Ivy Build Guide

She had a cold gaze. I curled up like a frog before a snake. Machina said the captain was a good person... Is that really true? Her eyes are terrifying...

Libertas, having read for a while, lifted her gaze toward Mocha, nestled in Ivy’s arms.

“Is that your weapon?”

Weapon. The word struck my chest coldly. Why does everyone call Mocha a weapon? He’s clearly my important friend. After calming down, Ivy replied with a slightly trembling voice:

“Mocha isn’t a weapon, he’s my friend.”
“Is that so? So his name is Mocha.”

The quick response startled Ivy. Usually, when she mentioned Mocha as her friend, adults would shake their heads in disbelief—but not this time.

“You're not going to laugh at me?”
“Why would I laugh at you?”
“Because whenever I say Mocha is my friend... everyone thinks I’m just talking nonsense.”
“In our mercenary corps, there’s even someone who treats his axe as his lover. Compared to that, at least Mocha is alive, right?”

Casually saying this, Libertas continued writing and said:

“Welcome. From now on, you're a member of the Kamp Mercenary Corps.”

Just as Ivy, trying to hide her bewildered expression, was about to leave the tent, Libertas called out:

“What a lovely friend you have.”

Outside the tent, Ivy blankly looked up at the sky. Watching the drifting clouds, she tightly hugged Mocha.

“Yeah, if it’s here, I think it’ll be okay.”

Mocha hopped through the white flower fields, cheeks puffed out with flowers.

“Mocha! You can’t just eat flowers like that!”

Ivy picked up Mocha and sighed helplessly. How many flowers had he eaten? He was clearly heavier than when they’d arrived.

“Grr!”
“Sigh, you’ve eaten way too much!”

Just as Ivy was patting Mocha’s head, footsteps approached from behind.

“Machina?”
“Ivy! So you’re here!”
“What’s going on?”
“The captain said we’ll be going to war with the Moon Shadow Cult soon!”
“Moon Shadow Cult? Oh, right! That blue lady came here because of them too, didn’t she?”
“{account:name} also mentioned they’re chasing the Moon Shadow Cult.”
“We may not fight directly, but they’re assigning us to operations—it sounds serious!”

Ivy didn’t know much about the Moon Shadow Cult, only that everyone feared them. They were Pharos’ enemies—and Libertas was pursuing them.

One thing was certain: the Moon Shadow Cult were truly, terribly bad people.

Why would anyone in this world choose to be evil? Wouldn’t peace be better? Like Ivy, Machina, and Mocha!

Lifting the flower-chewing Mocha high, Ivy shouted:

“Don’t worry! Leave all the bad guys to me and Mocha!”

Ah! You’re here! I was just about to talk to you!

Remember those things I asked before? You totally dodged them! But I still haven’t gotten my answers!

So I’ve made up my mind! This time, I’m getting answers! I organized my questions and asked the other members!

But no one would answer me! They’re avoiding me even more than before!

Isn’t that just mean?! They’re openly avoiding me! Even the captain said, “You’re just a child. Why are you curious about so many things?” and ignored me! Worst of all—Machina’s avoiding me too!

That’s just too cruel! Kana too! Li Xiang! Even Enas! No one answers me—everyone just avoids me!

All I want to know is: Why do people who like each other sleep together?!

But I won’t give up! One day, I’ll find the answer!