I recommend reading the narration style for now. The consciousness style has a lot of mistakes.

Scroll down until you see a lot of breaking line for the consciousness style of writing.

New Origins Online

Volume 1 – The Town of Beginning, Démarrer.

Ch 5 – I Hate Myself.

~Stitch~

~Stitch~

Sitting in the bench are two women. One of the girls prepares the white silk. With ease, she magnificently turns the silk into a fine dress. The other girl prepares a sheep wool and she turns it into a mere rag.

~Stitch~

~Stitch~

~Ping~

>

Rag ( sheep wool )

A cloth made from the wool of sheep. The quality was poorly made so it can only provide as a cleaning material.

Quality: Bad

>

You have level upped! You are now lv 11.

>

Your ‘Sewing’ has level upped! ‘Sewing’ is now lv 4.

nim was surprised when her lv. suddenly goes up. She had expected that her ‘Sewing’ will level up but not for her lv.. She then deduced that crafting items can also give experience. It is understandable because crafters have a hard time raising their level if their only source of exp is hunting monsters which is why crafting can also give exp.

Though, nim had 2 level ups, she is still sad. She already made 12 clothes for 2 hours but they still have the quality of ‘bad’. She wanted to have a quality of ‘average’ but couldn’t get one after crafting for a long time. Even though, her ‘Sewing’ is level 3, though now 4.

‘I hate you luck’

nim thinks deeply. She have been expecting to have an ‘average’ product ever since she was level three but still couldn’t get one. She wants to know the factors of raising one’s quality. Raising the ‘Sewing’ skill level is a given but having the same quality chances to occur from level 1 to 3 is not. In other words, there are other factors that raise a quality chances. Or nim is just really a misfortune girl.

‘I hate you luck’

“Don’t be sad nim. You are just starting so the quality of your crafted products is still low. Keep on sewing to raise your ‘Sewing’ skill. Once you level up your ‘Sewing’ to 10 and turn into a tailor. I am sure that you will be able to produce an excellent quality someday”

“…Right” I then continued to practice.

nim is not happy to hear the words from her instructor who is holding an excellent quality. nim still has to craft starting from average, ok, good then excellent. It would have been ok to nim if she had said that nim will be able to craft an average quality someday.

'Hearing you say that while holding an excellent quality......*Sigh I should be happy that I had two level ups.’

nim then remembered that the dagger she bought from Mr. Dwarf has an ok quality. Now, she is curious to his level and his ‘Smithing’ level. He was able to produce an ok quality so nim would be able to probably produce one after turning into a tailor. She just know that the dwarf has at least a ‘Smithing’ level above 10 because of the Crafter class requirement.

~Stitch~

~Stitch~

Boring…

~Stitch~

~Stitch

Being bored, her hands stopped moving asking herself as how does the dwarf enjoy crafting and why did he choose the crafter class. She finds the blacksmith job to be boring. All they would do is craft beside the hot furnace which she finds it troublesome.

‘I don’t think there are still blacksmiths in the real world. Or maybe, since there are no blacksmiths, he wants to try one.’

“Is there a problem?” asked Chloe while interrupting nim’s thoughts.

“You suddenly stopped sewing.”

“Ah…I just thought…something,” answers nim

“What is it, what is it?” curious, she too stopped sewing.

“Ah…that is………”

nim doesn’t want an another misunderstanding to the dwarf so she avoid asking it.

“Your….products…..what happens next?”

‘That was a bad cover up.’

“Oh, this? I sell them of course. I still need some earnings you know.” She grins

“Money…..no fees from your students?”

‘Now that I mention it, even the other instructors do not ask for payment.’

“Even if we want to, the rules do not let us ask money from starting players. Only when you change job that a payment will be needed.”

‘Rules again.’

nim already heard that word many time so she then deduced that the rules are really made by the producers to allow the players to have a good playing experience. Since, if there will be fee for acquiring jobs then newbies who used all of their money for strong weapons and equipments will not be able to pay for the fee. This will make a lot of players get angry since they will first have to earn money before they can choose a job.

“Ehehehe. Somehow you have a cute face there” she resumes her tailoring.

‘Not my face or I might hate you.’

She then tried to continue sewing a new cloth but her mind goes to a new topic.

nim thinks that if the NPCs for clothes is the NPC instructor for tailor job then Martha, the NPC for potions, is the NPC instructor for alchemy. nim, after all, bought potions from Martha. So if nim earlier decided to take the Alchemist job then she would have Martha as her instructor.

“I think……we should end it for now." Chloe cut down nim's monologue.

