A Certain Middle-Aged Man’s VRMMO Activity Log c31

Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki

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After the maintenance finally cleared up, “One More”’s first big event, [Dance of the Fairies] Second Half begins. Though strictly speaking it’s a Battle Tournament1.

The first thing I did on logging in was check my t.i.tles; I have the Indomitable t.i.tle so I open my t.i.tle screen to set it to active. There,

[t.i.tle: Fairy Seducer]

is forcibly equipped … .

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t.i.tle: Fairy Seducer

This t.i.tle is given to those who are thoroughly loved by Fairies. This t.i.tle is unable to be unequipped.

Termination condition …. Partic.i.p.ate in the event’s Fairy PvP once.
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What. The. h.e.l.l.

… or like, even though I was seriously waiting for this!

Why the h.e.l.l would you do this!?

While I’m drawn into this spiral of panic, groaning “un un”, for some reason weird, sharp glances from the surrounding players are painful.
Was my groaning standing out in a weird way?

“He’s got a rare t.i.tle…”

“Oo, there’s actually a guy with the Fairy Seducer t.i.tle over there.”

“Take a screenshot, a screenshot!”

Ge. Don’t tell me this t.i.tle is the type that other people can see!?

Thinking that I so-ftly move to use the gla.s.s of a nearby NPC store as a mirror and check above me …. gyaaaaaaa! The t.i.tle is displayed above my head!?
What’s with this hara.s.sment!? Is that what the management’s going for!?

Naturally you can choose whether or not to display normal t.i.tles overhead or not but normally no one displays it; I mean isn’t that expected? In the VR world, having words above your head bobbing as you move is pretty weird, right?

What if you saw, within a congested crowd of people, for some reason there’s someone there with the words “Fairy Seducer” dancing overhead?

That kind of situation is …..

I open the t.i.tle Screen in a hurry to fix it, hitting the option repeatedly to change it to hidden.
But the management’s hara.s.sment had a continuation.

[This t.i.tle may not be hidden until the end of the event or you terminate it.]

was the warning message that popped up.

There’s a huge crowd of people, but please don’t blame me for being in the orz pose2.
I never thought the day would come where I would seriously take this pose, not just in chat.

The ones who came to comfort that orz me were the Fairies of other players.

This scene was completely recorded in screen capture videos, and when I found out and saw it, the fact that I agonizingly fainted in embarra.s.sment is another story.

Since the t.i.tle: Fairy Seducer attracted too much attention already I explain everything about it to the people surrounding me … shyness-play at this age is too much like h.e.l.l.

There has to be some way …. you guys better remember this… tsu.

If that’s the case, “Then, just fight one time to get rid of the t.i.tle” is where the discussion quite naturally led to.

Hurry up and fight once to get rid of it, right; let’s do this.

“Then sorry, but can I ask for just one Fairy PvP with someone?”

I try and ask, and the female player who owns the fox Fairy that had just been licking my face stepped forward with a “Then I will” as an introduction.
I am beyond happy right now that such active cooperation came … tears will come out ze.

[Elise requests an Event PVP. Will you accept?]

So I’m about to press YES when … there’s something hitting my leg.
Wondering what it was I look down … right there is the fox Fairy nudging my s.h.i.+n with it’s nose.

With a “Wait a sec” request to Elise I turn back to the fox Fairy with a hug.

When I asked a question in the previous dungeon, the Fairies used their actions to respond to me.
Since there was something written about the Fairies’ egos coming out in the update, I thought I’d better properly listen to them.

But the fox did nothing but stare at me.

Don’t tell me.

“Ummm, so you … DON’T want to fight?”

I try to ask. At that it vertically nodded its head several times and then began to rub against me.
Reacting to the soft and fluffy fox Fairy’s unexpected actions, its master Elise cried out

“E-even though I never get that kind of skins.h.i.+p3!?”

a bit teary-eyed.

I press NO and refuse the PvP.

This situation is turning into kind of a black mark on my history and it’s completely transmitted to the players surrounding us …

“It’s Fairy seduction alright.”

“Aa, there’s no mistake, it’s a natural Fairy Seducer.”

“That t.i.tle doesn’t lie, huh, can’t deny it.”

“Can’t we attack him in a dark alley? We can’t just let him be …”

So, tragically Fairy Seducer became famous in one swoop and it’s become a mess.
Just what have I done-! When I yell that,

““““““Seduce a Fairy (right?) ””””””

was the comedic response everyone took, and I collapse into my second orz.
When I did the surrounding Fairies once again came to comfort me, and also, as expected, Fairy Seducer’s bad reputation spread out in a vicious cycle.

Just in case, the players around tried to help and issued Fairy PvP challenges to me.

With them acting like this, would I be able to hit them? Shoot a bow at them?
You can say I’m incompetent, but I can’t do it!

In less than 30 minutes since I logged in, just like the time with the cook uproar, I’ve become famous; the days of shame with the t.i.tle have begun.

But of course I don’t seriously hold a grudge against the specifications the management has made …

SKILLS

[Wind Magic]Lv43   [Craftsmans.h.i.+p]Lv39

[Thief]Lv30   [Whip]Lv32

Reserved Skill(s)
[Blacksmithing]Lv25   [Woodworking]Lv24   [Alchemy]Lv35

t.i.tle: Fairy Seducer
Hidden Effect: If you attempt to Fairy PvP, the opponent’s Fairy will try to Appeal with all their might that they don’t want to battle. It’s an Appeal using deep affection to try to interrupt the fight.

You can’t initiate a Fairy PvP yourself.

These effects are not disclosed to the Players.

butoukai x2 pun, “It’s the butoukai(Dance) of the Fairies, but actually it’s butoukai(fight a.s.sociation)” orz – with the “o” being the head, the “r” the arms planted on the ground, and the “z” the legs bent at the knee on the ground, it’s an emoticon pose of dropping to the ground on all fours in despair. skins.h.i.+p – the idea of getting closer with physical contact, but not s.e.xually. (Though, as everything, innuendos are capable of ruining everything.)

The “taras.h.i.+” in the t.i.tle “Youseitaras.h.i.+” doesn’t just mean affection or charm; it also has a dirtier side to it that means deception.

“Youseitaras.h.i.+” doesn’t have quite as bad a vibe as “onnataras.h.i.+”, since “onnataras.h.i.+” has more social context bg, but you can understand that Earth isn’t only upset that he’s standing out with the t.i.tle over his head; to some degree the content is also embarra.s.sing. It increases the “don’t call me that!” factor significantly.
Also it felt like it would be a shame to cut the direct foreshadowing from the incident where Earth was playing with Zwei+co’s Fairies.

For the manga translator’s sake “Fairy Whisperer” isn’t technically wrong. I don’t like changing the major terms that the general fanbase is used to unless there are major mistrans, so I spent a long time flipflopping between the two.>