Hero or Villain, Both

"So you're from the Morin Line."

"I've heard about you, but I never thought that we would meet like this."

"It seems like you're different from what I had expected."

Though each of these sentences seemed like they were polite, one could easily hear the disdain that was in their voices as they said this. It was clear that they were only being polite on the surface, but under the surface…

Well, it wasn't strange that these people would be talking to Billy like this.

After all, they were technically his competitors.

The ones that had gathered in front of Billy were the others that had been sent to explore the ruins. Or at least the ones that were at the same age as Billy.

They were also the younger generation of the Perfumers, ones that would become the leaders of the Perfumers in the future.

When I met them, I immediately recognized them.

After all, they had been important NPCs among the Perfumer faction in the game, so it was easy for me to recognize them.

Yet the fact that all of them were treating Billy like this meant that he was someone that was on the same level as them. No, in fact, it seemed like he was on an even higher level than them with the way that they acted.

It seemed like he was the candidate that the leaders of the Perfumers had the most hope in, even greater than these young candidates that were supposed to become important NPCs.

"If that's the case, why have I never heard of this Billy before?"

The more that I thought about it, the more confused that I was about all of this.

It really didn't make any sense that there was no mention of this Billy in the game.

It was as if he had just completely disappeared without a trace in the game.

"Something must have happened for him to disappear like this, right?"

The more that I thought about it, the more certain that this became.

Only I had no idea when Billy was supposed to disappear in the game since I had never heard of him before.

Other than the young Perfumers, there were also some Advanced Perfumers that had arrived. They were obviously the ones that had been assigned to take care of the younger Perfumers.

As for these young Perfumers, they were the ones that would be sent into the ruins.

It seemed like the Perfumers really wanted to get as much out of these ruins as possible.

They wanted to find the treasures of the ruins, but they also wanted to use the ruins to train up their younger generation. It seemed like they really wanted to do everything that they could to make the Perfumers stronger in the future.

But if they were to get their hands on that item, it was guaranteed that this would be the case.

So before that could happen, I had to take that item from them.

As for the Advanced Perfumer that would come with me, it was the leader of this branch.

It seemed that he was trusted enough to keep Billy safe, which meant that he had to be quite the powerful Perfumer as well.

But none of the avatars remembered his name either.

It was as if both the branch leader and Billy had completely disappeared from the game.

The fact that everyone had gathered like this meant that the Perfumers were getting ready to enter the ruins. But before they entered the ruins, they had to make their preparations.

It was the young Perfumers and their guards that arrived that would be scouting out the ruins beforehand.

But this did give us a rough idea of when they would be heading into the ruins.

That meant that I was able to convey this information to everyone so that they would be able to prepare.

While I was lost in thought listening to all of them, a voice suddenly came from behind me.

"Brother Billy, can I come with you?"

I turned Billy around to find a beautiful looking girl standing there.

However, I knew from the connected senses that this wasn't the only thing that was there.

I could smell the perfume that was coming from her and knew that it was a special one. It was one that was supposed to make the one that smelled it attracted to the one that used it.

But at the same time, I could tell that this wasn't a perfume that a Perfumer at her level would be able to make. This was the kind of perfume that had to be made by at least an Advanced Perfumer.

She was trying to take advantage of this situation to seduce Billy.

"Are they already making their move?" I couldn't help thinking to myself when I saw this.

I had guessed that since I didn't hear anything about the branch leader or Billy that they would try to do something to him in these ruins.

It seemed that they were already starting to make their move.

After thinking about it, I said, "Sure, you can come with me."

This beautiful girl seemed a bit surprised at how easily I agreed, but then she came forward to take my arm with a wide smile on her face.

I also had Billy reveal a wide smile when she did this.

No one seemed to find this strange since they already knew what kind of person Billy was.

I had to ask around since this was part of the memories that had been missing, but it turned out that Billy was a major playboy. As long as a girl was pretty, then he wouldn't be able to control himself.

But no one had ever been able to do anything to harm him which meant that he had never suffered from being a playboy like this.

It seemed that whoever was plotting against Billy was planning to make use of this flaw of his.

Since that was the case, I would play along to see what they would do.