"You are thinking a lot of things. Let’s raise your ‘Sewing’ tomorrow”

nim looks at her game watch and sees the time 4:30 pm. She still has 30 more minutes to play.

“I can still…craft”

“It is better to have a good mood when crafting. Product’s quality also depends at the crafters mood.”

nim did crafted for 2 hours straight without rest. This is probably one of the factor of quality which nim is looking for. Now, nim understood why her quality are still bad despite having a ‘Sewing’ level of 3, though now 4.

“…I see…I will take my leave then.”

“Bye bye. Sleep well” While Chloe waves her hand.

“Bye”

nim then logged out. Her consciousness is being pulled.

She takes off her headgear, sits up from her bed and place the virtual gear on her table. She suddenly felt the stiff from her body for not moving too long she she did some stretching.

After stretching, she goes out of her room. She is then greeted by a familiar voice.

“Good morning” says Rhea while carrying a box.

“Good mo….It’s night” Lyka remember that it’s 4:30

“Didn’t you just risen from your slumber”

Lyka pouted.

‘I hate you.’ Lyka hates being teased but complaining probably won’t do anything so she instead change the subject.

“Those boxes…what are those?”

“Ah, I will be living here for a while. My home is kinda far from here.”

Lyka understood that much because she herself packed her belongings.

“I help…”

“My, how adorable of you. Then, can you move those small boxes on that room. It is my new room” since she is carrying a box, she points it out with her head motion.

Lyka agreed despite her being small. She can at least carry small boxes is wht she thought.. So she started carrying the small boxes and place them all at the room which her instructor pointed to.

“Humph”

Lyka just finished moving all the small boxes. She is tired moving them because she rarely do extraneous works because of her pampering father. She herself doesn’t mind it because she also hates extraneous work.

There is still a lot of time so Lyka tried to scan the room a little bit. What she finds is a messy room covered with boxes. Lyka thinks that she will have to remind her to clean the room later. She then noticed that there are a lot of boxes like she have brought all of her belongings with her. This makes Lyka curious.

So she opened one of the boxes.

~Shiick~

Dresses…

What about this one?

~Shiick`

Dresses…

~Shiick~

~Shiick~

~Shiick~

They are all dress…

Now, Lyka is confused as to why there is so much dresses. She finds it weird to bring a lot of dresses if not all will be used.

‘Are all women like this?’ She asked despite her being a woman also.

“Lyka, have you finished moving those small boxes”

This shocks and makes Lyka nervous.

“I-I-I did”

‘Not good. It will be a problem if she knows I took a peek.’

“Can you open the door? My hand is full”

“W-will do”

SHe hurriedly close the boxes

~Shiick~

~Shiick~

~Shiick~

“What’s taking you so long?”

“Coming”

~Shiick~

She rushes to open the door after she closes all the boxes.

“Is something wrong? It took you long to open the door.”

She shakes her head for no.

“Is that so? Just don’t take a peek at my belongings. ‘Kay?”

“I…did not”

Even though she did.

“’Kay. Will you excuse me for a bit?”

She then moves to the side so that her instructor can enter. Rhea enters in and places the box she is carrying at the pile of boxes.

“Humph. That’s the last one.”

She then looks at Lyka.

“When will your parents arrive” asked by Rhea.

Even though it’s been two years since she last saw her parents arrival after work, she still remembers the time they arrives.

“4 to 5”

“Is that so? They should be arriving soon then”

“What time is it?”

“Well, when I passed through your room, I saw your clock pointing at around 5:00. You should not forget to close your room. Especially that you are a girl” she smiled.

Lyka forgot to close the door because her attention was shifted to the boxes before.

~Knock~

~Knock~

“I’m home” Lyka heard the voice of her father.

~Creak~

~Thud~

“My, my. What timing.”

And then Rhea raised her voice so that her can hear her.

“Welcome back Michael” She then went out of the room.

Lyka also followed.

“Hello Ms. Rhea and Lyka. So you two had already met.” He then hugs Lyka

“…Hello” I greet back

“Don’t call me Ms. You make me remember that I’m still single. And yeah, we already met. She is a good child unlike the one how Elina describes her”

“HAHAHAHA. That’s very her. She likes to exaggerate things, even small things.” He then removes his hands off me and went inside.

“No, I think you are the one who has a problem. It is normal for parents to get mad from what Lyka did. Her reaction is only normal and your let it go is the one not normal”

‘My father is indeed abnormal.’ Lyka remembers the unusual behaviors of her father.

“Don’t worry, don’t worry. Everything went well. The issue is already solved.” He went straight to the fridge to get some water.

