The Villainess With A Heroine Harem



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After having personally experienced the hardship of gathering experience bit by bit in Arcadia, learning that there was such an easy and quick way to hit level ten directly was obviously a little hard to believe.

But Danielle didn't think Emilia had any reason to deceive them, so she could only sigh helplessly after thinking about it. "Your luck is really incredible."

Even after they looked it up on the internet, no one else seemed to have discovered the secret to completing the first part of the main quest with the highest level of rewards, but that was no surprise.

Since they had no plans of sharing this information to the public now, it was just as likely that others would also conceal such a thing even if they discovered it.

Emilia was obviously happy to be praised, and also a little relieved that they were so easily convinced.

But although their team now had a 'cheat' to shoot so far ahead, getting together became even more of a priority.

The longer they waited, the more their initial advantage would be squandered. After all, that kind of experience might take weeks to grind through at the moment, but what about a few months later?

In the middle or late stages of the game, maybe this kind of 'advantage' would only be worth a single boss, if that.

Danielle knew that only by making the most use of their current advantage could her team shoot to fame. 

She grinned. "I think this is fate. Let's go all in."

Now that Emilia had brought them such a wonderful opportunity, how could they let it go to waste?

Not to mention Nico and Robin, even Sylvia seemed surprised. 'Wasn't this she so reluctant to invest in a new game, and only agreed after Emilia kept insisting on it?' 

The yellow-eyed heroine couldn't help but sneer. 'It's only been a day, and she's already changed her colors!'

Although there hadn't been much friction between the two of them recently, Sylvia obviously still didn't like working with Danielle. She still remembered how she humiliated and rejected her friend, Dolly, after all.

But since she was being paid her fair share, the dark-haired girl was still honest with her job.

The five of them seriously discussed their current progress and future plans in the game, and Emilia patiently made note of each of their classes and bloodlines.

'They all picked according to Danielle instructions when it comes to their class, but… unfortunately I couldn't tell them about the bloodlines in advance.' Emilia sighed. 'Well, it's not like they made particularly bad choices.'

In fact, the biggest problem wasn't the 'advantages' that they would be missing out on by picking the wrong bloodline. Those could always be made up for in other ways. What worried Emilia was how these girls will be affected when Arcadia started influencing reality.

Based on their bloodline, not only would their mentality be affected, but even their physique might undergo earth shattering changes.

'I hope they'll take it well when the time comes.' Emilia pursed her lips thoughtfully. 'If possible, I'll try to praise them a little more in the game, so they're not so resistant to the changes later.'

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Arcadia followed a very 'strange' server uptime schedule, with eight hours of 'downtime' between each session of four hours each. This meant that, in a day, one could only play for eight hours at most, no matter how dedicated they were.

Even if the time inside the game seemed to pass at a strange pace, with a day going by in a single session, most players still found this 'restriction' quite annoying. And when combined with the 'cannot log out or log back in within fifteen minutes' rule, it was even more infuriating.

Why couldn't they be allowed to just log in and play whenever they wanted, and log out when they were done, like every other 'similar' game?

Of course, when people thought about just how far ahead the game was compared to anything else in the market, and how seamless the experience was when online, this kind of 'maintenance cooldown' was barely acceptable. 

Danielle allowed her teammates to go home during this 'free' period to take care of their own affairs, but only after sternly letting them know not to spread the secret Emilia had shared with them.

Naturally, everyone understood that this warning was mostly targeted at Sylvia, who had many 'friends' playing the game, with a majority being in direct competition with the 'Crimson Witches' team.

The heroine just replied with a roll of her eyes. "This is not a secret belonging to the team, so you have no right to tell me what to do."

Before Danielle could explode, however, Sylvia interrupted her with a sneer. "Emilia shared what she discovered with us, including myself, because she wanted the team to succeed. I naturally won't go spreading it around. It has nothing to do with you."

The team parted on a rather unpleasant note, but Emilia wasn't particularly depressed as she headed back to 'her' apartment. Compared to the original timeline, it was already pretty good.

At this time, everyone who wanted to 'invest' in the game was still worried about its future, and how the various governments around the world would handle it, but Emilia didn't care.

The crimson-haired girl already knew the results from last time, after all.

Instead, she was far more concerned about another issue. 'No matter how hard I try, I can't feel it… it's like there's no change.'

Emilia knew that people at this point hadn't noticed any 'changes', but that was only natural. No one expected it, and their progress within Arcadia was also quite insignificant at the start.

But as someone who was used to feeling even minute changes in her body, the crimson-haired girl felt it was a bit unreasonable for her to not be able to notice anything.

She thought that if she could start studying it earlier, maybe it would be possible to 'boost' her 'synchronization' rate early, which would give her another edge over the hero. But now it seemed like things weren't so simple.

Cynthia chuckled. "Of course you can't feel it yet. Only after the first pillar falls will Arcadia's influence over the world reach a point of causing 'noticeable' changes. Before that, even if you get a hundred times stronger… it won't really translate to much in reality."

Emilia felt that it was a little weird, but her partner's explanation made sense, so she could only nod. 'I see. Since I can't feel or discover it yet, I might as well fill Crystal in on a few things about the game.'

Cynthia hummed. "Don't summon her out yet, okay? The concentration of the world will's energy in the air is way too much right now, and it will definitely notice. Wait for the first pillar to fall."

Watching her partner's expression turn dark in depression, the raven-haired girl sighed. "Don't be so sad. Since she's here, I can establish a channel for you to let the two of you talk without summoning her out, you know?"

Emilia blinked, a little stunned. 'You can…? Why didn't you say so earlier, then?!'

Cynthia giggled. "You never asked."

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