Must be because of my silence, my parent become worried as they approach me.
"Honey, we know you don't love interacting with others, and we know that you will hate us because of what we wanted to do for you. But, could you try at least even once? Even for a single use would be okay."
My mother's eyes were a bit teary, I could see their determination for wanting the best for their child. But here I was, still trying to be a d*ckhead.
What did I just do? My parents personally got me a gift to help me be more active like others, and here I was still hesitating about it.
"Just try it, son. Nothing will change if you don't try." The words of my father successfully penetrated something within me.
My father was right. I was already too old to be winning something this small. At my age, I should be more active than my current self.
"Okay! I will try my best not to disappoint Dad and Mom."
I hugged them as tears flowed down quickly from my eyes, leaving nothing as if I didn't cry.
"Thank you!"
I couldn't help but let those words out of my mouth. And I could feel their warm hugs giving back.
"Nah, we should stop this already. We shouldn't delve too much into our emotions. This is your time, son. So make sure to play well."
"Right, what are we doing? Haha! Honey, good luck. Have a nice game."
"I will. Mom, Dad."
And I have soon left alone in my room. I, without furthering the time to pass by. I quickly read the instructions given on how the capsule operates. After reading it, I was about to moderately instigate what I learned, but then everything was already applied. The only thing to do was to go inside and play to my heart's content.
"Those two! They just can't leave their child to do something alone. That is why I love them."
Entering the capsule, my consciousness soon turned white, and a robotic female guide appeared.
[Welcome to MOT - Mirror of Time.
Please proceed with the following procedure on how to create your character.
Please, make sure that every question is answered.]
Hmm! Now, it is time to create an account I see.
I soon created an account, barely naming myself as Penny and choosing the race of humans without any speciality and so on. While filling up my character, I got bored and just chose the ramble option in which the system would create an account within a minute. This account will be applied once you have taken your first entry to your designated place.
[You wasted more than an hour to fill some of your information but will end up choosing the ramble option? Really, what luck to be appointed with a man like you.] Her robotic voice echoed.
What? Did I just get reprimanded about my shitty skills? Huh! Even though I know that the reality of this game is top-notch. I never knew it would be this shit.
No, I should refrain myself from being angry. I come here to learn, not to fight with a child.
[Now, you will be transported to your choice.]
Shrugging out, my conciseness once again entered a white place. And I could see a red message at the top. Indicating...
Warning! Warning!
A virus inflicted the system.
You are under threat.
You are under threat.
Please be guided to the following rules.]
I couldn't read everything, only the warning notice before I was completely sucked by a force.
In the other place and time, a half-man half-beast was having the last day of its life.
"Shadow snake demon, the day you pay for your sins has arrived."
"We all gathered here to stop your wickedness and lead a new path for life. If you voluntarily accept your sins and destroy your cultivation, we will make sure to lessen the punishment befallen you."
"If you let your sprite rest at the hands of the righteous sect, then your punishment will be nulled immediately."
The crowd of beasts people gather, wearing a robe that of an ancient attire. Beneath this crowd of powerful, hungry beasts stands a man at the very top of a mountain facing the crowd who wants to take his life.
That was me. The snake demon they were talking about. I let a laugh, as disgusting as it could.
"Heh! The punishment will be nulled? Are we playing with a kid? Do you all think that I wouldn't know what you all have in mind? Every piece of you wanted to take my spirit and be the holder of such power. After that, of course, it will be the death of one of the most evil beasts on the northland. How funny you treat me like a fool."
Each beast began to take a step back at a time as they were afraid of what I would do. Needless to say...
'This life that it had failed me to achieve what I wanted. Perhaps this is the limit of what I could do.'
The sprite in my body soon glowed as the crowd began to yell to stop me from using my Sprite, but it was already too late for them. My spirit (Poison Butterfly) has been slowly being activated before I could even step foot on this mountain.
As they charged toward my body, a booming sound echoed that left a big hole and poisonous liquid at the top of the mountain where I stood. Some died from the impact, and some were wounded. But all their eyes were pointed to a single location. A location where a man should be standing but couldn't be seen anymore. He disappeared from this time and place.
...
A rough breath comes out. As I stand in front of a window. Everything around me was pure white. The surroundings have become a tropical area where snow never perishes. This is where I will play my role.
It's been a week since I came to this place. And if you are wondering why such time was wasted on a single place. That is! well, I must be able to explain.
The day I came to this land. A surge of memory quickly entered my consciousness. And there I saw the life of a person. How everything played out until it ended.
I couldn't help but be amazed by such an occurrence as I thought, "Is this the information that the robotic woman was talking about?" I wondered why it was too informative and realistic for just a piece of information to be imprinted in the mind of a player who just wanted to play. But then those thoughts changed once I appeared outside of my spiritual body.
"What is this? Why... why did that man's life integrate within me?"
The memory that surges to my consciousness soon becomes mine, and not only that. His body was also given out of the blue.
I suddenly feel scared! I couldn't tell if something was wrong or not. Then the red message appeared in my thoughts, and every second, they became clear. As I began to mutter what was written...
[Warning! Warning!
A virus inflicted the system.
You are under threat.
Please be guided by the following rules.
Please log out within a few minutes or else your consciousness will dissipate inside the game.
Please, be guided!]
I soon trembled in fear. The thought of me, already dead, occurred. And everything blackened out.
Only to find myself now resting in my room. Or should I say the room of this body that I possessed?
As I couldn't just dwindle to the possibility of my death. I began to command, "Log out!" Then nothing happened. I repeated it many more times, but nothing. There is nothing that has appeared. Because I didn't read the manual on how the game operates inside or even take a glimpse of its rules. I couldn't think of anything else. I let a sight, as I continue to seek the truth.
"Status."