Headache.

Chest pain.

Back pain.

His legs were still sore, perhaps entropied.

His eyes were shut, but he could sense the bits of light that were present on his retinas.

Though, with his arms almost as heavy as a boulder, he couldn’t feel much of anything.

He was barely conscious. But, he could tell he wasn’t dead… yet.

He was on the verge of death, but he was alive.

And he had been alive for the last few hours, just that the state he was in, was not something that could medically be described as ‘alive’.

Still…

-Lu-dub. Lu-dub.

His heart was beating.

His neurons were firing.

And he knew he was alive with his barely conscious mind.

Just that the kind of pain he was feeling throughout his body at the moment was so high that it had crossed the threshold of his perception.

Aside from the knowledge of the fact that he was, in fact, in pain, he did not know what was going on around him.

And, that wasn’t a bad thing.

[Ding!]

[Connection time limit reached.]

[You will be forcefully logged out.]

Finally, after an unknown period of time, his connection with this world was severed. And, on the other side…

[Master, the other master has woken up.]

With the opening of his chariot case, a sound was heard by his ears after a long, long time.

“Ughhh…”

He wasn’t hurt here, but the mental trauma was still present so he grabbed his head with both hands and tried to get back to his senses.

“What…”

The only thing he could see right now was darkness, but he understood that it was because of the prolonged gaming session, so he stayed inside his chariot until his senses calmed down.

“…”

And only after his headache subsided, only after his vision returned to normal, and only after his body had realized how he was back to his original body, was when he slowly opened his eyes… and greeted the gorgeous face of his crying girlfriend.

“Hey there… Alex.”

There were tears in her eyes even though she’s tough and calm most of the time.

They were only playing a game, so even if he had died there, it wouldn’t really mean real death… he wanted to say all that to her at the moment, but, no word came out of his mouth.

Instead, his eyes teared up as well.

“Don’t Hey me, you fucking bastard!”

He had just climbed out of the chariot somehow, and was just about to trip down when he caught him, and hugged his weak self.

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“What the fuck did you do?!”

She was shouting.

She couldn’t help it, she had been worried sick for the last nine hours.

“I… I’m sorry.”

He didn’t know why he said that, but that was the only thing that came out of his mouth when he hugged her back.

Seeing her crying wasn’t actually new for him… but, seeing her crying like this, over something he did, had certainly never been the case.

She was crying, and it was because of something he did. Something he wasn’t even aware of, but he worried her.

And, he didn’t like that fact.

“You… damn bastard…”

The evil from the dark realm had overtaken Eve and the only way to save her at the moment was to defeat them through the obvious means, something he did not want.

He didn’t like it, even though that was the only way to save her.

Even when they were getting to the undesirable part, his desire to save that child still resonated inside his heart and soul, and perhaps, that was the reason the Blessing that he had obtained in the Library event was triggered.

“I’m sorry… Alex… I’m alright… I’m not hurt…”

He didn’t know what he was doing when the blessing was triggered, but he at least knew at that moment that he could do anything he wanted…

He could fly, he could use any kind of magic he wished for, he could see far away into the city, he could see how Miu and Az looked in the eyes of the spirits that follow them, and… he could also defeat those damned bastards that had done something that should never have.

He was able to do everything he wanted, his genuine desire to defeat those bastards was fulfilled at that time.

And when he was done taking care of those bastards as well as the bomb that could have become another tragedy, he came back down to the ground.

[Physical scan of the other master indicates that he is hungry, thirsty, and sleep deprived.]

He had no idea what was happening to him since the last few hours, the last thing he could remember was how seeing Alex on the ground, her worried look to be more precise.

He knew…

“Shut up… Sunday…”

He knew something had happened to him, and because of whatever had happened to him, he was in extreme pain at that time.

He knew that he wasn’t in the viscount’s mansion when he was going through that pain since if that were the case, she would have done her best to relieve the endless pain he was feeling throughout his body.

His very consciousness was crumbling, and he did not know why he had not died or logged out much earlier.

“I’m sorry…”

He had no idea what was happening with him, but the fact that she was crying because of him remained true.

“Stop apologizing, you piece of shit.”

She kissed him… and, he kissed her back.

By saving that little girl, he was at least feeling better that he wasn’t completely powerless for once in that damned game.

He felt better, and though that power was temporary, he now knew what it felt like to have actual Freedom to do anything one wanted, what actual power was in that world, as well as how Weak he still was.

“Let’s go eat something first.”

The kiss wasn’t enough to quench his thirst, so he needed some hydration as well.

He was also weak after suffering that extreme mental trauma, and needed a long rest.

Right now at least, it wasn’t time to blame him for her worries. For now at least…

“Yes.”

Alex knew she needed to take care of her bastard for now.

She can yell at him after he is rested and all better…

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