BXBX NOVEL Chapter 56 - Episode 56: A Housemate.
"What the hell did you do to my character?!"
Emma is smacking me on the back. I\'m covering my head with my arms.
"I don\'t know. I told you I was testing something out! I\'m sorry!"
The reason why Emma is furious is because her character in-game can\'t be respawned or resurrected, and her character can respawn after 3 days of in-game time. It\'s because of the ring I put on her finger. Back then, after I put the ring on her finger, she logged out as soon as she knew she couldn\'t respawn or resurrected and told us that. I logged out as well and explained it to her, then this happened.
Emma sighs and sits down on the couch.
"Whatever, you owe me for this!"
I chuckle and shake my head.
"Alright alright..."
Emma turns on the TV and watches a movie. Then her phone is ringing. She picks up her phone and answers the call. It\'s William and he wants to inform us that he will be here tomorrow morning. Emma then orders some food after she hangs up the phone.
"What do you want, Trev?"
I tilt my head.
"You\'re going to buy me some too?"
Emma nods.
"Yeah, I got some money from selling an item in-game yesterday."
I shake my head.
"You don\'t have to, save it for yourself. But I want spicy noodles and ice black tea. I\'ll pay for my own food."
Emma grins and nods.
"Okay then."
We watch a movie and waiting for the food. Emma looks around and I look at her while furrowing my forehead.
"What\'s wrong?"
Emma looks at me.
"Nothing, I\'m just thinking if we have another housemate would be awesome. I\'m imagining that our housemates are playing together and spending time together in here."
I scoff and shake my head.
"But this is my house. Not an apartment. Even if I want to, there\'s not enough room for anyone to live here."
Emma raises her eyebrows while leaning on the couch.
"I know, I\'m just imagining it. Oh by the way..."
Emma looks at me and puts her hands on my thigh.
"Francesca is going to come to visit us."
I tilt my head.
"Francesca? When and why?"
Emma is grinning.
"Because she\'s curious about you. She asked me what do you look like IRL, and I told her that you looked the same, but she didn\'t believe me. So I told her to come here to see it for herself and she said that she will. That\'s why she\'s going to visit us after the auction. So three weeks from now."
I scoff.
"Really? Just because of that?"
Emma nods.
"Yeah. Well, she\'s also curious about my look, I told her the same but she didn\'t believe it either."
Emma is peeling her lips. I click my tongue and look at her.
"What is it?"
Emma tilts her head.
"What? I didn\'t say anything."
I sigh.
"When something is bothering you, you\'re peeling your lips. I know you very well."
Emma immediately puts her fingers away from her lips.
"I\'m just curious about you and Becker. We haven\'t talked about you and Becker. So you are close with him?"
I nodded and I told her my story with Becker. From how I met him until the day he\'s buried. Emma cried when she listened to my story and she didn\'t say anything and looked at me with worries. It went awkward after that, she sat beside me in silence while peeling her lips. Thankfully, the food came and everything went back to normal after we ate our food.
I clear my throat.
"Are you going to play again?"
Emma shakes her head.
"No, I think I\'m going to bed and hug my body pillow while being depressed because of your story."
I chuckle and mess her hair.
"Alright, let\'s get some sleep then. We will have a lot to do tomorrow. From moving the pods to the basement and cleaning the room for William."
Emma nods with an agreement and then we go to our own room to get some sleep.
(The next morning.)
Emma is knocking on my door.
"Trev, Willy is here."
I wake up and sit on the bed to get some energy to get up from the bed. Then I open the door and Emma is smiling.
"Morning. Willy is downstairs, let\'s go."
I\'m yawning and scratching my body.
"Give me a minute, I want to wash my face first."
Emma nods.
"Alright then. We\'ll be waiting downstairs."
I nod and close the door then wash my face and change my clothes.
Emma and William are talking downstairs and I can hear them when I open the door. I go downstairs and they both are looking at me. William stands up.
"Good morning."
I smile and nod.
"Morning. Have you eaten breakfast?"
William shakes his head.
"Ah, no, I haven\'t. I always skip breakfast since I don\'t have the time to make one or buy one."
I scoff and shake my head.
"Well then, let\'s make breakfast. We haven\'t had breakfast either."