“Even if the issue is solved, I don’t think Elina will let it slide.”

“Even though we already had a fight last night but yeah, she won’t let it slide” he agreed

“…What will happen then?” I went beside him, tugged his dress and asked.

Lyka got anxious since it has something to do with her.

He then bends down.

“Don’t worry, dear, everything will go well.”

“And if not?”

“Hmmmmm…if not…then I will just hug her tightly until she says yes” He smiled.

‘You are indeed weird.’ But it makes Lyka smile and relieve.

“Oh my, how sweet of you. Elina must be very lucky to have you. She has a sweet husband.”

‘Actually, dad gives mom a headache always.’ Lyka disagreed.

“Unlike me, who has no partner yet. Also, to be beaten by my student at that. Ehe ehehehe” Rhea continues with a force laugh.

‘Why can’t she have a partner?’ Lyka find her to be attractive and kind. It is more weird that she can’t finds a lover.

“Ahahaha. You don’t have to be down. Being single doesn’t mean you are forever alone. Your perfect partner is waiting for a perfect timing.” He grins

“Michael……. You are so kind. I think I have fallen for you”

This shocked Lyka and Michael. Lyka then glared her.

“Don’t worry Lyka. I don’t plan to take your father away from you. It is just my way of thanking your father.”

“Still…your words…”

“Now, who is not the normal one” My father sighed.

He then change the subject.

“Why don’t we prepare for dinner? Everyone must be hungry, right?”

“Of course” Rhea agreed.

While Lyka nods.

“So, Lyka, did you enjoy my gift?” he asked while they are eating

“I did. It was fun.” Lyka then stare up as she reminisces her first arrival.

“I see, I am happy that you enjoyed it.”

“Is that so? Tell us what happened then.” Rhea interjected.

“Yes dear. Tell your daddy your adventures”

“Err…”

Lyka hates storytelling since she hates talking too much and explaining things.

“You don’t have to tell me everything, just the part where you enjoyed.” My father added.

If it’s the summarization then Lyka herself can do it.

“I…enjoyed the scenery.”

‘I did enjoy the sceneries. I love them.’

“From the time I woke up in a stone bed...and…see the insides of a temple…”

“I was mesmerized”

“The street were busy…but enjoyable…their street performances are beautiful”

“Even the forest…It has a nice view. Although, there are monsters…but I enjoyed fighting them…Even though I get hurts”

This make Lyka stop at her storytelling. She remembers that the reason why she stopped being an adventurer is because she had felt a very painful experience. She finds her last sentence to be a lie.

“I see, So what job are you taking then?”

“Oy Michael. Don’t ask your child a job when you just made them recall their fun times. You are spoiling her fun and you make her remember the harsh reality.” Rhea interjected yet again.

‘You’re the one who actually makes me remember the reality.’

“Oh, no no no. You interpret it wrong. ” My father declined.

“Job here has something to do within the game. It is something that a player choose within the game. Jobs here provides different types of gameplay for different persons. So players there picks the job where they enjoy the most.”

Her father’s words makes Lyka feels guilty.

‘I pick the tailor because I find it easier.’

“I don’t understand any of your explanation…but if it has something to do within the game then sorry for interrupting”

“No worries. Now then, what are you picking Lyka?”

“I….picked the tailor…”

Michael is shocked to hear it.

“I see…why did you choose the tailor job? Didn’t you enjoy adventuring”

She couldn’t tell him. She couldn’t tell that the reason is because she hated the pain so she avoided it. It will contradict to how she said it earlier.

“Because…I like it.”

Michael thinks for a moment before answering.

“…….I see. If you like it then there’s no problem. So, do you need a credit card?”

‘Why would I need one?’

Her mind is being read by her father.

“In the game, you can turn the real money into a premium coin. Premium coins acts like gold coins. They have the same value. But, you cannot change a gold coin into money unlike the premium coin. Remember the street performers you mentioned earlier? They sometimes get a premium coins from their performances from the players who enjoyed their performances. There are also some items made by the crafter which only accepts premium coin. In short, you can form your own business within the game. I thought you plan to form your own business but it seems I’m wrong.”

After hearing it, Lyka now has a new goal. She wanted to repay her father but she doesn’t know how she will earn money. But, if she can earn money within the game then she will be able to repay him. Though, she will be asking some money again for her credit card. She decided to just add it to her debt to repay.

“Ok…May I have one”

“Of course, dear. You will have it tomorrow.”

“Thank you”

Her father then smiled

“Why don’t you sleep early today? I think your lesson with Ma’m Rhea will start tomorrow. You will need a good sleep”

I nodded and I went to brush my teeth before sleeping.

