There are also Slimes that dive into Yuki's ruler's pool.

It was funny when Gager and Lessaria would fight over their differing opinions and most of the time they would end up destroying this place, which would end in Yuki's fury, who would then make them pay for all the wreckage caused.

No doubt they were my family and friends.

A red alert comes out all over my face and completely obscures my view of the beautiful sky above.

The alert has the sign of a pie on it and that means my real body is hungry.

I guess I'd better disconnect to go see if my food is on its way and then reconnect to spend my last moments in this world that I consider my true reality.

Huh?

It's already nine o'clock and I hadn't noticed!

I'd better go quickly to check if my order is in so I can reconnect before twelve o'clock.

At that time will be the worldwide shutdown of all Stelaris servers.

I'd better hurry and log off.

I open the menu and hit the option to close the game.

...

XXX

After closing the game, he opens his eyes and touches the collar to turn off N.W.

He gets out of bed due to just waking up and lets out a big yawn while stretching his arms upwards.

"Ahaha... How sleepy!."

N.W would put him to sleep when he entered some game, so this device came in handy for anyone who wanted to rest the body and play at the same time.

That was one of the main reasons N.W became popular.

However, you can't overdo that kind of rest either, as it can eventually show symptoms of fatigue.

While he was waking up a bit, he felt the sound of the doorbell and hurried to the door.

As soon as he opened it, he found someone who caught his attention.

In front of him was a beautiful woman with a white complexion and short dark hair above her shoulders.

Her facial features were beautiful and Yossu was completely taken aback by her.

However, he found it strange and funny to see that beautiful woman in a completely red deliveryman's uniform.

Her beauty did not match her uniform.

《 AH what an ugly stereotype I have in my mind. Just because she's pretty doesn't mean she has a lot of money. 》

In the meantime he was thinking the woman was just like him.

She had been enchanted by the boy in front of her.

His dark complexion and firm and serious look had made her fall in love with him.

Besides, she was amazed by those red eyes.

She had never seen such a handsome man before.

The delivery girl stared at him with flushed cheeks.

They were both so focused on each other that they had forgotten everything.

The two were facing each other and without realizing it they had been silent for several seconds.

When they both realized it they were embarrassed and laughed.

Yossu was curious about her name and couldn't restrain himself from asking her.

" By the way, what's your name delivery girl."

The way he calls her causes her to giggle a little laugh as she answered him.

"Hahahahahahaha...I'm Erika the delivery girl."

"And your name is...?"

Between laughs Yossu tells her his name.

"My name is Yo....Aki. Aki is my name."

Saying that she had been filled with embarrassment, as for a moment she almost said her game ID and not her real name.

It's a silly mistake and typical of a person who spends most of his time in the game.

After the names have been said a big silence is heard between the two of them.

Aki looks away and Erika keeps blushing looking down.

Both of them were full of embarrassment until Erika sees out of the corner of her eye the necklace on her chest.

That brought her out of herself and she let out a big scream without realizing it.

"YOU PLAY STELARIS TOO?!!!."

Those sudden words made him recoil a little.

He was startled, but never admitted it even in his mind.

After reasoning a bit to that question, Yossu also comes out of his own "I" to know that she also played his beloved game and answers him with a loud "Yes!"

He had been very excited about that.

He was happy and revved up.

It was the first time he saw someone from Stelaris face to face.

He did the same as Erika and approached her with a shout that scared her.

In just ten seconds Aki had said countless things about the game.

Erika was surprised to see him talking non-stop and just like him she got excited.

Just as Aki was talking, so was Erika.

The two of them got to know each other and started talking about the game for a while.

Neither of them talked about their private life or their character, but they spent time talking about the game.

They both felt sad when the topic of Stelaris' ending was brought up, but they enjoyed the meal nonetheless.

Yes, it is as you hear.

The two sat in the doorframe and ate the empanadas that Erika had brought.

For both of them to be able to talk one last time about Stelaris was so wonderful to the point of forgetting about time and what was going on around them.

As they talked they watched the rain fall.

It was a happy moment for both of them.

