Volume 1 Prologue:

To be honest...I currently am in the midst of exam week so I should be studying right now...

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Humanity has come a long way with the development of technology. In the current century, has become reality, only that the capsules used to assess it was very expensive to procure. That was the reason behind all the discontent in the majority of the population whom did not get the chance to ever try it out.

Himura Yuzuki* was one of them. With long, black hair that reached her lower back, matched with her obsidian eyes and fair skin (due to spending the majority of her time indoors), she was quite the average bishoujou**. The only problem with her was her muteness combined with her face devoid of emotions. With her lack of social abilities becoming more apparent in her life, she no longer went out and found herself with time to spare at home.

She later found herself enthralled by the stories found on the web, to the point when she did not wish to part from her room. Thus, she ended up being similar to a hikikomori***. But...it was her dream to experience playing a VRMMORG, so with the expensiveness of the capsules, her outlook on life became more gloomy.

Then came along , a game company that recently advertised about their new product: . Instead of needing to buy both the capsule and game, with the purchase of the game, , the capsule came too as a bonus! Plus, , contrary to expectations, was selling in stores at a very cheap price! With just these two facts alone, VRMMORG was being sold like hotcakes in all stalls around the world. In time, the game company, stood at the pinnacle of the industry, despite the game actually only starting today!

Yuzuki was hooked on, but she actually checked out what the was actually about just in case. She, through reading many fantasy or RPG-like stories, actually had a form of idea of what she would like to experience in a game (though she did not have any true experience with playing a RPG).

created by was to be set in a fantasy-type world with magic and swords being common tools. The game's catch phrase was basically: "Explore the ever-developing world that expands beyond the horizon!" In other words, it basically catered towards the Adventurer Profession, much like what Yuzuki dreamed of doing: having an adventure!

With its very cheap price and the capsule as an addition (with a starting fee of only $25 and just 10% of what you earn each month as a monthly payment), it did seem very alluring, but what won Yuzuki over was the promise of adventure! After watching the advertisement corresponding to the game that featured many snapshots of different sceneries and creatures, she was entranced and instantly set off to buy it.

As going outside was not an option for her, she opted to buy it through 's website that promised fast delivery service. Shortly after she paid, there was a ding-dong sound coming from the front. Very excited (although it did not show on her face), she quickly walked to the front door and opened it. She was then met with a deliveryman. Yuzuki, feeling socially awkward, turned to look at the logo of the van they came from which was from .

Eyes brightening up (metaphorically), Yuzuki turned to face the deliveryman. The deliveryman took out a piece of paper from who-knows-where and proceeded to ask her to sign it to finalise the purchase. Nodding to show that she understood, she took the pen that was handed out to her and scanned over the piece of paper before signing it.

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After that, she gestured for the deliveryman to come in and pointed where she wanted it to be. With some help from his workmates, the deliveryman quickly installed the capsule and left to deliver more.

After they left, Yuzuki quickly locked the door. With an excited look on her face (to her at least, since she basically had a '-_-' face), she quickly ate some instant-type food and went in. Yuzuki patiently waited while she was scanned and for the timer function the capsule had to countdown to zero, and for the game to finally begin.

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There seemed to be a huge pause after 1, making Yuzuki feel quite afraid that the capsule stopped working and she won't have a chance of playing the game. Finally, after a certain amount of time, the '1' disappeared.

0

Finally...

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Yuzuki nodded.

The game is now starting up…

T~ring!

Welcome to

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*Himura Yuzuki: Yuzuki is made up of kanji with the meaning of 'gentleness and/or superiority and 'moon'

**bishoujo: pretty girl

***hikikomori: basically modern-day hermit

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