My na is Seigo Konoe. I am a high school student who just started the second year of high school.
After the first day of school was over, I was locked in a torture room called the Life Guidance Room and my teacher was severely pissed off. The reason for this was that I had fallen ill from working too many part-ti jobs during spring break. I didnt expect to collapse after only working for 24 hours straight during the entire spring break.
Speaking of which, thats not even an excuse. There was no way I was going to say sothing like that, as it would only cause them to scold longer. This sort of thing would be over soon if I just apologized properly.
So when I was finally released and I returned to the classroom, my close friend Kaito Manaka approached with a smirk.
Hey brother, thanks for your hard work
Its important, so Ill say this again. I have been friends with this guy since my freshman year. We were by no ans related by blood.
Shut up, Monaka*
My last na is Manaka! Dont turn it into ice cream, sheesh
Dont just associate it with ice cream. Its essentially a traditional Japanese pastry. At least Im better inford than you are
Its sad. I cant believe he associates monaka with ice cream right away...when the Japanese pastry monaka is tastier.
No, no. Even if you associate my na on the level of such a product, thats still ssed up...rather, how did it go with Senko and the others?
They were in extre rage mode. I recorded it on my phone though. Wanna listen?
You recorded it You know, Ive been friends with you since freshman year, but I still dont know what goes in that head of yours
If they beat up, I can demand money after all
Well, the teachers understood that assaulting their students was enough grounds to get fired, so they just yelled their heads off.
Thats scary! Thats not how high schoolers think, you know!
Is that so?
Of course, it is. Rather, what about your part-ti job?
For the ti being, Im not allowed to take on any
Well, even if the school hadnt told , my family had already banned from taking part-ti jobs anyway.
Well, that is a given. I an, how many part-ti jobs did you have to be brought to the ergency room because of overworking?
I worked up to four jobs, 24 hours a day, with no breaks and then I collapsed
To be precise, it wasnt because I was working hard, but because I didnt take any breaks. It was just so I could head to my next part-ti job right away.
You...youre an idiot
Oh crap...even Kaito called an idiot.
I respect you for having the balls to call an idiot even though you know that Im academically smarter than you are
NgghI dont have a coback for that since you always let copy your howork.
But now that I dont have a part-ti job, I have nothing to do. I wonder what I should do instead?
In fact, I could say that I currently have nothing to spend my ti on. I dedicated all my spare ti to do part-ti jobs before, after all.
Oh! If thats the case, why not play a ga? A VR one
Arent VR gas those things that I see on the news all the ti?
Ive heard stories of people dying from dehydration after diving for twenty-four hours straight, of people being stalked by real criminals, or of people getting in trouble with video gas that often lead to murder.
Those are bad examples. The governnt and the people running the ga are taking a lot of steps to make sure its okay
Heeh, I didnt know that. So what kind of ga is it?
Oh, you wanna know?
I am free anyway. Theres nothing wrong with using gas to kill so ti, is there?
Well, I dont have any good mories of playing VR gas, but I guess its fine to try it again after so long.
I know how that feels. So this is what Im recomnding!
Kaito showed his smartphone and the title Elysion Online was written on the screen.
Elysion Online?
Now, where have I heard of this? I wondered if it was from that ti when I worked at a manga cafe?
Yeah! There are many MMORPGs out there, but this ga has a reputation for being fun and interesting, with the player being a human and having various professions. Most importantly, its focused on realism. There is no lag in the battles and the NPCs that appear in the ga are very cute. The conversations also seem to be very natural, you know? Apparently, its so complete that so beta testers thought it was like being transported to a fantasy world
So youre just after the cute NPCs, huh?
Of course. I get to play with cute girls, after all. Thats what VR gas are all about, man!
From what Ive heard, it sounded like a pretty good ga, but I have a problem.
Hey, Kaito
What?
I.. dont have a VR ga console nor do I have the software either
Kaito was at a loss for words.
On my way ho, I seriously thought about what Kaito told to buy since I had the money to spare and before I knew it, I had already arrived ho.
My house was an ordinary two-story house. I currently live here by myself. The reason for this is because I lost my parents in an accident when I was in the sixth grade.
The shock of losing my parents caused to have a lot of negative thoughts at the ti. I dont know if I was undergoing a rebellious phase or developing Middle-school 2nd Year Syndro**, but it was so bad that I thought everything I saw was garbage.
I was in such a ntally dangerous state and the only person who was able to keep alive back then was my grandfather. Rather, its thanks to my grandfather and my stepsisters that I am still alive today.
I dont need to tell you the details, but I lived with my grandfather until I was in elentary school. Later on, I was adopted by my stepsisters family, the Konoe family and I lived with them until junior high school.
After that, at the advice of my stepsisters parents, I ca to live by myself at the sa house where I previously lived with my real parents.
My parents left so money, but I found it hard to spend, so I took on so part-ti jobs. As a result, I was sent to the hospital and was lectured by my stepsisters parents. I heard that they had a close relationship with my parents, so maybe they had a right to be angry.
A strange car was parked in front of my house. I was alard, but the person who got out of the car was soone I knew.
Koyanagi-san
Long ti no see, Seigo-kun
Koyanagi-san. He was a debugger at my part-ti job during the winter of my freshman year who was in-charge of training .
Whats going on?
I ca here today to give you a present, Seigo-kun
A present?
Whats this? My birthday was a long ti ago though...
The ga you helped develop will be released tomorrow. To thank you for the successful release of the ga, Im giving away a limited edition of the ga to those who worked on it
The ga that Koyanagi-san brought out was Elysion Online. Eh? I had sothing to do with this ga?
Ummm...I appreciate the sentint, but I dont have any VR gaming equipnt
Sadly, I couldnt give that to you as a gift...well, its fine if you want to sell it too. Ill let you be the judge. Personally, though, Id love for you guys to get a taste of the ga world you were involved in
Since he said it like that, I guess I have no choice but to buy one then
Well, Ill take my leave then. I hope you can co back as a full-ti worker next ti
Ill think about it
And then, Koyanagi-san went back to his car and drove away. After that, I changed my clothes, grabbed my wallet and headed out to buy so VR ga equipnt.
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