During the conversation Erika told Aki that she was going to meet her friends one last time in her kingdom to say goodbye to the game.

In fact, she invited him and everything, but he refused for several reasons and put as an excuse that he was going to meet his friends to also say goodbye to the last moment of Stelaris even though those friends were not going to connect even though it was the last day.

Thus ended the conversation between the two.

Erika got up and with a smile said goodbye.

Aki stared at the rain for a few seconds or so it seemed to him.

He was so comfortable that he hadn't realized that hours had passed.

However, when he remembered Stelaris and saw what time it was he quickly turned around to go inside his house.

It was 11:55 a.m.

He couldn't believe it was already so late.

However, the moment he tried to open it he felt a small touch on his back.

At first it was a simple touch, but then it became a little hard.

That surprised him and the intrigue made him want to turn around.

But before he did, he heard a small faint noise on his back.

He did not understand what that noise was, but a second later he heard two identical noises one after the other.

When he looked inside his house he could see three black marks in the background from which a small smoke was coming out.

That caught his attention.

Next, he felt a small pain in his abdomen.

He lowered his head and saw three holes with blood coming out of them.

What was a few seconds ago a small pain was now one as strong as if his body was burning.

The pain is so bad that he falls to the ground screaming.

His thoughts were confused.

He didn't understand anything and he didn't know what had happened either.

He crawled inside in fear while screaming from the pain.

As he did so he left a long trail of blood.

With little strength he turns around and sees in a blur as someone in black clothes slowly closes the door.

His face was completely covered, he could only see the golden eyes that kept glowing in a rather unearthly and unreal way.

The door was completely closed.

《What just happened.》

《I was going to close the door and someone suddenly shot at me.》

He grabs the necklace with his hands full of blood and moves it up so he can see it.

He looks at it with a sad smile.

Seeing it causes his tears to fall little by little.

He was desperate and worried about Stelaris.

There was almost no time left to see his beautiful world one last time.

Despite the great pain he felt he kept thinking about Stelaris.

"I don't know how much time is left, but I'm going to try. Even if it's just to see one last time our precious kingdom we created together."

He closes his eyes, activates the necklace the game.

As he enters the game he hears a very cheerful female voice saying some words to him, which he doesn't quite get to hear due to the fact that he was entering Stelaris and his body was falling asleep.

"I'm sure you'll see him again!".

I hear her speak, but not loud enough to hear them.

XXX

His eyes open, but he doesn't see the dark ceiling of his house because of the dull light, but instead he sees a beautiful celestial sky with some clouds.

As he was transfixed by that celestial sky, his view is interrupted by a giant dragon blocking the sun.

Everything became a little dark, but that helped him to remember what had happened seconds ago outside the game.

He quickly lifted his upper body off the ground.

His Yossu character's face was shocked.

"I DON'T FEEL THAT HELLISH PAIN ANYMORE!."

He shouts very joyfully.

However, his joy goes when he remembers that he is about to die.

"If I can see this it means I didn't die yet, but I'm sure I will in a few seconds."

"Thank god for dying looking at this and not the dark ceiling of my house. Luckily I didn't decide to waste time calling an ambulance, otherwise I wouldn't have had time to get into Stelaris."

As he spoke a little happily he lay in the giant grass of his palace.

It was on top of a bright green grass.

Yossu decides to lie down and wait for his death.

He closes his eyes and puts on a smile as he says his last words in a cheerful tone.

"I didn't live the best life, but I got to meet my friends and Stelaris."

"I don't regret anything...well, not that much either, but I think I'm leaving happy."

....

She lets out a heavy sigh.

"Goodbye to my true reality!."

With those last words he awaits his death.

His eyes were closed and his expression was that of someone happy.

However, the seconds passed...

The minutes did too...

His body was still there.

Out of pure curiosity he opens one eye and sees that beautiful sky was still there.

After seeing it he closes his eye and waits for his death again.

The minutes passed again and he was still more alive than ever.

The surprise was so much that he lifts his upper body again as he shouts in surprise "WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING NOW!!!".