“Why did you let her go?”I asked him

“Hmmm? About what?”

“I know that you know, also. Although I do not know much about the game, I know that she lied. It does not look like she likes the tailoring”

Michel then corrected his seat.

“Of course, she is lying. When we asked her what part she enjoyed, her one story told us that she enjoys the fight with the monster even though she got hurts so I thought that she is going for the adventurer job. But she never told us about the tailoring part. She sub-consciously did not tell us that part because she did not really like it.”

“You do have a point. But why did you let her go if you know”

“Ms. Rhea, people like her easily gets angry when you correct them. They do not want to admit that they are wrong. It is because they have done a big mistake before so they are trying to prevent another mistake. This makes them not wanting hear that they had made a mistake. Unfortunately, humans are still humans. We tend to make a mistake. So, only she can find her own wrongness”

“I see.” Rhea then smiled

~Knock~

~Knock~

“I’m home” she says it an exhausted voice.

~Creak~

~Thud~

“Oh, welcome home Elina” Rhea greeted her.

“W-welcome home Elina.” He also greeted in a nervous voice while sweating

‘Oh my, even though Michael put up a strong face in front of Lyka, he is actually afraid of Elina.’

She then deduced that he really loves her daughter

‘You are cute Michael.’

“S-so, how’s the meeting? You are kinda l-late today” he asked nervously

“I’m tired. I’m not in a mood to tell my stupid meeting” She said it in an irritated voice.

‘As usual, her hot temper probably exploded during the meeting.’

“I-I see. I prepared the dinner. Here, have a seat.” He gives off his own sit and also prepares her food.

“Hah… thank you Michael”

She accepted the offer, and she sits down and started to eat the food which Michael prepared for her. Rhea finds it amusing to watch them.

“So, how’s Lyka” she then asked.

This made Michael sweat more.

‘Oh my, how cute.’

“Ah… well…”

“Don’t worry, Lyka is doing good she is pretty obedient. Also we have not started the lesson until tomorrow. She is right now in her bed sleeping.” Rhea answered

“I see” she then continues eating

Michael then made a sigh of relief and he thanks Rhea by connecting his two palms together. She then waves her hand to say ‘Don’t mind it’.

“What are you standing there for Michael?”

“Ah….can you take care of your own plate?”

“Don’t worry, I am not that tired.”

“Ah, I see. I will be sleeping early then”

“Ok, goodnight. You too should go to bed early Ma’m Rhea”

“I will take that offer then”

And then I went to sleep also.

Lyka woke up early today. It is still 5 am and still has to sleep because she will have her first lesson today but she couldn’t sleep. She couldn’t sleep due to her being fixated to her sleeping time during her shut-ins. She would sometimes not sleep a day due to her playing her games continuously.

Sigh* She then stands up

She couldn’t sleep anymore so she decided to just wake up early. So she went to her desk and took her Virtual gear.

~Ping~

…

..

.

nim sits up from the stone bed again after my consciousness settles in. This time, the place is darker and there were fewer people. The players are still sleeping. She then went out of the temple.

Unlike before, the street is silent. There are no more performers, fighters, and artists. There are still a few people who walk at the silent street. But, it is still silent. None of them makes a noise.

She then continued my walk.

She is right now heading straight to Chloe to raise her ‘Sewing’ skill and soon be able to start doing business so that she can repay her father once she becomes a tailor.

And then a noise coming from a group of people broke the silent street. There were 5 of them.

“Are you sure about this?” asked by one of the two female.

“I hate ghosts” says by the other female

“Don’t worry. I will protect you all. And, besides once we reach the top of the tower, we will see a beautiful sunrise” says by a man with heavy armor

“Says by the one who got kicked by a ‘Mr Cricket’ and cried that he won’t play anymore” says by a male plane walker

“Gah! That was only before. I am not like my past!”

“Hoh, but you run away when you met the zombie”

“That was because…they were scary”

“And you admit it?”

“That was only before but I am not like my past self!”

“Alright, knock it off both of you. You are both attracting attention. Geez” while he touches his temple. He looks like an elf.

“Fine when will we start” asks the plane walker.

“Now” then the guy with heavy armor walks away.

“Sigh* at least give us the time to prepare” complained one the girls

They then followed the guy with heavy armor.

‘I see a party.’

nim had a nostalgia of having a party for herself during her shut-ins. It is fun days for nim before when she remembers their hunt, teamwork, plans and bossraids. Those days were a fun days when nim remembered them

She tries to continue her walk but was stopped by her thought.

