The King's Mandate: Anomalous System

We are in World Zero, which was completely destroyed...by my girlfriend.

"So, how do I rebuild it?"

[Imagine it]

"....."

How in the world am I supposed to imagine that?!

[Just close your eyes and let your imagination do the work]

That doesn't help!

"I will give it a try, so get off my head"

I tried to grab her and the Dragernix with my right hand...huh?

I can't move my right hand!

Why?! This is a game!

The menu option was on the left side, so I used my left hand. I never paid attention to my right hand. 

[Make a beautiful world]

Thanks for the pressure.

I closed my eyes.

Think. Think! Think Das!

Nothing came to my mind.

"I can't do--"

When I opened my eyes...

[Wow!]

"Awesome Das!"

"Now this is what I call the power of imagination"

"It's really beautiful!"

"Tha...nks"

I can't tell them!

I can't tell them that I haven't imagined anything!

"It's really awesome Das~"

"Praise me more"

I am sure I hadn't imagined anything so...how the hell did this all...

Let's start with the palace. It's bigger than last time. The structure also looks different. It looks strong, like it's made of large bricks and concrete, but...it looks old.

Not just the palace. The entire city looks old. Ancient era like...

[It is of some old era]

"Yeah"

The streets, street lamps, shops, markets, alleys. There are small houses, and the grounds surrounding the palace. 

There is a forest, sea, mountains, small lakes, towers, big walls in certain places. Everything just looks perfect. Like it was perfectly planned but...I didn't imagine anything. 

[The World Has Been Rebuilt. Ruler Shall Name This World]

"Name it?"

"Yeah. The other 3 worlds have their own names"

"Even the fourth world which will be launched soon will have a name"

No one ever told me about that!

"How about Das and Elena's world?" I suggested. 

"Rejected!"

So harsh!

I knew I suck at naming but don't reject it so cruelly.

"The name should be like the other world's name" Rikka remarked. 

"What are the other world's names?"

"Name of World 1 is Eitrbiǫð"

"Sorry. What was that?"

"Eitrbiǫð"

"Could you repeat it again?"

"Eitrbiǫð!"

How the hell do you even pronounce it?!

Maybe World 2 has a decent name?

"What's the name of world 2?"

"World 2 name is Áræðiheimr"

Let's skip World 2.

"What about world 3?"

"World 3 name is Eimivǫllr"

"....."

Ricky patted my shoulder and said, "Don't worry. I don't get it either"

Am I supposed to be happy about that?

[Now, let's give World Zero a similar name]

"I can't think of anything. Elena, you decide it"

"How about Ástvǫllr?" She asked, tilting her head, looking at me with wide eyes.

"What does it mean?"

"Don't know"

"....."

I resisted the urge to facepalm.

"It sounds cool, so let's go with that" Elena grinned

It's easy to pronounce too, so let's go with...

"Ástvǫllr it is"

[The World Zero Has Been Named Ástvǫllr]

"Let's go inside the palace"

"Yeah"

We entered the palace. Even though it was different from outside, it's almost the same inside.

The one thing that changed was the crest. There are crests at some places in the palace. The crest is the same one I had under my mask.

I really feel like I had seen it somewhere before.

"What's wrong, Das?" Elena asked, confused.

"It's nothing. What should we do now?"

"Give me a sword" She pouted her pink lips.

Her sword had broke when she used her skill.

"Rikka. Can you craft a sword for Ele-Reina?" I keep using her real name.

"Stop using the alias. We both already know your real names" Rikka said.

"But we don't know yours" 

I know them!

"We are sorry, but we can't tell you our real names"

"...."

"We really want to tell you but...we are sorry"

There must be some reason. We shouldn't pry into anyone's personal--

"You guys don't trust us" Elena said while puffing up her cheeks.

"It's not like that. We really want to tell but...we will tell you when we meet in the real world"

"When will that happen?"

"When we plan an offline meet up"

"Let's do it tomorrow"

"Tomorrow?!"

Why can't you take a hint!

They are trying to avoid this topic.

"Elena. We have our exams next month. We will plan an offline meet up during our summer vacation"

"Yeah. Summer vacation. Perfect!'

Why are you two talking like me?!

"There are still two months until summer vacation"

"I will craft you an excellent sword, okay?"

"Okay!"

She is too easy to dupe!

I am worried about her future.

"I don't have materials though. I also want to craft a gun for myself"

"Gun?! There are guns in this game?"

"Not exactly, but something similar to guns. They will use magic instead of ammo"

"Wow"

"But I need material in millions and some rare materials"

"What kind of materials?"

"Any rare materials will work"

I cleared the raid and the world boss alone. As a reward I got materials in billions. 

I gave 4 million common and 2 million rare materials to Rikka.

"How...do you have this much?"

"I...got it with World Zero"

"Thank you so much"

She pinched my cheeks.

"Don't do that to him!" Elena yelled.

"Wow. Look at her being jealous. Be careful, Adas. She might kill you if you cheat on her"

"....."

"I won't" Elena said in a small voice.

