"Stop playing around." "Hello." "I wasn't sure how to begin a greeting is appropriate." "world." "Shiroe." "of Log Horizon.'" "I felt so strange." "Because your memories are still within me." "Just like you are beings who have come to this world from another as well." "My name is Roe 2." "{\cH4D35C7}Top Secret {\cH000000}New and Unconfirmed Monsters Investigation Report" "We call ourselves the Navigators." "we are sentient intelligences from another world." "I'm also your little sister." "Nyanta?" "Let me see..." "Shiro?" "but can you tell me the details about this new type of monster?" "1)}Stranger" "Stranger." "And that's what happened." "Camaysar." "That was more like marriage fraud than marriage." "The West Wind girls were the ones who first found him?" "Yeah." "We have access to the girls' information network so we're really good at that." "my lord." "Akatsuki?" "not at all." "So what happened?" "Well..." "A second form?" "We'll attack immediately." "adventurers." "Nazuna!" "Right." "My beautiful brides..." "Ittou Ryoudan!" "You guys are as crazy as ever..." "We'll show no mercy to anyone who touches our girls." "my lord!" "Akatsuki?" "not at all." "exactly?" "Is he an enemy?" "huh?" "we have to fight." "huh?" "Leave it to us." "my lord." "thanks." "he was a weird enemy." "Weird?" "he's the enemy most like those in Elder Tale." "like it was too easy..." "Be my beautiful bride..." "It was like a game." "It felt hollow." "Like I was fighting from behind a computer screen." "Fried rockfish is the best!" "Fried rockfish is the best!" "Sir Isaac!" "Sir Isaac!" "How can he jump so high?" "how can he—" "Just call me "Isaac." "But... uh..." "I'm Iselus." "can you try to be a little less formal?" "Sir Isaac." "And you're training the knights of Maihama." "I'm just doing it because I want to." "Lenessia." "Taking care of her is the elite glasses guy's job." "though." "Sir Isaac?" "I told you..." "Isaac should we let them take a break?" "And I told you not to be so informal!" "Sir Iselus." "Just talk to him like I do." "I'll try." "You guys are seriously..." "Isaac?" "It's kind of cool!" "Isaac!" "He's so cute!" "I'm going to use Sword of Pain Black!" "he looked like a normal Person of the Land." "And he was able to judge the quality of ores." "the prices of material items have depended on their quality." "So lots of adventurers started to ask him for appraisals." "But let's say he picked up a rock from the ground and said it was top-grade ore." "1)\an7}Rock  Effect:" "Rock Just a rock everyone would believe him and buy a simple rock for an incredible price." "he was a monster that destroyed things' measures and values." "Bagris." "What tipped us off was the "ate a ton and still felt hungry" incident." "we found out what he was." "We put together a quick half-raid team but..." "I should be able to gain ample empathions from this." "Lightning Straight!" "1)\an9}Genius of Measures Bagris/ Genius Rank/ Half Raid" "The problem was that he could control and even targets." "It wasn't even a fight." "Give me your empathions now." "Just when everyone was about to give up..." "Sorry to keep you waiting." "I've finished our secret weapon at last!" "you did it?" "Bagris." "I'll stop your evil deeds." "With... this Source Vessel!" "1)}Source Vessel" "Source Vessel"?" "Is that a ruler?" "yeah." "Definitely a ruler." "It is a Source Vessel." "and fixes their dimensions." "and then..." "Tiger Echo Fist!" "Something like that." "There was one more." "Seine." "Oh..." "Seine." "There was another matter besides the Genius of Scandal I told you about last week." "The poisoning incident before the Scale Festival." "Sislau 1)\an7}Genius of Plague Sislau/ Genius Rank/ Party called herself the "genius of poison." "we decided she might be a new monster from the expansion pack." "My lord... my lord?" "Why do you ask?" "I'm not." "Oh..." "Shiroe!" "Are you done for today?" "Minori..." "Is your part-time job done?" "Yes." "I got a lot of presents today!" "you mean." "Want me to hold them for you?" "I'm just fine." "1)\an9}Air Glasses" "Because..." "Ta-da!" "Magic Bag!" "Minori?" "That's right." "It really holds a ton!" "Minori!" "Your feminine power is sky-high!" "let's buy some things to take back." "I want a red bead bun." "Why not get a gelatin for once?" "Do you have a problem with red bean buns?" "for some variety..." "It's not just a regular red bean bun today." "It's cherry tree-scented red bean." "A seasonal item." "I want strawberry shortcake!" "I do!" "Tetra?" "you half-idol!" "I'm not a half-idol!" "perfect idol!" "And Shiroe said he likes it when I hold him!" "I did not." "I'll kill you." "Buy me some cake!" "Gelatin!" "my lord." "I'll have the fried rockfish!" "too!" "Okay!" "Isaac." "Okay." "You've been a lot more relaxed lately." "please." "You aren't the type to worry about that." "I'll have a cold one and the fried rockfish." "Right!" "Another business trip?" "Don't say that." "This is one of our restaurants." "Of course I'll stop by to see the kitchen." "Isaac." "I told you to stop that." "Here you go." "{\cH4D35C7}Top Secret {\cH000000}New and Unconfirmed Monsters Investigation Report" "It arrived from the Round Table." "it's a report on an enemy called the "Geniuses." "but what are they?" "I couldn't say..." "And it seems like the People of the Land are gearing up for war." "Things are looking bad everywhere." "The wyvern attack on Safil was an after-effect of Minami power-leveling People of the Land." "That might be why he sent us to Maihama." "after all." "Yeah." "yeah..." "It's been almost a year since the Apocalypse." "It has." "I'm sure there are people who want to go home." "it's driving them insane." "but..." "It's hard..." "You're helping out?" "Yes." "You're so good at this now." "What did they say?" "you can do simple cooking." "That isn't all." "It's done!" "This is beautiful." "How about the new potatoes?" "and they're ready to go." "You've gotten a lot better." "Because you taught me!" "Maybe we'll have tea while we wait for the vegetables to cool down." "Okay!" "Is it good?" "Yes." "It's