Emily felt no pain when her brother instantly grabbed her hand to bring her along, instead, it was odd as she felt absolutely nothing at all. Yet somehow she still couldn't even move an inch, It was almost as if her hand wasn't being held at all, yet her hand was as unmovable as Mt Everest itself. Just what kind of a grip did her brother have!? Seemingly weak, yet unbreakable!

To such a situation she could only lower her head and obediently follow along. "Fine but I want one too!" It was almost as if she instantly forgot about the insult previously due to a few simple words from her brother. What kind of charisma was this! It was simply too unordinary! How could a few words have such an effect!?

Of course, there was no problem to buying another set of 'WorldGear', which was the gear required to play Paragon. They were a very wealthy family, so a mere 200 dollars to buy the WorldGear was not a problem. Yet this pair of brother-sister siblings shared almost no relationship with their parents, seemingly they were only connected by blood yet nothing else. They barely came home and only left them a card with the pin which held an unknown amount of money each time they departed. It was odd as they did not even know what their parents did for a living, as such this pair of brother and sister could only rely on each other as they grew up for the entirety of their life except obviously during infancy. 

Isaac at this current time was a recent high school graduate who graduated just a month ago. He was 18 as of the 1st of January 2035, and he barely ever attended school during his high school years. His sister was aged 17 and was in her last year of high school, she was praised highly as an excellent-scholar at a top school and her lifetime dream was to be a doctor. However, with a 18-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl being this close it would be odd if others didn't get the wrong idea! But for them, it was not unusual in the slightest, due to the fact that when growing up from childhood to now they only had each other to depend upon. 

He was not the type to tease someone, even when facing his especially cute sister. He was not obnoxious at all even with all the power. He simply nodded and replied with a single word in a calm yet charming voice. 

"Sure." 

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One hour later...... Inside the store.

He had finally arrived at the store which sold the very latest model of 'WorldGear'.

Surprisingly enough, throughout this whole time, Isaac still did not know the exact date. It was not because he couldn't find out, but that he simply did not see the need to at this current time. For the only thing mattered to him was his sister's well-being and getting the World Gear before it officially launched.

Only now did he finally know that the day he was reborn into was the 30th of January 2035! Just one day before the official launch of the new gaming sensation Paragon! He realized this when he looked at the digital clock within the shop.

He only muttered to himself, "it seems to me that poster was a week overdue, very odd for a city like New York."   

However, such a minor issue could not affect a man such as himself. He only cared about getting the WorldGear before Paragon fully launched, and thus allowing himself the power to protect his sister. Other issues were truly small in comparison to such.

Yet, now that he knew it was the day before the launch of Paragon he was truly surprised.

Furthermore, he was surprised once again after he grabbed the two sets of WorldGear and had a glance at the line of the shop.

"Isn't this line a little too small?" 

Even though there were now hundreds of stores selling copies for 'WorldGear'. It was still a technology which had billions of players in the future, isn't the roughly five people in front of him lining up in front of him a little too small? It was only a day before the launch of Paragon... Shouldn't the store be bustling with people? Yet what was even more surprising was that only 2 out of the five people in front of them were lining up to buy WorldGear.

He asked his sister why there were so few people buying WorldGear, she only responded with a brief shake of her head to indicate that she too did not know. They were truly not informed of such worldly matters, they often did not associate themselves with too many people and only ever had brief conversations away from the world of technology. The only time Isaac ever touched a piece of technology was a few years ago on the very first full-dive virtual reality game to ever be released which was known as 'Legends', as he was truly interested in what all this fuss was about. However, he still did not realize that when he played Legends he created such a storm on the issue of who owned this legendary character known as 'NotOP'!? As he merely played it in his spare-time which was not often. Yet after a while, he found it too boring as it had no real challenges and he thus quit the game right after. 

Emily only looked at his brother for a short while when she was answering his question before once again shyly looking away. She from a 3rd person perspective was instead not too far apart even when compared to her godly brother. She was humble despite her overwhelming talents in literature and even had a breath-taking beauty which seemed like God's masterpiece. Slender jade-like legs, very defining womanly curves which were further accented by her tight aqua dress, with a little cute nose, cherry-like lips and a pair of bright blue eyes like cerulean pools. But even with such talents and looks she only ever considered herself to be above average, it was truly odd. 

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Eventually, they also joined the line and reached the very front after a few minutes which was spent grabbing what they needed which was essentially only the 2 sets of WorldGear. 

"Hello, how can I help you?" The above-average looking lady kindly asked the man in the gray hoodie which covered most of his face, who was of course Isaac.