‘A beautiful sunrise that can be see when you are at the top tower.’

The forest and the temple have beautiful scenery also even the street was also beautiful. So, nim also wants to see this sunrise. But she can’t. She can’t because she will become a tailor and tailor cannot adventure.

She then stop her walk.

‘Is tailoring the job I really want?’

New Origins Online

Volume 1 – The Town of Beginning, Démarrer.

Ch 5 – Do I Really Like it? Or Hate It?

~Stitch~

~Stitch~

Sitting in the bench are two women.

One of the girls prepares the white silk.

With ease, she magnificently turns the silk into a fine dress.

The other girl prepares a sheep wool

And she turns it into a mere rag.

~Stitch~

~Stitch~

~Ping~

>

Rag ( sheep wool )

A cloth made from the wool of sheep. The quality was poorly made so it can only provide as a cleaning material.

Quality: Bad

>

You have level upped! You are now lv 11.

>

Your ‘Sewing’ has level upped! ‘Sewing’ is now lv 4.

I wouldn’t be shocked if my ‘Sewing’ level up.

But I never knew that sewing can give me a level up.

Probably, any form of crafting can also give exp.

Crafters can’t fight so they can’t get exp.

They would be lag behind in lv.

So they will need another way to leech exp

And that would be the crafting items.

Although, I should be happy that two have level up.

I am still sad.

I have already made 12 cloths for 2 hours.

And yet, they are all still bad.

Is an average quality really that hard?

I hate you luck.

I have thought that having a ‘Sewing’ with lv 3,

Though now 4, will let me have a higher chance to produce average product.

What is happening when I level up my ‘Sewing’?

‘Sewing’ with lv 1 to 3 can’t be the same, right?

Is there a change in the rate of production?

Or the chance to procure better quality gets higher

And my luck is just low.

I really hate you luck.

“Don’t be sad nim. You are just starting so the quality is still low. Keep on sewing so that you can raise your ‘Sewing’ skill. Once you level up your ‘Sewing’ into 10 and turn into a tailor. I am sure that you will be able to produce an excellent quality someday”

“…Right” I then continued to practice.

Hearing you say that while holding an excellent quality

Will not make me feel good.

Excellent is too far you know.

I still have to make products starting from bad.

Then to average, ok, good and excellent.

At least, Say ‘You can create average products someday’.

*Sigh I shouldn’t think negative.

I already had leveled up my lv and ‘Sewing’.

I should be happy.

Speaking of quality.

The dagger I bought from Mr. Dwarf has an ok quality.

I wonder what level is he and his ‘Smithing’

For him to be able to produce an ok quality?

He is already a blacksmith so his Smithing is above 10.

I still have no comparisons

So I could only tell that his ‘Smithing’ is above level 10.

~Stitch~

~Stitch~

Boring…

~Stitch~

~Stitch

Does Mr. Dwarf enjoys crafting?

My hand stopped moving.

Why did he choose the crafter?

Is smithing enjoyable?

I don’t think there are still blacksmiths in the real world.

Am I wrong?

Or maybe, since there are no blacksmiths,

He wants to try one.

“Is there a problem?” asked Chloe while interrupting my thoughts.

“You suddenly stopped sewing.”

“Ah…I just thought…something,” answered nim

“What is it, what is it?” curious, she too stopped sewing.

“Ah…that is………”

How should I answer?

I don’t want a misunderstanding again like Martha

“Your….products…..what happens next?”

That was a bad cover up.

“Oh, this? I sell them of course. I still need some earnings you know.” She grins

“Money…..no fees from your students?”

Now that I mention it,

Even the other instructors do not ask for payment.

“Even if we want to, the rules do not let us ask money from starting players. Only when you change job that a payment will be needed.”

Rules again.

It must really be the producers who provide the rules.

This rule was made because,

There are beginners who would immediately buy strong weapons.

If the Instructors will ask payment,

Then, surely, they won’t be able to pay it.

They will be a novice until they save enough money.

“Ehehehe. Somehow you have a cute face there” she resumes her tailoring.

Not my face again.

I might hate you for this.

I then tried to continue sewing a new cloth.

But my mind went to a new topic.

So, if she is the NPC for clothes equipment while the instructor for tailoring,

Would Martha then be the instructor for alchemy?

Martha is the NPC whom I bought my potions.

She might have been my instructor if I choose alchemy.

I wonder how she teaches.

I hope she is not like the two instructors.

“I think……we should end it for now. You are thinking a lot of things. Let’s raise your ‘Sewing’ tomorrow”

I then look at my game watch.

