It have been 4 hours after my first sold fruit.

"Hey oldman, why am I so obessed with this ordinary house of yours?"-ask me while looking around the living room where I eat with while sitting atop of only a mat and using hand instead of spoon and fork.

At first, I just want to know what kind of life the NPC have when we the players not looking around but it ended up making me doing an weird work even though I at first just want to play a game.

"...I already said that nothing special here and yet you keep persisting to go inside. How is it? The feeling of being used of meaninglessly?"

"Being thanked and cooked a food by beautiful girl is a bliss"

Woah! So embarassing... I hope she didn't hate it. Hm? A good thing that she take my word as a normal compliment, if not I will be to ashamed meeting her again in the future. Look at that beautiful face, thin cute lips that curled up on her smooth small face, even though there are a sweat on her face it didn't negate her beauty instead make her more enchanting.

"You don't need to show it to me. Stop your hand gesture as if presenting her beauty, I know her better than you."

"Well, why don't we stop talking and start to eat?"

After work of course it would be a break but we do it at the oldman house with Aya's cooking which of course after we put the "On Break" sign in front.

"But, that is quite a feat Mr.Brat. Though we already almost sold out the vegetables as usual, but the selling of our fruit really exceed expectation."

"I quite unwilling to accept it but it is indeed true"

Why are you unwilling? How weird can you be, oldman?

"Well, it is just a technique to scam...I mean a little persuasion to every jones...Every customer that's seem quite rich"

And I probably won't do it again in the future because it somehow darken my innocence heart a bit.

"By the way, what is jones?"

"...It means, a guy who seems sucessful but don't know how to use their money to"

It is not a complete lie so let's ignore the innocent face of an adult with such pure realization or else it might guilt me. I wonder what the people who always trick their friends feeling when do such a thing? Is it like me who feel a guilt, or maybe not even a tiny bit?

No use thinking it so let's just eat Aya's food. Almost all of the menu are consisting vegetables such as eggplant, water spinach, luffa acutangula, or others that mixed with an egg, sweet corn, anchovy with a slice of meat.

I thought that the fruit are unknown to me because their shape that slighlty differ but the taste are somewhat simillar with different names of course. But I don't know the name of it so I ended up using the old naming that the real world have.

"By the way, can I use a restroom?"

Their food indeed delicious and healthy but I rarely drink a fruit juice so it upset my stomach a bit. How come I upset it in this virtual world anyway?- thought me but nothing can be done unless I check it myself in real quick. Pointing to certain direction, I go toward the back of this house and dumbfounded by the spectacle.

"I thought for sure I will be taking a dump in a hole and buried it with a sand"

"OY!"

But it is just normal squat toilet. Oopps, he will get angry again. I should tone down this persona or I might get hated instead.

Closing the wood door, I try squating and nothing in particular happen. What's wrong? Thought me but the warning window that appear so suddenly in front of me almost make me scream in shock.

'What? is this?'

Confuse then curious, I try read the content before realizing that my body in real world are in need to do business. Oh yeah, this place are literally only a game where my real body will need to eat, go to toilet, and sleep.

"I almost forgot"

Getting up hurriedly, go to the living room and start to gobled up all the food in hurry.

"Hey, what's the hurry? Are you sure you already wash your hand first?"

"You can eat slowly"

Said the oldman and Aya with both worry and smile on their face. That is right. The reason I am eating here was because I want to know just what is the difference between the player and NPC but I know for certain it is out of my reach.

'Almost no different if you look only at their appearance'

"I am very sorry but I forget that going to this town was for a reason so I need to take my business ASAP"

What kind?-Ask them both at the same time but I don't want to lie to them after al of their kindess they give toward me leaving the answer hanged with a smile become my choice.

"Are you really giving me kindness"

"...You really need to be punched"

What? I am just wondering whether lying to you really make me feel guilty. I did for Aya's because of her kindess but I doubt it for you, oldman. Eating a lot of the food take quite of time but it is a fulfilling treat for me so I am really satisfied.