The three of us went to the kitchen. On my way to the kitchen, I saw William\'s belongings in front of the gaming room. We cooked breakfast and ate it. After that, we cleaned the basement and moved the pods there, then we cleaned his bedroom and helped to manage his stuff there. We were having fun and Emma kept teasing him for no reason. William\'s pod will be here later in the afternoon.
I look at the time and it\'s almost 12 p.m. and we are resting in the living room because it was exhausting. I groan while staring at the ceiling.
"It\'s almost lunchtime already... Let\'s order food for lunch because I\'m too tired to cook."
Emma is giving me a thumbs up with an agreement. I grab my phone and I order food for the three of us. I look at William.
"You\'re still planning on changing faction?"
William is playing with his phone and then puts it down.
"Yes, we already talked to the NPC and it is as you said. It takes 3 days to change the faction. Oh, are you going to join the PvP event?"
I shake my head.
"No, Emma, Ivonna, and her friends didn\'t want me to join the PvP event. I\'m not interested in joining any of those events anyway. Except for the exchanging event."
William\'s mouth is wide open.
"But you\'re imba! (Imbalanced). You can easily reach at least the top 3!"
I chuckle. Emma shakes her head.
"Not top 3. He will be the only person with 0 lose!"
The three of us laugh. Then William raises his hand. I don\'t know why he does that, and it feels like he wants to ask a question to his teacher.
"I heard that Scythe has magic skills, is that true?!"
I nod.
"Yeah, Scythe has three styles. The first is for CC (Crowd Control), the second one is AoE damager, and the third one is semi-magic. It depends on how they used their scythe. The skill they got is based on their play style in the first place."
William is so excited and leans forward.
"So can you teach me how to get those skills?"
I look at him and raise my eyebrows.
"Sure, but not today. I\'m so exhausted."
William nods happily. Emma is looking at him and chuckling.
The food came and we chowed it down. Then a delivery truck came not long after we are done eating our lunch. We carried his pod to the basement and put it beside mine. Emma and William immediately got inside their pods and play together. I went upstairs to the living room and rest for more. My eyes felt so heavy and I fell asleep as soon as I closed my eyes.
I open my eyes and groan. I look around and it\'s so dark in here. I realize it\'s already 8 p.m. and the lights in my house haven\'t been turned on. That means those two are still playing. I get up and turn on all the lights. I cook dinner for the three of us and then go downstairs.
I press the button on their pods. They both then wake up from the pod.
"Let\'s eat dinner first then you both can continue playing after that."
I sigh.
"Why do I feel like I\'m having two children."
They both are laughing and then we go upstairs to eat our dinner.
Emma is eating her meatballs.
"I can\'t wait for tomorrow."
William nods excitedly. I raise my eyebrow.
"Tomorrow?"
Emma nods.
"Tomorrow is Saturday, and the celebration will start tomorrow morning!"
I\'ve been playing a lot lately and it makes me forgot about the date. So tomorrow is the celebration, huh? I guess I have to rest for more so I can play all day tomorrow and farm Betelgeuse\'s Coin. I\'m curious about the items they\'re going to put in the exchange event.
My phone is vibrating. I grab my phone and an unknown number is messaging me. I open the message.
[Hi, Trev. It\'s me, Ivonna. Are you going to play tomorrow?]
The first thing I do is looking at Emma. She tilts her head. I show my phone to her. She\'s humming.
"Oh yeah, Ivonna asked for your phone number. She said she has something to say to you, so I gave her your number."
I\'m humming with understanding and reply to her message.
[Yeah, I\'m planning to play tomorrow morning. Why?]
[Are you free? Or are you going to join the Hide and Seek event?]
[Yeah you can say that I\'m free. I\'m not going to join the events, I\'m planning to farm Betelgeuse\'s Coin. Why?]
[I see, that\'s great because I\'m also planning to do that. Can we do that together?]
[Sure, I\'ll be waiting in Fjel town then.]
[Got it. See you tomorrow.]
Emma is looking at me while grinning.
"What is it? You\'re smiling the whole time while you\'re messaging her."
I\'m touching my cheeks and lips.
"I did?"
Emma and William nod. I chuckle.
"Well, maybe it\'s because she\'s going to join me farming Betelgeuse\'s Coin."
Emma is humming and teasing me.
"Is it really just because of that?"
I\'m messing her hair and William is laughing.
We are enjoying the evening and then they both go back downstairs to play. I look at the time and smile.
"Tomorrow will be fun..."