It is still 4:30 pm.

I can still play for 30 more minutes.

“Ah…no…I can still craft”

“It is better to have a good mood when crafting. Product’s quality also depends at the crafters mood.”

I see.

I did craft for 2 hours straight.

Of course, my mind will be exhausted

Maybe, this is the reason why I produce low quality products.

Even though I’m lvl 3, now 4 though.

“…I see…I will take my leave then.”

“Bye bye. Sleep well” While she waves her hand.

“Bye”

I then logged out.

My consciousness is being pulled.

I take off my headgear,

Sit up from my bed

And place the virtual gear on my table.

My body felt stiff for not moving for too long

So I did some stretching.

After stretching, I went out of my room.

I am greeted by a familiar voice.

“Good morning” says Ma’m Rhea while carrying a box.

“Good mo….It’s night” I remember that it’s 4:30

“Didn’t you just risen from your slumber”

I pouted.

She seems to enjoy it.

I hate you for teasing.

Please don’t giggle.

So I change the subject.

“Those boxes…what are those?”

“Ah, I will be living here for a while. My home is kinda far from here.”

I see.

That makes sense.

“I help…”

“My, how adorable of you. Ok then, can you move those small boxes on that room. It is my new room” since she is carrying a box, she points it out with her head motion.

I nodded.

If it’s those small boxes then there should be no problem.

I then moved to start carrying.

I then placed the box on the floor

This should be the last one.

“Humph”

I finished moving them.

It tired me a little bit but I guess it’s okay.

I then scanned the room.

This room is messy because of the boxes.

Ma’m Rhea will need to clean this room later.

And she will have to unpack all this boxes.

Wait, aren’t this too many?

It is almost like she brought all her belongings.

I then question my teacher.

What is within those boxes?

What are those small boxes that I carried?

Out of curiosity I opened one.

~Shiick~

Dresses…

What about this one?

~Shiick`

Dresses…

~Shiick~

~Shiick~

~Shiick~

They are all dress…

Why are there so many of them?

She won’t be permanently living here, right?

One box should be enough.

“Lyka, have you finished moving those small boxes”

I am shocked by her sudden calling.

“I-I-I did”

Not good.

It will be a problem if she knows I took a peek.

“Can you open the door? My hand is full”

“W-will do”

I hurriedly close the boxes

~Shiick~

~Shiick~

~Shiick~

“What’s taking you so long?”

“Coming”

~Shiick~

After I close all the boxes,

I rush to open the door.

“Is something wrong? It took you long to open the door.”

I shake my head for no.

“Is that so? Just don’t take a peek at my belongings. ‘Kay?”

“I…did not”

Even though I did.

“’Kay. Will you excuse me for a bit?”

I then moved to the side so that she can enter.

She moves in and places the box she is carrying at the pile of boxes.

“Humph. That’s the last one.”

She then looks at me.

“When will your parents arrive” asked by Ma’m Rhea.

It’s been two years since I last stayed at this house.

But, I still remember the time they arrive.

“4 to 5”

“Is that so? They should be arriving soon then”

“What time is it?”

“Well, when I passed through your room, I saw your clock pointing at around 5:00. You should not forget to close your room. Especially that you are a girl” she smiled.

Was it open?

I couldn’t remember since my attention shifted to the box.

~Knock~

~Knock~

“I’m home” comes from the voice of my father.

~Creak~

~Thud~

“My, my. What timing.”

And then Ma’m Rhea raised her voice so that father can hear her.

“Welcome back Michael”

She then went out of the room.

I followed her.

“Hello Ms. Rhea and Lyka. So you two have already met.” He then hugs me

“…Hello” I greet back

“Don’t call me Ms. You make me remember that I’m still single. And yeah we already met. She is a good child unlike the one how Elina describes her”

“HAHAHAHA. That’s very her .She likes to exaggerate things, even small things.” He then removes his hands off me and went inside.

“No, I think you are the one who has a problem. It is normal for parents to get mad from what Lyka did. Her reaction is only normal and your let it go is the one not normal”

My father is indeed abnormal.

I hate some of his weird behavior.

But I loved them most of the time.

“Don’t worry, don’t worry. Everything went well. The issue is already solved.” He went straight to the fridge to get some water.

“Even if the issue is solved, I don’t think Elina will let it slide.”

“Even though we already had a fight last night but yeah, she won’t let it slide” he agreed

“…What will happen then?” I went beside him, tugged his dress and asked.

I got anxious since it has something to do with me.

He then bends down.

“Don’t worry, dear, everything will go well.”

“And if not?”