He was stunned.

Minutes ago he should have been dead, but nothing?

He looks at his hands and other body parts to confirm that he was alive.

No matter how many times he looked up or down he was still alive somehow.

"I can't believe it!"

"I'm still in Stelaris!"

"What's going on!"

"Even if I hadn't died my mind would have had to leave Stelaris because of the server shutdown."

"Wait..."

"WHAT TIME IS IT?!!!."

He looks at the top of his vision and sees the time.

There was no doubt about it, the game should have closed at twelve o'clock, that is, twelve minutes ago, but he was still in Stelaris.

He was in a completely bewildered state.

" I think it would be best to get up and go to the throne room to contact the administrators from my throne."

《Everything that is happening to me today is quite strange.》

《First, I stayed talking to a stranger for several minutes. Second, that person who shot me appeared and finally the game didn't close its servers at the agreed time....Crap! I don't understand anything!》

《At least I don't feel the pain of the gunshots in my body.》

After all that he gets up from the ground.

As he does so a strong gust of wind hits him and above him he sees a giant battleship pass by with much smaller pipes than such a vessel should have.

The battleship passed so close that he could see several NPCs on top of the flying ship.

In the little he could see, he observed how the NPCs moved from one side to the other while they talked and showed endless expressions.

That surprised him, he had never seen a battleship pass so close to the palace, let alone see NPCs showing so many expressions and movements that were not in their typical pattern.

Another thing that caught his attention was the great realism of the ship.

Usually big things usually had some graphic bug or another, but that battleship looked so real that it seemed fake.

It was very beautiful before his eyes.

After thinking about what had happened, he looked around his yard and saw something that brought him out of himself.

The place was much more beautiful than before.

The strong bright green was noticeable everywhere.

The leaves of the trees were moving all over the place due to the wind and the beasts of the place had such free expressions and movements, it made Yossu doubt.

It was as if the graphics and movements had been enhanced to the point of looking so real that it was hard to differentiate them from the true reality.

The more he saw of his realm the less he understood what was happening.

Suddenly he smells a little refreshing scent in the air and falls in love with it.

However...

"Did I just smell a scent?."

"THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE IN A GAME!!!."

"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!!!."

"WHY CAN I FEEL THIS SMELL THAT CALMS ME DOWN?!!!!!".

Faced with so many surprises he decides to calm down.

However, he comes to nothing.

After that he walks very hurriedly from the large courtyard of his palace and enters it.

Yossu walked into the majestic corridors of the palace.

His head was full of doubts and crazy thoughts about everything that was happening.

As he walked hurriedly and without looking where he was going he collides with something soft.

《What is that soft thing I bumped into.》 He wonders in confusion.

He looks down a little and sees a woman in a dark maid's uniform.

She was a small one who had leopard fur all over various parts of her body and with dark gray colors.

Her color was that of an animal typical of snowy landscapes.

Her tail and ears were the same color.

"Ay ay ay ay ay... Meow pain!."

"What was that thump? Meow pain x2!."

Seeing this girl's tender expressions surprised him.

He couldn't believe that such mouth or eye movements existed.

Moreover, he wondered in his own head 《Since when can NPCs feel pain》.

"ONE MOMENT...."

《SINCE WHEN CAN NPC'S TALK SO FREELY!!!》

Those thoughts completely destroyed everything he knew about Stelaris.

Everything was weird and he didn't understand anything at all.

It was impossible for his head to process that one NPC had so many functions and everything was so realistic.

As he thought, the black uniformed maid says angrily as she stands up with her small body "Next time watch where you're walking. angry meow!".

Slowly she raises her gaze upwards to see the person she had collided with, but as soon as she sees this individual's face her body begins to tremble.

"Those giant white and dark colored wings! Meow amazed!"."

"That completely brown and beautiful skin! Meow surprised x2!"

"NO WAY! Meow surprised x3!"

"YOU ARE HER MAJESTY! Meow Super shocked!"."

She shouts in surprise and still saying Meow.

The white eyelashed, orange-eyed leopardess drops to the ground and starts apologizing while shaking her head and long whiskers.

