This is a Beta Test?! - A Literally Broken System

Well of course, you don't. The fly isn't real!

"I'm sure there's a fly in front of me," I coolly replied, my right hand repeatedly trying to remove the annoying prompt in front of me. "I just can't seem to catch it yet."

"Ohh...."

I could already tell that she's starting to piece together the dots or something. Was she thinking about how insane I was right now? God knows how flailing your hands in front of you would look to a normal passerby. What more if it was someone that clearly didn't look like a native?

Dammit! Was it a verbal command then?

"[CLOSE!]"

I felt something shift around me as I uttered out my ill-conceived command. For a brief second, a flash of light erupted in front of me before the prompt finally left my vision. And for a half-second, I actually felt like a part of me can finally relax. The stupid nonsensical prompt was gone, after all. Unfortunately, Shizu's worried face greeted me even more as she closed in on me to the point that our faces were only a scant few inches away from one another.

What the hell was this chick thinking? Did she want to give me a heart attack or something?!

"W-what is it?" I stuttered out, a blush forming on my face as I felt her breath mix with mine.

"That word you just said, I sensed power within them," she stated with the nonchalance of a bored security guard.

H-Huh?! What the hell did Guidance program in her game? And where the hell was she anyway?! "I-I don't follow?"

I felt myself stepping backward as Shizu began cornering me, which of course, I responded to by taking a step back, only for her to repeat the process until she had me pinned to a wall. I didn't even know what's so special about the command! I just said it to close the prompt. And it wasn't even on purpose!

"Do you know the [Language of the Gods]?" The language of the what now? "They're supposed to protect us from the influence of the [Eld]."

I found my eyes flicking from side to side as I tried to look for a way out. I have no idea what this chick was even saying anymore! I just wanted to close a prompt, dammit!

Before I could even try, A pale arm pinned off all my escape routes as Shizu stared deep into my eyes. It would've been so hot if it wasn't so damn confusing!

"U-uh..."

"Teach me!"

....

...."Eh?"

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

Teach her? Teach her what exactly? How to close an annoying prompt that she probably wouldn't even see in her lifetime?

"Uhh... I don't think I can teach you anything, Shizu."

"What? But isn't it a universal language?" the woman questioned with hope still clinging onto her tone. "Even the researchers agree that it should be possible for even normal people to communicate with the world around them!"

I blinked at her words. What was she on about now? And what even was a universal language? Well, I'm pretty sure she was talking about me screaming for the prompt to close, but even I didn't know how to replicate such an act. And even then, I don't think I'll need it until Guidance comes back to me and actually tells me how to open even a single status window!

"Look, I really don't think you understand what I'm trying to say," I spoke with the utmost patience I could possibly muster. "I don't even know what's going on right now."

I mean, there was that quest prompt that popped in out of nowhere. And as much as I would like to confirm what I just read, I probably wouldn't even be able to open it even if I tried. And that was on top of whether or not I wanted to look like a maniac in front of this woman.

"Eh? But I was sure that you knew exactly what you were doing..." my green-haired tour guide placed a finger on his lips as she spoke. "I mean, I even felt the world shift slightly..."

Uh huh...

I found myself tilting my head in abject confusion. This NPC somehow felt the world shift at my words? From the single act of closing a floating quest prompt? I somehow doubt that. Still, I was digressing from the one thing that started this mess in the first place.

"I'm sure it was nothing," I waved each other's worries off as I managed to compose myself. "How about you show me around some of these strange places?"

"Oh right!" she seemingly shook herself out of her thoughts as she suddenly grabbed my hand. "You have a lot to look forward to, Stranger! Just make sure to follow close, okay?"

[CHIME!]

Oh what now...

[Side Quest: Princess Escort!]

[Quest Progress: Oddities Observed: 1/10]

Huh... Well that's new...

I let my tour guide drag me by my feet as I turned my eyes to the small prompt now floating right above my field of view. Looking around, the fact that it followed where I was looking at meant that it was probably a UI element of some kind. Well, at least this one wasn't as intrusive as the 'Quest Accepted' one earlier with its massive window size. However, ten oddities? And based on the one that I somehow already have, I guess the gravity-defying fountain counted as one of them?

Shaking my head at what was happening, I simply allowed myself to get pulled by the arm as the very eager Shizu kept on dragging me around. Seeing as I had nothing better to do, I let the streets of the city fly right past me as I found myself droning out all the background noise and just focusing on my own peculiar situation.

The fact that a hot girl was dragging me around was sorta, well, hot. And being the loner that I was, it was obvious that I'll immediately grow some semblance of a connection to the first girl that would actually talk to me and show interest. Granted, this was an NPC. An NPC that Guidance somehow wrote and designed...This chapter is updat𝓮d by nov(e)(l)biin.com