After reading the overview of the main quest, Gleipnir was not particularly surprised.
She had already formed a few suspicions when she heard the people by the stairwell cursing earlier.
Sure enough, the main quest concerned the change at the heart of the Beauty Pageant Show.
So when she saw that the main quest wanted them to persuade the chief planner to set things right, Gleipnir remained calm.
But when she saw the countdown, her composure finally wavered.
A forty-eight-hour countdown? Wasn't that a little too long?
She herself did not mind. She could simply ignore the quest and log out. But... Star Worm could not log out.
Star Worm could only stay in the Dream Crystal Plain for six days. Wouldn't wasting two of them here be a shame?
Gleipnir frowned, silently considering her options.
As she looked at the words in the Wonderland prompt... a possibility occurred to her.
The main quest asked them to "persuade the chief planner." If they "failed to persuade" him, would that count as "quest failure"?
With that thought, Gleipnir decided to try.
She told Star Worm her plan. "I'll go speak to the chief planner. If I disappear, it means my idea worked. You can follow my plan afterward."
Star Worm had other thoughts, but seeing the resolve in Gleipnir's eyes, he kept them to himself and nodded. "All right."
Gleipnir put her plan into action.
She pushed open the glass door and entered Prada Media Company.
About ten minutes later, Gleipnir quietly pushed the door open and came back out. Derisive laughter followed her from inside.
The jeers made it clear that Gleipnir had "failed to persuade" him. Yet she had not disappeared, which meant... the main quest had not failed.
Once the door closed and the insults faded, Gleipnir recounted