Chapter 1 : This is Really Not the Beginning of the Story

“Such thing is really happening huh…”

A man muttered under his breath as he gazed onto something in front of him. His face had an impression of a mix between amazement, curiosity, and acknowledgement. Even though he was still surprised by the event that was transpiring at this moment, he still understood that this kind of way couldn’t be avoided.

There was a screen in front of him, where there was a battle unfolded depicted inside of it. Elements of war were being hurled onto two opposing parties, as the battle seemed to be a war between the two while being supported by their own allies.

Fire, ice, explosions, thunder, clashes of swords, the situation truly described how chaotic the situation as the battle kept on going.

“The Boys’ Playground seems to be going all out with this one huh! This level of battle is really one of a kind to witness!”

“It makes sense after all because that guild’s opponent is a coalition between a bunch of guilds, strong guilds if I do say so myself. There are Rainbow Ways, All Nighters…

“What do you mean by that? Boy’s Playground also has its own allies in which we can…”

The sounds of commentators are buzzing through the screen, conveying the ongoing situation of the battle itself. Their sounds were very in vigor, such that it could make the listeners to be engrossed and even hyped by it.

Kraanng

Fwooosh

Crassss

Thousands of humans were fighting with what they got, efforting in order to achieve the win at the end of it all. Either the close ranged or the long ranged units, they were all battling in their own fields and objectives.

“Interesting…” The man who had been watching through the screen said as a thoughtful expression appeared on his face, with a grin appearing on his mouth.

Being the spectator truly made an experience that was different from the related parties. After all, one could see not only one scene but also the other situations, looking at the complex battle with wider perspective and analysis.

He kept on looking at the battle focusedly as he put a chop of boiled egg into his mouth, dipped a little in a sweet sour sauce. His right leg was put croseed on his left leg comfortably while his left arm was laid out straight on the sofa’s upper edge.

…Sadly, there wasn’t a woman on that very left arm to hold onto.

Wouldn’t that be a perfect scenario to happen, though? One inexperienced person might ask innocently.

But for the hopeful person, he would keep on believing and hold onto it tightly maybe…

“What the hell am I even dozing about, thinking randomly like this…”

“Baba… Da.. Ba…”

The voice of a child instead accompanied him, coming from below that very left arm of him as that child played on its own world, with a toy being held from the child’s hands. Its eyes sometimes wandered from the toys, then the screen, then the man that seemed to keep on making sure that the child didn’t hurt itself occasionally.

“Aight now, what do you want?” The man said with a smirk on his face as he looked at the child for a while and put the child on his lap while keeping on watching the screen with the same intrigued expression.

The baby couldn’t even put up a resistance as its body was being brought by the giant easily. Though honestly, the baby just became more active and noisy as its high pitched voice sounded out with an excited expression on its face.

“Looking at the situation, it seems that the battle is going to be far off from being over…”

“I honestly don’t agree with you, not gonna lie. After all, I can sense that one of the party is going to employ a big move right around-|

*BAM*

Suddenly, an explosion occurred in the middle of the battle, claiming the lives of the players in that area. The attack was so sudden that the people that got caught in that explosion couldn’t even put up a resistance, just like how a baby couldn’t even resist being moved around by an adult.

The players that were not caught in that explosion started to fall back and withdrew from the crater, where the smoke started to blow up right away and obstructed the vision of the onlookers.

“Ohh…?”

The man that had been watching the battle through the screen muttered in amusement as he watched the seemingly unexpected situation being unfolded. He raised his eyebrow a little and leaned his body slightly forward.

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“I didn’t expect that they would employ that sooner. After all, I don’t think that at this moment was even the right time to show up a card right away.”

He continued while taking another chop of boiled egg into his mouth. Though he didn’t dip the egg into the sauce for some reason, probably forget because of the excitement from watching the battle.

*Munch*

*Munch*

*Beep*

“What in the…”

As the man was munching the egg in enjoyment, suddenly the screen was shut down without any caution whatsoever. The electricity still running well, the television looking thing didn’t even seem to be broken and what not, and he was sure that he didn’t click a power button through his remote.

But what is that beep sound though?

The man proceeded to look left and right, seemingly understanding the reason already. But he still didn’t find that so he looked back helplessly.

There, he saw a woman with a medium long hair with a remote on her hand, hiding through a compartment as her eyes widened when she saw that the man looked right through at her.

This woman was his very wife. The wife that he had been marrying for a while now.

