The moment Julian teased her too much, Sena would always follow him, or take the bait that he laid out because of how much she liked him.
Suddenly, a captivating body appeared in Julian's eyes. Not the dirty and scarred bodies from the future after sex became nothing more than proving you were alive, or an act to celebrate surviving against those terrifying monsters.
"Q-Quit starting!"
'Ah, that was a little rude of me.'
"I couldn't help it, you're too attractive." He muttered, but the lovely heiress heard his words and covered her crotch and chest with a bright red face.
"Idiot… why look away." She whispered like a mouse, before walking to her dressing table and picking up a headband, tying her hair into a high ponytail.
Julian turned back to the light pink display screen.
Sena already set everything up. His identification and details were already entered.
'These machines were a little niche, if I remember right.'
These couple pods could only be used by the couple registered to them, and to remove it was a rather timely and arduous process.
Unable to stop his eyes wandering, he gazed into the mirror beside him.
Sena's plump buttocks jiggled slightly in the mirror attached to the unit's door, allowing him to enjoy a glimpse of Sena's body without clothes for the first time.
"What are you looking at?" Sena huffed, turning around as she noticed his gaze once again and a slight smirk on her lips as she climbed into the second compartment. With a squishy sound, her body sank into the gel before she tapped the button for the doors.
Hehe now you cannot see me naked~ ♡♡
Sena muttered, while sliding her hand through the gel, a cold and slimy sensation as she grasped his hand, holding it tight.
[Booting Unit: Lovelace Model V5 Premium]
Click
A vivid pink screen appeared, doubled the size of a normal screen with both sides mirrored, one Julian's vision, the other was Sena's.
The bold text was easy to read and didn't vanish until he thought about it disappearing.
[◊ Welcome to Avalon's Fall ◊]
[Coolant safety check: …50% …75% …100%]
[VR Visionary system loading: …10% …50% …100%]
[Game Engine starting: …5%…25%…100%]
[All Systems OK]
[Player 1: Kang Sena]
• Couple's Nickname: Wife
• Class: Sword Master (Trainee)
• Level: 2
[Player 2: Julian Pendragon]
• Couple's Nickname: Husband ♡
• Class: Shadow Mancer
• Level: 2
The moment the nickname appeared, Sena's hand tried to slip away from Julian's hand. Her eyes opened wide as she trembled out of embarrassment.
However, Julian gripped her hand tightly.
"Don't look, I will change it."
Though he carried mixed feelings and fragmented memories, it made it difficult to act like he once did, since Sena showed her heart and consideration for him.
Especially when he could see her vitals on the screen, and felt her racing heart through their connected hands.
'I won't let her suffer this time.'
He smiled to himself and turned to face her in this dual compartment.
The gel wasn't as thick, allowing him to see her face in the dark unit, illuminated by the pink neon lights from the system booting.
"What's wrong with a nickname like this. Only we can see it."
"Eh?"
Sena and Julian gazed into each other's eyes as the gel started to fill the capsule. It was a warm, yet comfortable feeling. Their seats folded, and left the pair floating inside the gel, holding each other's hand, enjoying the unfamiliar sensation and experience.
[Avalon's Fall Online: Now Loading]
"Ah, the games starting. It feels so different to the units downstairs." Sena's soft voice sounded directly in Julian's ears.
The mysterious gel was a new a technology close to nanobots, a living organism able to transfer sound, sensation, and nutrients.
Almost making humans a kind of parasite to the gel.
Neither Sena nor Julian even noticed the moment they fell asleep.
"It's strange, when the game was switched off it felt weird, but now I can feel myself standing on the grass." Julian muttered. The couple's pod didn't have harnesses, instead the walls were padded with a thick spongy material and could absorb impacts of up to 10 tonnes.
Once the beautiful background music started playing, Sena started to run around, no longer naked, but wearing her
[◊ Please wake up, dear player. It is time to save Avalon from the fall. ◊]
"Oh! It's Solaria, look Julian!"
He couldn't help but enjoy the excitement that Sena showed. Her in game character looked identical to her normal body.
'No… I can see she's increased a few places slightly, hips, waist, and bust.' Though he wouldn't recklessly comment on her sudden changes, only thanks to just seeing her naked did he realise the improvements this cute woman made.
"Julian!"
Sena grasped his hand and he could feel the touch of her hands, different from the artificial feeling of the game before.
He could feel the beat of her heart, and warmth from her body.
'Are we holding hands in the capsule right now?'
Julian noticed the face of Sena turning red as she rubbed his fingers, peeking at his face with a sly smile on her lips. "I can feel you, it's strange, hehe."
"Shall we stop your perverted acts and head into the game?"
Although Julian enjoyed touching Sena, the warmth so different from her cold corpse.
But he couldn't forget his goal today was to discover if he could enter the normal world, or would he drag her into that horrible world?
Currently, they were both standing beside the brilliant goddess and the green forest and untouched capital in the distance waved its flags.
'Technically, am I an NPC from this game?'
That sudden thought made him shudder, unable to tell whether he really existed, or maybe Julian was just a dream, the dream of an NPC in this world before it was destroyed.
"Julian, are you okay?"
Warmth…
The warmth of Sena pulled him back from his sudden dark thoughts.
"Sorry, shall we go and have fun, we've delayed it so much?"
Sena looked at him, almost like she could tell there was something wrong with him a moment ago, her fingers gently caressing the back of his hand. "If you'd like to."
'Let's test it out.'
Julian took the first step, pulling her with him, the weight of her body lighter than he expected, but the moment he touched the [Enter World] option on the menu.
[◊ You have returned from that ghastly world. ◊]
[◊ Will you step back inside or enter the past with your partner? ◊]
The voice of Solaria floated inside Julian's mind.
While touching the button, the world around him froze, and everything stopped the wind, the sound of crashing waves and the distant noise of animals in the forest.
Even the touch of Sena vanished, and suddenly, he felt as if these words were something the goddess wanted to say to him privately.
'If I choose to enter the world with her, what will happen?'
Crackle!
The golden avatar of Solaria turned her head to face Julian, something that caused his chest to pound. Because, even if the game would fuse with the world.
Such a divine existence shouldn't have the coding to move.
[◊ Whichever you choose, you cannot change your mind without dying! ◊]
[◊ Will you bring your beloved into hell, or remain safe and protect her in ignorant bliss? ◊]
Solaria's expressions and voice carried an elegance and grace compared to a human, or even the elves inside the game, that Julian remembered.
"What are the penalties for each choice?"
A world of dreams playing the normal game with penalties, or that hellish version where he died in a few minutes.
[◊ Make your choice, Shadow Mancer! ◊]
Although he could see the benefits of entering the world of Damnation, Julian wasn't stupid and right now, he could still afford to lose a day of playing.
"The world of dreams."
'I will build our strength and on the weekend I will take her there.'
[◊ I pray you don't forget it this time, Dear Evoker ◊]