It seemed that Seraphza couldn't immediately answer my request to join her project. However, she said she would think about it while continuing her work on the game. I could see a fierce competitiveness in her eyes as she looked at me—perhaps she was still struggling to accept how easily I had completed her game.

In the end, I simply went ahead with Mireza's request and focused on cleaning Seraphza's room. She silently allowed me to tidy up, making no objections.

Once I finished, I headed to the living room where Mireza was waiting. Since it was Sunday, she had asked me to help clean her daughter's room.

"Okay, I’ve finished your request," I told Mireza.

As a temporary resident in her home—and considering how much this demoness, with her dark purple hair and mature-looking horns which pretty much a bit different from her daugther, had helped me since I left the dimensional drift—it wasn’t strange for me to lend a hand with chores.

"Oh, really? Thank you… I could hear you two talking quite happily. May I ask what you were discussing?" Mireza asked with a smile, gesturing for me to sit in front of her. She had prepared a snack, a traditional cake from the region, along with a glass of iced coffee.

I had no reason to refuse. There wasn’t much else for me to do at the moment, so I sat down and answered her question.

"She asked me to test her research, and I found it pretty interesting, so I went along with it. After that, we had a little chat. She’s really passionate about her work, and I found it so fascinating that I wanted to help her and be part of the project."

"Eh? Is that so? Are you perhaps a historian or something?"

"No, I wouldn’t say that. But I do know quite a bit about Hero Reza. And—though it might sound a bit overconfident—I think I can help Seraphza with her research better than anyone else." I spoke with confidence.

"Ara… is that so? I never expected you to be interested in such things. Hm, I wonder what she actually calls it?"

"Video games."

"Yes, that’s it. Hm… at least I feel relieved to see someone who can see eye to eye with my daughter."

I noticed Mireza breathing a quiet sigh of relief. Perhaps she had been worried about her daughter. Ever since I arrived at this house, this was the first time I had actually met Seraphza, as she had been completely absorbed in her research.

Even though I had been staying in the old storage room outside the main house for a week, I had never once seen her. She was so focused on her work that she rarely left her room—even during dinner, when I would return from helping Mireza at her office.

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At first, I found it odd that Mireza asked me to clean her daughter’s room. But after observing both Mireza and Seraphza, I could tell that their magic skills were extraordinary. Maybe they didn’t see me as a threat, or perhaps Mireza had been observing my behavior over the past week and decided it was safe to introduce me to her daughter.

"I hope you become good friends with my daughter."

"I will… No, I hope I can get along with her very much."

Mireza clapped her hands in approval, and I responded with complete honesty, speaking from the bottom of my heart. I was certain my eyes lit up as I answered, and seeing this, Mireza’s expression grew even more relieved and happy.

"Huhuhu, that’s good. I’m happy to hear such words."

We continued chatting for a while, but just like every other day, Seraphza didn’t show herself. Too bad—right now, she was the only person who had truly caught my attention since I returned to Arcadia after escaping the dimensional rift.

Even though the game Seraphza had created had a retro feel, it was still the first video game I had played in years. To be honest, I still wanted to play it. The nostalgia was overwhelming, making me feel like I could cry. However, I knew I couldn't just force my way into playing it again. I needed to be patient.

"Well, since you know about Hero Reza… that means you can play this game, right? Seraphza has been so busy with her research that she hasn’t played this board game with me in a long time, even though we used to play it a lot."

Mireza pulled out a board game—one I immediately recognized. It was chess, a game I had introduced from Earth to Arcadia. I had played it many times before and had even competed as my class representative in a chess tournament during my country’s independence celebration back in middle school.

"Of course, I can… But it’s been a long time since I last played. I wonder if I can still call myself a good player."

I spoke as Mireza smiled, clearly pleased to have someone to play with.

"Oh? So you really weren’t lying when you said you knew a little about Hero Reza."

Still, I found myself easily defeated by Mireza. Ahahaha... Even though I was the one who introduced chess to this world, it seems I’m far from being an expert. To think I lost to a doctor from a small clinic…

But maybe this was only natural. Chess had become so popular in Arcadia that it was no longer just a game—it had evolved into a major sport, with tournaments even larger than the ones I could remember back on Earth. Perhaps this was because chess in Arcadia was seen as a legacy left behind by the hero who had once saved the world.

This made me think about the absence of video games in this world. What kind of entertainment did the people of Arcadia enjoy? Especially since I knew that something akin to the internet existed here—although they called it the Net. Thanks to Mireza, I had access to it, which made it easy to search for information.

And to be honest, what I found was fascinating. The most common form of entertainment was something very fitting for a fantasy world like Arcadia: adventurers. Unlike sports such as tennis, soccer, or basketball—which didn’t seem to exist here—and with no video games, adventuring had become the primary form of both sport and spectacle.

However, adventuring in Arcadia was different from the typical depiction in games where adventurers simply completed quests and tasks. Here, it was a full-fledged profession, with people of various races venturing into dungeons filled with monsters and dangers.

On video-sharing platforms similar to YouTube, I found countless streams and videos about adventurers. It looked like they were megastars in Arcadia—massively famous, almost like celebrities.

Then again, in a world with magic, it wasn’t surprising that those with powerful abilities, who braved dungeons and faced monsters, would gain immense popularity.