Of course! She kept saying all those extreme pleas with no shortage of "Meow" and then some.

Even though Yossu was amazed with every detail and function of this NPC, it was impossible for her to think the following in an uneasy tone....

《Since when do leopards say "Meow?"》

《I don't know if this is funny or something shady.》

At that moment, he decides to calm her down after seeing a myriad of things in her that a mere secondary NPC would never do.

"Don't worry...just go back to doing what you were doing."

The maid looks sideways at her majesty and asks.

"Aren't you going to do anything to me. meow question!."

Yossu shakes his head to tell her no.

"Then, if you'll allow me to....."

".... I'm going back to work. Meow happy!"

In this way he runs off and disappears at the speed of light.

"WoW! What a quick turnaround. A few seconds ago she was begging me to let her live and now she's running off with a big smile."

"These NPCs sure are weird."

He mentions wearily.

"I was so surprised and revved up that I didn't even notice her."

"The funny thing that doesn't surprise me is that when I bumped into that maid I felt a soft bump. Something I wasn't supposed to feel."

He says that last with little reluctance.

Despite everything that was happening to him at no point did he feel any terror or sadness at what was happening.

What's more, on the outside he is very surprised and revved up, but on the inside he was thrilled with everything that was happening, he couldn't believe how realistic this world had become.

Just seeing that everything had so much life in it gave him many heartbeats from the satisfaction and happiness of it.

Besides, it doesn't get any better than this to see before you die.

Although, it seemed that his death for some reason was dragging on he didn't mind.

To be able to see all this before he died was a dream.

He even came to think that this was his heaven after he died, however, he no longer knew what to believe so he simply let whatever happened have to happen.

With that thought he advanced two steps and stood still again as he thought in shock.

《One moment...》

《I just realized that my HP, MP and other stats aren't showing up on the screen》

《I was about to use one of my skills to teleport to the throne room, but I don't see my meter. 》

《The more I see the more I feel like I'm not in the game no matter how much I'm in my realm. This is really weird. 》

After pondering that he decides to use one of his skills to test if he can use it even though he doesn't have his meter.

He points his hand forward and with a serious face mentions "[Door]."

Only seconds after mentioning those words a dark hole the size of his body appears.

He is surprised to see that, as that huge hole appeared without any warning or notification of activation.

"This is definitely not Stelaris anymore. When I was supposed to use magic some notification would appear explaining in just seconds how much mana it consumed, but the hole appeared as soon as I called it. I'm not complaining, in fact, I love that it's so realistic."

After that little test, he entered the black hole with a smile similar to that of a happy child with his toys.

He then appeared in his majestic throne room.

The place was a giant white room with several black pillars with red and gold upholstery. These were located at the sides of the main path.

On each pillar was a soldier.

On the left pillars there were soldiers in dark armor, these were demons and their wide open wings showed it.

In front of them and on the right side of the entrance were angel soldiers with white armor and their wings just as open as those of the demons.

Regarding the weapon they carried each one was different.

None had only swords. Each had his own weapon.

They carried everything from swords to axes.

On the other hand, the giant carpet was the same color as the upholstery.

The first thing you notice when you enter was his throne.

That simple throne was a completely dark color and had some vein-like lines that were red in color.

It was made of the strongest material in the game, Cratite. This material besides being the hardest and darkest had two important functions. The first was to be able to contact the administrators and the second function was quite good, the Cratite allowed him to cancel the magic that the owner wished, whose owner was Yossu in this case.

The Cratita had a radius of effect inside the whole room, so it was complicated for some to attack Yossu, since the moment Yossu saw it, it would be complicated to activate some kind of magic in the room.

Behind this beautiful throne of Cratita there was a giant window through which light entered.

Following her arrival she walks to her throne and sits down.

However, he feels a little uneasy and that is due to the little glances of the soldiers towards him.

They would barely turn their necks to sneak a peek at him.

Even though they were trying to hide it Yossu noticed it.

He decided not to say anything and just let them do it to focus on the real reason for being there.