“Hmmmmm…if not…then I will just hug her tightly until she says yes” He smiled.

You are indeed weird.

It is not that reassuring.

But I like your plan.

“Oh my, how sweet of you. Elina must be very lucky to have you. She has a sweet husband.”

Actually, dad gives mom a headache always.

“Unlike me, who has no partner yet. Also, to be beaten by my student at that. Ehe ehehehe” forced laugh

Ma’m Rhea has just snapped.

Why can’t she have a partner?

I find her to be attractive and kind.

“Ahahaha. You don’t have to be so down. Being single doesn’t mean you are alone forever. Your perfect partner is waiting for a perfect timing.” He grins

“Michael……. You are so kind. I think I have fallen for you”

This shocked me and my dad.

I then glared her.

“Don’t worry Lyka. I don’t plan to take your father away from you. It is just my way of thanking your father.”

“Still…your words…”

It still surprised me.

“Now, who is not the normal one” My father sighed.

My dad then changed the subject.

“Why don’t we prepare for dinner. Everyone must be hungry, right?”

“Of course” Ma’m Rhea agreed.

While I nodded.

“So, Lyka, did you enjoy my gift?” he asked while we were eating

“I did. It was fun.” While I stare up to recall the game.

“I see, I am happy that you enjoyed it.”

“Is that so? Tell us what happened then.” Ma’m Rhea interjected.

“Yes dear. Tell your daddy your adventures”

“Err…”

I hate story telling.

Especially if it’s my story.

I can hardly talk when I tell a story.

“You don’t have to tell me everything, just the part where you enjoyed.” My father added.

Just the part where I enjoyed.

I think I can at least summarize some.

“I…enjoyed the scenery.”

I did enjoyed the sceneries.

I love them.

“From the time I woke up in a stone bed...and…see the insides of a temple…”

“I was mesmerized”

“The street were busy…but enjoyable…their street performances are beautiful”

“Even the forest…It has a nice view. Although, there are monsters…but I enjoyed fighting them…Even though I get hurts”

Even though I get hurts…

Did I not run away earlier?

Because I received a heavy kick.

Now that I noticed, I did not enjoy my second log in when I receive the kick.

No, I did enjoy the tailoring part.

…

Did I?

“I see, So what job are you taking then?”

“Oy Michael. Don’t ask your child a job when you just made them recall their fun times. You are spoiling her fun and you make her remember the harsh reality.” Ma’m Rhea interjected.

You’re the one who actually makes me remember the reality.

“Oh, no no no. You interpret it wrong. ” My father declined.

“Job here has something to do within the game. It is something that a player choose within the game. Jobs here provides different types of gameplay for different persons. So players there picks the job where they enjoy the most.”

The job where we enjoy the most.

I pick the tailor because I find it easier.

“I don’t understand any of your explanation…but if it has something to do within the game then sorry for interrupting”

“No worries. Now then, what are you picking Lyka?”

“I….picked the tailor…”

Why do I feel sad saying it?

My father seemed to be shocked.

“I see…why did you choose the tailor job? Didn’t you enjoy adventuring”

Somehow, I couldn’t tell him.

That, I hated the pain so I avoided it.

And I picked the crafter class because I do not have to fight.

It will contradict at how I story tell earlier.

“Because…I like it.”

Father fell silent for a few seconds

Before he answered

“…….I see. If you like it then there’s no problem. So, do you need a credit card?”

Why would I need one?

Somehow, he is able to read my mind.

“In the game, you can turn the money into a premium coin. Premium coins acts like gold coins. They have the same value. But, you cannot change a gold coin into money unlike the premium coin. Remember the street performers you mentioned earlier? They sometimes get a premium coins from their performances from the players who enjoyed their performances. There are also some items made by the crafter which only accepts premium coin. In short, you can form your own business within the game. I thought you plan to form your own business but it seems I’m wrong.”

Is that so?

I can get money within the game?

If that is the case, I can pay back my dad.

I still feel indebted to you, dad.

So, I will make sure to repay you.

Although, I will be burrowing money from dad to gain a credit card.

I’ll just add it to my repayment.

Ok, I have now set my goal.

I will become a tailor and earn enough money.

“Ok…May I have one”

“Of course dear. You will have it tomorrow.”

“Thank you”

My father then smiled

“Why don’t you sleep early today. I think your lesson with Ma’m Rhea will start tomorrow. You will need a good sleep”

I nodded and I went to brush my teeth before sleeping.

“Why did you let her go?”I asked him

“Hmmm? About what?”

“I know that you know also. Although I do not know much about the game, I know that she lied. It does not look like she likes the tailoring”

He then corrected his seat.

