Chapter 21: I like melons (1/2)
”It's… so boring…” Michu continued to spread his boredom through the backline. He was together with Lazy Bum and Sandra, but they had been the ones to have a lot of fun by using their skills one by one.
Though Lazy Bum often shook his head when Michu's wails reached his ears.
Sandra felt like she could understand Michu. It was said that energetic people were impossible to control, but Michu had been doing great so far in this aspect.
He was certainly someone who cared about others, ”What should I do?” Sandra turned her eyes to Lazy Bum who thought for a few seconds.
He then replied, ”Distract him with something… If you are going to form a party later, then speak about his plans or maybe even IRL.” Lazy Bum gave valuable advice, then his childhood friend flashed a smile at him.
Sandra raised her hand for a high five, ”Thanks! It's the first time I see a naturally energetic person.”
High Five!
”Weren't you pretty energetic yourself?” Lazy Bum rolled his eyes, but he knew Sandra well, so he shut his mouth. Using the same advice he'd given right now, Lazy Bum occupied himself with the arrows while Sandra asked Michu about his plans.
What he said amounted to nothing, though.
He told the witch about his plan to level up fast for a subclass, but wasn't it the goal of pretty much every player? More classes meant more fun after all. Then, Michu thought about what he could share and whatnot.
This turned him silent and an eerie silence bothered the childhood duo.
For them, it was a game, but Michu took things too seriously…
”If you can't tell yet, then we can speak about something else… Um, how old are you?” An unusual awkwardness yet again crept onto her face.
After the game topic shifted to real life due to the secrets Michu had within himself, Sandra didn't know what to ask so that she wouldn't step beyond the privacy boundary. She asked for age with trembling lips.
Michu answered, ”I am eighteen. What about you, Sandra?”
”How old do I look?” She asked with a faint smile.
Michu narrowed his eyes, deeply looked at her from top to bottom, then said, ”Thirty?”
”What?!” A commotion broke immediately after. The witch used her bubble skill on Michu's face as her face flushed red.
She had to be personally stopped by Lazy Bum who had been snickering at her from the side. After the archer separated them both, he returned to the dungeon clearing as the monsters' quantity increased.
Sandra threw her skills too, then turned her eyes to the monke, ”I am nineteen. I have already ended school and work as an editor!”
”Editor? What is this job?” Michu had no knowledge about this kind of job and the internet was like black magic for him, so it would be weird if he knew actually.
Sandra threw a suspicious gaze, then asked, ”Do you follow anyone on social media? I mean the popular streamers or players?”
Michu nodded brightly, ”Yes. I follow Sultry Yuna, Sword Mistress, ItsYourMika, Leviatina… Hmm…” There was more, but Michu couldn't remember. The ones he just spoke about were the most popular and the ones that caught his attention the most.
Their names were often advertised as well, but that was how it was since Michu clicked and clicked the similar profiles…
Sandra scoffed, her arms crossed, ”Of course you would follow them.” She raised her chin, looking down on the monke, ”Pervert.”
The monkey looked back into her eyes, not clearly understanding her, ”I just like melons.”
”...” Sandra blanked, her face lit up in a new scarlet color.
Her childhood friend nearly choked on his saliva and one of his arrows ended up missing the target.
He got glanced over by Venomous, so Lazy Bum waved his hand and blamed some pebbles on the road... ”Great friend… It's not good to be that honest, but I appreciate that… Look what you've done.”
”I didn't know you could get a fever in the game! Sorry, Sandra!” Michu apologized. Once again, he couldn't tell whether it was his fault or not, but since Lazy Bum had mentioned him while pointing at the witch, it must be the case.
The witch just shook her head after a brief silence, ”He understands melons, but not understands his treasured banana jokes?” Either way, it was time to return to their previous topic.
”The pictures your eyes feast upon are mostly edited by editors,” Sandra said the sheer truth, but Michu just tilted his head, ”Since the authenticity is popular nowadays, those women didn't edit their bodies, but the environment and some stuff too.”
”W-wait…” Michu spoke quietly, ”So the ocean is not real?” How could they lie to the monkey? Since Sandra nodded faintly, Michu went wide and nearly lost his firefly! He looked so betrayed and lost that Sandra found him cute.
She ruffled his hair and said, ”The popular ones are strong enough to visit those epic oceans and other leveling grounds, so don't feel betrayed. Besides, you enjoyed those so it should be fine, right?”
”No… It's not fine…” Michu shook his head, then listened further.
Sandra's work was to take care of photos and edit some videos for lesser popular guilds and streamers. She was pretty good at it and most of her time was taken by her work. Recently though, Sandra decided to taste the VR Gameworld by herself.
And so she was here.
By editing a lot of videos from high-level players, Sandra naturally soaked up their abilities and movements. Even though there was no way for her to understand the most, her body naturally responded and she often did a better job than others.
Michu nodded and asked, ”Do you work from home?”
”Yes.” Sandra nodded with clear contentment. Working from home was the dream of many teenagers nowadays and it was not exactly limited to editing. Of course, being a streamer or any other influencer was what the majority wanted to do.
It was great that Sandra could live off with that job and even play a game.
Michu then asked a weird question, ”Can you teach it to others?”