nice and warm." "Today's a very quiet day." "It makes me want to take a nap." "You look like you're having a good time." "I am!" "I see." "Nyanta?" "I am." "Okay." "Serara?" "yes." "You are?" "Yes." "I can't see my mom and dad anymore and lots of hard things have happened." "too." "And... and a future..." "You do?" "Yes." "I see." "Children aren't invited to be born in this world." "all children become young people and can be reborn by their own will choosing their own lives." "Meow..." "I'm sure you can make any dream you have come true." "B-B-But it's a long way away!" "I don't mean I'm going to give up or anything." "I feel like I'm lacking a little..." "Like I'm not good enough." "I think I need to get better at being who I am before I make that dream come true." "I have to be a fully-grown version of me." "That's what I want to become." "Serara..." "Yes!" "Just a little is fine." "Every little bit is important." "I'm cheering you on." "So is everyone." "What would Kanami do?" "I was lucky." "everyone was with me." "I'm grateful to Naotsugu and Akatsuki." "Really." "my lord." "When did you get here?" "I flew here." "By running along the roofs." "You're really starting to become a ninja." "my lord!" "So what's bothering you?" "Whenever something bothers you you get wrinkles up here that make your forehead look like an old man's." "Do I?" "You do." "Shiro." "I'm seeing something on my idol radar!" "A night rendezvous!" "So are you coming up with another plan?" "That's right..." "Are you coming up with a plan?" "and talented idol?" "don't you?" "You two are in perfect harmony." "my!" "Shiro?" "The two of us are as one now!" "We're like "Tetsugu"!" "{\cHDAA2D1}Tetsugu" "Roar {\cHB2ADD3\fs20}Anchor Howl!" "The impenetrable armor of a Guardian" "{\cH99F7B6}Pah!" "protected by my responsive heals!" "My love for him shines each time he's struck." "Naotsugu's entranced by my love!" "I am not." "Naotsugu." "Well?" "It's been almost a year since the Apocalypse." "There are a lot of adventurers and want to go home." "But there's no way to go home..." "Yeah." "So Eins thinks we should save those people." "He wants to take the money from wealthy adventurers right?" "Will that really work?" "I doubt it." "The only way for them to really be saved is for them to go home." "And..." "War's coming to Yamato." "Yeah..." "And one of the reasons for that is our arrival in this world." "Then we need to find a way to get back home." "There's something I need to tell you all." "too." "Of course." "{\fs20\cH45554B}Log Horizon Older Members Meeting  Be Sure You Knock huh?" "A love letter?" "I wish." "It was from Roe 2." "My second character." "The other body you left on the test server when this was a game?" "right?" "The moon?" "Could they even write letters?" "And how did it get here?" "Minori brought it to me." "She met Roe 2 during their travels." "And..." "According to this letter" "Roe 2 is the person I've been looking for." "I've been thinking about it for a long time." "Why did we come to this world?" "right?" "If this really is another world there's no way it could be this similar to the Elder Tale we know." "But it's unbelievable that a game world and we went into it." "It's impossible." "technology hasn't advanced that far." "Right." "either." "physical laws and the game's laws are all jumbled up." "It's like two different rule sets were just mixed together randomly." "yeah." "I get the feeling that we weren't simply sent to another world." "there must be a third party who can explain it." "who can explain this." "They brought us to this world?" "What did the letter say?" "Roe 2 took over my unused second character... and came to this world." "Who is she?" "She calls herself a "Navigator." "A sentient intelligence from another world." "an alien." "They're artificially created creatures." "Observers" "And there are two types." ""Observers" like Roe 2" "Harvesters and another type called "Harvesters." "These Navigators were created to harvest a resource called "empathions." "1)\an7}Empathions" "What are those?" "she didn't say." "But their society had run out of this resource and begun to decline." "another world was needed." "And we were created to investigate other universes that could be searched." "Match the same way the Apocalypse brought us here." "Then does she know the Apocalypse's cause?" "either." "So did they get these empathions?" "Well..." "We believe you to be sentient intelligences of a rank 3 or higher." "Minori and her friends proved that." "the rights to this world's resources belong to you." "The Harvesters are given orders to prioritize harvesting but we Observers are tasked with searching." "will be the one to read this message but I recommend acquiring a method of communication with the moon." "Our community is on this world's moon and we are observing the situation." "we can help you." "I'll warn you about the Harvesters." "They are Navigators like us but they are intelligences equivalent to rank 2." "they're using bodies prepared on the moon of monsters with powerful combat capabilities." "I recommend extreme caution." "The Harvesters are most likely the monsters called "Geniuses." "Then why are they after us adventurers?" "I don't know." "Minori... like a big sister would." "May your warm empathions light your future." "From your big sister." "From your big sister." "There are still things we don't understand but if we can make contact with Roe 2's companions on the moon we may be able to find a hint to returning home." "Are you going to believe that letter?" "I think we can." "right?" "I saw it..." "That was a beach on the moon." "I'm sure of it." "That wasn't a dream." "too!" "Those sparkles I saw with you... my lord." "If we can get back there we can go home!" "the Prince of Maihama." "His birthday party is to be used to introduce him to the world as the next Lord of Maihama." "the presence of war draws near." "A cowardly shadow is after the young boy's life and a black blade of rage howls at it." "Next time:" "Isaac and Iselus." "Isaac and Iselus" "I have friends to run with me."