When the chest opened, there were many things inside, which seemed normal for such a massive boss. The pink-haired thing moved up next to me and whispered: “What should I take?”

I scanned the items, and two things did stick out to me the most. They were not actually useful at this time, but later on, they would become very useful. I quickly sent a message and said: “The ruby eye. I will take the purple core. These will be very useful later on.”

“Okay.” The pink-haired thing nodded and took the ruby eye while I took the purple core. 

“Oh? To think you would go for those two items. You two really know what to take. Makes me wish I took them out of the chest before letting you choose, but since I am a man of my word, you two deserve it.” Cliene seemed reluctant to part with these items, but they were something we would need later on. 

The ruby eye and purple core were so rare that they could buy an entire city block. With both of these items, we could buy a large section of the city once things change. This would give us space to build our own organization. Start off small and slowly build up our power. We might not be able to match the big organization that will form, but we should be able to keep our positions within the city. And most importantly, we would control one of the dungeons.

“Thanks again for all your help. You saved many lives today, the both of you.” Cliene said before basically shooing us away. 

The area around the village would take a while to calm down. Especially after such a large monster attack. “Zoe, what are these two items for?”

    “They are for us to live an easier life,” I explained lightly. But after a few seconds, I realized I said these words out loud. I turned to look at the pink-haired thing that was staring at me in shock. I couldn’t help but purse my lips and send a message with one word: “What?”

“You just spoke normally! To me!” the pink-haired thing seemed so happy that I had to burst her bubble.

“You were hearing things,” I replied in a message before walking away.

Of course, with how persistent the pink-haired thing is, she would not let things go so easily. “You really did speak! I saw your mouth move!”

    “You are seeing things then.” I did not stop and only sent messages, shooting her every comment down.

When we reached a side alley, I finally stopped and sat on a box. The pink-haired thing was not too far behind. She sat next to me and leaned against me as she asked: “So what do you mean by for us to live an easier life?”

“The items we have just gotten can be sold for a huge price later on. We can buy two city blocks with the profit. If we do that, we can build an organization and own a dungeon. This will give us the right to tax those who go inside and allow us to make money for the organization we will form.” I explained lightly. “If we plan to destroy the world, we will need to make sure we are the ones living the most comfortable, right? We need to make sure we have resources and the ability to hold our own within the world we create after.” 

“Oh! That does sound like fun. But an organization, huh? You mean guilds? Or something like that?” I forgot I have yet to explain these things to the pink-haired thing.

    “Let’s logout, I will give you a run down on my current plans. Maybe you can add to them.” Since we were partners, it would be best to plan everything out together. Hopefully, I was not making a huge mistake by trusting the pink-haired thing like this, but I want to. I feel she is trustworthy, especially after seeing how she reacted to me being hurt today. We were in game, and she was acting as if I was dying for real.

“Okay, I will come over as soon as I log out.” The pink-haired thing did not even give me a chance to say okay before she logged out. I watched as her name in my friend’s list turned gray and sighed. I then logged out myself. 

When I logged out, I heard a knock at my door. The girl did not even take a minute to get herself together before she rushed over to my house. I took my headset off and stretched a bit before walking to the door and opening it to see the pink-haired thing doing a weird dance. 

“Zoe, let me use your bathroom! I need to pee!” The pink-haired thing pushed by me and raced to the bathroom. The girl really seemed to be missing a few screws. But it made me smile slightly, which I had not done in a long time. Once the girl had powdered her nose, she walked out with a blush on her face. 

“Sorry, I did not want to make you wait, so I rushed over without thinking.” The pink-haired thing was a strange one, that is for sure.

I took a deep breath and said: “Th-That’s fine…. T-take a seat, and I will ge-get some coffee…” I paused. I was trying my hardest to speak normally, but I was still stuttering, but that was not why I stopped. I had forgotten I had nothing even considered food or drink in my house besides tap water.