“Of course, she is lying. When we asked her what part she enjoyed, her one story told us that she enjoys the fight with the monster even though she got hurts so I thought that she is going for the adventurer job. But she never told us about the tailoring part. She sub-consciously did not tell us that part because she did not really like it.”

“You do have a point. But why did you let her go if you know”

“Ms. Rhea, people like her easily gets angry when you correct them. They do not want to admit that they are wrong. It is because they have done a big mistake before so they are trying to prevent another mistake. This makes them not wanting hear that they had made a mistake. Unfortunately, humans are still humans. We tend to make a mistake. So, only she can find her own wrongness”

“I see.” I then smiled

~Knock~

~Knock~

“I’m home” she says it an exhausted voice.

~Creak~

~Thud~

“Oh, welcome home Elina” I greeted her.

“W-welcome home Elina.” He also greeted in a nervous voice while sweating

Oh my, even though Michael put up a strong face in front of Lyka,

He is actually afraid of Elina.

He must truly love Lyka for him to fights for her.

You are cute Michael.

“S-so, how’s the meeting? You are kinda l-late today” he asked nervously

“I’m tired. I’m not in a mood to tell my stupid meeting”

She said it in an irritated voice.

Her hot temper probably exploded during the meeting.

“I-I see. I prepared the dinner. Here, have a seat.” He gives off his own sit

And he also prepares her food.

“Hah… thank you Michael”

She accepted the offer.

So, she sits down and start eating the food Michael prepared.

It is funny seeing them.

“So, how’s Lyka” she then asked.

This made Michael sweat more.

Oh my, how cute.

“Ah… well…”

“Don’t worry, Lyka is doing good she is pretty obedient. Also we have not started the lesson until tomorrow. She is right now in her bed sleeping.”

“I see” she then continued

Michael then made a sigh of relief

and he thanks me by connecting his two palms together.

I then waved my hand to say ‘Don’t mind it’

“What are you standing there for Michael?”

“Ah….can you take care of your own plate?”

“Don’t worry, I am not that tired.”

“Ah, I see. I will be sleeping early then”

“Ok goodnight. You too should go to bed early Ma’m Rhea”

“I will take that offer then”

And then I went to sleep also.

Lessons will start today.

It is still 5 am so I should get some more sleep.

But I couldn’t sleep anymore.

I am fully awake.

No matter how hard I try to catch my sleep,

I still couldn’t sleep.

Probably, I adopted my lifestyle during my shut-ins.

I sometimes do not sleep for a day.

And I am now trying to revert back to my old lifestyle.

Sigh*

I then stand up and went to my desk.

And I took my Virtual gear.

~Ping~

…

..

.

After my consciousness settled in, I sit up from the stone bed again.

But this time, the place is darker

And there were fewer people here.

They are probably still sleeping.

I then went out of the temple.

The street is dead silent.

There are no more performers, fighters, and artists.

It is silent.

There are still a few people who walk at the silent street.

But it is not enough to produce the busy street.

I then continued my walk.

I am heading straight to Chloe to raise my ‘Sewing’ skill

and be able to start my own business once I became tailor.

And then, a noise from a group of people filled the silent street.

I naturally looked at the source.

There were 5 of them.

“Are you sure about this?” asked by one of the two female.

“I hate ghosts” says by the other female

“Don’t worry. I will protect you all. And, besides once we reach the top of the tower, we will see a beautiful sunrise” says by a man with heavy armor

“Says by the one who got kicked by a ‘Mr Cricket’ and cried that he won’t play anymore” says by a male plane walker

“Gah! That was only before. I am not like my past!”

“Hoh, but you run away when you met the zombie”

“That was because…they were scary”

“And you admit it?”

“That was only before but I am not like my past self!”

“Alright, knock it off both of you. You are both attracting attention. Geez” while he touches his temple.

He looks like an elf.

“Fine when will we start” asks the plane walker.

“Now” then the guy with heavy armor walks away.

“Sigh* at least give us the time to prepare” complained one the girls

They then followed the guy with heavy armor.

I see a party.

How nostalgic.

I once had a party before during my shut-ins.

It is fun hunting together during those times.

How we work together.

How we plan.

How we raid a boss.

It was fun during those days.

I then start walking again.

But I was interrupted by my sudden thought.

A beautiful sunrise that can be see when you are at the top tower.

The forest and the temple has a beautiful scenery.

Even the street was also beautiful.

So, I also want to see this sunrise.

But I can’t since I am a tailor now.

I then stop my walk.

Is tailoring the job I really want?