"Thank you."
The trees around this dense forest seemed to echo Sara's words. The girl smiled with teary eyes. Happiness finally came to her after a long hard adventure to stop the destruction of her kingdom.
"Yes, of course! You don't need to thank me," I said. I hold both her hands. Finally, now I can express my true feelings to her after fulfilling my oath.
"Pia, your quest is complete. Your oath has been fulfilled. Now the fate of this kingdom has been saved from destruction because of you!" Sara said, "Thank you! You are willing to accompany me all this time. Now your oath has been fulfilled. Your quest has been completed, and you have become the hero for the kingdom of Andor!"
My smile grew wider. She flatters me too highly. If that's the case, how can I let her go? My love for her seems so deep that I can't even measure it myself.
"Sara, I-"
'Kling!'
A notification sound appeared above Sara's head, I immediately looked up and read it.
[ CONGRATULATIONS! GAME FINISHED. YOU HAVE COMPLETED FAIRYTALE GARDEN ]
[ ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: HERO OF THE REALM ]
The translucent text continued to be above Sara's head and it didn't seem like it was going to disappear soon. I looked at Sara, the girl was still smiling. But I immediately noticed that there was something different about her. The smile wasn't as lively as before, the look in her eyes was staring at me but not looking at me. There is no longer me in her gaze.
"Sara!" I shook her hand in mine. Sara didn't react. "SARA!"
She is silent. No matter how hard I called her, she would remain silent. She will not respond because her life is finished along with this game.
Because Chaesara was just an NPC.
I let go of her hand to fall limply. Even though I tapped the mouse and keyboard several times, there was no longer any reaction from Sara. I was just staring at the PC screen in front of me. Then drop my back on the back of the chair.
"Ha..." I sighed. I never thought that finishing a game would be this sad. From the start, I realized this is just an RPG game where the NPC character is my perfect ideal beautiful girl. I'm aware of that, but still.
I AM IN LOVE WITH NPC!
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Every stroke on the sheet of my notebook paper I made with care. Ever since my meeting with Chaesara, I started drawing pictures of her almost every free time. Now the teacher who teaches the history lesson is not paying attention to the whole class. So this can be called free time.
I continue to give the finishing touches. It is the blue armor that Sara always wears. Unfortunately, I'm not going to color it now, there aren't any coloring tools here.
I think I'd start playing the game all over again. I wouldn't mind the tiring grinding part, as long as Sara was by my side.
The evening finally came and I had finished dinner. I sit in front of my PC. My smile continued to grow when I started to turn it on.
Initially, this game looks like RPG games as usual. Offers an adventure where you are the main protagonist. An NPC will accompany and guide you throughout the game. To save the world from evil. Blablabla... that's the point.
I prefer RPG Games to FPS, MOBA, or other types of Games. The reason is simple I'm not good at playing games like that. Also, I'm more interested in playing a story than just playing the same thing all the time. I mean you start playing, then die, and come back to life in the same place. Isn't that boring? at least in my personal opinion.
I started to frown when this Fairytale Garden game didn't open immediately. After sighing in annoyance, I started pressing the cursor again on the game logo.
No result.
"Tsk, ah! Low-end PCs are always like this." I grumbled. My PC is completely frozen now, I can't press anything at all not even the restart button. Damn!
I stood up from my chair and headed for the plug. I bit my lip in annoyance. If that's the case I'll be forcibly unplugging the power cable from my PC to turn it off.
Because my frustration had piled up I tried to pull the cable stronger. But somehow it doesn't come off either. Finally, my frustration grew solid. And with all that irritation I pulled the cable with all my might. I even screamed.
But suddenly I felt a sting in my hand. The sting began to propagate throughout the body at an unreasonable speed. It felt so long and torturous. I was trapped in a stabbing pain. I couldn't think anymore until finally, darkness came.
The cold drops of water woke me up. A gentle breeze blows my short curly hair and brings dust to my face. I sit up, feeling confused.
What happened?
I stretched my hand forward. I looked all over my body with the furrowed forehead. This outfit... I remember it. The Beginner Outfit. A white shirt and brown leather pants. That's all.
"Hey!"
A familiar voice forced me to look up. In front of me was a girl standing with a sword in her hand.
A smile came to my face. That thin, smooth face was full of vigilance. Her stance isn't perfect, I know that. Her long black hair was tied in a ponytail, blowing by the wind. He still hadn't put on his blue armor. But still, her beauty was the same as the last time I remembered her.
"Sara."
"Don't t come any closer!" Sara pointed her sword at me. I stopped for a moment, without breaking my smile. Right now my smile doesn't seem to be going away quickly, especially with her presence.
"Introduce yourself!" cried Sara. "My name is Da-" I immediately covered my mouth. I can't possibly introduce myself by my real name. "My name is Utopia."
"Where are you from ?"
"I... I don't know. I just lay here and don't remember anything." I answered. I think that answer is good enough.
Slowly, though still with clear doubts, Sara lowered her sword and walked closer to me.
"Recently, strange things been happening frequently. Maybe the Demon Lord really will be released from prison," said Sara. I still remember this dialogue very well at the beginning of the game.
"You're probably just one of the poor people caught in the middle of this situation. Come with me to Cairhiem City. It's much safer there than this forest."
I followed Sara's footsteps. Even now I still feel a smile plastered on my face. I looked at Sara from behind. I don't know what happened.
Maybe I got electrocuted and died and went to heaven, or I was just dreaming. But I will not complain. Because I seem to have entered the game world like what happened to the anime I've watched.
At this rate, I will open Inventory. I should only be able to do this when I've gone through the tutorial. But there's no harm in trying now.
At first, I didn't know how to open Inventory without a button, but apparently, the Menu appeared in front of me as soon as I thought about it. I opened it too with my mind. And my eyes opened wide as soon as I saw the contents of my Inventory.
All my items are still there. Whereas if I restarted the game from the beginning I would only have a few Potions. Then an idea crossed my mind. I looked up and saw my name resting above my head.
[ Name: Utopia ]
[ Class: Sorcerer ]
[ Level: 99 ]
[ Race: Human ]
[ Exp: 100.000/100.000 ]
[ HP: 550/550 ]
[ MP: 990 ]
[ Strength: 150 ]
[ Agility: 230 ]
[ Stamina: 160 ]
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