Motoyasu begins Simping for Asuki

"Excuse me sir!" Motoyasu suddenly spoke up, surprising many occupants of the room, including Asuki herself. "But you've forgotten about Shield-san here." He gestured towards her, causing everyone's eyes to turn to her.

"Ah yes, ahem. Please excuse me, I'm getting a bit old and my mind isn't what it used to be." Aultcray said, impressing Asuki a bit with his excuse.

"No problem sir. I'm Asuki Hatashi, 20 years old and currently an author." Asuki played along, as she didn't want to appear sus to anybody.

"I see. Now, let us continue." The king replied, with Asuki being unsure if he even listened to her introduction(And I'm not talking about the Introduction chapter).

Regardless, Asuki headed back into her Status Menu while having her Shield begin absorbing the surrounding air in order to unlock a new Shield right from the get go. Arguably something she should've done from the moment she was summoned but hindsight was 20/20.

[Air Shield] (UC) (0/20)
Level Requirement - Level 20

Equip Bonuses(Locked)
[+30 SP] [+10 DEF] [+20 AGI] [Skill - Wind Shield]
Unlock Timer - 05:00:00

Special Effects
[SP Regeneration Up(Medium)] [+20 DEF] [+30 AGI] [Skill - Blowback]

Ok ok, not bad at all. Sucks that it was Level-Locked, but hey, what can you do? Although she will admit to being curious on how [Wind Shield] works.

Meh, she'll unlock it later down the line, just like she will with [Air Strike Shield] and [Shield Prison]. Although she does wonder how the Vassal Claw's Strengthening Method will effect it.

That also reminded her to spam her Skills as much as she possibly could in order to fully take advantage of [Skill Mastery], after all she'll need to in order to stand up to Glass, that sexy badass bitch.

Asuki was snapped out of her musings by the king announcing it was time for the feast.

Closing her Status Menu, Asuki followed along with the other Heroes to the dining where the feast was prepared. Once there, Asuki took her seat alongside her fellow Heroes and began eating. Although the abundance of people both in the room and watching her/them was kinda killing the mood for her, considering she usually ate in solitude.

Regardless, Asuki tried her best to enjoy the odd foods, going against her natural adversity to trying new things. She also fed some of the food to her Shield, claiming it's for later when Ren queried her, causing the other Heroes to also store some food away for later.

She unfortunately didn't unlock the Shields for any of the specific ingredients, but she did unlock a few Shields of the [Nutrition Series] for her to use. And unlike the [Air Shield] Asuki could actually equip and unlock these ones.

[Nutrient Shield] (UC) (0/5)
Mastery Energy - 0/30

Equip Bonuses(Locked)
[+20 HP] [+10 SP] [+3 DEF] [HP Regeneration Up(Minor)] [SP Regeneration Up(Minor)] [Cooking Skill Up(Minor)]
Unlock Timer - 00:10:00

[Calorie Shield] (C) (0/1)
Mastery Energy - 0/10

Equip Bonuses(Locked)
[+5 HP] [+5 SP] [+2 AGI] [SP Regeneration Up(Minor)] [Cooking Skill Up(Minor)]
Unlock Timer - 00:10:00

[Lipid Shield] (C) (0/3)
Mastery Energy - 0/50

Equip Bonuses(Locked)
[+15 SP] [+8 DEF] [Cooking Skill Up(Medium)]
Unlock Timer - 00:10:00

She immediately equipped the [Nutrient Shield] because goddamn were those some good bonuses for a low-tier Weapon Form! Although she was a bit interested to learn that different Weapon Forms required different amounts of Mastery Energy to Awaken them. Hmm... Was that same amount of Mastery Energy required to upgrade the Weapon Form's rarity? Things too test in the future...

"Why do you have that Weapon Form equipped?" Itsuki suddenly questioned her. "From what I know it doesn't have any Skill or good bonuses for you to be using it." He said before taking a sip of his drink.

"I know, but listen to it's Equip Bonuses. +20 HP, +10 SP, with a small regeneration increase to both, +3 DEF, and a minor boost to my Cooking Skill, all for the low low price of having it equipped for ten minutes. While it may not be the best Weapon Form in the world, it's pretty good for such a low-tier Shield." Asuki explained, slapping her hand down on it.

And while it may have looked like it was for emphasis, Asuki was actually testing to see if she could up it's Mastery Energy with her own attacks, and judging by the countering going up by one point, she confirmed her theory.

"Hmm... You have a point there, after all I can't argue with what are essentially free stats." Itsuki conceded she had a point, with the other two Heroes agreeing, even switching to their Nutrient Weapon Forms to grind the easy stat boosts.

