"Can't Be Treated as an Object by NPCs?"
In "Magic City Mashadola," Gelman and Shizuku could clearly feel that the number of "Game Players" had increased. It seemed a lot of people liked to stay there.
That was only natural. After all, "Greed Island" was a trading card game.
And "Magic City Mashadola" was the central hub for card circulation and exchange.
They could see plenty of "Game Players" materializing "BOOK"—a Grimoire—and showing off and using all kinds of "Cards," whether to trade, threaten, or fight.
The place was bustling, to say the least.
Gelman and Shizuku watched several exciting card battles from a distance, then left once they lost interest.
After that, they came to "Love City Ai Ai."
The city was steeped in romance, with Love Flags liable to be triggered almost anywhere, at any time.
However, they walked all around "Love City Ai Ai" without triggering a single romantic event.
"How strange." Shizuku tilted her head and said, "I clearly remember Ging saying that different types of men and women would come up and hit on us when we got here..."
"It should be because we're 'Administrators,'" Gelman reasoned. "We can't be treated as targets for effects by 'NPCs.'"
Shizuku raised her eyebrows, tapped her fist against her palm, and said in sudden realization, "I see."
However, after thinking it over, Gelman felt that something still seemed odd.
After all, although it had been rare, "NPCs" in other cities had still approached them, trying to get them to complete main or side quests. Why hadn't any "NPCs" done that here?
Was something wrong?
Neither of them gave it much thought. They simply left "Love City Ai Ai" and headed to their final stop that afternoon—"Coastal City Shufurabi."
Leol came out of a tavern to greet them as