene warmth.
"Who are you to judge me by pursuing what I desire?! You stabbed me from the back, hypocrite!" Clara seethed, her temperament dissolving her remaining rationality.
"You think you're that different from me? No, we are the same; both young and horny!"
At that moment, Clara reached for the void and retrieved a sword. Its blade was fiercely sharp yet it had a gentle atmosphere. What's more, it depicted the cold breeze of the sea as an icy aura emanated from it, seemingly repulsing the warm barrier engulfing the entire tavern that overpowered her own. Furthermore, its handle was engraved with a lone symbol depicting an intricate jagged and steep mountain chain like lightning streaking from the dark skies.
Just as the fight was about to break out, Ryder interjected,
"STOP!"
"Dear, wait for me to get rid of this extra woman before I squeeze your head. Okay? Clara, who seemed to only be thinking about her uncontrollable desire, disregarded and just gazed at him with her lustful brown eyes.
"I don't want to. This woman's blood that tarnishes the reputation of the watchpersons shall be spilled through my blade!" Princess Luna said.
However, both of them snapped out of their own senses upon hearing what Ryder had said next…
"Threesome… let's do it instead of fighting."
***
'Wh–wh, wh–what…?! Three-fucking-some? I knew it! That's the face of a wild animal who's a Demon Lord in bed!' Princess Luna involuntarily and discreetly gulped.
However, for her crimson eyes, Ryder's action was amiss and sort of contradictory.
'No, a vampire's eyes cannot lie. We can determine if someone's young pure blood or already tainted. This means this man's putting up an act since he's still a virgin and it's more believable for him to be living in a sexual fantasy than to have a sex life.' Princess Luna assessed the subtlety behind Ryder's actions.
"I knew it, my dear! You were lying earlier than you're a virgin, right?! Hehe. How will you do it? Can you handle both of us? Well, you're much younger…" Clara grinned like a true lunatic.
'I will get along for now…' Princess Luna deeply thought.
Ryder, on the other hand, just forced a smile.
***
'Princess Luna will know that I am lying.' Ryder said inwardly. 'What's more, since I need to be with her for the sake of the Main Storyline progression, then this will be for the better. Sigh. I just hope nothing happens…'
After some time, when the hovering sun exhausted itself to welcome the moon's arrival, Ryder, along with Princess Luna and Clara discreetly left the tavern without any more commotion and traversed the outskirts of the Town of Beginnings devoid of anybody.
But then, Ryder seemed to have just jinxed himself.
Ding!
[The Sincerity Meter of the Attracted named Luna Valentine slowly rises…]