VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

"Is that so? Oh, haha. Didn't we tell you~?

Of course of course~. Oh! Yes! We wanna know about the tutorial as well~!

Tell us when we meet next time. Yes.

Yes, alright, go go.

It's almost time to open the store.

Yeah, alright."

He waved his hand at Olive and closed down the holographic window that was present before the two of them.

Then he placed the watch back on his wrist, and looked beside him, at Alex.

"Seems like she's having fun."

"And unlike a certain someone, it seems like she finished up the tutorial as well. That's a good thing."

Olive or Erisea to be more precise, had finished up her first few days in that fun world, and it seemed like she had fun with all the new kinds of experiences.

"I didn't take that long for the tutorial because I wanted to. It just happened to be like that!"

Alex still teased him over how he took so many days just with a simple tutorial where he had to deal with a bunch of slimes.

It was no big deal, he could have finished the job had he killed them after gaining a few levels through his observation ability, but he didn't do that.

Instead, he went ahead and tamed them, made a family, and spent almost a week of real time with them.

"Of course you didn't want that. You're just a dumb little Good Boy."

"Hey!"

He didn't like it when she called him that. It was embarrassing since she called him that because of how close he was with his mom.

"Alright alright, big baby."

With a kiss on his angry face, she got up while shaking her head, a smile present on her lips.

"Anyway…"

She walked up to the kitchen, and with a fun smile, Elio walked behind her as well.

"Try to find out where you are when you get back in, and, if possible, check if the message system's working or not.

That [Friendzone] shit never works when something like this happens."

She took out a bottle of white wine, picked up two coffee mugs, and then, avoiding Elio who was coming at her with no-so-pure intentions, she walked out into the hallroom.

"Where do you think I'd be? Some kind of cave or something? A forest?"

"Nah, you'd be dead by now if that were the case. You were alive for, like, over a day in that place.

No player could stay alive even in the most simple cave or forest for that long."

She poured him a cup, and half for herself as well. It was an expensive wine that they were saving for a special occasion, but right now was more special than anything else could have been.

These mugs were something his mom gave them as a couple gift on their third 'dating' anniversary so they cherished them much more than some wine glasses as well.

"Then? Where am I? In some kind of elvan settlement? In the east, perhaps in some hidden master's crib?"

"You've read too much of those eastern novels, Elio… oh, wait. You've written a few as well." She shook her head with a smile while flicking his head.

"Yeah, sure. There are countless possibilities. You could be anywhere on the six continents of [Areht].

On the west would be better since we had to go to that Jungle, but there's the eastern continent filled with the eastern stuff that you've been so interested in, there's the North filled with 'modern' stuff, and then there are the other three smaller continents that Players don't know much about yet.

Closer would be better, much better if you are around some city or at least a town, but if you are lost in some dangerous place, we'd take a while to meet back."

She had her fears. He knew that much.

And he had his own fears as well.

"Welp, you're somewhere at least. That much is a good sign, right~?"

But at least, she didn't take this matter too negatively.

It was a game, he was somewhere, he was fine most probably, and if they found out where he was, she could use one of the three High-distance Teleportation scrolls to get to him so that they could be together.

"Az and Miu, Miss Rin and Misha will be fine without you if you're worried about them, so let's not think about bad things and work on getting back together, ok?"

"Yeah…"

He wanted to say something right now, he wanted to ask Her if She would be fine without him or not, but he didn't.

He just took another sip from his Blue mug and smiled bitterly at her.

"Don't be all sad on me now, bastard. It's not like we will be apart forever."

"Yeah…"

It'd be better if that were the case.

"But…"

He placed his mug to the side and grabbed her hands.

"Promise me you'll continue playing without me there, alright? Without doing anything funny as well…

Az needs people around, they get scared when they're alone and Miu needs light so try to keep the two of them together.

Misha is starting to get a hold of her power, so she might awaken them pretty soon, look after her… and Miss Rin will think all of this is her fault so try telling her it's fine.

Odin… well, we don't have to worry about him. But at least tell Viscount that I'm fine.

If it's not too far, I'll get back to you all as quickly as I can, but even if I can't do that, promise me you'll keep looking for your Keys as you come to where I might be, alright?

We don't have to do everything together."

Though, that was the whole point of Them playing this game.

"Alright…"

She didn't like it, this was fucked up for her as well, but there was little she could do about this.

They did not know where he was yet, so she was still thinking positively, but if worse came to worst, she knew she would have to be prepared.

"Alex."

Elio knew she would be alright as well, but that wasn't going to be enough.

"…"

"If you start crying right now, neither of us will get to play today, and we won't know where I am either."

"I know that!"

She wasn't crying. There was no sign indicating she was about to do so either. But he knew her better than anyone else.

"I'll be fine, you Dummy!"

She finished her cup, and stood up from her seat.

And then she made him stand up as well.

"Go now. Go and start, find out where you are somehow. And don't you dare die wherever you are!"

If he died, he'd get a penalty. And if he couldn't play, she won't be playing either, which will only hinder their progress.

"Of course, I know what'll happen to me if I do."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Dying wasn't an option for him. Or else he would have to suffer IRL.

"Right? Let's go now. Let's go!"

He didn't know what was going to happen to him when he got back, but at least, for now, he was also thinking positively.

And… he was hoping for the best, even though he knew it was not what he should be doing according to the common lore of the separation tales.