266 Bon Voyage (1/2)

-SOS Headquarters-

”Oh... Hello there... I didn't know that I'll meet you here.” I smiled while wiping my mouth after that embarrassing moment.

”Don't worry. I'm not bad. I'm really going to help you from the start, I just have to test how good you really are.” She just smiled while chewing her food in an awkward manner. I can tell it's not ok at all...

”Glace here was the first one who tried to rescue your parents with the help of his ex-fiance, Sitter, or who you guys call Two-Teeth. Sitter was our best mercenary and when I say mercenary, he's the one who does the dirty stuff that a formal agent like me can't do but after working for us for a while, we learned that he's also one of those people, like your parents, who suddenly showed up seventeen years ago and we don't have any information or records of him so, we were forced to let go of him, as Glace did.” Azzie explained to us. Really? Kind of blunt to say someone's past to a couple of strangers like us, though.

”If Sitter has the same sketchy past as my parents, then why kick him out?” He may look like a bad guy but I can tell that he's a good guy inside.

”Well, the thing is, he doesn't know or he probably doesn't want to tell us what his mission is unlike your parents. He doesn't go out or make contacts with anyone after we kicked him out so, we can't really tell if he would be a problem or not. We only have few people inside the game who can really help you and our best choice are Glace and Sitter and their respective teams.” So Two Teeth also has some kind of secret and I can assume that he would never tell us.

”Both of your in-game visions will be recorded so if you were able to reach the island and somehow find your parents, make sure that they can tell you their location and we will do our job to find them as soon as we can. I'm sure Glace can track them down and we will do our best to save your parents.” She reassured me. I hope that this will really work.

”What if we won't be able to find our parents on that Island? What if they were moved to someplace else?”

”They won't be able to do that. They are trying not to attract any attention from the public that's why they chose that place. If Glace's calculations are correct, the Island is surrounded by four seas and at the end of those seas are different biomes. I'm sure you are familiar with them. At the end of north sea is the Volcanos near Rocky mountains, the west sea is near the Drowned Trident's guild, East sea is near the Desert beside the Vanguard's Stronghold and lastly, the south sea is near the Swamp close to the Other Side guild. I know what you're thinking and the answer is yes. The world of New Life Online is round and as I stated earlier, grassland is the safest biome and the most dangerous place is the Island and that is why it is the best place to hide the prisoners because no one can easily reach that place.” Azzie explained elaborately. That's a lot of information to process...

”According to Two Teeth and Glace, the island seems to be small so... there might be no monsters at all. I'm not sure if we could really find anything there...”

”Well, for that question, we don't have any information yet but you know, New Life Online world is big and we still don't know if there's a hidden place or portal to somewhere else. But believe me, you wouldn't want to know more.” She answered. I guess so... I feel like I'm still weak after all we've been through. I need to get stronger and that's all I can do, be strong inside the game because, in reality, I don't have the power to save them myself.

”I will stick to the plan and I will trust what you're telling me. You gave us hope and I am grateful to all of you. Please take care of Mari.” I don't care what happens to me as long as my sister is safe.

”Don't worry about me, bro. Azzie will protect me.” Mari said and smiled.

”Of course, I... ... ... I will.” Will you please stop eating while trying to talk, Azzie...

”I'll see you later, Scy. I will obey your orders inside the game from now on. Sitter just... get on my nerves every time I see him...” Even if Glace won't tell me what happened between them, it's easy to tell.

”Thank you. I will be in your care.” I smiled at her and then started to eat my meal. I need to eat a lot so I won't get hungry that fast, this will be a long night.

-Outside Life Guild-