Chapter 1-5 : First Login
As soon as I was teleported to the game world, I could see the dazzling sun in the blue sky and I could feel the cool breeze with my entire body.
「Finally… I’m here!」(Alice)
While muttering to myself, I looked around Proelesfi, which was the name of the world in this game.
I could see many medieval-style stone houses. It seemed that I spawned in the beginner’s town.
Of course, aside from the houses and the NPCs, I could also see so many players here.
「We’re looking for a healer!」
「Anyone know where the nearest dungeon is?」
「A DPS looking for a party!」
「We’re forming a guild. Feel free to join!」(players)
As expected. Everyone is busy on the first day of release. Most of them seem to plan to level up right away.
Well, it’s not a bad idea, but I think I’m going to stroll around this town and gather some information first.
While walking around, I talked with some NPCs who seemed to be the residents of this town.
I learned that this town’s name is “Erst”. It seems that this town is in the southeastern part of the continent.
If you go south from here, you will find a port town where you can get yourself fresh fish. However, that town is currently closed because a swarm of monsters attacked it a while ago and claimed it as their territory.
As a player, I have to free it from monsters as soon as possible for the sake of fresh fiー No, for the sake of the poor residents!
But, of course, I can’t do that now with my current level. I need to level up first. It seems that I won’t be able to eat fresh fish dishes for a while.
After walking around the town for about two hours, my hunger indicator went down a little.
“Hunger Level” is one of the many features in this game.
You can see your hunger indicator on the UI which will decrease over time depending on your activities. If it goes down to 25%, your stats, such as STR, AGI, and others will decrease by a certain amount, and if it goes down to zero, your HP will gradually decrease until you die. That’s why you need to maintain your hunger level by eating food.
My hunger level is still around 87%, but I think I need to buy some food now just in case.
I’ve learned【Cooking】but since it’s still level 1, I don’t think I can cook delicious food yet. Besides, gathering the ingredients would take time.
After asking some people where I could buy some good meals, I was told that there were good restaurants on the main street.
Thinking that the food might have sold out since there were a lot of new players in this town, I rushed to the main street right away.
Unfortunately, every restaurant on the main street was packed when I got there, so I asked around again if there were other places I could buy some food from.
Someone told me there was a small bakery in the residential area not far from the main street where I could buy delicious bread.
Without wasting time, I immediately headed there.
「Hmm… I think this is the bakery.」(Alice)
After walking around the residential area for a while, I found a small shop with a sign saying “Marl’s Bakery” hanging on the door.
Fortunately, there were not many players in the residential area, so this shop was not as packed as the restaurants on the main street.
I entered the shop and looked around.
There were several seats set up inside so that customers could enjoy their bread right away. It looked more like a comfy cafe than a bakery.
There were some players enjoying their bread and coffee, but I still could see some available seats.
「Ara, welcome, cute young lady~」(auntie)
I was welcomed by a kind-looking auntie NPC at the counter. She kinda reminds me of the auntie at the cafeteria at my university.
「Umm, I heard I can buy some delicious bread here.」(Alice)
「Yup! You’re in the right place! My shop is small but I sell the best bread in this town! I just happened to finish baking some bread. Do you want to try some freshly baked ones?」(Auntie)
「Freshly baked!? Yeah, I’ll have some, please!」(Alice)
「Alright, please wait a moment. I will get them for you.」(Auntie)
After smiling gently at me, the auntie went to the back room and returned with a huge block of freshly baked bread on a steel tray.
The fragrant smell coming from the bread immediately hit my nostrils with pleasure.
The auntie put the tray on the counter and cut the bread into slices.
She then put a slice on a plate, added some honey and cream cheese, and added another slice of bread on top.
Freshly baked white bread plus honey and cream cheese! This wonderful food will become the first food I eat in this wonderful world!
If I had a tail, I would probably be wagging it violently.
「Here you go. Enjoy~」(auntie)
Saying that, the auntie handed me the plate.
I couldn’t wait any longer, so I decided to just eat it right away at the counter.
「Bon appetit~! …Mmmm~!!」(Alice)
The sweet and creamy flavor of the honey and cream cheese spread in my mouth, and the fluffy and warm texture of the freshly baked bread boosted the deliciousness to the maximum!
Excellent! This is a simple combination but it’s just excellent!
Good job, someone who told me about this bakery! And good job, the auntie who made it!
「Hamph! Hamph! *Munch munch*… Aahh~!」(Alice)
I couldn’t stop eating it. It was just too good!
This taste was so real that I forgot I was inside a game.
I finished the bread before I even realized it.
「Fufu. You seem to like it a lot.」(Auntie)
「I do! It’s really good!」(Alice)
「I’m glad to hear that. Do you want to buy some more?」(Auntie)
「Yes, please!」(Alice)
「It’s 20G each. How many do you want to buy?」(Auntie)
You can normally buy a simple sandwich like this for about 200 yen, which means 1G in this world is equal to 10 yen in the real world, I think.
New players are given 10,000G as a thank-you gift from the developer for playing their game, so I have that much money now.
But, of course, I won’t spend them all at once for food. I need to save some money to buy equipment and other necessities to continue this game.
「I’ll buy ten, please!」(Alice)
「Alright, please wait a minute.」(auntie)
After the auntie made ten servings of the honey cream cheese sandwich, I immediately put them in my storage.
Normally, a player can only store their items in an item box, but since I’ve learned【Storage】, I can either keep my items in my item box or storage.
Unlike the item box, time doesn’t flow inside storage, so I can eat this freshly baked bread whenever I want.
「Thank you, Auntie!」(Alice)
「Fufu. You’re welcome. I wonder if all the Outworlders are kind and honest people like you.」(Auntie)
By the way, it seems that the NPCs, or should I say, the residents of Proelesfi, call us players ‘Outworlders’ which means those who came from another land or world.
「Hmm, I wonder. There are all kinds of people, so I can’t say for sure.」(Alice)
「Is that so? But, I can confidently say that you are the first Outworlder I like. By the way, my name is Marl. Would you tell me your name?」(Marl)
「I’m Alice.」(Alice)
「Alice-chan. I will remember you, so please come again.」(Marl)
「Un! I will bring my friends next time!」(Alice)
「I’m looking forward to it~」(Marl)
I waved at Auntie Marl and left her shop.
I still can’t believe the food inside a game would be so tasty.
The best part is that I can eat as much as I want without having to worry about gaining weight in real life!
Nostalgia World Online is the best virtual game ever!
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