What kind of a story was it that started off right away when the main character is married and have a child already? Isn’t that always the ending of the story?

“Yea… this is really not the beginning of a story, right...” The man whispered to himself slowly.

The woman had a pretty pretty face as she gazed onto the man that looked dazed on the sofa.

Here is a simple question. What if a man was watching his favorite game on the TV, his favorite team was also playing in that game, and the game was at a critical point? Naturally the momentum and intensity didn’t need to be ask for more. Some men might even went into madness and agony if such thing was to be disrupted.

“Ha…Hahaha… How… Do you think..?”

The woman said as she peeked through behind the compartmend, looking at the man in question as her hand that was holding the remote shook a bit. Her eyes fluttered a little bit as if she was expecting something out of her action.

“Ba.. Ma.. Baba…”

The baby was still innocently playing with its toys, seemingly not even realizing that the TV had been turned off. Or purely because the baby didn’t give a crap about the tv at all. Or worse, about the seemingly rising tension.

“You…”

The man said in a low voice as he moved his body a little bit toward the woman. His expression was hard to decipher.

The woman expected at least some kind of a ruckus from the man after she had decided to do a little prank on him. But somehow, the lack of response made the situation tense to them. This was really out of her goals.

“Ho-Honey…”

After all, she just wanted to have fun with him…

She saw how the video in the internet showed where the woman did a similar prank to the man and the man became heboh out of it.

It seems to be funny and hilarious to watch.

Yeah, fun…

She just wanted to have some fun with her husband.

Nothing less, nothing more, thinking that this kind of little prank wouldn’t put any harm onto him. After all, it’s just turning off the TV right?

“This girl…” The man shook his head while rubbing her head hardly, as if he was petting a very cute cat out of control.

He understood what kind of thinking was made inside of her mind, and he honestly found it cute. Her wife just wanted to have some fun with him, not with another man. She is thinking about him, trying to make a good comedic lasting moment from this.

But he knew that he needed to tell her something. After all, while this kind of prank was not that important at this moment, he needed to assert a sense. He is the head of the family, this kind of behavior could be interpreted as the woman not showing respect toward the man.

“You see...” The man said lowly as he put his left arm onto the woman’s shoulder. The first scenario that had been mentioned before had finally happened at least…

“Yes…” The woman replied in a soft tone while looking down the floor. Her expression was complex just like how complex women seemed to be usually.

The man put another slice of egg into his mouth while putting his leg over the other, “I understand what you are trying to do. And I understand what you are trying to achieve. I am honestly flattered that you are thinking of having fun with me, you hear me?” He said with a little smile after eating the egg in his mouth.

“Just remember to understand the situation better alright. Sometimes the situation might not be good for the fun that we all want to have, it might even make the situation far from fun. What if that small action sparks some conflict between us and then somehow…”

The woman kept her silence as she only nodded her head while listening to the man. She occasionally pulled her sleeve arms too.

“I want you to imagine that if this was recorded, and then being uploaded on the internet. What if there was a comment that says, ‘Bro that’s a red flag right there. After working for hours to finance the family, men only want some peace inside the house…’”

The woman bit her lips as she heard what the man said. A little laugh came from the man as he rubbed her head, “I’m not saying that… Alright I believe you can even search that kind of video right now on MyTube and you will understand what I mean… Wait hold on, now I understand something more. You did this because you watched some of that on MyTube right? Those socalled influencers man…” The man laughed a little bit harder as if he couldn’t believe for what was happening right now.

The woman pouted her mouth as looked sideways, seemingly not wanting to look at the man at all for ever. Her silence’s nuance at this moment was truly different and contrastful compared to her silence before.

“At least shut down the TV when the moment was at the climax, woman…” The man shook his head helplessly.

“Hmph… What do you know… That explosion really occured because some things might happen right after that, and I believe that so called climax is going to happen. Even a person who hasn’t watched that kind of battle will agree with my opinion.” The woman looked back at the man and answered him, and then looked away again, though her eyes still side eyed him.

The man gulped down some water and then looked back at the screen that was about to be turned on again by clicking the remote, “Yea, I can guarantee that the majority of people if not most if not all, might be thinking in that direction, that is indeed the impression about what was going to happen. But you see, this battle is not that simple. If you believe that the battle is going to enter some kind of big battle, then lemme tell you something different. Something entirely different…”

After the screen showed, somehow the unexpected happen. The battlefield that had been on chaos and suspense…

Had been deserted.