7: Explain
-Ptsssssssss…
-Sch-rick!
[Playtime: 50:06:17 Clock hours. 150:12:51 System hours.]
[Welcome back, second master. Master has been waiting for you.]
The door of the chariot capsule opened and as soon as he looked outside, a Warm smile was greeting him.
"Hello darling~. Did you have fun~."
Alex was smiling at him warmly right outside of his game capsule.
He knew he was going to get trashed after wasting her entire afternoon, and then not showing up to where she wanted him for six whole system days.
He knew she must have been waiting in that town by herself, and also that she would be angry that he did not show up for so many days.
He knew he was going to be scolded but the look she had right now was more of rage than anything positive.
"Alex… I can explain."
"Ho? You can? What do you want to explain though? That you got too immersed in gaming that you stood up your girl for not a few hours but six fucking days?"
She was still smiling warmly and the way she was talking so calmly right now sent shivers down his entire body.
"I… well, you see… the thing is…"
He wanted to explain to her why he couldn't show up or what he was even doing in that situation.
He wanted to explain himself, but she just kept looking at him with that Warm smile without saying anything for a solid five minutes.
"…"
"..."
She wasn't saying anything and she wasn't doing anything either so the tension between them got so bad that he had no choice but to just make a move himself.
"..."
"I'm still stuck with my tutorial."
He got out of the chariot while saying that, surprising her with his sudden words.
"What do you mean you're still stuck with the tutorial?"
In this gaming room of theirs, there were a lot of expensive equipment and many of them cost a fortune.
Some things here like the capsules that they used were one of a kind and were practically invaluable.
He could not engage in combat in this place. They had a dedicated room for conflict resolution so, without saying anything more, he just moved to that room first.
"What do you mean you're still stuck with the tutorial?!"
As soon as they were in the special room created for physical combat, she asked the same question again while jumping at him from behind.
"As I said…"
But he was already prepared for that, so he jumped up and performed a backflip before landing on her head with one foot and jumping once again.
"I'm still doing the tutorial."
It had been more than two days in the real world and six days in the game. It was more than enough time for anyone to finish even the difficult tutorial quests or even some of the scenario quests.
"Did you receive some kind of special quest as well?" For a moment, she was happy thinking he got the rare quest that even she had not received at the start.
She moved quickly, used a nearby stepping rod dug in the wall to jump up, and before her boyfriend could react, she aimed her slippers at his chin.
-Dhum!
"No. It was just a subjugation quest. To subjugate 30 creatures higher level than me."
He blocked her attack with his forearm fortified with his other arm to absorb the impact.
As he did that, he was in midair so it was a little difficult and he was thrown a few feet away from her due to the strong impact of her punch.
"Ughh."
She was strong. Way stronger than him physically… but, he still survived against her every time.
"The fuck are you doing then?! That's practically one of the easiest things out there!"
She was a veteran so, the moment she heard the quest was actually about subjugation, a switch flipped in her head and she moved even faster than him, closed their distance, and grabbed him by his collar when he tried running away.
"What's so difficult about killing a bunch of weak-ass things at bottom levels?! Your opponents wouldn't be higher than (Level-10) anyway!"
When he was in her hands, he knew his current position was one of the worst he had ever been in.
-Slap!
She had a strange habit of slapping things… and just as he knew, since he was already in her hands, she slapped him before anything else.
"Subjugation tutorials are so easy even the worst trash noobs clear it in three or so hours! 30 creatures isn't even that many!"
She first slapped his face, and then she slapped his head. Then, she played brutally and punched his kidneys, and after that, realizing he was in pain already, she stopped, looked at his helpless face— and almost got emotional when he did not play any tricks like he usually did.
"Tell me honestly…"
Removing her hands from his neck, she hugged him first, got emotional, did not feel sorry for what she did, but instead got worried that something unexpected might have happened to him.
"Explain, please."
He was smart and knew all about the creatures that might appear in the tutorial quests.
She had told him all that he would need to know and as someone who had worked with countless content creators famous for their special content about this game, he had much more knowledge than some normal newbie.
"Well…"
She was worried that something so unexpected happened to him that- despite his wish to not kill anything with his own hands- he had faced something unavoidable.
"How about we talk over dinner?"
She was hugging him tightly… so tightly that he was having difficulty breathing.
Her slender hands did not justify her strength. Her entire body which looked more natural rather than muscular did not justify just how stupidly strong she was either.
Even for him, it was sometimes difficult to deal with this one.
So, he first made her release him, and then after reassuring her that he was fine and nothing too serious had happened with him, he grabbed her hands and led her to their dining hall.
She was the one that made their meals and she had prepared another attractive feast for them tonight.
She was lovely. Even with her little complex characteristics.
"So…"
Sitting at their dining table beside one another, he told her everything that he had experienced in these past two days while enjoying her delicious cooking.
And, contrary to his expectations, she really was surprised at the end of his story…