Theresa: Let's spar?

{This chapter's fun is here~}

{By the way, I'd like to ask my lovely readers, do you prefer the original game's plot, or a plot that roughly follows the game's story but is actually written by me? If it's a plot written by me, the pacing might be a bit fast. But if I stick to the original game's plot, I'm afraid you might find it boring.}

{So, please give me your feedback here when the time comes?}

The group slowly arrived at the Everlasting Mechanical House that Gepard had mentioned. However, there was no outdoor concert being held outside. Instead, some men and women with foolish grins were staring obsessively at the inside of the mechanical house.

"Heh heh, Lord Serval~"

A woman leaned against the window of the mechanical house, giggling excitedly.

"Passionate rock and roll, why hasn't it started today!"

Some excited men hummed rock music, walking around restlessly and muttering.

"This must be the Everlasting Mechanical House, right? Didn't Gepard say there was an outdoor performance here?"

March 7th asked, looking at the mechanical house with confusion.

"His exact words were, 'there are occasional performances.' You subconsciously blocked out the crucial word 'occasional'," Dan Heng reminded March 7th.

"Ugh, I was so looking forward to it!" March 7th exclaimed helplessly.

"Oh, and look over here! I've always been curious about that device emitting red light. Is it a heater? But aren't heaters supposed to be placed inside houses?"

"Why are they placed outside? Normally, heating equipment should be kept indoors, shouldn't it?" Stelle asked the group, puzzled.

"Yeah, I'm wondering about that too! They don't actually think that placing heaters around the city will be enough to ward off the Great Cold, do they?"

"I don't think the Builders would be that naive, would they?" March 7th also asked, confused.

At this moment, Theresa and Dan Heng noticed a stylish woman slowly approaching.

"Haha, you guys can chat for so long about broken heaters."

A handsome woman with long blonde hair with blue streaks and sea-blue eyes walked over, her attire full of rock music elements.

Gepard's sister and Ling Bao's elder sister: Serval.

"Wow, what a cool big sister!" March 7th exclaimed excitedly, looking at the woman.

"Broken heaters?" Stelle asked, confused.

"That's right, you'll know if you touch them. They're ice cold. I was just about to fix them."

"Oh, right, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Serval, and I'm the owner of this Everlasting Mechanical House."

"If you have any broken machines, you can come to me, but I don't guarantee I'll be interested in fixing them~"

"After all, when it comes to fixing things... I prefer playing rock music~" The blonde, handsome woman said with a smile, looking at Stelle. She then sized up the group: the silly and pure March 7th, the calm but highly vigilant Dan Heng, the bewildered and lost Stelle, and the world's cutest Theresa!

"No, no, we were just curious about the heater!" March 7th explained to Serval, her clear and intelligent eyes wide.

"Huh? Curious about heaters? These things are just ordinary heaters powered by Geodough. You can find them everywhere." Serval asked, looking at the group in confusion.

"We're new here, so we're curious about everything," Stelle said frankly.

"New here? Oh~ I see. I heard some not-so-tight-lipped Iron Cavalry say that this city has had some peculiar visitors, and they even met Cocolia."

"That must be you guys, since I've never seen you before."

"This is truly a rare occasion. Come, come, all of you, come inside and sit down. Let's have a good chat, because I'm curious about you too~" Serval nodded, looking at everyone, and said with a laugh.

Then, she unlocked the door and led them into the mechanical house. Inside, various mechanical contraptions were displayed, along with some old-fashioned grandfather clocks that ticked and ran.

Serval smiled and led the Stellaron Hunters, who were looking around the mechanical house, to sit at a table.

"Oh, right, what would you like to drink? We have tea, plain water, and coffee." Serval asked with a smile, particularly noticing the cute Theresa, as she had never seen anyone so beautiful and adorable, especially with her incredibly glamorous attire.

"Plain water for me, please," Dan Heng said, still having some lingering apprehension about coffee.

"Mm, me too, I guess."

March 7th made the same choice as Dan Heng.

"I'll just have coffee."

Theresa said subconsciously, after all, she used to be a shut-in who loved drinking beverages.

"Me too!"

Stelle said cheerfully.

"Alright, you guys wait a moment."

"Finally, some proper customers have come to my mechanical house."

Serval said with a smile as she busied herself, adding a jab.

"Huh? Are there improper ones too?"

March 7th asked curiously.

"How could there not be? Don't even get me started on those rabid fans. I get scared just looking at them. Who normally just hangs outside the window and stares at me non-stop? It's more energizing than anything! I just play decent rock music~"

Serval glanced nervously out the window and complained, clearly having been quite frightened by them before.

"Ahaha, coffee and plain water are here!"

Serval placed two cups of plain water and three cups of coffee on the table with a tray, smiling. She handed the plain water to March 7th and Dan Heng. Serval didn't quite understand their fearful expressions earlier; it was just normal coffee, wasn't it?

"Come, come, oh right, I forgot to ask for the names of our rare guests. How rude of me."

Serval smiled and handed the coffee to Theresa and Stelle, chiding herself apologetically.

"Thank you, Sister Serval, my name is Theresa~"

Theresa took her coffee and placed it in front of her, smiling sweetly.

"My name is Stelle."

Stelle also took her coffee and said politely.

"My name is Dan Heng, Ms. Serval."

Dan Heng said calmly to Serval.

"Hello there, handsome Sister Serval! My name is March 7th!"

March 7th greeted with a smile. Serval smiled and sat down, looking at everyone.

"By the way, may I ask out of curiosity, what made you decide to come here?"

Serval slowly sipped her coffee and asked the group curiously.

"Garrison Officer Gepard told us. He said there might be an outdoor concert here, but it seems we've come at the wrong time and missed it."

Theresa also sipped her plain coffee, looking at Serval with a hint of regret as she explained.

She felt the coffee was a bit bland.

[Drinking bitter melon juice.]

The Herta Space Station System commented on Theresa as usual.

｛Right, Herta Space Station System, can you sell anything here?｝

Theresa suddenly remembered the Herta Space Station System's most crucial function and quickly asked in her mind.

[That's right! As long as you have Joy Points, you can buy anything, even Aha's mask!]

The Herta Space Station System shouted excitedly upon hearing Theresa's words. Its performance was finally about to arrive!

That's right, it was going to transform into a human form, provided it reached ten million Joy Points in sales. This was the first step!

The daily meme author seems to be like this. When people get used to loneliness, others think it's a joke.