Chapter 229: A Year of Training Inside the Heavenly Abode (1/2)
”Guess, what we're going to play today?” Grace asked with this cheeky smile on her face.
”Grand Turismo?” Calvin replied almost immediately. The answer that he stated was the most obvious one given that the Daylight Bride, the Mortician, and Stephanie were playing the game right now.
”Yup~ But there's a twist!”
Grace leaned over to Calvin and continued, ”You'll have to play by yourself and you have to defeat all of us if you want to take the victory!”
”What?” Calvin furrowed his brows, ”What are you planning this time making me play a game that's heavily stacked on me. Do you think that I am stupid to play a game like that when I'm more likely to lose? I'm going to refuse this time.”
Calvin rolled his eyes at her and shrugged.
”No!” Grace took his arm and held it between her chest, ”Can we please play the game?”
”Not today, I've got to go and sleep! I've been so tired in the past few days, at least give me some proper sleep.” Calvin shook his head.
”Did you already forget the effects of the Heavenly Abode Visitation Pass?” Grace asked Calvin with confusion visible on her face.
”What are you talking about?”
Calvin asked, ”Is there some kind of a hidden condition whenever I use the Heavenly Abode Visitation Pass?”
”No, no, no...” Grace hurriedly denied the allegations, ”It seems that you actually forgot that you are physically in my Heavenly Abode...”
”Wait, really?” Calvin stared at Grace in shock and delight, ”Are you serious?”
”Yeah, go and take a look at the item description.” Grace nonchalantly replied.
Calvin tried to summon the Ascension System, but an error prompt popped up.
[Version Update is in progress.]
[System unavailable.]
[Please check back at a later date!]
A sharp pain immediately assaulted Calvin's words as the transparent system notifications vanished in a blink of an eye.
”What's wrong?” Grace asked in concern.
She seemed to be somewhat nervous.
It was understandable since Calvin was the very first mortal to step into the Heavenly Abode of a creation Goddess. Even though Grace had made sure that the environment was safe for a mortal being, accidents could still happen in accordance with Murphy's Law.
”I'm fine, but what is this so-called Version Update?”
Calvin could vaguely remember seeing the words, Version Update back in the Village of Tulog but he couldn't remember it properly due to the bout of headache attacking his nerves at this moment.
”Ah!” Grace exclaimed in enlightenment and shock.
She immediately raised her hand and Calvin's headache disappeared as if it hadn't even happened in the first place, ”I'm so sorry!”
Grace looked apologetic.
”What is it?” Calvin asked with a frown.
”I forgot the Version Update!”
”I was supposed to complete it last Friday, but since you didn't arrive I decided to postpone the final version that was already in production...”
”But now that you're complaining of headaches, I finally remembered what I have forgotten last week! This is really not my fault, all right? It's the fault of your friends!”
”They are too pure and innocent! They had no idea what the world of gaming was, so I had to educate them!” Grace painstakingly explained.
”All right, it's okay, it's okay... Can you just finish the Version Update already now that I am here?” Calvin asked.
Grace abruptly froze.
”Well, that is not entirely impossible but there is one thing that we must do first before that.”
”Please tell me...” Calvin replied.
”We've got to play a round of Grand Turismo with your friends!”
”Let me guess, the conditions are still the same?”
”Yup~”
Grace proudly stated, ”You're quite good at the game, so it's just normal to let you have multiple opponents to even out the playing field.”
”Even out the playing field—my ass!” Calvin glared, ”I told you that I won't play a game like that!”