Oddly enough, Isaac was still not fully alert of his surroundings which had never once happened in his life. He was the perceptive and alert type. This could be due to the fact that he was still too immersed in his sister's lovely appearance, he had not seen her for a whole year after their separation due to his sister's crazed lover. This was truly a lifetimes worth of separation. For they had spent almost every single day in each other's company to only suddenly be torn away from each other, it could be seen to most people as unbearable. Like taking a pet dog for a walk every day, only to suddenly discover for its lovely energetic self to be gone the next day and back into the stream of life to be reincarnated. It was a change too big to bear and it was much too sudden with no warning. So he had not yet fully gotten used to this kind of life again.

"Sir! Hello?" The lady once again called out. Only to discover the man to be looking straight at her yet not even responding.

"Sigh, could it be that he's never seen a beautiful young lady before and was mesmerized in my appearance?! I get that he probably has to wear a hoodie as he's too shy in his looks but there should be a limit right?"

His sister gently called out to him in an enchanting voice and oddly discovered that he still did not respond. "Isaac?" 

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"Sorry miss, I'll handle it," as Emily gently took the card out of her purse and handed it to the lady.

Only now did the lady behind the counter discover that the girl next to the man in the hoodie was a beauty which could send cities and countries to war to fight over her hand. She even had the sudden thought that could this girl be that man's girlfriend? No way! It would be like finding the finest piece of jade in a piece of cow dung it could not be possible!

But the lady suddenly had a scary thought... Unless... Could it be? She tried to take a clear look at the young man's face which hid inside the hoodie. What she suddenly saw was the gaze of a pair of deep endless black eyes which seemed to hide a whole other world inside. She could now distinctly tell that beneath the hoodie of the man hid his ever so defining handsome features that seemed almost like a face which could only be found in fairy tales! A face which should not be able to be seen on the face of a human! She froze, she was thoroughly lovestruck with her mouth even wide open. 25 years of age, yet acting like a little girl who just found her first love. But could it be blamed on her or was what she saw something that should not be able to exist in the mortal world?

Beep! Transaction complete! 

Emily kindly said to the lady behind the counter,

"Thanks miss we'll be off now!". 

She also took the chance to ask the lady of a question her brother had just asked her.

"Hey, how come there is hardly anyone buying WorldGear this afternoon?"

Oddly enough, she did not respond for a while as she was still in a love-struck state for a few more moments until finally returning back to the real world from her dream-like state.

"Oh, sorry! It's probably because the WorldGear has already been selling for 3 months in preparation for the official launch tonight at 9 pm! As such many would have already bought their set of WorldGear."

Emily responded with a enlightened expression and kindly said,

"Okay! Thank you miss, I see."

After that brief exchange of words, Emily and Isaac turned around unable to see the ladies still enchanted expression and under a barely audible volume, it could be heard that she muttered...

"A god! It has to be..." 

On their way back Emily was highly shocked at his brother's actions. She knew that her brother was definitely not the shy type nor the type to be condescending and ignore another one's kind words. Yet, she still said nothing about his brother's extremely odd actions just then and simply allowed him to carry the two pieces of WorldGear back to their homely abode in a refreshing moment of silence. She knew that something may have disturbed her normally perfect brother, but instead she chose not to invade his privacy as she knew that he would get better soon, and she was rather pleased to no longer see her brother's lifeless face but a face that had a trace of a brief yet lovely smile.

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"Finally we're back home!" Emily loudly exclaimed in a pleased voice.

"Mhmm," responded Isaac who was clearly in a good mood which is very hard to come by.

"Hey, Isaac I have to go to study for my exams next week, so don't bother waiting for me to join you when the game launches!" Emily sweetly called out to his brother as she encased herself in her room.

After 4 more hours of what seemed like an eternity, Isaac finally opened his eyes and had a graceful smile,

"Finally it is time!" Tick! It struck 9 pm and Isaac called out...

"LAUNCH!"

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The domineering voice of a system's AI could be heard from within the virtual world.

"Choose your character's name! Because of the fact that you are from America region only english characters are permitted. The name cannot be shorter than one character, yet it cannot surpass fifteen characters either. "

Isaac casually responded with, "NotOP!"

"Error! The name is already taken! Select another!"

Odd... Even in the previous game, which was known as Legends which had millions of players the name was still not taken. He had even joined the game a few days late compared to others. This surprised him deeply. Currently, not even a mere second had passed before the game officially launched and his name had already been taken. 

Yet, little did he know elsewhere some poor little minor character was celebrating at taking a legends name and was ready to throw a massive party to celebrate.

But instead of fretting over such a minor issue, he simply called out... 

"Broken!"  

"The character name was chosen!"

"Choose your race! You may choose out of Elf, Human and Orc."

"Human!" He did not even take a moment to think about an answer for such a question, he was a human so he would simply choose human.

Successful! Character Made!

Enjoy your stay in Paragon!

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