Chapter 03: Ice Sculpture

After ending the call with her brother, Cynthia looked for a fountain around the plaza, but she could not find it no matter how hard she looked for it, after going around the plaza a few times, Cynthia stopped in front of a huge ice sculpture that was being carved in the middle of the plaza by a middle age man.

The man soon took notice that Cynthia was watching over his work, and so he could help to stop working and ask for her opinion.

[Unknown]: “What you said little lady do you like?”

Cynthia nodded

[Cynthia]: “I think it is amazing mister, I like very much”

The middle age man could only laugh in delight after his work being praised.

[Unknown]: “I am glad that you like it little lady, but isn't finished just yet”

[Cynthia]: “It is not finished yet?”

[Unknown]: “Oh no, there is one last touch it needs to be finished, I tell you what, why don’t you come back later and see it when it is done, I am sure you would like it even more”

[Cynthia]: “Ok but I have to ask big brother first”.

[Cyan]: “Ask me what?”

[Cynthia]: "Big brother!"

She could recognized Cyan immediately, as his avatar was exactly the same as him in the real world, 1.65 tall, white skin, black eyes and messy black hair, and the same face.

It hasn't been long but Cynthia was already starting to miss her only big brother in the whole world, so she gave him a big hug.

[Cyan]: “Hey isn’t been than long, so what you think, isn’t Oban great?”

[Cynthia]: “This place is amazing, it really feels like another world”

Cyan could only nod, this was the kind of reaction he was expecting from his little litter sister.

Taking a good look over how Cyan was dressed Cynthia could not help but laugh a little, as her big brother was dressed like a mage in an anime television show he liked to watch.

[Cynthia]: “Big brother are you doing a cosplay”

Looking around Cyan could understand why Cynthia would through that.

Most of the people around were dressed normally, like you would dress in the outside world, and the rest were beginners that were just starting and were dressed like Santa’s or Green Elves, as this armor set was a gift from the server to everyone, Cyan has one set too but he wasn’t willing to wear those clothes even if they had good bonuses stats.

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[Cyan]: "It is not like that!”

[Cyan]: “Sigh, just give me a second”

Cyan wanted to impress his little sister with his high level mage character, so he has taken the time to prepare the best showy armor set he have, but it seems it all had ended back firing on him, with a wave of his hand and sigh, Cyan changed his armor set to a more common clothes.

Cyan tried to move the conversation away by asking a casual and unrelated question to his sister.

[Cyan]: “Whom you were talking to just now”

[Cynthia]: “I was taking to this mister that is carving this amazing ice sculpture, look big brother look”

Turning around Cynthia could only see a water fountain behind her; the ice sculpture and middle age man were nowhere to be seen.

Cyan could only sighed, Cynthia was an adorable kid, who would wanted to be friends with her? Nevertheless, her only friend was a turtle? No, the real reason she didn't had any friend was because she has scared them away with her active imagination.

He had thought that bringing her inside the game could her, as per doctor recommendation, a new study has shown that people that have some kind of mental problem, after they entered Oban they would improve very fast, because this world was controlled by a giant super computer that could check and improved the mental health of the human brain better than any human doctor could ever do, after all Oban was all imaginary, it was all in the brain.

[Cyan]: “Cynthia what I told about talking to strangers”

[Cynthia]: “…to never talk to them”

[Cyan]: “Be a good girl and don’t talk to them or I won’t take you to buy ice cream tomorrow”

Taking Cynthia hand, Cyan could not help but start walking away from the water fountain.

[Cyan]: “Come, we will miss the fireworks if we don’t hurry”

[Cynthia]: “I swear it was right there big brother, why you too don’t believed in me?”

[Cyan]: “Yeah yeah, let’s go”

Cynthia wanted to cry, no matter how many times she swears she was telling the truth, no one seems to believe in her, all her friends called her a liar and all kinds of horrible names, and shun her away, not even her own mother or brother would believe in her.

This rule of not talking to strangers was just one away to not show her own weirdness to everybody else to see, but she couldn’t truly differentiate between “real people” and “fake people”, what are her other options? Not talk with anyone else ever? Wouldn’t that be very lonely?

Cynthia could not hold it anymore as she started to cry.

[Cynthia]: “uaaaaaa………”

All her friends had stop talking to her and shun her away, what would happen if her mother and brother also stop talking to her as well and shun her away too, she could only barely hold in this loneliness thanks to the support of them, but what if that too ended.

[Cyan]: “Sigh"

Realizing his mistake Cyan stopped in his tracks, as he turned around and crouched in front of Cynthia.

[Cyan]: “Come on little sister, don’t cry, I really believe in you”

[Cynthia]: “sniff sniff you don’t need lie, you don’t believe in me, nobody do”

[Cyan]: “Of course I believe you little sister, I don’t have a reason to lie at you”

[Cynthia]: “You really believe in me big brother? sniff”

[Cyan]: “I am your big brother so of course I do”

[Cynthia]: “But won’t big brother stop talking to me and abandon me? sniff”

[Cyan]: “I would never do that little sister; how can I abandon such a cute angel like you”

Cynthia smiled shyly

[Cynthia]: “Really big brother?”

Cyan nodded his head.

[Cyan]: “had I ever lied to you?”

Cynthia shook her head as she stopped crying.

[Cyan]: “Now, let’s clean those tears away, and let’s go the firework show, we will really miss the fireworks if we don’t hurry now little sister”

[Cynthia]: “Wait big brother… can we come back later to see the finished ice sculpture”

Patting Cynthia head Cyan didn’t hold any doubts in his answer for Cynthia.

[Cyan]: “Yeah little sister, we can come back later to see the finished ice sculpture”

[Cynthia]: "I am sure big brother would like it too"

Cynthia could help but to give a more angelic smile and a big hug to Cyan, maybe the world was against her, but she still has her big brother with her and her mother, neither of them would ever abandon her.