The next day, the family was peacefully eating breakfast. Unlike yesterday, Miya was present, nonetheless, she was still flustered. It was apparent that she's not acting like her usual calm self, after all, Arthur was present.

Honestly, Arthur didn't know why this girl is so scared of him, it's not like he tortured her or did something to her that resulted in a big trauma.

Lucy comforted him saying that Miya is just one of those girls who isn't good with strangers. However, that still didn't explain this problem since she's quite popular on Earth. She's known as a Goddess and often deals with strangers.

Saly and Lolitta, who already ate, were watching the hot news about the famous VRMMO that never ceased increasing in popularity. The AI human silently watched the tournament displayed on the screen then furrowed her brows when they showed some famous places of the games.

After a few more minutes passed and seeing more pictures, the girl frowned and said

"I know this place!"

Since she uttered those words with a very loud tone, she grabbed the attention of everyone present. She still didn't care and pointed at the TV while staring at Arthur

"This is without a doubt the Westia Continent!"

Upon hearing this, Arthur was going to ignore her as she usually speaks nonsense but as he saw her totally serious expression, he glanced at the tv to the check the pictures.

His pupils contracted as his eyes landed on the gloomy and rainy forest displayed on the large TV. He didn't go sightseeing in the forgotten continent but the forest is undoubtedly the one at the center of the continent, it looked exactly similar to the in his memories, in fact, it's its copy.

Unlike his nonchalant attitude, he seriously watched the TV and inspected the shown pictures and indeed, as Lolitta said, some of the places match the ones from his memories.

The question is 'how?', this is just a game and blaming it all on coincidence is illogical, after all, it's not one place but multiple ones.

"What's the name of this game?"

Lucy replied almost instantaneously:

"Hell Gate. A famous VRMMO with many players."

"Is there only one continent in the game?"

"Only one."

Although she may not look like it, Lucy likes games a lot. Unfortunately, with Arthur gone and the urge to get stronger, Lucy didn't have the time to play but she still did enough research and browsed the internet when she had a bit of free time.

'What's happening?'

Arthur question was directed to the most knowledgeable person amongst them, his copy.

"I'm not sure too. There may be an unknown portal between Astria and Earth but this is just speculation and the probability of it being true is extremely low. Perhaps an Earthling managed to find records about the Westia continent...*sigh* I really don't know but it's definitely something simple."

Arthur pondered for a few seconds before he asked:

"Do you have the gaming helmet here? I want to try something."

Although she didn't know what he's on about, Saly nodded and brought her helmet to her father. Arthur inspected it and after finding nothing strange about it proceeded into putting it on, however, the second it was turned on Lolitta and the copy both exclaimed

"It's a low-grade System capsule!"

"Be careful, there's a hidden System Capsule."

"A capsule?"

The little girl unceremoniously grabbed the helmet from his head and proceeded into the short explanation:

"It's a mass-produced capsule that the System gives to low-budget soldiers, it grants them a temporary System. Usually, it's only used on non-living things because if it malfunctions, it roasts the brain of the user."

A terrifying explanation that made Saly unconsciously gulp some saliva. She had been using this helmet for a long time but nothing happened, however, after hearing this, she started hesitating on whether it's wise to use it again.

Well, even if she wanted, it's rather unlikely that Lucy or Arthur will allow her to do so.

"Mmmm here it is!"

After thoroughly checking the helmet, Lolitta managed to take out the small capsule, which was the size of a fingernail.

"Ah! It's different from the usual capsules!"

As she closely looked at this capsule, Lolitta exclaimed. Arthur and co, who were watching her were confused since they do not know much about the System.

"I'm sure I can decode it I just need some time."

Although he was curious and surprised by this turn of events, Arthur didn't press her to finish this job and merely patted her head in praise but that made Saly nudge his sleeve and ask him to pet her too.

For this capsule to make Lolitta this docile, it surely has to be something special which is why Arthur looked forward to the results.

Although their breakfast was interrupted, that didn't ruin their peaceful morning. Arthur had many things to do today and he couldn't bring Saly, who strongly objected going to school and insisted to with him.

At last, he managed to convince on the condition to take her out to play and eat after she diligently goes to school. The little girl got used to the advanced technology and seemed to like Earth very much but she hated studying and would daily beg Lucy to let her go hunt in the dungeons instead.

After he tightly hugged his little daughter and told Astrith to protect her, Arthur left the apartment with Lucy. Saly already had Randuin protecting her but he figured that having both the wolf and the lizard is better for her safety despite that there's no danger that could threaten her life.

Today, Arthur was going to pay a little visit to the mercenary group that kidnapped him. He knew nothing but their name about them but thanks to Lucy's organization, which specialized mainly in assassination and gathering information, became an easy feat.

.....

South of Mongolia, where there's nothing but a mountain range and desolate plain lands, Arthur teleported himself and Lucy into a large cave deep underground, precisely under the tallest mountain in that area.

The cave had a few lamps that illuminated the area and countless tunnels. Arthur could feel the presence of over ten people, some were busy training while others were either leaving the area or busy doing their jobs.

The room they appeared in was the center of this whole complex, although it looked shabby, Lucy didn't care. This was one of the Headquarters of her organization 'Dark Moon'. She was the leader and all the subordinates were handpicked so there's very little chance that they'll betray her.

"Hahah I should've known. Since it's you then they're all bound to be women."

Arthur chuckled as he discovered that all the present subordinates were female, without any exception.

"It's a coincidence. Furthermore, there is a boy but I think he's currently in a mission."

Not even a minute after their appearance, three shadows appeared in front of the couple. All three cloaked figures were half-kneeling in front of Lucy.

"We greet out Mistress!"

The three shouted at the same time. They didn't even lift their head to stare at her, they didn't even question his appearance.

"Rise."

With her order, the three stood next to each other and stared at her with respect. The middle one glanced at Arthur for a split second but other than that, she didn't do anything out of order.

"The BattleCrawlers mercenary, I want to know who they are, where they operate, their location, their leader, everything there is to know about them. One hour."

Lucy didn't waste time with pleasantries and immediately told them what to do. The three bowed and dispersed without uttering a word. They left soundlessly as if they were ghosts.

"It shouldn't take them that long until then, let's rest."

As she said that, Lucy flirtatiously led him to her private room... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)