He waved his hand from left to right in the air and a giant screen opened.

《Ahhh...I don't know if I'm surrounded by NPCs anymore, so I feel embarrassed doing this in front of them. I feel like a fool.》

He tries to contact the administrators and the typical cell phone noise rings as he does so.

No one answers him.

《I get nervous not hearing anyone answer, but for some reason I don't feel afraid or sad, in fact, I would say I feel quite the opposite.》

He calls again and receives nothing.

《Ahhhh I don't understand anything anymore.》

While thinking he sees a gray button on the big touch screen, which said "Exit."

In fear he tries to touch it, but nothing happened.

He's glad he didn't get out.

《I have no reason to go back to my reality, so I would be happy if I can stay in this place for a while until I die.》

I don't know where I am, but I like it here.》

《Maybe this is all a dream or just something weird is actually happening, but I want to believe in the latter.》

《I may sound like a crazy person, but I'm sure I'm in the game world.》

《Ahhh...it actually does sound crazy》

He laughs in his thoughts.

《 I've seen enough and I don't think this is in the game Stelaris I know, as hard as it seems I'm sure all those NPC's aren't what they used to be. The way they talk, the way they move and act is off the charts, it would never be possible to achieve that even for the best current artificial intelligence.》

《Also, in this world I can feel and with that alone it is already clear that I am not in the game. Smelling nature and feeling the softness of things would be impossible in the game....》

《I don't know where I am, but I am sure that this is no longer the game, I will have to check it out and the only way to do that is to get out of the palace.》

Following having thought all that out in a very excited manner he meditates on what to do.

《For the time being the best thing to do would be to contact the generals, I would contact the other rulers, but obviously they are not in this place.》

He remembers all the times he has acted as king of this country and is ashamed of what he is going to be next.

He rises from his throne with a serious face as his short white hair flutters as his two pairs of wings do the same.

"Solados!."

Those words completely caught the attention of those soldiers who could not stop setting their gazes on their king.

For five seconds they were silent from the surprise of hearing him address them, but then they reacted and at the same time shouted "YES!"

Yossu takes two steps forward and speaks to them.

"This is an urgent order! I need you to warn all the generals that in two hours we will meet in this room."

All the soldiers nodded vigorously and left as their heavy footsteps could be heard over the heavy armor they wore.

Once they were gone he fell down surrendered to the throne and said in an exhausted tone....

"This is definitely not Stelaris!."

"Giving such orders to a secondary NPC would have been impossible in the game."

After that he got up from his throne and opened another black hole to go to his room.

In just a second he was there.

Upon arriving he stumbled upon a mirror that stood in his room and in front of his majestic canopied bed.

He was quite surprised to see himself in the mirror.

The profile he had created was still the same, but many of his features were different.

He even found it difficult to explain the difference even though it would be very noticeable.

The difference was that his character now looked quite realistic.

His eyelashes were more detailed as were his eyes.

His skin and muscles also looked very real.

However, what surprised him the most was to see how her lips moved and how her expressions changed.

The character "Yossu" was identical to his "I" from outside the game, he only had some retouches, like his muscles and his eyes that were not as red as in the game.

After seeing himself like this, he jumped backwards and fell on his bed.

His large wings were much wider than the sides of the bed.

Seeing her wings made him intrigued.

Now he wanted to know if his wings had changed.

Before, when he touched them in the game they were rough, so he had faith that now they were much more comfortable to the touch.

He put his hands on her wings and touched them.

....

"THIS IS WONDERFUL!"

As he touched them he felt an immense satisfaction and tingling throughout his body.

He had loved it so much that he couldn't stop touching them.

It was a wonderful and utterly pleasurable feeling.

"I've never felt so happy in one place."

"I never want to leave this place!"

"I'm sure many would think I'm crazy for wanting to stay here, but it's what I like and what I want."

"Being in this kingdom brings me a lot of happiness." He mentions with a relaxed tone.

In this way he stayed in his bed thinking about everything that had happened. Obviously, this while continuing to touch his wings.

-CONTINUE-