When they arrived at the school, Iris handed the receptionist her papers as she was also eligible to go to school like Shiro due to being 13.
"Here is your student ID, your room is on the third floor 308, its next to Shiro's." the receptionist said, giving Iris her student ID
'How convenient.' Iris thought, third floor has a lot of empty rooms it seems.
"Time to introduce you to Lyrica." Shiro said as they walked to their rooms.
"Hm? Why would- oh yeah she doesnt know me yet."
*Knock knock knock
Knocking on Lyrica's door, Shiro waited patiently.
"Ah it's you Shiro!" Lyrica said with a smiled as she was excited. However, her face blushed when she remembered what Madison said.
[Hello, I got a present for you, also I wanted to introduce you to my friend, Iris.] Shiro smiled, gesturing to Iris next to her.
"Hello! Nice to meet you, Shiro told me a bit." Iris greeted with a small wave
Lyrica's eyes widened when she saw her level.
"You are also level 28???" Lyrica asked, looking at her. She looked the same age as Shiro.
"Yup, though Shiro helped me with alot of that." Iris replied with a smile.
'Oh' Lyrica thought
'If its Shiro then that makes sense' She thought with a nod.
[I got a present for you.] Shiro smiled as Lyrica welcomed the both of them into the room.
"A present? You shouldn't have." Lyrica said, but was jumping for joy on the inside.
[You'll be needing it for what we're doing next.] Shiro shook her head.
'Next? What are we doing next?! Now?! But Iris is here?' Lyrica thought as her face blushed at the thought.
'What is the girl thinking about?' Shiro thought, seeing Lyrica blush a lot recently.
[Are you ok? You've been blushing a lot recently.] Shiro asked as she placed her palm on her forehead.
This caused Iris to roll her eyes at the scene.
'There is no way Shiro is THIS oblivious' She thought.
Meanwhile Lyrica's blush to deepen as she waved her hand frantically.
"AH it's fine nothing really!" She said hurriedly.
Shiro only furrowed her brows a little before pulling out the two weapons.
[Here are two level 15 sword type weapons and 5 E rank mana stones. You should upgrade your weapon since we're going to be doing an E ranked raid.] Shiro smiled as she leaned back slightly and crossed her legs.
"Ah, so that was what you meant." Lyrica muttered with a silent tear falling. She was too focused on the two level 15 weapons that she didn't see the E ranked raid part.
Pulling out her dual ended poison blades, Lyrica set it down on the ground and grabbed the two level 15 weapons.
Placing both weapons besides the poison blade, she set up the E ranked mana stones as a pentagram.
Lyrica was following the diagram the system gave her as she was nervous. Unsure if it would work since upgrades always had a chance to fail.
Shiro only smiled feeling her worry.
"It looks like you are summoning a demon into the blade." Iris commented randomly.
"I... guess?" Lyrica replied
"I'm just doing what the system is telling me."
Tapping upgrade on her screen, Lyrica watched with anticipation.
From the poison blades, the handle glowed a blue silver before flashing purple as metal tendrils slowly crept out from the orb.
"What the hell?!" Lyrica cried out in surprise. She had heard of weapons being upgraded before but never anything similar to this manner at all.
"Looks cool~, wouldn't you agree?" Iris commented.
[Well it is a sight to behold] Shiro replied
The metal tendrils grabbed both swords as it dug deep into the construction of the blades. The blade itself flaked apart as the nano bots consumed everything with vigour.
The 5 E ranked mana stones started to float upwards as it slowly rotated towards the center handle. Electricity sparked as the metal tendrils started to spread outwards into the blades on either side, reinforcing them.
2 neon blue orbs could be seen on the base of the blades as circuitry patterns expanded from them and coated the entire blade.
This small upgrade of 5 levels turned the blade from a mix of metal and monster parts to almost looking like a piece of alien tech.
"Erm... Shiro..." Lyrica muttered seeing the dual ended blade.
"Tell me honestly. This isn't a normal upgrade is it?" Lyrica asked.
"What was the item?" Iris asked.
[I don't know but it worked.] Shiro smiled.
"Indeed it did." Lyrica nodded. The new stats for the dual ended poison blades surprised her by how good they were for just a level 15 weapon.
[Dual Ended Poison Blades (Blue) LVL 15/20]
Creator: Helion
+20/30 Sharpness
+15/25 AGI
+15/20 DEX
+15/20 Poison
+20/30 Durability
+15/25 STR
Requirements to Evolve into LVL 20:
15x E rank Mana Stone
2x LVL 20 Sword type weapons
The average sharpness of a level 15 blade was only a +15. Even the stat focused ones had only +20. Yet, this weapon was a mix of abilities and still gave her +20 in sharpness.
[So the reason I wanted you to upgrade this blade is because you're taking a test to be on the raiding party of an E ranked Raid. The Spider's Whisper.] Shiro typed out.