"Just kidding. He reminds me of my little brother. If he was alive, he would be the same age as Adas"

Her little brother? Did he die in some kind of accident?

"I am sorry" Elena apologized

"Don't worry about it. It happened when I was still in high school" Rikka glanced at Ricky.

Ricky made a sad face and Rikka held his hand.

"I will craft my gun now"

She soon crafted two guns.

They are strange yet beautiful. One was bigger and the other one was smaller, but both had the same design. 

"Can I test it?"

"Sure"

We went to the balcony. Rikka shot at the sky first with her big gun and then with the small gun. The shot of the small gun was faster. It hit the shot of the big gun and exploded.

"Wow!"

"It's sucking more magic than I thought"

"How much?"

"I can shoot 4 more times"

"That's too little"

"Yeah. I will tweak it later" Rikka said while examining it.

"Give me a sword!" Elena yelled.

"Sorry...I used up all the materials Adas gave me"

"I hate you!"

"I have more material. Please make her the strongest sword"

"What type of other materials do you have?" Rikka asked.

"I have some epic and ancient materials and...there is some material with a weird name" 

"Weird name?"

"Yeah. Zkrxlv...what type of name is that?"

"What did you just say?"

"Zkrxlv--"

"How did you get that?"

I have no idea.

"It got it...with World zero. Is it a rare material?"

"You can craft anything with that material!"

"Anything?"

"Yes, anything! An unbreakable armor with superb defense. A legendary sword that can cut anything! In other words, it can make you a top player for sure"

"Is that so? Then...make a sword for Elena with this Zkrxlv"

"Are you sure?"

"What?"

"You don't want to use it for you?"

"I don't"

"Reina! I am so jealous that you have such a cool boyfriend"

"He is one in a million, no, one in a billion, no even more than that. He is the most unique boyfriend in the entire world" 

The same goes for you.

I gave all the materials Rikka needed to craft a sword.

After a few minutes, her sword was ready.

It was a double-edged, shining blue colored sword with a beautiful hilt. There was a design carved on it that looked like a fairy holding a rose.

"Thanks, Rikka!"

"You're welcome"

"Thanks, Das!"

She hugged me.

Lily started pulling my hair.

"What's wrong...why are you pouting?"

[Give me something too!]

"What do you need? I will give you anything"

[You...me]

"What?"

[I want to call you by your name]

"Go ahead"

In fact, I wanted her to call me by my name.

[Da...s]

"....."

[Das]

What is this strange feeling in my chest?

Whenever she calls me Das, my heart feels tight.

"You never made that face when I called you by your name for the first time" Elena said.

"...."

How am I supposed to react here?"

[Das]

"Yes?"

[Das]

"What?

[Das]

"...."

[Das. Das. Das. Das.]

She is way too happy!

[Das and Lily. Lily and Das]

That's embarrassing! 

"Hey, don't go joining your name with him. It's Elena and Das"

[Lily, Das, and Elena]

"That will work too" Elena nodded.

It will work?!

"So what now?" Ricky asked.

"I am tired. Let's log out" Rikka said.

"Sure. See you tomorrow, Adas, Elena and Lily"

"Bye"

[Bye]

"What should we do, Das?"

"There is nothing to do here. Let's log out"

"Okay!"

[No, wait!]

"What's wrong, Lily?"

[You didn't play yesterday, so stay with me for a while]

"...."

Elena stared at me and said, "You can stay. See you at school"

"Bye"

I wanted all three of us to stay here though.

[Das]

"Hmm?"

[Das]

She is still doing it?!

"Hey Lily, I want to ask you something"

[What is it?]

"Suppose, a player doesn't have legs or any parts of the body in the real world, how will their game avatar be?" 

[It would be normal]

"Will they have legs in the game?"

[Yeah. Not only that, if a player who is mute, deaf, blind or has any other physical or body related problems in the real world, they will have a normal avatar in the game]

"....."

[A blind will be able to see. A mute will be able to speak. A deaf would be able to hear]

"Amazing"

If it's like that then why can't I use my right hand?

I wandered around the city. Lily was sitting on my head and the Dragernix kept fighting to sit on my head.

After some fights, Lily sat on my right shoulder, while the Dragernix sat on my left.

Why were they fighting to sit on my head then?!

[You can log out now]

"Huh? Are you sure?"

[Yes. Take care. See you tomorrow]

Well, if she said so.

"Bye"

I logged out.

It was around midnight.

I went downstairs to drink some water...

"why are the lights still on?"

I went in the kitchen.

"Dad?"

No answer.

"Mom?"

"How many times have I told him not to do that!" my mom yelled from her room.

"Let's first go to the police station"

I was about to enter my parents room, but mom and dad came out.

"What's wrong mom! dad?" 

"You are still awake? Sorry I was being loud" 

"What happened?"

We are going to the police station"

"Why?"

"Dad...your grandfather got arrested"

"What?!"

"He killed two people. We will be back in a few hours"

"I want to come too" I urged.

"You can't! Go to bed and sleep"

My mom and dad went off in a car.

"There is no way I would be able to sleep after hearing that"

I grabbed my motorbike's key and went out.