CHAPTER 15 (Muriel's Confession)
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Chapter 15
(Hunter)
In the Williams mansion, Hunter just came home from University as soon as he opened the door Mr. Williams greeted him with a question.
"Hunter, you might have forgotten to raise your grades," Mr. Williams said.
Mr. Williams, his father, a governor with great responsibility to the people. He is wearing a white polo and slack pants you will not see it informally. Hunter smiled bitterly before he passed his father.
"Hunter, I'm still talking to you!" Mr. Williams grunted, the reason it stopped from walking.
"Maybe you want to check my grades, and go to the Dean to finish your worries," Hunter responded while still turning his back to its father.
Back then he was still having a hard time with school lessons he couldn't really understand the lessons, but now he knows a lot it's easy peasy to him. He continued walking through its room straight to his expensive PC. Sky, his best friend, makes him feel that he is normal, unlike his classmates who also look up to him because they knew the governor was his father.
Hunter opened his PC and clicked the continue button. Yes, Hunter is one of the lucky players who was reborn and returned to the past. His Father dictated him throughout his life, he was tired of working and thinking about the welfare of others so it led to suicide in his previous life.
The reborn game started to swallow him up in the virtual world. He looks like Sky, he is also a swordsman and a member of the fighters' guild. They are not like the Blood from the shadows guild because they are individually. While Abigor's guild emerge together to strengthen their team.
Hunter's name in the game was Nimrod; this name meaning is a skilled hunter. The sky was a canvas of colors when Hunter reached the place on its second task. This is what the Magalon Kingdom looks like, as the hologram said to his first task: find and kill the Prince of Magalon kingdom.
He can see the wide land of the Magalon kingdom from the high mountains of Magalon. The Magalon castle walls are the strongest thing for miles around. It is built of stones of varying sizes and shapes, each one unique. From a distance it is uniform grey, from up close it is a mosaic of humble rocks, each of them nobody would think anything of were they loose by the roadside. But together they are a castle.
Nimrod quickly descended to the foot of the mountain of the Magalon Kingdom. The Great Magalon Kingdom is located at the South of the virtual map. The drawbridge of the Magalon Kingdom was bigger and higher than the Imperial kingdom and it's open to everyone except for the people who want to occupy their territory. Nimrod entered the drawbridge of the Magalon with no hesitation because there's so many villagers around there.
"Wow, I didn't expect that this place was crowded and huge," Nimrod said.
The whole road of the entrance is full of people walking to the clean and long road. Citizens of the Magalon Kingdom seem to be friendly and kind. Nimrod walking and finding the huge castle of the Magalon, The King and Queen of this Magalon Kingdom looks like a great ruler.
Nimrod looks around as he sees the woman with some details of armored design. It looks like a player too… He can ask her.
"Hey," Nimrod stopped her.
The woman with short hair stopped as she heard Nimrod's voice. The woman turned to him and raised its eyebrows.
"What?"
Nimrod scratches its head, "I would have asked where the castle is,"
"Oh, I'm actually going there too," she answered.
"Really?" Nimrod hesitated.
"Yes, let's go together," she said.
He was suddenly embarrassed by the woman because she raised an eyebrow at him and now she wants them together.
"O-okay let's go," he answered.
While they are walking, Nimrod can't help to look at her boyish cut. He did not know if it was a lesbian or a woman.
"Hey," Nimrod said, breaking the silence.
"Hmm?" the woman answered and was still straight looking.
"What guild you are, and what's your name?" he asked.
"Assassin's, and my name is Letisha," she answered continuously.
"Are you new here?" he asked.
"Yes, I started yesterday,"
"Soloist?" Nimrod asked
"Do I have someone with me?" she answered poker face.
"Ah, yeah, I see," he chuckled awkwardly.
In Nimrod's mind, the ugly thing is, even though she's beautiful, she's more than masculine to me when she answers.
