(TL : AGWDOTSFITGW) The girl who dreamed of the sky flies through it in the game world?

--AN) Translated novel: Novel Name: A Girl Who Dreams Of The Sky, Flies In The Game World. This is a ML and human editing, so there might be some mistakes.--

Today is the second episode. If you haven't read the first one, please start there.

When the scene transitioned, it revealed the inside of a room.

The room was about ten tatami mats in size, a slightly larger than average studio apartment, with the entrance where I was standing.

Behind me was a door, and besides that, the room was very simple, with a bed in the corner, a closet against the wall, and a large window.

Displayed in front of me was a caption that read "HOME".

"So, this is my room in the game... It's quite bare, isn't it?"

This room could be customized to the player's liking, so the initial state had only the bare minimum.

The closet was an item box that could hold anything. The bed was used for logging out.

"Hmm, I'm not wearing any armor right now."

Asuka checked her appearance and confirmed she wasn't wearing any armor.

Her outfit was exactly as it was when creating her avatar, consisting of a white long-sleeve undergarment and long tights, with a green shirt that reached below the knees worn over it. The shirt had belt loops at the waist.

Her feet were clad in leather boots that reached up to her shins.

"This outfit... I wonder if it's really okay..."

If she were to wear a triangular hat on top of this, she couldn't deny if someone said she looked like a cosplaying hero with a shield and sword.

"So, how do I get out of this room?"

After checking the room and her outfit, Asuka lost interest in the room and looked for a way out.

Naturally, she assumed the door behind her was the way out, so she turned around and stood in front of the door.

A window popped up, displaying the words "Midgar Plaza".

"It's not about opening the door, huh?"

Asuka chuckled at the oddity of a door not being a door, then tapped on the displayed Midgar Plaza.

The world transitioned again.

When she opened her eyes, she was in a large plaza.

The caption read "Midgar Plaza", and behind her was a portal emitting blue light, presumably where she had come from.

"Wow, this is the game world!"

The plaza was paved with cobblestones, with plants and flowers placed around, and a fountain in the corner creating a beautiful rainbow.

Many people were around, chatting or selling things at stalls, creating a lively atmosphere.

Most were wearing the same initial outfit as Asuka, but in different colors like blue or red.

People not in initial outfits wore ordinary clothes, and green icons were displayed above their heads, likely indicating they were NPCs.

The plaza was surrounded by brick buildings of three to five stories tall, in a variety of shapes. Most had triangular roofs, but some had round or flat roofs, creating a quaint townscape.

Asuka was captivated by this European-like scenery.

"Wings, this is beyond imagination. The sky is so blue and nice. I can fly in that sky..."

The sky above was a clear blue, reminiscent of sapphire, and the white of the clouds only enhanced its blueness.

She wanted to leap into the sky right away, but then realized she still hadn't equipped any armor.

"Wait, aren't I supposed to equip something when I come to town? Or am I not equipped?"

She checked her equipment menu, but sure enough, she was wearing the flight armor.

"I see no one around me is wearing armor either... Why?"

She couldn't find any information on "How to Wear Armor" in the tutorials or help sections.

While struggling, a window appeared in front of her.

"Uh, what? Is this about how to wear armor?"

"Welcome to the first city, Midgar. This is where your journey begins. Whether you explore the world, settle down, or start a shop, it's all up to you. Earn money through quests, craft items with materials, or start a business with a storefront. The way you enjoy is up to you. First, try some quests..."

"Annoying."

She closed the window without reading half of the text. She was only interested in flying right now.

Naturally, she ignored the "NEW" icon on the quest icon and several tutorial quests that appeared.

For her, pursuing the sky was all that mattered.

Eventually, she asked for help from a passerby wearing the same clothes, who seemed to be a runner.

"Excuse me!"

"Me?"

"Yes. Do you know how to wear armor?"

"Armor? You can wear it outside the city."

"Outside the city! Thank you! ...Um, which way is that?"

"Just go straight down this main road to the east gate, and you can get out."

"Wow, thank you!"

Finally finding an answer, Asuka ran straight for the city's outskirts.

The east gate, a few minutes' run away, was crowded, but she ran through it without care and headed outside.

"The outside is a plain. It's huge..."

Outside the east gate was a vast plain stretching to the horizon, mostly rolling hills.

Near the gate, many players were equipped with armor, so she moved a bit away to check her menu.

There, the long-awaited "EXO ARMOR equip" option appeared.