I should thank them properly.

"Now that you mention it. Oldman, I forgot to ask for your name. I am sorry for my rudeness"

It is really rude to call people oldman oldman like that in real life and yet I do that unhesitantly like this. Since when I change so much? Are this game influence me in anyway?

"My name is Hahya. You should give us your name too, brat"

"Isn't he Mr.Brat? *giggle"

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"...I am not lying at you two this time but you indeed can call me Brat. As for my real name..."

Should I give it? My real name in real life?

Well, they are both an NPC ( Probrably considering there is almost none to differentiate both based of my conjecture, except our attire ) so it will not harm myself for real, right?

"...It is Baki Lumay. Thank you for your kindness and your tolerant about this stranger rude behaviour" said me while lowering my head to both of them who still stting on the floor atop a matt.

'Truly.'

I mean, if there ever a chance someone act like that toward my father and mother, I will beat him up for world's sake.

They both just laugh it out while saying it is ok. Well, the oldman really beat me up for a bit.

'It hurt like hell! So much for a game even though you want to make it the more real, at least make it playable, delevoper'

Though me while I hide in th alleyway before logging out from this world for 3 or 4 hours.

'Just for working while it's actually my day off'

Thought myself while start to regret buying a game a tiny little bit.

With a beep sound and my hazy sight that start to gain it's light, I begin to daze for a bit before shaking my head and get out of the capsule and looking at the machine that give me the chance to try becoming different person.

It is quite different from how game was in my imagination because if it is too real, one might get confused but maybe if I start to leveling and killing the monster, the thrill that should be there might dawn to me.

Looking left and right and grabing the phone with it's notification light on, the missed call and a few message startle me and finally realize what is going on.

*Ring

"Hello? Sorry, I am diving just now so, why are you calling me, Vian?

If it is not important, I will hung up right away.

{Are you not reading the manual? You can input your android into Phone holder and the player will be noticed if there is a call or message to your Game Chara}

"...The first time I heard of it. I will read it latter"

You can call me the type who play first and learn later. But with this advanced technology and the convenience it bring, it will be better for me to read and make use of it.

{Anyway, want to play together? We can level up faster this way}

"Sorry, in urgent! I will call you back latter!"

Wow, never realise my bladder already reach my limit! 

Running down the stair like some parkour expert and landing with a boom, I ignore the intense stare my shocked Mom gave and run toward the toilet. Unfortunately this 2 storey house only have 1 toilet, so it is actually better to make a new toilet on the second floor rather than buying a game capsule. 

"Mom will talk to you after you done"

...Is it alright if I take my time longer?

"It is no use even if you make it longer"

"...After this, okay"

You blur my concentration, mom.

What would you do if I failed to aim right?

Unlike west people, we feel more comfortable with squat toilet rather than sitting one where the need of aiming are unecessary after all.

Done with my thing, I go out and went to dinning room where my family waiting. We consist of 4 people including me with 1 older brother and no sister.

Looking right we have the normal father with a little plump body and a lot of white hair and white skin. looking left and my mother with tied hair and brownish skin preparing the food. Both have pointed nose and staright hair so the different between the two are only their skin.

'It seems I still safe'

Looking at the food and remember the experience I had before, I spoon out some food and bring it to my mouth while closing my eyes.

"Don't start early"

Said mom while she start sitting after giving us 3 our serving. It is bit shameful for the adult me to be served by my parent still but maybe because it is already our routine that I don't feel a thing.

Chew, gulp, drink, nothing much different with my experiences from the VR which really confuse me because it might influence player whether good or bad. 

Peacefull other than the sound of our cutleries, I forgot that it is supposed to be the interview with my mom. What did she mean by wanting to talk with me?- thought me with really bad feel that start to crawl up from my heart.

Nothing weird happen during but it come out after instead.

