Anyone who knew Xinya would not be able to conceive the thought of him being a sadist. Even though he had to admit to himself as he watched his anxious expression as he slowly lifted the jewelry box lid, he might have a little sadism in him.
It was just so extrely amusing for him to watch as the stark anticipation continued to build in those bright grey eyes. Watching as the adorable boy tried to contain himself from snatching the box right out of his hands.
"Drifting Cloud..." whined lting Snow, clenching his fists in order to stop himself from taking the box from his friend. "Hurry up and open it, I want to see what's inside."
Looking into the lting Snow's over eager eyes, Xinya decided to stop teasing the boy and just open the box, especially since he felt that if he didn't, the boy might snap. Although that was interesting to see, he did need to keep the box intact.
"Alright, already. I plan to sell this box, so I didn't want to open it too fast in case it is fragile," Xinya explained, continuing to open the box slowly but at a faster pace than before.
Not knowing that he was duped, lting Snow tried to calm himself. He couldn't wait to find out what was in the box, his imagination was overflowing with ideas.
The lid was lifted inch by inch until the object concealed inside the bejeweled box was revealed. And just like that, lting Snow's anticipation turned into crushing disappointnt.
"It's another book," muttered lting Snow with drooping shoulders and a bitter smile. Once again, his hopes of great treasure were dashed as quickly as they had co.
Chuckling at the furry-eared boy's depressed expression, Xinya took the leather-bound book out from the jewelry box and began examining it. "lting Snow, you should know that so books can be just as interesting as treasure."
"That's where you're wrong. Nothing is more exciting than treasure. Well, there are cows and other baby animals, but they are the exception," replied lting Snow indignantly.
Xinya didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the boy's words. Deciding to do neither, he opened his interface and pulled up his inventory.
Placing the jewelry box inside of it for safekeeping, he brought his attention back to the book in his hand. He was extrely interested to know why a book would need to be under lock and key.
However, just as he started to open the book's cover, a system announcent completely halted his actions.
[Quest Triggered!]
"What's going on? How did we get a quest?" asked lting Snow, looking at Xinya in a completely dumbfounded manner.
But as soon as the question crossed his lips, it was answered by another system announcent.
[System: By finding Song Lingchen's journal, Drifting Cloud and lting Snow have activated DEV-M chain quest-The mystery of Qngch Nio's farm! The quest will officially start once the players have found the first clue!]
Xinya knew it! Ever since he read about this farm on the forums, he had an inkling that there was sothing peculiar about it. Because there was no way that an NPC would set fire to their farm by mistake.
While he began to contemplate the mystery that could surround this farm, lting Snow was in a shocked stupor.
He should have known better to be disappointed in what they found because he knew that 99% of the ti, any random object in Xinya's general area becos an amazing quest. It was true for the Mayor's cake, and it was true this ti as well.
Although he might not have gotten his treasure, he sure did get the start of a fantastic adventurean incredible adventure in which he would get to play a detective.
But one thing was bothering him. How did they get a quest when there are no NPC's around? Could the NPC's be invisible? He should really ask Drifting Cloud this.
"Drifting Cloud, do you know who this Dev-M is and why he gave us a quest?" questioned lting Snow, slightly wondering if there was really an invisible NPC down here sowhere.
Snapping out of his thoughts, Xinya turned and looked at lting Snow's confused face. And had the realization that the boy didn't know anything about these types of quests.
But then again, these quests were extrely rare, and players who got them weren't going to brag about it, since that ant more people trying to get them. The only reason he knew about them was the simple fact they were leaked out to the public by the staff.
Haven Online was nearly sentient, besides the overall world design, and a bit of a guiding hand from the DEVs. But besides that, the ga developers had no control over what quests the NPCs gave out. So because they wanted to be a part of the ga in another way, they created so special quests in the world.
"No, I don't know who DEV-M is, but I do know he's not an NPC but a ga developer," Xinya replied matter of factly.
Scratching his temple, lting Snow asked, "That's strange, why would a ga developer give us a quest? Do they give them out a lot?"
"No, these types of quests are rare," Xinya patiently explained. "The only way you can get a DEV quest is if you find a random item that belongs to a dead NPCs with unfinished business. The quest will co in steps and could take weeks to months to complete. But that depends on rank the DEV quest is. The higher the rank, the higher the reward will be for each step of the quest."
"Oh, I see. But how do you know all this? I never ca across anything like this before on the Haven Online sites."
"Well..." Xinya started, not knowing how to respond.
He had ssed up, this was sothing he shouldn't have known. Biting his lip, Xinya thought about all the things he could tell the boy that wouldn't seem like a lie.
Xinya knew for certain that he couldn't say he saw it on the forums since he knows the boy goes on them all the ti looking up things. What would he do if lting Snow asked him for a link, no he had to co up with sothing else.
That's when the perfect lie ca to him.
"Well, I have a penpal in Arica who plays this ga too. He told about it." Xinya explained, looking everywhere but in lting Snow's eyes.
'I really hate having to lie like this.'
"Oh, I see. Luckily, you knew soone who ca across this before, or we would probably be in the dark about this quest," lting Snow replied.
From those words alone, Xinya could see the unwavering trust the boy had in him, and it made him feel guilty for lying like this. But the truth was even more unbelievable.
Averting his gaze away from lting Snow's big puppy dog eyes, Xinya said, "Right. Without him, I wouldn't know most of the things that I do."
"So, should we start looking for the first clue?" lting Snow asked.
"I think the journal holds the first clue," Xinya told him. "How about we go back upstairs and set up camp. Then we can see what's inside of this journal."
"Sounds like a plan! Don't forget, you still owe a snack."
Laughing as he walked out of the office room with the boy, Xinya said, "How could I forget that, I already got sothing special planned."
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