I got lazy, I admit. Anyway, an affinity is increased later, but only a +1 to all stats is noted. That is cause I decided to put that affinity as a stat like strength or agility rather than a stat like magic resistance.

When the Patriarch came, Rastin ordered Yare to get 20 of his best people, make them wait in the teleport room and then come back here.

"It seems someone was finally chosen."

Alve, the priest, said while watching Rastin's furrowed brow. The Lord slowly massaged his temples, one eye closed and the other staring off into space. Alve was very calm, his hands connected behind his back, his light-green robe seemed used and not adapt to his status, but the fine golden embroidery redeemed the vest.

"Are you prepared to recognize her destiny?"

Rastin locked his gaze with Alve's, made a grim face and nodded. At that moment Yare came back and the three slowly walked toward the teleport room.

Event Unlocked: ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭'s bathIn the past, ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ enjoyed taking baths in this underground lake, a gift by the Goddess Galene, as it was here that she was born. By reenacting her actions, your affinity to ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ increases.Restrictions:Class:￭￭￭￭￭￭￭Race:HumanGender:FemaleC#%]@?i+çl!§& R*{$:/=^Effects:+1 to all stats

Lia stopped washing herself to read the message. As she expected, it was some sort of event, but there were two points she didn't understand. She closed her eyes, and started thinking.

'First of all, the fourth requirement. I never thought of finding a glitch here, I should take a screenshot and then tell mom as soon as I log out. Secondly, the class restriction. How is it possible that my class-less status got mixed up with.. whatever that class is. Could it be because of the glitch? Well, it's not my field of expertise, nor do I really know if this is a glitch or part of the game.'

When she opened her eyes again, the message had changed:

Event Unlocked: ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭'s bathIn the past, ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ enjoyed taking baths in this underground lake, a gift by the Goddess Galene, as it was here that she was born. By reenacting her actions, your affinity to ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ increases.Restrictions:Class:￭￭￭￭￭￭￭Race:HumanGender:FemaleCompatibility Rate:36%Effects:+1 to all stats

'No more screenshot.'

Lia dismissed the message and swam near the shore where her clothes were. When she reached the point where she could walk, a shining circle appeared in front of the door, making her stop to open the inventory interface. She managed to use one arm to cover her chest while the other was ready to take out her weapon, just as soldiers began coming out of there. Four at a time, 20 soldiers came out, followed by three people, one a noble, one a priest and the last a commander or general of sorts. As they noticed the naked woman in the lake, everyone's face turned into various shades of red, some also averted looking at her, others kept looking with someone even grinning at the sight.

The commander-looking soldier audibly cleared his throat, making every soldier become an emotionless statue. Him and the other two walk up to the border of the lake and then the noble spoke as he indicated the big stone door behind them.

"..Are you the one who broke the seal on that door?"

Lia studied the man before her and considered the situation. All the soldiers were levels from 71 to 85, the commander was 183, the priest 95 and the noble level 34. It was true that there was no way that she could beat even one of them, but that didn't mean she didn't have to be careful.

"And what of it?"

Lia glared at him, closed the inventory and used the now free arm to better cover herself. The priest tapped on the noble's shoulder and smiled reassuringly.

"Lord, maybe it would be better to continue after the lady has dressed herself."

Lord was a little surprised he forgot such a thing, nodded and then all three stepped back, leaving enough room for Lia to come out and dress. The commander turned his head and screamed

"You guys! Turn around and don't you dare look! Me an Sir Alve are enough to protect Lord Rastin!"

Every soldier turned around and watched the portal. After that the commander looked again toward Lia and spoke in an apologetic tone

"I'm sorry little miss, but I'm not one to trust strangers."

Lia came out of the water and dressed, about the commander's look as she took out her katana, a knife and some dagger. It was Rastin this time who cleared his throat before speaking again.

"May I know with whom we are talking?"

"No manners?"

'Every bit of information is precious.'

"..You are right, miss. I am Thyw's Lord, Rastin Qazar."

Rastin pointed to the priest and continued

"This is Alve Nightrail, Patriarch of the Church of Pantheon of Thyw. Lastly, this is the commander of my troops, Yare Brenn."

Alve smiled again while Yare bowed his head a little.

"I see. I'm Aisha, an Immortal."

Lia adopted one of the common ways to present oneself in Hyria. While NPC's levels are written in light blue, thus making it possible to distinguish them from the players' light gray color, only the players see this difference. Of course you would still receive quests and the likes even if you didn't tell them you were a player, but you could avoid some nuisances, like with Johan, for example.

"I'd be impressed if you weren't. Anyway, we, no, I am here to explain and ask you something. First of all, this place. This is the birth place of Pandora. In the beginning it was situated under the open sky, but then a mountain, Athos, was put over this sacred place by Gaia. Seeing Pandora's sadness over this event, Galene used a little of the water of her calm seas and made a lake for Pandora. After her death, Athena made the incisions on the doors and also that engraving, while Ananke tasked my ancestors to find the reincarnation of Pandora and guide her here so that she could be tested. Well, it seems that I've somewhat failed but the end result is the same, that is, are you ready to accept your role as Pandora, young lady?"

You've been offered the class "Pandora." Do you accept?