Did she just accidentally alter the plot by making them stronger? Oops. But hey, at least they might be more useful now.

After the four of them had their fill(And stashing more food away for later), they were led to what were to be their rooms for the night. And, for some ungodly reason, the three dicks decided to coagulate in her room, stopping her from absorbing everything in it into her Shield for more Weapon Forms.

The three of them were doing all of the talking while Asuki just absently listened to them, switching to the [Calorie Shield] once she unlocked the [Nutrient Shield]'s Equip Bonus.

"Asuki!" Motoyasu suddenly called to her.

"Huh? What's up?" She replied as she closed her Menu.

"Tell me that I'm right and that this world resembles Emerald Online!" He said, like a Simp begging for a compliment from his big titty Goth girlfriend.

"Emerald On- What are you talking about? I was under the impression this world was like Moon Dynasty." She said, playing along with being clueless about the situation.

She then also played along in finding out the Four Heroes were all from different "Worlds"(Or timelines, in Asuki's case) and that all of their opinions were correct, just also incorrect when applied outside of their own version of Earth.

Once that was established, Asuki decided to put one of her plans into play. See, Asuki had made a variety of plans in case a scenario like this happened, with her being Isekai'd into an anime/manga she just so happened to watch, and made contingencies for dealing with the threats that series would pose to her.

And now, it was time to trigger her plan to counter Malty.

"So..." Her voice caught the attention of the other three. "Do you guys know of any significant events aside from the Waves from your games? I mean, if this world resembles the games we've played, then there's a chance those events will occur here, so I'd rather not be caught off-guard by a Trap Quest that wasn't in Moon Dynasty." She explained, causing the three to nod and begin explaining various plot points and special events from their games, some matching up with another Hero's game while others being completely unique to a single Hero.

Itsuki talked of a Trap Quest where you had to go collect some resources for a village, but if you didn't leave any party members behind it would be raided by a nearby bandit camp with several girls being taken hostage.

Ren mainly spoke of Monster-Hunting Quests, and how to defeat some tricky encounters that require specific elements, attacks types, or other such in order to kill the monster in question.

Motoyasu didn't have much to tell, as he was more of a casual gamer, but he still had some unique Quests that Asuki made sure to note down in her head in case she ran into them.

And finally, it was Asuki's turn to spit out some exposition.

"Alright, my turn. First of all, be wary around princesses." She said, confusing the other three. "While that may sound a bit weird, there was an NPC Princess is Moon Dynasty that would trick other Heroes into attacking you, often through lies and deception, and once players eventually started catching on to her tricks, the devs updated the game to make an entire faction based around pitting the Heroes against each other in order to sow discord and chaos among us." She explained, causing the other Heroes to widen their eyes in shock.

"Hold on-" "Really?" Itsuki and Motoyasu were shocked at the news, while Ren looked to be deep in thought.

"Yep, so I suggest that whenever we hear something bad about another Hero, we fact check to confirm that it's actually true, rather than jump the gun and attack each other." Asuki said, with the other three unaware she's planting her own seeds of deception.

After all, how can they fact check her claims? And technically, she wasn't even lying that much, since there was a faction dedicated to causing them to turn on each other, two in fact!

The Three Heroes Church, who wanted to turn the other three against her, and the Reincarnates like Tact and Kyo. So really, she was just telling a different variant of the truth.

After a bit more talking(And Motoyasu attempting to flirt with her) the other three Heroes retired to their own rooms while Asuki switched to the [Lipid Shield], having unlocked the [Calorie Shield] during their discussion.

She sighed in relief, as now she could finally absorb the resources of this room to gain new Weapon Forms!

I won't go into detail, but I will say that the only thing left in the room is the bed and most of the floor and walls. In case you need any clarification on that, it means Asuki absorbed some of the stone walls and wooden floorboards to unlock new Shield Forms. Speaking of which, here's a list of the Shields that were unlocked.

[Pillow Shield] [Blanket Shield] [Wood Shield] [Wood Plank Shield] [Stone Shield] [Ceramic Shield] [Water Shield(Level Locked)] [Molosa Lily Shield]

She wished she received more Weapon Forms, but these would do. For now...

Hopping onto the bed, she switched to the [Wood Shield] to begin unlocking it, because by the end of the night she was going to have every available Shield Form unlocked and applying their stat boosts to her statistics.

And in the morning, she would also steal the bed. And the doors. And maybe a wall- Ok she may have a bit of a problem with kleptomania.

But regardless, come morning she'll have over 100 DEF ready for any attempts on her life.