Chapter 105: Father for the rescue
"You keep entertaining him?" Sara asked in a quivering tone.
Even though she hadn't said what lingered in her mind, everyone could tell what kind of thought had manifested within her.
The enemy without a goal… The enemy whose purpose was just to have some fun and entertainment.
That kind of enemy was one of the worsts. His decisions would be illogical, and he would just continue to meddle with their business for no big reason. That alone would just bring him fun, and he would continue doing it until satisfied.
Sara and others had contorted their faces uglily.
"And who is them?" Olivia asked.
By them, she actually meant two groups of people. The first group would be someone from their side.
After all, that old man had told Alex that he would lose some precious people to them. Would it be everyone or just a peculiar someone, for example, the demanding cat woman?
Olivia's eyes judged Schnee, who had been still in Alex's arms.
And then, she mentioned the other group, "Hungry demons? Your father has fought against them, but we don't know how many of them are out there. If it's more, then they might be plotting something big."
No one knew why would those hungry demons regularly fight Sara and others. Everyone knew that those demons could raise their strength without leveling up, so what was the point of their scheduled appearances?
More questions just piled up.
Alex sighed, "We can only continue fighting against them. We level up the best in this way, don't we? As long as we work together, we will overcome all hurdles. Haha! Before we realize it, we will know all answers."
Olivia couldn't help but smile at his positive attitude. Everyone else was the same.
But Olivia had slightly different thoughts than others. She was the only player here, after all.
With her eyes filled with worry, she asked, "Are you going to stay here for the whole week? Alex, what will your parents say about it?"
Alex smiled at Olivia amidst everyone's curious eyes.
His words brought happiness to every girl besides Olivia, "I will somehow convince them. And yes, I plan to stay here for at least a week. This warning might be just a joke from his side, but if it's real, then I won't forgive myself for ignoring it."
Olivia had so much more to say, but she decided to not.
In fact, Alex found her attitude a little different from the usual. However, as the situation was too serious, he didn't bluntly ask her out.
He was right, though.
His girlfriend would be glad to spend more time with him and skip some school. Yet, she didn't even mention it and just asked about his parents. There had to be more than meets the eye.
Alex decided to log out first to talk with his parents, "I will be back soon."
He put Schnee's kitty form on the table, then logged out.
After Alex disappeared, Sara turned her eyes toward Olivia, then asked, "Could you tell everyone what's on your mind, Olivia?"
As Sara was pretty close with Olivia, she already knew what was going on.
They had talked about it, and Sara promised to help her if need be.
Olivia glanced at everyone, then stopped on Schnee's kitty form, "As much as I love everyone here, Alex can't just focus wholly on this place."
"From today, I will spend a whole week in the game. I plan to skip school and catch up next week," Alex said to his parents.
His mother, who had been combing her hair, let out a loud, "Huhhhh?" She was beyond shocked.
By the table, Alex's father had been reading the newspapers. Even though he could read more on the tablet, he still followed the old practice. He hid his face behind that vast paper, waiting for his wife to carry the talk.
Alex's mother let everything in her hands go, then stood up, "What's the meaning of this? Have you gone addicted?! Your final exams are so soon! How can you even think of skipping school now?
And why does it sound like you want to stay in-game for twenty-four hours?" Alex's mother rattled off with an enraged expression.
Alex faced her feelings head-on, "I will log out to eat and drink so that my body stays healthy. I will skip some exercises, though.
Yes, I want to sleep and wake up in the game," Alex confirmed his mother's thoughts.
She babbled out, "Is that even safe?" before going furious, "Alex! If you dare to neglect your studies, I will cut off your VR Capsule!
I won't let you waste your life's opportunity!" she roared.
In Alex's country, you couldn't fail school. Even if he had the worst grades, he would advance and continue his education. It was worse in final exams as those couldn't be repeated as well.
His future depended on a positive score. Mom expected him to be at the top with her son's good grades!
But as Alex didn't even blink at her words and even looked back with the same expression filled with anger, she turned around and went to the kitchen.
Alex and his father heard sobbing from here, "He has been such a good child… for eighteen years… The rebellion age came too late! Ah…"
She continued to cry loudly.
Alex's father shook the newspapers, "From what you've told us, you are pretty strong in that game. But how strong really are you, Alex?"
Alex couldn't tell what his father wanted to know, so he just said, "I haven't really lost against players yet… I haven't died too, even as I faced powerful monsters."
His father smiled, "How cool." He jested.
Then, he extended his hand for the phone. He typed some kind of a website on his phone, then showed it off to Alex.
On that website, Alex saw a contest made by players for players. It was organized by two dungeon conquerors, whose popularity was pretty high.
They had money and probably enough connections with NPCs to make such a grand event.
"It will start a few days after your final exams. Do you really have to drop a school for a week now?" Alex's father asked.
Alex faintly smiled, "Thanks, pops. But I don't seek fame or money. It would be nice to win some dollars, though. What I face in-game is much more precious, and I must stay with everyone else."
In response, the father shook newspapers again, "Sounds nice. I'm getting more intrigued by a different world." He then smiled, "Maybe you could study a little in the game world, then?"
"That's… not a bad idea," Alex grinned as he found a way to make his mother accept his rash and weird decision.
His father reciprocated that wide smile, "Don't bother with your mom for now. I will speak with her instead. You should think of how you will study in the game world."
Alex laughed, "I think I have a good idea."
He shouted a few nice words to his mom, then ran to his room. Here, Alex decided to focus on his bane, the math! He remembered the subjects he had to go through, then logged into the game.
He logged out a few times to remember them again.
At last, he had written all stuff he needed to study.
