Chapter 12 (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Under the gentle light from the monitor, Roland typed on his mechanical keyboard quickly. Soon, he finished his article and uploaded the videos. After he posted them, he was going to rest his fingers for a while, when his phone rang.

He glanced at the number on the screen and accepted the call. Without any formalities, he simply asked, “How’s it going?”

“Not bad. I’m already promoted to Saint Samurai,” said a young man with a magnetic voice. “What about you? According to the forum, the future of Mages doesn’t look good.”

Roland replied, “It’s fine. I’ve already got my feet under me.”

“You’re good,” said the young man sincerely. “You don’t need to work today, do you? Let’s meet at the old spot. I’ve called Raffle. This game is too complicated and astonis.h.i.+ngly huge. It’s hard to talk about it over the phone.”

“All right, I’ll meet you there.”

Roland hung up the phone and found a T-s.h.i.+rt in the closet. Then he said goodbye to his parents in the living room and left on a bike.

Roland was in a southern city, and it was a hot summer. The sun was scorching, although it was only morning. Roland tried to ride in the shadow of trees and avoid the sun, but he started sweating heavily very soon.

The air in this city was usually humid, and there were few heavy industries within, with trees everywhere. So, Roland’s hometown had great air quality and a clear sky. However, Roland felt that there was a strange smell in the air. He wondered if it was his imagination.

Ten minutes later, Roland came to a cold drink bar. The official hour of opening had not arrived yet, but the door was already open. Roland secured his bike and walked in.

The air conditioner was on in the cold drink bar. The moment he came in, Roland felt that he was revived from the heat. The decorations of the bar were mostly in warm yellow. He greeted the pretty woman at the counter and went straight to a booth on the second floor that had the plate of a panda on the door.

Soft music was being played inside the booth. A young man was sitting on the yellow chair. He was handsome, with fair skin, dark eyes, red lips, and bright teeth. He was enjoying a bottle of Red Bull, a watermelon before him.

Roland sat down on his opposite and chuckled. “Red Bull and watermelon… You’re having such aphrodisiacs so early in the morning? Did you have too much s.e.x last night?”

The handsome young man was named Schuck. They were best buddies and neighbors and had been in the same school from elementary school to college. They were not brothers but closer than brothers. So, they were most direct with each other.

Schuck put down the can in his hand and said helplessly, “I have no choice. Marriage is the tomb of love. Now, all the s.e.x is compulsory. If I hadn’t worked hard to feed her first, I wouldn’t have been able to join the game in time.”

Handsome guys were always pursued by a lot of girls. Schuck was good-looking even compared to superstars. Besides, he was a decent man who didn’t smoke or drink. Playing games was his only hobby. So, many girls were after him.

Schuck’s wife was his cla.s.smate, and naturally, Roland’s cla.s.smate too, from middle school. Her name was Chen Hongdan. Of all his pursuers, she was the most beautiful and audacious.

She had been pursuing Schuck since middle school. She even threatened her family so she could be sent to Schuck’s cla.s.s in high school. She also applied for the same college that Schuck went to and volunteered to do laundry for Schuck in college.

After they graduated, they naturally got married.

Schuck was the owner of this cold drink bar, but Chen Hongdan was actually running it. She loved her husband and did not want him to work hard.