"PFFFF WHAT?!" Lyrica cried out in shock. She was just a level 15 and Shiro wants her to join a level 20 raid.
"Huh, was wondering why you were completely find with it before." Iris mumbled. Turns out Lyrica just didn't hear it.
"S-Shiro! I'll die ah!!" Lyrica said as Shiro smiled with a slight sadistic vibe.
[Don't worry, you have both me and Iris to help you out.] Shiro replied as Iris nodded.
Shiro grinned as she tapped Yin's little head.
If Yin was a cat, she'll look like a kid version of a mafia boss.
"But- but- I can't do it." Lyrica sighed.
[I believe you can. I want to trust in your abilities to cross levels and your hidden proficiency.] Shiro encouraged.
'She believes in me...' Lyrica thought as she imagined Shiro saying the sentence.
It repeated over and over again in her mind as she felt a strange sense of power rising up in her.
"I'LL DO IT!!!" Lyrica said as Shiro smiled.
[There you go.]
"Wow~ you sure are determined." Iris commented.
"But I want a trade!" Lyrica said as Shiro found it reasonable.
[What do you want?] Shiro asked.
"I want a shopping trip with just me and you. You'll get dressed however I want is that ok?" Lyrica asked, face red.
[As long as it's nothing lewd. I don't mind.] Shiro nodded. Dressing up wasn't a problem for her.
Iris however was internally screeching as this means that she would be forced to faze again not even a day after getting her guild ID.
She got up with a smile and stretched "Well, I'll take that as my que to go, have fun on your date~"
Iris said, calling it a date out of spite.
She then left, going to her room as Lyrica's face turned red again at her calling it a date.
When she got to her room, its layout was the same as Lyricas and Shiro's, but hers was pretty empty.
She sat on the bed with a sigh, mumbling things like "I cant believe it" and "I JUST got to walk around."
Looking at the barren room, Iris contemplated using her holographic creation to create decor and furniture before shaking the thought away.
'Its not like I know how to decorate things anyways... plus it'll all be purple... and it'll disappear after a while...' She thought, flopping backwards and laying down on the bed.
Iris fazed, not wanting to suddenly teleport in while Shiro and Lyrica were at the store, before she boredly started making different shapes with her holographic creation, sighing at the limited amount of things she was able to create.
'Shiro is able to create complicated stuff... maybe if I ask her for the blueprints I can create the parts and put it together..." She thought, though suddenly yelped when she was teleported to Shiro.
Iris fell on the hard floor, not bothering to float up. She turneed her head and looked at Shiro and Lyrica, they were outside school grounds in one of Lyricas favorite shops..
Shiro was just wearing the school uniform, while Lyrica was wearing a light green dress with floral patterns, Lyrica had her shoulders exposed. The sleeves of the dress reached her wrist. The front of the dress reached her thigh while the back reached her calves. In addition to this, she wore white stockings and a pair of small brown boots.
Iris sighed and got up, floating over to Shiro.
"Alright. So in trade of me following you to the E ranked raid, Shiro I want you to dress in whatever I want you to right?" Lyrica asked.
[Yes, that's what I agreed upon.]
"Then try this on." Lyrica said grabbing a dress and pushed Shiro towards the changing rooms.
Holding the dress, Shiro looked at it in surprise as she shrugged.
[Alright. If you want me to try anything else on just grab them now to make it easier.] Shiro said as Lyrica nodded.
Quickly grabbing a few dresses, she slowly piled up a mountain of clothes.
"Yikes..." Iris commented as Shiro's smile twitched.
"Good Luck?" She said as Shiro entered the changing room with a sigh.
The first outfit was a simple one.
A dress shirt colored light yellow. A pair of black skin-tight pants that reached around her calves.
Changing into her outfit, she wore a summer hat and walked out.
"Ah..." Lyrica paused seeing Shiro. Shiro was extremely beautiful after all. Almost like a young model.
"Amazing!" Lyrica called out as she grabbed another outfit for her.
Shiro nodded slightly as she took the outfit.
It was a red and gold qipao that exposed a little of her thighs, which she covered with some black stockings.
The outfits kept coming as Shiro played along. It was surprisingly fun to spend time like this with her friend.
Iris left after the first 2 however, Lyrica had wanted to go alone after all. She thought about going shopping herself but remembered all her money is with Shiro sense the system didnt seem to like her.
Eventually, they settled with 3 outfits. The first being a snow-white hoody, short jeans and stockings.
The second being a white summer dress and a light blue silk jacket. And finally, the last one was a t-shirt and jeans.
While they were walking back to the school Iris got teleported back to Shiro again, looking bored as heck.
"You look a little bored" Shiro chuckled
"Just a little." Iris replied in a monotone tone of voice.
"Next time can I keep little Yin with me? I'm betting she was bored too!" Iris asked, Yin chirped hearing her name and poked her head out of Shiro's pocket. Though she seemed quite content just eating mana stones whenever she got bored.