Closed Beta That Only I Played Chapter 11

Chapter 11: What I really wanted to do

I finished connecting the adaptor to the computer with a self-mocking smile.

Then the adaptor began downloading. At that mont, the bar showed that it was updating, not installing a new program.

I could conclude clearly that the two gas were of the sa family because if they were not the sa, there was no reason for Forgotten Legend to be updated as Revival Legend. And the update ti was seven hours as always.

“Whew! I have to do part-ti work tomorrow…”

Of course, I didn’t have to if I wanted thanks to my sister.

My sister, who used to tease for my stupidity and harassed one year ago told with tears in her eyes that I went crazy because I studied too hard as a dumbhead. She complained that my father was responsible for it because he pressured too much.

My sister even threatened to leave ho and go to the mountain temple after shaving her head if he let uncared for.

She was smart, but at the sa ti she was stubborn.

To be honest, she was more masculine than my elder brother.

Although she said she was generous enough to play with when we were children, I felt harassed from my point of view. Anyway, she kept her promise that she made.

So, my father relinquished so of his anger.

He even told to co back ho first, saying I didn’t have to go back to school.

But I refused because I thought I would be confined to the house for the rest of my life if I went back ho like this.

Anyway, I took back the credit card that I had forfeited when I was expelled.

Besides, my sister who cried for gave a hefty allowance every month.

So, I didn’t have to do part-ti work, but I kept on doing it.

I had no job if I didn’t do part-ti work.

But now I had sothing to do, and that imdiately took over.

“What if I tell the cafe owner I’m going to quit tomorrow…”

According to the cafe owner, he had no applicants for as many as three months until I applied because of the low hourly pay. If I tell him I will quit imdiately, it will cause a big headache for him.

In fact, when I started working, I told the owner that I would work at least six months and that if I had to quit, I would tell him about it at least one month in advance.

I was agonizing about it when the phone rang.

It was a call from the cafe owner.

“Hi, boss.”

“Um…Juyoung.”

The cafe owner had a cheerful character, but he was hesitant to say sothing to , which suggested that he was going to bring up sothing bad.

As expected, the news he had was not good.

“I have decided to close the cafe. As you know, business is so slow…”

“When?”

“Imdiately. So, you don’t have to co to the cafe starting tomorrow…”

“I’m fine!” I replied quickly.

Although he might have felt sorry for announcing the closure of the cafe, I was thankful for his decision anyway.

“Really? Thanks for understanding my situation. I’m going to deposit your pay as of today into your account tomorrow morning. Thanks for your work.”

“Sure.”

After hanging up the phone, I looked down because I felt the timing and the situation was perfect for . It was as if they wanted to focus on playing gas.

So, with this occasion, I made the decision to be a ga addict.

I stood up right away, went to the restroom to brush my teeth, and flung myself onto the small bed that was more comfortable than the one I used back at ho which was more than twice the size.

It would take about seven hours for the VR adaptor to finish updating, so I needed sound sleep to start the ga with a fresh mind.

Early next morning, I had a quick cereal mixed with milk, then lay on the bed and put on the 2nd generation VR adaptor with completed updates, vowing that I would bring the 3rd generation VR adapter after visiting ho during the weekend.

Just like I vowed at the start of the first, second, and third closed beta gas to focus on studying during the remainder of my vacation after putting everything into gas for the two weeks until the closing of the beta testing, I made another vow.

“Okay, let be a ga addict this ti so I will never look back at gas for the rest of my life! There are so many things I can do even after I’m done with gas.”

I was clear about one thing: I had a wealth of knowledge.

While dealing with a variety of people in the army and after I was discharged, I knew it.

I was also aware of it during my short campus life before I joined the army.

For example, I scored 100% on the SAT exam, which was the sum of my 12 years of studying during my elentary, middle, and high school years. Besides, the famous private high school that I attended made forcibly read books in various fields and submit book reports under the pretext of developing our ability to think. I also mastered not only my native language Korean, but also English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, and Spanish, the most used language after Chinese.

This was an impossible task even for a genius student, but I made it.

That was why I never experienced any difficulties in communicating with foreigners.

Of course, it was no problem for anybody to get a job in Korea if they completed the courses up to high school. But I went far ahead of them.

And the real problem was whether I could graduate from Seoul National University, the top university in the country.

Unlike high school, the classes at the college required deep and specialized knowledge in one major field.

So, I tried to catch up desperately because even though my learning level was that of a high school student, I had an enormous amount of knowledge stored in my head.

In so respect, I already exceeded the high school level.

And I thought that my storage of knowledge would help get access to a new area of study.

But I was mistaken.

‘It didn’t help at all. Besides, I already experienced a very strange phenonon three tis, so I didn’t like the aningless studying that bound to my desk long enough to get a rash on my butt.’

But it didn’t work out as I wished.

So, I made the decision to be a ga addict and put everything in the ga just like I did in the first, second, and third closed betas until I was sick and tired of gaming.

After that, I decided to do whatever I could, like getting a job as a translator or an interpreter because I had a good command of foreign languages.

“Good. Let take the plunge into the world of gas like I did before!”

Vowing once again, I lay down on the bed comfortably and hooked up the 2nd generation VR adaptor.

***

“Activate!”

Soon, I saw the small island blocked by water everywhere.

“...”

It was the sa background that I had seen when I started Forgotten Legend in the first closed beta in high school, although its na had changed.

It felt a bit awkward because I hadn’t accessed it for a long ti.

So, I opened my mouth quietly, “Change the background.”

Soon, ten backgrounds embedded in the 2nd generation VR adaptor ca into my view.

And I chose one of them without any hesitation.

It was a vast and endless grassland.

“Hm. Has my taste changed?”

Obviously I liked the island in the past because I felt a sense of stability from the isolated island.

But this ti, I liked the endless grassland.