My Bothersome Life - Chapter 345

“Thank you for bringing me here,” I was about to cry.

Many light novels and romance comic books were also present in the virtual library. Unique decorations and objects that resembled the ones I found at the mall before I bought those candles were also here. Like the perfume that made a certain area smell like roses all the time. Or the ceiling and lighting changing all the time to fit the mood.

I wouldn’t have to go to the gaming centre in the second district anymore with all those games that appeared on the screen before entering the virtual world. This place was heaven. I could also smell some greasy pizza popping out of a robot like they had ordered one in advance. I was so glad I decided to follow them.

“Can I stay here forever?” I spun to thank them again.

“Don’t you also have these things in that big mansion?” Eliza crossed her arms.

“We don’t. We don’t have a single thing like these things here. They don’t exist,” I grabbed both of her hands, almost in tears.

“I want to play this game,” I lifted up a console.

“Can you show me how to use it?” I looked at the three of them.

“It’s pretty simple,” Elise started to introduce me to how to use all the features.

My eyes glittered as I observed how the TV screen showed what she did inside the game. This was what I was missing out on the entire time. I started to thank Eliza for breaking in so many times that she stayed at least a metre away from me, sick of my gratitude. Before I decided to enter the game, I melted under the taste of the oily cheese inside my mouth. Pizza was a great luxury that I only had eaten once in my entire life before this.

“This is so good,” I couldn’t stop praising this place.

“Can I live here forever?” I turned to them.

Their eyes widened as I ended up finishing all the pizza on my own. I also ate the fries and chicken wings they had ordered afterwards. Actual tears dripped down my cheeks from joy as they wondered what kind of life I had lived until now. There were so many things I wanted to try out here. I just didn’t know where to start.

I decided to start off by entering the game. Completely immersed in the RPG game to defeat the demon king in that world. I couldn’t exit from the game, making Elise worry for me that I was getting addicted. She sent me a bunch of messages that I should get out of the game to eat dinner. Dinner was noodles dipped in various sauces, another food I was fond of in my former life.

But I couldn’t place the headgear out of my head until Elise had to forcefully turn the console off. I pouted as I dragged myself to the dinner table. The game was like nothing I had experienced before. I was just getting a hang of leveling up every few minutes. However, I couldn’t help but soften from the delicious food, making me forgive Elise.

“You have to sleep Rika,” Elise wouldn’t allow me to enter the game again.

“I have to level up,” I pulled out the most pitiful eyes I had from my acting skills.

“I’m almost done defeating a goblin!” I argued.

“Please? Only one more hour?” I clasped my hands together.

“That’s what everyone says at first,” Eliza agreed with her sister.

“Please? Only thirty more minutes?” I started to negotiate.

Elise sighed as she passed the headgear to me. I brightly smiled like she was an angel as I quickly began to get addicted to the game. I had purchased a bunch of armour and some swords to get to the next dungeon. Everyone sent me so many presents, being friendly to the newcomer. Did I ever have to leave such a paradise for a horrible world?

It was easy for me to level up as some of the skills from real life was transferred. My role was a hero as I soon formed a party with other people for some of my athletic skills that I was able to replicate from dance. This world was everything I imagined that the futuristic first district would possess. I groaned, not willing to have Elise take away the headgear for the second time after she turned it off again.

“Rika!” Elise pointed at the time.

“Just a few more hours!” I wasn’t willing to part from the headgear.

“Please,” I began to have tears well up in my eyes.

“I don’t know when I’ll ever be able to play this game again in my lifetime. This is my only chance. Luke doesn’t let me near these things. He doesn’t have anything like this in his mansion!” I tightly hugged the console.

“I can’t Rika. It’s already been five hours!” Elise opened the curtains with a button.

The sunshine burned my eyes. The sun was indeed an enemy to people like us. This was why I had blinds in my room in my former life. I squinted my eyes as I backed away from the window. I didn’t need sleep, I needed to level up. I was just about to evolve before she turned the game off. I hissed as I tried to search for a place with some shade.