"Yes, here it is!!!"

Raising her hands and almost flipping back in excitement, Asuka did not care about the many players who turned to look at her loud voice.

Without concern, she tapped "EXO ARMOR equip".

Magic circles appeared under her feet, and her body slightly lifted off the ground.

Armor silhouettes materialized out of thin air, becoming solid while decreasing in transparency.

First, armor was equipped on her legs from the knees down, then the waist, chest, and shoulders. The arms were left as is, with armor equipped from the elbows down.

A flight unit for flying then appeared and materialized on her back.

With the exo armor fully materialized, the magic circle vanished, and Asuka, now equipped with flight armor, landed on the ground.

"Wow... this is flight armor..."

It was basic armor, not very detailed but reinforced at the fists, elbows, knees, waist, and chest, without any helmet.

She was armed with a longsword at her waist and an assault rifle in her right hand.

The most distinctive feature was the flight unit on her back, equipped at a forty-five-degree angle to her body, with two reciprocating engines nearly a meter long, their intakes and propellers designed for propulsion.

The engines were connected by rectangular wings extending two meters on each side, with a small vertical tail fin between them.

"This is... good..."

Asuka admired the flight unit on her back, her expression almost eerie to those unaware.

"Hmm, I can't see it well from my back... This moves!?"

The flight unit, initially at a forty-five-degree angle, moved up and down about twenty degrees according to Asuka's intentions.

"Is this variable? Isn't that overdoing it?"

She meant it as a compliment.

This gimmick allowed for different flying postures: a high-speed flight posture with the body laid back, an attacking posture standing in the air, and a cruising posture in between, adding depth to the action.

"Okay, I understand it's variable. Now for the engine start... This won't catch my hair, right?"

Her current hairstyle was a long ponytail reaching to her waist.

In the real world, hair could get sucked into the intake and wrapped around the propeller, causing disaster, but this was a game.

There should be no such risk.

Indeed, her hair passed through the unit without interference, hanging down as if the flight unit didn't exist.

"It's not touching, so it should be okay... Alright!"

Asuka took a deep breath and prepared.

"With the variable mechanism... Engine start!"

The engines started as imagined, maintaining idle rotation.

"This keeps them rotating, right?"

The engines roared as Asuka increased their speed.

The propellers transmitted the rotation, increasing thrust and nearly knocking her over with its force.

"I just need to run like this, right?"

Imagining an aircraft's takeoff, Asuka ran forward, gaining speed.

Gradually, she felt lighter as the wings provided lift, releasing her from gravity's hold.

"I'm floating, floating!"

She was now undoubtedly "flying".

"Alright, let's go... Full throttle! Forward!"

She maximized engine output, adjusted the flight unit and wings to a high-speed posture, reducing air resistance, and accelerated.

"Amazing! Fast! The wind is incredible!"

Feeling the wind of acceleration all over, she kept the engine output high.

"Here we go, steep climb!"

She manipulated the wing's ailerons for a pitch-up maneuver.

Accelerated to maximum speed, Asuka's body soared into the sky, breaking free from gravity and ascending.

The ground faded away as the sky deepened in blue, and the clouds seemed within reach.

From this height, she could see mountains, forests, and snow-capped peaks not visible from the ground, all beautifully rendered.

"Wow, beautiful..."

Asuka was moved by the beauty.

She had thought that, no matter how much she could fly, it was just a game and couldn't compare to reality. But the scenery she saw now was as breathtaking as what she had seen while skydiving in the real world.

And another thing: the thinness of her clothes and her current altitude.

In reality, at this height, the temperature would drop, and lack of oxygen wouldn't be surprising.

However, Asuka was only wearing an inner shirt and shirt, feeling neither cold nor suffocated, thanks to being in a game world.

"The game world isn't so bad..."

Asuka murmured, gazing at the lush green and blue panorama spread before her.

This world seemed to welcome her.

With such a beautiful view...

But then.

Boom! Flapping noises...

Suddenly, the engines stopped, and without thrust or lift, the flight unit couldn't maintain altitude, and Asuka began to fall.

"What, what, what? Whaaaat!?"

Caught off guard after enjoying the vast scenery and free flight, Asuka panicked.

"Is it a malfunction? In a game!?"

She tried to restart the flight unit, but it remained silent, not regaining rotation.

"Why, why, why!?"

Then, in front of her, a message revealed the cause of her predicament.

"MP 0"

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!!!"

Asuka helplessly spiraled down.