After one-half hour of silent walking. They didn't realize that they were close to Magalon Castle.
"Here we are,"
…
Meanwhile in the Ganial University Winter and Sky were already walking near the gate of their school. Afternoon class is over, and they are planning to go first at Winter's condo. They just intended to get Winter clothes… Winter will go to their apartment more often because they need to play everyday together.
After she took enough clothes for a week in her condo. Sky and Winter went straight to its apartment. Sky's Mom was not there because she went to work today.
"Let's visit Princess Linea, if we have more time," she suggested, and sit in his gaming chair.
"Okay, that's fine," Sky answered.
"Yeah, can't wait to see her, it's a pity we didn't even say goodbye to her," she said.
"They can see us if they do that, we can't talk about the real world to her," Sky explained.
Sky clicked the continue button again as they placed the thalamus gear on their head.
They dropped into Princess Linea's old trattorie, and she was no longer there.
"Is this Princess Linea's place?" Amethyst asked.
"I think yes," Azure answered.
He walked towards the cabinet and opened it. The red gown was still there.
"I think she's not her anymore," Azure said, and he inspected the entire interior of the trattorie restaurant.
Azure saw a piece of white wool cloth that looked torn. He took it off and Amethyst noticed that it was from Princess Linea.
"Wait, that torn cloth is from Princess Linea," she said.
"I see, it looks like the King has found her," he said.
"What? But that king is bad, isn't he?" she asked.
"I don't know that, did she tell you?" Azure asked too.
"Ah, you fell asleep, then I forgot," she said.
"Oh yeah, I remember," Azure said.
"Maybe, she's still here," she exclaimed while pushing the door.
The light of the sunlight greeted them. There seems to be no trace of people around the place that became silent.
"Nobody's outside," Amethyst said.
"It looked like something happened here," Azure doubted.
They exited the old trattorie restaurant. The rough land became silent, different from what they saw last time. The doors of each house were all closed as if no one was there.
Azure looked around while they were walking. The rough land seemed ghost land because of silentness.
"Where are the people here," Amethyst said.
As they continue to search for the answer. They seem to hear footsteps in their back.
"Wait," Azure whispered, then he slightly raised his hand to stop Amethyst from walking.
"What," Amethyst said in a low tone.
"Who are you?" Azure said.
Amethyst tried to look back, but Azure's gesture had stopped her. The footsteps vanished means the person who followed them stopped also from walking. Azure and Amethyst turned their back and saw the same person in the queue in their last game.
"You? Why are you following us?" he asked.
Amethyst was surprised to see the young in front of her. In Amethyst's mind, why would he follow us if he can easily approach us?
"I have something to tell," he said desperately.
Azure and Amethyst looked at each other as they confused on what's going on.
…
After the three meet again. He invited them to his little old house so he could discuss what he wanted to say.
"I'm sorry, it's a bit messy here," he said.
Azure and Amethyst both sit on its long wooden chair. He watches every move of the young man because it acts strangely. Their chairs face each other, Azure and Amethyst both sit on the same chair because it is long enough to fit them together while the young man chair is a single chair that faces them.
"Spill it up, we have to do something else," Azure said.
Young man gulped, and he Didn't know how to start.
"Hey, did something happen? Tell us," Amethyst asked worriedly.
"Simon, my fellow citizens here in rough land, took Princess Linea's back to the castle," he explained.
"Hmm, what is Simon's role in the King?" Azure asked.
"Simon was King Adelio's right hand," he said.
"Okay, I see. And why did Simon trace Linea's place?" Azure asked.
The young man pretends to cough to tell him he should call Princess Linea, not Linea.
Amethyst glared to Sky to do what it said.
"I accidentally told him, 'My brother is in danger if I don't say where Princess Linea's place is," he explained.
Their hologram appears again saying that they have a new task.
Player, help Princess Linea to escape in Imperial castle — and you will gain 7 points.
- Writer
