The television screen shows Helena and Kahfi getting up and getting ready to fight again. And at that moment, I stood happily.
I looked at my watch and said, "It's late, I better go home now."
Tiara stood up. "You want to go home? Why don't you just stay here?"
"No. You know, I am a man and you are a woman, what if people see us later? So, I'll just go back home."
"Well... But..."
"We can still meet, I won't disappear as I did in that game." I turned around. "Then, I will-"
"Wait!" Tiara suddenly grabbed my shirt with her finger.
"What is wrong?" I said, just turning my head to see Tiara's face.
"Tomorrow... how about tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow?" I'm a little confused because tomorrow is Sunday.
"I'll pick you up, tomorrow."
"Pick me up? What for?"
"Hmm..." Tiara suddenly puffed out her cheeks.
"Hmm?"
"Hmm... You forgot about it again."
"Forget it? Forget what?"
"Go shopping."
Not bad, I forgot to shop with him tomorrow.
Turning towards him, I looked away and scratched my cheek lightly.
"Hahaha, oh yes. I can't possibly forget it. Hahaha."
"Then, I'll pick you up later."
"No need, I can walk here."
"Hmm..." Again, Tiara puffed out her cheeks.
Why? Why is she so cute? No, wait, before that, why? Why is she like that? Why? Did I do something wrong with him? Why? Is his tooth sore? No wait, I have to ask this.
"Umm… why? Why do you want to pick me up? Do you know where my house is?"
"Of course I do. Your bio shows your home address."
"No, no, no. Before that, you should know that the area is a bit creepy. If you go there, you will be kidnapped later." I'm a little overboard. The area near my house is scary, but no one has committed a crime in that place.
"Hmm..."
Because Tiara insisted, I couldn't help but comply. "Alright, alright, alright, you can pick me up tomorrow, okay."
"Hooray."
Why is she so happy about it? What did she want to do?
I turned and walked. "Then, I'll go home first, Tiara. See you again."
"See you again, and... good night." Tiara followed me from behind.
"Yes."
The moment I opened the door, I turned around for a moment to see his face.
"Be careful, Daylon!"
"Yes."
"Thank you." Tiara smiled for no reason. "Thank you for accompanying me today, and... thank you for being by my side all this time."
***
When I got home, after changing my clothes, I sat on the bed holding Ervion's Helm, staring at him with a flat gaze.
"By the way, I forgot to ask him for the computer… This is bad. I forgot... I forgot about it again."
Inside this helmet holds so many memories, from memories of happiness, sadness, struggle, to despair. This helmet was a silent witness when I played the ENTER OF ADVENTURE game until it stopped playing it.
How about the remote? Is it also a silent witness for me?
As for the remote, it's not. The reason is, it's because the remote is displayed in front of the entrance of this room. In other words, the remote is only useful when the owner of the boarding house calls me to collect my boarding fee while I am playing EOA games. So, there are no silent witnesses between me and the remote.
And the person who is most responsible for meeting them is my father. If not for that, maybe I would have lived my life normally at that time: wake up, go to school, school, rest, come home from school, take a shower, study when in the mood, watch television, go back to sleep; will continue like that, many times even though different days.
Actually, there is one more person who made me meet them, namely Rifai. Without her, maybe my father wouldn't buy me those gaming kits. Thanks to the case at that time, my father anticipated that I would not become a naughty person like Rifai.
Even though it sounds quite selfish, but the name of a father figure will definitely do this for the sake of his beloved child. No matter what, my father was responsible for looking after me at that time.
I don't have a mother. My mother died long ago, 16 years ago when she gave birth to my sister. My father also refused to marry again, for some reason. So, my father was in charge of raising his two children as father and mother figures.
The family is quite rich because my father opened a business. However, after I graduated, I decided to live independently and look for work here and there. I survived several times when I was hired, several times got fired because of my mistakes. Until finally, 5 years ago, I got a permanent job at Tiara's Online Shop company.
My real life is completely different from the life in EOA games. In EOA gaming life, I am known as the number one in Indonesia. But in real life, I'm just an ordinary human, trying to live a normal life like a normal human. If my life in the EOA game world is a tiger, then my life in the real world is only a domestic cat.
I put Ervion's Helmet beside my bed, then I lay down looking up.
"Huff! In this life, there are many choices. If you can't choose, then that's your choice. Geez, what am I talking about? Just sleep."