Free End Online: Volume 3 by D. Wolfin, Vincent, Weakwithwords Page A

think about what just happened, turning pale at thinking about the
consequences of revealing my true identity to others. If my identity under the
hood gets revealed and the two are connected, then all the infamy I have gained
will be carried on.
    I am currently on a main
pathway in Grenton, which is swimming with players.
    Opening my status, I
breathe a sigh of relief when I see that my infamy has turned to zero. The
title I had as ‘The Hooded Man’ also vanishes, but surely that will return upon
putting the hood back on.
    ‘Perhaps it is NPC’s
who have to become aware of my true identity to incur the negative effect.
Also, why couldn’t I remove my hood but Fen could? This girl, she is far too
mysterious and frightening!’
    I go with Fen to some sort
of cafe that she tracks down by sniffing the air.
    We sit down on two outside
seats when an NPC waiter comes up to us.
    “Good afternoon Sir,
Madam. What can I get for you today?”
    As soon as this butler
style waiter asks me for my order a window appears in front of me with a list
of possible food options.
    I am really not feeling
hungry at the moment so I only choose a large slice of ‘Fig Banana Bread’ and a
coffee. Ironically, everything in this game is at least slightly different from
real life, yet coffee is still the same.
    Our food comes out almost
immediately. Unsurprisingly, Fen only ordered a piece of steak.
    With the food in front of
us, it is strange that the girl doesn’t touch the meat. She just stares
intently at me.
    “W-What?” My voice
stammers a little under the pressure of her gaze.
    “I want… That…” She looks
down at the inch thick banana bread I ordered.
    “You want some?” I ask to
make sure as I slowly push the plate towards her.
    Seeing what I am
intending, she shakes her head. Opening her mouth, she makes a cute little
“Ahh” sound.
    The nervous tension in me
builds up as I comprehend what it is she wants.
    Cutting of a small slice I
place it on a fork and extend it to her mouth. She eats the entire piece while
barely chewing. After swallowing her cheeks dye a deep crimson and I feel the
piercing stares of onlookers again.
    When she goes to eat her
steak, she first attempts to pick up the entire thing in her hand to eat it.
Stopping just before doing so, she gives a thought some consideration before
picking up the silver cutlery.
    Fen attempts to use the
cutlery like I did, but she is too clumsy with them.
    “Ah, Fen. You do it like
this.”
    I give her a small
demonstration in the air on how to use it, which she astonishingly manages to
imitate perfectly.
    Our lunch lasted for a
good half hour, in which time I fed her half my banana bread and she managed to
force half her steak down my throat. By this time the earlier headache from
when my hood came off is completely gone too.
    “Are you happy now Fen?” I
honestly want to log off right now. Not that I need sleep or anything. It is
just the feeling of being trapped is terrifying and I need to get out.
    “… I am!… We need… To do
this… Again!..” She puts on a huge smile in delight.
    I think about logging off,
but first I want to test out my speed now that the hood is off. Technically, my
speed should be about double what it was previously.
    Fen follows as I turn into
an out of the way alley, completely out of the public eye. The alley itself is
long and narrow, perfect for my test. I take off at top speed to reach the
other end as fast as possible.
    With a dull thud, I run
directly into the wall.
    ‘Too fast!’  I think to myself.
    The speed is incredibly
difficult to control, in a single moment I already lost over ten percent health
and even stunned myself.
    When I can get back up, I return
to the alley entrance,.
    This time, I activate
‘Perceptual Sight’ to slow down things around me. Focusing all my energy into
the sacred art, time slows down even more than ever before.
    The surrounding areas slow
down by a massive fifty percent. A small message appears