208 Virtual World (2/2)

”Oh, right... How about this, let's play the game today. At least for an hour and if you still found that it was something that could taint your image, then we'll end the contract right here... What do---”

”Really?!”

”Y-yes...” Wallace was surprised to see the enthusiastic lady in front of him.

”Don't go back on your words! Okay?!”

”Of course...”

Soon, Wallace brought Miya to his new workshop where a couple of VR Pods were quickly arranged by the New Elysiums. They left Miss Humeray, her manager, in the living room watching the news on the television and being served by an automaton. She was quite happy to have leisure time.

Miya had insisted to speak with Wallace personally about her contract, so even though it was weekend and time for a rest, Diana accompanied the celebrity here to satisfy her.

”Hey... This place is big? Are you leaving alone here?”

”Eh? Yes. If you discounted the automatons...”

Miya had a blank expression after hearing this. She was using her skill as an idol to hide her pity on him.

'Poor Wallace... He was living alone in a large villa away from the bustling city like a hermit. He was probably treating those machines as his friends... I heard that he was skipping classes as well. Maybe, he has no friends at school?'

Miya was lost in her thought as Wallace was setting up the VR Pods.

'Maybe the reason why he has no friends was that he was practicing that impressive peeking-- I mean, detection magic...'

”It's done... We can use it now. Which one do you like to use?” Wallace interrupted her thoughts...

”It doesn't matter. Let's end this... Right, even if we ended the contract, we can still be friends...”

”Eh, Oh... sure.”

Miya smirked seeing the delighted face of the young man.

But suddenly, she noticed something different.

”The suit... Why does it look so different from when we filmed the advertisement. This suit looks more formal!”

Miya remembered the sexy outfit she wore for the advertisement.

”Really? Well, that's called marketing strategy... Don't mind the small details.”

Miya shakes her head at this and stayed silent as she prepared to enter the virtual world.

Then, as per Wallace's request, she selected the Adventure Mode: Alien Invasion as she immersed herself at the cinematic introduction which can capture the heart of every person that was struggling to reach the apex of their path.

She was amazed by the sheer imagination used to make this happen.

'Did he just make this up? This storyline can surely charm a lot of people and heavily invest in the game. He's probably very rich by now...'

As the introduction ended, she found herself standing in front of a statue of a man holding a spear and torch.

Based on the information she got, she was now in one of the three remaining strongholds of the Sevens. They were in the middle of the desert several hundred feet underground.

Soon, she met with Wallace as he helped her get used to the game. After all, she didn't try the tutorial mode.

”W-we can really use magic here?!”

”Of course... It's amazing, right?”

”This technology can be used in a lot of things aside from this game... Just how many years did it take you to produce this?” Miya was truly admiring his intelligence now. This technology was so important that she bet that this guy had a firm connection to the government. He was becoming more and more mysterious the longer she gets to know him.

Then, Miya didn't notice that they've been playing the game for more than four hours now.