73 Chapter 74 (1/2)

My consciousness returned and I felt my body so tired. What a chaotic battle that was. I move out from the Reality Verse Cabin and do some stretches before drinking water. Even though I was not literally on the game, I can literally feel my arms sore and my legs cramp a bit like I was over fatigued. But I can feel my body changing. I can also properly control my mana flow on my body and my control with the fire element is getting stable. Checking the time, it was still 2 in the morning. It should be considered early so I decided to sleep. I have to rest my body and it has been a while since I last slept on my bed as I have only slept mostly on the bed on the inn.

The softness of the real bed cannot rival the beds on virtual reality and my fatigue that accumulated from the stress of those guys earlier can really take away by your own private bed. Ah, I just hope something good happens soon. I come to find my life getting boring, I guess I am just tired of everything else. I close my eyes and slowly drift away to dreamland.

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Krang! Krang! SMASH!

Ugh, I felt so groggy but I didn't really have no choice. I opened my eyes and I realized that I am stretching my right arm into my table. I look on my arm and discovered my pitiful alarm clock smashed to smithereens after doing its work. I have no choice but to clean up the mess that I have made and pick up my phone to check the time. Its still 6 in the morning. Did I just sleep that short? I stretched my arm a bit and it didn't feel that bad much now, I can't feel the heaviness much, more like my arm has undergone a development or something? I tried flexing my arm and my muscles bulge. What the f*ck. I look at my pitiful smashed alarm clock and my fist that smashed it, and frowned. Did I undergo some change without me noticing?

I decided to go to the kitchen and cook early than what I usually do. As I go to the kitchen, I already saw Pandora on the living room, reading a manga that was released last week that I bought. She seems to be so immersed that she didn't notice me going out of my room. Nah, I don't have to disturb her so I decided to go to the kitchen and start cooking. Should I create an omelette or fried rice? As I was about to go to the kitchen, I felt a tug in my shirt. Huh? I looked behind and saw Pandora tugging my shirt.

”What?” I frowned.

She pointed her mouth while opening it wide then gestures on something like a plate and she rubs her stomach after before tugging my shirt again. Is she a mute?

”You want food? I will be cooking shortly so stop tugging my shirt,” I said and calmly take her hands off my shirt. Still, just by holding her white hands, I felt her soft skin on my own skin which made me nervous and my skin crawl. I quickly rush to the kitchen leaving her.

She followed me to the kitchen and I take out the ingredients. I will be making Fried Rice. While I was picking out the ingredients, she just stares at me and to the ingredients on my hands and the utensils and back to me again. She didn't utter a single word but I didn't mind. I prefer it to be like this than having an annoying companion like how Riko do.

While cooking the food, she stares at me intently that I felt annoyed and embarrassed at the same time. Still, I can't shake off the feeling that I know her somewhere in my past timeline but I don't recall any encounters on her but for some reason, she seemed to be really familiar and that sense of familiarity seems blank and missing in my mind. Did some of my memories got jumbled or erased when I came back to the past? But why only on Pandora's part? All other experiences including the betrayal is not erased in my mind and I can still remember all of those tricks and tips from the last 25 years I played the game. It is very weird.

After cooking the fried rice and putting everyone's shares, I ate breakfast with Pandora first and after that, I decided to jog off since it was still early. But Pandora didn't stop nagging me and pulled my shirt again when I was about to go out the door.

”What now?” I looked at her again.

She smiled and gestures that she also wants to go out.

”No, I have no permission from your brother and he might still be sleeping,” I answered.

She pouted before rummaging on her side and pulls out a smartphone. She fiddles with it a bit before handing it on me. Though I was puzzled, I take the smartphone and I can see that she is dialing his brother. Soon, her brother picks up the call.

”Hello?”

”Hello, this is Manato.”

”Hey! What is up?”

”Your sister wants to go out but I don't know if I will allow her to go out.”

”Really? I allow her but please accompany her. I am currently not there in your house since I still needed to process a few of our papers and Pandora's school transfer papers. I won't be home much so please take good care of my sister in the meantime, I already deposited extra payment from your parents for taking care of her, anyways, I need to go, xiao!”

...And he hung up. What the hell, he even said xiao, he is an effing Japanese not some Chinese fellow. I frowned and look at the smiling Pandora and sighed. I have no choice but to comply.