"Ha, it's fine. Please don't worry about me," Thops said. "I'm a sorcerer of the academy to begin with. The people there won't make things difficult for me. Besides, I want to know what exactly happened at the academy."
Thops smiled. "Although I'm a Glintstone Pebble, Asuna, you respect me so much. As your teacher, I should at least come up with some respectable magic."
"This..." Asuna did not know what to say, while Kiriko patted her shoulder.
"Then... all right. Please be careful."
Thops was originally from the Magic Academy, so there was no need to worry about that.
At that moment, Thops's side quest changed to—wait several days before coming back to find Thops.
"Will Mr. Thops really be all right?"
As they left, Asuna was still somewhat worried.
"He's from the academy, so he should be fine, right? But if we're planning to attack the academy, that might be a different story," Kiriko said.
"Should I have waited until after we came back to find Mr. Thops?" Asuna blamed herself a little.
"Who knows? Some quests actually have hidden restrictions. If we'd come over then, the side quest might have failed outright."
Kiriko said.
"Mm..."
Asuna nodded.
Several days later, when the two returned to the dilapidated little church, Thops was nowhere to be found.
Neither he nor his meager luggage was there.
Thops's Force Field
[Was he captured?]
[That little old man was pretty cute]
[The NPCs are getting more and more human]
[The little old man went to the academy for President Asuna and the others, right?]
[Things don't look good]
[Sigh]
Thops was not actually that old, but Western faces tended to look older to begin with. Even after being rendered in 2D, he still looked somewhat aged.
The stage had not given this