"Now I will go back to sleep"

"Don't go back for now because we need to talk"

"...Okay"

Woah, it is normal for mother to scold me for buying the game but I already consult with father that I maybe will buy the game in the future 1 month ago when I struggled with the temptation and he say yes.

"I understand."

"...It is a little hard to say this but..." Just said it quickly, dad. It is rare for you to--

"You will get married"

*Rattle

***

After the weird brat that call himself a "Brat" the house weirdly become quite.

"Brother, why are you always calling Baki a "Brat" every single time?"

I don't know but maybe because he dare call me an oldman that is why I want to tick him off by calling him abrat but...

"Instead of feel offended, he ignore it as if such a nick actually a normal thing"

"Like a child, or maybe just plain weird"

He is really weird.

What kind of sane human who call themselve a "brat" like that? He naturally have a real name, and yet he insist to be called that.

"Well, leaving aside his age of a half beastman, maybe he is around 28 years old with how youthful his appearance is."

That curly black hair with black fur on his ears, height about 173 cm and I don't know about his weight maybe proportional if guessed from how toned his muscle is.

"It will be great if he come back and play with us again, right? Brother"

"No need for the liveliness as long as we live for tomorrow safely"

"I never say his presence make our family more lively you know?"

"...It is just a guess"

Our family only consist us brother and sister. Already live like that for around 7 years without the presence of parents or acquaintance, the being called Baki really start to make the dull life we had a bit more cheerful.

"We must be grateful because the weird being that call themsellve adventurer suddenly pop out one another and protect us from the beast"

Said my little sister with a smile of relief. She is indeed a beauty when she smile even to me her own brother to the point that she always hit on by those hateful adventurer.

"But, even though without them, we can still survive with the both of us"

It might become more difficult but because of our circumtances that is leading a pionerr village which one of our only lifeline at the past, it reshape us to be more stronger and more immune to pain and sadness.

"I don't want to remember those painful day, brother. Sorry"

"No! I mean, I am sorry too for bringing it up"

But an unwanted experience still something you don't want to recall, especially for her.

But now that you mention it. Didn't Baki said that he want to become an adventurer?

"Aya, who do you think Baki is?"

"...What do you mean?"

I know from her hesitant answer and those flying around gaze of her. 

"If he is an adventurer, we have not fate whatsoever with each other. Remember that"

Said me with a sigh while cleaning up the dish that brat dare to leave behind.  I feel a little doubtful because how he dress really resemble adventurer but still that is not certain because I don't feel something that every adventurer supposed to have.

"If I meet him again, I will teach him some manner about eating out on other people place. How dare of him to leave before washing the dish."

Why am I assumming we will meet again? That is right, it is not certain that Baki are the so called adventurer. Those monster who somehow always comeback alive after got killed really make one body shiver in fear.

What kind of purpose do they pursue?

How come they still come back with a smile after experiencing the fear of dying multiple time?

When and where those people come from?

Even Baki so called hometown might not exist if I think about it.

If, just IF. If he is indeed an adventurer, our live must not be crosssed with each other. We get old, we die, we struggle to survive, and they still retain their spirit while continue getting stronger.

Looking back the down gaze and curled down lips of aya's, I shake my head while bringing the dish back after being cleaned.

"...You should just rest and I wil take care of the rest"

"No need, it is just a little work" 

...It seem I am too careful. From how she go to the front for the next sales, I can say for sure she is not feeling down in the slightest. Maybe the influence we get from Baki might not be that much after looking the normal expression of my sister who come back after she forgot her hair tie.

"You get it wrong brother. I just missed the cheerful expression of yours. If his presence might make you smile again, I thought it will be a pity if we not meet again"

...I take my word back. That last sentence of her reek a little bit of white lie in it.

"Well, if he choose the path of adventurer, we very much will not have a fate with each other"

'But if he choose the other...'

No need to think the not really much important presence called baki, I stride with a lighter step to the front for my awating fruit to sell.